Transforming an NPC to another?

[LunarCatUSA]

If I wanted an NPC, let’s say ID:1 (goomba), to be transformed to another NPC, let’s say ID: 4 (green koopa), what’s the code I would go about using? [I thought it was something among the lines of npc.transform() or something like that]

[Emral]

npc:transform(newId)

[LunarCatUSA]

Well I was right about the code,

So what, it’s like:
myNPC = NPC.get(1, player.section)
myNPC:transform(4)

Something like that?

[Emral]

Well I was right about the code,

So what, it’s like:
myNPC = NPC.get(1, player.section)
myNPC:transform(4)

Something like that?

NPC.get returns a table of NPCs. You need to iterate over it to get to the individual npcs. It'd be like:

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for k,v in ipairs(NPC.get(1, player.section) do
	v:transform(4)
end

[LunarCatUSA]

So now, how would I make the NPC’s speed 0? The NPC seems to be still in motion when it transforms, I intend for it to stop.

[Emral]

So now, how would I make the NPC’s speed 0? The NPC seems to be still in motion when it transforms, I intend for it to stop.

Setting myNPC.speedX = 0 right below should work, unless the new npc is a walker type.

[LunarCatUSA]

That’s not working, if I wanted to just despawn the npc by removing it via layers, how would I go about spawning a new npc at it’s position? When I type myNPC.x = posX and myNPC.y = posY, I get an error message saying “can’t convert nil to double”

Added in 6 minutes 51 seconds:
Oh nevermind, I found a way

Added in 25 seconds:
Just had to set the motion in line with the tick function, not immediately after the event.