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CD Update: Beta v4.1 Is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:39:47 +0000

Changelog

Basic Settings
- Spawn Cycle
  - Added a new spawn cycle pro_short by Nam
Special Wave
- The function configuration was changed. Now, in addition to the King Fleshpound with no minions, you can set any ZED to spawn using its short name from the Spawn Cycle
  
  Example config setting:
  SpecialWave=SC,Wave=8,Count=15,AIRemaining=30 SpecialWave=FP!,Wave=10,Count=10,AIRemaining=20 SpecialWave=KFPNM,Wave=10,Count=1,AIRemaining=50 // KFPNM - the version of King Fleshpound with no minions
  
  New available the names of the bosses for this function:
  - HANS
  - PAT
  - KFP
  - KFPNM
  - ABOM
  - MAT
Zed Replacement
- Fixed an issue where the feature stopped working after some game updates

CD News: Controlled Difficulty is already officially available as open source!

H U N ナ E R — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:13:12 +0000

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2050370803

CD Update: Beta v4.0 Is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:38:56 +0000

Hi everyone. This update was delayed due to the release of the Beta 1 Neon Nightmares update.

Changelog

Basic Settings
- Spawn Cycle
  - Added new spawn cycles pro6 and pro6_plus by Nam
- Boss
  - The Random option has been redesigned. Now you can make your version of random spawning bosses using this option. This option allows the game to randomly select one of the BossRandDefs presets you created in the configuration
    
    Example config setting:
    Boss=random BossRandDefs=double BossRandDefs=hans,mat BossRandDefs=triple BossRandDefs=kingfp,hans,pat BossRandDefs=all
    
    https://youtu.be/Jj9e_WLdu4w
    To still set the random spawning of a single boss, use the new Single option or just unmodded by default
Dynamic Settings
- Added a new WaveSize feature that controls the total num of ZEDs spawned on each wave.
  This can allow you to personally control exactly how many ZEDs you want to spawn on each wave. You can distribute the amount of ZEDs per player or multiple players using the dynamic method
  
  Configuration on the example of vanilla HoE medium game
  WaveSize=ini WaveSizeDefs=42,85,116,148,170,191 // 1st wave WaveSizeDefs=47,95,130,166,190,214 // 2nd wave WaveSizeDefs=54,108,149,190,217,244 // 3rd wave WaveSizeDefs=54,108,149,190,217,244 // 4th wave WaveSizeDefs=59,119,163,208,238,267 // 5th wave WaveSizeDefs=68,136,187,238,272,306 // 6th wave WaveSizeDefs=71,142,196,249,285,321 // 7th wave
  
  You can also combine WaveSize with the WaveSizeFakes function to get similar values in the example of vanilla game with WSF values. If you only want to use the WavesSize function to manually distribute the total num of ZEDs, set WaveSizeFakes value to 0
  
  To use an unmodded default value of the wave counter, set WaveSize value to 0

Special thanks to Nam for the idea of modifying the wave counter.
The new CD version works on both the stock and Neon Nightmares update.

CD Update: Beta v3.9 Is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:42:57 +0000

Changelog

User Interface
- Chat Commands
  - Fixed an issue where some chat commands were displayed before player messages after adding a new DisablePlayerCommandsResponse feature
  - Added a new chat command !cdskiptrader or !cdst that instantly skips the trader. To activate, you must be registered as an authorized user in CD
  - Added a new chat command !cdswitchrole or !cdsr that changes the player's role. The player can become a spectator, respawn again if he died during the trader time. If the server is full, the player can also become an active player by connecting to the server as a spectator. This command is only used during the trader time
    
    https://youtu.be/V05UAZYA9UY
  - Added a new chat command !cdauthorizedusers or !cdau that displays a list of all authorized users in CD on the server
  - Added a new chat command !cdspawnai or !cdsa [ZED Name] that allows to spawn any ZED using ZED's name from SpawnCycle. The command can be applied both during the trader time and during the waves. To activate, you must be registered as an authorized user in CD
  - Added a new chat command !cdspawnzed or !cdsz [ZED Name] that works the same as !cdspawnai, only the ZED will spawn immobilized
    
    https://youtu.be/OI_89NYWiw4

CD Update: Beta v3.8 Is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:18:01 +0000

Changelog

Basic Settings
- LargeKillMessages
  - Fixed an issue where the correct chat message was not displayed when killing a Matriarch
Gameplay
- ZEDs
  - Abomination
    - Fixed an issue where a Abomination could gorge other bosses on a boss wave with multiple bosses. Large ZEDs and Bloats were also added to the gorge attack exception

CD Update: Beta v3.7 Is Available! HARD BOSS Mode!

