All Current Star Road Changes (#572)

* Star Road Fixes + Hard Mode Update 12-09-2024

- You now get sent to Zero Life after dying with a life count below Zero instead of at Zero
- Tuxie (Race Penguin) No longer clips through geometry when finishing the race in Colossal Candy Clutter
- Set Number of lives from 4 to 3 to be more accurate
- Implemented a fully functional Hard Mode as the original hack also had one (Hold L within 10 frames of Hosting a lobby to activate it, uses Backup Slot)
- Koopa the Quick in both Koopa Canyon and Mushroom Mountain Town no longer softlocks himself
- Added a signpost in Castle Grounds hinting at Hard Mode
- Fixed a strange warp node in Zero Life to warp you to the start warp
- Moved a Goomba farther from the Warp Pipe in Hidden Palace Finale to prevent him from hitting you immediately (Also makes Hard Mode Possible)

* Star Road Fixes 12/14/2024

- Updated SMSRSpaceBox's behavior so that it has a home, as it constantly snapped to origin before, which was why there were Pushable Metal Boxes in their place in Starlight Runway Act 2

- Added "Hard Mode" as it was part of the original hack. Either hold L Trig then Host with Star Road, or enable it in the mod menu. Hard Mode uses the backup save feature so that normal files wont be affected.

* Needle's Star Road Fixes 12/15/2024

Fixed a faulty Warp Node in Piranha Plant Pond that caused the player to sometimes enter the level origin instead of the level's correct entry warp

* Peachy's Requests (idk)

A bit nitpicky but that's my opinion. Maybe I'm just having an off day or something. Anyways, changes were made. I didn't provide the changes to the bhv and lvl files mainly since they already weren't there (probably to save on space?) I can probably add Star Road's but I have no clue about 74's.

* All Current Star Road Fixes

This is basically every change so far but in one commit

- You now get sent to Zero Life after dying with a life count below Zero instead of at Zero
- Tuxie (Race Penguin) No longer clips through geometry when finishing the race in Colossal Candy Clutter
- Set Number of lives from 4 to 3 to be more accurate
- Implemented a fully functional Hard Mode as the original hack also had one (Hold L and Host a lobby OR select "Hard Mode" in the mod menu  to activate it, uses Backup Slot)
- Koopa the Quick in both Koopa Canyon and Mushroom Mountain Town no longer softlocks himself
- Added a signpost in Castle Grounds hinting at Hard Mode
- Fixed a strange warp node in Zero Life to warp you to the start warp
- Moved a Goomba farther from the Warp Pipe in Hidden Palace Finale to prevent him from hitting you immediately (Also makes Hard Mode Possible)
- Fixed a faulty warp in Piranha Plant Pont Pond
- Added  name coloring to the mod description for easier readability for credits
- Altered the "SMSRSpaceBox" object's behavior to have a home using SET_HOME() so that Star 2, "Climb Through the Machinery", in Starlight Runway was casually possible (was previously just metal boxes with a different model)

