Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

So does anybody know how to edit Organya View? (I ask because I wanted a proper Sound Test option for my mod and Organya View was the next best thing.) I'm hoping that I can change the music tracks to the ones in the mod instead of the default ones.

You can replace the songs through Resource Hacker just like with regular Cave Story. Just make sure their internal filenames are the same.

 

That's easier said than done considering that I have to somehow replace the code...right? Right, now how do I actually pull this off?
EDIT: Will it work with OGG files or is Organya View unable to play OGG files?

 

Wasn't there a program called orgadder that did the exact same thing but was easier to use?
It works with EXE files and OrgView is an EXE.

 

Will it work with OGG files or is Organya View unable to play OGG files?

It only works with Org, unfortunately. There are options for OGG files though (putting them in a public playlist on youtube, making a mixtape, creating a zip folder containing the songs in high quality).

Wasn't there a program called orgadder that did the exact same thing but was easier to use?

I'd advise against using OrgAdder because v1.1 (its latest version) has a bug where it doesn't change the RAM address in <CMU and <RMU to read off for the new pointer table and music filenames. You can technically fix it manually, if you know what you're doing with ASM. Only setback is you would have to repeat this process every time you use OrgAdder. If you wish to use more than 44 orgs in Cave Story, this guide is your best friend!

 

how to you put a bk as the title screen background (bkFog is what I'm trying to use)

 

It only works with Org, unfortunately. There are options for OGG files though (putting them in a public playlist on youtube, making a mixtape, creating a zip folder containing the songs in high quality).

Well that's a shame. I guess I'll have to resort to the zip folder then. Hopefully somebody will update ORG Viewer so that it works with OGG files in future.

 

I'm trying to change who shows up in the credits at the end, and when going through the script...

and the only thing it changes is it's direction, some are character names, some are blank, how would I change it from Curly appearing to Quote appearing

 

I'm trying to change who shows up in the credits at the end, and when going through the script...
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and the only thing it changes is it's direction, some are character names, some are blank, how would I change it from Curly appearing to Quote appearing

Yeah it's using a universal credits entity that just displays the graphics from other NPC's. You might have to run the credits to see where curly is positioned (or skim a video online), then go into your editor and find which null entity is in that position, then here in the TSC you would edit the CNP of the entity to Quote (which I believe is 150) and give it a normal direction. The other way is to edit Curly's graphics to use Quote sprites in NpcRegu but I doubt you want that.

 

So I've got this last bug to deal with, regarding Gun v1: When the player uses the teleporter, then returns to the hub, they can't move. They can still switch weapons and access their menu but they can't move.
EDIT: Never mind. The problem has been solved already so move along, there's nothing to see here.

 

Maybe we should just post a more available image (one that someone should probably bug Enlight about including in the bitmaps folder for the Hackinator).

Booster's Lab is on github, all my hackinator stuff from 2 years ago was submitted through there, and now there's like 10+ XML hacks made by various people (mostly Txin) that I've lost track of. I'm not consistent in keeping the hackinator up to date so I am publically now inviting others to submit pull requests to the github in my place because I haven't been doing it as of late.

 

That's... actually pretty interesting to hear, tbh. It's almost giving me the motivation to finally release TSC+ Improved. Who knows, I could also probably look into XML hacks again to see what was still missing from the Hackinator library. Thank you, Enlight!

 

I've been dealing with this issue and it annoys me. The final phase of Gun's second boss uses Balfrog's A.I and the fight functions normally except for one problem: I can't damage it.


I think it could be a scripting error, though I'm unsure what it is. Here's the script for reference:

https://imgur.com/CZYjWqK

 

do you have the entity set as interactable?

 

do you have the entity set as interactable?

Balfrog has an entity set? That's news to me. Considering I've only just learnt about it, no I don't have it set to Interactable.

 

maybe this doesn't matter, but put the <BOAXXXX like this: <BOA0010<BOA0100<BSL0000

 

maybe this doesn't matter, but put the <BOAXXXX like this: <BOA0010<BOA0100<BSL0000

I've tried but the issue still persists, thanks for trying though. I think the problem might be in the entity set, so if somebody could tell where Balfrog's entity set (so I can edit it), I'd appreciate it.

 

I've tried but the issue still persists, thanks for trying though. I think the problem might be in the entity set, so if somebody could tell where Balfrog's entity set (so I can edit it), I'd appreciate it.

Balfrog isn't exactly an entity... Like all Special Bosses, all attributes to him are hardcoded in the assembly. His address is at 0x479030.

 

Balfrog isn't exactly an entity... Like all Special Bosses, all attributes to him are hardcoded in the assembly. His address is at 0x479030.

do you have the entity set as interactable?

So it turns out that Balfrog itself doesn't have an entity set, yet there's an entity set associated with this boss... Do I have this correct? Because if there is an entity set, I need to find it and make it interactable so I can finally make Balfrog damagable.

 

It wouldn't make much sense to change the asm just to unset interactible if the boss works properly in vanilla.
I also don't really know much about the special bosses (what a surprise) but if youre changing a regular entity into the boss then make sure that entity is not interactible.

 

It wouldn't make much sense to change the asm just to unset interactible if the boss works properly in vanilla.
I also don't really know much about the special bosses (what a surprise) but if youre changing a regular entity into the boss then make sure that entity is not interactible.

As I've said, Balfrog works normally except that none of my attacks damage it. I even demonstrated this problem with this GIF: