Hi everybody. I hope this is the right place to post this.
Wings of Roldea is one of my favorite games of all time, because I'm a bit of a masochist. And because I'm a masochist, after beating the full game multiple times I felt the game is way too easy even on hard mode due to how simple it is to get money and how many Sedition Souls they throw at you. The Estrus debuff isn't an issue if you can always be at 0, and you can easily overpower monsters by upgrading your weapons. There's a system to sleep outside if needed, but in a normal play through there is never any reason to do so. I tried doing self-imposed challenges (not allowed to sell anything, must throw away Sedition Souls, etc.) but they just weren't as fun. So I decided to do a bit of hacking.
Attached is an edit to the data tables for the game. This changes quite a bit about the economy of the game. Here are some of the changes:
- Sell prices of monster drops and other items decreased
- Steal amounts decreased, especially in areas that have no possible repercussions
- Potion refill, portals, and inn prices increased
- Sedition Soul efficiency decreased (As in the original game, it decreases with your lust. Now it starts at only removing 50 and goes down from there.)
I couldn't figure out how to decrease gold from dancing, so I increased the amount of VIT it takes to do so. I didn't make any changes to the battle or other systems, because I really enjoy them as-is.
If you want an actual challenge, there are two self-imposed steps you must take. First, don't accompany Ilmeia (the blue haird male knight) after the first town. Doing so gives you a house for free, and makes the game much easier. Second, follow the succubus once you can. The curse adds a lot of challenge to the Estrus system.
To use this hack, go into "Wings of Roldea [English Ver]" > "Data". Save a backup of "BasicData.wolf" somewhere else on your computer and replace it with the file attached. If you run into problems, just put back your original file. I don't think it will effect save files, but it wouldn't hurt to back those up as well.
Due to the current quarantine going on, I've got more people than usual at my house, so I haven't had much time to test it. I did confirm the various changes work and the game didn't crash in the short time I played it. I did this on version 1.20.8. I don't know if it will work on 1.20.8.1.
Edit: Feedback is welcome! I'm a little worried the first part of the game will be too difficult with the inn cost increase. It may be hard to get over the first difficulty hump.