Popular Post Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) Hey all, As many of you are aware, this game takes a massive amount of time to plat, and for those unaware, it's mostly because of the battle trophies. Given that I have more to do than play only this game (as I'm sure most of you do as well), I tried my hand at automating some of the more tedious BTs. And it was a success ? (and completely free ? ). I'm currently done with my 1st playthrough with 802 BTs and 298 hours to my name. Note that everything here is POST-POST GAME ONLY as well as WINDOWS ONLY (sorry Mac/Linux ? ). You will have already done everything unique in the game by this point + have gear so great that you can R2 the EQ in less than 10 minutes. The scripts I was able to write are: 99,999 Hits Arumat 30k Kills Edge 30k Kills Colosseum 200 Battles Farming 255 -ology Drops Lmyle 999 Scumbags / 999 Undead, Myuria 999 Demons Sarah 5555 Jumps, Lymle 10Km Rolls, Meracle 42.1Km Run Faize 3000 Battles Really excited to bring the process to others, so let's start: Download all of these: AutoHotKey Scripts (hover by Name and click checkbox to download the folder) PS4 Remote Play PS4 Macro Install AutoHotKey (ahk) and PS4 Remote Play Optional but recommended: In the Scripts Folder, there is a settings.xml file, if you move this into your PS4Macro_0_5_2 folder, then you will not need your DS4 controller plugged in your PC Completely Optional: Download something to edit the script files. The only value you'll ever need to edit hopefully is the SetKeyDelay value, but you can do it in notepad even IF YOUR PS4 REMOTE PLAY IS NOT IN ENGLISH: Then please reply to this post with either the window's title, maybe it looks like PS4リモートプレイ in which case I'll have to upload some more files, but I'll get to it I promise ? Setup: Note: The following pattern must be followed each time you close PS4 Remote Play Launch PS4 Remote Play, and press start to connect to your PS4 (if you skipped the optional step above, or it's your first time using, you will need your controller plugged in to your PC) Launch the PS4Macro application In PS4Macro, click Tools > Remapper (leave this window open whenever using scripts) Note: do not change these initial settings in the Remapper You should now be able to play your PS4 completely from your PC so try out some buttons to test ( c = Triangle, enter = Cross, v = Square, esc = Circle ) If all is good then you're ready to automate! Running Scripts: Go into your Scripts Folder (SO4 ahk) to find the appropriate Script, double click to open a small GUI like: Each script has a particular setup in where you need to be and character setups, though by this point in the game it will not be a problem for you. All setups for each script are in the README.TXT, but will also be posted here. NOTE: For most scripts you will need PS4 Remote Play to be the Active Window, i.e., you can not click on another Window HOWEVER: If you need to pause any script, press F12, and press F12 again to unpause, in emergencies you can Ctrl + K to stop ahk What does this mean? Well it means for the most part, you will need your PC to be dedicated to the game. You can always F12 to pause the script and do other stuff on your PC though, and you can leave it running while sleeping or otherwise. When running a script, the first thing you will probably notice is it moves the PS4 Remote Play window, if so then perfect, script is working ? I do recommend exiting the script and saving every few hours, for me, Arumat script seemed to stop working around 9 hours of continuous use so just a heads up. Just restart everything including PS4 Remote Play and PS4 Macro, not sure where the issue lies. The Scripts: Now for the Individual guides to the scripts, most are ideas taken from the wonderful Battle Trophies Guide by Vexacion and the setups are essentially the same. If a script for whatever reason is getting caught and stuck in a loop, then you might need to edit the SetKeyDelay 100 line in the file, I suggest increasing 100 > 150 > 200 > ... If a script does not work, then please reply to the thread and I'll try my best to fix out the kinks -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 99999 Hits ○ Equip a 0 Atk weapon on either Edge / Meracle ○ Equip a 4x hit per attack (Slayer Bangel synthed 3x for instance) ○ Set every character to manual and make Edge/ Meracle party leader ○ Start Colosseum Team Battle "Bugs Bugs Bugs!" ○ Start script -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Arumat 30000 Kills ○ Give Sarah anything with Anti-silence, Arumat Anti-fog ○ Put Dragon Roar onto Arumat's R2 skill twice ○ Decide to have Meracle in party or not and choose appropriate script ► If in party, put Meracle in character slot 1 (top of the menu) ► Else, put Meracle in character slot 8 (bottom of the