Return of the Pac

Special thanks to Angel and Silent for the dair animation, Sejong for co-designing, Rob for inspiration on value changes, and WuBoy for help with up tilt and diving through the hell of item scripts

Assets: assets-pacman.zip

General

• [/] Ground Friction: 0.0815 -> 0.07
• [+] Max Run Speed: 1.6 -> 1.62
• [/] Full Hop Height: 34.1 -> 27.0
• [/] Double Jump Height: 32.1 -> 28.0
• [+] Air Acceleration (base/multiplier): 0.01/0.058 -> 0.015/0.065
• [+] Max Air Speed: 1.07 -> 1.095
• [/] Gravity: 0.0765 -> 0.085
• [/] Fall Speed: 1.655 -> 1.7
• [=] Hitstun Fall Speed: 1.655 -> 1.7

Jab 1

• [+] Hitbox Duration: F4 -> F4-5
• [-] Angle: 361/180 -> 361
• [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 1.6x -> 1.0x
• [+] Hitbox Size (shoulder/arm/hand): 1.5/1.7/2.0u -> 2.5/3.0/3.5u
• [-] Additional Hitstun: 4F -> 0F

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Jab 2

• [+] Hitbox Duration: F4 -> F4-5
• [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 1.2x -> 1.0x
• [+] Hitbox Size (arm/hand): 2.8/3.0u -> 3.0/3.5u

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Jab 3

• [+] Attached hitboxes to leg
• [$] Adjusted vfx
• [+] Hitbox Duration: F4-5 -> F4-7
• [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 2.0x -> 1.0x

Forward Tilt

• [$] Adjusted animation timing

Up Tilt

• (!) Given a new animation based on Smash4 up tilt
• Hitbox Duration: F7-11
• Damage: 7.0%
• Angle: 96
• BKB: 40
• KBG: 105
• Hitbox Size (head/hand): 5.6/3.5u
• FAF: 28

Down Tilt

• [-] Removed outer hitbox
• [R] Removed late hit
• [/] BKB: 65 -> 50
• [/] KBG: 50 -> 70

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Forward Smash

• [-] Angle (late): 361 -> 60

Up Smash

• [/] Angle (hit 1): 135 -> 115

Down Smash

• [-] Angle (late): 45 -> 50

Neutral Air

• Early
  • [$] Adjusted hit sfx
  • [-] Hitbox Duration: F3-5 -> F5-8
  • [/] BKB: 45 -> 30
  • [/] KBG: 70 -> 115
  • [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 0.8x -> 1.0x
  • [-] Hitbox Size: 8.1u -> 7.0u
• Mid
  • [/] Hitbox Duration: F6-9 -> F9-14
  • [-] Damage: 8.5% -> 8.0%
  • [/] BKB: 45 -> 30
  • [/] KBG: 70 -> 80
  • [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 0.8x -> 1.0x
  • [-] Hitbox Size: 7.2u -> 6.0u
• Late
  • [/] Hitbox Duration: F10-19 -> F15-20
  • [/] BKB: 45 -> 30
  • [/] KBG: 70 -> 60
  • [/] Hitlag Multiplier: 0.8x -> 1.0x
  • [+] Hitbox Size: 4.5u -> 5.0u
• [+] Autocancel: F1-2/F45 -> F1-2/F40

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Forward Air

• [$] Adjusted animation timing
• [$] Adjusted vfx
• [-] Damage: 7.5% -> 7.0%
• [/] BKB: 70 -> 50
• [/] KBG: 29 -> 60
• [-] Landing Lag: 8F -> 10F

Back Air

• Early
  • [-] Damage: 12.0% -> 11.0%
  • [+] KBG: 115 -> 123
• [-] FAF: 38 -> 42
• [-] Landing Lag: 8F -> 12F

