Cpt. Mono's Powerup Pack (Ft. the Penguin Suit!) [v1.1c]

[CaptainMonochrome]

Ever felt like SMBX's default powerups were boring? Maybe you find the Super Leaf's flight too powerful, or the Ice Flower too slow?

Never fear, Cpt. Mono's Powerup Pack is here! With it, you can use Super Acorn to transform into Flying Squirrel Mario and glide leisurely through the air or the Penguin Suit to transform into Penguin Mario and slide on ice!

For the time being, by default, they only have custom sprites for Vanilla Mario. I might see if I can edit Luigi's sprites, but only if there's high demand.
If you find a sprite sheet of SMB3 Flying Squirrel or Penguin Luigi somewhere, then I implore you to contact me immediately.

Credits can be found at the very top of ap_acorn.lua and ap_penguin.lua.

Screenshot(s)

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Changelog

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v1.1c (4/2/2022)

• Fixed an oversight in the Ice Flower's code that made the player shoot Ice Balls from the wrong location.

v1.1b (4/1/2022)

• Gave the Fire and Ice Flowers the Penguin Suit's adjusted projectile timer code.
• Fixed a bug that affected the SMM2 costumes' death animations in Flying Squirrel and Penguin Form.
• Removed extraneous animation code from the Fire Flower, Ice Flower, and Penguin Suit.
• Adjusted the location from which characters fire projectiles to be more natural.
• Gave a secret in the Penguin Suit's code more correct wording.

v1.1 (3/27/2022)

• Released the Penguin Suit!
• Added fixes to the SMM2 playables' Flying Squirrel forms as needed.
• Made the Fire and Ice Flowers compatible with the SMM2 costumes' alternate frames.
• Made these powerups usable in the context of an actual episode.
• Prevented players in Fire or Ice Form from being able to shoot up by default.
  • If you wish to restore the old behavior, go to anotherpowerupSMM2.lua and set flowerShootUp to true.

v1.0b (1/14/2022)

• Added essential files to the download so that you don't have to hunt down the anotherpowerup.lua topic. No idea how I missed this one.
  • If you did so prior, then please replace ap_fireflower and ap_iceflower with the versions included in this pack, as they are more accurate to the vanilla Fire and Ice Flowers and will improve the animation accuracy of your character if you're using the SMM2 Playables Pack.

v1.0 (1/9/2022)

• Released the Super Acorn!

Instructions (Please Read!)

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IMPORTANT!
This powerup uses a custom version of anotherpowerup.lua to ensure that the SMM2 costumes and the Penguin Suit as a whole don't break. Using an unmodified anotherpowerup.lua file will lead to incorrect and glitchy behavior.

With that out of the way, installing it is very similar to other anotherpowerup.lua powerups.
Simply extract the files into your level or world folder, move them out of the Cpt. Mono's Powerup Pack folder, and then put these lines of code at the very top of your local or global level script.

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local ap = require("anotherpowerupSMM2")
ap.registerItemTier(800, true)
ap.registerPowerup("ap_acorn")
ap.registerItemTier(801, true)
ap.registerPowerup("ap_penguinsuit")

Keep in mind that by "top," I mean "even before onStart." If you try putting this code into onStart, it will not work.

Anyways, if you extracted the files correctly, you should see a small tileset that contains the Super Acorn and the Penguin Suit over in the Custom section. If it's not appearing, try hitting F8 to reload the editor.

Have fun!

Download

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mnfIcm ... sp=sharing

[Marioman2007]

Nice, I really like it!

[MegaDood]

Looks really awesome, this will open up so much in the way of level design. Awesome job!

[GlacialSiren484]

This is really nice!
But from what I could tell I gotta hurry up updating the penguin sprites since it seems like the penguin suit is the next power up

[TheGameyFireBro105]

This is really nice!
But from what I could tell I gotta hurry up updating the penguin sprites since it seems like the penguin suit is the next power up

I mean, it's already half-way done, considering it's just an ice flower with frog suit attributes, a slide move, and immunity to ice physics. Considering this, the Frog Suit should be released in tandem with the Penguin Suit.

[Neon358]

I am so happy that new powerups are being added to SMBX2, making my life a lot easier.
Thanks Captain Monochrome!
However, is there any chance of doing a Mini Mushroom? I feel it may be hard, if not impossible to script in SMBX2.

[CaptainMonochrome]

This is really nice!
But from what I could tell I gotta hurry up updating the penguin sprites since it seems like the penguin suit is the next power up

Yeah, there's no way around the Penguin Suit's dominance. I've been steeling myself with regards to handling the sprite rotation I'll need to do to make sliding down slopes look nice. Can I please have your autograph?

I mean, it's already half-way done, considering it's just an ice flower with frog suit attributes, a slide move, and immunity to ice physics. Considering this, the Frog Suit should be released in tandem with the Penguin Suit.

Unfortunately, this will not be the case. It might sound really easy, but keep in mind that there's a lot more to do, such as running on water, making SMM2 characters with altPhysics on always jump at their default maximum height, and also just straight up implementing the sprites in, which takes more effort than it might seem. Plus, unless it suddenly pulls ahead into first, then I've got other things to work on.

I am so happy that new powerups are being added to SMBX2, making my life a lot easier.
Thanks Captain Monochrome!
However, is there any chance of doing a Mini Mushroom? I feel it may be hard, if not impossible to script in SMBX2.

