virtuNat’s Abnormality Balance Rework (EN Test)

This is a public unstable test version of the mod. I’ve decided to get the launch out of the way, as re-testing and proofreading the 200+ constituent effects is an unreasonable ask for one person with the limited free time I have. Be warned as bugs and text inconsistencies are more than likely to happen at this stage.

This mod is not designed to work with Nexus BaseMod or BongBongEnterprises. Using these mods and mods that depend on them is likely to cause conflicts with this mod, and may result in features not working, or the game not being able to run properly. If you’re not running any mod that fulfills these conditions and are still experiencing problems from this mod specifically, try to provide information regarding what exactly is going wrong, or give the relevant snippet from the error log in Library of Ruina’s LocalLow folder.

This mod is powered by Localization Manager, but you do not need to have the mod installed separately.

Additionally, I’m not a career artist, so don’t expect particularly fancy new effects, sprites, or card artworks.

Reworks Abnormality and E.G.O pages in an attempt to keep balance, synergy, opportunity cost, and flavor into consideration.

Since you and I are likely to disagree on balance and lore accuracy, a config file may be modified to tune the mod to your needs.

The config features:
– The option to disable individual Abnormality/E.G.O Page changes
– Options for disabling this mod for whole floors, or the entire set of Abnormality Pages or E.G.O pages outright
– The ability to make Synchronization music for this mod’s Synchronizations be the Floor’s Emotion Level 3 Theme instead of a Warning
– The option to override certain XML info of Abnormality pages changed by this mod

Translations are pending finalization of the EN description text before I can in good conscience enable them.

Subscribe to this mod, then launch the game with the Launch Option "LOR with Mods" enabled, then ensure that this mod is enabled by selecting it in the mod menu when the game loads. You’ll know it’s enabled if there is a tick mark next to the name.

There is an XML file located in AppDataLocalLowProject MoonLibraryOfRuinaModConfigsAbnoChangeUtil that will allow you to customize your settings for this mod. This file is generated when the game makes it to the the start menu for the first time, but a link to a download for a reference file is provided below.

Abnormality Balance Rework on Nexus[www.nexusmods.com]
Config XML file reference[www.nexusmods.com]
Complete Changelist Documentation (WIP)[docs.google.com]
New Librarian Keypages
Vanilla Abnormality Text Fixes
Assorted Abnormality Text Fixes

If you are moving to Steam from the Nexus mod or vice versa, do make sure that there are no duplicate copies of the mod in your SteamsteamappscommonLibrary Of RuinaLibraryOfRuina_DataMods directory or the Steamsteamappsworkshopcontent1256670 directory.

Extra Thanks to the following:
Kirchad and Macrosis for inspiring me to start doing projects like this
Saeko and Lahb Stah for assistance with testing and brainstorming
Cyaminthe and others in the PMC Discord for assistance with ideas and programming
And everyone else who wanted the original version of this dusty old thing to finally be modernized and properly ported
As well as Project Moon and our glorious Club President Kim Jihoon for the game