MaGL X2 Discussion - MaGL X2 Lands TOMORROW. GET. HYPE.

[ano0maly]

If you package your level into a folder then everything should transfer fine.

The question is if you set the event to trigger a default music, the override will work there.

[memnarch]

I have a question.

I'm using a custom track in my level (a couple, actually) and during a cutscene I want to change it to another custom track. Is that possible, or is it one custom track per section?

With the vanilla editor, you can only do a single custom track per section.

With Luna there's a way to. I don't into Luna so I can't help you there.

I'm not a Luna person either, so that's not gonna happen.

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Try an event and teleport the player to a new section?

[GlitchedGhost]

If you package your level into a folder then everything should transfer fine.

The question is if you set the event to trigger a default music, the override will work there.

So how do I go about overriding the in-game music with a custom track so I can try that?

Try an event and teleport the player to a new section?

That's a possibility, but I was hoping to change the track at least twice, maaaabye three times (dunno yet), so that would be a pain. Might be something to keep in mind, though.

Thanks for the suggestions so far! I'll try shit out tomorrow, after I get some sleep.

[Dragon Fogel]

The question is if you set the event to trigger a default music, the override will work there.

Just did a test. I set the music in a test level to smb3-boss, and copied the SMB64 music from the default folder to a folder for that level.

It played the SMB3 music when I did. Seems that music can't be overwritten like that. You'll have to either fake it by placing the cutscene in a separate section, or learn enough about Luna to do this one thing.

[GlitchedGhost]

The question is if you set the event to trigger a default music, the override will work there.

Just did a test. I set the music in a test level to smb3-boss, and copied the SMB64 music from the default folder to a folder for that level.

It played the SMB3 music when I did. Seems that music can't be overwritten like that. You'll have to either fake it by placing the cutscene in a separate section, or learn enough about Luna to do this one thing.

Well, that sucks. Thanks for giving it a shot.
I'll have to see what I can do tomorrow then.

[memnarch]

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Try an event and teleport the player to a new section?

That's a possibility, but I was hoping to change the track at least twice, maaaabye three times (dunno yet), so that would be a pain. Might be something to keep in mind, though.

Thanks for the suggestions so far! I'll try shit out tomorrow, after I get some sleep.

If you're using the new editor (wohl's), you could pretty easily copypaste if it's maintaining the same design that's the issue. Otherwise, yeah, setting up a lot of instant teleports could be tedious after a bit.

[CapedLuigisYoshi]

...Man, I haven't even started yet. Only picked the name so far. I was putting it off a bit the first couple weeks, and then suddenly school stuff got really heavy. Oof. This isn't gonna end well.

At least I know what name I'm going with?

[Rumis]

Nuts, I just kind of assumed I understood midpoints. How do I put a spawnpoint for the midpoint? The level is finished and I'm wrapping it up now. I already had this midpoint in mind. I can't really turn in the level without the midpoint because dying would be too punishing.

Could anyone help me out? This is the third freaking question I asked on here. I feel like such a bother.

[Hoeloe]

Nuts, I just kind of assumed I understood midpoints. How do I put a spawnpoint for the midpoint? The level is finished and I'm wrapping it up now. I already had this midpoint in mind. I can't really turn in the level without the midpoint because dying would be too punishing.

Could anyone help me out? This is the third freaking question I asked on here. I feel like such a bother.

Using default SMBX, you can't separate the midpoint from the spawn point, you just spawn wherever the midpoint is.

However, there's a library in LunaLua called "multipoints" that can allow you to do this, though it takes a bit of setting up (I'm hoping to improve that soon).

[Rumis]

Nuts, I just kind of assumed I understood midpoints. How do I put a spawnpoint for the midpoint? The level is finished and I'm wrapping it up now. I already had this midpoint in mind. I can't really turn in the level without the midpoint because dying would be too punishing.

Could anyone help me out? This is the third freaking question I asked on here. I feel like such a bother.

Using default SMBX, you can't separate the midpoint from the spawn point, you just spawn wherever the midpoint is.

However, there's a library in LunaLua called "multipoints" that can allow you to do this, though it takes a bit of setting up (I'm hoping to improve that soon).

Thanks again Hoeley.

I can't test the midpoint respawn because dying in SMBX level editor just resets the whole thing. I'll just have to take your word for it. That's fine though.

[Hoeloe]

I can't test the midpoint respawn because dying in SMBX level editor just resets the whole thing. I'll just have to take your word for it. That's fine though.

That... shouldn't happen. Usually dying in the editor after collecting the midpoint will put you back at the midpoint.

[TaviTurnip]

I've got LUNALUA 0.5.3.1 BETA too, but I don't assume that's the problem.

My directory tree is:
SMBx folder >
Version I'm primarily using >
worlds >
A2MBXT Levels >
Name of contest level's folder >
[Everything inside this folder. all custom graphics, music, lunadll.txt, and the LVL file itself]

But Rena, why would you have the LVL file inside the folder? Don't you know that it goes outside it?