You're welcome! Sadly, though, the nature of the Mini Mushroom actually means that, at least using anotherpowerup.lua, it's not possible to make. You see, all powerups make Mario act as though he's in Super Form or better, meaning that he can do things like break Brick Blocks and Rotating Blocks and powers down to Small Form. The latter of the two is pretty easy to manage, while the first is... not. I'd have to check, but I don't think that there's a way to cancel block breakage. It's a shame, but there's not really much I can do. Sorry!

[Neon358]

You're welcome! Sadly, though, the nature of the Mini Mushroom actually means that, at least using anotherpowerup.lua, it's not possible to make. You see, all powerups make Mario act as though he's in Super Form or better, meaning that he can do things like break Brick Blocks and Rotating Blocks and powers down to Small Form. The latter of the two is pretty easy to manage, while the first is... not. I'd have to check, but I don't think that there's a way to cancel block breakage. It's a shame, but there's not really much I can do. Sorry!

That's fine. I saw on the original forum by Enji that you can't make mini mushrooms, so the only valid option is to create a new script entirely. Hopefully that is possible.

Are you eventually going to do the remaining powerups?

[CaptainMonochrome]

Are you eventually going to do the remaining powerups?

Yes.

I'd be mad with myself if I didn't.

[GlacialSiren484]

Yeah, there's no way around the Penguin Suit's dominance. I've been steeling myself with regards to handling the sprite rotation I'll need to do to make sliding down slopes look nice. Can I please have your autograph?

You can have my discord (GlacialSiren484#0347)

[CaptainMonochrome]

You can have my discord (GlacialSiren484#0347)

That works just as well! Thanks! Now to muster up the courage to put it in, haha.

[TheGameyFireBro105]

If you add a cheat code for it, then the two ways it could work would be

needanacorn

and

needanut

[Chilly14]

Every time I start up the level with the powerup, this error appears:

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I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I followed the instructions well.

[CaptainMonochrome]

Every time I start up the level with the powerup, this error appears:

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I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I followed the instructions well.

Ah, shoot. This one's on me. I was so focused on the Super Acorn that I forgot to include the custom versions of the ap_fireflower and ap_iceflower modules that are defaultly included with anotherpowerup.lua. I just updated the download, so feel free to redownload it. It should begin working then.

[AlanLive2020]

This is great!

I'm way too lazy/busy/incompetent to make custom powerups, so this is nice.

Now whats left is the blue shell, frog suit, penguin suit, propeller shroom (which i tried but coculdnt figure it out), p wing, p acorn, cat bell, and the p balloon from smm2.
Maybe then after we can make some original powerups.

Idk why i kinda just gave up with lua stuff for now

[TheGameyFireBro105]

Could you try and make it compatible with MrDoubleA's YI Yoshi?

[CaptainMonochrome]

This is great!

I'm way too lazy/busy/incompetent to make custom powerups, so this is nice.

Now whats left is the blue shell, frog suit, penguin suit, propeller shroom (which i tried but coculdnt figure it out), p wing, p acorn, cat bell, and the p balloon from smm2.
Maybe then after we can make some original powerups.

Idk why i kinda just gave up with lua stuff for now

Thanks! While I don't really think I'm going to be doing anything with custom powerups, I do have plans for powerups that you haven't mentioned, so stay tuned!

Could you try and make it compatible with MrDoubleA's YI Yoshi?

Wait, MrDoubleA's YI Yoshi playable is compatible with powerups? If so, then, uh, that's great! The thing is, I don't really plan on doing anything with regards to characters outside of the vanilla five (at least, whoever has sprites out of them). Sorry!

[Shodax]

please edit the sprites for Luigi, Toad, and Peach.
I don't promise anything, but if I have time I'll try to help with those sprites edit them.

[TheGameyFireBro105]

This is great!

I'm way too lazy/busy/incompetent to make custom powerups, so this is nice.

Now whats left is the blue shell, frog suit, penguin suit, propeller shroom (which i tried but coculdnt figure it out), p wing, p acorn, cat bell, and the p balloon from smm2.
Maybe then after we can make some original powerups.

Idk why i kinda just gave up with lua stuff for now

Thanks! While I don't really think I'm going to be doing anything with custom powerups, I do have plans for powerups that you haven't mentioned, so stay tuned!

Could you try and make it compatible with MrDoubleA's YI Yoshi?

Wait, MrDoubleA's YI Yoshi playable is compatible with powerups? If so, then, uh, that's great! The thing is, I don't really plan on doing anything with regards to characters outside of the vanilla five (at least, whoever has sprites out of them). Sorry!

It technically can pick them up, which usually gives a set amount of health, but the acorn lacks the data to do it. The cape's fine, btw.

[CaptainMonochrome]

please edit the sprites for Luigi, Toad, and Peach.
I don't promise anything, but if I have time I'll try to help with those sprites edit them.

I'll definitely do Luigi now that someone's asked. If you're willing to handle Toad and Peach's sprites, then feel free to. I'd happily put add them in, credits and everything.

It technically can pick them up, which usually gives a set amount of health, but the acorn lacks the data to do it. The cape's fine, btw.

Oh, I see. I'll have to check it out, in that case.