Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

OHH... i was looking for the command to create an entity! I was stuck on CNP (Create NPc) or NNP(New NPc)
The second one didn't even exist...
thanks!

Just curious, are you using Cave Editor or Boosters Lab? Cave Editor gives you a list of all available commands and how to generally use them. I don't believe BL has a list to help with that. And if you ever need help for general commands like CNP/SNP, CE has a list in the script area, always helpful.

 

Just curious, are you using Cave Editor or Boosters Lab? Cave Editor gives you a list of all available commands and how to generally use them. I don't believe BL has a list to help with that. And if you ever need help for general commands like CNP/SNP, CE has a list in the script area, always helpful.

perhaps thou should'st check thyself

 

perhaps thou should'st check thyself

I rarely use BL, so fair enough.
And for a question, I'm trying to have a motion that allows the camera to move. So I tried <FON:0803:0001, but it seems whenever I do it, the camera just cut-jumps to the entity, do I need to increase the ticks?

 

Just curious, are you using Cave Editor or Boosters Lab? Cave Editor gives you a list of all available commands and how to generally use them. I don't believe BL has a list to help with that. And if you ever need help for general commands like CNP/SNP, CE has a list in the script area, always helpful.

i used cave editor for a while, but now boosters lab for the most of it

The one thing I think cave editor is better at is editing map properties, that's really only what I use it for now
Boosters lab I find really helpful especially when I'm typing text to see when it loops over

 

I rarely use BL, so fair enough.
And for a question, I'm trying to have a motion that allows the camera to move. So I tried <FON:0803:0001, but it seems whenever I do it, the camera just cut-jumps to the entity, do I need to increase the ticks?

yes?
im not sure what other answer or result you could be expecting here. you're telling the camera to go to the entity in 1 frame, and it's doing so.
More specifically, it travels "distance/n" per frame, where n is the focus speed. but in-n-frames is a reasonable approximation.

 

And for a question, I'm trying to have a motion that allows the camera to move. So I tried <FON:0803:0001, but it seems whenever I do it, the camera just cut-jumps to the entity, do I need to increase the ticks?

Use 16 ticks (so <FON:0803:0016) to have the camera go to the entity at the same speed it normally moves. More ticks makes it slower, less ticks make it faster, zero ticks destroy the universe.

 

Use 16 ticks (so <FON:0803:0016) to have the camera go to the entity at the same speed it normally moves. More ticks makes it slower, less ticks make it faster, zero ticks destroy the universe.

Ah that makes way more sense now, just did 16 ticks and it worked perfectly the way I wanted it too. Thank you so much!

 

quick question i cant find an efficient way to test it, but what direction for the horizontal vertical trigger is vertical?

 

quick question i cant find an efficient way to test it, but what direction for the horizontal vertical trigger is vertical?

If you want it to start vertical, just set the alternate direction flag.

 

If you want it to start vertical, just set the alternate direction flag.

ok i fixed it now

new question: is curly able to jump in any way? like through animations or should i just move her up a block

also does curly get affected by the waterway streams?

 

really really thinking it would be beneficial for you to just test some of these things out yourself before asking my dude

 

really really thinking it would be beneficial for you to just test some of these things out yourself before asking my dude

sorry i should test the stream thing but I don't know how to test if she can jump or not
i just thought i would include more questions in it

 

well there's an anp.txt in BL's help files that lists known animation states for certain NPCs. Apart from that you'd probably need to be more specific about which curly NPC you're talking about and why/how you want them to jump

 

anyone know how to edit the BIG pictures in the credits?
also just curious not really sure but it is "modding help" so does anyone have any idea how somehow i could explain how ballos got alive again
I've heard different things like the demon crown makes him alive, or he's immortal or other weird things

or do you think i should just keep him gone, but maybe he did something before he was gone?
I don't really want to just introduce a random new ultimate villain

 

anyone know how to edit the BIG pictures in the credits?

resource hacker

 

Be sure to save the images in 24 bit if you wanna use all colors.

Edit: Wew, 1300 posts.

 

resource hacker

is that in boosters lab or do i need to do fancy stuff?

 

is that in boosters lab or do i need to do fancy stuff?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Resource+Hacker

 

To elaborate on what TLinkan told you, you'll want to download Resource Hacker, then run it, and use it to open up your Cave Story .EXE. Once it's loaded up, expand the "BITMAP" folder, got to the credit image you want to replace, right-click it, and select "Replace Resource...". Then browse to your new credit art image.

 

To elaborate on what TLinkan told you, you'll want to download Resource Hacker, then run it, and use it to open up your Cave Story .EXE. Once it's loaded up, expand the "BITMAP" folder, got to the credit image you want to replace, right-click it, and select "Replace Resource...". Then browse to your new credit art image.

Oh that all seems pretty complex and risky to my game

Yeah I'll just stick with the normal credits pictures unless people really like what i did or something