spyroreignitedtrilogy [Mod Request] Hurricos Lightning Stones Minigame Bug Fixes

[Ratzmoonmopes]

So I have the Spyro games memorized back to front pretty much perfectly, and when the reignited trilogy came out on PS4 and Xbox One, I noticed that really the only minigame in the trilogy that was truly ruined was Hurricos' Lightning Stones. I was appalled at just how many problems there was and just how broken this is, and I assumed they would eventually fix it in a patch but that never happened. So now yet again it's up to the modders to fix what the devs didn't. There are 3 main problems with this minigame that completely null the original intention of the minigame and need fixing:

 

1. No alarm. The alarm just never goes off, ever. It is completely broken and removed. Which is totally insane because the alarm is an essential ingredient in the minigame for informing the player that a Lightning Stone has been stolen. When the Gear Grinders steal the stones an alarm is supposed to tell you where to go to get it back.

2. The Gear Grinders no longer despawn. In the original game, when you chased the Gear Grinders they would run away from you and run around corners out of you sight and they would despawn to hide from you, and the whole point of the minigame is that you have to lure them out with the stones, so that you could kill them while they're trying to steal it. If you didn't catch them in time they would disappear and you would have to lure them back out again by putting the stones in and walking away and waiting for them to come back. I believe another bug is that they also spawn when your standing right next to the stones which they're not supposed to do. They're supposed to be very shy and cowardly, so they should only come out after you've walked away from the area but now they just spawn right next to you.

3. More Lightning Stones spawning than there should be. Every time I've played this minigame in the Remake I always end up with excess stones after completing the minigame. The first time I had like 5 extra stones and then the second time I had 2 or 3. This reduces the challenge greatly and it's just ridiculous, the amount of issues and screw-ups surrounding this one particular minigame is crazy.

 

I'm surprised this minigame is even completable in the remake. Whoever tested this at Toys for Bob must not have played the original games or they should've noticed how messed up this was. So hopefully one day someone out there can make a mod to fix this in the PC version.