Hacking Reggie! - NSMBWii Level Editor

[aml435]

Alright guys, I think tossing a few treats your way would be nice. You'll need to use WiiScrubber to give these a playthrough. (Replace 1-01 - 1-03 in the retail game.) Treeki mentioned that we've been working on a few levels to stress test Reggie. These are the ones I have been making.

1-01 - Originally Nintendo's 2-Coin, but with an unused underground area added in. The entrance is a little further down than in NES 1-1 so that you don't skip most of the level. Adjustments were made to make the level more enjoyable for a single-player experience instead of just Coin Battle.

1-02 - Underground was created fully from scratch, and then Treeki added in the above-ground using the original 1-02 as a base. The level is based on NES 1-2. See if you can find all of the secrets.

1-03 - Using 1-05 as a base, I recreated NES 1-3 using a mix of mushrooms and cliffs. In addition to the three star coins, there's a secret exit here.

Treeki also did a level that showcases some clever ways to make stages reminiscent of Yoshi's Island. I'll let him post that one, though.

Here's some technical talk about my levels.

--Event Controllers Used--
1-01 - 38 - Location Based (May require enemies to be beaten), 43 - Orange ? Switch in a Brick Block.
1-02 - 38 - Location Based (May require enemies to be beaten), 32 - Star Coin (Collection of), 37 - Chainer (If X, then do Y), 156 - Red Coin Ring
1-03 - 33 - Location Based (May require standing on something to activate), Zone Enter (When you enter the zone, this goes off), 37 - Chainer ("If X, then do Y"), 34 - Conditional (If X AND Y, do Z), 39 - Multi-Chainer (If X, then do Y THROUGH Z)

--Events Used--
1-01 - 191 - Tile God (Create), 149 - Rotation Controller - Spinning
1-02 - 191 - Tile God (Create, Destroy), 149 - Rotation Controller - Spinning, 144 - Red Coin
1-03 - 191 - Tile God (Create, Destroy), 149 - Rotation Controller - Spinning

Out of curiosity, do you still have the arc file for your original 1-3 with the mushrooms & cliffs?
I noticed that the new file has the same filename on your site, so the link was essentially replaced.
Just was curious to play through that one if you still had it.

 

[jceggbert5]

Out of curiosity, do you still have the arc file for your original 1-3 with the mushrooms & cliffs?
I noticed that the new file has the same filename on your site, so the link was essentially replaced.
Just was curious to play through that one if you still had it.

I have them...
Here: ZIP file of all 3 original versions - MediaFire

 

[aml435]

It's strange. The second batch of 4 levels work fine when inserted into the game, but when I injected these 3, I get a black screen when I load my game.

I'd heard about this happening earlier in the thread, but never ran into it myself before.

Unusual that the second batch don't cause this.

And "Thanks!" to jceggbert5 for posting the files again. I almost forgot to add that.

 

[junker_man32]

Out of curiosity, do you still have the arc file for your original 1-3 with the mushrooms & cliffs?
I noticed that the new file has the same filename on your site, so the link was essentially replaced.
Just was curious to play through that one if you still had it.

I have them...
Here: ZIP file of all 3 original versions - MediaFire

i remeber playing speedy eggbert 1 and 2....they were fun and you got to create levels...im suprised your the only one who knows about it

 

[jceggbert5]

i remeber playing speedy eggbert 1 and 2....they were fun and you got to create levels...im suprised your the only one who knows about it

That's part of where I got my name

JC: Initials
EggBert: Speedy Eggbert
5: Random #

 

[aml435]

For some reason when I injected all 3 of the original versions of the modded levels, my game would freeze in usb loader, but when I injected the original 1-3 with the updated 1-1, 1-2, & 1-4 it loads fine. Weird.

The original Mushroom Cliffs version of 1-3 is awesome by the way. It feels more natural to me than using the standard terrain.

 

[Cyan]

I used wiiscruber, on NSMB PAL, and tried them.
It was nice

See if you can find all of the secrets.

How do we now we found them all ? I found many things.

1-2
- I think I missed the star coin group.
- When going up to the roof, at the right of the 2 red block, there like a stair, but we can see anything. I don't know if there something to find here.
- One thing though, on the world1 map I've a hidden toad to rescue on level1-2, but when playing the level, I don't find him. I think it's not inside the level, right ?
it must miss the "possible hidden toad block"

1-3
I found the secret exit.
a Little difficult to jump to top plateform when we are down. I think it's what you tried to make, so it's working

1-4
- I replaced it over level/1-4.arc, it wasn't the castle, but the 1-4 on the map : the one after the castle.
maybe you should rename it with the castle filename so we know which one we have to replace to get the castle level, as it's a castle-like map with a boss.

 

[jceggbert5]

Update time!!! Including a new level!

1-01 - Minor tweak to Area 1, trying to fix the background's height.

1-02 - No real changes.

1-03 - Switched to regular terrain. Did not test the new content yet, let me know if there are any bugs.

