Beginner Help

First of all:
Please use search before asking!
In the past I saw some new ones who didn't...
It's not that I don't want to help...
Well, we just don't need to answer the same questions 1,000,000 times.

Almost, what to need to hack/mod Cave Story?
Well for basic editing you only need TSC and Sue's Workshop but, why not make a advanced hack?

1. Sue's Workshop
2. NPC.INI
3. FAQ's
4. XVI32 (Hex Editor)
5. Resource Hacker
6. A Image editing programme (I prefer Paint, IrfanView and PhotoFiltre)

 

is IrfanView freeware
i use all of them but IrfanView
plus icon suite here it is
it's freeware

 

is IrfanView freeware
i use all of them but IrfanView
plus icon suite here it is
it's freeware

Well I personally use IrfanView instead of Icon Suite (it converts such a huge number of images, even icons...), but it seems to be a good programme.

IrfanView is freeware!
The Website leads to this download site:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967

 

Does the NPC.tbl file have anything to do with it? If so, what do I open it with?

 

Does the NPC.tbl file have anything to do with it? If so, what do I open it with?

Hex Editor. Please post in the NPC Hacking thread next time

 

Stop putting the files on filespace.com S.P. Gardebiter/ShInNinG PhANtoM(or something).
The links are broken >.<

 

Stop putting the files on filespace.com S.P. Gardebiter/ShInNinG PhANtoM(or something).
The links are broken >.<

Its ShInInG PhAnToM. I have my reasons why I deleted them, it has nothing to do with filespace.

 

Okay I am new to this using Sue's Workshop and other things like this will someone please make a sticky that explains effectively how to do basic hacks and mods, or create new games intirely. Once agian I would like to say that I am new to this type of programming language, I am only used DOS based languages. Thats right DOS, I can program in QBASIC, and PASCAL to a good extent. This post is called a beginner's guide but I, being a beginner, have learned nothing from this except a list of things to download.

 

Do some forum search, you can't explain "hacking" in full, you need to learn that by yourself, anyhow it's only a scripting language not a programming language.

 

the tsc is gone i cant download it

 

How do you add a piece of land in Sue's Work Shop?

 

http://spgardebiter.sp.funpic.de/CaveStory/FAQ/TSC.txt <--- updated link

 

This is probably a stupid question, but oh well.

How do you edit tilesets using a graphics editor (paint)? Sue's doesn't do it, and I can't figure it out on resource hacker.

 

This is probably a stupid question, but oh well.

How do you edit tilesets using a graphics editor (paint)? Sue's doesn't do it, and I can't figure it out on resource hacker.

Haven't you ever made your own character?
You open it in paint. Then save it as a .pbm when finished.

 

Pbm! Ok, I was trying to open the pxa, pxa, and tcm files. Oops.

 

Accursed machine! And no, I've never hacked Cave story before.

I got the character pbm, and replaced it with MyChar.pbm in the data file. I tried to play the game, and all I got was a error message in Japanese.

*beats head against desk

 

Accursed machine! And no, I've never hacked Cave story before.

I got the character pbm, and replaced it with MyChar.pbm in the data file. I tried to play the game, and all I got was a error message in Japanese.

*beats head against desk

This will probably solve your problem (the second half is relevant):
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/posts/15463/

If that doesn't work recreate the file (make a new bmp, rename it) and copy-paste the faulty image to it. Make sure it has the right file name.

 

Okay, I know this is a shameless bump and you've probably been asked this a million times, but I'm near ready to explode and decided I'd have to swallow my pride and ask for assistance.

I've been hacking Cave Story for a little over a week now. Yes, before anyone asks, I understand how most of the tools work, I've read all of the instruction manuals and hexing tutorials I can find, and I'd say that I'm pretty experienced with how to navigate and edit using Sue's Workshop, TSC, and the like. What I can't figure out, however, is why I can't get my own custom sprites into the game. I figured I'd post here because I'm unsure of what to search for and really, I'm not exactly in the know of what I'm doing wrong (whether it be a problem with .BMP/.PMBs, number of colors, or something a simple as the CPixel thing).

I'm kindly and humbly requesting that someone semi-knowledgeable on the subject would post a DETAILED response on how to add a customized or otherwise edited sprite into the game, with instructions from beginning to end (sorry, but I've found some of the other NPC hacking topics to be rather vague). What I want to do at the time of this current post isn't even that big of a deal, I'm just trying to edit Kazuma's sprites (more specifically change his hair, jacket, and pants color); however, it's taking a lot out of me and I've gotten terribly frustrated with the whole ordeal. So I reiterate, if someone out there could give me some clear instructions on how to do this task from start to finish (screencaps would be helpful!) I would be GREATLY in debt to them. If I see another error message upon starting the game I think I might do something impulsive.

Thanks, and once again I apologize.

 

Ehh I can't seem to save my edited .pbm files back to .pbm after editing it with paint.

Also, some help here please? I don't understand how .pdm files work. They seem to be a bunch of pictures on a black screen. Can someone please explain to me how they work pls? pleaseee.... ><

Thanks

 

Those are just normal bitmap image files O_o Rename them.

kazuma: Just search:

I find a bunch of threads with just looking in the section:

http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/537/
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/502/
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/206/
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/214/
http://www.cavestory.org/forums/threads/482/

And there is more. Just use the search bottun.