Hacking Mario Kart 8 AI mod: Are you craving a challenge?

[GOT4N]

So I've been tampering with Mario Kart 8's parameter files, and found that the AI for this game is much easier to edit than Mario Kart Wii's. This inspired me to make this mod, which improves the game's AI in all CC modes.

What does it do?

It buffs the AI difficulty on all settings.

• "Easy" is based on Mario Kart 8's Normal mode, with the CPU difficuly set to "0.92f"
• "Normal" is based on Mario Kart 8's Hard mode, with the CPU difficulty set to "1.015f"
• "Hard" mode activates the buffed CPU's, their difficulty set to "1.21f", You'll need to take near perfect lines, firehop, and make sure not to get hit. The slower CPU's have their difficulty raised from "0.5f" to "0.92f", making it more likely for you to fall behind.

Other tweaks
The accuracy of the AI items has been improved. Now they will almost always land a perfect shot at the Hard difficulty.
The AI will always Rocket Start on Hard Mode.
The AI will always land tricks in Hard mode.
The 200cc AI has been tweaked, they no longer bump into walls or fall off in "Hard" mode. This is apparent in courses such as SNES Rainbow Road and DS Tick Tock Clock.

Download Link
http://www.mediafire.com/download/26a7y7d22jzjgd2/Mario_Kart_AI_mod.rar

How to install
To install the mod, extract the files and place them in the vol/contents/race_common/ai folder in Cafiine. You'll need to restart the game to see the changes take effect when you load them for the first time.

Can you do it for europe version please?

 

[N28582R]

Can you do it for europe version please?

It works fine with the Europe version.

 

[GOT4N]

It works fine with the Europe version.

O H B O Y
really?

 

[memoryman3]

O H B O Y
really?

The entire mod was tested on a PAL console!

 

[GOT4N]

The entire mod was tested on a PAL console!

HYPE

 

[Phantom64]

So I've been tampering with Mario Kart 8's parameter files, and found that the AI for this game is much easier to edit than Mario Kart Wii's. This inspired me to make this mod, which improves the game's AI in all CC modes.

What does it do?

It buffs the AI difficulty on all settings.

• "Easy" is based on Mario Kart 8's Normal mode, with the CPU difficuly set to "0.92f"
• "Normal" is based on Mario Kart 8's Hard mode, with the CPU difficulty set to "1.015f"
• "Hard" mode activates the buffed CPU's, their difficulty set to "1.21f", You'll need to take near perfect lines, firehop, and make sure not to get hit. The slower CPU's have their difficulty raised from "0.5f" to "0.92f", making it more likely for you to fall behind.

Other tweaks
The accuracy of the AI items has been improved. Now they will almost always land a perfect shot at the Hard difficulty.
The AI will always Rocket Start on Hard Mode.
The AI will always land tricks in Hard mode.
The 200cc AI has been tweaked, they no longer bump into walls or fall off in "Hard" mode. This is apparent in courses such as SNES Rainbow Road and DS Tick Tock Clock.

Download Link
http://www.mediafire.com/download/26a7y7d22jzjgd2/Mario_Kart_AI_mod.rar

How to install
To install the mod, extract the files and place them in the vol/contents/race_common/ai folder in Cafiine. You'll need to restart the game to see the changes take effect when you load them for the first time.

I think you should correct the "contents" into "content", without the 's' at the end.

 

[Deleted User]

Thanks! Time to get my ass kicked by bots

 

[memoryman3]

If you could, it'd be nice to have an easier AI hack as well (including homing green shells maybe?) because my night time meds shut down half of my brain and it's hard to play this game sometimes...
Thank you in advance if you at least consider it...

The Easy Ai are already laughable as they are, but I will consider it.

 

[GOT4N]

The entire mod was tested on a PAL console!

Any tips to use it on SDCafiine

 

[NyaakoXD]

So it's basically "Mario Kart 8: Git Gud Edition".

Perfect.

 

[George35000vr]

Any tips to use it on SDCafiine

SDCafiine works only with games that utilizes sdcard such as Smash.It won't work with MK8 unfortunattely.Alternatively you can dump the MK8 files,add this mod and then launch with loadiine.That's what im doing atm .

 

[GOT4N]

SDCafiine works only with games that utilizes sdcard such as Smash.It won't work with MK8 unfortunattely.Alternatively you can dump the MK8 files,add this mod and then launch with loadiine.That's what im doing atm .

Ah, damn, thanks!

 

[anthony dana]

I run on loadiine WiiU mario kart with 8 ca 4.1 putting a worm day and i mario kart 8 dumper dumper with ddd in the file 5.5.1les happy dlc code and meta save jai win almost everything on mario kart 8 and jai reusir has started on loadiine in SMath bros and put my ds updates loadiine its launch mario kart 8 v64 ver4.1 and I have all the character while cutting on by loadiine against kant met in line with the original game function with its download games not running yet online puts ds mario kart 8 dlc jai the mercedes which must download puts the games told me to update and DLC animal crossing and zelda and I have them on the 200cc loadiine kant launch mario kart 8 v64 ver 4.1

 

[EstPC13]

I run on loadiine WiiU mario kart with 8 ca 4.1 putting a worm day and i mario kart 8 dumper dumper with ddd in the file 5.5.1les happy dlc code and meta save jai win almost everything on mario kart 8 and jai reusir has started on loadiine in SMath bros and put my ds updates loadiine its launch mario kart 8 v64 ver4.1 and I have all the character while cutting on by loadiine against kant met in line with the original game function with its download games not running yet online puts ds mario kart 8 dlc jai the mercedes which must download puts the games told me to update and DLC animal crossing and zelda and I have them on the 200cc loadiine kant launch mario kart 8 v64 ver 4.1

What? If it doesn't launch, it's because you need Smash

 

[RafaLuigi]

I change battle mode into race and race into battle mode
Only battle mode tracks works
Doesn't work online


vol/content/course
Add the download folder into content folder
http://www.mediafire.com/download/wpo75na61z562ss/course.zip

 

[memoryman3]

UPDATED THE MOD!

Did some tweaks to make the AI fairer, and made installation slightly easier.

New link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/m9bi2t1nhjaygmz/Mario_Kart_AI_mod.zip

 

[memoryman3]

Another small hotfix was made a minute ago to tweak formation ratios.

 

[George35000vr]

Love it :3 You made an online chaos mode for offline (without lag) xD

 

[Ridge]

I wonder if I hate myself enough to install this.
The answer will probably be yes.

 

[GoldCobra]

Umm, I can't seem to get this working, or the CPU on Hard still sucks enough lol.

I did everything like in this video:

Instead the cafiine_root looks for me lik "cafiine_root\00050000-1010ED00\vol\content\race_common\ai\ALLFILES.byaml

The Cafiine log also is not showing anything related to the byaml files. What might be the issue?