Dilation Strength: I wanted to make the Sandevistans actually slow time
Dynalar is balanced to T2 and is supposed to be a "standard" Sandevistan, hence the higher duration, 50% slowdown and lower cooldown.
Zetatech is balanced to T2 and is supposed to be an aerial Sandevistan bolstered heavily when airborne, and is supposed to be an enhanced version of the Dynalar Sandevistans.
QianT is balanced to T3 and is, as it's name, designed to make the player not take damage, the higher tiers negating almost all damage but only for a very short time with a hefty cooldown.
Falcon is balanced to T4 and is supposed to be the best Sandevistan on the market, designed to work with firearms and having a small bonus to health and duration each kill.
Apogee is balanced to T5 and is a prototype Sandevistan that is supposed to be the absolute peak of Sandevistan tech and therefore grants a 100% dilation in order to get the quicksilver feel, for a moderate amount of time and granting the ability for the player to stay in dilation forever as long as they have access to people to kill. (this isn't supposed to be balanced i just wanted a 100% dilation sandy and no one else would do it)
Crit Chance:
This is supposed to simulate the fact that you're moving super fast (i don't know how to make a DOT effect like TDO had, but the game itself doesn't take into account air resistance and that which is around you. IRL going this fast would instantly explode your organs, burn you alive and shred anyone around you.)
Duration:
I wanted to make each Sandevistan last for a long time, but using short bursts when on higher tiers.
Cooldown:
Do i really need to explain this one -_- The Warp Dancer has a 70sec cooldown, id like to use my Cyberware more than once each millennia.
Damage buffs:
Same as Crit Chance this was made to reflect high speeds.
Bonus to those who call into question my "skill" in a game made up of 0s and 1s with no weight in the real world. I play using my Hardcore22 - FacelessV1 Version mod, which makes the player die in 2-3 shots and the enemies in 3-5. Needless to say it's obviously on Very Hard mode and not an easy setup to run. Furthermore i use Simple XP Multiplier to remove the skills leveling up (like Shinobi).
I didn't make this mod out of frustration of being "bad" at a game i CHOOSE to make super hard. One of the first games i ever played was a Souls-Like, Code Vein, which i got as a present. I enjoy difficult games that tortures me, Cyberpunk isn't a hard game, it doesn't take anywhere near as much skill as beating Dark Souls or Sekiro.
Still, i appreciate everyone who comments on or downloads my mods. I decided to release these mods since i'll be switching PCs soon and these are custom mods i use personally. Everyone who engages in any way with my mod, whether you like it or not, download or not, comment or not, i still truly appreciate you. It makes me happy when others likes what i make, after all.
I'll be dropping a mod that properly "rebalances" the sandevistans, thinkin about callin it "Sandevistans Reworked". Seems like somethin y'all would like to have no?
Hi! So..when I use apogee it breaks the sandy systemn, I can't use it(nor other sandies). I think it's a bug because when I bought it at the ripper doc, everytime I press to "Upgrade to tier 5+" it upgrades to the regular game version, resulting in 90% time dillatation "upgraded" to 85%, aswell as lower crits and demage bonuses. Are there any fixes for it?
its a singleplayer game, let people do what they wanna do, im not gonna download it since i like how sandies work but let them do what they want its their *singleplayer* experience
Hey man, thanks for the great mod. I'm trying to tweak your settings a bit but can't seem to find the right thing. When I change some settings like dilution and strength, lets say I want to shoot with my gun, it takes a bit time to shoot the 2nd bullet out of the gun. I mean, I want to see the projectiles go slow, but guns fire as usual. How can I achieve this?
That shouldnt be a problem actually, when im testing with full auto weapons it has no delay between rounds fired, the delay from Semi auto isnt something i know how to fix, TDO is going to be updated soon so that will probably have a fix for fire rate. slap a vid here and ill take a look. Also make sure to edit the values so that you get the desired dilation. Its like a value of 100 if you want 70% dilation strength you do 100-70=30.
I just want to chime in and say I really like the idea behind the mod. Personally I skipped the sande in my second playthrough (on very hard) because it felt far too OP in my first playthrough. Any way you could allow configuration of the values? Even if it was out of the game using a text editor to change a config file. That way everyone can tune it to their wants.
