Script edit fixing the infamous NG+ bug that prevents you from saving or opening the inventory in “variant universes”. Also optionally changes the chance of entering a “variant universe” in NG+.
Script compiled with Caprica.
NG+ Fixes and Improvements:
At present, this mod is a script tweak to MQ401 which does the following.
Fixes softlock issue with NG+ scenarios that prevents you from saving or opening the inventory.
Default chance of a variant universe increased from 15%->90%. See a different universe with each iteration of NG+.
In NG+10 and beyond, variant universe chance is halved from 90%->45% so that players have an easier time settling down in normal universes if they wish to do so.
Optional files with different static variant universe percentages. (25%, 50%, 75%, 90%, vanilla)
Any further tweaks would likely have to await the CK, but feel free to suggest any ideas.
A Primer On New Game Plus (Spoilers)
When you enter NG+, the game will transport you to a “new universe”, upon which you lose everything except your skills. The first NG+ universe is always identical to the base game. But in NG+2 and beyond, you have a chance of encountering a “variant universe” which involves unique scenarios at the Lodge. These scenarios include: finding the lodge empty, finding sarah as a plant, the hunter killing everybody, and even meeting yourself in the lodge.
The NG+ scenarios are one of the coolest things you can find in the game, but there are two problems. Firstly, the chance to trigger one is simply too low – there are about 10 different scenarios but the chance of getting a variant universe is only 15%. This means that the average player will realistically never see a single scenario, let alone all of them! If you did NG+ 100 times, you would end up in a vanilla universe 85 of those times. Even a dedicated player who goes to NG+10 might count themselves lucky to see more than 1 variant universe. With vanilla RNG, the scenarios are just glorified easter eggs in practice, which is a shame because scenarios are all pretty interesting. To make matters worse, NG+ universes are often bugged and will softlock you by preventing you from saving or opening the inventory.
This mod addresses both of these common grievances with NG+. The bugfix makes all NG+ scenarios fully playable, and at a 90% trigger rate for variant universes, the average player can expect to experience a substantial slice of the NG+ scenarios within a realistic & healthy amount of playtime.
Installation
Mod is a single script file, install with mo2/vortex/manual/dyson vacuum/whatever.
Mod is safe to install/uninstall whenever.
Credits:
ConnerRia
