The Combine Ring Monitor is a unique powerup introduced in Knuckles' Chaotix. When destroyed, it allows the player take one hit in which he/she would drop one large ring instead of multiple individual rings. This large ring would give the player back all of the rings he/she obtained prior to taking the hit. If not collected within a few seconds, it would burst and spill those rings instead.
With this mod, I have done my best to replicate this mechanic in SRB2!
When you add this wad, some Super Ring Monitors will become Combine Ring Monitors, and some will become their variant from Mania, Hyper Ring Monitors! See below for detailed mechanics on each:
Combine Ring Monitor:
Destroy the monitor with a blue ring icon to obtain the Combine Ring powerup, indicated by the small blue icon on your HUD. If you get hurt while holding this powerup, you will drop one large ring, instead of individual rings.
Pick up this ring to get all your rings back. If you don't pick it up within a small amount of time, the ring will burst and spill your rings instead.
Keep in mind, any player can pick up a spilled Combine Ring and steal all of your rings. Gotta go fast!
Hyper Ring Monitor:
Destroy the monitor with a cyan ring icon to obtain the Hyper Ring powerup, indicated by the small cyan icon on your HUD. If you get hurt while holding this powerup, you will drop several meduim-sized rings, instead of individual rings.
Pick up these rings to gain a portion of your total ring count back. Unlike the Combine Rings, these won't burst, so pick them up while they last!
There are a few console commands included with this mod:
combineboxchance
hyperboxchance
combineweaponrings
Enjoy!
Changelog:
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As you can see below, there are two versions of this wad. The first is the mod as it is intended for use in regular gameplay (combinering.zip). If you want to play regular SRB2 with all the features I outlined above (which will be most of you), download this file. The second file (combinering-item.zip) contains a version of the wad that map makers can use to implement the Combine Ring Monitor and/or Hyper Ring Monitor in their map, if they wish. It removes the Super Ring Monitor replacement functionality. If you wish to use the Combine Ring Monitor or Hyper Ring Monitor, please read the instructions included at the top of the Lua script lump, and don't forget to give credit!
With this mod, I have done my best to replicate this mechanic in SRB2!
When you add this wad, some Super Ring Monitors will become Combine Ring Monitors, and some will become their variant from Mania, Hyper Ring Monitors! See below for detailed mechanics on each:
Combine Ring Monitor:
Destroy the monitor with a blue ring icon to obtain the Combine Ring powerup, indicated by the small blue icon on your HUD. If you get hurt while holding this powerup, you will drop one large ring, instead of individual rings.
Pick up this ring to get all your rings back. If you don't pick it up within a small amount of time, the ring will burst and spill your rings instead.
Keep in mind, any player can pick up a spilled Combine Ring and steal all of your rings. Gotta go fast!
Hyper Ring Monitor:
Destroy the monitor with a cyan ring icon to obtain the Hyper Ring powerup, indicated by the small cyan icon on your HUD. If you get hurt while holding this powerup, you will drop several meduim-sized rings, instead of individual rings.
Pick up these rings to gain a portion of your total ring count back. Unlike the Combine Rings, these won't burst, so pick them up while they last!
There are a few console commands included with this mod:
combineboxchance
Use this command to change the frequency of Super Ring Monitors that spawn as Combine Ring Monitors. By default, this is 20, which means that each Super Ring Monitor has a 20% chance of spawning as a Combine Ring Monitor. You can pick any value from 0 - 100 (0 disables the Combine Ring Monitors from spawning entirely, while 100 makes every Super Ring Monitor a Combine Ring Monitor, except where it become a Hyper Ring Monitor instead).
hyperboxchance
Use this command to change the frequency of Super Ring Monitors that spawn as Hyper Ring Monitors. By default, this is 20, which means that each Super Ring Monitor has a 20% chance of spawning as a Hyper Ring Monitor. You can pick any value from 0 - 100 (0 disables the Hyper Ring Monitors from spawning entirely, while 100 makes every Super Ring Monitor a Hyper Ring Monitor, except where it become a Combine Ring Monitor instead).
combineweaponrings
Use this command to toggle whether weapon rings are stored in Combine Rings. Yes, this means you can pick up all of your weapons and match rings if you get hurt! But be careful, as other players can take them from you too. By default, this is set to true (because I didn't program that shizzle for nothing). This command only applies to Combine Rings; Hyper Rings do not store weapon rings.
Enjoy!
Changelog:
v2.0
• Hyper Ring added
• Graphics updated to look nicer overall
• HUD icons updated to work similarly to that of Sonic Mania—no more interfering with the rightside HUD!
• Added splitscreen support
• Fixed a bug where holding a Combine Ring and getting hurt with 0 rings allowed the player to stay alive indefinitely (players are now killed as normal)
v1.0
• Initial release
• Hyper Ring added
• Graphics updated to look nicer overall
• HUD icons updated to work similarly to that of Sonic Mania—no more interfering with the rightside HUD!
• Added splitscreen support
• Fixed a bug where holding a Combine Ring and getting hurt with 0 rings allowed the player to stay alive indefinitely (players are now killed as normal)
v1.0
• Initial release
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As you can see below, there are two versions of this wad. The first is the mod as it is intended for use in regular gameplay (combinering.zip). If you want to play regular SRB2 with all the features I outlined above (which will be most of you), download this file. The second file (combinering-item.zip) contains a version of the wad that map makers can use to implement the Combine Ring Monitor and/or Hyper Ring Monitor in their map, if they wish. It removes the Super Ring Monitor replacement functionality. If you wish to use the Combine Ring Monitor or Hyper Ring Monitor, please read the instructions included at the top of the Lua script lump, and don't forget to give credit!
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