Up Air

• [R] Removed late hit

Down Air

• (!) Given a new animation based on Butt Bounce from Pac-Man World
• (!) Dives downward and bounces upward on hit
• Early
  • Hitbox Duration: F16-20
  • Damage: 10.0%
  • Angle: 90
  • BKB: 35
  • KBG: 80
  • Hitbox Size: 5.0u
• Late
  • Hitbox Duration: F21-39
  • Damage: 9.0%
  • Angle: 65
  • BKB: 35
  • KBG: 80
  • Hitbox Size: 4.75u
• FAF (bounce/whiff): 24/50
• Landing Lag: 18F
• Autocancel: F1/F46

Bonus Fruit (Neutral Special)

• (!) All bonus fruit can now be recaught after throwing or z-dropping
• (!) Fruit is now always thrown with an additional Special press after starting the charge (matches other charge shot behavior)
• [R] Fruit can no longer be thrown using Attack
• [R] Removed the ability to transition directly into roll/spotdodge
• [-] Removed airdodge cancel
• [-] Charge Time (early fruits/late fruits): 8/16F -> 10/20F
• Strawberry
  • [R] Angle: 145 -> 70
• Melon
  • [+] BKB: 39 -> 40
  • [+] KBG: 94 -> 100
• Galaxian
  • [+] Bounce Height Multiplier: 0.5x -> 0.9x
• Bell
  • [R] Hit effect changed from paralyze to electric
  • [R] Angle: 55 -> 125
  • [R] BKB: 70 -> 50
  • [R] KBG: 54 -> 80
  • [+] Hitlag Multiplier: 0.5x -> 1.5x
• Key
  • [R] Bounce Distance Multiplier: 0.5x -> 0.1x
  • [R] Bounce Height Multiplier: 0.5x -> 0.75x

Power Pellet (Side Special)

• [+] Pac-Man now remains actionable if starting the dash from the ground
  • The grounded version autocancels once he leaves his retro form but will still have landing lag before that point
• Initial Dash
  • [+] Always deals 10.0% to non-fighters
• Post-Pellet Dash
  • (*) Fixed an issue where the post-pellet dash would only deal 1.0% if linking from the initial hit
  • [+] Minimum Damage (linked/raw): 1.0/8.0% -> 10.0/12.0%
  • [+] Maximum Damage: 16.0% -> 18.0%

Pac-Jump (Up Special)

• (!) Pac-Man can now perform any aerial when near the apex of the bounce
  • Transitions into special fall and always incurs full special landing lag if the aerial does not hit an opponent
  • Pac-Man cannot use a second up special afterwards unless either the first was performed on the ground or he gets hit
• [-] Height Multiplier (2nd/3rd bounce): 1.5/2.25x -> 1.35/2.0x
• Early
  • [-] Hitbox Duration: F4-11 -> F6-9
  • [+] Angle: 92 -> 90
• Mid
  • [/] Hitbox Duration: F12-16 -> F10-18
  • [-] Angle: 86 -> 82
• Late
  • [=] Hitbox Duration: F17-21 -> F19-23
  • [-] KBG: 100 -> 70
• [-] Landing Lag: 30F -> 33F

Fire Hydrant (Down Special)

• Hydrant
  • [R] Hurtbox Size: 4.0u -> 7.0u
  • [R] Life: 16.0% -> 12.0%
  • [R] Bounce Speed Multiplier: 0.68x -> 0.85x
• Normal Cast
  • [-] FAF: 34 -> 37
• Empty Cast
  • (!) Landing during the animation now has 14 frames of landing lag instead of continuing on the ground
  • [+] Can drift normally during the move
  • (*) No longer stalls when becoming airborne or slides when landing
  • [$] Adjusted animation timing
  • [$] Adjusted vfx and sfx
  • [-] Hitbox Duration: F14-17 -> F14-16
  • [/] BKB (ground-only): 20 -> 35
  • [/] KBG (ground-only): 70 -> 60
  • [/] Hitlag Mutliplier: 1.3x -> 1.0x
  • [+] SDI Multiplier: 1.5x -> 1.0x
  • [-] Hitbox Size: 10.0u -> 4.5u

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Up Throw

• [+] FAF: 38 -> 36

Down Throw

• [/] Angle: 43 -> 48