H U N ナ E R — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:57:34 +0000

Hi. This update should be run normally as before Beta 1 & 2. To run correctly and be able to customize all settings in the CD configs, replace all the old lines ControlledDifficultyBeta with the usual ControlledDifficulty_Eternal, ControlledDifficulty_Legacy and ControlledDifficulty_Endless lines wihout adding Beta endings.

Changelog

Basic Settings
- Boss
  - Added a new boss wave feature where you can spawn multiple bosses in any count. To customize the boss wave, you need to set Boss setting to ini option and in the new BossDefs line set in turn all the bosses names that you want to spawn. The count of bosses is unlimited
    
    Config setting:
    Boss=ini
    BossDefs=hans,kingfp,pat
    
    https://youtu.be/-Q_eui44jY8
    Boss setting also has three new options to choose from
    Double option spawns two random bosses, one of which will not be spawned twice
    Triple option is the same as Double, only there will be three bosses
    All option will spawn all bosses in the game
    
    Chat command: !cdboss [double | triple | all | ini]
- Added new HansMinionSpawnCycle feature that allows you to customize which ZEDs will be spawned as Hans's minions. The function works exactly the same as SpawnCycle. Max count of Hans's minion groups is 3
  
  Example config setting:
  HansMinionSpawnCycle=ini HansMinionSpawnCycleDefs=3GF_2ST_1SC //1st group HansMinionSpawnCycleDefs=2MFP_1SC_1HU //2nd group HansMinionSpawnCycleDefs=4MFP_2FP_2SC //3rd group
  
  Chat command: !cdhansminionspawncycle | cdhansmsc [ini | unmodded]
- Added new PatriarchMinionSpawnCycle feature that allows you to customize which ZEDs will be spawned as Patty's minions. The function works exactly the same as SpawnCycle. Max count of Patty's minion groups is 3
  
  Example config setting:
  PatriarchMinionSpawnCycle=ini PatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=3GF_2ST_1SC //1st group PatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=2MFP_1SC_1HU //2nd group PatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=4MFP_2FP_2SC //3rd group
  
  Chat command: !cdpatriarchminionspawncycle | cdpatmsc [ini | unmodded]
- Added new KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycle feature that allows you to customize which ZEDs will be spawned as KingFP's minions. The function works exactly the same as SpawnCycle. Max count of KingFP's minion groups is 4
  
  Example config setting:
  KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycle=ini KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycleDefs=4MFP_2FP //1st group KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycleDefs=3MFP_3FP //2nd group KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycleDefs=4FP_2MFP! //3rd group KingFleshpoundMinionSpawnCycleDefs=5FP!_1MFP! //4th group
  
  Chat command: !cdkingfleshpoundminionspawncycle | cdkfpmsc [ini | unmodded]
- Added new KingBloatMinionSpawnCycle feature that allows you to customize which ZEDs will be spawned as Abomination's minions. The function works exactly the same as SpawnCycle. Max count of Abomination's minion groups is 1
  
  Example config setting:
  KingBloatMinionSpawnCycle=ini KingBloatMinionSpawnCycleDefs=12BL //standing group
  
  Chat command: !cdkingbloatminionspawncycle | cdabommsc [ini | unmodded]
- Added new MatriarchMinionSpawnCycle feature that allows you to customize which ZEDs will be spawned as Matriarch's minions. The function works exactly the same as SpawnCycle. Max count of Matriarch's minion groups is 3
  
  Example config setting:
  MatriarchMinionSpawnCycle=ini MatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=3GF_2ST_1SC //1st group MatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=2MFP_1SC_1HU //2nd group MatriarchMinionSpawnCycleDefs=4MFP_2FP_2SC //3rd group
  
  Chat command: !cdmatriarchminionspawncycle | cdmatmsc [ini | unmodded]
  
  https://youtu.be/hJc4yZrZuv8
- Added new InfiniteFlashlight feature that disables the battery life of the player's flashlight
  Chat command: !cdinfiniteflashlight | !cdif [true | false]
- Added new DisablePlayerCommandsResponse feature that doesn't show spam system commands like !cdr, !cdot that players write in the chat
  Chat command: !cddisableplayercommandsresponse | !cddpcr [true | false]

Dynamic Settings
- Added new MaxHansMinionsToSpawn value
  Max amount of minions to spawn when Hans goes into hunt and heal mode
  Chat command: !cdmaxhansminions | !cdmhansm [Num]
  Default value for 6P from HoE vanilla: 18
- Added new MaxPatriarchMinionsToSpawn value
  Max amount of minions to spawn when boss goes into hunt and heal mode
  Chat command: !cdmaxpatriarchminions | !cdmpatm [Num]
  Default value for 6P from HoE vanilla: 10
- Added new MaxKingFleshpoundMinionsToSpawn value
  Max amount of minions to spawn when King Fleshpound goes into hunt and heal mode
  Chat command: !cdmaxkingfleshpoundminions | !cdmkfpm [Num]
  Default value for 6P from HoE vanilla: 6
- Added new MaxKingBloatMinionsToSpawn value
  Max amount of minions to spawn when Abomination goes into hunt and heal mode
  Chat command: !cdmaxkingbloatdminions | !cdmkbm [Num]
  Default value for 6P from HoE vanilla: 48
- Added new MaxMatriarchMinionsToSpawn value
  Max amount of minions to spawn when Matriarch goes into hunt and heal mode
  Chat command: !cdmaxmatriarchminions| !cdmmatm[Num]
  Default value for 6P from HoE vanilla: 5

