Alternative Sonic (v7.5b)

Hey there everyone!

Let's get right to the point.

Abilities:

Super Dash Mode

Spoiler:

Alt Sonic has Dash Mode, minus the badnik busting and spike breaking. This is where Super Dash Mode comes in. This is represented by a sound cue, colorization, afterimages, sparkles in the color of the player, and a unique running animation. If the player builds enough speed within Dash Mode, they will enter a state where they are not only at peak speed, but can also break spikes/monitors and can't be harmed.

Atom Dash

Spoiler:

Instead of a regular thok, Alt Sonic has the Atom Dash. The Atom Dash is basically a chargeable thok with special properties. Upon pressing and holding a double jump, the player will be suspended in the air, and will enter Atom Charge. Atom Charge has 3 levels, along with an overcharge. Each level is represented by a paraloop surrounding the player, along with a sound cue. With each level, the paraloops increase in number. You can either tap the button for a weaker dash, or hold it for a stronger one. This also changes with Dash Mode, gaining an instant level 1 charge and higher power. If held for too long however, you'll overcharge it and fall helplessly.

Spindrift

Spoiler:

Replacing the Spindash there is the Spindrift, a Spindash that can be initiated anywhere on the ground. This is mainly useful for preserving Dash Mode and making sharp turns.

Miscellaneous changes

Spoiler:

- If the player presses spin while in the spring state, they will enter jump state.
- Super Sonic has all upsides of Dash Mode/Super Dash Mode and more, breaking spikes upon contact as well as having the strongest possible Atom Dash. There is a tradeoff of having no Dash Mode, however.
- Alt Sonic comes with his own color of AltBlue. He also has a custom Super Color.
- A special surprise if the player presses ring toss as Super Sonic with 100+ rings...
- A special command for those that want a blast from the past... (legacymode)
- Some easter eggs.

I've legit been working on this for basically a year now, and I can say it's finally the best it can be.

As of 7.3, the Alt Sonic MD3 is no longer available for download. Things have changed too much and support for the model has been broken in quite a few places. If Jeck Jims happens to want to make an official release, however, I may update this thread. I hope you all can understand.

Now with everything out of the way, Enjoy.

CHANGELOG:

Spoiler:

v7.3 - The "last one ever I promise" Update. This update was originally going to be an extremely minor one, so much so it wouldn't have even been 7.3. However, adding in a few more changes has managed to make this update a little bigger than originally planned.
- The hyper transformation sequence has been completely overhauled, sporting a custom animation along with a unique sound effect and wonderful Super Emerald sprites by Golden. The Atom Dash method, however, has been removed entirely. It caused a bit of issues, so it had to go.
- Replaced the hyper music (NiGHTS Attack) with something a bit more fitting.
- Reverted hyper afterimages to the old method since the S3K version was... not great.
v7.4 - The I/O update. I legit got some complaints about there being no I/O so it's here now. At least it was easier to implement than I thought.
Also please don't ask me to do anything else folks, I really don't want to work on this any more.
v7.5 - The Anniversary Update. This update wasn't going to be made, but a surprise was in store for me come the 1 year anniversary of Alt Sonic. There is now brand new CSS art made by the wonderful DrStephen! This update also has some extremely minor tweaks included, mostly related to bugfixing.
v7.5b - An extremely small hotfix patch that fixes dash mode not ending properly in hyper form along with fixing atom dash screen nukes misbehaving.

[Daviroll_Limit]

Originally Posted by izzy

custom 3 to laff

chuckles the maniacally laughing hedgehog flashbacks

[Icezer]

v7.2 is out. This update mostly fixes bugs related to the homing attack and changes a few small things.

- Hyper ghosts now spawn more similarly to Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
- Speed shoes now increase the homing speed of the homing attack, the same way super does.

I should also address that from this point forward, Alt Sonic's moveset is locked down. There will be no more new additions and any versions made from here on out are bugfixes exclusively.

With all that said, enjoy.

