Assault Android Cactus: Aubergine vs. (VPC4) Daily Drive: 01-Apr-2022 (Offline, non-Steam)

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Published on April 1, 2022 4:03:25 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOcPl7FIXjA

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Assault Android Cactus (2015)

Duration: 9:41

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

Daily Drive: Friday, April 01, 2022
(Offline, non-Steam)
Aubergine run: 1P
& 4P Virtual Player Count


So... I discovered earlier this year that the Offline Daily Drive actually supports 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 "Local 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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Anyway, I thought I had checked this years ago... but either things changed sometime during Early Access... or I'm mis-remembering, and I actually only checked Steam Offline Mode, instead of non-Steam Offline as well. ^.^;

In any case, over the past few months, I've occasionally been playing the VPC4 Dailies, and having a lot of fun with them... and I started thinking... it might be fun to play and record the April Fools Daily, to see if anything interesting happens... so I did. =)

Long story short, I was hoping for a Full Chain (S+) Daily... but alas, there was a Boss Battle on Layer 10 (with a VPC4 amount of health, a Boss Battle will almost certainly mean losing your chain!). Of course, with it being April Fools Day, I was half-expecting it to be Dark Embryo... but as it turned out, it was just normal Embryo instead. Well, normal VPC4 Embryo. ^^;

Anyway, overall, I'm pretty happy with this run. Aubergine managed to keep the Chain going until VPC4 Embryo... and even managed to complete the Boss Battle without any knockdowns! ^_^

So anyway, here's the video... hope you enjoy!


Some notes and possible points of interest:

0:01 1P: VPC4 Daily Drive, 01-Apr-2022 (April Fools Day)
0:11 Layer 1
2:50 Layer 5
7:22 Layer 10 (Embryo)
7:35 Initial chain ends (2549) due to time (Embryo with VPC4-level health!)
9:15 Yay, 0-knockdown April Fools Daily 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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