SMBX2 Beta 5 RELEASE! ➡️ Discussion & bugs here!

[Wiimeiser]

As far as b4 stuff breaking goes, Hatters now throw an error when spawning from a block.

[Emral]

Quad Cannons have this error message:

Hey, how did you get this bug?
Did you by chance transform the custom npc cannons into basegame cannons? If so, that's not supported and might be the reason for this bug. Please place the NPC from scratch. Could this be the same thing for your earlier screenshot about the fire spitting piranha plants?

[Murphmario]

When starting a level, Egg Plants are visible for a brief period if they're set to invisible.

[Just_Thomas]

There is one tiny thing about the semi solid slopes I noticed. If they are overlapping with the ground not only in SMB3: SMA4 but also already in SMW on SNES you keep on walking on the ground. (in video: sec. 13 and 14, Level: groovy)
https://youtu.be/3LlYW6g-nmY?t=13



Seriously, can this be changed as well or rather naah?!

Edit: Also here an other example of "Vexing Doors". I used arrows to mark, how the player walks (first down the stair to the left and from the left you can "walkthrough" the stair to get to the other side)


Edit 2:
The Goal tape (NPC-353) as well as the goal orb (NPC-354) do calculate now the time as like as they do in the original game.
So it would be nice, if the smb1 flagpole would do the same.
For the SMB3 Card Roulette (NPC-11) it was also already done as well.
Link: viewtopic.php?t=25419

Edit 3:
Good thing nobody has seen my stupid face right now when I realized block-1386 DOES exactly what I thought is missing.
And yes, I found it

Global: Added walkpaststair - If true, player and NPCs approaching this stair (semisolid slope) block while grounded will walk past instead of up

congrats, you guys are geniuses, well done! You really do know the games really well. I'll just leave this pile of shame here.

[mariobrigade2018]

Quad Cannons have this error message:

Hey, how did you get this bug?
Did you by chance transform the custom npc cannons into basegame cannons? If so, that's not supported and might be the reason for this bug. Please place the NPC from scratch. Could this be the same thing for your earlier screenshot about the fire spitting piranha plants?

Huh? No! Of course not! I was one of the first folks to get the update, and I did notice that, but I'm not sure.





The Venus fly trap also has a sound when it spits out its fireball and the fireball moves a bit faster when first spawned. Did someone at the dev team mess the configs up? I'm not sure about the cannons tho.

Added in 2 minutes 36 seconds:
Do you want me to redownload the game?

I did notice that the description for the basegame NPC matches those of the Custom NPC Packs.

[Emral]

Huh? No! Of course not!

Believe me, it's not as obvious as you think. Especially when it comes to extra settings-related issues like this that we on the dev team have trouble reproducing.
Could you put both of the trouble children into a singular level and send it over to me so I can test it out in an environment where the bug happens?

[mariobrigade2018]

Huh? No! Of course not!

Believe me, it's not as obvious as you think. Especially when it comes to extra settings-related issues like this that we on the dev team have trouble reproducing.
Could you put both of the trouble children into a singular level and send it over to me so I can test it out in an environment where the bug happens?

I’ll redownload and see if anything changed.

[Murphmario]

Found another small bug: Burner Beetle's animation doesn't stop when the game is paused. It's also animated too fast in the editor.

[DRACalgar Law]

There are certain recently added NPCs that have inconcise editor animations. Iirc, one of them was Clawgrip.

[mariobrigade2018]

Huh? No! Of course not!

Believe me, it's not as obvious as you think. Especially when it comes to extra settings-related issues like this that we on the dev team have trouble reproducing.
Could you put both of the trouble children into a singular level and send it over to me so I can test it out in an environment where the bug happens?

I’ll redownload and see if anything changed.

Ok, this bug only happens in one level. I'm going to transfer everything in there to see if it goes away.

Added in 29 minutes 16 seconds:
https://youtu.be/15ia-OiEFzQ?t=28
I'm trying to make this. What extra setting did the cannon used and at what number?

Here's the level.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jCE3iI ... sp=sharing

[Justin Bieber Fan]

Not sure if this is a new bug or something that has always been but, the dragon coins are effected by the P-Switches.

There you go, deIce came up with a solution
(thread: viewtopic.php?t=28731#)

Code: Select all

local coinIDs = { 274 } -- add/remove coin ids here, comma-separated
local function checkNPCSection(n)
	if(n:mem(0x12C, FIELD_WORD) > 0) then
		n.section = Player(n:mem(0x12C, FIELD_WORD)).section
		return
	end
	for i = 0, Section.count() - 1 do
		if(n.x >= Section(i).boundary.left and 
		n.x + n.width <= Section(i).boundary.right and
		n.y >= Section(i).boundary.top and
		n.y + n.height <= Section(i).boundary.bottom) then
			n.section = i
			return
		end
	end
	local min_section = -1
	local min_dist = -1
	
	local nch = (n.x + n.width * 0.5)
	local ncv = (n.y + n.height * 0.5)
	
