DEAD RISING 3: FOR THE RECORD (BETA RELEASE)

[ThrowingOutRoX]

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What the hell is Dead Rising 3: For The Record?

It's an overhaul mod for Dead Rising 3, similar to MMod for Half Life 1 and 2. More specifically, it's similar to Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, except it still features Nick Ramos and has no new areas. However, like Off The Record, it features multiple changes and improvements to the original game.



What are these improvements?

I'll be covering this in 3 sections: Features that are currently added, things that are yet to be added, and things that were promised in my 2021 post that I unfortunately cannot promise anymore.



NEW CHANGES

To start off small are some minor fixes to make the game feel more polished.

• The Bulletin Board now lists 24 survivors instead of 25 
• Abnormal hit reactions are replaced (I.E. novelty masks knocking down zombies or even dismembering them) 
• The Tactical Axe now shares the same blocking ability as the Riot Shield and Baton 
• The ZDC speaker destruction sound has been lowered 
• Some lines that overlap others have been edited to no longer overlap 
• A broken trigger for Dick Baker to say a line in Chapter 0 has been fixed 
• The last section of "Signs Of Safety" now has skippable dialogue 
• Fixed some survivors having interaction prompts despite having nothing to say (mainly the survivors in the diner)

Now to some of the bigger changes:

• All weapons have proper heavy attacks instead of just kicks (Some weapons can be attached to zombies, such as the Massager)

• Regular weapons are nerfed to be less destructive and not dismember zombies 
• Contrarily, many combo weapons are buffed 
• Re-added unused breakable doors
• Re-added a few unused weapons (Cellphone, DSLR Camera, and the Door Pieces) 
• Added cut pre-order content, such as the Frank and Chuck DLC and Nick's muscle car 
• There are more doors in the environment 
• Zombie grapples have been overhauled, and will now function as they did in previous games. On controller, you'll need to shake the left stick left and right. On keyboard, you need to spam the space bar (May be changed later to spamming X/left mouse button depending on user feedback) 
• Some areas that are locked off until you complete a certain mission, such as the Mingxiang Gardens, Yo-Gah! Studio, Ingleton sewers, Meryl's House, etc. are now accessible at any time. Some may appear locked, but have an alternate entrance inside. Some story important areas are kept inaccessible. Loa's Cream Dream and the dining room in the Family House are also inaccessible until you complete their respective missions. 
• Food and firearms are less common in the environment 
• The DLC weapons now spawn in the main game 
• Books have different spawn points; Look for areas that have magazines or that you think may have books (There are 2 spawns of Thrifty Traders because for some reason I can't figure out where the code for it to spawn in the safe zone is located???) 
• Nick has slightly different reactions to clothing, specifically women's clothing 
• Survivors are a bit more talkative, and will comment on the players clothing and escaping a horde 
• Some missions activate at different points in the story (I.E. Love's A Drag activating during Chapter 5 instead of Chapter 7)
• Psychopaths are made more difficult (Feedback on their difficulty is appreciated)
• A few psychopaths have additional attacks that were originally unused
• Los Perdidos is much more colorful, and night time looks very different
• Diego has a different boss theme, an unused track meant for the crashed yacht
• Auto saves are turned off
• Alex now appears as a stranded survivor in the main game, as originally her mission was bugged to not activate
• Unused victim re-added to the plane crash section
• Dylan's mission is now slightly creepier

As of now, the Untold Stories Of Los Perdidos are largely unchanged.



CHANGES THAT WILL BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE

• 4 additional posse members 
• A few new combo weapons 
• Additional mini boss fights 
• Flushable toilets (funny) 
• Danceable strip poles (funnier) 
• Survivors are now killable and can defect on Nick 
• New ending to the game 
• Some Side Missions are altered to be more fun 
• Stranded Survivor missions are changed, some are changed to the aforementioned mini boss fights 
• The upgrades are slightly nerfed so that Nick doesn't feel too overpowered. 
• Nightmare Mode is replaced by Sandbox Mode 
• New boss fights in the Untold Stories Of Los Perdidos, as well as altered story gameplay

CHANGES THAT WERE SCRAPPED SINCE 2021 + WHY THEY WERE SCRAPPED

• Closeable doors. Scrapped for a while since there were bugs with certain doors, and when I tried re-adding them again they just completely stopped working. 
• Survivors killable in the diner. For some reason, I think it's hardcoded in the game so that zombies don't spawn in any of the districts before the player enters the diner, so if the player failed the story before that, the game would have barely any zombies. 
• Dick Baker narrates. I just kind of didn't want to have this anymore. 
• Stronghold Mode. I'd honestly prefer to do an entirely separate mod based around this, and plus I kind of prefer having a sandbox mode anyway.

Where can I download the mod?

Right here!

[ThrowingOutRoX]

UPDATE: Previous file versions misspelled the "mission" folder as "missions". This is now fixed, but for the 6 people who downloaded the mod prior, make sure to check the game files and put the fs_scriptmission.bin and fs_cinematics.bin into the proper mission folder.

[realmegabastard]

The Beatdown mechanic still makes the bosses too easy, IMO. This criticism is more towards the game's developers, but bear with me:

1. Diego will literally get knocked from mid-air very easily. Not only can you just throw something at him to pull it off, but it's to a point where any firearm his BANE. When knocked down, you can start the Beatdown. They could've either had it so only heavier items could've done it and remove the Beatdown for extra damage when he lands.

2. Darlene's Beatdown (after you catch her gorging over food) has you force-feeding her, resulting in a vomiting spiral, dealing a lot of damage. Why not just have the Player strike her from behind for extra damage (from it probably causing her to choke)?

