/acg/ - Armored Core General

So I nabbed Front Mission Evolved during the Steam summer sale, what am I in for?

>>181746783
5/10 Story and 9/10 gameplay with wanzers.

Multiplayer is dead as fuck but when it was active was a blast. They really should've removed that skill that would remove all your boost energy though and not let you boost for a long time.

>>181747160
When you say Wanzer, you aren't referring to the DLC packs are you?

>>181748128
No, the wanzer is what the mechs in FM are called. Also, don't purchase the DLC for a dead game.

>>181748979
I see, hopefully it's worth the 5 bucks

>>181750545
You'll get some enjoyment out of it.

>>181750545
If you enjoy the universe I highly recommend FM 3, 4, and 5. 4 is my favorite.

How's that Last Raven Portable patch coming along?

Only five more days until AC 20th anniversary.

>>181751407
Gonna have some cool shit to show off for the 20th. I figured out how to give grenades the flaming AC effect upon impact, as well as how to change stagger so that weapons have a more noticeable stagger impact now. Right now still working on range and muzzle velocity, which is the last thing I really need to find in order to have all the "necessary" part stats found for a release.

I also figured out how to change shell weapons to energy weapons, funny enough: Ammo price and Usage Drain are the same stat, when you swap a weapon to "energy" type, it uses the same ammo price as usage drain now and just changes the label.

For the 20th I'm going to show some of this stuff off in a compilation video.

I'm learning how to edit videos right now, like real deal stuff.

>>181763501
what programs are you using? I've tried lightworks and it's really nonintuitive

>>181764904
Hitfilm express 2017. It's free but the only way you can download it is by sharing it on a media platform that you're using it like twitter, facebook, gmail or whatever it's called. I just use the gmail one because I never use that shit for anything.

This program is the real deal though.

Learning how to layer some filthy frank green screens onto a video at the moment.

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Great success, I'll call that a solid days work.

What's the best strategy for taking on Wanton Busker and Vola Volant? I can take out Busker, but I never have enough AP to take on the other one.

>>181747160
Everyone told me the gameplay was awful. Was I lied to?

>>181768591
Hide behind the dam and use orbit weapons + extension vertical missiles against Busker, then swap a linear rifle and handgun against Vola Volant.

Volant has AWFUL stability so you can stunlock him really easily with linear rifles. He also overheats really easily.

Once Busker's legs break, he becomes a sitting duck for any vertical missiles. Micro missiles also kill him super fast but they tend to cost too much ammo price to get an S rank.

>>181765529
>>181764904
For free video editing software I'd recommend Blender, the modeling software. It's video editing stuff is more raw, and there's a thorough guides on youtube. I found it to be a really good alternative after using adobe for two years.

>>181760183
>Gonna have some cool shit to show off for the 20th.
Hot dang.
>I figured out how to give grenades the flaming AC effect upon impact
HOT DANG
Grenade rifles new meta.

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https://indigogaming.itch.io/garrison-archangel

I have been playing this for like five days in a row. Gonna update again next week and add some new mech parts, new guns with limited ammo and more power instead of infinite reloading, it might have a glaive, and it might have a new Horde mode that sends waves of smaller mechs in after you in a holographic city with a full mech every 10 levels or so which they showed off in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXSF8n6eLJM

I've been really into the Falcon mech parts with the big jets on the back and either an SMG, rockets, and rifle or drill, gatling guns, and fist. With the SMG I like to stay away and either zoom in and empty a magazine into them or punish them for boosting toward me and then empty rockets when they exit their stun animation. With the drill it's bullfighting or emptying the gatling gun into them and timing a big lunge to the end of their stun animation and then close up punches to finish them off if I'm getting antsy.

>>181783052
I saw good things about it before. How is the customization? Is it just weapons or can you change body parts too?

>>181783395
Right now there's only 3 sets of body parts to choose from, your general medium, light, heavy types. Next update there's at least two more. But you got head, body, arms, and legs and the legs have weight they can support. There's also left and right hand guns or shields or swords or a hybrid of them, shoulder guns or missiles or jets, back missiles or jets, and some bonuses like more armor or bigger magazines. There's some stats like armor, stability, and a melee bonus if you stay under your max weight load or something like that. You can get up to 100% melee damage bonus if you're really minimal. You can also change the color with some preset palettes or you can choose your own color with RGB sliders or a big palette and have unique colors for different parts and guns.

There's a big ass sword that fires railgun shots, a drill that turns into a big hammer, a thick sword with a pistol on it, an SMG, a rifle, a shotgun, like four shields two of which parry and one or two tackle, an axe that turns into a scythe, etc and there's way more stuff in the files they haven't put in the game yet like a backmounted railgun and dual grenade launchers and anti-missile systems.

>>181784030
are you friends with the devs or just following their updates?

A mech game where the devs actually communicate their progress would be nice.

WOULD BE REAL FUCKIIN' NICE, FROM SOFT.

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>>181784157
I'm hanging out in their Discord and following their Twitter and datamining. A new mech game that runs on my laptop? That's my new obsession.

This is one of the new mechs from their Twitter play_archangel. The other is a big knight looking thing that I'm not that into.

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>>181784030
Back-mounted railgun from the files.

>>181785810
>IT'S THE MOTHERFUCKING LX CANNON

>>181786669
See, I can't decide if it's that or Metal Gear Rex's cannon.

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>>181786669
Recognize this? Is it supposed to be at the waist?

>>181746438
What's the fastest a NEXT can go?
What combination of parts makes it go the FASTEST

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>>181783052

>>181790562
I believe top speed is somewhere around 3000kph if you second/third stage Virtue Quickboost while using vanguard OB on a sobrero frame.

