Quest Mode Tweaks

by **friarsol** » 21 Sep 2010, 16:06

I submitted some code yesterday that would allow the user to tweak some quest mode values without needing to recompile the jar file (since the file is read at runtime)

The file is here: /res/quest/quest.preferences

Code: Select all: difficultyString=Easy,Normal,Hard,Very Hard # Num of Wins for each Difficulty to gain a Booster, Rank, Duel vs Tougher AI Decks winsForBooster=1,1,2,2 winsForRankIncrease=3,4,5,6 winsForMediumAI=10,9,8,7 winsForHardAI=20,18,16,14 # When starting a quest this is how much of each type you'll start with. Plus your starting Credits. startingBasicLand=20 startingSnowBasicLand=20 startingCommons=45,40,40,40 startingUncommons=20,15,15,15 startingRares=10,10,10,10 startingCredits=250 # When winning a booster pack, this is what you'll expect to see in a pack. boosterPackCommon=7 boosterPackUncommon=3 boosterPackRare=1 # Match rewards that are used by the quest system matchRewardBase=10 matchRewardTotalWins=0.3 matchRewardNoLosses=10 matchRewardAltWinBonus=100 macthRewardWinOnFirstTurn=1500 matchRewardWinByTurnFive=250 matchRewardWinByTurnTen=50 matchRewardWinByTurnFifteen=5 matchRewardMullToZero=500

Hopefully these names are descriptive enough that most of them can be figured out. I had seen it a handful of times on the Feature Request Thread and thought it would be useful for myself, since I start new quests by selling off all my snow land and half of my normal land. Now I can just start with 10 of each basic, and 500 credits.

This should also make it easier for us to figure out good default values for when the difficulty should increase. Previously, the easier modes were more quickly moving up to better AI decks. Which is the reverse from how it should happen. Easy should have lots of time on easy decks before it upgrades. Normal a little less. Etc.

Poke around with it just in case I messed something up, but it should be pretty straightforward.

by **Jaedayr** » 22 Sep 2010, 16:10

I like this idea. Currently I am still trying to learn a lot of new cards and it would be more fun if I weren't facing some of the nasty opponents so soon in my adventure.

by **Huggybaby** » 22 Sep 2010, 23:25

Nice change friarsol.
BTW, there's a typo in "macthRewardWinOnFirstTurn=1500" just in case that was pasted from your code.

by **friarsol** » 23 Sep 2010, 01:34

Good catch. Luckily, it was typo'd in both places so it hadn't affected anything, but it's fixed now.

by **zerker2000** » 23 Sep 2010, 01:35

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