Zed Replacement
- Now you won't need to manually write the path to the ZED location files. It will be enough to write ZED short name as in the SpawnCycle function
  
  Example setting:
  DisableZedReplacement=False ZedReplacement=(ShouldReplace=CY,ReplaceWith=AL*,ReplaceChance=1.0000)
  ZedReplacement=(ShouldReplace=BL,ReplaceWith=SC,ReplaceChance=0.2500)
  ZedReplacement=(ShouldReplace=MFP,ReplaceWith=FP,ReplaceChance=0.5000)
  ZedReplacement=(ShouldReplace=FP,ReplaceWith=FP!,ReplaceChance=1.0000)
  
  https://youtu.be/SKKft-9tAJo
User Interface
- HUD
  - Added dynamic boss health bar for multiple bosses. This health bar changes when you aim at a certain boss
    
    https://youtu.be/2dvm7ijpLJ4
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where TraderDash function could cause a bugplat

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all on behalf of CD Community!

H U N ナ E R — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:10:02 +0000

CD Update: Beta v3.6 Is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:20:47 +0000

Hi. This update is released exclusively for Beta 1. The new update has some fixes that players encountered when the game crashed. All CD builds now supports the new boss and Peelz's FriendlyHUD mutator compatibility.

Changelog

Basic Settings
- Spawn Cycle
  - Added new spawn cycles ts_mig_v2 and ts_mig_v3 by Machine
- Boss
  - Added new boss Matriarch
    Chat command: !cdboss mat | matriarch
    
    https://youtu.be/kE3V7vAAaPY
Dynamic Settings
- HPFakes
  - Added new MatriarchHPFakes value
    The fakes modifier applied when scaling Matriarch head and body health
    Chat command: !cdmatriarchhpfakes | !cdmathpf [Num]
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where killing ZEDs on early waves caused a bugsplat
- Fixed an issue where after trader time TraderDash effect continued to work if the player was equipped with a knife

You must use the following startup settings to run the update:

Game=ControlledDifficultyBeta_Legacy.CD_Endless Config: ControlledDifficulty_Legacy.ini Game=ControlledDifficultyBeta_Eternal.CD_Survival Config: ControlledDifficulty.ini Game=ControlledDifficultyBeta_Eternal.CD_ShootingSurvival Config: ControlledDifficulty_Shooting.ini Game=ControlledDifficultyBeta_Endless.CD_Endless Config: ControlledDifficulty_Endless.ini

For non-beta version of the game, all CD startup settings remain the same as before.

CD News: Wake Up, Boy! Endless Is Coming!

H U N ナ E R — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:14:32 +0000

Hey, wake up, guys. It's been a long time since the last update came out. I was completely absorbed in my job. Therefore, updates will not come out so often. However, I have prepared something interesting for a long snack.

Someone thought, someone imagined, and someone dreamed about it. I present to all CD endless version of the game. In General, nothing new has happened. It's the same endless game, but implemented by CD mechanics. You can also use all the familiar features from CD mod and control which of the available types of waves (special or outbreak) you want to play in CD Endless.

At this point, Spawn Cycle feature has been removed due to the fact that this feature made no sense in CD Endless. Perhaps in the future this feature will be implemented appropriately.

Startup settings:

Game=ControlledDifficulty_Endless.CD_Endless
Config: ControlledDifficulty_Endless.ini

Changelog

Dynamic Settings
- Added new feature SpecialWaveChance
  This dynamic function controls the probability that the wave will be a special wave
  
  Chat command: !cdswc x.x
  Default value from HoE vanilla: 0.45
- Added new feature OutbreakWaveChance
  This dynamic function controls the probability that the wave will be an outbreak
  
  Chat command: !cdowc x.x
  Default value from HoE vanilla: 0.4
User Interface
- Chat Commands
  - The text color has been changed to orange

New updates for this mode will also be released in the future. Good luck everyone.

CD News: CD Discord Group is Available!

H U N ナ E R — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:34:11 +0000

The last day I finished working on a CD group in discord. All the necessary information about all CD builds and new updates will be in discrod group. The group is available for all english and russian-speaking players.

I would also like to thank HazardousMonkey for his help.

CD Discord Group[discord.gg]