Someone should test this.

>>181783052
oooh, I might try this.

>>181790972
I clocked out at 3500 kmph using a sobrero build.

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>>181783052
Ooooh, new Horde UI mockup for the final wrapup.

>>181783052
Does this game have a fun singleplayer? It looks really, dare I use the forbidden word, "epic".

>>181797680
including stabilizers?

>>181802157
Only tried it without stabs.

>>181787561
Is it the Freedoms rail guns?

>>181746438
Main boosters cut out!
So that's what you were aiming for huh.

>>181807598
I think stabilizers are a ~ 10% increase across the board to max speed (they don't have diminishing returns) so with 10 rear stabilizers you might be able to hit 3800kph.

>>181802082
Yeah, the singleplayer is an arcade mode which is just 1v1 duels against AI with different difficulty levels or a custom game mode which atm is only FFA or team deathmatch with up to four players, human or AI. Eventually it'll have Horde mode.

>>181783052
one of the devs posted a tight crop of some legs and it looks like a floating xenogearsy mech

Railguns are the true INTJ weapon.

WARNING: 4chan is being raided by the feds. every board not frozen has become a honey pot. Whatever you do, do not post your personal information. I'm looking at you Xezberz.

>>181843269
What are the feds here for this time?

>>181843269

Shiet, good thing I live in Antarctica.

>>181783052
This looks fucking sick. Dowloading it now to try it later.

>>181786669
HOLY SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT

That reminds me, there was an anon here that was working on another mech game. Any updates as well?

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Bump.

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>>181857515

>>181863883
what even was the question

and what was the answer

>>181864090
Question
>We fucked up the earth, humanity might die. What do we do next?

Answer
>[whatever your player chooses to do in-game]

"Pray for answer" literally just means "hope that you will figure out what to do"

>>181857515
I'd like to get into her nerves concord.

I remember trying to remake noblesse oblige in last raven because I couldn't yet afford a PS4 when AC4 came out, but I'd seen the trailers.

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>>181860823
>>181867962
Calm down, horndogs.

Also, bump.

>>181864090
>Question

IIRC, the trailers for FA showed "what are you fighting for?" a couple of times, and Fiona ask that when attacking Line Ark

>>181872645
we're fighting to find that answer

>>181873504
no no, you're fighting 4(that)Answer

>>181870642
ill break her nineball if you know what i mean

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>>181874143

I recently emulated a gamecube game, "custom robo", because of childhood nostalgia, and love it, then found this.
I don't have any consoles anymore. Do you guys all play on a system or do any of you emulate these?

>>181881467
Fuck yeah custom robot is the shit, I did the same thing as you about a year ago, but never beat it, I need to go back and finish it.

A lot of people emulate the PS2, PS1, and PSP games. Emulation isn't good enough for PS3/360 games, but it's easy enough to buy a used copy of them, at least in the U.S.

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>>181881467
These days, most people emulate. Since AC is mostly 3D, it upscales well.

Try PCSX2 if you have a decent PC, but if you have a toaster, the PSP ports on PPSSPP are much lower requirements.

Armored Core 3 is by far the best place to start, and it's available as both a PSP and PS2 copy. The PSP games have native netplay so you can log into the coldbird server for multiplayer, but the PS2 games are local co-op only, requiring Xlink Kai to play with others online.

You can also pick up Armored Core Verdict Day on PS3 if you want something more modern.

>>181882109
I decided play it again after finding my physical copy of the game. But, i moved a lot and all my early consoles. Figure since I still own said game, emulating would be fine. Took all of a few minutes to get everything going once you have everything, and you can use a modern controller with the buttons remapped.

Go back and play it, there's two divisions of the game. Main one has a definitive conclusion (i.e. bad guy), and the second half are a bunch of tournaments w/ different conditions.
Small word of warning though, emulation means no save data to load from (at first), so you'll be starting from scratch.

>>181882140
>sold PS3 because reasons; only have a PS4 now
Oh well.
But I'll look into those things you mentioned, thank you.

>>181884459
I think that the PS2 AC games are vastly superior to the PS3 ones anyway.

>>181884459
I just use save states since I don't feel entirely confident with dolphin's memory catd, even though I shouldn't really be afraid of it. I wish I could remember where I was, tho

>>181881467
I have an original PS3, so I can play all the old PS1 games, but they don't upscale very well. I've been emulating them and they run perfectly fine on mednafen, it just took a little to figure out how to do the disc changing in MoA and how to transfer the save data between them. I also just picked up Verdict Day so my physical collection is finally complete.

>>181885676
Why do you think they're superior? I haven't played many PS2 era ACs, so I'd like to know the reasons of someone more qualified.

Is there really no lock-on that lets you strafe around an enemy in AC3 Portable like in 4 Answer? This is really clunky coming from 4A and any later FromSoft game.

Anyone got Armored Core MIDIs or something? Google just wants to show me 2 songs and I'd like to study some more and figure out what makes the military sound in music.

>>181890572
Yeah, the pre 4th gen AC games don't have a hard lock on so you have to control your movement and camera at the same time.

>>181890108
AC4 and ACV really messed with the formula and lost a lot of the unique sense of progression by making it more or less just a reaction shooter or RPS. ACV/VD redeems itself through multiplayer, and AC4/FA redeems itself through visuals and characters, but neither really capitalized on the customization, character immersion, and sense of achievement that I get from the PS2 games.

