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[deice]

Hello! I'm currently just finishing a custom NPC and I was wondering if there was any way of using Extra Settings to alter an NPC Config such as nofireball or jumphurt.

extra settings are typically used for setting parameters on individual npc instances, whereas npc config (aside from some outliers like noblockcollision) have no way of being applied selectively. there are ways to emulate certain npc config flags (e.g. cancelling a harm event for a specific npc with a certain setting applied to make it immune to fireballs) but this depends heavily on the use case

could you elaborate on exactly what you're trying to do?

[jokyaku]

Hello! I'm currently just finishing a custom NPC and I was wondering if there was any way of using Extra Settings to alter an NPC Config such as nofireball or jumphurt.

extra settings are typically used for setting parameters on individual npc instances, whereas npc config (aside from some outliers like noblockcollision) have no way of being applied selectively. there are ways to emulate certain npc config flags (e.g. cancelling a harm event for a specific npc with a certain setting applied to make it immune to fireballs) but this depends heavily on the use case

could you elaborate on exactly what you're trying to do?

I'm making a "Bro" NPC with way too many variants so I'm using Extra Settings to alter which variant I want instead of using a different NPC slot for each one, sorta like how the Paratroopa works but with more variants and also changing the sprite on each one.

I wanted to know if changing the config in a case by case basis was possible since it would be a lot easier to manage, but if it's not possible I'll just emulate the behavior like you mentioned, thanks for the help.

[Muffler]

Is there a way to check if the player is riding a Yoshi?

[mariobrigade2018]

Is there a way to check if the player is riding a Yoshi?

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if player.mount == MOUNT_YOSHI then
	--do code
end

https://docs.codehaus.moe/#/constants/mounts

[Muffler]

Is there a way to check if the player is riding a Yoshi?

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if player.mount == MOUNT_YOSHI then
	--do code
end

https://docs.codehaus.moe/#/constants/mounts

Thank you sm!

[Muffler]

Hello, I have two questions:
1. Does anyone have a script that changes how the camera behaves to make it more like the NSMB games? I really don't like how your character is always at the center and I would like to change that. I know about SMWCamera but it is very old and it's not compatible with warpTransitions.
2. Can you disable the flight ability of the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit and how do you do that? I'd like it to be like in 3D Land where you can only attack and glide.
Thank you in advance!

[mariobrigade2018]

Hello, I have two questions:
1. Does anyone have a script that changes how the camera behaves to make it more like the NSMB games? I really don't like how your character is always at the center and I would like to change that. I know about SMWCamera but it is very old and it's not compatible with warpTransitions.
2. Can you disable the flight ability of the Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit and how do you do that? I'd like it to be like in 3D Land where you can only attack and glide.
Thank you in advance!

1. Camera manipulation is kinda a pain to deal with, and I’d imagine that it would be a massive headache to make that in SMBX.

2. viewtopic.php?t=29298

[arthur4272]

I'm having this problem with Dracula, what I can do about it?

[Muffler]

Hello, is there a way to remove the hearts system for Toad and Peach, so that their health is based on powerup state instead like Mario and Luigi?

[proCoder]

I've been trying to use capture buffers to capture the background of the level (for use in the lives screen)
but it just says "Invalid type for capture buffer."

I looked in the code and turns out my capture buffer apparently isn't a capture buffer, somehow.
How does this work?

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local buffer = Graphics.CaptureBuffer() -- Realized that width and height defaults to main frame buffer size
buffer.captureAt(-100) -- Here is the error, Also -100 is the priority of the level background

Graphics.drawBox{
    x = 0,
    y = 0,
    priority = priority - 2,
    w = cam.width,
    h = cam.height,
    texture = buffer
}

[DigitalDetective47]

i am trying to make a library with the following structure:

library.lua

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function onStart()
    --Do stuff
end

luna.lua

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require("library")

for some reason, the onStart function in the library isn't called. i've tested playing a sound effect in the global scope of library.lua and luna.lua, as well as within a new onStart function within luna.lua, and these all trigger. but if it's specifically within the onStart specified within a require, it doesn't work. why is this happening?

[Emral]

i am trying to make a library with the following structure:

library.lua

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function onStart()
    --Do stuff
end

luna.lua

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require("library")

for some reason, the onStart function in the library isn't called. i've tested playing a sound effect in the global scope of library.lua and luna.lua, as well as within a new onStart function within luna.lua, and these all trigger. but if it's specifically within the onStart specified within a require, it doesn't work. why is this happening?

functions in libraries should be registered to the library table.

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local myLib = {}
function myLib.onStart()

end

registerEvent(myLib, "onStart")
return myLib

If you simply have one onStart here, and another onStart in the script calling the library, then the script calling the library overwrites the onStart from the library.

[DigitalDetective47]

i am trying to make a library with the following structure:

library.lua

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function onStart()
    --Do stuff
end

luna.lua

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require("library")

for some reason, the onStart function in the library isn't called. i've tested playing a sound effect in the global scope of library.lua and luna.lua, as well as within a new onStart function within luna.lua, and these all trigger. but if it's specifically within the onStart specified within a require, it doesn't work. why is this happening?

functions in libraries should be registered to the library table.

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local myLib = {}
function myLib.onStart()

end

registerEvent(myLib, "onStart")
return myLib

If you simply have one onStart here, and another onStart in the script calling the library, then the script calling the library overwrites the onStart from the library.

that works! for the record, the calling script does not have an onStart