Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

Certain fonts are better for that. Anonymous Pro is a great font for cave story, although you have to download the font file and put it in your mod folder for the player to install.

 

Anyway I want to make Igor's graphics to always read from "NpcRavil.png".
Is this too complicated to do?

My question was skipped over...

 

That'd be pretty complicated to do, if I understand you correctly. You're saying you want Igor to get his sprites from npcRavil regardless of what NPC tilesets have been selected for the map?

 

That'd be pretty complicated to do, if I understand you correctly. You're saying you want Igor to get his sprites from npcRavil regardless of what NPC tilesets have been selected for the map?

Yeah... In cave editor I noticed there are some that say "null" on tilesets.
If not him maybe the smaller enraged rabbits?

 

My question was skipped over...

That's because what you were asking is impossible. Sprites must be read from one of the maps 2 loaded sets.

 

That's because what you were asking is impossible. Sprites must be read from one of the maps 2 loaded sets.

Ok fine. I'll just find a way to work around that. Forget my question. -_-

 

@knuckles: All that you want is to have Igor's sprites, right?

Hmm… Though the method you suggested is practically impossible, there are other work-arounds to do this, but it depends on some factors.

- It depends on how many maps you want him in.

- It depends on what images are loaded in both NPC sets of every map that will include him.

- And it depends on what type of Igor NPC you are wanting to use (There are two types: The Egg Corridor boss and the Balcony enemy.)

I might be able to help, but I can't without knowing anything other than "I want Igor."

 

They're different NPCs???
I was fairly certain they were one and the same.

 

They're different NPCs???
I was fairly certain they were one and the same.

*Quickly checks*

Nope… They have different ID's, and they even read from separate sets (Egg Cord. reads from Set 2 while Balcony reads from Set 1).

 

@knuckles: All that you want is to have Igor's sprites, right?
I might be able to help, but I can't without knowing anything other than "I want Igor."

Well I'm busy now but I'll give more info later. Edit: In my mod, your at sand zone and... well I'll just pm you. I don't want to tell everyone about something in my mod that I didn't even make a demo for yet. :/

 

Hm. Anybody knows if there's a reliable "Put an image over Player's Screen" hack?
And is it possible to actually use transparency for images in Cave Story?

 

Oh, thank you. That reminds of a question I had: Is it possible to change how fast the two sprites of the air tank bubble interchange?

 

Hm. Anybody knows if there's a reliable "Put an image over Player's Screen" hack?
And is it possible to actually use transparency for images in Cave Story?

There is the <IMG hack by Noxid, but it's outdated (aka not applicable with title screen edits and such)

Oh, thank you. That reminds of a question I had: Is it possible to change how fast the two sprites of the air tank bubble interchange?

I can't seem to remember where the airtank address starts, but their should be a scripttimer command and that variable can be changed.



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Where are the screen boundaries found in the exe? I want to do some testing with a wide screen mod.

 

Okay. I have a problem.
So I have a room in which the player walks through H/V Trigger, and the doors close, not letting him leave unless he finds something to exit.
Now, I have no idea how to make doors run event XXXX on interraction, or how to CREATE those doors for that matter.
Should they be there from the start? Should I use <SNP or should I use something else?
help pls :c

 

Okay. I have a problem.
So I have a room in which the player walks through H/V Trigger, and the doors close, not letting him leave unless he finds something to exit.
Now, I have no idea how to make doors run event XXXX on interraction, or how to CREATE those doors for that matter.
Should they be there from the start? Should I use <SNP or should I use something else?
help pls :c

use flags



door = 100



H/V = 200

#0100
<KEY<FLJ0150:0101<ANP0100:0000:0002<SOU0011<WAI0010<HMC<WAI0010
<SOU0011<ANP0100:0000:0000<WAI0010<FAO0001<TRA0000:EVNT:0000:0000<END

#0101
<KEY<MSGIt's locked.<NOD<END


#0200
<FL+0150<FON0100:0016<SOU0111<WAI0020
<FOM0016<END

#0300
<KEY<MSG Got the =thing you were looking for=<CMU0010<WAI0160<NOD<RMU
<FL-0150<FON0100:0016<WAI0010<SOU0111<WAI0020<FOM0016<END

If flag 150 is set, the door jumps to event 101 saying it's locked using FLJ.



learn it well.

 

Bombchu made a really unclear explanation.

Flags are used for checking whether things have happened or not. Setting a flag with <FL+XXXX (where X is the flag number you want) will keep the flag set unless the player loads the game to a point before the flag set. <FLJXXXX:YYYY (where Y is a desired event number) will jump to event Y if flag X is set.
Another command you'll need is <CNPXXXX:YYYY:ZZZZ. X is the desired entity event number, Y is the desired NPC value, and Z is the direction. CNP changes an entity with event number X to type Y with direction Z. You can use this to change a blank entity to a door by putting it in your script. After this, set a flag. In the door/exit script, put a flag jump relative to the flag you set. If the flag is set, make the game jump to an event that shows a message saying "the door is locked" or something to that effect. After whatever you want happens in your room, unset the flag. That will allow the player to run the original door/exit script and exit the room.
Hopefully I explained everything. If I missed something please tell me.

Oh, also, to make an entity activate when pressing down, make sure special flag 2000 is set for the entity. The entity will play the event corresponding with its event number when you press down in front of it.

 

Where are the screen boundaries found in the exe? I want to do some testing with a wide screen mod.

*cough* *cough*

Wide screen

*cough* *cough*

 

they aren't any one place, it's just sort of scattered throughout the program like pixie dust
have fun changing it

 

they aren't any one place, it's just sort of scattered throughout the program like pixie dust
have fun changing it

So I just look for all the PUSH 320 and PUSH 240 and change them all to the right value(s)?

I'll just assume that there are more then 20 instances of it.

E: err, I mean the Hex equivalents of that.

 

Hey, what do I have to do to make a simplistic enemy (Critter, Bat, Gaudi, etc.) a boss in a level?