It's mostly because the later games don't really have well-thought-out missions ore arenas that require changing your AC up more, and they remove the cash penalty of failing a mission.

>>181890108
customizing the controls is part of the game

>>181892383
Wait, there was hard lock on in 4th and 5th gen? Or is it one of those "aim assist" options?

>>181893056
whoops, meant to quote
>>181890572
>>181893056

>>181890572
>>181893056
Ironically, coming from a background of pre-4 AC, the addition of the aim assist took some getting used to for me. I found myself struggling againt the aim assist for control of the camera from time to time, especially when the battle got heated up, i.e. "all weapon buttons pressed down at once, palms sweating as fuck and frantically jabbing at both control sticks to get maximum aim and evasion" hot.

>>181893775
For me it was
>"wtf is this bullshit?"
>disable
>game plays much better now

I think that they added those features to AC4 to make it easier to play using the default AC control scheme, which was intended more for ground-based close range stuff instead of the long range aerial fighting in AC4.

>>181894279
*default AC1 control scheme

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i think this is all the G:A fanart there is

Bump from /drg/, remember to have hope and happy halloween.

>>181900989
w-what

>>181901095

Happy Halloween

>>181900989
>danganropa general
Unexpected, but thank you. I'm waiting for a better sale to get the Dangan games.

>>181901569

You're welcome, you missed the steam sale.

But you can be a ORCA member and pirate it.

>>181902156
I'm holding out for a better sale later on, hopefully

>>181903493

>hope

Thats what the Cradlemen had for the future

>>181903723
haha i blew that thing up xD

>>181903893

Oldie, you ate too much sugar, go to bed.

I'm trying to get into using sentry guns in ACVD. Any good tips and strategies you guys have for using them? Also, what sentry gun do you prefer?

Right now, I'm using the missile sentry and then act as bait for it.

>Double barrel shotgun confirmed for Garrison: Archangel

>>181910519

thats rad

>>181910519
I've heard of it, but how does it play? Is it like AC?

>>181910705
Bit like modern AC with the lock-on you can strafe around and boosts and flying, bit like a fighting game with the mechanics.

>>181857515
stop with IS posting, the serie its shit anyways.

>>181911072
>Bit like modern AC with the lock-on
AC's used the same lock on system since the PS1 days though

Having not yet played Garrison, I'd say it looks closer to Gundam Extreme VS than AC, and that is NOT a bad thing. Extreme VS with AC customization is an arcade mech fighter's wet dream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TG_tthSynM

I'd also compare it to an arena version of Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYnqRlvPJh0

Also I'm pretty sure Battlefield Record is either heavily inspired or straight up ripped from ACV's gameplay, just slowed down a lot. The two are uncannily similiar, just like how Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn seems to be built on the ACE:R Engine. From didn't dev battlefield record, but Bandai was well involved in them by that time.

Also if any of you guys can deal with a game written in Japanese, I highly suggest picking both those games up. I'm not really into gundam but Extreme Vs was fun as hell /spoiler]

>>181917250
How's the story for the games? I'm never a fan of Gundam's plot, but all I need is for it to be "tolerable". I don't need Shakespeare, just something I won't cringe towards.

>>181919047
> just something I won't cringe towards.

Extreme Vs? Given that it's all in Japanese and I had no real idea what the fuck was going on, I'd say it was pretty good. All the screaming slogans and announcing your special attacks got annoying.

Unicorn or Battlefield Record? Watch the anime, if you can stomach that you'll be fine.

>>181917250
>>181919047
>>181919219
There's an English translation of Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS if that's similar.

https://mega.nz/#F!9VdTgCaS!HYtAQzWe75MQdCu4TL69Mw

what are the best mech poses

>>181936639

holding the sword on croctch position

>>181936639
>>181939241
/that/ mecha pose

the arms crossed Gainax pose

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>>181936639
This one

>always got excited reading the Hard Core section of Tips and Tricks
>never saw an AC game in the wild
>five years ago
>realize I'm an adult and can literally buy the entire series on Amazon if I want
>get Armored Core V new instead
>don't have time to play it yet because reasons, but feel good knowing I finally have an AC game
>just now get around to playing it
>it's multiplayer focused
>the servers are shut down

Well, fuck me. Also,

>the servers are shut down
>still get sent to the main menu when internet connection is lost

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>>181940872
That's Bandai Namco for you.

AC mechs are the sexiest?

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>>181946001
Damn right.

>>181882140
I never thought ac2 was hard

>>181946001
Even V era?

Okay, so PPSSPP runs Last Raven pretty well on my PC, but there's an issue when using a controller. The left stick, right stick, and L2 have a small delay. Is there anything I can do about that?
>>181892332
>MIDIs
You stuck in 2002 or something, boyo? We've got mp3s and I think even some FLAC now up there in the dropbox.
Or if you're as good as I am or happened to be around when I posted a link in an /m/ thread some months back, there's also a very special WAV.

>>181955996
It's so I can see the notes to study the music.

>>181955996
Christ, the amount of space that would be if it was WAV. WAV is really unnecessary because you can't tell the difference between 320 bitrate and 192 bitrate.

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We need our meme creator in /acg/ to dish out more content.

>>181960425
You want a meme?
3 more days.

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>>181960862

>>181972620
*blows up this ugly robot*

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>>181976214

>>181960862
Until what?

>>181978204
Presumably nothing

>>181978204
Nothing

>>181977092
This looks better than >>181972620 but they both need to be destroyed.

So do you guys emulate any of the AC games? I have AC-ACMOA on my PSP, as well as the AC3-ACLR portable series. I'd emulate more, but I never opted for a higher level memory card.

