Patch: Doggy Miss Bugfix

FF3 US - Doggy Miss Mod
version 2 (updated)
released on 11/10/2019
author: Bropedio
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I'm not sure if this bug has been addressed before, but it seems Interceptor and Golem appear up to 80% less often than they are meant to. This patch rewrites the miss animation selection subroutine to ensure that Interceptor and Golem always appear when they successfully block an attack. From the readme:

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This patch fixes a bug that randomly prevents Interceptor and Golem
from blocking attacks, even after they cause the attack to miss.

After reaching the miss routine (due to Dog Block or Golem), the game
selects a miss animation at random from the combination of all available
equipment and Interceptor or Golem. If an equipment block is selected,
the miss proceeds as though it had been caused by regular evasion.

The end result of this bug is that Interceptor will appear less frequently
when Shadow's equipment enables various block animations: dagger parry,
sword parry, shield, and cape. If all 4 equipment animations are available,
the chance of Interceptor appearing is reduced from 50% to 10%, though he
will still trigger misses 50% of the time.

Additionally, this patch routes Dog/Golem past the check for
Vanish/M-Tek/Zombie status that similarly causes Interceptor or Golem to be
silently replaced with a basic "miss" animation.