u/NewSchoolBoxer

• Note to u/Monster-Fenrick: Can you mention Loyalty points counting on the Errantry page right under the stats? Not just embedded in long instructions that I never noticed until yesterday? Cost me learning Techs in later life stages. I love your site with no ads, not trying to hate.

I'm planning out a speedrun that learns Twister Claw on Errantry. Torble sea with low stats has Phantom Claw at 3% and Twister Claw at 2.9%. Can't you learn the Tech at any of the 4 Stages?

I get that the Kato tries learning Phantom Claw and if it fails, will try to learn Twister Claw instead. Is the process like:

Theory A

• Roll a 3% chance for Phantom Claw. If not successful roll, 3% chance for Twister Claw. Randomly assign to learn at 1 of 4 Stages so odds of learning at each are equal. Exact odds of Twister Claw are therefore (0.97)x(0.03) = 2.91%.

Theory B

Or is it like:

• Stage 1: Roll a 3% chance for Phantom Claw. If not successful roll, 3% chance for Twister Claw. Repeat for 4 stages, learning a maximum of 1 Tech. Real odds would almost 4x higher for learning either Tech.

Theory C

Or is it like:

The first example but the odds of learning at Stage 1 would be (t), Stage 2 would be (1-t)x(t), Stage 3 would be (1-t)x(1-t)x(t) and Stage 4 of (1-t)x(1-t)x(1-t)x(t). Solve the simultaneous equation for overall learning chance of 3% and get t = 0.00758588, since t >= 1 would guarantee learning at Stage 1. Odds of learning at Stage 1 are 0.758588% and slightly less at subsequent stages to get 3% total.

I know Theory C is the most complicated but we're talking Monster Rancher.

Also, if true are odds are 2.91%, can the site show odds with a second decimal place? 1 in 34.36 versus 1 in 33.33 matters when I'm rolling for a Kato with good stats.

I'm not sure of these cases after reading multiple guides:

• Lifespan is 60% of Monster 1 + 40% of Monster 2 right. If Sueki Suezo is #1 and the #2 parent is 450 weeks, does the result get (1)(0.6) + (450)(0.4) = 0 + 180 = 180 weeks? I read that some cases are hardcoded and don't follow the formula.
• "When crossbreeding, the baby monster inherits the Life Type of its sub-breed." Well in DX, what are the Life Types of each breed? The PS1 guide says not to use the info for DX. Hopper/Hopper pure-breed in DX has 3 forms with Precocious and 2 with Late-Bloom. Are Hopper sub-breeds Precocious like in PS1 and the PS1 default type is unchanged for every breed?

They're offered to go to Volcano and they accept and immediately back out once there. Is it because 4 weeks are spent faster than resting and stats are high enough? Would going on errantry not be better to use the time productively to gain Lif and Int?

Also, is MR2DX the same as MR2 in that going adds 70 fatigue and reduces lifespan by 8 weeks?

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My first reaction was "I sleep" when MV and MZ has MV3D+MZ3D. Yet those scripts are $25, not very compatible with other people's scripts, nor particularly easy to use. Baking 3D / P2D into the engine avoids these problems.

Says on the U2U website's New Features section that it uses Unity. Has 3 short videos. The lightning and shadow effects in the first video look good, as well as the rustling tree and fire animations. Now I'm kind of interested.

That Nintendo bundled CR2032's doesn't mean they're the best. They're cheaper. Top tier Panasonic has CR2032 at 30 cents loose and $1 tabbed, versus BR2032 $1 loose and $1.53 tabbed apiece, at quantity of 20.

I found this helpful comparison page with the important bottom half pasted below. The "B" versus "C" indicates a different cathode and "R" means...round. BR has 3 things going for it:

1. Much flatter voltage curve showing it will last longer to the ~2.7V cutoff of 90s SRAM in your carts and to 2.5V or less in modern (and replacement) SRAM.
2. Less self-discharge at ~0.5% per year versus ~1% per year you see on CR battery datasheets. This is crucial in our world of expecting, with CR, saves to last 20 years minimum and 30+ plausible but not guaranteed.
3. BR powering SRAM closer to its minimum voltage to retain memory greatly reduces SRAM's leakage current. Meaning SRAM draws less current from the battery.

The catch, besides price, is BR sure rides it close to that 2.7V cutoff. The graph shows a high ~3/150k = ~20uA draw, whereas SRAM draw is 1-5 uA*. Working voltage is higher at lower current. Batteries aren't ideal voltage sources.

Carts tend to rest slightly hotter than at datasheet 20°C (68°F), and heat ticks up the BR voltage. Unless we're talking a shack with no climate control, where maybe BR loses the save in the winter. I think you got bigger problems like condensation corroding solder joints.

I was going to buy Panasonic CR and BR batteries at the same time since my CR's are 3 years old, just to be fair. I already have a nanoamp current probe with data logging to measure SRAM draw at different voltages. Curious if anyone has other thoughts or ideas.

Yes, I know FeRAM / FRAM chips pin-compatible with SRAM is a thing and need no battery. Downside is costing 10x more. The chip itself can still die in 30-40 years and lose the save. Plus I like "the feel" of carts working how they did in the 90s.

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