Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

those buttons never worked
just open the data folder and do it manually they're just .bmp files
and don't use CE's image editor, it's trash

 

might it have to do with windows 8 (don't care what you say it's better then 7 )

 

no

 

those buttons never worked
just open the data folder and do it manually they're just .bmp files
and don't use CE's image editor, it's trash

Unfortunately, even after reading http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/1100/ nothing I know of can properly open .pbm's besides MSPaint, which can't save as them. Trying to copy/paste or save their data through any other program (even if it saves as .pbm's) results in black&white messes that CE can't even read.

Looks like once again I'm busted.

 

if you're using CE, change the file type in the Game Settings

 

For some reason, every time I enter a certain room, it shows up for a second and then crashes. Can anyone tell me why? Here's the script for <TRA'ing to the room,

Spoiler

#0107
<FAO0004<TRA0098:0100:0092,0071

and here's the event that it runs.

Spoiler

#0100
<FAI0004<CMU0001<MNA<END

What's going on here, and how do I fix it?

 

you have a comma in your <TRA

it should be

#0107
<FAO0004<TRA0098:0100:0092:0071

 

Yes, because <TRA commands are taken with the following arguments: <TRAXXXX:YYYY:ZZZZ:WWWW, where X is the map, Y is the event, Z is the location on the X-axis, and W is the location on the y-axis. Since the colon isn't read by the TSC reader, it can effectively be any character, and since it's an ordered pair, I chose it to be a comma.
I'm not a complete idiot, you know.

 

do you just not know how modding works
that's not how modding works

i am 99.9% sure that you are wrong

 

Jesus christ do you want me to show you all the <TRA's with commas that work just fine

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<TRA0041:0100:0004,0009
<TRA0098:0100:0122,0071
<TRA0096:0300:0016,0056
<TRA0097:0300:0018,0014
<TRA0095:0300:0007,0020
<TRA0080:0099:0017,0067
<TRA0097:0300:0002,0014
<TRA0080:0100:0009,0000

In fact, here's what Noxid has to say about it:

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"Another note, the colon (: ) between arguments could really be whatever character you wanted, as it’s simply ignored by the TSC reader."

In the future, try to learn the material before you try to show someone up over it.

 

wow okay
first off i didn't even know you could do that at all ever???

second off i never saw noxid say that/wasn't around for that shit so whatever
but nonetheless thank you for the information because surely it will be useful

in any case, you could be outsourcing to the wrong coordinates -- especially since idk what map it is that the TRA is leading to and idk how big it is -- and im p sure you can't use event 100

 

wow you guys are angry for no reason
check error.txt you probably forgot a file

 

Event 100 works just fine, and the coordinates are correct. You're welcome for the info, though. And btw, that was in Noxid's modding-beginner's-guide.
And, how do I check error.txt?

 

you
open error.txt

 

I meant, where is it located. I checked the folder my mod is in, it's not there.

 

did you get a popup when you ran the event?
if so then the error.txt should be in the main folder (like the folder that hosts /data)
and if not then
there's no error.txt

 

No, I didn't get a pop-up. Actually, now that I recall, the game went to desktop, took up the top-left fourth of my screen, and Windows told me it wasn't responding.

 

this question is geared toward Noxid since it's a thing he did but anyone is free to answer: how could I speed up the game to run in 60 fps, in the way Noxid did for Story?

 

just go to 40B340 and change the "ADD ECX, 14" to "ADD ECX, 11" both times

0x40B36D83 
C1 11 39 0D 3C D4 49 00 72 02 EB 0A 6A 01 FF 15 20 C1 48 00 EB BF 8B 15 38 D4 49 00 83 C2 6439 15 3C D4 49 00 72 0C A1 3C D4 49 00 A3 38 D4 49 00 EB 0F 8B 0D 38 D4 49 00 83 C1 11

 

I've been searching the forums all day for the list of addresses for all the NPC's and can't find it, could someone link me it?