egomassive's Knytt Stories Plus mod

A map and a map power.
The ability to override the graphics of standard objects with your own.
The ability to override Juni's graphics with your own.
Search for levels or filter them for recent activity.
Collectable objects that do not reappear after being collected.
Triggers that can spawn objects to the screen.
Advanced Sign functionality including multiple messages for a single sign.

Backwards compatibility.
Start a new level directly from the install screen.
Increased flag checking capabilities.
Custom colors for Nature Effects like leaves and rain.
Custom fade colors for cutscenes.
An invisible object that stops walking creatures.
An invisible object that stops swimming and flying creatures.
Menu options to zoom and mute music.
A Title object that displays a banner message upon enter a room.
Custom shift sounds.
Key mapping.
Localized sounds
and more...

Although the standard level editor can be used to make levels for This KS mod, I have been creating a custom level editor to enhance the experience. Here are some tips for using it:

• When saving, the script is only saved if its pane is visible.
  
• To disable the save confirmation dialogue, deselect its option in the Tools menu.
  
• Changing lines in the script pad will cause the script dialogue to update.
  
• While in an edit box or drop list on the script dialogue, press enter to add it to the script pad.
  
• Pressing enter in an empty edit box or drop list, will delete that item from the script.
  
• Changing focus from an edit box will update the script.
  
• When adding from the dialogue to the pad, groups are automatically included if needed. (e.g. [x1000y1000])
  

Create templates for OCO's that still need them

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02September2011: Updated to beta ego 1! Download above. Fixes the problematic bugs found above. Increases performance over beta ego 0. New, timed/delayed shifting and animated shifting functionality.

02Oct2011: Updated to beta ego 2! Download above. The main difference is the map. It has a map! I finished implementing the OCO's and the Golden Creatures, but they need a lot of polish. And, there's a map!

12Jan2012: Updated to beta ego 3! Download above. Golden creatures polished, 100 coins added, Power-ups made OCO compatible, key mapping implemented, and lots of little things.

09Feb2012: Updated to beta ego 4! Download above. Artifacts added. Inventory screen made. Screen tinting added. Keyboard objects made. Map made colorful. Lots of little things.

16Mar2012: Updated to beta ego 4b Download above. This update fixes problems with custom Artifacts and Override Custom Golden Creatures. It also sees the release of Customnibus. A demonstration level of customized collectibles.

17Apr2012: Updated to beta ego 5 Download above. This version introduces the Title object. Other improvements include a 300% zoom and zoom restrictions for monitors not large enough to show them properly. I also fixed an error created in the last release that broke the red artifact. Oops. As always, the included Features Demonstration level has been updated to exhibit new features.

27Apr2012: Released Level Editor Beta! Download above. Be sure to read the level editor spoiler.

28Apr2012: Updated to beta ego 5b Download above. Added Overlay capability, which moves layer 2 above layer 6 allowing foreground tiles! Also, altered the map's appearance slightly.

08May2012: Updated to beta ego 5c and Updated Editor Download above. In this version you can have custom Title/Subtitle fonts. I've finally altered the credits and Icon. I think I'll add the ability to change the Sign font as well. After that the KS mod will be ready to move beyond beta after thorough testing. The editor is no more complete than it was, but I believe all existing errors have been fixed. I still recommend backing up your levels. I did add the ability to change the default format through the menu.

16May2012: Updated the editor to beta ego 2.2 Download above. The Shift tab has been added and the context bar describes the map editor, including objects in bank zero.

20May2012: Updated the editor to beta ego 2.3 Download above. The Trigger tab has been added.

22May2012: Updated the editor to beta ego 3 Download above. Menu command duplication eradicated. Shift Targets weren't fully implemented before.

2June2012: Updated the editor to beta ego 3.1 Download above. Selects last level edited automatically.

2Sept2012: I just realized I'd been forgetting to update this part since the summer hiatus. There are new releases of everything. Many changes have been made. The demo levels have been made into separate downloads.

