Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

The first things that come to mind are making sure that all the events in your script are listed in numbered order and are four digits long, that your door script has an <END, and that the event number of the door is assigned to the right script event.

If you've checked all those things and it's still not working, then post your script here.

 

Door is id 231
event 4003
script DOOR

#4003
<KEY<SOU0011<DNP0231<TRA0011:0092:0008:0006

Entire script for my mimiga village
#2999 (jack)
<KEY<MSG<FAC0009Blah blah blah<NOD<END

#3000 (Mahin)
<KEY<MSG(NOMNOMNOM)
Lol healing
<LI+0005<NOD<END

Jack is id 101
Mahin is id 235

 

On your <TRA command, you have it programmed to run event #0092, but since you don't have an event #0092, it's just going to run the smallest script you have.

Simply adding:

#0092
<MNA<FAI0002<END

At the top of the script will fix this.

(Also, your Jack and Mahin ID's don't match their events).

 

the ids are there flag ids.
Still dosen't work

 

tell me you don't actually have those things in the parentheses there in the script

 

I do that, except it's more like this.

<///-=====Entering Map=====-
#0100
<KEY<FAI0001<END

<///-House 1-
#0101
<KEY<HMC<FAI0001<ANP0101:0000:0002<SOU0011<SMC<WAI0010
<ANP0101:0000:0000<SOU0011<END

<///-House 2-
#0102
<KEY<HMC<FAI0001<ANP0102:0000:0002<SOU0011<SMC<WAI0010
<ANP0102:0000:0000<SOU0011<END

<///-=====NPC'S=====-

<///-Man 1-
#0500
<KEY<MSG<FAC0001Hello there Dunc.<NOD<END

<///-Man 2-
#0501
<KEY<MSG<FAC0002Greetings.<NOD<END

ect ect ect.

 

tell me you don't actually have those things in the parentheses there in the script

What difference would that make? Anything after the first four digits are ignored, making the space after the event number a good spot for noting what the event does (It's what I do in my mods, though </// also works like Bombchu said.)


@Parkraft: Jack should have "2999" as it's event ID, and Mahin likewise should have "3000".
Flag IDs are for making it appear/disappear on map reloads and setting flags on NPC death/deletion.

 

I integrated Carrotlord's commenting changes into the BL tsc editor so anything after a double-slash on a line will be ignored

 

Is it possible to add maptile/sprite sheets without editing any of the pre-existing ones?
If so, how would you do it?(ASM or CE/BL Editor?)

 

You can do it through CE.
For a map tileset, make sure it's 256 pixels across and it's height is divisible by 16. Each tile is 16x16. When you've finished editing your new tileset, rename it to prtSomething (make sure about the 'prt' part) and open your mod in CE. Your new tileset will be there. Double-click and you will be able to change the properties of each tile (solid, water, slope, etc) by right-clicking on any tile.
For NPC spritesheets the prefix for files is 'Npc' instead of 'prt'. After you've drawn you spritesheet, select it in the 'NPC Tileset' option of the 'Map Properties' dialog box. Then the NPCs you use in that map will read their graphics from the spritesheet you chose. I don't really know much about the 2nd NPC spritesheet you can choose, it's always had problems for me.

Now I would like to ask a question. Is it possible to change the blinking rectangle cursor which comes in the message box after a sentence to anything you like?

 

Thanks, this is very useful for my mod!
(Mod details should be posted tomorrow)

 

I don't really know much about the 2nd NPC spritesheet you can choose, it's always had problems for me.

Some NPC's read from slot one, others (mostly bosses) read from slot two. By editing NPC.tbl you can configure from which slot it will load from (or even from somewhere else).

 

Thanks!
And I'll assume my second question is impossible. Doesn't seem likely, right?

 

Thanks!
And I'll assume my second question is impossible. Doesn't seem likely, right?

It's probably somewhere within the .pbm/bmp that has the message box GUI, or it's within the font itself (I haven't looked into those that much).

 

No, there's nothing but graphics. The font is it's own thing and seems to be in every font.
Unless you can make a custom font (which you can, fyi) with the new symbol AND know where the old one was, it's impossible.

 

iirc the blinky thing is hardwired into the code - it isn't drawn from the font at all.
thankfully, drawing routines are pretty easy to switch around, and so anyone with a dollop of reverse engineering capabilities could do this hack pretty easily.

 

Okay, I forgot how to make a life capsule disappear after the use of it. I try using one in a level and it won't disappear at all!

 

<DNPXXXX
Set flag 0x4000 or whatever and give it a flag number that isn't used already so it doesn't reappear

 

That's the thing. I've actually done that (the DNP part) and it still won't disappear.

give it a flag number that isn't used already so it doesn't reappear

So THAT'S what I forgot to do! I feel stupid.

Never mind... It still won't work. I guess I could make a new room and try that.

 

Make sure you're <DNPing the right entity, and that the <DNP is actually run.