3. Now, I can understand why Albert has a Beatdown (Nick is drugged and disorientated, making his attacks and movement sluggish), but the items that can allow the Player to initiate it (Organ Coolers) are pretty much all over the place. Oh yeah, they can also be pocketed, making the Greed fight potentially end FAST! The Player should've just been able to do extra damage upon hitting him while he's attacking the other captives.

4. Zhi has two moments of vulnerability, one where you hit the gongs, causing Zhi to go into a raging fit, while the other has him meditating from the statues to heal, in which you have to knock him down. I don't really mind the statue part, but the gongs can potentially stun-lock, initiating a Beatdown every time. Gongs and the Beatdown are especially unnecessary when you realize that they could've made it so that knocking him off the statues could result in (again) extra damage!

5. Gang Leader/Hunter has the same amount as Zhi, shooting the Molotov Packs on his Rollerhawg and throwing Molotovs at him. While I can understand why he has a Beatdown, I still think having two weak points on a psychopath is a bit much. Having him
take extra damage from fire weapons without the Beatdown mechanic would've made it... slightly better(?) I could more than likely be wrong.

6. With Hilde, the Beatdown can be open by throwing a Flashbang. This I get, but why not just attack her to (once again) do extra damage after she's blinded. Somewhat akin to Roger Withers in DR2 (I say somewhat because the Fireworks Launcher actually does damage).

7. Now, Fuente's Beatdown has you taking his request by dancing at the pole, stunning him. They could've made it interesting by having him get close enough to where Nick catches him off guard by double-barrel kicking him, kind of like in DMC3, for (that's right) extra damage.

8. Jherri's Beatdown can occur when you counter her grab and she stands in front of the mirror to exercise. They could've made it so hitting Jherri mid-exercise did extra damage.

9. Kenny's Beatdown can be activated by crafting a combo weapon in front of him (while he doesn't have the Junk Ball anymore?) to make him even more jealous. We could've JUST SMACKED HIM in this state for... yeah.

10. Red's Beatdown can start after throwing an object at him mid-charge. The throw itself could've just (sighing and smacking hands while saying...) done extra damage.

11. The Crane actually takes TOO MUCH damage from having it's weak points hit. Seriously, the fight can be over in seconds (JUST SECONDS). The robot boss in Off the Record was nowhere near this easy! (There's no Beatdown here, BUT STILL)

12. And finally, the General himself. He has two ways to begin the Beatdown (Yes, like Zhi and Hunter...), one where he reloads his Grenade Launcher and one where you strike him in the back where his post-crash wound is (*rubbing both hands down face after double facepalm with a frustrated sigh*). First off, the Beatdown during the reload, in my honest opinion, did NOT NEED to be included. Like AT ALL. It could've been left as just an opportunity to get up to the platform, but adding extra damage is optional here. But, striking the weak point on his back could've easily just done...

EXTRA DAMAGE

The Beatdown mechanic, to me, was an unnecessary addition that just made the bosses too easy. Dead Rising didn't have this feature in the past and didn't need it either. The second game had implemented certain weaknesses to some of the bosses like with sneaking up on Reed, blinding Roger with fire works, hitting Brandon with fire, the motorcycle bosses crashing into walls, putting out Slappy's Flamethrowers with water weapons, and, considering the Looters, hitting them with spray paint to blind them or using the air horn to blow their brains (they're sub-bosses, but still). After giving more thought about how the boss fights could've played out, the Beatdowns were just pointless to begin with.

Wow, this quickly turned into a rant. A really long one at that!

Regardless, this is my opinion and this is open criticism. Pardon me for the wall of text and rant.

[realmegabastard]

I wonder if there's a way to deactivate the Weapons Locker. Wardrobe's fine, though.

[realmegabastard]

Forgot to ask, how did you change Diego's boss theme?

[ThrowingOutRoX]

May 5, 2023 23:14:44 GMT -5 realmegabastard said:

Forgot to ask, how did you change Diego's boss theme?

Thanks for the criticism on the beatdown mechanic! I changed Diego's theme by unpacking boss_03_c.big, opening boss_03_c.txt, and at the top is the code that plays his music. I just redirected it so that instead of playing his default boss music (which in my opinion was pretty out of place and kind of bad) it played the unused yacht theme, which is literally just called "Yacht" in the files.

[realmegabastard]

So, that's how it's done? Thanks for the info!

As for my criticism on the Beatdown, no problem! I tried to find the best way I could to describe my problems with the mechanic. And yeah, there really was no purpose to having it. Like I said the series didn't need it.

Looking forward to the next update to this mod!

[realmegabastard]

If I were to have a different song play for a boss, the song I redirect it to doesn't have to be just in the music.big file, right? Or, yeah?

[ThrowingOutRoX]

May 14, 2023 15:30:17 GMT -5 realmegabastard said:

If I were to have a different song play for a boss, the song I redirect it to doesn't have to be just in the music.big file, right? Or, yeah?

It just has to redirect to the .big file where the audio track is stored. For example, iirc, the stinger that plays when Gary's boss fight starts in Chapter 7 is located in music_launch.big

[realmegabastard]

Now, the reason I asked this is because I tried doing the same method from Off The Record and replace the tracks while giving the replacements to overwrite them the same names. For some reason, it didn't work.

[115a]

Hello, I can't equip the Chuck and Frank outfits but the Ken and Ragged Nick one is alright.
Did I do something wrong?

[realmegabastard]

As much as I'm sad that we can't close the doors anymore (seriously, CV?), the breakable doors are fine.

On a topic related to this mod, like I said about the bosses, there has to be some way the Beatdown can be removed.

Back to the mod, I think repeatedly a button is better than spamming the analog, because while it's just pushing a button, you still have to mash it. That's just me, though.

[realmegabastard]

How would you make the Sandbox Mode work?