Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

Not quite.
I can GO to 00422730, but if I scroll at all it reveals that I'm actually at 0042272C. And I can EDIT 00422730, but it just edits 0042272C and the address before it.
And doing all this makes the game crash when I use ML+.
Can you please give me a list of these "negative numbers in ascii characters"?

EDIT: Messed around with it a bit...
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EDIT2: Fuck.
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EDIT3: I actually have more than 9999 health... I found this out by running into Basil... several times.
EDIT4: It's less than 10,000, though.

Spoiler

ASCII characters allowed in Cave Story:
/ -1
. -2
- -3
, -4
+ -5
* -6
) -7
( -8
' -9
& -10
% -11
$ -12
# -13
" -14
! -15
[SPACE] -16
Numbers higher than 9:
: 10
; 11
< 12
= 13
> 14
? 15
@ 16
A 17
B 18
C 19
D 20
E 21
F 22
G 23
H 24
I 25
J 26
K 27
L 28
M 29
N 30
O 31
P 32
Q 33
R 34
S 35
T 36
U 37
V 38
W 39
X 40
Y 41
Z 42
[ 43
\ 44
] 45
^ 46
_ 47
` 48
Then a - z (lowercase) = 49 - 74
{ 75
| 76
} 77
~ 78
So if you want to have for example the value 10,000 in one TSC command, you can just do :000
For negative values, -10,000 would be &000
You can have 86,658 with ~~~~
<FLJFUCK:YOU! would jump to event 44,455 if flag 25,917 is set. I don't know if the massive flags will work, but you might want to try it out.
There is a value for 79, but it's the box symbol, which I can't type in here. Find some website or CTRL+Backspace and copy it in if you want it.

Also, for the Invincibility Timer, the address is at 0x0049E6C8

 

<FLJFUCK:YOU! would jump to event 44,455 if flag 25,917 is set. I don't know if the massive flags will work, but you might want to try it out.

It seems to work from my end. Interestingly, if you generate the FlagListing.txt file on Booster's Lab with the ascii flag put in an event, it will show the flag number as the actual number.

 

It seems to work from my end. Interestingly, if you generate the FlagListing.txt file on Booster's Lab with the ascii flag put in an event, it will show the flag number as the actual number.

What about negative flags? Heehee

 

Negative flags do not work.
Right now I'm listing what commands the ascii numbers work on, and for the <FAC command, this is really bugging me about it:

So you can go above 128 pictures, but it won't show them

I wonder if it's possible for the pictures to show if I go above 128 using ascii numbers...
EDIT: Sadly, they do not. At least I tried.

 

That's the variable for the offset. To find the coding for the invincibility timers, right click that line and select 'Find references to selected command'. That should take you to a list where you can find the code. I can also give you the list of (nearly) all asm offsets in Cave Story, if that's what you'll keep asking me for.
Links are here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42853625/Assembly Compendium.txt
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/42853625/FunctionlistNox.txt
BTW give credit to Noxid, not me.

 

OK, I'm going into crazy territory here... but how would I make the New button in the menu screen un-selectable?

Just out of curiosity, are you trying to find out how to do this, for N.E.T. Story II?

 

Yes.

Well then, I can already see some ways one could cheat the system.
I'm assuming that the game will check for certain flags?

On a different note, would there be any way to make the game read more than 128 FAC pictures?

 

I did it by making a second <FAC command that reads facepics from a different file, but I also had a lot of space and the ability to replace bullet.pbm.

 

Well then, I can already see some ways one could cheat the system.

Anyone can cheat at a mod by just opening it in cave editor or boosters lab

 

Anyone can cheat at a mod by just opening it in cave editor or boosters lab

That's what I was hinting at.

 

That's what I was hinting at.

and the only way I can think around that is to make mods in sues workshop, which no one should ever do. ever. if people really feel they do have the need to cheat in a mod, I don't hold it against them. often times its for a sensible reason. there is a reason for Aar's patented anti-bullshit blocks

 

nah, BL has no problems opening SW mods. it's the other way around that doesn't go.

 

nah, BL has no problems opening SW mods. it's the other way around that doesn't go.

So what if I first open the exe up in SW, then in BL, then in CE, then in SW again?

 

Oh also, how do I edit how much damage the gravekeeper's blade does?

idle damage
00436CFD |. C781 A4000000 >MOV DWORD PTR DS:[ECX+A4],0

blade damage
00436F37 |. C780 A4000000 >MOV DWORD PTR DS:[EAX+A4],0A

 

So what if I first open the exe up in SW, then in BL, then in CE, then in SW again?

not much

 

So what if I first open the exe up in SW, then in BL, then in CE, then in SW again?

I think it's only if you edit it with them, then it becomes a problem.

Hey guys is it possible to utilize the unused tilesets for the NPC sprites? For example, 0x00 is Title.pbm, 0x06 is Fade.pbm, etc. How do I make use of the unused ones?

 

you can use npc.tbl editor to change what tileset it pulls from but if the game isn't actually set up to load anything into it it will in fact crash without some "non-trivial" modifications

 

No, I meant can you change the unused ones to one you can use - I'm sorta out of NPC tilesets and I want to see if I can get use one of the spare ones and set a tileset for that

 

How are you out of tilesets? There's not a cap on how many you can have

 

No I meant the specific amount of tilesets; I wanted to have lots of different NPCs in the same map