menu) ○ Go to 7SD Floor 1 and have Wasp + Bat be the first two enemies you see (reset dungeon if they are not) ○ Fight both in the center of the small octagon shaped area ○ After winning, move foward slightly, set overworld speed to walking (R2) ○ Make sure all characters are manual except Sarah, Arumat is party leader ○ Start Script (Takes approximately 40 hours from 0 Enemies, ~4700 battles) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Edge 30000 Kills ○ Give Sarah anything with Anti-silence ○ Decide to have Meracle in party or not and choose appropriate script ► If in party, put Meracle in character slot 1 (top of the menu) ► Else, put Meracle in character slot 8 (bottom of the menu) ○ Go to Palace of creation and lure the 5 mobs on the ground floor to the West side where a Lava Golem is guarding the stairs ○ Have the mobs surprise attack you to try and get all 5 together ○ After winning, move foward slightly, set overworld speed to walking (R2) ○ Make sure all characters are manual except Sarah, Edge is party leader ○ Start Script (Takes approximately 50 hours from 0 Enemies, ~7500 battles) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Colosseum Battles ○ At the Colosseum solo battles, make sure Lymle is not the lowest rank, as well as the character you want to get BTs for ○ Place which ever character you want to get BTs for in character slot 1 ○ Put your character in front of the desk lady ○ Start script (Takes about 2 hours per character) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Farming 255 -ology drops (except Bacchus) ○ Set all characters to auto and whomever you want to get BTs as party leader ○ Set a skill to kill to R2 ○ Have Meracle in character slot 1 ○ Go to character farming locations ► Meracle - 7SD Floor 2 North slightly West by open chest, find 2 Preytons ► For WD, find a cross room that has 4 exits, make sure there are at least 2 enemy groups of your target collection (i.e. Arumat insects) ► Arumat - WD Floors 1-4 ► Reimi - WD Floors 1-4 ► Myuria - WD Floors 6-10 ► Lymle - WD Floors 6-13 ► Sara - WD Floors 16-18 ► Edge will have his from 30k Kills ○ Kill enemies and turn on walk on overworld (R2) ○ Go to middle of room ○ Start script (Takes approximately 3 hours per character, Meracle takes ~9 hours) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Sarah Jumps / Lymle Rolls / Meracle Runs ○ Paralyze an enemy in battle and kill the rest ○ Choose character in script window and the same in the game ○ Start script (Takes approximately 1 hour for both Meracle and Lymle, ~2 hours for Sarah) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Lmyle Scumbags / Lmyle Undead / Myuria Demon ○ Make sure Lymle or Myuria is your party leader ○ You need to be the #1 Team in the Colosseum ○ Go to Colosseum and put your character in front of the desk lady ○ Start script -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Faize 3000 battles ○ Equip Sarah with Elusion Skill ○ Go to Palace of Creation Floor 1 and to the West side with Lava golem in front of stairs ○ Start script (you can be in battle or not) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- And that's all ? I know it's a lot to take in, but after the initial setup and running a script, I'm sure you'll get the feel of it. If there are any issues at all, please reply and I will try my best to get back to you, good luck everyone ☺️ Edited August 26, 2019 by Septomor 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) Wow thanks for all the effort, awesome! I hope it will also work with the ps3 version How difficulty was your 10 min EQ fight ? Edited August 20, 2019 by S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: Wow thanks for all the effort, awesome! I hope it will also work with the ps3 version How difficulty was your 10 min EQ fight ? I'm not sure how it would work on ps3 version but I really hope it's somehow possible ? For 10 min EQ fight......well, I tried for about 3 fights on 6 Winged EQ, and my best time was 10:17, and got pretty lucky on that one. I think if I were to go back now I could do it in under 10 minutes, since I have a better idea of how to blindside with Meracle to wreck her. So I loaded up an old save of 2 Winged EQ, about 8 hours before I was even ready to fight her (since I had no super-tri emblems), and beat her in 2:50. So it's kind of ridiculous how overpowered she becomes, by far the most difficult BT I know of, though I haven't had to do any Faize trophies yet (which apparently are just grindy). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Ok nice, congrats for that EQ fight?? Its fine if this doesn't work with the ps3 version, back in the days i already Invest 100+ hours in this Game with my old Account, so i know what kindof a grind i have to expect?? So do you want to build a Script for faize also ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 19 minutes ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: Ok nice, congrats for that EQ fight?? Its fine if this doesn't work with the ps3 version, back in the days i already Invest 100+ hours in this Game with my old Account, so i know what kindof a grind i have to expect?? So do you want to build a Script for faize also ?? For the 55 Grigori? haha, I wonder if it's even possible, it takes a lot of routing but I do think some of it is slightly possible. Fighting Gabe though, I'm not sure how I can write a script for that ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsn963 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Great Work , this easily shoves away around 150+ hours of boring and tedious grinding. the last set of trophies (Jumping, Rolling, etc..) could be AFIKed using turbo controllers, but still this script is much better, too bad it won't work for PS3, anyways,that leaves Ethereal Queen with Lymel under 10 Minuites, Baccus Ology drops, and Fayze's Grigori BT, as the only troubling BTs, that and the silly bunny races. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, hsn963 said: Great Work , this easily shoves away around 150+ hours of boring and tedious grinding. the last set of trophies (Jumping, Rolling, etc..) could be AFIKed using turbo controllers, but still this script is much better, too bad it won't work for PS3, anyways,that leaves Ethereal Queen with Lymel under 10 Minuites, Baccus Ology drops, and Fayze's Grigori BT, as the only troubling BTs, that and the silly bunny races. True true, I'm hoping to get back to the Cadronian Mothership tomorrow to get a Bacchus robotics drops script in, since I missed it my first playthrough. Those bunny races, man they are rough but the SO3 Bunny races were insanely dumb. I wrote a script to do those too lol, took 70 hours I think. Bonkers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) I could also use the colosseum Script to get the fight 3000 Battle's with faize, right? I'm not really into BT's from faize, sorry if this is a dumb question ^^ Oh boy and i've forgot these bunny races??? Edited August 20, 2019 by S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: I could also use the colosseum Script to get the fight 3000 Battle's with faize, right? I'm not really into BT's from faize, sorry if this is a dumb question ^^ According to the BT guide by Vexacion, you can indeed! But if I had to guess, the -Ology drops script would be faster, all it does is Use Meracle's Ocarina > Wait for Battle > Check if battle is finished, if yes > Repeat loop. So I think with weak enemies grouped up you can get about 5-10 fights / minute where as colosseum is about 1.4 / minute Edited August 20, 2019 by Septomor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Oh ok thank you for the Info! @Septomor Did you know if there is any difference between the ps3 and ps4 Version? Like the savestate for the battle trophies etc. or is everything like the ps3 version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Just now, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: Oh ok thank you for the Info! @Septomor Did you know if there is any difference between the ps3 and ps4 Version? Like the savestate for the battle trophies etc. or is everything like the ps3 version? I'm not sure since I haven't played the ps3 version, but my understanding is every thing is the same. For ps4 at least, once you save at any time, your BT save file is saved as well. But you still can't have 2999 battles on one save file, and get the last battle on a different one. That's about all I know ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Kind of sad to see these scripts. ?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, The Tick said: Kind of sad to see these scripts. I understand the sentiment, however since many people have already tried automating via taping their controllers, rubberbanding their joysticks, using turbo controllers, or even using sciptable controllers, I don't see the difference in method. People don't want to spend 200 hours pressing {Triangle, down, down, X, X, X, down, X, X, (R2 / X)x50, foward joystick}x15000, and I'm not the first to push the idea. Just to show some example from this game: Edge 30000 kills automated (turbo controller) Automated Kills (joystick tilt) Arumat 30000 Kills (tape + rubber bands) Arumat 30000 Kills (turbo controller) Edge/Arumat 30000 Kills (more rubber bands + tape) Edge 30000 Kills (turbo + joystick tilt) Autobattle (turbo) Arumat 30k kills (turbo) Grinding Kills Early (turbo) Sarah Jumping (rubber bands + weights) {Different forum - People looking to automate kills} {Same as above} {Same again} {And again} {yet again} I hope I made it clear, I'm not trying to start a debate about anything, just trying to show, people wanting to automate it for the last 9 years, if it goes against your beliefs then I'm sorry you feel that way. In no way do I diminish what others who have achieved it legitimately, I exalt those people. If you don't want to use them, then you are free to do so, I hope people who get it legit take pride. ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, Septomor said: I hope I made it clear, I'm not trying to start a debate about anything, just trying to show, people wanting to automate it for the last 9 years, if it goes against your beliefs then I'm sorry you feel that way. In no way do I diminish what others who have achieved it legitimately, I exalt those people. If you don't want to use them, then you are free to do so, I hope people who get it legit take pride. Nicely said. And I’m not judging or anything. Many people will probably make use of this and they should if they want to. I’m not a fan of a laptop doing all the hard work for you, that’s all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I can understand the statement from @The Tick also, for Games like FF9 i wouldn't use any of these. But in Star ocean its a 200+ hours grind, where it doesn't matter if i use my hori Controller, a rubberband or a Script.^^ Especially after I have already finished the ps3 version.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: I can understand the statement from @The Tick also, for Games like FF9 i wouldn't use any of these. But in Star ocean its a 200+ hours grind, where it doesn't matter if i use my hori Controller, a rubberband or a Script.^^ Especially after I have already finished the ps3 version. I do feel bad for writing the FF9 jump rope one, at the time it was more just to see if it was possible (plus I had already done it on the PS1). Since then, I've been mostly reserving it for things that are repetitive rather than skill based. For instance in FF9, the Bloodlust (?) trophy for killing 10000 enemies (hey that sounds familiar) even with the script + 3x speed took 35 hours after beating the game. That kind of automation I feel more justified in and will try to remain scripting to those ? Though I do admit it's a dangerous path, I just hope we don't see full games done this way. Edited August 20, 2019 by Septomor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meguness Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I also made stuff like this but used Cronus Max, glad to see there are other alternatives but I wont get to use this though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 3:42 AM, S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y said: I could also use the colosseum Script to get the fight 3000 Battle's with faize, right? I'm not really into BT's from faize, sorry if this is a dumb question ^^ Oh boy and i've forgot these bunny races? Hey good news, I was able to get a good Faize script for the 3000 battles. Turns out you just have to run from battle and it still counts! It's also pretty fast, about 240 battles per hour if in the Palace of Creation, probably faster than possible manually ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josey_Wales_1865 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I'm not computer savvy. Can something like this be done for the PS3 version as well? I recently picked that version up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Josey_Wales_1865 said: I'm not computer savvy. Can something like this be done for the PS3 version as well? I recently picked that version up. I just looked it up, it seems there is something for PS3 remote play, while I don't intended to for the time being pick up the ps3 version of the game, it actually looks like it might be nearly the same thing. Download for PS3 Remote Play Info:https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00012677 https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/downloads/W0006064 but I'm a little confused about how to get any of this, as it states only certain models of PC's can use it? In addition, though I don't think it'd be a problem, they list that only windows 7 options (which I don't think would be an issue if you have 8, 8.1 or 10). I can try testing out just playing my PS3 later and see if it's even possible from Windows 10. Edit: Alright, I'm understanding it a bit more, there are ways to make this work for ps3 for sure, though I'm unsure if the current scripts will work for it, and the process is a tad annoying as you have to "patch" the PS3 Remote Play application a bit to run from your PC. It appears sony did try to lock out most computers by putting an "accepted computers" list, but people have figured out how to get around it. Anyways the answer is yes. Edit edit: Yeah it's completely possible, these scripts won't work out of the box with