Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge: Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge - Chip Control Mod

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge is a game featuring notoriously RNG-heavy, automated gameplay. During battle, the game will choose your chips for you completely at random, leaving you with very little control over the outcome of the battle.

Essentially, you have to set up your Program Deck in such a way that it's likely to beat the opponent, and then just pray to RNGesus that your Navi doesn't select the same path of dead chips each turn.

This mod changes the battle system to add a Custom Screen-like interface during battle, similar to the mainline Mega Man Battle Network games. You can view your chip info and freely choose which chips to use the next turn, resulting in more deliberate gameplay with moment-to-moment decision-making.

Features:

The source code for this mod is available on GitHub: https://github.com/Prof9/MegaManBCC-ChipControl

MEGA MAN BATTLE CHIP CHALLENGE - CHIP CONTROL
Version 1.1.0
12 June 2022

Official discussion topic:
https://forums.therockmanexezone.com/mega-man-battle-chip-challenge-chip-control-mod-t16681.html

Source code:
https://github.com/Prof9/MegaManBCC-ChipControl



INTRODUCTION

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge is a game featuring notoriously RNG-heavy,
automated gameplay. During battle, the game will choose your chips for you
completely at random, leaving you with very little control over the outcome of
the battle.

Essentially, you have to set up your Program Deck in such a way that it's likely
to beat the opponent, and then just pray to RNGesus that your Navi doesn't
select the same path of dead chips each turn.

This mod changes the battle system to add a Custom Screen-like interface during
battle, similar to the mainline Mega Man Battle Network games. You can view your
chip info and freely choose which chips to use the next turn, resulting in more
deliberate gameplay with moment-to-moment decision-making.



FEATURES

* During battle, you can now freely choose which chips to use each turn.
* While choosing chips, a preview window is shown detailing the highlighted
chip's properties and remaining HP. You can press Select to hide/show the
preview window.
* While choosing chips, you can press the L / R Buttons to view the detailed
description of the highlighted chip.
* To balance the difficulty somewhat, the AI is now more likely to avoid
choosing empty chip slots.
* Fully compatible with multiplayer NetBattles! (Both players must be using
the Chip Control mod.)
* Fixes the effects of PanlGrab, AreaGrab, Wind and Fan BattleChips so that
they now work according to their descriptions.
* Supports all versions of the game (North America, Europe, Japan).



CREDITS

* Prof. 9 - Planning, Programming https://twitter.com/Prof9
* weenie - Translation (Japanese) https://github.com/bigfarts

Special Thanks:
ChaoticDX, Eurasia_M, killer336, Symes



HOW TO PATCH

Apply the appropriate patch to a ROM of Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge or
Rockman EXE Battle Chip GP:

* MegaManBCC-ChipControl-Ver1.1.0-English.ips
* RockmanEXEBCGP-ChipControl-Ver1.1.0-Japanese.ips

If you want to patch the North American or European ROM, use the English path.
For the Japanese ROM, use the Japanese patch.

This is an IPS type patch. Here are some tools you can use to apply it:

* Browser-based: ROM Patcher JS - https://www.romhacking.net/patch/
* Windows/Linux: Floating IPS - https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1040/
* MacOS: MultiPatch - http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/74/

You can also use the Wii U Virtual Console version ROM, or apply a Wii U Virtual
Console patch afterwards.

NOTE: If you're upgrading from a previous version, you need to apply the patch
again to an unmodified ROM!



FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Does this mod support multiplayer NetBattles?
A: Yes! Both players must be using the Chip Control mod.

Q: Can I still perform the "change plans" action during battle?
A: Yes. After both players have chosen their chips, but before the Program Deck
is closed, you can press the L + R Buttons to change plans. This works just
like in the base game.

Q: Can I import/export my save file from/to the base game?
A: Yes, save files are fully cross-compatible with the vanilla game. However,
emulator save states may cause problems.


Database match: Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 72309736F3820470C6F372D6A05AD1F16BC5A946
File/ROM CRC32: 26BE44FD

Database match: Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: F54486C8A0BB22CF0ECE4297FB052D0A0F11E56D
File/ROM CRC32: 5B4631F9

Database match: Rockman EXE Battle Chip GP (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: F39992851257A1567F3BFCA81DD269F37469BB67
File/ROM CRC32: 9217FB18

Database match: Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (USA) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: E936DB20E9CF923DC10C6C1DC14BC7ED6B220080
File/ROM CRC32: 59FC1EF6

Database match: Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (Europe) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: F0776AD33EB01A47207A076D95B534145223371D
File/ROM CRC32: 24046BF2

Database match: Rockman EXE Battle Chip GP (Japan) (Virtual Console)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 9816FDB5F076C601287F5DFB3C7218150A75F2F6
File/ROM CRC32: F37BF038