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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10275 on: 2020-08-25 01:52:46 »
Think I am stuck atm,
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Demons gate
on a low lvl run.
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 The main problem is that the Gate spams "Cave-In" which i have tried to protect myself against with water resist. Also noticed that you cant 3x Trine bounce with 3 Reflect rings on, so that was a wipe aswell. Any ideas how i can survive that or alter the AI with my actions?

Further i can point out that the Pincer battler with the two Dragons is pure RNG if you start with Sneak attack + Manipulate and pray that MVP Cait doesnt get attacked, since that might be something to look at. Other then that all bosses from Corel to the TofA is manageble



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 After about 20 min of using Geostance, 30 Poenix Downs and keeping up with the dmg i managed to get him down to 2000 hp. Ofc he has a Almagaest (or whatever its called) and kills all my chars in one go. Looks like (for the time being) my low level run has ended :(



F*** YES I MANAGED TO BEAT THE DEMON WALL god damn it was tough. Aeris was MVP with Geo stance and Cait on a close 2nd with that large HP pool.

It feels good doing this challenge, I can assure y'all!

Sounds like it's going well; you're past the fight now but will answer some of the questions anyway.

Cave-in I think is Ice-element rather than water. You'll encounter Cave-in from the Icicles in Gaea's Cliffs but it's single-target and shouldn't pose much danger.

As for Demon Gate's AI, I think it will ignore characters that have the gradual petrify status that it inflicts from Petrif-Eye; I probably kept that in its NT 2.0 AI because I think NT 1.5 also kept the AI (or something similar). You can't really determine who will be the target for Petrif-Eye though, beyond them already having the status so it'd be more efficient to use a Vagyrisk Claw on whoever you didn't want to be attacked during the fight, though they're difficult to acquire in vanilla due to how they were positioned in Bagrisk's steal table. They're much easier to get in NT though, so could prob be used for this if they were needed.

The other thing you can do with Demons Gate is 'lock' it into using Demon Rush by dealing enough damage to get it to the next HP increment where it is due to go into the preparation stance for it. He spends an empty turn setting it up and then can potentially skip another turn before using it, giving some extra time to lay down damage and move closer to the next HP increment. I think in some runs you'd use heavier attacks toward the end in order to spend less time fighting him at lower HP, as his chance of using double rock-drop increases as his HP gets lower so you'd want him to be locked into prepping Demon Rush as much as possible at the lower HP thresholds rather than the higher ones.
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10276 on: 2020-08-25 03:18:35 »
Just started this Mod and loving it.

One question:

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I'm playing Type B and at the Corel Prison. The Item Placement File says that there is a Magic Counter Materia in this zone - am I just not looking in the right spots because I have had no luck at all!


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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10277 on: 2020-08-25 09:22:14 »
Does it matter if I have NT at the bottom of my load order? I found I was having problems with my world map models  when I had it in the recommended slot. It would show the NT models instead of the ones I wanted to use.
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10278 on: 2020-08-25 12:50:14 »
Completing the Nibelheim flashback and renaming the characters basically "resets" Cait Sith, as in his equipment is overwritten with the equipment he got when he first joins in the vanilla game (deleting whatever he had equipped in the process) and with a Transform and Manipulate Materia.

The bigger problem is it also destroys his SP upgrades, with no way to restore them because Mr. Smile considers him as fully upgraded. I can restore it somewhat with a save editor, but I think it's still an important issue.

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10279 on: 2020-08-25 21:40:53 »
I couldn't replicate the crash.
Yeah it solved somehow by itself. So the crash occured after the midgar raid and before entering the north cave. After completing the north cave (not killed Sephiroth yet) the game didn´t crashed when i tried it again and his hp reached 0. Weird :S

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10280 on: 2020-08-25 22:44:17 »
Just started this Mod and loving it.

One question:

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I'm playing Type B and at the Corel Prison. The Item Placement File says that there is a Magic Counter Materia in this zone - am I just not looking in the right spots because I have had no luck at all!



It should be in the car junkyard, the screen prior to Dyne. But I remember toggling some of it on/off depending on the mode, that I think was one of them. It can be acquired from Chocobo Racing as well.

Does it matter if I have NT at the bottom of my load order? I found I was having problems with my world map models  when I had it in the recommended slot. It would show the NT models instead of the ones I wanted to use.
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Nah, it should be fine. Never really knew why world map went bottom, assumed it was in case there's script alterations but I don't make any to the world map.

