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Adjust Scaling Difficulty for HWRM Campaigns

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Tags: Fleet, balance, campaign, Dynamically, Scaling, Difficulty, Reference, Reinforcements

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8 Jul, 2016 @ 5:58am

8 Oct, 2016 @ 11:53pm

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Description

This mod allows the player to adjust (or remove) the dynamically scaling difficulty in both (HWRM 1&2) campaign missions where is originally used.
It adjusts the amount of added reinforcements (extra ships and RU) to AI, depending on the size of the player's own fleet.
For that is added a new slider to the in-game options menu. Value is a multiplier of reinforcements, 1.0 is normal/default. The slider isn't in main options menu, because seems there is a bug in the original game.
Remember that after you adjust the slider is necessary to restart mission or start new one to take effect, because the reinforcements are added mainly at the beginning of the mission.
Also take into account that adjustment is working only if player's fleet is bigger than expected. If is smaller then no reinforcements to AI and then no adjustment for that.

Slider values:
0.0 - Turn of the reinforcements.
0.1 to 0.9 - Reduce difficulty.
1.0 - Normal i.e. default difficulty.
1.1 to 5.0 - Increase difficulty. Be careful with that. If you have bigger fleet than expected then multiply it may causing too many ship spawn and then low game speed.

As a bonus is the adjustment added to missions 05, 06, 08 and 10 in HW2RM where are (by the ratio of players fleet size / expected fleet size) originally controlled some other aspects of the game (RU injections to CPU, health and weapon power to keeper etc.).
If you don't want this, simply adjust the slider to 1.0 or play this missions without mod.
Also is the adjustment added to bonus missions Raider Retreat.

Just for info, specific extra added ships are stored in a "\Bin\Release\HwRM.log" after start of the mission.
More information on certain missions will appear in the log after adding commandline parameter "-luatrace".
Adding extra ship is not exact, and when restart the same mission may be slightly different (number and type of ships) - in relation with specific "playerXreinforce.lua".
Yet tested only at the beginning of all missions so any response or experiences are appreciated.

Link to GBX forum for this mod:
https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/mod-adjust-campaigns-scaling-difficulty-in-menu/1540289

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All credits for adjustment in the options menu belongs to UI Guru Dwarfinator from GBX forum.
Thanks to him this mod even exists.
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Edit:
The extra added ships done with reactive scaling difficulty isn't in all missions. Isn't in the first missions, because it needs a player's fleet of the previous mission end and if my findings are correct then:
- in HW1 isn't in mission 2, 11 and 13. In Mission 6 adds killing asteroids. In mission 7 is probably vanila bug and it does not work properly - I need more test.
- in HW2 isn't in missions 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10.

139 Comments

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BioDiesel112™ 7 Mar @ 4:36am

i try all but no slider :(

Jesko 14 Jan @ 2:07am

For those not seeing the slider.
On the Launcher bottom right click Mods.
Select the mod and launch. You will then see the slider in game.

Naec0 9 Oct, 2024 @ 10:50am

ok, well, this mod is dead or doesn't work in October of 2024... I've subscribed to the mod. I've restarted my game. the difficulty slider does NOT appear in gameplay options. unless you can tell me what I'm doing wrong, your mod doesn't work anymore.

Wicked Sticky 26 Jun, 2024 @ 6:28am

Players patch gets buggy this mod doesn't cause any issues.
Many missions 0.9 makes things a lot easier.

REMINDER: unlike the players patch slider, in this mod the option is only available once your in the mission. It will stay at that setting for all missoins started after the difficulty is adjusted.

Go to settings AFTER you start the mission. Adjust slider, exit the mission, restart mission.

Drezzil 30 Apr, 2024 @ 6:18am

Subscribing doesn't do anything. Nothing listed in my workshop. What am I doing wrong?

Joseph Rodelero 5 Apr, 2024 @ 9:48am

@NoOne , author of this mod - thank you , the Players Patch was crashing for me and this one works. The Players Patch recommended 0.6 for the HW1 campaign, reading these posts it seems like the right number to set it. Would you say 0.6 is close to the original? Thanks for making this, without this specific mod I wouldn't be able to use level scaling, and already went in-game options (not main menu) , set it, restarted, with no problems.