SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos – Hidden Boss CPU Damage Restoration

Description

This patch restores the CPU-side raw HP damage values for eight hidden characters whose player-controlled and CPU-controlled damage tables differ in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos.

Affected characters:

• Geese
• Goenitz
• Demitri
• Dan
• Orochi Iori
• Serious Mr. Karate
• Violent Ken
• Shin Akuma

SVC Chaos stores a separate 0x40-byte raw damage table for each affected character. The corresponding CPU-side table is located 0x900 bytes after the player-side table.

This patch copies the original CPU damage values back to the player-side tables.

This is a restoration patch, not a rebalance patch. It does not increase any move beyond the values already used by the original CPU-controlled version of that character.

As a result, moves that are relatively weak even when used by the CPU remain unchanged.

For example, Serious Mr. Karate's player-controlled damage is noticeably reduced in the original game. With this patch applied, his attacks use the same raw damage values as the CPU Boss version.

Shin Akuma likewise receives the original CPU-side values. Some of his super moves still have surprisingly low damage, because those values are already present in the original CPU damage table.

The patch was dynamically verified on:

• Orochi Iori
• Serious Mr. Karate
• Violent Ken
• Shin Akuma

using FBNeo execution tracing and direct comparison between player-controlled and genuine CPU-controlled damage sources.

Geese, Goenitz, Demitri, and Dan use the same Human/CPU table structure and were identified through static comparison.

Athena and Red Arremer are not modified because their Human and CPU raw damage tables are already identical.

Requirements

Designed as an optional add-on for EnHiCharV2 – Enable All Hidden Characters with Portraits by Dodowang[EGCG].

Recommended configuration:

EnHiCharV2   - required
EnHiCharV2a  - optional Athena portrait replacement
EnHiCharV2b  - CPU damage restoration

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