Jill Katze - Instant Message File Edit Insert People Jill Katze's Warning Level: 0%
Jill Katze: because i was curious about some things and saw that people were already beginning to mod Frontiers, i went and dug in, and i found exactly what i was expecting to find about the parry
Jill Katze: there are a couple of config params that control the startup speed and how long you can hold the parry state. you are allowed to hold the parry state for 15 seconds. fifteen fucking seconds! it's ridiculous
Jill Katze: given that there are some map unlock challenges that are like "parry these projectiles!" where you literally just sit there and hold parry brainlessly, i think some playtesters must have complained about parrying being too hard and they basically said "alright whatever, as long as you hold it early enough you're good now"
Jill Katze: i was able to use the modding tools to change it down to like, 0.55 seconds of hold time and boy that feels a lot better. it's not FromSoft hard but it's also not the cartoonish ghost of a feature that had all the challenge ripped out of using it anymore, so it feels satisfying to get the timing right and land it
Jill Katze: i don't really have an interest in becoming part of "The Sonic Modding Community" or jumping through the hoops of making this a proper mod manager-compatible thing, and i have no idea if modifying this number is going to do something weird like break boss fight parries and i don't think there's a way to refight them on demand, so i don't really want to "release" it
Jill Katze: however, don't say i never did nothin' for ya, kid
Jill Katze shared a file: Sonic Frontiers harder parry proof-of-concept patch.ips
Jill Katze: if you're a sicko, back up the original file and use your favorite IPS patcher to apply this to "steamapps\common\SonicFrontiers\image\x64\raw\character\playercommon.pac" and enjoy your slightly harder game. no promises this won't break something though so maybe revert before trying to actually continue the story, idk
Jill Katze: edit: i did manage to beat the second boss with it on my second playthrough file, but it was *a lot* harder due to the ambiguity of the timing on the boss's parry tells. real dark souls moment. but it didn't seem to break anything aside from my Gamer's Pride