[GreenKnight9000]

Definitely not a fan of the S3K Hyper ghost trail, they're just really distracting and just hard to look at. I suggest reverting it back to the original trail or think of something else, like making the ghost trail flicker a tad slower

[khamo]

One final tweak I would like is to have I/O support, having to type in the same command over and over (even when in the same game session!) to set it to what I want is starting to get very tedious.

That's really all I have to say, I congratulate you a lot for creating such an amazing character over the course of these months. I really was hooked in seeing this come to life, and it truly was satisfying to experience the end.

Seriously, thank you for a definitive way to play Sonic in SRB2.

[Icezer]

v7.3 has been dropped. Originally planned to be 7.2b, fixing hyper afterimages, things have been changed a teensy bit from past versions to qualify this for a new version number. Check the changelog for details.

2 things before I leave you all to enjoy the new update, however.

1. Do not ask for the MD3 to come back. I no longer plan on working on it.
2. This version was originally planned to include I/O for the... 2 commands included, but due to certain... headaches, it wasn't finished.

[Icy Dragon]

what is the new hyper song? it sounds so familiar...

[khamo]

Originally Posted by Icezer

v7.3 has been dropped. Originally planned to be 7.2b, fixing hyper afterimages, things have been changed a teensy bit from past versions to qualify this for a new version number. Check the changelog for details.

2 things before I leave you all to enjoy the new update, however.

1. Do not ask for the MD3 to come back. I no longer plan on working on it.
2. This version was originally planned to include I/O for the... 2 commands included, but due to certain... headaches, it wasn't finished.

Understandable about to I/O, doing it is a pain man. Seriously, have fun and just chill! Thank you for the 8 months of constant excitement and fun!

[Icezer]

Originally Posted by Icy Dragon

what is the new hyper song? it sounds so familiar...

For those curious of the new hyper music, it would happen to be from Sonic Runners. Particularly "Beyond the Speed Of"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-FXccJe6g

[Jonasonic456]

Originally Posted by Icezer

v7.3 has been dropped. Originally planned to be 7.2b, fixing hyper afterimages, things have been changed a teensy bit from past versions to qualify this for a new version number. Check the changelog for details.

2 things before I leave you all to enjoy the new update, however.

1. Do not ask for the MD3 to come back. I no longer plan on working on it.
2. This version was originally planned to include I/O for the... 2 commands included, but due to certain... headaches, it wasn't finished.

How do you turn hyper sonic?

[plushemmania]

Originally Posted by Jonasonic456

How do you turn hyper sonic?

Its an easter egg and I dont know how to make spoilers soo... I cant tell you unless you wanna spoiler

[Jonasonic456]

Never mind. I got it.

[Hyper/Sossis (HST)]

Make another update please. I would like to see more :))))

[Daviroll_Limit]

Originally Posted by Hyper/Sossis (HST)

Make another update please. I would like to see more :))))

Icezer said that this might be the latest update for now, wich is understandable because this character is already ok and i don't think many other updates are really needed

[Icezer]

v7.4 is out. I/O. That is all.

[khamo]

Originally Posted by Icezer

v7.4 is out. I/O. That is all.

Great Job on pushing an update out! You can stop working completely, nothing is needed now.

I'm glad you made a thing you're proud of, this hedgehog is so fun to messs around with!

[Icezer]

v7.5 is out. Happy 1 Year Anniversary. :)

[ElMateito987]

Icezer : I will not update Alt Sonic

Icezer a few days later :

haha update go brrrrr

[Icezer]

Originally Posted by ElMateito987

Icezer : I will not update Alt Sonic

Icezer a few days later :

haha update go brrrrr

Truth be told I actually wasn't gonna make 7.5, but then new CSS happened and... you know the rest.

[LuxisLand]

It's amazing to see a new update of one of the best Sonic's ever.
And i love so much that new CSS.

oh also, alt sonic still has the "Models" tag ._.XD

[Jonasonic456]

He looks hella better now!