I was working on the PS3 submission build, which meant I COULD NOT do anything to Big Band all week since I needed him not in the build. To keep my sanity amid the closure of Cyberfront and everything else that happened this week, I made something*. Without further ado, I bring you....
The Typing of the Skullgirls
What? Yes, of course I'm serious.
- Code is gottatypefast! (including the !) during the startup logos.
- Applies to Arcade, Story, Local Versus, and Marie 300%. Does not apply online, in Tournament Mode, or in any Training mode.
- Play with a controller and type with the keyboard.
- Non-super hits do 33% dmg, super hits depend on your typing skeelz! Failing the word does 10% dmg, finishing it does normal dmg, and finishing it with no errors does 150%. (For AI supers, this is backward - failing the word you take 150% dmg, etc.) Meter automatically builds outside combos, and there is a much higher minimum damage scaling on supers.
- You can play with a keyboard and also type with the keyboard...but you need to unplug all controllers for this! If you have a controller plugged in, even if it is not in use for a character, keyboard controls are DISABLED during fights to prevent weird interactions with the typist. (This is only for Typing mode, everything still works normally in the normal game.)
- Currently only one keyboard is supported on PC. But two are supported on the PS3 for true player+typist 2v2 team play. It's not even funny how EASY it is to differentiate multiple keyboards on PS3 compared to Windows. Console master race, suckas!
General
- Fix training dummy not blocking after ground tech even when set to Block Always.
- Removed -psdriverhack, added -vjoyfix. Default behavior is back to "normal" so that the majority of people don't have to do anything special.
tl;dr If you have problems with Up being pressed, use -vjoyfix to fix it!
(Honestly, I'm not sure why I didn't just do it this way in the first place.)
- Add CPU option in training mode! Choose your difficulty and off you go. Note: All other settings still apply on P2 even with AI enabled, meaning you can record reversals and fight the AI with them doing specific reversals, set it to always throw tech, always ground tech, etc.
- Add menu sounds on generic options menus. I had been waiting to do this FOREVER. This is for you, you-know-who-you-are.
*special thanks to Brady, you're great!