Didn’t know where to ask, but what buttons do I use to activate the savestate function?

[IrisZeppelinFan]

I’ve been trying to do it with the C and D keys as per the original post, but it won’t work. How can I activate it for really difficult episodes?

[Hoeloe]

There is no savestate system in SMBX. It's not an emulator.

[IrisZeppelinFan]

That’s not what this post said:

viewtopic.php?t=15461

Am I misunderstanding something?

[ShadowXeldron]

That's a script intended for level creators to add to their levels. Judging by the post, it is built in so you won't need to download anything. Add this to your level/world's luna.lua file:

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local savestate = require("savestate")

savestateTable = {};

function onKeyboardPress(keycode)
	if keycode == 0x43 then --C
		savestateTable[#savestateTable + 1] = savestate.save();
		playSFX(58);
	elseif keycode == 0x44 and #savestateTable > 0 then --D
		savestate.load(savestateTable[#savestateTable]); --load most recent
	end
end

This is pulled directly from one of the links of that post. It also only works with SMBX2. If there isn't a luna.lua, create one.

[IrisZeppelinFan]

Thanks. How do I open a .lua file?

[ShadowXeldron]

Right click it and open with Notepad. I also just remembered that if the level/episode in question uses onKeyboardPress then it probably won't work, but to my knowledge it's seldom used.

[IrisZeppelinFan]

And where can I find the luna.lua file?

[ShadowXeldron]

Luna.lua files should be in the epiosde's folder. If there isn't one, you can create one using the scripts menu in the editor, open any of that episode's levels and choose the episode-wide script. It might ask you what program to use, if you have a code editor such as Visual Studio Code installed, use that. Otherwise, use notepad.

[IrisZeppelinFan]

Sorry to ask (am novice), but where is the editor to open?

[ShadowXeldron]

Do you mean the level editor or the program used to edit the lua code? The scripts menu is on the top of the level editor, and it should ask you which program to open it with.