DDDA Bitterblack Isle Randomizer

DDDA BBI Randomizer v1. 1. 0

This java-based application will randomize the enemy spawns, chest contents, and the positions of the

collectable Macabre Sculptures in each of the 24 stages of Bitterblack Isle. This is done by extracting the

bbs_rpg and stage400 archives, modifying certain files using random selections from databases, and archiving

the files again.

Requirements:-

In order to extract stage files from their archives, and to archive them again after being randomized,

FluffyQuacks's ARCtool is required. For extraction and archiving to work ARCtool must be in the DDDA folder,

along with pc-dd.bat (which must contain the following when opened with a text editor:

arctool -dd -texRE6 -alwayscomp -pc -txt -v 7 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9).

It is important to make sure that pc-dd.bat does not contain the "-lot" modifier, as this will cause ARCtool to

generate and use txt files that the randomizer doesn't work with, and cause file modifications to be overwritten

when archiving. ARCtool can be downloaded here: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/mods/500.

About 2. 5GB extra disk space is required for the file folders that are extracted from archives. These file

folders can be deleted after they have been randomized and archived again, but if you do this they will need to

extracted again if you want to randomize again. It is also highly recommended to make backups of the archives

that will be modified (bbs_rpg.arc and the 24 stage4XX.arc files in the stage400 folder) before using the

randomizer, which will require about 1. 7GB of disk space.

Using the application:-

For the application to work it must be placed in the DDDA folder in Steam/steamapps/common, along with

ARCtool, pc-dd.bat, the OutputFiles folder (for the spoiler logs generated by the randomizer) and the included

itemName_eng.gmd file (contains english names of items, used in spoiler logs).

If you are using the application for the first time (or if you deleted the extracted file folders, or want to

start anew from from a backup of the archives), you will want to extract the files to be randomized from their

archives. The "Extract Archives" button on the left of the UI will launch ARCtool to extract files from the 25

archives (bbs_rpg.arc and the 24 stage4XX.arc files in the stage400 folder). This process can take a while (up

to ten minutes).

v1. 1. 0 Note

If you're upgrading from v1. 0. 0 to v1. 1. 0, I'd recommend restoring the file itemSetTbl.ist (located in

bbs_rpg/etc/item) from it's backup before randomising, either by restoring a backup of bbs_rpg.arc and

extracting it, or by replacing the individual file in the extracted folders. A copy of the original file will

be included as a seperate download.