SplitUp.lua: NPCs that split upon death

[The Dwarven Digger]

This is something I've been playing with and I thought I'd share it on here. You can use it to make any NPC split into any other NPC (even itself!) upon death. Probably not the most useful library but definitely fun to play with. You could use it to replicate the SMM big goombas, or just be evil and make a coin split into 100 rinkas. Whatever you feel like doing.

Screenshots

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How to use

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Copy into your level or episode file and add the following to your lunadll.lua file (or lunaworld.lua for episode-wide use)

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local SplitUp = API.load("SplitUp")

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SplitUp.addEntries{{a, b, c},{a, b, c}...}

Each entry {a, b, c} has three (or two) numbers:
a: The ID of the NPC you want to split when killed
b: The ID of the NPC you want NPC a to split into
c (optional): The number of new NPCs you want it to split into (default is 2)
You can add multiple entries separated by commas

Download
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Documentation is provided within the lua file.

[squp]

it's not an API, it's a helper library. Lunalua is the API.

[The Dwarven Digger]

it's not an API, it's a helper library. Lunalua is the API.

Oh, I thought it was called an API because of the API.load function.

[Emral]

it's not an API, it's a helper library. Lunalua is the API.

Oh, I thought it was called an API because of the API.load function.

The Lunalua API is what does the loading.

[Eri7]

Oh cool, this might be useful for me.

[IttaBaby]

I'm much too stupid to figure this out? I learn best by example, could someone make like a one room level with 1 npc who uses this? Maybe? Please?

[TheNightingale]

I'm much too stupid to figure this out? I learn best by example, could someone make like a one room level with 1 npc who uses this? Maybe? Please?

The main post has a GIF example, did you realize?

[IttaBaby]

The main post has a GIF example, did you realize?

I meant an example of the luna.lua, so I could pick apart the code

[PixelPest]

The main post has a GIF example, did you realize?

I meant an example of the luna.lua, so I could pick apart the code

It's all documented in the file according to the OP. Also you can't use luna.lua files until Beta4 (there's a slightly different naming scheme in Beta3). You could probably also PM the creator and ask if they could send you the code used in the GIF

[TheTrueMarioMaster]

The main post has a GIF example, did you realize?

I meant an example of the luna.lua, so I could pick apart the code

It's all documented in the file according to the OP. Also you can't use luna.lua files until Beta4 (there's a slightly different naming scheme in Beta3). You could probably also PM the creator and ask if they could send you the code used in the GIF

Guess I'll have to wait until Beta 4 since this and your enemy stacking .lua could be useful to me in a future episode.

[PixelPest]

I meant an example of the luna.lua, so I could pick apart the code

It's all documented in the file according to the OP. Also you can't use luna.lua files until Beta4 (there's a slightly different naming scheme in Beta3). You could probably also PM the creator and ask if they could send you the code used in the GIF

Guess I'll have to wait until Beta 4 since this and your enemy stacking .lua could be useful to me in a future episode.

Neither of those will be in Beta4, nor will Beta4 make it easier to use either of them

[TheTrueMarioMaster]

It's all documented in the file according to the OP. Also you can't use luna.lua files until Beta4 (there's a slightly different naming scheme in Beta3). You could probably also PM the creator and ask if they could send you the code used in the GIF

Guess I'll have to wait until Beta 4 since this and your enemy stacking .lua could be useful to me in a future episode.

Neither of those will be in Beta4, nor will Beta4 make it easier to use either of them

I know they are not in default Beta 4 but would setting up lua scripts be that hard in Beta 4?

[PixelPest]

Guess I'll have to wait until Beta 4 since this and your enemy stacking .lua could be useful to me in a future episode.

Neither of those will be in Beta4, nor will Beta4 make it easier to use either of them

I know they are not in default Beta 4 but would setting up lua scripts be that hard in Beta 4?

No different than Beta3

[The Dwarven Digger]

The code used in the gif is the same as that provided in the download link. If it helps clarify things I could put some installation & use instructions in the OP.