Final artifact?

[helix2]

Any clues? I know you get it from killing an iceman, but not much more. Does that game have to be on hard? Do you have to be using a specific hero? Inquiring minds want to know!

[sc3ptic]

@Shut as a developer by any chance you could contribute and tell what requirements should be met to unlock Orb of Luck? tooltip says unlock by garry, i killed a lot of them iwthout success and i would like to 100% this game.

thanks.

[helix2]

Originally posted by sc3ptic:

@Shut as a developer by any chance you could contribute and tell what requirements should be met to unlock Orb of Luck? tooltip says unlock by garry, i killed a lot of them without success and i would like to 100% this game.

thanks.

Me too! I would love to add that tidbit to my guide.
Garry? I got confused I guess...

[Shot]

Hey guys, sorry that I'm a bit late to the party :)

But still, Orb of Luck is the rarest artifact in the game dropped by Garry. The drop rate is 1/1000, the chances are similar to that of "Desire" dropped by Hellfaces. (1/800)

Think I went a bit too far with that maybe? 🤐

[helix2]

Hmmm... what level does Garry start on, and about how many of him show up in each level? Is it only on hard mode?

[Shot]

Garry appears from day 9 and on, the amount of Garrys showing up on day 9 depends on the randomization you get. It could be up to 350, but the average I'd say about 100.

Also, hard mode doesn't matter in this case.

[helix2]

Maybe that was my problem, I thought I had to do it on hard mode. Think I'll go back and try on regular a few times, see what happens.
Tried out your new game by the way, certainly a cool look. I feel like it could use a map feature through. Not sure I could ever rate the weapons and such, I really don't know which one is better than which.

[Shot]

@helix2 Thanks! A lot of new content coming soon. 🙂

[sc3ptic]

hey @Shut, i rly didnt want to post this but obtaining orb of luck with droprate you set it just plain stuipid grindfest far from being fair or enjoyable. for me, and not for me only, obtaining last 2 achis which both require this artifact, after clearing all others, which were also grindy but manageable is just frustrating.

1/1000 droprate simply didnt happen for me for last 70k kills i made only playing last level which has a lot of garrys. I now that youre not interested in investing time into this game, but if you could fix it, and it probably wont take more than 30 mins of your time it would be great, I know that youre working on dead ground 2, but abandoning this game in this state leaves me with destroyed incentive to explore next one in future. Im not asking about new feature, or some complex changes, just change one value in code for more realistic.

I would really appreciate your time to get it right if possible. It would be cool from your side to not to leave it in this state. i believe that at the end you do care as you still check this forum and respond from time to time. Thanks in advance.

[Shot]

@sc3ptic Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. It really gets harder with each new release to keep supporting previous games as a solo dev. The thing is that with each new engine update the old projects require lots of bug fixing/changes to get in the same state and this really makes it harder to make even some simple changes after a long period of time. So, technically while I could probably get it ported to a new version of the engine and fix the drop rate in under a week, I'm afraid new bugs will pop up and some might be game breaking and would require further testing.

I'll try my best to see what I can do after I release my next project, that is just a month away from the release.

Once again, thanks for the feedback and I really hope I can find a way to improve the support of my games in the future. I'm thankful for your support and understanding.

[sc3ptic]

@Shut, much appreciate your time to respond. I fully understand your point, so if will be possible im waiting for changes. Looking forward to dead ground 2, hope it will successfull.

[sc3ptic]

hej @Shut, is there any chance you could share some savegame with orb of luck already unlocked? i cannot make it drop no matter what. :/
i definitely would like to clear 100% this game.
(is there any chance it dropped outside of screen and i didnt get it?)
thanks

[Shot]

I don't have a savegame, but the file should be located in C:\Users\(YourUserName)\AppData\Local\Dead_Ground. Editing it with Notepad and changing values is possible. Try that.

[helix2]

Sweet, let me know if that works.

[sc3ptic]

omg worked.

save2.dat

[Artifacts]
Artifact1="0.000000"
Artifact2="1.000000"
Artifact3="1.000000"
Artifact4="1.000000"
Artifact5="0.000000"
Artifact6="1.000000"
Artifact7="1.000000"
Artifact8="1.000000" <--this is orb of luck

"-1.000000" locked
"0.000000" unlocked
"1.000000" unlocked active

probably like this.

@Shut much appreciate, it drove me mad. respect your responsiveness.

[helix2]

Sweet! Not gonna toy with it, afraid of breaking something, but glad you got it.