Completing the Nibelheim flashback and renaming the characters basically "resets" Cait Sith, as in his equipment is overwritten with the equipment he got when he first joins in the vanilla game (deleting whatever he had equipped in the process) and with a Transform and Manipulate Materia.

The bigger problem is it also destroys his SP upgrades, with no way to restore them because Mr. Smile considers him as fully upgraded. I can restore it somewhat with a save editor, but I think it's still an important issue.

That's quite serious; I guess it's tied to this business with Young Cloud being overwritten by Cait when you recruit him. I'll need to ditch the rename thing in that case.

Yeah it solved somehow by itself. So the crash occured after the midgar raid and before entering the north cave. After completing the north cave (not killed Sephiroth yet) the game didn´t crashed when i tried it again and his hp reached 0. Weird :S

Maybe it's if he's in a certain stance or something else.

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10281 on: 2020-08-26 11:40:01 »
is there any info about Glacier Chocobo of what each greens or nut does?

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10282 on: 2020-08-26 18:40:51 »
ye in this very thread is a list was sure. 

tbh would try them all thou :D

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greens
pahsana  - gives you some clues for something else
mimmit - one with chocobo
sylikis w-item materia (u can get earlier than highwind via morph the grass at watui area
tantal is funny animations

nuts
carob cheese
saraha dance
zeio fight
lucile flies away

feel free to try the others  some change ur hp/warp u somewhere or do a yuffie replacement materia switcharoo :D

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10283 on: 2020-08-26 20:07:57 »
A certain round guy casts Cure3 as a counter on the entire party instead of himself, although I think it only happens when it's used as a counter, because he cast it properly once. Not sure it's intentional.

I also don't think he dropped anything after dying, although I'm probably gonna reload and fight him again later because I cheesed him by accident with Great Gospel and plenty of Counter Attacks while he killed himself with Doomsday.

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10284 on: 2020-08-27 03:46:32 »
Hey love the mod but i have a problem
Everytime i beat godo the game softlocks for me on yuffies dialoge after the battle
I tried turning all other mods except new threat off but it still happens
Also i'd really appreciate it if you'd add an NPC again that points you towards the new bosses and such

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10285 on: 2020-08-27 11:51:26 »
Sorry for asking here, but I don't really know where to find this info. After CD3 starts, I couldn't find any shop selling the Osmose Materia, I didn't buy one yet because I didn't really needed it, but I figured I'd get one so I can make a Master Magic at some point.
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10286 on: 2020-08-27 17:53:37 »
Sorry for asking here, but I don't really know where to find this info. After CD3 starts, I couldn't find any shop selling the Osmose Materia

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doesnt the materia shop at costadelsol have it still?
it cost around 18k gil soon as u went their. i'll check the figure




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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10287 on: 2020-08-27 18:20:00 »
Yeah, it was there before CD3, but it isn't anymore.

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10288 on: 2020-08-27 20:42:25 »
IDK if this is the right place to ask but... things started to get really hard at around when ultimate weapon arrives at mideel. I focused my stats mainly on strength, magic, dex, and my defense/mag def is ok but far from strong. Do you guys recommend I focus on growing vitality and spirit for these last rank up? I have only 2 or 3 left for each character. What I'm concerned about is that if I focus on defense my attack will be "weak" in the end game.

I could beat all the bosses so far including three of the materia caves. But those two in the summon materia cave are so unfair (or I'm weak anyway). Ultimate weapon swept the floor with me too.

I thought about source farming but I think there's no such thing as that in this mod. Well, if you have any ideas tell me please.
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10289 on: 2020-08-27 21:04:35 »
New Threat 2.0 Documentation
Download
Contains the following in Notepad format:
*) FF7 NT 2.0 Balancing
*) FF7 NT 2.0 Features Overview
*) FF7 NT 2.0 Item & Materia Placements
*) FF7 NT 2.0 Models List (modder's resource)
*) FF7 NT 2.0 Patch Notes
*) FF7 NT SP Upgrades

I'm currently on v1.5 which I installed back in June; the 1.5 documentation details different names/throttled effects for many of the game's enemy skills (eg. 'Magic Hammer' is now 'Vital Hammer' and drains HP as opposed to MP). After browsing the 2.0 documentation this evening I noticed the names listed are instead as per vanilla FFVII - have the enemy skill effects all been returned to normal as well?

If so, I'd maybe like to upgrade to 2.0. Will my save file be compatible/glitch-free if I do a fresh install and simply copy said save over?