1-04 - No comment, I'll let you guys experience this one yourselves.

Did the best I could with the limitations of certain features.

Mirror of all 4:
Zip file of all 4 - MediaFire

 

[Xirix]

Really looking forward to being able to make my own NSMBWii levels, I'd like to play these levels while I wait, but how do you use the .arc files, can it be done with an SD card?

 

[Fran EGL]

It doesn't work for me. I'm using a NSMBW NTSC Fix version, and when it has to show the map, the screen went black. I can't press HOME button.

 

[jceggbert5]

It doesn't work for me. I'm using a NSMBW NTSC Fix version, and when it has to show the map, the screen went black. I can't press HOME button.

Me too... o.O

 

[frubam]

Anyone keen on making an Asshole Mario stage(s)?

 

[skawo96]

It doesn't work for me. I'm using a NSMBW NTSC Fix version, and when it has to show the map, the screen went black. I can't press HOME button.

Me too... o.O

WiiScrubber fucks up the iso sometimes. Delete it and try to insert just one stage...

But, Reggie isn't and won't be really compatible with USB loading and stuff like that. For example, you won't be able to get the custom stage to load _at all_ if it's bigger than the original one. You will have to use special Dolphin mod or the Homebrew App.

 

[Pop006]

Skawo, that file size limitation of the arc is only with the dolphin program we use - a special build for testing. If you scrub a level arc into the iso, It *SHOULD* work (as long as wii scrubber never effed up). When it is scrubbed in size of the arc is irreverent and should work, no limitations.

The problem, once again, is wii scrubber, try with a fresh iso.

 

[laurenz]

The release is getting a bit out of control. Creator suffers from perfectionism IMHO. It's like MTA: San Andreas. It took 3 years to develop and 3 years long they said "it will be released SOON" time after time. Just release it, it's software that's supposed to hack the game. People don't expect quality comparable to 3DstudioMax or Firefox.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

The release is getting a bit out of control. Creator suffers from perfectionism IMHO. It's like MTA: San Andreas. It took 3 years to develop and 3 years long they said "it will be released SOON" time after time. Just release it, it's software that's supposed to hack the game. People don't expect quality comparable to 3DstudioMax or Firefox.

Quality is better than crap. Imo, I'm glad he's fine tuning it and making it perfect for release.

 

[_eyCaRambA_]

We shouldn't complain about perfectionism ^^
Better a "perfect" version that takes longer to develop than a piece of virtual crap

 

[skawo96]

Skawo, that file size limitation of the arc is only with the dolphin program we use - a special build for testing. If you scrub a level arc into the iso, It *SHOULD* work (as long as wii scrubber never effed up). When it is scrubbed in size of the arc is irreverent and should work, no limitations.

The problem, once again, is wii scrubber, try with a fresh iso.

I did, many times.

QUOTEThe release is getting a bit out of control. Creator suffers from perfectionism IMHO. It's like MTA: San Andreas. It took 3 years to develop and 3 years long they said "it will be released SOON" time after time. Just release it, it's software that's supposed to hack the game. People don't expect quality comparable to 3DstudioMax or Firefox.

Dude, do you honestly want to have Sprites with "Unknown Flags" and "Unknown values" and only partially working way to play the stages you made?

It's coming, it's getting completed. I know how you guys feel, but just wait.

 

[Treeki]

The release is getting a bit out of control. Creator suffers from perfectionism IMHO. It's like MTA: San Andreas. It took 3 years to develop and 3 years long they said "it will be released SOON" time after time. Just release it, it's software that's supposed to hack the game. People don't expect quality comparable to 3DstudioMax or Firefox.

It's been less than 2 months since it was announced. Yes, I'm a perfectionist - but I also cannot spend all my time working on Reggie. I'm a 15 year old kid who is working on this in his free time. I wanted to release it for New Years, but I was held back by several bugs.

To give you an idea about the size of this project: there are over 7,200 lines of code in my current copy of the editor. The download is 12mb. I can't just flip a switch and suddenly make a good, user-friendly editor.

I cannot release it now because the main editor isn't complete (waiting on the code for one large feature from Tempus) and a few other required things (outside my control) are not ready.

I do want it to be released as much as (or even more than) you guys, but I'm not going to post a buggy, unfinished release without the stuff that's supposed to accompany it. I feel bad about not having been able to release Reggie for New Years; but I have no choice.

And even though we can't release it yet, we're all working hard on making it even better (discovering unused features in the game, adding more editing functionality, etc). The latest feature I've been working on is improved display for sprites - instead of just being tiny blocks, now some sprites are shown using their true size (even for those which are resizable using the sprite properties).

Some sprites will also have images. Moving platforms will show the line they'll follow and how far they'll travel. I only just started on coding this feature in last night, but it's going to be a very helpful editing feature (and also take out a lot of guesswork).

 

[jceggbert5]

????? ???????.

Purely start neighing????