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@drohack drohack released this 07 Sep 03:28
v0.3.0
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The first release: A Little To The Left as an Archipelago multiworld.

Which file do you need?

File Who needs it
ALTTLArchipelago-0.3.0.zip every player of this game
A Little to the Left.yaml every player of this game
alttl.apworld only whoever GENERATES the multiworld

The mod and the apworld carry the same version and are meant to be used
together. A mismatch is not detected at runtime, so do not mix versions.

Installing

  1. BepInEx 6 for Unity IL2CPP, x64 - the bleeding-edge builds, not BepInEx
    5. Extract into the game folder, launch once, and quit. That first run
    generates the interop assemblies the mod needs, and takes longer than usual.
  2. Extract ALTTLArchipelago-0.3.0.zip into the same game folder. The files
    land in BepInEx/plugins/ALTTLArchipelago/.
  3. Launch. The main menu gains an Archipelago entry - open it, enter the
    address, port and your slot name, and press Connect.

Hosting: put alttl.apworld in your Archipelago installation's
custom_worlds/ folder. Requires Archipelago 0.6.7 or later.

Full detail, including uninstalling and troubleshooting, is in
docs/installation.md.

What a run is

The seed replaces the campaign on the level select. Progressive Puzzle
Packs reveal puzzles in widening groups; ability locks dim the objects
for mechanics you have not unlocked, so a puzzle can be partly solved and come
back to later. Checks are each puzzle's distinct solutions. The goal is
beating a configurable number of puzzles, which unlocks the credits.

Also in the pool: Skips for a puzzle you are stuck on, Hint Pages that
let you erase a notepad page, Cat Traps that knock your work over, and
Level and Menu Backgrounds that recolour the game.

Your campaign save is never touched. A run is written to its own
save_ap_<slot>_<seed> file, and the campaign is not opened at all while a
session is active - so a crash or an alt-F4 cannot leak a randomized run into
your own progress.

It keeps playing with the server down. No server at launch resumes the
last run from a local cache; checks earned offline are queued and sent on the
next connection. A mid-session drop keeps playing too. Retries are unlimited
by default, backing off to a minute, and stop on Cancel.

Known gaps

  • DLC2 Seeing Stars is not supported. It was not owned when the content
    was surveyed.
  • A level that once loaded empty and has never reproduced. A watchdog logs
    LEVEL LOADED EMPTY if it happens again - please report it if you see it.
  • Leaving an offline run for the vanilla campaign means turning AutoConnect
    off in the Archipelago dialog and relaunching. There is no in-session route.

Verification

The apworld here is the one CI built from this commit and tested. The release
was installed the way a player installs it and played to the credits against a
real MultiServer: 15 of 15 checks, 8 of 8 puzzles, the server confirming
droha (Team #1) has completed their goal. Detail in
docs/verification-log.md.

The mod zip is built locally rather than by CI, and always will be: it links
against interop assemblies derived from the game, which a public runner cannot
have and which are never redistributed.

sha256
  a5452204dec3f80396d8be69341d2ab33a8fd363547898283b177b21734d0265  ALTTLArchipelago-0.3.0.zip
  91c29ce527a4c5879ecdeb7356f343e13a9570ad48906f9fc5ce080786b69fdb  alttl.apworld
  91cdf90da8b224e4b9069d5597a9310ffdbe106ff600d01ea77ab803488c3cd9  A Little to the Left.yaml
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