Best Tools for Modding

Hey I've joined the forums not so long ago, didn't go online that much, Anyway's I would like to know some of the Best Tools for Modding on Cave Story, I've always been interested in modding, and it does look complicated, I'm hoping to bring out alot of Mods for Cave Story in the Future, I have already made a mini-mod with a defunct tool, It is Called Cave Story - Easy Mode, soon I will make a Hard mode and probably even Extreme, All I need to know now is how to add it to the Forums, Thank you - Balrog1337

 

BIG EDIT:

All I need to know now is how to add it to the Forums,

I only glanced at the post~ an idiot


------------------------------------------------------

Well, the best place to start is with This page it contains two editors that are good for modding cave story Boosters lab and Cave Editor

I presonally prefer boosters lab becasue It's easy to use and does everything automatically that you need to start modding.

I would also suggest that you watch this video




It should tell you most everything you need to know.

--------------

EDIT: you likely want these as well.

Save Editor v2.0 save editor

Odbg200.zip ASM editor (don't worry about this to much as it's not recommended for beginners to use)

CS Physics Editor v1.1 Edit's physics if you want to change how Quote moves and such.

Resource hacker Lets you change music and icons to the game and some other miscellaneous things I forget.

 

You need

-paint (for sprites)
-Booster's Lab or Cave Editor ( I prefer CE)
-OrgMaker 2 (for music)
-Ollydbg (If you are gonna go deep and do some hacking)

 

-paint (for sprites)

No
No no no no no

-Booster's Lab or Cave Editor ( I prefer CE)

BL has more things probably but it's in development and unstable. CE is still good though.

-Ollydbg (If you are gonna go deep and do some hacking)

Don't. Not until you get much further into modding.

 

I would recommend Windows XP's version of paint because Windows 7/8 version fucks all the colors up
You can download it here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97361340/Pictures/Paint.exe

 

No
No no no no no

I'm serious do NOT use paint

 

1. Don't do what Aar said do what sold said please
2. Hacking Tool.exe

 

Start out with cave editor and an image editing software. I prefere Paint.Net

 

I actually use XP paint all the time...

Don't worry guys, magicdoors is just going crazy again.

 

MS Paint is awful. The colour picker is annoying. The tools are lacking. You can't change how far you zoom - you can only zoom in or out once. There are no layers. I think it also defaults to saving in JPEG.
MS Paint 7 has fixed a few of these problems but it's still terrible in general and you have no reason not to download a program that is infinitely better

 

What the hell are you talking about? XP's paint can let you zoom from like 50% to 800%. I think you're talking about the large view and normal view that lets you zoom the picture 600% and 100%, respectively.

Also paint.net doesn't seem to be built for pixel arting unlike many other, better pixel art editors.

 

BIG EDIT:


I only glanced at the post~ an idiot


------------------------------------------------------

Well, the best place to start is with This page it contains two editors that are good for modding cave story Boosters lab and Cave Editor

I presonally prefer boosters lab becasue It's easy to use and does everything automatically that you need to start modding.

I would also suggest that you watch this video




It should tell you most everything you need to know.

--------------

EDIT: you likely want these as well.

Save Editor v2.0 save editor

Odbg200.zip ASM editor (don't worry about this to much as it's not recommended for beginners to use)

CS Physics Editor v1.1 Edit's physics if you want to change how Quote moves and such.

Resource hacker Lets you change music and icons to the game and some other miscellaneous things I forget.

BIG EDIT:


I only glanced at the post~ an idiot


------------------------------------------------------

Well, the best place to start is with This page it contains two editors that are good for modding cave story Boosters lab and Cave Editor

I presonally prefer boosters lab becasue It's easy to use and does everything automatically that you need to start modding.

I would also suggest that you watch this video




It should tell you most everything you need to know.

--------------

EDIT: you likely want these as well.

Save Editor v2.0 save editor

Odbg200.zip ASM editor (don't worry about this to much as it's not recommended for beginners to use)

CS Physics Editor v1.1 Edit's physics if you want to change how Quote moves and such.

Resource hacker Lets you change music and icons to the game and some other miscellaneous things I forget.

BIG EDIT:


I only glanced at the post~ an idiot


------------------------------------------------------

Well, the best place to start is with This page it contains two editors that are good for modding cave story Boosters lab and Cave Editor

I presonally prefer boosters lab becasue It's easy to use and does everything automatically that you need to start modding.

I would also suggest that you watch this video




It should tell you most everything you need to know.

--------------

EDIT: you likely want these as well.

Save Editor v2.0 save editor

Odbg200.zip ASM editor (don't worry about this to much as it's not recommended for beginners to use)

CS Physics Editor v1.1 Edit's physics if you want to change how Quote moves and such.

Resource hacker Lets you change music and icons to the game and some other miscellaneous things I forget.

You need

-paint (for sprites)
-Booster's Lab or Cave Editor ( I prefer CE)
-OrgMaker 2 (for music)
-Ollydbg (If you are gonna go deep and do some hacking)

Alright then, Thanks

-Paint (for sprites)

Actually isn't CE better for Creating Sprites? I mean I would probably use paint for only sketching out the sprite

 

Actually isn't CE better for Creating Sprites? I mean I would probably use paint for only sketching out the sprite

god, no
what on earth would ever give you that idea
CE's image editing ... """thing""" is kind of awful and nobody should ever use it, ever.

 

god, no
what on earth would ever give you that idea
CE's image editing ... """thing""" is kind of awful and nobody should ever use it, ever.

Makes Sense I can't find any way to change the sprite of Quote to My own Character, qq

 

The thread title says "Best Tools for Modding".

That would be Paint.Net , regarding the artwork.

Sure, you could use MS Paint or Cave Editor, but suggesting these things is technically going off-topic because they are what the children use, not for those who want more than a passing glance on their mod(s).

 

CE is still perfectly viable for best. Miza or SW on the other hand are not.

 

The thread title says "Best Tools for Modding".

That would be Paint.Net , regarding the artwork.

Sure, you could use MS Paint or Cave Editor, but suggesting these things is technically going off-topic because they are what the children use, not for those who want more than a passing glance on their mod(s).

You all have a Different way of Modding don't you

 

I prefer Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 tbh.
But I doubt anyone would be interested since it costs money.

You all have a Different way of Modding don't you

Just grab your editor of choice (Cave Editor or Booster's Lab), grab your pixel-safe image editing program of choice and go nuts. Throw orgmaker and reshacker into the mix if you ever want to have custom music in your mod. Everyone here has a different opinion on what is best to use and you should try to form one on your own.

 

I like graphics gale cause it puts in nice clean little 16x16 boxes. Also it is easier to swap colors.

 

Cave Editor is better as far as I know, because Booster's Lab corrupts the executable for me.
Paint is good enough for sprite editing, just remember to save it as a 24-bit bitmap. The colors won't become corrupted that way. On 800% zoom it does a good job. I use it a lot.

Also, may I ask why everyone is using such an informal tone in a public forum?