>>181990580
I emulated AC3 portable and I don't like it at all.

Might be able to emulate PS3 games, I mean there's an emulator for PS3 and Persona 5 works but I don't know if something like AC will.

>>181992536
>and I don't like it at all.
How far are you into it? The hardest part about enjoying the game is figuring out a control scheme that feels comfy, if you haven't done that yet then you're still missing out on a large part of the game.

AC PS3 emulation is nonexistent. The 360 ones apparently let you get into menus but you can't play.

>>181997013
I did the first mission and the first two battles in the arena. Yeah the controls weren't great, trying to move and keep the enemy in the lock-on window was a bad experience, and landing the sword attack seemed out of my control. Any ideas?

>>181990148
A new one? Nice, andV era gets 2 slots again

>>181997286
>I did the first mission and the first two battles in the arena.
You haven't really played the game at all then. It takes until getting halfway through the game because you really start to figure out how to make a good AC that feels and plays great. You're supposed to create what feels best for -you-. I mean, even with 1000+ hours into the game and years of experience I still discover new things and combinations of parts that feel better/worse than what I usually do.

Practice more. Read up on all the stats. Try different control mappings. Try out a lot more weapons and different frame parts. Swapping a few parts will drastically change how the game plays. Watch some gameplay videos and compare what you're doing with what they're doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHjN1rp9FvI

It's always going to be PS2 era clunky, but you have literally billions of different combinations and parts to pick from and an infinite number of control schemes to mess with. Take joy in figuring out what works best for you.

>>181998368
>>181997286
Also:

The point of AC is to go from a bumbling awkward idiot to a literal god of destruction by learning to use the tons of options the game gives you at the start. What right now looks like a bunch of weak individual parts, will eventually become pieces in a puzzle that you assemble to create something completely unique and (hopefully) powerful.

Missions teach you how to customize by throwing circumstances at you that are unique and require different parts to approach. The faction you take missions from will also give you more access to their types of parts as you win their favor.

The Arena is how you expand your customization safely, by giving you a free (no consequence for failure) way to get money and see how other NPCs use their parts to give you ideas on how you want to use your parts.

Forward or backward knees?

>>182002470
I've always been a fan of middleweight biped. It's better to have no weaknesses than to specialize into a few things, so I've always built well rounded ACs.

>>182002470
It really depends. I've come to enjoy RJs more and more in the early games because their jumping ability becomes extremely useful for energy efficiency. But midweight bipeds look so goddamn cool.

>>182002920
Mi Negro, Thats what I usually aim for when playing

>>182003640
>>182002920
On subsequent playthroughs I tend to go for min-max designs built around one strategy. The heavy weaknesses make the gameplay more exciting

>>181997286
If I may share some of my wisdom; I use the control stick to look both up and down by assigning the "up" feature to the right, and the "down" feature to the down position, so if I ever want to reset my camera, I can just turn the stock to the bottom right. Overboost activated with stick left, and I think I mapped extensions to stick top. So essentially the left stick controls everything that isn't me moving directly. I let the d-pad handle that. L and R strafe, square and circle handle the hands, x jumps and triangle does something else I forgot.

>>181910032
You have two options.
The first is a gatling sentry nest. Put them all somewhere annoying and keep them between you and your opponent so that they'll keep locking on to the sentries.
The second is spreading out missile sentries. In this, you want to take the fight to your opponent so you can get missile damage/stagger while your opponent is occupied with you.
For both of these, angle up. VD is super touchy about letting sentries stick to the ground.
>>181956258
Oh, well that's actually a legitimate reason.
Well, Video Game Music Archive was the old standby once upon a time and they don't seem to have anything. I'm assuming the two you mentioned earlier were the YouTube videos?
>>181956341
That one track I have?
27MB.
For a two minute song.
Absolutely ridiculous, but then again, I've yet to find the credits version of 5 Point Five in any other format.

>>182013914
well you could convert to flac

Post your damn mech screenshots! What the fuck you drivin?

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>>182020740

>>181746438
What do you think the doctrine is for Normal and MT combat against NEXTS is?
How many MTs or Normals would it take to bring down the average NEXT while working alone?

>>182022396
How many MTs or Normals would it take to bring down the average NEXT while working alone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1m5y8IKDhI

This mission pretty much was exactly that. Silent Avalanche in both games is the only MT squad that can actually fuck up a player if you're not careful. They're well placed, have ECM, do significant damage, and rely on team work.

The advantage of MTs was that they were cheap to deploy in swarms
The advantage of ACs is that they can be highly customized to fit the situation and take advantage of the environment
The advantage of NEXTs is that they are the strongest possible thing to face 1v1, but struggle against groups.

Really, a group of about 5-10 decent AC3-ACLR era ACs could take down an AC4 NEXT unless the next pilot was very skilled. And a single ACV AC can take down a "weak" NEXT like N-WGIX

>>182023246
Nexts are pretty fucking OP though.
Silent Avalanche was an exception since they had great terrain to prep with.
A NEXT with a grenade launcher or dual miniguns can tear through a group
N-WGIX is only killable because the pilot was a dumbass who disabled his PA armour.

>>182025516
>who disabled his PA armour.
Pretty sure his PA fails in the second half of the fight, he doesn't disable it. I always interpreted it as the PA on N-WGIX was really unstable

>Silent Avalanche was an exception since they had great terrain to prep with.
That's literally my point. It wouldn't take many normals to take down a NEXT, but it is absolutely dependent on abusing terrain, ECM, especially if it means disabling PA. AC4 was pretty good about this, a lot of the missions it's actually the environment you're fighting (like A Dark Night's March) than the MTs themselves.

No! I can't go down like this!

SO NO CHI SADAME /AAAAY CEEEEEE GEEEEEEE/!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

can someone explain how you're not the bad guy in armored core 3?

>>182040356
From where is this?

>>182042562
Because the Controller was going haywire and Layered would have soon become uninhabitable. Play Silent Line for a good idea of what that looks like.
The game was kind of explicit about that.

>>182047697
i was just following orders man

>>182042562
It's up to interpretation. You're sort of an Ayn Rand superhero, using sheer force of will and desire to not be controlled to destroy all the established, flawed leadership and lead humanity to the surface. Not because you wanted to help humanity, but because that's just where being powerful leads you.

But on a more ethical note, there's a lot of details scattered thoughout the game that imply the Controller is going haywire (or is designed to start to fail once humanity can survive on its own) or that the controller is possibly under manipulation by one of the corporations. Either way, it starts targeting high profile ACs through bogus missions and picks the wrong target to kill, aka, you, and so you're just there to survive and clean up the mess.

>>182047697
Was it explicit that layered would be uninhabitable? Controller going haywire for some reason is definitely a thing though. I thought they talked about being able to continue to live in Layered without the controller though, and isn't that accomplished by the time SL starts anyway?

Look I'm just a dumb jock driving my arms car, I don't know why fuck all is happening in this stupid world and I'm too strong to have to know.

>>182050752
From what I remember, the big MTs and the ACs with the Cricket heads are all under the Controller's direct control and they randomly show up to thrash parts of Layered.
I'll pop AC3 in later today and try to remember more specifics.

>>182042562
This video will explain the plot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bqzFeBtAvc

> (or is designed to start to fail once humanity can survive on its own)


I really like this idea, specially that instead failing the AI take "poor decision" to force humanity to stop depending on the AI, its a nice spin to the usual "evil AI overlord"

are ACs digital or analog

>>182060598
Yes.

>>182060598
Yes.

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digital, obviously, given that they are shown to have computer-controlled interfaces/HUDs and keyboards in a few cutscenes

NEXTS actually seem more "analog" since they are controlled through the AMS system rather than physical pilot controls, but none of the ACs seem analog in a way that implies there's no software coding behind their controls and movement.

Dead thread

Finished the main story of MoA, now going through the metric fuckton of arena matches.

>>182078812
You said that like if it is a bad thing

>>182078812
Here's a hint buckaroo: abuse the finger when you can. Those matches later on can get murderous.

>>182080740
It's not a bad thing.
>>182081958
I'm using a max defense tank loadout with the dual multimissiles and the 100 shot laser rifle. I've finished the normal and sub arena, and all the leg specific ex arena and the fromsoft ex arena.

>>182081958
The finger?

>>182085208
The part called FINGER, to be exact.

>>182094557
the FINGER...

>>182099625
Even when nerfed on LR, Rim Fire surely gave ous the FINGER

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Just got my first mech and I'm the hottest shit around.

How the fuck do I change my head.

>>182101571
Nevermind, figured out the system. If there's another part I can use I select it from a vertical list. I thought 12345 under the icon was a list of parts.

I fucking killed four people in the arena and all I got was 9000 dollars.

This fuckass sword is 50000 dollars, how many people I gotta kill until I can have nice things.

>>182102059
Mathematically, 22-23 people total

>>182102602
This fucked up hellworld sucks my ass.

just killed some factory workers to make room for condos lads

>>182102059
Arena rewards grow exponentially. They're also free income, so usually you kill 5-6 enemies to be able to buy something. Once you reach C and B rank you should be able to get 20k per kill or more.

Also, you can SELL items. So having more money means you can hold more variety at one point. After acquiring ~500k total credits (beating most of the arena), you will have all you need to build any AC in the game, you just have to sell a few parts to build it every time you need to change things up.

Missions give you less than arena if you are inefficient, they give you more than the arena if you know how to save ammo and damage.

>>182105004
it's all part of the controller's plan for the GREATER GOOD

>Fighting helicopters
Fuck this

I see someone is playing through AC3. Good on ya, one of my favorite games.

>>182106901
in AC3?

Helis have always been the weakest enemies in every AC game, except for maybe VD where you have MOMMA HELICOPTERS with heavy weapons to defend baby copters

>>182108257
Targeting all of these bastards with PSP controls is fuck.

>>182108969
remap your controls

you have no one to blame but yourself

>>182109348
I'm using >>182013126

>>182109504
L - Stick: Move forward back left right
R - Stick (D-pad remapped in PPSSPP) Look up down right left

R1 - Jump/Boost
L1 - R Weapon
Circle - L Weapon
Square - Extension
X - OB/EO
Triangle - Switch Weapon

you won't be able to look reset or purge but you'll be able to at least target. There's ways to get both purge and look reset on those controls and you can also use R2/L2 (which makes things much easier when dual wielding) but they require actually thinking and planning out your remaps instead of copying someone else's scheme

wonder if i can hack in a custom bitmap as my emblem without replacing a texture from ppsspp

need my vanities!

>>182110947
theoretically it would be possible to make a save file editor that converted emblem data

aight this has to be like 8bit right? There's a 256 color palette and if you change the palette the image changes so it's gotta be stored in 8bit or something. that's the smart thing to do.

but i don't see anything in the save data yet and ppsspp savestates are 15 MB and finding an 80px 8bit bitmap in a 15MB file is like finding a needle in a haystack

this sucks why isn't there a tool for this

This stupid ass Sony compression is preventing me from putting goatse on my fuckmech.

