Release 2.7.0

Author: idlechild

web/data/changelog.mdx

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+# Version 2.7.x
+- Controller shortcuts customizable, and menu works with second controller (2.7.0)
+- SuperHUD has more options and better integration with other options (2.7.0)
+- Ridley and Mother Brain RNG control added, and option to override Drop Chances (2.7.0)
+- Practice hack detects and warns when platform incompatible with SRAM (2.7.0)
+- Spore Spawn, Crocomire, and Baby cutscene more like map rando when using door portals (2.7.0)
+- Shot timer now displays the previous four values in place of the segment timer (2.7.0)
+- Various fixes and updates to presets and slowdown mode (2.7.0)
+
 # Version 2.6.x
 - Optimize kraid rock projectiles to reduce lag when Kraid rises (2.6.0)
 - Use enemy ID to determine which enemies are cleared on preset load (2.6.0)

web/data/help.mdx

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 | **InfoHUD**                   | Configure the HUD
 | - Infohud Mode                | Select the value from RAM to be displayed in the bottom-left of the HUD.
 |                               | [Click the link for more details.](/infohudmode)
-| - Strat Reward SFX            | Toggle a sound effect that plays when achieving certain HUD mode and room strats.
 | - Room Strat                  | Select which Room Strat to be displayed in the bottom-left of the HUD.
 |                               | This only works if "Room Strat" is selected as the above Infohud Mode.
 | - Configure Super HUD         | Options to replace the item% and status icons and reserves area with other infohud modes, while still having a primary infohud mode or room strat. Compatible with most but not all other infohud modes and room strats.
+| - Strat Reward SFX            | Toggle a sound effect that plays when achieving certain HUD mode and room strats.
 | - Door HUD Mode               | Configure the HUD mode that runs when touching a door transition.
 |                               | Only works when the normal HUD mode is set to Enemy HP.
 | - Minimap                     | Restores the game minimap, which also allows the pause menu map to be updated. When enabled, a map tile counter will also be displayed.
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 |                               | - Phan Flame Pattern: Choose one of four patterns for Phantoon's flames
 |                               | - Next Flame Pattern: Swaps with Phan Flame Pattern each time Phantoon chooses a pattern
 |                               | - Always Visible: Allows you to see how Phantoon moves after despawning and before raining down flames
-| - Botwoon First               | Choose the movement pattern for Botwoon's first cycle. The pattern names represent the hole Botwoon will the cycle at.
-| - Botwoon Hidden              | Choose the movement pattern for Botwoon's hidden cycle behind the background. Each pair of letters respresets the start and end position of the pattern.
-| - Botwoon Second              | Choose the movement pattern for Botwoon's second and subsequent cycles. Each pair of letters respresets the start and end position of the pattern.
-| - Botwoon Spit                | Choose whether Botwoon will spit projectiles or not, when possible
-| - Draygon from Right          | Choose Draygon's attack type from the right side of the room. Draygon will always 'swoop' after a 'goop'.
-| - Draygon from Left           | Choose Draygon's attack type from the left side of the room. Draygon will always 'swoop' after a 'goop'.
-| - Draygon Turret              | Choose which turret or turrets are allowed to fire, which may cause more or fewer projectiles to be fired depending on the setting and which turrets are destroyed.
-| - Crocomire RNG               | Set Crocomire to always step forward, or always swipe and shoot projectiles.
+| - Ridley                      | Configure certain aspects of Ridley's behavior
+| - Botwoon                     | Choose movemen patterns fro Botwoon's first cycle, hidden cycles, and second/subsequent cycles.
+|                               | Each pair of letters respresets the start and end position of the pattern.
+| - Mother Brain                | Configure certain aspects of Mother Brain's behavior
 | - Kraid Claw RNG              | Set Kraid's claws to spawn above or below. Kraid is laggier when coming out of the ground if both claws spawn below. 
 |                               | **Note**: It is not possible for both claws to spawn above Kraid, so there will always be some lag generated by a claw below.
 | - Kraid Wait RNG              | Set amount of frames Kraid waits before opening mouth at start of second phase, or between attacks during the first phase.
