Changelog

v5.1

New Features

• Skip first Dampé Race
  • Allows getting both reward in one race if the 60 second target is cleared
• Rupee Icon Color changes based on your current wallet upgrade

Updated Settings

• Improved Ear Safe to be less painful
• Tokensanity: Overworld Only
  • Shuffles Gold Skultulla Tokens in the overworld to compliment Dungeons Only
• Configurable Skulltula target for the Bridge Requirement
  • Randomize Main Rule Settings still allows setting the MQ Dungeon Count
  • Always Guaranteed Hints are now determined conditionally based on settings
• Default Presets are updated to better reflect first time beginner settings
  • The previous Beginner Preset is renamed to Easy Preset

Bug Fixes

• Improve stability of music related features
• Fix "...???" textboxes at the entrance of Great Fairies
• In the unlikely event Tournament Hints runs out of hints, the remaining hints are filled with more "Sometimes Good" hints. If those *run out as well then it will fill with "Random Locations" hints.
• The Gerudo Valley Crate PoH as Adult with Hover Boots trick now properly takes OHKO into account.
• Minor GUI tweaks
• Improve error feedback in GUI and Rules JSON

 

v5.0

New Features

• New Electron GUI
  • New GUI now utilizes both Python and Node to bring you an even better interface
  • Now requires Node (with NPM), in addition to the Python requirement
• Glitched Logic
  • New Logic Rules option that takes movement glitches into consideration
• Entrance Randomizer
  • Randomize entrances/loading zones
  • Entrances are connected bidirectionally, and only shuffled with other entrances of the same pool
  • Ability to randomize entrances (loading zones) among multiple pools:
    • `Dungeons Only`: All Dungeons except Ganon's Castle
    • `Simple Indoors`: Dungeons; as well as Houses, Great Fairies, all Open and Hidden Grottos (including small Fairy Fountains and the Lost Woods Stage), and Graves.
    • `All Indoors`: Dungeons and Simple Indoors, as well as Link’s House, the Temple of Time, the Windmill, and Dampe’s Grave.
    • `All Indoors & Overworld Entrances`: Almost all loading zones connecting overworld areas, including Owls
  • Deku Tree, Fire Temple, and Bottom of the Well dungeon entrances are accessible as both ages
• Starting Age Option
  • Can now start as child, adult, or random
• Plan-domizer
  • Create a custom seed by placing items, hints and/or entrances where you want them
  • Customize starting items, item pools, active trials and Master Quest dungeons
  • Plandomizer files match the spoiler log JSON format
• Additional Customization
  • Additional Background Music Sequences can now be provided to be shuffled in
  • Fanfares randomization
  • Customizable Heart, Magic Meter, and Gauntlet colors
  • Separate inner and outer Navi colors
• Added `Randomize Main Rules` option
• Cow Sanity
  • Playing Epona's Song for a cow for the first time gives a randomized item.
• Shuffle Magic Beans
  • A pack of 10 beans is shuffled into the pool and the Bean Salesman sells a random item once for 60 rupees.
• Cucco Count
  • The number of cuccos to be gathered for Anju can be reduced or randomized, and Anju will tell you in-game the target number to catch (similar to 10 Big Poes).
• Enable Useful Cutscenes prevents some useful cutscenes from being skipped
  • Re-enables Poes at Forest Temple, Darunia at Fire Temple, and Twinrova at Spirit Temple