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>>182115454

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I'm Living

>>182116567
How did you upload an image to be your emblem?

>>182119616
I couldn't figure out how to access the data in the saves so I used PPSSPP's texture replacement system.

>>182116567
>>182119616
>>182114130
>>182115454
you are a goddamn wonderful person

>>182116567
>he didn't painstakingly create his own emblem pixel by pixel

REEEEEEEE

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>>182116567
It has begun.

bumb

How much until the 20 anniversary?

>>182151169
Tomorrow.

SOON

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Please from
You better give us something
Its AC's 20th anniversary
please something anything

>>182158908
We are proud to announce our partnership with Funko Pop! to bring brand new figurines to our western fans!

>>182159060
But we already have koto doing really cheap feeling expensive pointy model kits.
Why would we want cancer?

>>182159060
And they're not even AC figures. They're dark souls inspired, but have "festive AC-based color schemes."

Mugen... but for mechs.

>>182158908
original armored core soundtrack on vinyl

>>182050752
There's an email you get from Laine that mentions
>The infrastructure that maintains Layered is failing. History tells us that Layered has always been under the guidance of The Controller. It's the only way Layered can exist.
Mirage sends an email that explicitly states The Controller is malfunctioning and they were trying to make a play for its power. They're scared of what happens without The Controller.
Crest also reveals that they know The Controller has been malfunctioning for quite some time. On top of that,
>Malfunctioning or no, if The Controller has decided to destroy us, then that is our fate.
I started at the bottom of the list and am working up, so here's another from Mirage right when they beat Crest and tried to gain access to The Controller
>As a result of The Controller's recent attacks, many areas within Layered are experiencing serious problems: power and oxygen shortages, flooding, and radiation leaks.
Another email from Laine reveals that The Controller's forces have been attacking corporate facilities and equipment vital to maintaining Layered's infrastructure.
Union tells us that the malfunctions are resulting in things like ecosystem changes.
There's an early email from Laine that says
>All aspects of life for those living in Layered are managed and maintained by The Controller.

There are also the two massive weapons deployed by The Controller for unknown purposes. Considering they both rain hot death all over the place, it can't be very beneficial.

Your job is to put an end to this bullcrap. That's why you're not the villain, The Controller is, and everyone else who just unquestioningly accepts the whims of their leader is a faggot.

What's your typical AC upgrade path look like? Do you go generator then sword then missiles or what? Spill the beans!

>>182163154
Booster and generator first for me.

>>182161436
Didnt P5 did the same?

>>181882140
Is it funny that out of all these games I found AC4 the hardest?

Figured out how to modify weapon range in ACLR, and I THINK I found muzzle velocity (maybe). There's another stat in the same data block that looks similar.

It turns out that while most of the data in ACLR is coded little endian, range (for SOME reason) is coded mid-little endian, so manual searching wasn't helping. I think muzzle velocity might be also.

I did some testing and it looks like weapons of the same class all seem to have the same muzzle velocity. Not sure if that's because it's tied to weapon class or if because they just designed it that way. Even despite a description saying "high velocity rounds" WR98L doesn't have faster shots than Shade. I think the higher accuracy from this weapons is actually from a larger hitbox, not faster rounds.

Being able to change muzzle velocity is a key different between PS2 and PS3 era gameplay that would significantly improve LR's pvp, given that the current velocities are far too low (more designed for PvE).

>>182165402
Alright nerd now when can I import my dick OBJs

>>182165170
AC4 is properly hard if you avoid the more powerful weapons. If AC4 didn't have grenades, MARVE, MOTORCOBRA, or any plasma, it's actually a fun challenge. ACFA made grenades less OP but made everything else way stronger, enemies generally weaker, and all builds had permaflight now.

Ya'll niggers hyped for Gundam Versus?

>>182163154
main weapon, booster, FCS, legs. In that order, usually.

Having good targeting, turning, and accuracy is the most important thing to me.

>>182165773
is it coming to the west with a proper translation?

>>182166104
Translated menus and text, coming September in the US and EU.

if fromsoft does nothing at least garrison: archangel is updating this week

>>182166374
>filipino indie developer is doing a better job at a proper AC game than From Soft

this hurts

>>182166526
Feels good imo, a few dedicated people can do what millions of dollars and a AAA team locked down with publisher agreements and arbitrary system exclusives can't.

Hope for the future.

I don't really give a shit about the Armored Core IP or brand, I just want good mech games.

>>182166526
It's not that they're doing a better job, they're just being less lazy.

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>Defend Naire Bridge
>This part can be found immediately below the main bridge near the mission starting point. To reach this area, jump down to one of the side bridges and walk to where it ends. Turn to the opening below the main bridge, and land on the nearby scaffold. There should be a large gap existing between this scaffold and the area below the starting point. Begin flying in that direction and land on the highway. You will find the part at the edge of this highway.

Not a damn thing down here!

>>182170445
I think you might be on the wrong side, you have to cross a death fall gap to reach it I think.

Also jeez man, if you can handle it, crank that rendering resolution up. Even my toaster laptop can handle 1080p in that game.

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>>182170692
Nothin here neither!

Yeah it can probably handle a higher res but the blur's comfy, CRT memories.

>>182171272
>>182170445
I'm talking from a decade old memory here, but I remember the part being on the top road inside one of the end rooms.

>>182171774
Looked in all 6 top rooms, looked in the rooms on the ends of the bridge underneath with no road to get to them, nothing.

I don't get it.

