This page will be dedicated to Kirby Super Star RNG research, and various ways to calculate said RNG. These tools are useful for RNG manipulation in TAS and (possibly) RTA speedruns.
RNG in KSS, like most older games, is predetermined in a set pattern when the game is started. This can be considered "pseudo-randomness"; RNG that is meant to seem random, but in reality is not.
RNG advances by a varying amount of steps each time an action with a random outcome is taken. The amount of steps it advances by is dependent on the action and is purely arbitrary (I have yet to figure out how and why this happens).
Technically speaking, if you were to play the game perfectly everytime, you would get the same outcome for everything that should be "random". RNG, to an extent, is completely manipulatable in real time, except for a few instances that I will document on this page at a later date.
For the time being, the only thing that is currently on this page is the simple conversion calculator, which is pretty much useless unless you are a nerd like myself. This page will eventually receive more useful calculators for RTA and TAS settings.
I am using this project to simultaneously teach myself JavaScript, so I am sure there will be bugs. Please report these bugs to me through one of my contacts here.
To be completed:
Calculator to find RNG based on sequence of star directions / dash clouds / hammer puffs / etc...
Calculator that provides the inputs needed to generate a specific arena boss order
To be able to display all info below for a particular RNG point (and to be able to search by this info):
Standard
Star Direction
Dash/Slide Clouds
Inhale Particles
Power Loss (all three)
Powers
Stone Formation
Hammer Dust Clouds (both versions)
Plasma Sparks
Invincibility Candy Stars
More TBD, I need to open the emulator
Helpers
Helper AI is determined by RNG and needs to be looked into more
Enemies
Waddle Doo
Smirror
Gator
Birdon
Wheelie
More TBD, but most should be the same
Mini-Bosses
Chef Kawasaki (if he jumps + jump direction)
Bonkers
Mr. Frosty
Poppy Bros. Sr.
Buggzy
More TBD...
Bosses
Fatty Whale
Battle Windows Probabilities
Enemy attacks first?
Enemy attacks (both turns, first and second turn have different RNG)
Power-up Statues (how many appear, on what sides, and which ones appear)