AAC: Aubergine vs. (VPC4) Daily Drive: 07-Jul-2023 (Offline, non-Steam) (Full Chain) (2P solo)

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Published on July 7, 2023 2:25:47 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i24vLcXz4Q

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Assault Android Cactus (2015)

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Assault Android Cactus+ (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
Version 190430s (2019 Apr 30)

Daily Drive: Friday, July 07, 2023
(Offline, non-Steam)
Aubergine run: 2P solo (Full Chain!)
& 4P Virtual Player Count


So... for those of you who don't already know, AAC's Daily Drive does actually support Virtual Player Count (as well as all other EX Options, I think)... but only if you run the game directly, and not via Steam (i.e. find the game directory and run the "cactus" executable yourself... if you run the game via Steam, VPC will be disabled for the Dailies, even if Steam is in Offline Mode)! =)

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[A little extra info for anybody interested]

[Location note: If you don't know where the game directory is, you should be able to find it by right-clicking the game in Steam, selecting "Properties" then "Installed Files" then "Browse"]

[Save file note: Running the game directly uses a different Save File location, so if you want to use your Steam AAC save file (which you should be able to find at "Steam/userdata/(user#)/250110/remote" (or a similar location, depending on your OS or other factors)), just copy that save file (game0a.sav) into the "cactus_Data" subdirectory in your game directory]

[Gameplay note: Because you're not running the game through Steam, the game will look at your OS for date and time info... so you can actually choose any day you want simply by changing your OS's date and time! Also, the game will allow you to play the Dailies as many times as you want, instead of just once (the Offline Dailies use a different set of seeds, though, so they will be different from the Online Dailies)]
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So... once again, I realized that 7/7 was coming up (i.e. the day I created my first "Cavalcadence" account, so... basically my "Cavalcadence birthday" ^_^), and like last year, I thought it might be fun to try for a 1P VPC4 Daily Drive Full Chain, so... =)

Of course, last year's 1P VPC4 Daily unfortunately had a boss battle in it (with a VPC4 amount of health, a Boss Battle will almost certainly mean losing your chain!), so I ended up recording the 2P VPC4 Daily instead.

But I figured, what are the odds that the 1P Daily would have a Boss Battle in it, on the same day, two years in a row? =)

Heh. ^^;

So... yeah, like last year, I ended up recording the 2P VPC4 Daily instead. Interestingly, though it might not (or might!) seem like it from this particular run, this VPC4 Daily felt like it was a lot more troublesome than last year's (especially this year's Layer 7, which, for some reason, gave me quite a lot of trouble on more than one run!)... enough so that I briefly considered taking a look at the 3P Daily instead. ^^;

But I decided to stick with 2P, made some strategy adjustments here and there and there (especially for the first parts of Layers 4 and 7), and eventually... this run happened. =)

So here it is, my second ever VPC4 2P Daily Drive Full Chain win! Hope you enjoy!


Some notes and possible points of interest:

0:01 2P: VPC4 Daily Drive, 07-Jul-2023
0:11 Layer 1
2:15 Having a couple Powerups available near the bottom of the screen actually helped out a lot for the first part of Layer 4. =)
2:56 Layer 5
4:42 Saving a Shutdown for the start of Layer 7... and interestingly, starting in the central area (instead of along the outside walls) seemed to help out as well. =)
5:58 Eep, Helo got stuck in a wall! ...okay, we're good now. ^^
7:31 Layer 10
8:36 Initial chain ends (2639) due to win.
8:37 VPC4 2P Daily Drive Full Chain win! ^_^


More Aubergine videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2ae6C-pQnFEX8BLQVkLGWAqg

More VPC4 videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2adb8HIlbdZ0jbdyvmgm3fwH

More Daily Drive videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2af8i4RAvpN1gVr3ULrdG4l5

Version 190430s (2019 Apr 30) notes:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/250110/announcements/detail/1643161387076037278

http://www.assaultandroidcactus.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/250110/Assault_Android_Cactus/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/assault-android-cactus

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