PRM editing (help) hardcore version of LM in the making

[TechMario]

Okay well I've gotten some useful info from my friend on here but I'm still having issues that are confusing to figure out what my problem's been.

I'm trying to make a hardcore version of LM along with some added beta restorations I wanna implement in the hack which would make it more cool. I want the ghosts to have like 4 or 5x HP than they do originally and be quick, AND have luigi take more damage and lose more money when attacked.

I'm trying to make this via param editing, I might also add some ghosts to rooms if I can. I've been trying to edit the params in hex since I've heard that the programs for doing it may not be as accurate. I'm first testing this with orange ghost and pink ghost.

for the color shade editing, I've gotten some info that there are files in the model archives that tell the game what texture to display for the ghost. the first time I tested a color edit it only changed the glow on the ghost (well I changed the orange in mBrightColor to whatever new color I wanted). then I tried going into the ghost model archive and swapping obake011.txp with obake012.txp then recompressing it and putting it back in the game then doing the param editing. ALL happened in the game with the color change was that the ghost appeared as the shade as used on elemental weakness ghosts. I then just try deleting ALL the txp files from the model then doing the rest. The ghost would just remain the same color with the different color glow. last thing I try is deleting just obake011.txp from there and it has the same results as when I swapped them...

if I change mAmbColor it just makes the ghost look lighter, but I haven't tried changing the ambient coloring after deleting the txp files.

With other parameter values, like how much damage luigi takes and the speed of them. well there's some I do know, others I think I know what they determine, and some I just don't know what they mean.

parameters I know:
mLife = The value for the ghost's health.
mHitDamage = How much damage luigi takes when hitting the ghost's body, NOT when hit.
mSpeed = How quick the ghost/obstacle is.
mEyesight = How close luigi must get to the ghost for it to appear.
mLightBindFrame = How many frames the flashlight can be on the ghost before vanishing.
mDisappearFrame = How many frames the ghost will follow luigi around in the room before vanishing.
mBrightColor = The glow of the ghost.
mAmbColor = The lighting of the ghost.

parameters I'm not sure on or just don't know what determine:
mSpeedFight = I've tested value changing with this one and it seems that if I set the byte higher the ghost's frustration animation becomes slower, while if I set it closer to 00 the ghost itself will become slower.
mSpeedUnseen = The value for how fast the ghost vanishes? Some kind of amplification.
mMinLightBindRange & mMaxLightBindRange = Not sure on these!
mNumAtkKarakai = A generated value for how much damage luigi takes when being dragged by ghost on vacuum for when luigi's trying to catch it?
mNumAtkOroro = Similar to above?
mHikiPower = I have no idea on this one!
mEffectiveDeg = Same as above!
mTsuriHeight = The value for the ghost's position?
mAttackPattern1 = A value to represent which attack the game should select for the ghost to use?
mActAfterAttackFa & mActAfterAttackSu = Same as above just with animations?
mTsuriType = Not sure on this one.
mElement = I think this has something to do with the ghost's weakness selection and that if it's set to 00 the ghost will have no elemental weakness.
mCheckBox = Not sure on this one.
mNormalItemTblId = Something to do with dropping of treasure or hearts?
mPointerRange = The pathway of the ghost?

I appreciate any help on any that I don't understand!

[lmfinishgamer]

I can begin to test it also, but it will take some while. And don't forget the credits because of the long work, as Scary Basher will do.

[~Scary Basher~]

Oh. I've been working on a harder LM project also! I started this year.




And also. "Give credits?" For what? I didn't use any of this.

[TechMario]

May 7, 2016 0:50:06 GMT -6 ~Scary Basher~ said:

Oh. I've been working on a harder LM project also! I started this year.




And also. "Give credits?" For what? I didn't use any of this.

well I would want a hack where king boo has 999 HP (darn cool right?) and the bosses have twice as much HP. I wanna do all this using a hex editor. YES I know I should just try to make it easier but it helps me learn more if I try to edit the actual code.

when you added ghosts to rooms, you edited "enemyinfo" in JMP? and when I change the boss ghosts' parameters how would I also change the goal numbers for the different painting medals? I'd be wondering on that.

and basically, the problems I'm having are, I want to restore the ghosts' beta colors and some ghosts have colors from dark moon (like the trash can ghost be yellow, makes total sense). but I'm having lots of trouble even making my first beta color restoration, cuz I try deleting txp files from txp folder in the szp but that doesn't change anything really! and if I change mBrightColor it just changes the glow. if I change mAmbColor it just makes the ghost lighter. I wanna change the color shade. is it like hard coded into the game? perhaps.

also I want the ghosts to be faster with the animations. I know mSpeedFight can make this faster or slower but all I can do is make the ghost slow or make the animation slow...

[lmfinishgamer]

May 7, 2016 0:50:06 GMT -6 ~Scary Basher~ said:

Oh. I've been working on a harder LM project also! I started this year.




And also. "Give credits?" For what? I didn't use any of this.