+| - Crocomire RNG               | Set Crocomire to always step forward, or always swipe and shoot projectiles.
+| - Draygon from Right          | Choose Draygon's attack type from the right side of the room. Draygon will always 'swoop' after a 'goop'.
+| - Draygon from Left           | Choose Draygon's attack type from the left side of the room. Draygon will always 'swoop' after a 'goop'.
+| - Draygon Turret              | Choose which turret or turrets are allowed to fire, which may cause more or fewer projectiles to be fired depending on the setting and which turrets are destroyed.
 | - Baby Skip RNG               | Set the baby into a lunge state or force it to not lunge.
+| - All Drops                   | Override the vanilla drop chance tables with one of six possible drops.
+|                               | This can produce non-vanilla behavior, including enemies spawning drops that normally do not.
 | |
 | **Savestate Settings**        | Features relating to the practice hack's built-in savestates. Not available on some platforms.
 | - Rerandomize                 | Toggles rerandomizing of RNG values upon loading a savestate. Automatically disabled in rooms with "seeded" RNG, but some of these situations may not be accounted for yet.
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 | |
 | **Slowdown Mode**             | Set if practice hack is in slowdown mode and the number of lag frames it is set for.
 | |
-| **Controller Shortcuts**      | Set or change button combinations for activating features. Press X to unbind a shortcut. Press A to edit the shortcut and then hold the desired button combination until it turns pink.
-| - Main Menu                   | Open the InfoHUD menu
+| **Controller Shortcuts**      | Set or change button combinations for activating features. Shortcuts may appear multiple times allowing different button combinations to trigger the same action.
+| - Add Shortcut                | Allows a new shortcut to be set. This option might be found on page 2 or 3 if prior pages are full.
+| - Main Menu                   | Open the practice hack menu.
+| - Soft Reset                  | Performs the soft reset (previously hard-coded Start+Select+L+R, but can now be modified).
 | - Save State                  | Sets the savestate. Not available on some platforms.
 | - Load State                  | Loads the savestate. Not available on some platforms.
 | - Auto Save State             | Sets a flag to trigger a savestate in the middle of the next door transition. Not available on some platforms.
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 | - Toggle Boss Dmg             | Toggle the damage counter infohud mode to be shown or hidden.
 | - Update Timers               | Updates the HUD timers immediately.
 | - Force Stand                 | Force Samus into a standing position.
-| - Toggle Spin Lock            | Toggles Spin Lock.
-| - Clear Shortcuts             | Resets Main Menu shortcut to default and removes button combos for all others.
+| - Toggle Spin Lock            | Toggles the map rando Spin Lock feature.
+| - Pause                       | Freeze gameplay. Can be used for frame advance by triggering pause while already paused.
+| - Unpause                     | Unfreeze gameplay.
+| - Slowdown                    | Adds lag frames per normal frame of gameplay.
+| - Speedup                     | Removes slowdown frames. Cannot be used to run the gameplay at faster than 100%.
+| - Next Status Mode            | Increments the current InfoHUD mode.
+| - Prev Status Mode            | Decrements the current InfoHUD mode.
+| - Next Room Strat             | Increments the current Room Strat.
+| - Prev Room Strat             | Decrements the current Room Strat.
+| - Next Super HUD              | Increments the current SuperHUD bottom mode.
+| - Prev Super HUD              | Decrements the current SuperHUD bottom mode.
 | - Reset to Defaults           | Resets controller shortcuts to their original defaults.
 | |
 | **Audio Menu**                | Audio related settings and sound test menu.

web/data/infohudmode.mdx

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 ## Shot Timer
 Displays the number of frames between pressing the shoot button.
+Also the segment timer is overwritten by a set of four numbers representing the previous four shot timer values.
    
 Additionally if fighting Phantoon, the number of frames can be replaced by feedback on hitting Phantoon with a super missile on the magic frame that does not enrage Phantoon.
 Feedback is only given if Phantoon is hit with a super missile relatively near the time of eye open and when the super missile does not kill Phantoon.