>>182170445
>Before crossing the bridge, look under where you came out of the door. Right where the door way is you can spot a flat looking whitish part. Now go to the gap and fly to it, this will take a good gen and eff. boost. Now fly back and finish the mission.

Try that.

>>182172326
Don't worry dude, I had this issue when I tried to get all the parts in AC3. I remember pulling my hair out on this exact same one when I was a teen.

>>182172326
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqvObmUz_5s

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>>182172543
Are you fucking serious.

>>182173134
Aha I remember that. Took me two hours to see it on my old shitty CRT.

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>>182173134
This game sucks my ass.

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Fuck you FromSoft.

What's the best way to kill the 10 thousand AP Leviathan that shows up in Launch Preemptive Strike?

>Chasing shithead down a hallway
>Gotta turn around halfway to grab a part
Thank you savestates for my life

What's the best way to kill the 10 thousand AP Leviathan that shows up in Launch Preemptive Strike?

>>182177295
To start, that thing is a real cunt.
If you're really good at leading with rockets, those will work. Multi-warhead missiles will also take sizeable chunks out of it.
So, what you really want for this fight is range. I forget what the preferred cover is, I think it was either the structure in the middle or the walls, but this usually isn't a quick fight. You make a few shots and then you get behind something before the plasma eats you alive. It makes wide turns and long passes, so you need to make your attack and then be falling into the cover right as it's launching its attack. It'll also launch a ton of missiles, but I feel like the cover should keep you safe from that too. Might want to bring decoys just in case.

So according to /v/ if you don't care about the multiplayer in Armored Core and always played for the customization, you're a "secondary."

>>182178126
is that the pc term for beta

>>182178126
That really only applies to 5th gen. The 'competitive' play in anything pre-ACV was a joke, to forced, at best. Sure, there have been tournaments, and online play in previous titles, but anything from AC1 through 4A were designed as a single player, story-based experience, so playing for the customizing is perfectly fine.

>>182177828
high ECM, use the missile weapon arms with volute2 (or perhaps Monju).

The hardest part of the mission is getting a solid lock on. You have to attack it from the side. If you attack it from the front, it will shoot at you, if you attack it from the rear, it will outrun your shots. So you need to catch it right as it turns and is slowing down for a bombing run, but from the side.

Weapon arms are good since you won't get the parallel processing FCS penalty for having two attacks, and firing two attacks at once is important.

For the missiles, the missile interference shoulder units work pretty good, and that saves you from wasting ammo cost on shoulder missiles.

It's kind of one of those "Everything" bosses where you need an AC with no obvious weaknesses. You should have:
>High vs ECM
>Fast, long, and large lock-on (Volute2 w/ standard or Cowry/F69S with ND)
>Can reaction dodge both missiles and laser cannons
>needs high damage output
>can turn fast enough to keep track of the enemy
>can boost long enough to catch up
>Good VS missile systems

>>182174102
>different body parts
>haven't changed the default rifle or missiles yet

TRIGGERED

>>182174102
check out the description text on your arena ranking.

>>182173134
now I know why they added big bright glowing to pick-up items dark souls

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>>182181859
What for?

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>>182174102
>those pansy legs

>>182188770
They make me nyoom

>>182177828
It's been quite a while, but think I brought with me my light bipedal with a huge store of micro missiles. I just jinked around to evade the pretty much everything. It's never perfect, but usually enough to bring the thing down. So you can do that too tnless your aim is to get an S or maybe if you're using a heavyweight/tank.

What control layout do you guys use in ACV / Verdict Day?

I tried to set the controls somewhat closer to ACLR but I found the game to be so drastically different in how it handles and what needs to be done at the same time that it couldn't work.

>>182178126
>according to /v/

I knew it was going to be another retarded opinion.

>>182191427
Sorry if you're on Xbox, I'll just be using PS terms, because I don't know Xbox controls.
Leave the sticks as they are. Place High Boost on L2 or R2 (or R1/L1 if you like using the bottom "triggers" for weapons, like most people), then put jump on the other. Boost toggle, bay swap, recons should be on the face buttons, then it's really up to you whether or not you want scan mode or shoulders on R3 vs. the last face button.

Personally, I have booster toggle on R2, high boost on L2, weapons on R1/L1, shoulder on triangle, recon on O, jump on X, bay swap on square, Scan Mode on R3, glide boost on L3, and then purging, pinging, and quick-text on the D-Pad.

Also, you sound new, so here's an in-depth video guide: https://youtu.be/FMsWxunJPGQ

>>182193605
Thanks, lucky I'm on PS3 so I can try than out.

>>182193605
>or R1/L1 if you like using the bottom "triggers" for weapons, like most people
It's actually a lot better to use the triggers for high boost since you can charge it more precisely, and is absolutely necessary for second/third staging in AC4/FA.

Xez where are you, Front Mission Evolved is a pretty shitty game, I expected more and got NOTHING.

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>>182197029
All according to keikaku.

Over half my life playing the 3rd gen armored core games and I just learned by accident how you're supposed to use blades.

Man I wish the Armored core 3 weapons had better statistics. It really sucks to try something new in a mission only to find that it fires like hot garbage.

Almost finished with MoA, but I'm not looking forward to the Master ExArena. I've finished all missions, arena, sub-arena, and all other ex-arena.

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I fucking love this grenade launcher in arena, Which part gives me the ability to fire big back weapons while moving? I saw some chaingun asshole use it and I want it for my Grenade Launcher.

>>182199865
Tank or Quad legs.

>>182199865
>Which part gives me the ability to fire big back weapons while moving?

Do we tell him guys.