the PS3 version though, some editing would be necessary, also note that PS3 Remote Play is significantly laggier than PS4 Remote Play, in addition to apparently SO:TLH is prone to crashing in long sessions. That being said, maybe one day we can look into it ? Edited August 26, 2019 by Septomor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_y_n_e_IR_g_Y Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Septomor said: Hey good news, I was able to get a good Faize script for the 3000 battles. Turns out you just have to run from battle and it still counts! It's also pretty fast, about 240 battles per hour if in the Palace of Creation, probably faster than possible manually Good News ?? Thanks for your work! maybe i really try these Scripts for the ps4 Version. Buti i think i will play the ps3 version in the normal way again at first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomgo99 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I have not been able to get it to work. It stays in an infinite loop. Meracle plays the ocarina but in battle he only heals (Edge) but does not attack. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x410xDragon Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, boomgo99 said: I have not been able to get it to work. It stays in an infinite loop. Meracle plays the ocarina but in battle he only heals (Edge) but does not attack. What am I doing wrong? I'll be blunt, you're better off just doing the kills manually than using a script every time and expecting it to work. Just slap on a Youtube video, Hulu, Netflix, whatever, and just marathon a series of some sorts or something to pass the time. It is not that bad that you have to abuse something like this to just fall flat on your face, then give up because it will not work. To reiterate, manual kills, both 30k kills, can be done faster than simply using something like this. It is a pain in the ass, yes, trust me I did it manually on PS3 as well, but it is not worth it in the end to turbo or whatever and get kills. What happens if the actions the script follows does not go through while you are asleep or afk? Then what? Well, for starters, you just wasted what time you could have utilized to get kills manually, but instead you have Edge standing there doing nothing. At least when you manually do it, it is based on you and you alone rather than just depending on something else entirely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septomor Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, boomgo99 said: I have not been able to get it to work. It stays in an infinite loop. Meracle plays the ocarina but in battle he only heals (Edge) but does not attack. What am I doing wrong? If you can give me a few hours I can fix it. The problem is due to an update to ps remote play after the ps5 came out. Someone pointed it out to me and I fixed one of the scripts but didn't update the rest at the time. Sorry about the confusion. Also if you could give some info, what buttons do you use to attack, open up the menu, cancel? Because I haven't play SO4 in 3 years, but if I remember you have to open the menu to heal, so you press and then select heal somehow. Also you don't want to resize the window or move things around. I have to download SO4 so it'll take me a few hours to check that it works. Edited August 12, 2021 by Septomor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locutus442 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 12 hours ago, x410xDragon said: I'll be blunt, you're better off just doing the kills manually than using a script every time and expecting it to work. Just slap on a Youtube video, Hulu, Netflix, whatever, and just marathon a series of some sorts or something to pass the time. It is not that bad that you have to abuse something like this to just fall flat on your face, then give up because it will not work. To reiterate, manual kills, both 30k kills, can be done faster than simply using something like this. It is a pain in the ass, yes, trust me I did it manually on PS3 as well, but it is not worth it in the end to turbo or whatever and get kills. What happens if the actions the script follows does not go through while you are asleep or afk? Then what? Well, for starters, you just wasted what time you could have utilized to get kills manually, but instead you have Edge standing there doing nothing. At least when you manually do it, it is based on you and you alone rather than just depending on something else entirely. I can attest to this. When I was grinding kills for Edge/Arumat, Netflix and Hulu were my friends. I honestly think I couldn't have stayed conscious if I didn't have access to some kind of streaming service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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