Major Changes

• Seeds generation is significantly faster
• Major refactor of logic for performance and ER
• Spoiler log is now in JSON format
• Log files are produced in `Logs` during generation to record any errors.
• Major Logic Changes
  • Desert Colossus Hands are now logically part of Spirit Temple
  • Added the ability to enter drain the Lake Hylia water as Adult after beating Morpha using a new Gossip Stone near the Serenade Warp Pad. Entering Water Temple with Gold Scale and Longshot is now always in logic, however no locations are accessible without additional tricks, Keysanity/Keysy, or Iron Boots.
  • Disabled Locations will always hold Junk items (except song locations if songs are not shuffled with items)
• Gameplay Changes
  • Mechanically, Hot Rodder Goron no longer checks for Bomb Bag
  • Wearing Bunny Hood increases running speed to match backwalking speed
  • All Gerudo now check for Gerudo Membership Card instead of Carpenters being freed
    • This only affects when `Shuffle Gerudo Card` is enabled or in Entrance Randomizer
    • In the affected modes, a Gerudo is added behind the Wasteland gate who can open the gate
  • Removed RNG from Fishing Minigame
    • Note: The optimal strategy is to have the line stationary for the fish to bite
  • Can now cast Farore's Wind and play Warp Songs from within Gerudo Training Grounds and all of Ganon's Castle
• Hint Changes
  • Every generic grotto gossip stone has their own hint.
  • The "Very Strong" hint setting can now give multiple Foolish dungeon hints.
  • The “Tournament” hint setting was revised to utilize all 40 hint stones.
    • Increased to 5 WOTH hints (with a new maximum of 2 Dungeon regions hinted); increased to 3 Foolish hints; Skull Mask added to Tournament hints’ Always hints; 5 Sometimes hints; all hints in this distribution are duplicated onto two Gossip Stones.
• Cutscene Changes
  • Burning Kakariko Cutscene can be triggered when entering Kakariko Village from any entrance.
  • Speedup Owl Flying cutscenes to be almost instant.
  • Enable Useful Cutscenes setting added (see above in New Features)

Updated Settings

• Filter added to `Location Exclusion` dropdown
• More tricks added to the `Enable Tricks` dropdown
• Shuffle Gerudo Card can now be enabled alongside Open Gerudo Fortress.
• Forest Options
  • `Closed Deku`: Open Forest except Mido still blocks the Deku Tree
• Dungeon Item Options
  • Added `Vanilla` placement option for small keys, boss keys and maps/compasses
• Ganon's Boss Key
  • Split Ganon’s Boss Key settings from the rest of the Boss Keys setting
  • Added LACS options that place the key there.
    • This allows playing with open bridge while still requiring dungeon completion
  • This replaces the Remove Ganon’s Boss Door Lock option
• Plentiful Item Pool
  • Duplicate Letter in a Bottle added to plentiful item pool
• With `Start With Max Rupees` option enabled, wallet upgrades items now fill to max rupees

Bug Fixes

• No longer able to buy Bombchus with only bomb bag when Bombchus in logic
• Dampé freestanding Piece of Heart no longer requires opening the chest
• Buying Piece of Heart/Heart Container fully heals Link
• Learning Sun's Song from Malon no longer causes a softlock
• Castle and Gerudo guards can no longer cause softlock when catching you
• Vanilla shop items have correct price in spoiler log with shopsanity enabled
• Fixed Song of Storms not being usable in Sacred Forest Meadow immediately after learning it
• Improved Bottled Fairy logic rules for OHKO in ER
• Fixed `Starting Time of Day` times to better reflect their descriptions with the in-game state
  • `Night` options will spawn Skulltulas
• Add compatibility support for Python 3.8
• Improved Spoiler Logs for Multiworlds with differing Random settings between worlds
• Lab Dive now completable even with Eyedrops in your possession
• Great Fairy cutscene no longer plays on additional visits for health and magic refills.
• Running Man can now fill a Tycoon’s wallet when buying the Bunny Hood from the player