7Sept2012: KS+ 0.6.7 features bug fixes and minor improvements. Level Editor Plus 0.4.2 introduces the World tab and fixes conflicts between the confirmation window and the script pad.

14Sept2012: KS+ 0.6.8 has 1 and 2 way jump-through platforms and triggers can spawn multiple objects. The Features Demonstration level has been updated to show them in use.

4Oct2012: KS+ 0.6.9 includes OCOs for individual Artifacts. Ship Parts has been updated to take advantage of this improvement. Opening from install files is improved and improper installations have more error messages.

4Nov2012: KS+ 0.7.0 includes static spikes in bank 6, Destroy objects in bank 0, and minor bug fixes.

12Nov2012: KS+ 0.7.2 includes customizable umbrellas and a disappearing block. The Features Demonstration level has been updated to show these features.

17Dec2012: KS+ 0.7.3 fixes bugs in custom umbrellas, and has a new behavior for disappearing blocks

18Dec2012: Level Editor 0.4.3 finally opens the correct program for testing.

26Dec2012: KS+ 0.7.4 Has 2 types of crumbling blocks with OCO capability. The Creepy Flyer is now blocked by the Fish/Bird blocker.

13Jan2013: KS+ 0.9.0 and KSLE 0.90 have arrived. The game supports multiple Info images to help guide KS users to KS+ when they download KS+ levels. The editor has many improvements. Both products are essentially completed.

Original Post Title: Knytt Stories: External sprites for standard objects and other mods

I was remarking the other day on how I'd like to be able to switch out the embedded game graphics of Knytt Stories with my own. In followup to this idea I downloaded the MMF2 demo and began tinkering with the source. After a few false starts I managed to get satisfying results.

Video

As the video says the graphics are stored in the Custom Object folder of the level folder. These are the World.ini entries used in the video:

In the game engine I allow the screen generation to proceed normally, except after Custom Objects are created I check to see if Bank/Object tags were declared. If so, a clone version of the standard object which Bank/Object tags describe is created. It and the Custom Object are given the same ID. The standard object behaviors that are relevant to the Custom Object are moved to the Render Object section. I match objects by ID, and program behaviors as necessary.

If you didn't catch all that, don't worry. The hard part is done. Creating all the clones and transferring their behaviors to Custom Objects is easy, but time consuming. I'm using the one month demo of MMF2, so I plan to spend the rest of the time figuring out how to implement the other features I want.

I can't compile the game. I can only save it as source. Right now my plans are to provide the altered source when I can no longer play with it.


[mod]Removed code tag in the spoiler. It somehow breaks the spoiler in not showing everything.[/mod]

Because of Triggers high versatility, it has a long list of .ini instruction. If you're familiar with the Shift instructions, then it should be easy to understand.

TrigSpawnX(A)=#	The X coordinate of the new object, 0-24.
TrigSpawnY(A)=#	The Y coordinate of the new object, 0-9.
TrigBank(A)=#	Bank number of the new object
TrigObject(A)=#	Object number of the new object
TrigEffect(A)=False	Declared to disable visible effect
TrigEffectX(A)=#	Pixels to adjust Effect's X position
TrigEffectY(A)=#	Pixels to adjust Effect's Y position
TrigType(A)=#	Spot is default, Floor=1, Circle=2, Square=3
TrigVisible(A)=False	Declared to make Trigger invisible
TrigTouch(A)=True	Declared to activate on touch
TrigDenyHologram(A)=True	Makes trigger inactive if hologram is active
TrigSound(A)=Word	Change from default sound. Same as Shift.

I know its a lot, but most of this has default values that don't need to be declared. Using a trigger can be as simple as this:

[x1000y1000]
TrigSpawnX(A)=2
TrigSpawnY(A)=2
TrigBank(A)=2
TrigObject(A)=2

That code will make a Flyer appear in the upper-left corner when Juni activates Trigger A.