Is There A Way to Disable Versus Damage Enabled By Mod?

[Psykai]

Hey, so I've been going through some OpenBoR games with a friend but when we played Super Final Fight Gold (which I've played plenty solo but never co-op) we were plagued with constantly hitting each other by accident, even when it didn't look possible (as Dhalsim, my fireball kept hitting him even though he was at the top of the screen and I was at the bottom!). We agreed we were doing more damage to each other than the enemies were, it was ridiculous and made the game feel completely un-fun and not worth playing cooperatively, which is a shame because it's otherwise a really awesome game.

When we checked the options however, it said "Versus Damage enabled by Mod", so we couldn't change it. I think this is pretty unfair. Is it really so broken for players to not be able to hit each other? It's pretty standard in most games and it's not like this game isn't challenging enough without it. At least let us have the OPTION to change it even if there is a default suggestion.

So my question is: is there a way to bypass this 'by mod' bull? I suppose it's not a huge deal if not; we just won't play it on co-op again, but it would be a great if we could actually have a shot at enjoying the experience.

 

[DCurrent]

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No, you can't - and it's not fair to call it "bull". OpenBOR is intentionally built around maximum creative design freedom. For better or worse, it is the author's prerogative to enable or disable that and other options. We as engine developers are simply not going to force it on them in either direction.

Now if you want to create a modified copy for your personal use, I doubt anyone would begrudge that, and we can show you how.

DC