Copy basegame npcs? [Solved]

[Turtle Guy]

I want to make two copies of the basegame boo with difrent textures. How do i do that?

[mariobrigade2018]

If the boo will act the same as normal, then you just need custom graphics.

[Retro]

I want to make two copies of the basegame boo with difrent textures. How do i do that?

Unfortunatley, you can't copy nor make 2 boos in your desired episode/level. Afterall, there are some workarounds that might help you solve this problem (example: you could use SMB3 and SMW boos to change one of them and the other with the original sprite from the changed one. Not All of them is like this.)

[deice]

if you need to replicate basegame behavior within a custom range npc, your only real option is to go here, search for instances of

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.Type = <id>

(where <id> is the id you're trying to copy) and manually interpret and translate all the logic into lua code. not an easy undertaking for sure, so instead i'd recommend simply changing the graphics for the basegame npc as you need to.

even if you want the version with custom graphics to show up in the same level as the unchanged basegame npc, it still might be possible without a custom npc by manually drawing a custom sprite over specific instances of the normal npc, though this isn't super simple either, so it'd be good to know your exact use case.

[Turtle Guy]

If the boo will act the same as normal, then you just need custom graphics.

Well okay I can retexture the SMB3 boo, but I'm still 1 npc short

[mariobrigade2018]

If the boo will act the same as normal, then you just need custom graphics.

Well okay I can retexture the SMB3 boo, but I'm still 1 npc short

1 npc short of what? Another boo NPC? There is also the SMW boo, if you want to retextue that.

[Emral]

for boo specifically you could use boo.lua in the scripts folder.
make a copy of the "reverse boo" npc (586) in the custom range (copy and rename the lua file).
Change the condition function:
Reverse boo:

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local function conditionFunction(v)
	local centerX = v.x + 0.5 * v.width
	for k,p in ipairs(Player.get()) do
		if math.sign(p.x + p.width * 0.5 - centerX) ~= p.direction and not p:mem(0x50,FIELD_BOOL) then
			return p
		end
	end
	return false
end

Regular boo:

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local function conditionFunction(v)
	local centerX = v.x + 0.5 * v.width
	for k,p in ipairs(Player.get()) do
		if math.sign(p.x + p.width * 0.5 - centerX) == p.direction and not p:mem(0x50,FIELD_BOOL) then
			return p
		end
	end
	return false
end