Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

This looks more like Null entity manipulation, if anything. There isn't even a single <ANP in sight.

 

This looks more like Null entity manipulation, if anything. There isn't even a single <ANP in sight.

So a new skill to learn then? Well I don't mind considering I've got a hell of a lot to learn before this mod is over. Are there any tutorials on Null Entity Manipulation?

 

Are there any tutorials on Null Entity Manipulation?

1. Place Null entities in a map
2. Use <CNP on them.
3. ??????
4. Profit!

 

1. Place Null entities in a map
2. Use <CNP on them.
3. ??????
4. Profit!

I'll consider trying it out. I might have more use for it after Gun v2 but I'll see what I can do now.

 

I was wondering what the "Tileset Width" setting in "Edit Project Config Settings" did in Booster's Lab.
Does anybody know?

 

I was wondering what the "Tileset Width" setting in "Edit Project Config Settings" did in Booster's Lab.
Does anybody know?

That... I wish I know the answer for. Afaik it's very finnicky if the mod's in 2x resolution if it's not set to 0. Like, the Y offset for the tiles won't work if the tileset width is set to 16 or 32. But it works normally on 16 if the mod's in vanilla resolution. This sounds like a question only Noxid or Leo can answer.

 

OK, I have a very important question about Booster's Lab: Are the fill and replace tools broken?
Like, I feel like sometimes they just don't work as they should and sometimes they just don't work at all.
Like, am I using them wrong or what?

 

So I need to know how Entity #191 (Water Level) actually works. Selenic Shadow uses a combination of that and Null Entity Manipulation, which I'm still trying to figure out.

 

OK, I have a very important question about Booster's Lab: Are the fill and replace tools broken?
Like, I feel like sometimes they just don't work as they should and sometimes they just don't work at all.
Like, am I using them wrong or what?

how do they not work?
I mean, what do they do if they aren't working
I ask because I too had problems with those tools

 

Uh, I had several weird things happen to me personally, but the one that's really annoying is when I try to replace a group of 4 tiles with another 4 tiles.
Like, sometimes it works, most of the time it does absolutely nothing and I just don't understand it.

 

are you trying to replace 4 tiles with another 4 tiles at the same time?
if so, that doesn't really work out too well for me either, so I do it one at a time

 

Yeah.
I assure you it works sometimes.
Like, if I fiddle around and then try that again, I found it to be more likely to work.

 

So I need to know how Entity #191 (Water Level) actually works. Selenic Shadow uses a combination of that and Null Entity Manipulation, which I'm still trying to figure out.

For practice, place 5 vertical entities in a row. The top entity being the water level, the bottom four being null entities. Then do this.
(Event numbers are gonna be in vertical order (300 - top, 304 - bottom).

#0200
<KEY
<CNP0300:0000:0000<CNP0301:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0301:0000:0000<CNP0302:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0302:0000:0000<CNP0303:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0303:0000:0000<CNP0304:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<END

And the same can be done in reverse. I thought my previous explanation was easy to understand. (Technically, if you wanna do that in reverse order, you can also just do this, since the only available direction is up. But it will require testing over and over again to check the timing.)

#0201
<ANP0304:0010:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0304:0000:0000<CNP0300:0191:0000<END

OK, I have a very important question about Booster's Lab: Are the fill and replace tools broken?

Cuz y'all are trying so hard to figure it out and Noxid is dead, I'd say just stick with manually plugging them in, using Rectangle tool, or using Copy tool.

 

Cuz y'all are trying so hard to figure it out and Noxid is dead, I'd say just stick with manually plugging them in, using Rectangle tool, or using Copy tool.

why didnt I think of that...

 

For practice, place 5 vertical entities in a row. The top entity being the water level, the bottom four being null entities. Then do this.
(Event numbers are gonna be in vertical order (300 - top, 304 - bottom).

#0200
<KEY
<CNP0300:0000:0000<CNP0301:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0301:0000:0000<CNP0302:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0302:0000:0000<CNP0303:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0303:0000:0000<CNP0304:0191:0000<WAIXXXX
<END

And the same can be done in reverse. I thought my previous explanation was easy to understand. (Technically, if you wanna do that in reverse order, you can also just do this, since the only available direction is up. But it will require testing over and over again to check the timing.)

#0201
<ANP0304:0010:0000<WAIXXXX
<CNP0304:0000:0000<CNP0300:0191:0000<END

Thank you for the script, it'll be very helpful to me once I (try and) implement it into my own mod. I'll even go and update the ReadMe file to credit you.

 

I'll even go and update the ReadMe file to credit you.

You don't need to do thaaaaat. I learned that from looking at the TSC used in WTF Story. Credit should really go to GIR, if anything.

 

how do I make the Hovering Critters projectiles immediately go in the direction the player is in?
they just float if you spawn them in.

 

They're dependent of a parent entity to shoot them, which will require ASM if you wish to "spawn" them in out of nowhere.

 

The fill and replace tools in BL only work on one type of tile at a time, it doesn't work on multiple tiles at the same time.

I.E. if you have a giant pocket of air tiles, you can fill that in, but if you have a pattern of repeating 2x2 tiles, you can't just fill that with a different set of 2x2 tiles with a single click of the fill tool, it works exactly as a fill tool in a paint program would. The replace tool just replaces all instance of one tile with another and that's it.

I have had zero issues with these two tools and use them in my mods so I assume there's some sort of misunderstanding on how they work.

 

Oh, I see. :O
Yeah, I think I misunderstood their use, then.
It's no big deal, though. I figured out a couple of tricks to make them do what I want, but it's nice to finally know that, thank you.