Hello Egomassive and All Knytters,

I've been enjoying Knytt Stories for a year or two now as one of my default game platforms. 

I am very proficient at the game and use of the editor and have dabbled in coding custom objects. 

I also have the editor always handy to both customize the levels to my taste and to learn to create my own.

Now there's Egomassive's Mod which offers the 2X screen which I like a lot and some convenient editor functions.

Then I try to play "The World is changing." by Toenail -- "Only for Knytt Ego's Mod."
http://knyttlevels.com/levels/toenail%20-%20The%20world%20is%20changing%20v1.0.1.knytt.bin

I can't get into that yellow box behind the old hermit to the east of the start point.  There's a Shift there, but it apparently requires a flag to access it and it doesn't show up yellow in the editor and I don't know where the coding for it is in World.ini or wherever.  (I found it once but can't now.)

And here's what the hermit says:
"Sign(A)=Gone to my new home. If you can't figure out the training by yourself then you don't deserve it!"

This has me very frustrated.  Is there a tutorial out there that will help me understand how this Mod and levels work?
I don't want to search all over the forum for bits and pieces.  Is there some documentation out there I can study?
Then I can make sense of all the forum posts and eventually create levels of my own. 

Thanks in advance,
Peter

Neither download link works at this date.  Anywhere else it's available?

Knytt Stories Advanced aka KSA is my mod for Knytt Stories.
KSA has a lot of features, but be warned that KSA is not done, complete, or, most of all, bug proof. I'd recommend you PM me any suggestions or bugs, and keep the topic solely to the discussion of your opinions on KSA.

---

Spoiler: KSA Levels (click to show/hide)

Doden Vantar: Chapter One: A Harsh Winter's Night

---

Spoiler: Credits (click to show/hide)

BloxMaster, Coding, main ideas, graphics.
James16/lilmanjs: Betatesting, main ideas.
EarthBound015: Betatesting, ideas, intro music.
Mr_Monkey: Betatesting, ideas.
Sabata: Betatesting, additional art.
Chipset: Betatesting.
Nifflas: Support and making KS.
Everyone who contributed to the original KS.

---

Spoiler: Features (click to show/hide)

New objects:
   Jump through platform. (Going to be redone)
   Object Stopper, stops enemies, projectiles, doesn?t block Juni.
   Dark ?cloud? puffs.
A timer object (Times the player and does an action when time runs out. Needs more objects to work with it.)
   ?Blood? that acts like rain.
   A new robotic-like ?seeker? enemy.
   Two ?lights? that act like night or fog.
   An advanced robotic cannon.
   A wall mounted turret.
   A wall mounted spotlight.
 ?Super rain? makes rain all over the screen; the more of these, the more rain. (it does have a limit, as to keep lag down, however)
Changes to existing objects.
   That little disk creature that didn?t exist works now. (bug from KS fixed)
   Shifts can now change the color of juni.
   Shifts are timeable, but may have a bug, so?use carefully.
Other changes:
   Cutscenes are timeable.
   Cutscenes can have subtitles, again using the timing system.
   Menus have all sorts of interesting effects.
   Plays normal KS?s levels. Original Compatible.
   Savepoints in colors!
        Falling too far kills you.

---

Spoiler: Screens (click to show/hide)

---

Spoiler: FAQ (click to show/hide)

Can this play normal KS stories?
Yes it can! It should be completely compatible with normal KS.

Can normal KS play KSA stories
KS will try to play KSA stories, but won't have any KSA features; which could make the level hard to play. I don't recommend you play KSA levels in KS.

How do I make a level using these new features?
A guide will made soon.

Does this need a special level editor?
Not currently. I recommend looki's modified editor to use with KSA.

How do you skip cutscenes?
Ctrl+Q (or equivalent)

I can't get 'X' feature to work or 'X' feature has a bug! What should I do?
PM me about these problems. I will try to fix them by the next version. Keep in mind that KSA is beta, and that I may require a lot of time to fix things.

'X' question isn't on this FAQ!
Feel free to suggest a question via a PM to me.

---

Spoiler: Known Bugs (click to show/hide)

Spawning slightly in the ground.
Falling, then using the umbrella at the end of the fall, then releasing it again kills you anyway, despite going slower.

---

Spoiler: Installing (click to show/hide)

Extract the files to your KS folder (only overwrites one file)
OR!
You may put KSA in another folder by itself, but make sure to copy over KS's Data folder!

---

Download (mediafire, 5.01MB (.7z))
Download (sendspace, 5.06MB (.zip))

---

Make sure that KSA has KS's Data Folder!

Howdy,

I installed 1.4.1 and the game works fine, but if I try to edit/view the screen info in Third Party Tools / Knytt Stories Manager (current screen), none of the page info (shifts, etc.) show up.  Now I realize that it's in script.lua.  Where can I get a tutorial on how to use the programming language?  Is a point and shoot interface in the works?  I still haven't completely mastered world.ini and objects (especially animated), etc.  There are several references on the web which have helped me, but this new script is Greek to me.

Detailed manuals are always welcome and encouraged from my point of view.  :-))

Quote from: peterarev on January 24, 2010, 21:18:43

Are there other manuals around which might list all the objects and explain what they are and how to use them?

I was working on an guide that explains all the objects a while back.  Then I stopped because I felt there were way too many stickies, and I didn't want to spend 5 hours writing a topic that was likely to be stickied (thus adding to the clutter).  Now that there's more room on the board, maybe I should continue working on it?