Am I right in the assumption this new version is somewhat easier/closer to vanilla FFVII in terms of mechanics and the like? From what I'd read above I got the impression certain things have been reverted back to normal. :( I'm enjoying 1.5 so far (as well as it's difficulty) but the chronic fear of missing out has me worried 2.0 might be the superior experience of the two! :D
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10290 on: 2020-08-28 02:12:08 »
Reasonably sure that you should start a new game when switching from 1.5 to 2.* Mainly because the balance is way different

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10291 on: 2020-08-28 03:10:36 »
sorry i meant to say my problems occured with shin godo, i did not know that the pagoda changes later ^^

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10292 on: 2020-08-28 10:06:15 »
IDK if this is the right place to ask but... things started to get really hard at around when ultimate weapon arrives at mideel. I focused my stats mainly on strength, magic, dex, and my defense/mag def is ok but far from strong. Do you guys recommend I focus on growing vitality and spirit for these last rank up? I have only 2 or 3 left for each character. What I'm concerned about is that if I focus on defense my attack will be "weak" in the end game.

I could beat all the bosses so far including three of the materia caves. But those two in the summon materia cave are so unfair (or I'm weak anyway). Ultimate weapon swept the floor with me too.

I thought about source farming but I think there's no such thing as that in this mod. Well, if you have any ideas tell me please.

I cast STOP on the spider kind one, if STOP runs out recast.
If you feel you are too weak go exp on Mideel Beach Worm enemy

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10293 on: 2020-08-28 17:39:28 »
I cast STOP on the spider kind one, if STOP runs out recast.
If you feel you are too weak go exp on Mideel Beach Worm enemy

items usually have a much greater chance of applying status effect :)
eg dreampowder 96% or something chance  rather than sleepel spell which is a lot lower chance.


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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10294 on: 2020-08-29 01:09:27 »
A certain round guy casts Cure3 as a counter on the entire party instead of himself, although I think it only happens when it's used as a counter, because he cast it properly once. Not sure it's intentional.

I also don't think he dropped anything after dying, although I'm probably gonna reload and fight him again later because I cheesed him by accident with Great Gospel and plenty of Counter Attacks while he killed himself with Doomsday.

His targeting for Cure3 and Lv Holy are messed up as he swaps the attacks out and these two are paired in that regard. I think Doomsday I was on the fence about making him either absorb it or take damage from it as you can influence this in the game he appears in, but I opted for it to damage him in the end.

Hey love the mod but i have a problem
Everytime i beat godo the game softlocks for me on yuffies dialoge after the battle
I tried turning all other mods except new threat off but it still happens
Also i'd really appreciate it if you'd add an NPC again that points you towards the new bosses and such

I'll add an NPC that does just that.

As for Godo, seems to be some issues there lately. When going through the scene, try to let each text box run its course; might be that when going through them, the two that appear together can perhaps break (although this occurs before the fight rather than after, so might not be that after all).

Sorry for asking here, but I don't really know where to find this info. After CD3 starts, I couldn't find any shop selling the Osmose Materia, I didn't buy one yet because I didn't really needed it, but I figured I'd get one so I can make a Master Magic at some point.

It isn't needed for Master Magic; I think the Costa salesman changes though on Disc 2/3 so I'll need to make sure it stays available.

IDK if this is the right place to ask but... things started to get really hard at around when ultimate weapon arrives at mideel. I focused my stats mainly on strength, magic, dex, and my defense/mag def is ok but far from strong. Do you guys recommend I focus on growing vitality and spirit for these last rank up? I have only 2 or 3 left for each character. What I'm concerned about is that if I focus on defense my attack will be "weak" in the end game.

I could beat all the bosses so far including three of the materia caves. But those two in the summon materia cave are so unfair (or I'm weak anyway). Ultimate weapon swept the floor with me too.

I thought about source farming but I think there's no such thing as that in this mod. Well, if you have any ideas tell me please.

Ultimate Weapon is more like a Disc 3 boss than anything else, with its fight in Mideel being like a survival thing (as he flies off after delivering a set rotation of attacks). Having defence against Earth and Shoot; so long as you can survive the Ultima Beam at the end then the fight is over.

The Materia Caves are also Disc 3 specced, but can be tackled earlier. The red cave in particular needs some set-up to deal with, like statuses and the like, but it'll be easier to deal with once Disc 3 and the stuff available in the Crater has been acquired. It is possible to beat it on Disc 2, but it'll be ahead of the curve of where a player would ordinarily be.

