General Help and Quick Questions

[Wiimeiser]

I have no idea what's going on with the Celeste Screen Transitions (rooms.lua), but it's doing something weird with this particular line of code:

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    if data.timer >= 32 then

It makes data.timer register as a nil.

It also breaks this:

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			color = Color.yellow..v.data.redfx

Causing an error saying "concat must be color or number"

So based on this, it seems to be overwriting key variables in an unsafe way and turning them into null variable types.

Also, I must be the only person who reads this thread anymore...

[MrDoubleA]

I have no idea what's going on with the Celeste Screen Transitions (rooms.lua), but it's doing something weird with this particular line of code:

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    if data.timer >= 32 then

It makes data.timer register as a nil.

It also breaks this:

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			color = Color.yellow..v.data.redfx

Causing an error saying "concat must be color or number"

So based on this, it seems to be overwriting key variables in an unsafe way and turning them into null variable types.

Also, I must be the only person who reads this thread anymore...

Sounds like your code doesn't handle the case where its onDrawNPC function runs before it's onTickNPC. This is not a rooms.lua issue.

[InternetPeasent]

Does anybody know how to disable character swapping in the world map menu?

[1Mariobro]

I'm making a cutscene that has the player auto move but I want it to stop at a certain place how do I do that?

[KnownStranger]

I'm making a cutscene that has the player auto move but I want it to stop at a certain place how do I do that?

If you're using events for the auto-move so you need to make an event where the up control is enabled and the character will stop walking.

[1Mariobro]

I'm making a cutscene that has the player auto move but I want it to stop at a certain place how do I do that?

If you're using events for the auto-move so you need to make an event where the up control is enabled and the character will stop walking.

Thank you!

[Beancity_II]

For some reason when I load up SMBX2, the window seems to be vertically and horizontally flipped and it thinks the mouse is in the opposite place compared to where it actually is.

[KnownStranger]

How I can change the health of a npc and make them resist more hits?

[Wohlstand]

For some reason when I load up SMBX2, the window seems to be vertically and horizontally flipped and it thinks the mouse is in the opposite place compared to where it actually is.

Is that under VirtualBox VM, or do you run the thing on hardware?
This mess also affects the game too, blame glOrtho() call usage. Usually, it's totally not suggested to use it at all, instead, compute the screen-scene mapping manually.

[SEDYON]

I am a beginner on SMBX2, and I would like to have some questions that I can't find the answer.

-How do you put a waterfall in the world map? I can't find it.

-What is the difference between "Custom" and "Reserved"?

-How do I use NPC packs or texture packs (after downloading)?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

[deice]

I am a beginner on SMBX2, and I would like to have some questions that I can't find the answer.

-How do you put a waterfall in the world map? I can't find it.

-What is the difference between "Custom" and "Reserved"?

-How do I use NPC packs or texture packs (after downloading)?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

1. you have to create or find a custom graphic for it. if you don't wish to replace one of the few already existing animated tiles, you have to also use some lua as map customization isn't very robust, i suggest either smwmap or chocomap.

2. unlike the custom range, the reserved range shouldn't be touched as it will likely be used for basegame content by a future smbx2 version.

3. graphics are placed either in a folder of the same name as a given level (minus the extension) that is then itself placed in the same directory as said level, or directly into the episode folder if you wish for the graphic replacement to apply to every level in the episode. as for custom npcs and other lua code, see here.

[Marioman2007]

I am a beginner on SMBX2, and I would like to have some questions that I can't find the answer. :oops:

-How do you put a waterfall in the world map? I can't find it.

-What is the difference between "Custom" and "Reserved"?

-How do I use NPC packs or texture packs (after downloading)?

Thanks in advance for your answers. :D

1) You can get some waterfall GFX in the assets archive

2) Custom range is from 751-1000, people can create custom NPCs/blocks/BGOs under this range. While reserved stuff will be used by the developers in the future

3) viewtopic.php?f=101&t=23744

EDIT: lol I am 3 minutes late from deice, oops

[SEDYON]

First of all, I would like to thank the people who answered me.
I have a question: how do you create a level that can be played only once?

[deice]

I have a question: how do you create a level that can be played only once?

if you mean a level that makes itself completely unplayable after being cleared, this isn't possible within vanilla smbx. maybe using lua you could wait until the level's been exited and then overwrite the level file with junk, but lunalua has limitations to it's file system to prevent malicious code from being run so i'm not sure if that's possible either.

if you mean a level that isn't (practically) accessible after being played once, it depends:
- in a hub-style episode, you could for example require something like a switch palace switch to be pressed to beat the level, then block it off in the hub using that same switch. there's plenty of ways to go about it even in vanilla.
- on the world map, there's no real way to block levels off from the get-go without using lua. any way of blocking entry in a level would have to be within the level itself (example, a wall and an offscreen exit) but this is a bit crude.

[SEDYON]

I have a question: how do you create a level that can be played only once?

if you mean a level that makes itself completely unplayable after being cleared, this isn't possible within vanilla smbx. maybe using lua you could wait until the level's been exited and then overwrite the level file with junk, but lunalua has limitations to it's file system to prevent malicious code from being run so i'm not sure if that's possible either.

if you mean a level that isn't (practically) accessible after being played once, it depends:
- in a hub-style episode, you could for example require something like a switch palace switch to be pressed to beat the level, then block it off in the hub using that same switch. there's plenty of ways to go about it even in vanilla.
- on the world map, there's no real way to block levels off from the get-go without using lua. any way of blocking entry in a level would have to be within the level itself (example, a wall and an offscreen exit) but this is a bit crude.

OK, thanks you! I don't know how to use lua, it will be more limited... I will find something else...

[SEDYON]

Hello, I have (again!) some questions.

1/ How do you replace one noise by another? (for example, replace Link's shield sound by a lightning sound?)

2/ Does anyone know where to find a texture pack for world maps in SMB3 style (I'm looking for one that allows to put some relief, because flat world maps are not very good)?

3/ How to put a custom music on a world map?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

[deice]

Hello, I have (again!) some questions.

1/ How do you replace one noise by another? (for example, replace Link's shield sound by a lightning sound?)

2/ Does anyone know where to find a texture pack for world maps in SMB3 style (I'm looking for one that allows to put some relief, because flat world maps are not very good)?

3/ How to put a custom music on a world map?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

1, 3. look at "sounds.ini" and "music.ini" inside "data/_templates". the ini files work in the same way as graphics, so place them into a level folder for a sound replacement inside that one level, or your episode folder for it to apply to the entire episode.

2. maybe you can find something here. if not i suggest either looking through the graphics forum or asking inside the graphic request subforum

[SEDYON]

Hi, so I copied and pasted sound.ini into my level folder and modified "zelda-shield". However, when I go into the editor and test, it's still the original sound. Any explanation?

[deice]

Hi, so I copied and pasted sound.ini into my level folder and modified "zelda-shield". However, when I go into the editor and test, it's still the original sound. Any explanation?

the paths are relative to where the ini file is. so, if your ini file is inside "Val orageux", the path would be just "eclair.ogg" instead of "Val orageux/eclair.ogg".

[Beancity_II]

For some reason when I load up SMBX2, the window seems to be vertically and horizontally flipped and it thinks the mouse is in the opposite place compared to where it actually is.

Is that under VirtualBox VM, or do you run the thing on hardware?
This mess also affects the game too, blame glOrtho() call usage. Usually, it's totally not suggested to use it at all, instead, compute the screen-scene mapping manually.

Yeah, probably because I run it on a VM. Are there any fixes?