Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

Is there any way to change the hit and display reacts on the pc? Preferably through the assembler cause I can't use olly.

Do the pc framerects work the same as npc's? I mean in terms of coding it.

 

How do you change the way the pc dies?(you know, like changing the explosion to something else?)

 

Is there any way to change the hit and display reacts on the pc? Preferably through the assembler cause I can't use olly.

Do the pc framerects work the same as npc's? I mean in terms of coding it.

Doesn't npc.tbl control both of these? use BL's npc.tbl editor.
if it doesn't, there is probably an offset for the pc in the asm compendium - edit the framerects which are by the start offset

 

he's talking about for the player character. I don't remember if there's a Hackinator patch for that or not but I feel like there should be.

 

Doesn't npc.tbl control both of these? use BL's npc.tbl editor.
if it doesn't, there is probably an offset for the pc in the asm compendium - edit the framerects which are by the start offset

Ok, so I found the offsets in the compendium, but again, I can't use ollydbg(my laptop sucks), so does anyone know how I do it through the assembler?

 

Ok, so I found the offsets in the compendium, but again, I can't use ollydbg(my laptop sucks), so does anyone know how I do it through the assembler?

AFAIK the assembler doesn't give you a disassembly dump so you have no way of knowing the addresses that control the pc's rects, so I'm pretty sure you'll need ollydbg. Are you using the right version? (32 vs 64-bit depending on what architecture your laptop has - this has caused issues for some people)

 

I use ollydbg ver2.0.1 32-bit

I actually made a thread on what my issue was here but no one ever actually helped me out with it.

 

Well, i'm going to restate my question since no one ever answered it...

How do you change how the pc dies?

Oh, and if someone could help me with the issue above that would be greatly appreciated too.

 

I use ollydbg ver2.0.1 32-bit

I actually made a thread on what my issue was here but no one ever actually helped me out with it.

Well do you have a 32 or 64-bit OS? Google how to find out if you don't know.
Download the 64-bit version of ollydbg if you have 64-bit windows. And if that doesn't work, try this out - haven't used it and of course there are no guides around here that show it but it seems to do what olly does

 

Well do you have a 32 or 64-bit OS? Google how to find out if you don't know.
Download the 64-bit version of ollydbg if you have 64-bit windows. And if that doesn't work, try this out - haven't used it and of course there are no guides around here that show it but it seems to do what olly does

Turns out I got a 64-bit...

Anyways I was wondering, how come certain Npc's(mostly main characters, like Sue) are not affected by the Npc set?(They display the same thing no matter what set you choose) Is there a way to make them affected/not affected by the Npc set?

 

I know from experience you can't make King shoot able.
I'm not sure why that is, are you talking about the Npc.tbl?

Yo, custom boss fight fighting King?

I'm talking about the display. You know how like, when you change the Npc set in the Mapdata, it makes all of the entities look weird? That's because the display rects stay the same, but now your telling the game to read a different spritesheet, and the layout isn't the same.

I'm asking why Npc's like King and Sue don't change to the current selected Npc sets.
you know, like:
Npc0
NpcGuest
NpcCurly

 

Anyways I was wondering, how come certain Npc's(mostly main characters, like Sue) are not affected by the Npc set?(They display the same thing no matter what set you choose) Is there a way to make them affected/not affected by the Npc set?

Some NPCs are set to a specific spritesheet, such as NpcGuest and NpcRegu. They can also be set to a specific spritesheet in the Data folder instead of the Npc folder (for example, the Quote NPCs are set to MyChar). There are also some NPCs set to the tileset being used in the room (like the Lift Block and Large Shutter from the Core room).

 

Some NPCs are set to a specific spritesheet, such as NpcGuest and NpcRegu. They can also be set to a specific spritesheet in the Data folder instead of the Npc folder (for example, the Quote NPCs are set to MyChar). There are also some NPCs set to the tileset being used in the room (like the Lift Block and Large Shutter from the Core room).

Ok, that's cool...

Now how does one actually CHANGE what the Npc's are set to?

 

Here's where you can change the NPC's set in npc.tbl

Spoiler

 

Here's where you can change the NPC's set in npc.tbl

Spoiler

Figures the ONE GOD DAMM PLACE I FORGOT TO LOOK IN.

 

Can someone tell me the asm offsets for the health of each of the 'major room bosses?'

I mean like Balfrog, Monster X, Ballos' third form etc

 

Eh... Hi guys.
So I saw something about debug saving, and I wanted to do that, but I have never ever EVER done hex editing before. Could someone help me out with this?
***link is here

 

Eh... Hi guys.
So I saw something about debug saving, and I wanted to do that, but I have never ever EVER done hex editing before. Could someone help me out with this?
***link is here

You just open cave story in a hex editor (like HxD - google it). Seek to the offset and change the value (make sure it overwrites the pre-existing value and doesn't add a value). Just change the values already there to what RuneLancer specified.

 

Well do you have a 32 or 64-bit OS? Google how to find out if you don't know.
Download the 64-bit version of ollydbg if you have 64-bit windows. And if that doesn't work, try this out - haven't used it and of course there are no guides around here that show it but it seems to do what olly does

Uh, I can't seem to find a 64-bit olly anywhere... do you know where it is?

 

Uh, I can't seem to find a 64-bit olly anywhere... do you know where it is?

Is a 64-bit OllyDbg even needed? Cave story isn't 64-bit(as far as I know) and I use the 32-bit version myself and haven't had any problems.
Also there isn't a 64-bit OllyDbg yet as far as I'm concerned.