Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

It works fine on mine, maybe yours is broken?

I'm using the version 0.5.1.1 No JRE, which one do you use?

 

Those options have had dubious functionality since post-0.5.0.0. (i.e. have been broken for fucking ages) I'd suggest trying to edit them in 0.5.0.0 and seeing if they function correctly there. Also, do you really need to modify them? It might be a pain in the arse.
That said, I've never used the option myself, so it may be that you have to change the values in the exe manually ...
Essentially: Experiment to see what versions work and how they work.

Ok, I'll try not to mess with this stuff anymore, I don't need it that much.
Another thing, where the orange smoke in NpcSym is loaded? Super missiles launcher I guess?

 

Those options have had dubious functionality since post-0.5.0.0. (i.e. have been broken for fucking ages)

Aka when will Noxid or Leo ever fix their shit? Broken tutorial guides if you're on w7, executable corruption if you delete all rooms, etc.

Another thing, where the orange smoke in NpcSym is loaded? Super missiles launcher I guess?

They're for those meteors the Undead Core spits out

 

They're for those meteors the Undead Core spits out

But those aren't loaded in NpcAlmo2?

 

But those aren't loaded in NpcAlmo2?

Are they? What bitmap does npc.tbl say the entity reads the sprites from?

 

NPC spritesheet 2, which is NpcAlmo2.

Then why the other smoke in NpcSym?

 

Super Missile explosions.

Thank You.

The missiles that enemies drop can replenish any gun ammunition or just the missile launcher?

 

Only the missile launchers.

Well, auto-charge is the solution then. Thanks

The dropped missiles only appear when you get the missile launcher specifically, there's a flag that makes them appear, or am I missing something?

 

This checks every weapon slot for weapons ID 5 and 10 (the Missile Launcher and the Super Missile Launcher). If it cannot find any, it immediately ends the function and returns false (which is used to tell the game to spawn XP instead, kinda debunking the myth that missile pickups replace health pickup spawns), otherwise it spawns the missiles and returns true.

Interesting, thanks for the answer, and the code.
Now, when you have the turbocharge equipped it will work for any gun or just the machine gun?
(Or any gun with auto charging?)

 

Interesting, thanks for the answer, and the code.
Now, when you have the turbocharge equipped it will work for any gun or just the machine gun?
(Or any gun with auto charging?)

It works on Machine Gun, and surprisingly the Spur. Equipping the Turbocharge with the Spur makes it charge up just a little bit faster.

 

It works on Machine Gun, and surprisingly the Spur. Equipping the Turbocharge with the Spur makes it charge up just a little bit faster.

Nice! Too bad we can't see that in the original game.
How does the game determine how many exp you lose by damage?
And how do I remove the machine gun recoil?

 

I have issues yet again but this time it's more annoying than usual.
What I did is I expanded the tileset so I could fit more tiles in it and created new tiles.
So far nothing strange, right?
Well, I tried to use those new tiles in a map and I spent some time doing so but when I loaded the mod again all the new tiles were turned into the corresponding tiles from the original tileset(which I had not deleted by the way, it was just above the new one).
Now I have to do this crap all over again but first I would need to know how to fix it.
Any ideas?
Oh, and if you have an answer please tell me what causes it as well, thank you.

 

The maximum size for each tileset is 256x256 pixels. Anything taller will just make it loop back. So if you're just using similar tilesets between separate rooms, it's recommended to make a copy of the original tileset and replace any tile that won't be used with the new ones.

 

Alright, so it's easily fixable.
Thank you, Serri.

 

How does the game determine how many exp you lose by damage?
And how do I remove the machine gun recoil?

Also, does BL Hackinator patches actually work? Or are they broken like the prefixes?

 

Also, does BL Hackinator patches actually work? Or are they broken like the prefixes?

Most of them have been tested and shown that they work (barring a couple Polar Star hacks)

EDIT: Please note though, that not all of them are compatible with each other, especially with hacks like <IMG, Multisave, or TSC+ are involved.

 

Most of them have been tested and shown that they work (barring a couple Polar Star hacks)

EDIT: Please note though, that not all of them are compatible with each other, especially with hacks like <IMG, Multisave, or TSC+ are involved.

Ok, I'm just planning to use the Infinite Mimiga Mask.
Do you know the answer to the other questions?

 

I've been focusing on the tiny bits as of late, and I wanted to replace and rename an org to be "Pier Walk" on the OrgView and "PIER" as a file, or at the very least, just the first one, any way I could do this???

 

I've been focusing on the tiny bits as of late, and I wanted to replace and rename an org to be "Pier Walk" on the OrgView and "PIER" as a file, or at the very least, just the first one, any way I could do this???

That can be done through resource hacker (download). You get to replace an org with Pier Walk, and there's a menu editor that can allow you to rename the title to "Pier Walk". For changing the internal filename to "PIER" however, you will need to modify that through a hex editor. Unlike Cave Story, the internal file names are located right next to their title names within the OrgViewer assembly, so it should be relatively easy to change.

 

Is this menu editor on Boosters lab or something else entirely?