Quick Modding/Hacking Answers Thread

How do you change the font in cave story?

And this. It was already covered that you can hex edit Config.dat, but you can also hex edit DoConfig.exe the same way so that it will retain the font changes if the gamepad/window settings are changed. Be sure to replace at least the second occurrence of "Courier New"; the first one you find is used for display. I would just replace both. As always, do not change the size of the file when hex editing.

 

Thanks, But how do you make an intro?
It won't work.

 

Thanks, But how do you make an intro?
It won't work.

What kind of intro? Do you mean editing the screen with the Doctor by the Demon Crown and it saying "Studio Pixel Presents"?

 

What kind of intro? Do you mean editing the screen with the Doctor by the Demon Crown and it saying "Studio Pixel Presents"?

No a music intro that never plays again in clownacy's mod loader. It says to rename the file but... @HaydenStudios

 

A song that doesn't loop (plays only once) is achieved by doing this:

Ogg11/Test Music 1.ogg

Notice the lack of ", loop" afterwards. I covered this here.

The other options are "org", which ignores the file, and the lack of an argument implies that you don't want it to loop.

The filename should stay the same. You only need to edit "playlist.txt".

 

I had a crazy idea to move entities 96, 97, 98, and 99 (the fans from grasstown) from Global Spritesheet A (NpcSym) to Local Tileset (in this case, a custom tileset named PrtBlank with dimensions of 320x256) so I could have different fans for different maps. I used the NPCTBL Hacking Tool to do it, and then placed some fans on a test map to see if it worked.

When I booted up the game, the fans had collision and were blowing air like normal, but there was no sprite. Is there an issue with using tileset spritesheets for entities, or possibly some other problem here?

 

in this case, a custom tileset named PrtBlank with dimensions of 320x256

There's the issue, Prt tilesets need to be exactly 256 pixels in both dimensions. You'll need to either change the assembly for the fans so their framerects would be confined to that limitation, or you will need to drop them in Npc spritesheets (with Sprite Set 1 or Sprite Set 2, whichever one floats your boat) instead.

 

https://imgur.com/a/suMs7W9

I opened up Dokutsu in Ollydbg and found the codes for entity 96, the Left Fan, per the Cave Story Functions List.

To adjust the framerects, is it enough to edit the numbers in the command column? For example, would changing

>MOV DWORD PTR SS: [LOCAL.12], 110

to

>MOV DWORD PTR SS: [LOCAL.12], 100

set the top left corner of the framerect to X=256?

 

Yes. The numbers are in LURD order for the framerects for the sprites (Left, Up, Right, Down). Maybe not change the left border on the first sprite to 0x100 (256) tho, because that'd still be making the sprites out of bounds.

 

Hi, a bit of a very specific question, but I haven't seen anyone else complain about this, so I kind of resorted to making a thread.
I'm learning how to use assembly, after learning standard modding a few years back. The issue here, is that I'm editing Npc sprites as placeholders before creating new ones. The one that's giving me trouble is Booster; despite changing his sprite, he still shows up as the original one? I'm using BoostersLab, and simply selecting the edited npc file in map propreties Does the game ignore the extra file even though I set the map to use it, and instead goes to look for Booster's sprite in the original one?

Goddamit, I should have posted this elsewhere. Sorry for the trouble. Still, an answer would be greatly appreciated

 

Go to npc.tbl, navigate to the Professor Booster entity, and change his sprite sheet from NpcRegu to NPC Set 1 or NPC Set 2. Also, remember to post more questions in the Quick Modding Questions/Answers thread.

 

Go to npc.tbl, navigate to the Professor Booster entity, and change his sprite sheet from NpcRegu to NPC Set 1 or NPC Set 2. Also, remember to post more questions in the Quick Modding Questions/Answers thread.

Oh I see I see. Yep, will do. Thanks!

 

How do I change the music file name in clownacy's mod loader, without making the game well, not play the music?

 

How do I change the music file name in clownacy's mod loader, without making the game well, not play the music?

Should be a playlist.txt somewhere in the mods folder. If that name matches the audio file name then it will play.

 

No, I mean Like The file (Cave Story 3D Remastered) Without the game like, not play the music.

Also, How do you get more than 2 sprites to play as in the mychar file?

 

I don't know how to answer your music query, but for getting more than 2 sprites for mychar, you want to use the <MIM command hack. This custom TSC command comes packaged with most TCS+ packages. One easy way to install this is in Booster's Lab, if you go to "Actions" -> "Hacking Tool", and select "TSC+_Improved", then you can easily install the <MIM command.

 

TSC+_Improved

Really wish I have the energy to finish patching the <BUY issue. I should probably make a <MIM patch for the old one Noxid did tho, since <MIM is technically in the parser, but the code for it isn't included.

EDIT: Actually, why do you even need the <MIM command? Either TSC+ xml has <VAR, and <VAR0006:XXXX serves as an alternative to <MIM anyway. Should you want to have it affect the Quote NPCs, just drop this in the hex patcher.

0x43d003
0f b7 0d 9c e0 49 00 c1 e1 05 90 8b 55 08 8b 42
58 01 c8 90 8b 55 08 89 42 58 8b 55 08 8b 42 60
01 c8 90

0x43d291
0f b7 15 9c e0 49 00 c1 e2 05 90 8b 45 08 8b 48
58 01 d1 90 8b 45 08 89 48 58 8b 45 08 8b 48 60
01 d1 90

0x445d57
0f b7 0d 9c e0 49 00 c1 e1 05 90 8b 55 08 8b 42
58 01 c8 90 8b 55 08 89 42 58 8b 55 08 8b 42 60
01 c8 90

 

"Hacking Tool", and select "TSC+_Improved"

Hacking tool? I don't see that, Also, how do I change the bullets Curly (Boss) Fires, I Want to turn the curly fight into a king battle, And I don't know how to make her shoot blades. EDIT: Also like in jenka's nightmare, The glasses have a 3rd sprite for Mychar.bmp, Can't I Just add a sprite?

 

Are you in Booster's Lab? Is there an "Actions" menu there? If so, what options do you see under "Actions"? I don't know the answer to your Curly question, though.

I'm not sure what version of Jenka's Nightmare you're talking about, but I don't remember seeing a "glasses" sprite section in Jenka's Nightmare. At least not in Shmitz's original JN, or Slither's JNR. But if there is a third MyChar, then an assembly hack was probably used, or else that 3rd set of MyChar sprites won't ever show in game.

 

Hacking tool? I don't see that, Also, how do I change the bullets Curly (Boss) Fires, I Want to turn the curly fight into a king battle, And I don't know how to make her shoot blades. EDIT: Also like in jenka's nightmare, The glasses have a 3rd sprite for Mychar.bmp, Can't I Just add a sprite?

I believe Hayden is referring to the Hackinator that comes with Booster's Lab. Booster's Lab comes with a version of TSC+
3rd MyChar sprite can be achieved by using <MIM which should come with TSC+