[Open Assets] Kaizo SRB2 v1.0.6

NOTE TO JUDGES: RELEASE THIS ON CHRISTMAS DAY IF POSSIBLE.
This mod contains the following mods: Harder Enemies, & No Online Multiplayer Unlockables/Emblems.

This is a Kaizo mod. I'll write the rest of this overview later.

Credits:
Othius: Helped with some linedef executors for the final boss
Cobalt'nt: Helped me a bit with Harder Enemies[add the hyperlink later]
Me: Did everything else

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Tarregor said:

Tarregor submitted a new resource:

Kaizo SRB2 - With difficulty ranging from "Training Wheels" to "Nigh-Impossible"



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-updated to v1.0.8 of Harder Enemies, which made 1 spikeball instead of 2 rotate around egg guards & big floating mines in order to slightly reduce lag
-corrected the text of the starting informational cutscene to not reflect an alpha version of the mod
-replaced the 3rd titlescreen demo with a better one
-removed the skim from the start of KSZ1 since that guy's placement was kinda unfair
-added & moved the spikes in front of the 1st floor->ceiling crushers in KSZ1
-for both environmental...

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DrStephen said:

Welcome to releases, however I am gonna ask you to post some videos or overall proof of later levels being actually possible to beat. The mod makes numerous claims of it being possible in Ultimate mode with all vanilla characters, after all.

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Okay so I thought I could get away with theoretical testing for some parts of the mod; turned out I was wrong, mainly for KSS5, KSS6, & KRZ2. Now the game can really be beaten in Ultimate Mode with 7 Emeralds as any base character.

I also completed a Low-Optimization Tool-Assisted Demonstration of the mod as Fang in Ultimate Mode with 7 Emeralds; the link will be provided in a separate post since this post, iirc, will automatically be spoilered and you wouldn't see it otherwise.

So anyway...

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I could've put this change in with v1.0.2, but then I would've had to re-record KRZ3 & BKZ1 in the LOTAD and I didn't feel like doing that:
-made the KRZ3 boss stop getting hurt by the environmental hazards

The Special Stages Only version of the mod was unaffected by this update.

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-decided to be merciful enough to make KVZ & KRZ no longer have less starposts than the unmodified versions of their stages
-moved the jetty-syn gunners after the 1st door in KRZ2 since they were unfair being placed so close to a starpost, and replaced them with jetty-syn bombers

The Bosses-only & Special-Stages-only versions of the mod are unaffected by this update.

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-removed SOC & Lua used by Harder Enemies that isn't used in any of this mod's Stages, i.e. those for enemies found in bonus stages
-made Final Demo Zone not use Techno Legacy Zone's Level Headers for when the Admin in a Netgame warps to the stage

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The Special-Stages-only version of this addon is unaffected by this update:

-removed a duplicate lua hook and some stuff from harder enemies that ain't used in the kaizo stages
-fixed the spoke count for the spring maces in the multiplayer reset chambers in the boss rooms
-moved the red buzz next to the one KHZ1 starpost away from said starpost so it wont kill you when you respawn; this mod ain't supposed to troll you
-corrected the starting heights of some buzzes in KHZ2 that spawned on...

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The Bosses-only & Special-Stages-only versions of this mod are unaffected by this update:
-made the spinning maces around the log in KCZ2 no longer be cheesable by sonic with a spindash jump into a thok

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-made KSS3 have a longer timer since it's only the 3rd special stage
-made the chaotic glaregoyle section under the button pillar in KSZ1 be filled with rock spawners instead of glaregoyles; it's much more fair now
-made some spikes in KSZ2 not retract
-patched up some cheese in CKZ1 that idk how to describe
-removed the egg guard in CKZ2 that spawned too close to a starpost
-lowered the heights of the adds in CKZ3 so that you can't use them to cheese the boss fight
-made the buttons in CKZ3...

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The Bosses-only & Special-Stages-only versions of this mod are unaffected by this update:

-remembered to make the emblem in the forced-damage lava room after the long mandatory rolling rock section be possible to get as characters other than Tails

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-added an extra SDURF to the end of GFZ2
-added anti-cheese for sonic & amy to the 1st outdoor section in CKZ2
-added anti-cheese for sonic to the metal sonic/knuckles ramp at the end of KCZ1

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The Bosses-only version of this mod is unaffected by this patch.
-fixed an unpegged midtexture on the ceiling at the end of KFZ2
-replaced a slightly unfair red buzz after the 1st lower checkpoint in KHZ1 with a yellow buzz, which won't be unfair
-made the 2nd turret in KHZ1 initially face towards the player, instead of away from the player
-changed the 2nd crusher cycle in the goop hallway in KHZ2
-made the fish flicky that spawns near the ceiling in KSZ1 spawn just above the water instead...

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The Bosses-only & Special-Stages-only versions of this mod are unaffected by this patch.
-made the elevator section at the end of KHZ2 easier since it's only a "very easy" stage
-made the tree maces covering the row of yellow springs in the low path in CKZ1 spin a bit slower

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This doesn't affect the Bosses-only version of this mod
-capitalized the M in Multiplayer for Amy's CSS info
-made a blue crawla that doesn't face the player in KFZ2 face the player
-added an extra bumper to a hazard in the big room in the middle of KFZ2 so you can't just jump around the bumper hazard
-fixed a few textures in CKZ1
-replaced the anti-cheese turn sign leading to the emerald token room in CKZ1 that'd basically told you to get the emerald token via. the backdoor with the...

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-remembered to add the "Not a Kaizo Stage" subtitle to final demo zone
-added more pterabytes before the 1st starposts in KVZ
-randomized the bomb patterns for the 6th boss

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-remembered to delete the 3 rings in the goop in KHZ1
-patched up 2 items of cheese in KHZ2
-made the 2nd boss harder
-patched up an item of cheese in CKZ2
-fixed a wrong flat in CKZ2
-lowered the time limit & record attack time emblem requirement for the stage before BKZ1 by 1 minute, and changed the stage's subtitle from nightmare to insane
-changed the difficulty subtitle of BKZ1 from insane to nigh-impossible... the stage isn't actually any harder now; the subtitle just more accurately...

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Theres no changes to the special-stages-only version; as such, that version wasn't updated, but the other 2 versions were updated
-re-recorded the 1st & 4th titlescreen demos; the 4th demo ain't broken anymore
-made the crusher section after the middle checkpoint in KHZ2 harder
-made the amy/fang section in the southeast corner of KCZ1 harder
-made KCZ3 harder
-made the amy section in KRZ1 harder
-fixed the subtitle for the 6th boss in the bosses-only version
-made the add in the final boss...

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...of not changing the level geometry where it would throw you off guard...

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