>>182200190
Only if he also knows it's cheating (even if you have to earn the functions).

>>182198682
XEZ YOU SON OF A BITCH

>>182198938
how

>>182201167
You're not

>>182201167
https://puu sh/wFO2H/808c81e00e.mp4

add the missing .

If you use it while hopping it tracks the enemy a fair bit.

about to mix some chlorine and bleach my dudes, with any luck i'll wake up after the garrison: archangel update

>>182201476
>he doesn't know

>>182201797
blades actually have lock-on from AC3 on, and the AC3-LR blade lock lunge is the same as the ACFA one, just shorter and with less tracking/turning

>>182201898
just play Nine breaker or the original (AI only) Formula Front, that will make you fall asleep faster

>>182191427
My favorite controller layout is one where I bind every button to uninstall it.

>>182202032
>blades actually have lock-on from AC3 on, and the AC3-LR blade lock lunge is the same as the ACFA one, just shorter and with less tracking/turning

I knew they had some minimal tracking while on the ground but it never occurred to me to use them while in the air and just how much better it would work.

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So, they actually did announce a new AC game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Ex5WBzM2c&feature=youtu.be

>>182202239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Evr5HIN5I

>>182202396
boo

bad bait

I saw this earlier today and considered posting it but thought that would be cruel

>>182202396
Maaan, fuck you

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>>182202396
Well now! Time to end it all

>>182202396
AC sure gets some nice looking stuff from MMD.

>>182202396
>On sale April 1 2118
I can wait, desu.

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>>182202396
I saw through your tricks, shady priest.

I bound the 360 analog stick to WASD style forward/back/straffe and L + R to turning and I easily beat this arena match I was stuck on. Circle strafed him real easy.

With analog stick on forward/back/turn I kept losing my boost when it decided I was no longer holding it diagonally.

This dumbshit with the Viva Pinata paintjob couldn't comprehend the tech I unleashed on him.

>>182204573
Cleared 3 ranks on the first try, these shitheels weren't expecting a PC Gamer. Circle strafing with a gun? Mindfreaked 'em.

>>182204573
>>182205517
Reminds me of the time I used to be able to make an enemy overheat from a pixie 3 and nix firing non-stop while circling up down and around the enemy at almost point blank.

Good times, good times.

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This dude sent me death threats and died one minute into the match.

>>182206902
He's there to make you think it's going to be easy.

It won't

>>182206902
I still wonder what was up with the warning the guy at Rank 3 event really meant.

I did notice that Fixer was the point the Arena opponents started trying.

>>182207074
>>182207131
Yeah this next dude shoots me so much I overheat and slowly die.

>>182207635

I've found for midrank that the MG-1K works wonders.

How do you destroy the monorails in the Destroy Naire Bridge mission?

>>182208690
The train will pass while you're setting the bombs, just shoot it.

>>182208690

Lots of firepower. Preferably heavy weapons.

You can kill two, one each way within the time limit but it takes a ton of damage.

>These machine gun ammo costs

What's the popular AC3 weapon for those that actually want to profit from missions?

>>182208767
>>182208801
Finally got it, finished the mission with like 2 seconds left from strafing along the monorails with a machine gun, hitting the wall most of the time.

Now I got these boom arms.

>>182209026
these hands

>>182209026
The ones that have no ammo cost.
>>182201797
>blading Exile
Someone's got some balls.

halfway through FAG, I hate the twins, and the ninja dissapoint me, I wasnst expecting a chuuni.

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rate my robot

>>182210831
is that a blade on a tank?

>>182210831
It's almost the AC I used to beat Nine Breaker which was my first AC game.

>>182211245
just in case i run out of ammo

>>182209671
Exile is no big deal after what I have gone through in Last Raven.

>>182211724
so it's true what they say, that Last Raven builds character

>>182210831
use a R-arm howitzer, get rid of one of the grenade cannons for something else, there's no need to use two.

Stealth extensions are borderline cheating

>>182213169
* L arm howitzer

>>182211361
Whenever I make a tank, I usually just go for outrageous amounts of firepower, as such if I ever end up running out of ammo and the level isn't finished yet, either I fucked up, or I am really fucking about way too much (like using GL on tiny targets). It has really never occurred to me to use a melee weapon with a tank.

Is it feasible, though? Just saying it to myself, it sounds like a horrible idea.

>>182211361
pst, protip; energy EOs have infinite ammo, it just takes time for them to recharge.

>>182213706
I really like to use the energy EO but by god, the rest of its stats (of the lighter one) are terribad.

>>182214197
meant for >>182214040

>>182214197
the trick is to learn what stats you're willing to compromise for strategic advantages.

>Energy EOs so you don't need a blade, but have low defense
>No blade means Dual weapons or weapon arms so now you have extremely high DPS
>High DPS so you don't need be as evasive in order to beat down enemies
>low required evasion means higher defense
>end up with the same dps/defense ratio but now with unlimited ammo EOs

you come full circle by compensating one stat for another until you've made a build where all the parts work in sync.

>>182213169
this is my first time through 3 and i managed to empty 15 shots at the main body of the massive weapon without dropping it so i figured a second one might come in handy
still messing around with the loadout though

>>182215017
Massive MT i mean

>>182215167
Massive MT is a outlier and need not be considered.

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Gentlemen, we're 20 years old now.

>>182217171
Well? What is it?

>>182217171
Happy birthday, what did all you guys get for Armored Core? I got him a Thinker statue, I hope he likes it!

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>>182217426
>implying Armored Core isn't a cute girl

>>182217670
I would insert my option parts into her core, if you know what I mean