SMBX2 vs 1.3.0.1

[Walleo64]

The other day I was trying to make an episode using SMBX 1.3.0.1 (the one I normally use) where along with a main exit, each level has stars scattered around in mini-challenges that make up a lot of the level, but I stopped once I learned that each section can only have one star. It got me thinking about the degree of interactivity that can be had in a SMBX level, so I thought I'd ask if there's any difference between my 1.3.0.1 copy and SMBX2. I want to have more collectibles in the levels, or at the very least have more ways to unlock a collectible than just "destroy these things" or "talk to this person". Also I don't really want to have to learn Lua or anything like that. With all that in mind, is it worth getting SMBX2 or should I just make do with what I have?

[Cedur]

To my knowledge SMBX2 is nowhere different in terms of "no more than 1 star per section" but it's worth in many other aspects anyway and not hard to get used to!

[Marioman2007]

What can you do, is to create a variable and make it go up by 1 whenever the player collects any OTHER NPC and kill that NPC when the player again enters the level.
I don't have enough time right now, so I will post the code later.

[Marioman2007]

I forgot about this
but here's the code:

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local myCollectible = your npc ID here
SaveData.collectibleValue = SaveData.collectibleValue or 0

function onNPCKill(eventToken, killedNPC, harmType)
    if killedNPC.id == myCollectible then
        SaveData.collectibleValue = SaveData.collectibleValue + 1
    end
end

function onDraw()
    Text.print(tostring(SaveData.collectibleValue),1,0,0)
end

[Walleo64]

I forgot about this
but here's the code:

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local myCollectible = your npc ID here
local collectibleValue = 0

functio onNPCKill(eventToken, killedNPC, harmType)
    if killedNPC.id == myCollectible then
        collectibleValue = collectibleValue + 1
    end
end

function onDraw()
    Text.print(tostring(collectibleValue),1,0,0)
end

Is this something for SMBX2 or do I need an external program to input this code?

[Marioman2007]

I forgot about this
but here's the code:

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local myCollectible = your npc ID here
local collectibleValue = 0

function onNPCKill(eventToken, killedNPC, harmType)
    if killedNPC.id == myCollectible then
        collectibleValue = collectibleValue + 1
    end
end

function onDraw()
    Text.print(tostring(collectibleValue),1,0,0)
end

Is this something for SMBX2 or do I need an external program to input this code?

SMBX2, put this code in a luna.lua file, also updated the code.