Personally I'd love shorter cooldowns with shorter use. The bonuses are far too massive though. I think slowing time is a large enough gain. I'd probably tweak my numbers so the crit chance goes from 5% to maybe 20% and the crit damage from 10-50%... at least on a ranged build. Maybe with a melee build I'd want to bump up the crit damage up, IDK.
You actually can configure it to your liking in sort of the sense you described. Go on vortex, right click the mod, click "Open in File Manager". Then click through bin\x64\plugins\cyber_engine_tweaks\mods and you should find a folder for each sandevistan, each folder containing a LUA file with the stat changes. These LUA files can just be edited with notepad. Each stat change is then labeled as such: --[something]. This is the full line for time dilation of the T5 Apogee:
You should then be able to edit the dilation factor by changing that 0.10 to what you want. Note that time dilation values are sort of inverted, 0.10 means 90% dilation, 0.05 means 95% dilation. Then there's a separate line lower down that edits the UI for the item.
Also, if you access the file as I described above; you will be editing the mod file that is staged in vortex. To change the file that's actually installed in the game, you will need to go to the games main file directory and then follow the same file path stated above. Though you should be able to edit the vortex file and then press deploy.
I'm gonna say it's a reasonable take until I see the duration :D I really love your idea but I think you need some tweak for your implement. Maybe trade the slow's strength for duration OR cooldown, not both, not to mention that the duration X slow strength is a curve down with each upgrade, so if it's is balanced with tier 5 or above, tier 4 and below is a huge buff ^^
Edit: Some was buffed way too much, like Apogee, you already have +40% crit chance when activate Sandevistan with lvl 60 Shinobi skill, about 10% with reflex attribute, some cyberware/skill bonus and it can easily reach ~100% without the bonus from Apogee, I think Crit dmg bonus or anything else is better choice :D
It certainly has a buff towards being able to use them more than one full time in a fight, but other than that; it definetly rebalances the upgrades around getting more potent but costly uses.
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Bonus to those who call into question my "skill" in a game made up of 0s and 1s with no weight in the real world. I play using my Hardcore22 - FacelessV1 Version mod, which makes the player die in 2-3 shots and the enemies in 3-5. Needless to say it's obviously on Very Hard mode and not an easy setup to run. Furthermore i use Simple XP Multiplier to remove the skills leveling up (like Shinobi).
I didn't make this mod out of frustration of being "bad" at a game i CHOOSE to make super hard. One of the first games i ever played was a Souls-Like, Code Vein, which i got as a present. I enjoy difficult games that tortures me, Cyberpunk isn't a hard game, it doesn't take anywhere near as much skill as beating Dark Souls or Sekiro.
Still, i appreciate everyone who comments on or downloads my mods. I decided to release these mods since i'll be switching PCs soon and these are custom mods i use personally. Everyone who engages in any way with my mod, whether you like it or not, download or not, comment or not, i still truly appreciate you. It makes me happy when others likes what i make, after all.
Thanks in advance!
slap a vid here and ill take a look. Also make sure to edit the values so that you get the desired dilation. Its like a value of 100 if you want 70% dilation strength you do 100-70=30.
Personally I'd love shorter cooldowns with shorter use. The bonuses are far too massive though. I think slowing time is a large enough gain. I'd probably tweak my numbers so the crit chance goes from 5% to maybe 20% and the crit damage from 10-50%... at least on a ranged build. Maybe with a melee build I'd want to bump up the crit damage up, IDK.
T5 Apogee:
TweakDB:SetFlat("Items.AdvancedSandevistanApogee_inline20.value", 0.10) --Time Dilation Strength
You should then be able to edit the dilation factor by changing that 0.10 to what you want. Note that time dilation values are sort of inverted, 0.10 means 90% dilation, 0.05 means 95% dilation. Then there's a separate line lower down that edits the UI for the item.
Also, if you access the file as I described above; you will be editing the mod file that is staged in vortex. To change the file that's actually installed in the game, you will need to go to the games main file directory and then follow the same file path stated above. Though you should be able to edit the vortex file and then press deploy.
Edit: Some was buffed way too much, like Apogee, you already have +40% crit chance when activate Sandevistan with lvl 60 Shinobi skill, about 10% with reflex attribute, some cyberware/skill bonus and it can easily reach ~100% without the bonus from Apogee, I think Crit dmg bonus or anything else is better choice :D