	for i = 0, Section.count() - 1 do
		local disth = 0.5 * (Section(i).boundary.left + Section(i).boundary.right) - nch
		local distv = 0.5 * (Section(i).boundary.top + Section(i).boundary.bottom) - ncv
		local cdist = disth*disth + distv*distv
		if(min_dist == -1 or cdist < min_dist) then
			min_section = i
			min_dist = cdist
		end
	end
	n.section = min_section
end

function onPostEventDirect(e)
	if(e == "P Switch - Start") then
		for _, v in Block.iterate() do
			for _, cid in ipairs(coinIDs) do
				if(v.isValid and v.layerName ~= "Destroyed Blocks" and v:mem(0x5C, FIELD_WORD) == cid) then
					local newnpc = NPC.spawn(cid, v.x, v.y, 0, true)
					checkNPCSection(newnpc)
					newnpc.layerName = v.layerName
					newnpc.deathEventName = v:mem(0x10, FIELD_STRING)
					newnpc.noMoreObjInLayer = v:mem(0x14, FIELD_STRING)
					newnpc.x = newnpc.x + (v.width - newnpc.width) * 0.5
					newnpc.isHidden = v.isHidden
					v:remove(false)
					break
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

Hello, does the SMBX2 B4 episodes works in B5 engine without any glitches?

Dude, that's like promising your wife you'll always love her and never leave her. No developer can promise that, it's completely impossible.

[mariobrigade2018]

Not sure if this is a new bug or something that has always been but, the dragon coins are effected by the P-Switches.

There you go, deIce came up with a solution
(thread: viewtopic.php?t=28731#)

Code: Select all

local coinIDs = { 274 } -- add/remove coin ids here, comma-separated
local function checkNPCSection(n)
	if(n:mem(0x12C, FIELD_WORD) > 0) then
		n.section = Player(n:mem(0x12C, FIELD_WORD)).section
		return
	end
	for i = 0, Section.count() - 1 do
		if(n.x >= Section(i).boundary.left and 
		n.x + n.width <= Section(i).boundary.right and
		n.y >= Section(i).boundary.top and
		n.y + n.height <= Section(i).boundary.bottom) then
			n.section = i
			return
		end
	end
	local min_section = -1
	local min_dist = -1
	
	local nch = (n.x + n.width * 0.5)
	local ncv = (n.y + n.height * 0.5)
	
	for i = 0, Section.count() - 1 do
		local disth = 0.5 * (Section(i).boundary.left + Section(i).boundary.right) - nch
		local distv = 0.5 * (Section(i).boundary.top + Section(i).boundary.bottom) - ncv
		local cdist = disth*disth + distv*distv
		if(min_dist == -1 or cdist < min_dist) then
			min_section = i
			min_dist = cdist
		end
	end
	n.section = min_section
end

function onPostEventDirect(e)
	if(e == "P Switch - Start") then
		for _, v in Block.iterate() do
			for _, cid in ipairs(coinIDs) do
				if(v.isValid and v.layerName ~= "Destroyed Blocks" and v:mem(0x5C, FIELD_WORD) == cid) then
					local newnpc = NPC.spawn(cid, v.x, v.y, 0, true)
					checkNPCSection(newnpc)
					newnpc.layerName = v.layerName
					newnpc.deathEventName = v:mem(0x10, FIELD_STRING)
					newnpc.noMoreObjInLayer = v:mem(0x14, FIELD_STRING)
					newnpc.x = newnpc.x + (v.width - newnpc.width) * 0.5
					newnpc.isHidden = v.isHidden
					v:remove(false)
					break
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

Hello, does the SMBX2 B4 episodes works in B5 engine without any glitches?

Dude, that's like promising your wife you'll always love her and never leave her. No developer can promise that, it's completely impossible.

You know what they say:

Spoiler: show

Ya can't make an omelet without crackin' a few eggs.

[Emral]

Here's the level.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jCE3iI ... sp=sharing

Thanks for the level. The cause is that you have extra settings files in this folder that overwrite the basegame extra settings files for the npcs that you've been experiencing errors for. Please either rename those extra settings files, or delete them.

[mariobrigade2018]

Here's the level.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jCE3iI ... sp=sharing

Thanks for the level. The cause is that you have extra settings files in this folder that overwrite the basegame extra settings files for the npcs that you've been experiencing errors for. Please either rename those extra settings files, or delete them.

...You can overwrite extrasetting files? Huh. Well, better start deleting them. Thanks for the help!

Added in 1 hour 3 minutes 38 seconds:
This suggestion will probably break the levels made in this version, but I want to say it anyway.

Can an extrasetting be made for the Volcano Piranha Plant that makes it act like the Mario Forever version of itself?

[Ibaka]

Android, ios, and linux users are jealous and crying rn

[Amine1542]

Do star coins serve any purpose in this update?

[Emral]

Android, ios, and linux users are jealous and crying rn

because our installer works on linux and macos? steamdeck too fyi

[krakin]

Oh wow, Beta 5 is finally here? I might just install it and play around a bit this weekend to see what it’s all about.

[mariobrigade2018]

You've heard of bullet hells, but have you ever seen...



Flaming Death!?
(Red box is npc-548{Step-Activated-Burner})

[ShadowXeldron]

Having finally confirmed that it works under Wine and that the graphical effects now work again (they were sorely missed), I guess I now have an excuse to get back into SMBX2.