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I for one would like to make the bubbler more robust, and stay at level 3 longer, because in my own mod there is a point where it could be your primary weapon. So it is has a valid use beyond "making the game easier".

There are plenty of enemies that do. Off the top of my head, sky dragons and midorin. I suspect most of the guest entities would poof, as the few that I've tried turning into enemies have done so. I suppose if I were smart I would be documenting what works or doesn't work.

The design isn't the problem, and the sprites (that is, the graphics) aren't the problem either. The problem is that the majority of entities, even if you give them the 0x0200 flag, will still just drop power-ups upon death, and will NOT execute an event. Thus if you use the <BSL flag with them...

Progress has hit a road block of late. I'm working on a particular boss fight where the "boss" that you're actually supposed to damage is rather stationary, and the challenge comes from avoiding other independant elements of the fight. There are a lot of entities I could potentially use for...

Listening to it now. So far very impressive, with only a couple tracks that didn't really sit well with me (though that could just be a matter of taste). Awesome work =)

Assuming you have an entity that actually works with the 0x0200 flag, when it hits 0 HP, it calls the event number assigned to it. In the script for that event, you either need to use <ANP to run the sprite's death animation (if you know it), use <CNP to turn it into a different non-enemy...

It's actually E8 03, since it's a two byte value. Think of it as the second number times 256, plus the first number, which would be (3 x 256) + 232, or 1000.

There is a TSC command (<MM0) to halt Quote's forward movement that can be used. I can probably use it during the Misery scene and the Gaudi scene, as it shouldn't be too noticeable. However, some scenes a forceful stop like that would seem less natural than the potential for a booster-happy...

I've caused the game to reference graphic regions (both sprites and map tiles) outside the bounds of the graphic file used on several occasions, with edited and unedited graphics files. The result was garbage graphics. The only time the game has ever crashed due to graphics was because there was...

Actually, a smaller file (in dimensions) will just result in garbage graphics, not a game crash.

Er, sorry, too much MMORPG playing. Mob = enemy NPC. In this case, game entity. The 0x0200 flag has to be set for an entity in order for it to perform anything but it's standard dead event when you've done enough damage to remove all its hit points, and is the only way to make something...

It's not a bad method. However, all other things aside, Sue can't be made invincible. With the 0x0200 flag set, a mob can be made invincible by having an event set that doesn't "kill" the mob. However, Sue (among other entities, of which I don't have a comprehensive list), will "die" before ever...

It is indeed "(C)Pixel". How many colors do you have in your color table? None of the original game graphics files have had more than 16 colors (though the files don't have to all be the same 16 colors), so I've been sticking to that limit and haven't had any problems. I've also been taking all...

What is this "game code" you're talking about?

Just to be absolutely certain, I made a copy of my original game directory. I ran Sue's Workshop on it, created a new map, made a small room, set the game starting location inside it, gave it a standard opening event, and ran the game from Sue's Workshop. The new map loaded and ran fine with no...

Have you looked at the map files from the original game in your hex editor?

Yeah, that's been mentioned. I'm still working on the next chunk, which, because the gameplay becomes less linear after the Labyrinth, covers the rest of the content of the mod. Current guestimate of progress: 40% on current installment, 70-75% on overall content.

What program did you use to add it to the end?

Hmm, double-check the size of your executable and compare it to the size of the original. They need to be exact for those bosses (like the Core) to work. There may be something else that has changed the size of the executable.

Have you added any new maps to the game (as opposed to just changing old ones)?

You have to use the map in which they occur in the original game, and you have to use the location where their fight is. Some boss fights also get glitchy if you change the triggers and event numbers. So overall, it is better to just find the codes in the original maps and remove the extraneous...

Have had one in progress. See: this thread.

Just ran into this, so I figured I should let everyone else know of this limitation: Map script sizes can be a maximum of 17,999 characters (including spaces and line returns). If you go beyond that it's very likely you will cause the game to crash when loading the map.

Or have a healthy respect for the English language. Asking for proper grammar, which includes punctuation, is not a sign of being obsessive compulsive. It is akin to asking your video card manufacturer to include the color blue in their display capabilities.

The way I've done it is not add any new maps at all, but just use pre-existing ones. You can change any other aspect of the map the boss appears in (tileset, enemies, background, size), and they'll still work. The only hitch is I've yet to find a way of changing where on the map the boss...