My advice though is to progress the story, get onto Disc 3, clear out the Crater, and then pick up on the Caves + Ultimate Weapon at that time.

I'm currently on v1.5 which I installed back in June; the 1.5 documentation details different names/throttled effects for many of the game's enemy skills (eg. 'Magic Hammer' is now 'Vital Hammer' and drains HP as opposed to MP). After browsing the 2.0 documentation this evening I noticed the names listed are instead as per vanilla FFVII - have the enemy skill effects all been returned to normal as well?

If so, I'd maybe like to upgrade to 2.0. Will my save file be compatible/glitch-free if I do a fresh install and simply copy said save over?

Am I right in the assumption this new version is somewhat easier/closer to vanilla FFVII in terms of mechanics and the like? From what I'd read above I got the impression certain things have been reverted back to normal. :( I'm enjoying 1.5 so far (as well as it's difficulty) but the chronic fear of missing out has me worried 2.0 might be the superior experience of the two! :D

You can't jump between the two, the savemap (switches I use for events, item pickups, tracking source upgrades, etc.) was revamped so you'll encounter a lot of issues like sidequests being flagged as complete or important items disappearing ahead of you.

Enemy Skills in 2.0 aren't radically different from the 1.5 skills. Magic Hammer drains HP like it did in 1.5, I just opted to go back to the original name. Skills like Roulette and Angel Whisper are also gone like in 1.5, replaced with Chronocure and Mustard Bomb respectively.

The new version is closer to vanilla in some respects; bosses are back to their original names + palette, albeit with revised AI, attacks, and stats. Random enemies are using the much more varied default formations rather than a condensed set that 1.5 used to make space for new enemies (some of which became unused and now just occupy space).

sorry i meant to say my problems occured with shin godo, i did not know that the pagoda changes later ^^

Just a question; did you do the pagoda earlier in the game or are you just doing the Disc 3 one? If so, that might be why the bug is occurring, I'll need to check.

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10295 on: 2020-08-29 02:13:59 »
Is it possible to respec source points?

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10296 on: 2020-08-29 14:28:30 »
i did not do the earlier pagoda since i thought there won't be a difference if i do it early or late, i thought the CD 3 pagoda is just normal now until i saw the normal one on someones stream

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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10297 on: 2020-08-29 18:01:59 »
So I started 2.0 type B and got to the Forgotten City. There was no option to save Aeris so I wasn't sure if there was an option in this mode. But then I found a new weapon for her right after which makes me think I did something wrong. Am I supposed to keep her alive during the Jenova fight or something?

Edit: I'll reload and try again to see if that works. Hopefully, cause it's nice to actually be able to use her the whole game.

Post edit: Crap, I saved right after that and don't have a backup from before that fight. Oh well, if I'm screwed I'm screwed.
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10298 on: 2020-08-30 03:16:13 »
So I started 2.0 type B and got to the Forgotten City. There was no option to save Aeris so I wasn't sure if there was an option in this mode. But then I found a new weapon for her right after which makes me think I did something wrong. Am I supposed to keep her alive during the Jenova fight or something?

Edit: I'll reload and try again to see if that works. Hopefully, cause it's nice to actually be able to use her the whole game.

Post edit: Crap, I saved right after that and don't have a backup from before that fight. Oh well, if I'm screwed I'm screwed.

I'm playing 1.5, but I imagine it's the same thing for this version. Before the battle, when cloud goes insane and tries to kill her, there are two options, choose the second.
after you defeat jenova you "talk" to Aeris' dead body and cloud uses a phoenix down on her.

and thanks sega chief, boozek and wdx for the tips earlier. :)
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Re: [FF7PC-98/Steam] New Threat Mod (v2.0.92)
« Reply #10299 on: 2020-08-30 03:33:03 »
I'm playing 1.5, but I imagine it's the same thing for this version. Before the battle, when cloud goes insane and tries to kill her, there are two options, choose the second.
after you defeat jenova you "talk" to Aeris' dead body and cloud uses a phoenix down on her.

and thanks sega chief, boozek and wdx for the tips earlier. :)

No, there is no option like the text box that comes up in 1.5.

Also, my game has been crashing during random battles at gaeas cliff. Specifically the second cave area with the icicle puzzle. I'm going to try to push through and see if it's just that area that has the problem.

Edit: It seems to be just that specific area with the crashes. In Whirlwind Maze and I'm not having the same issues.
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