APPARENTLY I DON'T BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM THE WHOLE TIME. My folder and level name did not match one another, but everything inside the folder (music, graphics) still imported correctly. Lunadll.txt was the only thing that didn't latch on. I just moved it and adjusted accordingly and everything is shiny happy now.

Dr. Freeman, please try this in case you set it up the same way I did. If you used custom music, you'll have to write the folder path into the custom music slot in the editor, so instead of songname.mp3, it'll be levelfoldername/songname.mp3.

I sure hope this helps you <_> And I am sure glad that this was figured out. Like we assumed the whole time, it was a case of missing a super ultra simple step along the lines of "did you plug the computer in" (which, as expected, nobody else could answer because it seemed too obvious to suggest)

[Hoeloe]

I sure hope this helps you <_> And I am sure glad that this was figured out. Like we assumed the whole time, it was a case of missing a super ultra simple step along the lines of "did you plug the computer in" (which, as expected, nobody else could answer because it seemed too obvious to suggest)

I did think that might have been the issue, but didn't mention it because I also thought lunadll would cope with it. Apparently not. Might be worth patching that in future versions.

[TaviTurnip]

I did think that might have been the issue, but didn't mention it because I also thought lunadll would cope with it. Apparently not. Might be worth patching that in future versions.

Yeah, it's helpful info to have even if it affects very little.

Thanks for the help and putting up with me, though. Same to everyone who gave me advice and pointed out where I missed NPC sprites and things.

[Dr. Freeman]

This is getting silly.
That was the prime mistake, and I am the wily fool and I fixed it and the DebugPrint did appear meaning Lunadll did register. But no matter what I do, the SetHits absolutely refuses to work. I changed it so the layer isn't even hidden anymore and the boss has the default ten health no matter what I do. My only last guess is that the boss starts offscreen nonetheless, which somehow effects the frames needed to register the code, but that doesn't seem to be right.

SetHits,209,3,7,0,2,0

Current code. 209 for MB, it's in the 3rd section of the level, the health is just for testing, and the rest is the usual. Yet the boss always has ten health.
This is getting a tad stressful due to time.

[Oddwrath]

Any specific rules on crediting other people for graphics/music?

[Hoeloe]

Any specific rules on crediting other people for graphics/music?

I just stuck any credits I had in a .txt file, but I don't know if there are specific rules...

[Isocitration]

Is there any way to allow Yoshi to carry an npc in his mouth, while disallowing the player to carry said npc? The two properties are both affected by the "grabside" npc code and I haven't been able to come up with any successful workarounds.

[Rednaxela]

Is there any way to allow Yoshi to carry an npc in his mouth, while disallowing the player to carry said npc? The two properties are both affected by the "grabside" npc code and I haven't been able to come up with any successful workarounds.

Hm, you could use Luna trickery to force the player to drop the NPC if carrying it, and reset the "was grabbed/thrown" flag in the process.

Can't test that solution at the moment but could tonight if nobody does in the meantime.

[Dragon Fogel]

More accurately, if you die at the midpoint and then test again, you'll start at the midpoint. Sometimes I've had this break if I change a bunch of stuff in between attempts, but that's it.

Edit: Whoops, missed a whole page, I was responding to this:

I can't test the midpoint respawn because dying in SMBX level editor just resets the whole thing. I'll just have to take your word for it. That's fine though.

That... shouldn't happen. Usually dying in the editor after collecting the midpoint will put you back at the midpoint.

[Lukaz2009]

Any specific rules on crediting other people for graphics/music?

I just stuck any credits I had in a .txt file, but I don't know if there are specific rules...

No rules. Credit them or don't. I recommend if you want to, put a credits.txt file in the level folder.

Well, then I may have done goofed on that one. I put a sign post at the end of my level for the credit for the music in my level.

[FusionWarrior]

Well, then I may have done goofed on that one. I put a sign post at the end of my level for the credit for the music in my level.

I don't think that'll be an issue, because all over ASMBXT, A2XT, and MaGL X you can see examples of levels crediting in-level. As long as it's an optional thing and not a mandatory auto-wall-of-text, I doubt any points will be lost.

[Lukaz2009]

No rules. Credit them or don't. I recommend if you want to, put a credits.txt file in the level folder.

Well, then I may have done goofed on that one. I put a sign post at the end of my level for the credit for the music in my level.

That's fine too. I mean, I'm not going to take points off for crediting unless you do it in a super obnoxious way or something.

That's good to know. It is literally just a sign post at the end that you can just run past.

[Ignoritus]

That's fine too. I mean, I'm not going to take points off for crediting unless you do it in a super obnoxious way or something.

You mean don't approve of me setting an event loop to display the level credits every 15 seconds?! :(

[Rednaxela]

That's fine too. I mean, I'm not going to take points off for crediting unless you do it in a super obnoxious way or something.

You mean don't approve of me setting an event loop to display the level credits every 15 seconds?! :(

For some reason this is making me think of he notion of emulating a translucent watermark by flickering text on and off each frame, where the flickering text naturally says "This is a demo" followed by "Copyright Bandicam".