You listed a good point (I think) at your animation thread. Credit for someone that make testing/works.
EDIT: We may need to take a while to mess with King Boo's code. THFK still don't find the parameter in game_usa/param/ctp or in start.dol that determines King Boo's life.
And yeah we need to search all points with the name of "telesa" or something like that.
EDIT 2: It may crashed because I deleted the txp, I will try to do the color modifying process without messing with anything in obake01.szp.
(mActAfterAttackFa/Su: I've heard that this determines what the ghost will do after successful/fail in attacking Luigi. But I'm not sure if it is determined in frames, higher values, lower values, etc.)

[spacecats]

mSpeedFight = How long an attack takes.
mSpeedUnseen = How fast the ghost moves when invisible.
mMinLightBindRange & mMaxLightBindRange = NHow far away you can hit the ghost with the flashlight from.
mTsuriHeight = The value for the ghost's position? <- No.
mAttackPattern1 = The kind of attack the ghost will use.
mActAfterAttackFa & mActAfterAttackSu = What the ghost does after attacking, one for failure, one for success.
mElement = Determines of the ghost is an elemental ghost. IIRC 0 - Nothing, 1 - Water, 2 - Fire,  3 - Ice
mNormalItemTblId = Id for entry in item/treasure table
mPointerRange = The pathway of the ghost? <- No.

[lmfinishgamer]

May 7, 2016 9:23:20 GMT -6 spacecats said:

mSpeedFight = How long an attack takes.
mSpeedUnseen = How fast the ghost moves when invisible.
mMinLightBindRange & mMaxLightBindRange = NHow far away you can hit the ghost with the flashlight from.
mTsuriHeight = The value for the ghost's position? <- No.
mAttackPattern1 = The kind of attack the ghost will use.
mActAfterAttackFa & mActAfterAttackSu = What the ghost does after attacking, one for failure, one for success.
mElement = Determines of the ghost is an elemental ghost. IIRC 0 - Nothing, 1 - Water, 2 - Fire,  3 - Ice
mNormalItemTblId = Id for entry in item/treasure table
mPointerRange = The pathway of the ghost? <- No.

Thanks for the documentation, spacecats.
EDIT: Nevermind, I will test it. And also what's the byte position of mElement? I need to begin some tests with it.
If you can, please the real functions of mPointerRange and mTsuriHeight, they may do useful effects on the ghost.

[spacecats]

1. How long a ghost's attack takes.
2. Byte position? I assume you mean offset, and if you do, then I cant tell you because its not always the same.
3. I'm not 100% sure what they do, but I do know that what you suggested is not it.

[lmfinishgamer]

I did ask the byte corresponding to mElement's value, not offset because I know the position of the byte could be different. I'm only asking the byte.
EDIT: mSpeedFight just modified the speed the ghost comes to me for it's attack, set it to 01 and it becomes very slow. How can I change the speed the ghost drags me? I want that the speed of the ghost dragging becomes slower, not the following and I will take another look at documentations here.

[spacecats]

Ill say it again, 0 - Nothing, 1 - Water, 2 - Fire, 3 - Ice

If you mean the speed at which the ghost resists you, I don't think that's even a parameter thing, its probably hard coded.

[lmfinishgamer]

I said what is the bytes correspondent to mElement in hex, in the image below...



So, what is the byte determining the mElement value in hex?

[spacecats]

Ok, im going to assume you never looked at any of the docs and just made a new thread because.. well I don't know why. Anyway, to answer your question, look on the hexadecimal side (not the ascii representation) and then look at where the name ends; see those 4 bytes starting with 00 ending with 04? Thats the value length, after that is the actual value, the length of which corresponds with the value length. So if its 4 (as shown) the value is 4 bytes long. Another question, why not just use an editor? Because you want to seem 'hardcore', because there is no upside to editing in hex that you wouldn't get with the editor I made (the newest release of which is on the releases page on github, it fixes a saving bug) there is nothing special about it.

[lmfinishgamer]

I don't want in anyway pass my current hacking level, I'm here to learn.
Second of all, I'm don't wanting to offend but I'm afraid of any bugs (the program having it or not) in my project. That's because I'm doing all in hex, if you want to know.

And I was asking for help in the thread. Only for editing, because Lukie made an documentation of the color functions but he never listed the exact bytes to edit.

[TechMario]

thanks spacecats! yeah there were some I just aren't sure on. yeah, I understand, why don't I just use your editor? perhaps it does fix the issues that arise normally. I'm probably being hard on myself but most other games just rely on using a hex editor cuz there's no editors for the files in other games yet.

well it looks like I was correct with mElement. exactly, the ghost has 4 different values for that, 0 none 1 water 2 fire 3 ice. but how to make the animations faster?

I had found some parameters for frames and such in the various prms in "th" but some are actually for attack amounts. enatkpunch is for orange ghost attack value and aenatupper is the pink ghost attack value. Idk on the others. I haven't tested enough have I? lol.

I did try to change how quick the hearts are when they jump out of drawers and furniture and bounce around, but I failed on that.

[lmfinishgamer]

Well...I will continue to rely on the hex editor. Spacecats' editor generates so much hard colors for the ghost, and I'm only wanting solid colors. I also can test the prms and change the values, but it will take an while.