Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

& is -10
/ is -1

 

http://www.asciitable.com

Look for 0-9 on the table (they're at dec 48-57). Now : comes after 9, so : means 10. Next is ; which is 11 and so on. Similarly, / comes before 0, so / is -1. Before / is . which would be -2, and before that is - which would be -3, etc.

 

http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/2160/

Ignoring the stuff about ~~~~, it's all correct information. I suggest putting your skin to cs dark so you can read the colors.

 

Alright, a question, and a pretty simple one at that. I'm trying to use NPC 254, which is the helicopter, and make the propellers spin. This is a big problem for one reason: They don't show up. If someone knows why, that'd be great, but I've no idea, and I've looked in the original Cave Story, too.

 

<ANP0299:0020:0002

Where 0299 is the helicopter... That's the only thing I can see. If that doesn't work, well I don't know. I guess you'd have to look at the ASM.

 

Maybe double check that you're using the correct spritesheet? (NpcHeri.pbm, IIRC)

 

Definitely both of those things are fine. I think it has something to do with what I did with the propellers, I'm gonna check.

Edit (I REALLY HOPE SOMEONE FINDS THIS): I've found a possible culprit.

Look here:

 

Are they moving in direction 0002? The direction tends to be the most subtle issue in ANP commands.

EDIT: You're Using method 20 of animation, it's actuall method 40, although I may just be seeing bad picture quality.

 

Heh, well as you can see in the picture....

Edit: Method 20? I don't understand. Do you mean the part that says 0020? Also, it appears to be the best picture quality, I dunno about you, though.

Edit again: That had nothing to do with it....

 

Don't you have to add an event "#0299", and then enter 299 in that box next to "Event" when you click on the entity? Just a suggestion, I'm afraid...

Edit: To put in simpler terms, type in #0299 under event #0100. Save and close. Change to "Edit Entities" mode and click on the helicopter entity. Type "299" in the Event box above. Hope this works. :/

 

Don't you have to add an event "#0299", and then enter 299 in that box next to "Event" when you click on the entity? Just a suggestion, I'm afraid...

Edit: To put in simpler terms, type in #0299 under event #0100. Save and close. Change to "Edit Entities" mode and click on the helicopter entity. Type "299" in the Event box above. Hope this works. :/

I'm pretty sure that you don't have to have an empty event in order to get <ANP's and <CNP's to work. Just labeling the entity with an event (even if the event doesn't exist in the script) should work fine.

 

Well, the animations themselves work, as in, the one where it's opened works fine. (Which is animation 20, by the way) It's just that the propellers won't show up.

 

According to the ASM, the propellers themselves increment the frame num if the parent entity has (or has had) an animation of 20 or greater, and the parent entity (heli) generates the propellers automatically when it initializes (state == 0)

So, I dunno man, it should work with animation 20. Try <WAI0007 before <ANP. If you say the props straight-up don't appear it's possible they aren't even being created.

 

Noxid, you're magical! The WAI0007 actually worked! It's really weird how the helicopter works, and that fixed it perfectly, so thanks!

 

Is the NPC table editor supposed to look like this?

Just doesn't look right to me.

 

I think soo. Best way is to edit the npc table manually

 

Best way is to edit the npc table manually

wat

How do I do that?

 

I have no idea what Jet is talking about but yes, that's the npc table editor. You can change rects, initial flags, HP, damage, XP, tileset, hurt sound, death sound, and death gfx. That's all the external NPC data there is.

 

I have no idea what Jet is talking about but yes, that's the npc table editor. You can change rects, initial flags, HP, damage, XP, tileset, hurt sound, death sound, and death gfx. That's all the external NPC data there is.

Shouldn't there be sprites in that little black box?

And... what's a rect? And how do I change sprites?

 

You change sprites by editing the bitmaps in the data folder; it doesn't show the sprites because the data for where the sprite image is located is elsewhere. Rect means rectangle; the hitrect is well, the hitrect for the entity. Display rect is I don't know what but so just don't worry about it.