 

v4.0

New Features

• Quick boot equips
  • Use D-pad left to equip Iron Boots if they’re in the inventory, or D-pad right to equip Hover Boots if they’re in the inventory.
  • Press the button again to equip Kokiri Boots.
• Quck Ocarina
  • Use D-pad down to pull out the Ocarina
• Freestanding models
  • All freestanding item locations now display the model of the item you will receive.
• Ice traps now work from any location
  • In freestanding locations, appears as a random major item
  • In shops, appears as a random major item with a misspelling.
• Various speedups
  • No Talon cutscene when he runs away.
  • Skip “Caught By Gerudo” cutscene.
  • Shorten cutscene when getting Bullet Bag from the Deku Scrub in Lost Woods.
  • Fast pushing and pulling.
    • All types of blocks.
    • Spinnable mirrors in Spirit Temple.
    • Truth spinner in Shadow Temple.
    • Puzzle in basement of Forest Temple.
  • Ocarina minigame shortened to the first round.
    • 5 notes instead of 8.
  • Jabu-Jabu’s Belly elevator spawns in a more convenient position
  • Kakariko carpenter position is offset so he is no longer in your way during the cucco route.
  • Warp songs now have a normal transition with no cutscene.
• Farore's Wind no longer dispels when transitioning through time.
  • Farore's Wind can now set two Warp Points which are age-exclusive.
• Gold Skulltula textbox displays current number obtained
• Poe salesman tells point limit without needing to sell
• Patch files added so that generated seeds can be distributed legally

New Options

• Master Quest dungeon slider
  • Selects a number of Master Quest dungeons to appear in the game.
    • Ex: 0 - All dungeons will have their default designs.
    • Ex: 6 - Half of all dungeons will have Master Quest redesigns.
    • Ex: 12 - All dungeons will have Master Quest redesigns.
• Damage multiplier
  • Changes the amount of damage taken.
  • OHKO: Link dies in one hit.
• Item pool
  • Replaces difficulty.
  • Changes the number of bonus items that are available in the game.
    • Plentiful: Extra major items are added.
    • Balanced: The original item pool.
    • Scarce: Some excess items are removed, including health upgrades.
    • Minimal: Most excess items are removed.
• Start with max rupees
  • The player begins the game with 99 rupees.
• Start with Deku equipment
  • The player begins the game with 10 Deku sticks and 20 Deku nuts.
  • If playing without shopsanity, the player begins with a Deku shield equipped.
• Start with fast travel
  • The player begins the game with the Prelude of Light and Serenade of Water songs learned and the Farore’s Wind spell in the inventory
  • These three items increase Link’s mobility around the map, but don’t actually unlock any new items or areas.
• Start with Tycoon wallet
• Open Zora’s Fountain
  • King Zora is moved to the side from the start of the game.
  • Ruto’s Letter is removed from the item pool and replaced with an Empty Bottle.
• Randomize starting time of day
• Ice traps setting
  • Off: All ice traps are removed.
  • Normal: Only ice traps from base pool are placed.
  • Extra ice traps: Chance to add extra ice traps when junk items are added to the item pool
  • Ice trap mayhem: All junk items added will be ice traps.
  • Ice trap onslaught: All junk items will be ice traps, including ones in the base pool.
• New Cosmetics
  • Added options for Sword Trail colors
    • Can set the length of the trails
    • Can set the inner and outer colors
    • Can set color to “Rainbow”
  • Additional SFX options

Updated Features

• Hints distribution.
  • Changes how many useful hints are available in the game.
  • Useless: Has nothing but junk hints.
  • Balanced: Gives you a mix of useless and useful hints. Hints will not be repeated.
  • Strong: Has some duplicate hints and no junk hints.
  • Very Strong: Has only very useful hints.
  • Tournament: Similar to strong but has no variation in hint types.
• Frogs Ocarina Game added to always hints.
• Hints are only in logic once you are able to reach the location of the gossip stone by logic
  • Hints ignore logic if inaccessible.
• Foolish choice hint added.
  • Regions that are a foolish choice will not have any required items no matter what route is taken in logic
• Big Poes location does not require a hint if count set to 3 or less.
• Add medallion icons to the Temple of Time altar hint.
• Add a hint for 0/6 trials if trial count is random.
• Scrub Shuffle now updates the Business Scrubs’ textboxes with the updated price for buying their item.

Updated Options

• Chest size matches contents updated
  • Boss keys will be in gold chests
  • Small keys appear in small gold chests
• Free Scarecrow’s Song changes
  • Pulling out ocarina near a spot where Pierre can spawn will do so.
• Rainbow Bridge changes
  • Spiritual Stones added as bridge requirement
  • 100 Gold Skulltula tokens added as bridge requirement
• Any location can now be excluded from being required
• Various advanced tricks has been split into individual tricks to be selected
• Choose sound effects ocarina uses when played

Bug Fixes

• Deku and Hylian shields from chests no longer become blue rupees.
• Force game language to be English even if a Japanese rom is supplied.
• Door of Time now opens when entering Temple of Time from all spawns.
• Fix empty bomb glitch.
• Move item cost to after Player in the spoiler log.
• Add Wasteland Bombchu Salesman to spoiler log when required for first Bombchus.
• Fix message text table is too long error when using settings that add a lot of text to the ROM.
• Kokiri Sword no longer required for fishing as child.
• Fix Biggoron Sword collection delay.
• Twinrova phase 2 textbox fix.
• Switches in Forest and Fire Temple lowered by 1 unit to make it easier to press them.
• Equipment menu will now show the name of the item you have in the first column.
• Hover Boots will no longer show up as adult in the first equipment menu slot if a slingshot was not gotten before becoming adult.
• Ammo items now use the correct item fanfare.
• Fix chest size matches contents to work for all chests.
• Removed key for key logic.
• Removed unused locked door in Water Temple.
• Scarecrow’s Song should no longer cause softlocks when played in laggy areas.
• Text error messages no longer display the Pocket Egg text.
• Ice traps added back to OHKO as the softlock appears fixed.
• Ganon now says “my castle” instead of “Ganon’s Castle” for light arrow hint.
• Fix various typos in text
  • Gerudo’s Fortress
  • Zora’s River
  • Red Rupee
• “Ganon’s Tower” is now just “Ganon’s Castle”.
• Dampe’s Gravediggin reward correctly flags collection on pickup.
• Castle Moat Bridge no longer closes when playing the Zelda Escape cutscene
• The Skip Escape option is now enforced when enabled, even on deaths to Ganon.
• Various logic fixes.

Multiworld Changes

• Maximum player count increased from 31 to 255.
• Ice traps can now be sent to other worlds.
• Ganon now tells you the location of your Light Arrows, not the location of some Light Arrows that may exist in your world.
• Item placement rebalanced so that an item for another player can only be placed on a location that both players can reach in logic.

Development Version Changes

• Output patch file
  • Creates a binary patch file instead of a ROM. Allows sharing a seed without sharing copyright protected material.
• Patch ROM from file
  • Applies a generated patch file to the base ROM and creates a randomizer ROM. Allows sharing a seed without sharing copyright protected material.
• Settings presets
  • Adds a functionality to save settings strings for future use.
  • Several presets are already provided.
• Create settings log if spoiler log is disabled
• File names no longer include a settings string
  • Instead display a shortened SHA-1 hash of the settings string.
• Add option for converting settings to a string and back
  • Only convert the specified settings to a settings string.
  • If a settings string is specified output the used settings instead.
• Python 3.5 is no longer supported
  • You must have Python 3.6 or higher installed to run the randomizer code.
• Add option to only apply cosmetic patch without generating world data
• CLI uses a specified settings file instead of taking in each option
  • Uses settings.sav as default if it exists
  • Uses default settings if no settings file is provided and no settings.sav exists.
• Version check is no longer a dialog
  • Appears in a frame in the main randomizer window.
• Copy settings string button
• Cosmetic versioning added to rom. Some cosmetics are only applied if they are safe to do so.
• Major refactor of code

 

v3.0

v3.0 documentation.

(don't edit the v3.0 documentation)