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Battle Arena (v1.2.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 3:30 pm
by MrDoubleA
This is a revival of SMBX 1.3's for SMBX2, featuring new modes, new levels and even online multiplayer!

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Download/Website!

Online multiplayer requires some extra setup to work, and the above site includes a guide on how to set it up. It also includes a guide for making a level and documentation for the online system.

Levels from SMBX 1.3 made by Redigit, Blue and Red_Yoshi.
New levels made by myself and Starshi.
Check the credit files for more detailed credits!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 3:38 pm
by Starshi
Really excited to see this finally release, it was a ton of fun making stages for!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 3:58 pm
by Deltom
hop on battle arena


(awesome work)

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 5:30 pm
by super merio odysey
amazing should i say! i will try this out when i could.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 6:33 pm
by mariobrigade2018
WHO'S READY TO BRAWL?

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 2:06 am
by SkullGamer205
Finally, Multiplayer in X2!!?
That's awesome!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 4:29 am
by Master of Disaster
I've never got to properly play the battle mode in 1.3, I just ran around the battle stages with the second player being afk, so I'm super happy that this episode is out!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 5:40 am
by SunRunner54
This is a thing now? Wow! I spent hundreds of hours playing this mode with my friend. We built hundreds of levels and innovated on the format a lot. Before porting my stuff over, I'd ask for a few config options (or at least the mushroom start) to restore the authentic experience of playing the old battle mode:
- option to have players spawn powered up with a Super Mushroom (this is the most important things for me because it's such a game changer and we designed our levels around it)
- option to enable the item slot
- option to change the respawn delay and the amount of iframes you get upon respawning (in the original version it takes longer to respawn and you get more iframes)

It could also be useful to have per-level customization for the coin system to tailor it for the level's needs (which items appear and how often?)

EDIT: The mushroom start is there now! Though you don't respawn with a mushroom.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 2:24 pm
by Zenetal
as someone who tried to implement battle mode in X2 since 2020/2021 (and partially succeeded), I'm glad someone was able to do it. seeing this project come to life is amazing and smbx2 not having battle mode was the reason why i started making my own project of battle mode as well and thank you for making your own become a reality.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 3:58 pm
by STCGlevels
I wish I could play this but there's no one to play with.. yet? I still have the game just in case.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:22 pm
by KurttheKing
simonthecomputerguru wrote:
Wed Aug 28, 2024 3:58 pm
I wish I could play this but there's no one to play with.. yet? I still have the game just in case.

You need to find people to play with, then join them/have them join you via Radmin VPN. Please only share your IP address with people you trust though!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:02 pm
by Mal8rk
FINALLY WE HAVE A PROPPER BATTLE MODE??? AND IT´S ONLINE????? HELL YEEEAAAHHHHHH

I'm gonna have do much fun making levels and playing with people online & with friends

One suggestion though is to add a race to the finish line mode, where players just race to the end of the level, like in SMM2. There would be a ton of potential for a mode like that.

Other than that, AMAZING WORK!!!

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 9:58 pm
by mariobrigade2018
Mal8rk wrote:
Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:02 pm
FINALLY WE HAVE A PROPPER BATTLE MODE??? AND IT´S ONLINE????? HELL YEEEAAAHHHHHH

I'm gonna have do much fun making levels and playing with people online & with friends

One suggestion though is to add a race to the finish line mode, where players just race to the end of the level, like in SMM2. There would be a ton of potential for a mode like that.

Other than that, AMAZING WORK!!!
TBH, this sounds like it should be its own thing. It's a cool idea tho.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:59 am
by DeviousQuacks23
Is there support for multiple sections in a battle level? Or can we only have 1 section?

Re: Battle Arena (v1.0.1) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:20 am
by MrDoubleA
DeviousQuacks23 wrote:
Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:59 am
Is there support for multiple sections in a battle level? Or can we only have 1 section?
Multiple sections should work fine.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.1.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:54 am
by Zenetal
one suggestion i would share is to make an option for battleCamera.lua to have the legacy screen splitting, so the camera isn't locked vertically or horizontally, meaning if 2 players are close to each other the camera isn't split anymore. in my opinion, playing with the new camera lock is difficult in a local game

Re: Battle Arena (v1.1.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:59 am
by Turtle Guy
Quick question: The things were enemies respawn and ?-blocks get reset, is that automatically applied when put in the episode folder or do you need a separate configuration?

Re: Battle Arena (v1.1.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:28 pm
by mariobrigade2018
Turtle Guy wrote:
Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:59 am
Quick question: The things were enemies respawn and ?-blocks get reset, is that automatically applied when put in the episode folder or do you need a separate configuration?
That's auto-set AFAIK.

Re: Battle Arena (v1.1.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:17 pm
by RaccAttacc
This is incredible! Though I do have a question.
Would it be possible to port the online code to kinda be its own thing? So we could play normal episodes with friends? Or is it too tightly intergrated into the Battle Arena stuff

Re: Battle Arena (v1.1.0) - A revival of SMBX 1.3's battle mode!

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:50 pm
by MrDoubleA
RaccAttacc wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:17 pm
This is incredible! Though I do have a question.
Would it be possible to port the online code to kinda be its own thing? So we could play normal episodes with friends? Or is it too tightly intergrated into the Battle Arena stuff
A bit late to answer, but I do intend to eventually release it on its own. Even then, though, it'll definitely be something that's only recommended for those who really know what they're doing.