shoot, i was digging into this last night too, shoulda checked discord
Async Archipelago
Friday, April 24, 2026
i should be able to locally test everything
I have verified Vinny, Tiny, and my YAMLs will work
i think i got the settings to a decent spot. i could have added a TON of extra checks but decided not to (i could have added literally every sidequest reward and shop item if i wanted to)
Replying to Dialga #god_of_time i think i got the settings to a decent spot. i could have added a TON of extra checks but decided not to (i could have added literally every sidequest reward and shop item if i wanted to)
Do you know what the expected length of this game is for an archipelago?
since i'll be skipping story and i'll have things like x4 exp modifiers it will be signifigantly shortened. maybe 15 hours? depends how good i am at remembering how to reach all the treasure chests, and my goal is not the final boss, but the boss of the 2nd to last dungeon.
so as long as i get everything i need to kill that boss i'm good
that's still pretty long. It's fine for an async of course, but you will likely be the last to finish I'd imagine.
Yours worked Dialga
Since its asynch, probably fine. Wind waker used to take me 7-8 hours when me and Max were in our race arc, but I am super out of practice
i would not have picked it if it wasnt async
but i saw an excuse to play crosscode again so i wanted to
yeah that's fair
the randomizer also marks all the chests if they have things that are progression important or not, so if i need to speed things up i can start ignoring filler chests
oh that's neat
I just remembered that Xenoblade X Wii U has an archipelago for some reason
if you want an even longer game...
Replying to Dialga #god_of_time Click to see attachment 🖼️
@TinyBomby you can see here, there's a green chest icon. that one has a progression item in it. the red ones are only red because i havent been to the zone yet, they get re-colored once i enter that screen
there's also a dark blue for "useful" items, w/e that means
I know in Pokemon, random things like pokeballs are considered useless, but a TM may be considered a useful item.
Your useful items mostly ended up being area keys and items iirc
from the test we did
weapons is what I mean by items
There is apparently a kirby amazing mirror early alpha now. Won't risk trying such a new one, but next time we do this if that's more done, I'll do it
okay, i may have to postpone my other idea until next time we do archipelago. this thing is unfinished, maybe ill make my own simpler apworld
on that note, still want to get more experience with archipelago and have time for async. has anyone done civ6 before, think thats what ill do
how would randomizing a civ game work
No one here has done civ 6
I assume buildings, science, etc are randomized
so you have to find them to use them
no clue but at least its a game i know well enough, and its officially supported
a very small amount of games fot that criteria for me
hell mario kart was iffy last time ope
I would not limit yourself to just official support tbh
I think as long as it looks like it is being actively worked on and its not too recent, it should be fine
its built into the offical archipelago client
ill try testing after work tn
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak I would not limit yourself to just official support tbh
even the other options, i barely know any video game
osu maybe, there is tragically no mahjong
clearly you should do buckshot roulette. don't ask me what they could possibly be randomizing
Between air ride and melee, I've decided I will try doing melee as my second game
I will want to test it tonight
Also formal request to polu to look into/figure out to how to set the hint % thing and lower it to 5%
I think that will shave off 2-3 hours for everyone
Replying to mint #wimint osu maybe, there is tragically no mahjong
is osu on archipelago? what would count as "finishing" osu?
Osu is on AP, mint did it one of the earlier times we did AP
i dont thibk we gto very far in tbat run of archipelago. and no clue what was needed to win
would def try that one again but i havent played osu in a while and iirc the rando was hard
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak Also formal request to polu to look into/figure out to how to set the hint % thing and lower it to 5%
This is really easy to do if you do it through the website
and i think it requirss the stable client, which i dont want to install and set up
Lowering Wind waker to 15 checks per hint instead of 30 will make it so much nicer is purely why I said 5%, I am fine with whatever, but 10% is a lot
Also Vimms is fucking dead (downloads are slow as shit) so I am just torrenting smash melee lmao
it would make my life easier too
my hint cost was 37
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak Also formal request to polu to look into/figure out to how to set the hint % thing and lower it to 5%
I set it to 5%
Alright nevermind, I figured out smash on my own, no testing needed
will fix up my settings for wind waker and send them over
how do you win melee?
100 trophies, + beat giga bowser + beat master hand + beat event 51
and locations are trophy spawns?
You also got to do all the target tests
Clearing every event, clearing normal mode and adventure mode with each character, bonuses (only the easy ones), break the target (all characters), 10 man melee (all characters),
and a few misc things
why are you doing 2 games?
You only start with events and the trophy lottery, you have to unlock the other modes
because its asynchrous so you can do multiple fairly easily, most people are doing 2
(you do not have to do 2)
So far you are the only one doing one
here is all the stuff the tracker lets you see
I might turn off bonuses tbh
Is mewtwo unlock made easier or junked?
They have a section called "hard things" where you can turn it on. It is junk by default
they lowered it to 1 hour of VS mode though
instead of the original 20
also the lottery pool is a progressive upgrade, so I have to get sent the ability to get more trophies from it
I have confirmed Pika's YAMLs
Okay now replace smash with this one
I turned off bonus's
how long are we doing this for. ill be available this weekend, but next wed-sunday ill be unable to play