Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

So how do I change the color of the blue cover that comes in between <FAO and <FAI? I have the Fade.bmp file edited from blue to dark gray, and it looks weird going from dark gray to blue to dark gray again. Here's the most notable example of what I mean: the blue background that comes before it fades in to the opening cutscene.

Note: I tried editing bk0 and bkBlack but this still comes as blue instead of dark gray.

 

probably unhelpful comment:
have you tried Usenti?

 

How does the enemies "notice" Quote?
Like, how does the critters decide to start jumping, or how does the gaudis decide to shoot purple goop at Quote?
Do they track their distance relative to the player?

 

yeah, basically

 

Um... I'm sort of doing something that makes you switch between sets of weapons in the item menu and... when I do this it resets weapon levels. What can I do to make the weapon levels stay?...

 

it can't be done without asm

 

Noxid:
it can't be done without asm

Oh. I'l probably just figure out a way to make weapons not level up then. Like no experience points or something.

 

Also asm

 

naaaah you can edit the npc table to make everything drop 0 xp
it just won't drop hearts or missiles either

 

Oh that's right
That would take a ton of effort though jesus

 

Is CaveEditor still the most reliable modding tool?

 

I'd say Booster's Lab is better but I think that would be a conflict of interest
but Booster's Lab is better.

 

Booster's Lab has a lot of features that are non-existent in Cave Editor, plus BL doesn't have any bugs (sometimes it does but it's almost immediately fixed anyway so what's the point)
so objectively it's a fact that BL is better

 

If I accidentally summon an eldritch abomination while modding I'm blaming you, Noxid.

 

Booster's Lab has a lot of features that are non-existent in Cave Editor, plus BL doesn't have any bugs (sometimes it does but it's almost immediately fixed anyway so what's the point)
so objectively it's a fact that BL is better

the only thing missing in BL is the previews of bmps seen in CE's tsc editor. at the same time though, BL tells you when you have too many characters in a line of text.

 

yeah like that's my only issue with the editor
otherwise it's near perfection

 

that feature would get done a lot faster if I actually wanted to use it myself, since I find it easier to just keep the list / face.bmp open
but eventually I swear

 

What are the size boundaries for weapons? (Arms.bmp/pbm) Basically, how big can a weapon be? because I don't think it's 16x16.
Also what is the offsets for the bubbler gun? (Levels 1, 2, and 3.) I want to try to edit it's code.

 

So how would you change the music files to mp3?
There's gotta be a mod that does that.

 

Booster Lab is absolutely refusing to work for me, so I guess I will have to stick with something else.