DoDonPachi Saidaioujou coming to Xbox 360 (REGION-FREE!)

[Cagar]

Input lag is driving me crazy.
Move left -> Pause game -> Don't move and unpause -> The ship moves left a little, when it should stay still.

The game itself is hard and sweet, can't get past stage 4 boss

[IseeThings]

Input lag is driving me crazy.
Move left -> Pause game -> Don't move and unpause -> The ship moves left a little, when it should stay still.

The game itself is hard and sweet, can't get past stage 4 boss

well that's clearly programmed into the game then, ie intentional, because if it can read and respond to the pause button, it should in theory be able to read and respond to the rest without lag, unless they specifically coded it not to

[nZero]

I still seem to have trouble tracking my ship's position, something I noticed when playing it at Stunfest as well - my eyes seem to think that the ship is at least a length higher up than it actually is.

I'll sometimes lose the vertical position of the ship while looking at the top half of the screen in more recent Cave games just due to the amount of UI stuff hanging off of the ship, especially when lasering since I can no longer extrapolate the location from the shot pattern.

[espibara]

For me the game is way too busy.

Lazer fire everywhere you cant even see the enemy ships half the time.

They need to tone down the shots a little so you can actually see what's going on.

The score/ hyper menus are also too restrictive and take up way too much of the screen. Feels like you are staring at a narrow window.

[espibara]

What the hell is the invisible after image?

I've turned it on and off and still cant see what it does

[hail good sir]

so

[HeLGeN-X]

Can anyone tell me why the song "Taiji" is not in this game as the boss song? The one From the sdj/max ost? I didnt even hear it at all in this game with original and arrange music...

[CptRansom]

If you're playing 360 mode, the boss/TLB tracks are arranges no matter what. If you're playing Novice/Arcade/1.5, the boss/TLB tracks are the originals no matter what. The Original/Xbox 360 music selector only applies to the stages themselves AFAIK.

[angrycoder]

Anyone have any idea what the basic system is for 360 mode?

[CptRansom]

Anyone have any idea what the basic system is for 360 mode?

We've covered it in the high score thread and here, but I'll just hammer it all out in one post:

Shot, Laser, and Expert shot types correspond to Novice, Normal, and Expert difficulties respectively. Everyone saying 360 Mode is a piss-easy joke can feel free to move up to Laser at any time. This is different from Novice/Arcade/1.5 Modes where Shot/Laser are the same difficulty.

In the top-right of the screen is a number starting at 10k; this number corresponds with the gauge at the bottom of the screen. When you bomb, you remove 1.5k from the meter. When you autobomb, you remove 2k from the meter. The gauge at the bottom of the screen has a mark at 2k letting you know that you're one screwup away from game over.

Shot and laser work like every other ship. Z-type's shot produces some small lasers that will bend a little to home in on nearby enemies. Chaining and hyper building work the exact same as the "regular" modes.

Here's where it gets fun:

If you hold down Rapid Shot and Shot at the same time, you produce what Cave calls the "ShotLaser" (imaginative folks, they are). I'll abbreviate it as SL.

When using the SL, the top-right gauge lowers, you do about double damage to enemies, and all enemies produce big stars (and more of them) which can VERY quickly fill your hyper meter.

When you use a hyper, all stars have a green aura a la Futari's gems. These green stars replenish the gauge.

To score high, you're going to want to use the SL in strategic locations to get the most large stars without completely draining the gauge on useless shit. Huge popcorn waves and large enemies are good targets for this. The problem with this is that you're going to be riding the gauge at a VERY low level through most of the game in order to quickly charge hypers. You're also going to be driving the rank up, which DOES affect the game even on Novice difficulty (with the exception of the TLB fights that are the same whether you're rank 0 or 50). It's a really enjoyable back-and-forth between using hypers to crank up your hit counter and gauge, then dropping your gauge to quickly charge more hypers. Keep in mind that you only have ONE LIFE. There are NO extends for score or the fixed extend at the stage 4 midboss. One life. You get hit with less than 2000 on your gauge and it's immediately game over.

For survival, you've got it easy. Never use the SL. Keep your gauge at 10k and you've got a stock of five autobombs. If you get hit a couple times, simply pop a hyper and build it back up. Hypers build around 3k (very rough guess, honestly) back to your gauge, so it really isn't difficult to keep it full.

360 Mode is fucking awesome. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to correct me if I messed up something!

[angrycoder]

Thanks CptRansom, you are the man.

You should start a strategy topic with that info.

[O. Van Bruce]

Thanks CptRansom, you are the man.

You should start a strategy topic with that info.

Took the work to post that info in the guide thread.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 75#p917775

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

What the hell is the invisible after image?

I've turned it on and off and still cant see what it does

It might be the translucent trippy trail your ship leaves behind it while moving around with the laser held? But I'm not sure.

[CptRansom]

What the hell is the invisible after image?

I've turned it on and off and still cant see what it does

It might be the translucent trippy trail your ship leaves behind it while moving around with the laser held? But I'm not sure.

That's exactly what it is.

[Dracuify]

Got my copy on friday, this game is just amazing. Except i'm experiencing input lag semi-randomly, trying to bomb sometimes results in no-bomb when there's a lot of slowdown going on resulting in death usually.

Other than that, i'm really enjoying this. Even novice (C-L) is decently hard for me, difficulty really picks up in stage 4 onwards and in stage 5 i'm practically praying to get shitloads of hypers to not get overwhelmed.

[angrycoder]

Fucking hell, 360 mode is pure bliss.

[espibara]

Best DDP game ever made.

360 mode is amazing

[hail good sir]

men

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

Where's Dr. Trouserplank when you need him.

[brentsg]

I can't imagine anyone describing the arcade game as DDP for the common man, so they must have added a lot of slowdown.

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

They must be talking about the port in general, with its several new modes which are easier.

[Cagar]

Where's Dr. Trouserplank when you need him.

I hope he starts with input lag.
It's just terrible. I have to plan routes and lots of stuff with this lag in mind, can't dodge anything naturally.

[CptRansom]

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[hail good sir]

old

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

Where's Dr. Trouserplank when you need him.

I hope he starts with input lag.
It's just terrible. I have to plan routes and lots of stuff with this lag in mind, can't dodge anything naturally.

Please don't give him anymore fodder. I prefer my t-planking to be au naturel and organic.

[system11]

Sound mix out of the box on arcade HD is really wrong with effects almost muted. Game feels sort of floaty. Not one of their better porting efforts.

[SuperPang]

I don't think the audio settings are at default on any of my Cave ports. Just be thankful it's not all fuzzy like the PCB.

[system11]

I don't think I'll be suffering it much longer, just not enjoying this one - too difficult.

[hail good sir]

bounced

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

The plankoning