* File Removal

Removing Level folders and behaviordata.c via request

* Update bhv_overrides.lua

mods/star-road/hardmode.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode = false
+
+function on_level_init()
+    local m = gMarioStates[0]
+    local np = gNetworkPlayers[0]
+    if gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then
+        gMarioStates[0].numStars = save_file_get_total_star_count(get_current_save_file_num() - 1, COURSE_MIN - 1,
+            COURSE_MAX - 1)
+        gLevelValues.exitCastleArea = gNetworkPlayers[0].currAreaIndex
+    end
+end
+
+burnActions = { --Accounting for when you are on fire since that type of damage is handled differently.
+    [ACT_BURNING_FALL] = true,
+    [ACT_BURNING_GROUND] = true,
+    [ACT_BURNING_JUMP] = true
+}
+seenPopup = false
+local frameCounter = 10
+local function mario_update(m)
+    if m.playerIndex ~= 0 then return end
+    if network_is_server() and frameCounter > 0 then
+        if m.controller.buttonDown & L_TRIG ~= 0 then
+            gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode = true -- Starts up "Hard Mode" on Hack Boot. Hold the L button within 10 frames of loading Star Road to activate it.
+            frameCounter = 0
+            save_file_set_using_backup_slot(gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode)
+            save_file_reload(1)
+            djui_popup_create("\\#ff0000\\HARD MODE\\#dcdcdc\\ Activated", 1)
+            play_sound(SOUND_MENU_MARIO_CASTLE_WARP + 1 << 0, { x = 0, y = 0, z = 0 })
+        end
+        frameCounter = frameCounter - 1
+    end
+    if not gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then return end
+    if not seenPopup and not network_is_server() then
+        save_file_set_using_backup_slot(gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode)
+        save_file_reload(1)
+        djui_popup_create("You have joined a \\#ff0000\\HARD MODE\\#dcdcdc\\ lobby.", 3)
+        play_sound(SOUND_MENU_MARIO_CASTLE_WARP + 1 << 0, { x = 0, y = 0, z = 0 })
+        seenPopup = true
+    end
+    if m.hurtCounter > 0 or burnActions[m.action] then
+        m.hurtCounter = 64 -- Damage Check. Hard Mode is a OHKO mode.
+        m.healCounter = 0  -- Prevents you from healing from a coin or any health regen object via landing on one while dying.
+    end
+    if not gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then return false end
+end
+---@param m MarioState
+function air(m)
+    if gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then
+        if m.action & ACT_GROUP_MASK == ACT_GROUP_SUBMERGED and m.area.terrainType ~= TERRAIN_SNOW then
+            change = (m.pos.y < m.waterLevel - 140 and 1 or -0x1A)
+            m.health = m.health + change
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function hard_mode_menu(_, value)
+    gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode = value
+    save_file_set_using_backup_slot(gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode)
+    save_file_reload(1)
+    djui_popup_create(value and "\\#ff0000\\HARD MODE\\#dcdcdc\\ Activated" or "You are currently in NORMAL MODE.", 1)
+    play_sound(SOUND_MENU_MARIO_CASTLE_WARP, { x = 0, y = 0, z = 0 })
+    warp_to_warpnode(LEVEL_CASTLE_GROUNDS, 1, 0, 128)
+end
+
+function dialog_box_colors(id)
+    if changed_dialogs[id] and gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then -- red dialog box (Thank you  again Emmi)
+        set_dialog_override_color(255, 100, 100, 180, 255, 255, 255, 255)
+    else
+        reset_dialog_override_color()
+    end
+end
+
+if network_is_server() then
+    hook_mod_menu_checkbox("Hard Mode", gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode, hard_mode_menu)
+end
+
+local function menu_hud_render()
+    if is_game_paused() and gGlobalSyncTable.hardMode then
+        djui_hud_set_font(FONT_CUSTOM_HUD)
+        djui_hud_set_color(0xdc, 0xdc, 0xdc, 255)
+        local height = djui_hud_get_screen_height()
+        djui_hud_print_text("Hard Mode", 40, height - 130, 4)
+    end
+end
+-- Main loop
+local function hud_render()
+    djui_hud_set_resolution(RESOLUTION_DJUI)
+    menu_hud_render()
+end
+
+
+hook_event(HOOK_ON_HUD_RENDER, hud_render)
+hook_event(HOOK_ON_DIALOG, dialog_box_colors)
+hook_event(HOOK_ON_LEVEL_INIT, on_level_init)
+hook_event(HOOK_MARIO_UPDATE, mario_update)
+hook_event(HOOK_BEFORE_MARIO_UPDATE, air)

mods/star-road/main.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
--- name: Star Road
--- description: Star Road is a romhack created by SKELUX\n\nwww.youtube.com/c/Skelux\n\nThere are 23 custom levels, with a total of 130 stars.\n\nPorted to PC by AloXado320, PeachyPeach, and PrinceFrizzy\n\nPorted to coop by djoslin0, PrinceFrizzy, and Isaac.
+-- name: Star Road Dev
+-- description: Romhack created by \\#FFD700\\SKELUX\\#DCDCDC\\\n\nwww.youtube.com/c/Skelux\n\nThere are 23 custom levels, with a total of 130 stars.\n\nPorted to PC by AloXado320,\n\\#FFAAFF\\PeachyPeach\\#DCDCDC\\, and \\#8C4AC7\\PrinceFrizzy\\#DCDCDC\\\n\nPorted to coop by \\#093614\\djoslin0\\#DCDCDC\\,\n\\#8C4AC7\\PrinceFrizzy\\#DCDCDC\\, and \\#141699\\Isaac\\#DCDCDC\\.\n\nAdditional Fixes and "\\#FF0000\\Hard Mode\\#DCDCDC\\" addition by  \\#2D851C\\Mr.Needlemouse\\#DCDCDC\\.
 -- incompatible: romhack
 
 --------------
@@ -29,13 +29,24 @@ movtexqc_register('wmotr_1_Movtex_0',            LEVEL_WMOTR,            1, 0)
 
 LEVEL_ZERO_LIFE = level_register('level_zerolife_entry', COURSE_NONE, 'ZERO LIFE', 'zl', 28000, 0x28, 0x28, 0x28)
 
+---------------------------
+-- race character speed--
+---------------------------
+--- @param o Object
+function bhv_tuxierace_init(o)
+    if o.oRacingPenguinReachedBottom == 1 then
+        o.oRacingPenguinWeightedNewTargetSpeed = 10
+    end
+end
+
+hook_behavior(id_bhvRacingPenguin, OBJ_LIST_GENACTOR, false, nil, bhv_tuxierace_init, "bhvRacingPenguin")
+
 ---------------------------
 -- force server settings --
 ---------------------------
 
 gLevelValues.fixCollisionBugs = true
 gLevelValues.vanishCapSequence = 0x32
-
 gServerSettings.skipIntro = 1
 
 -----------
@@ -84,7 +95,7 @@ smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x24, 0x11, 70, "24_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x25, 0x25, 85, "25_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x26, 0x25, 75, "26_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x27, 0x25, 75, "27_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
-smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x28, 0x25, 85, "28_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom") -- One of Simpleflips outros. (Don't know the actual song name.)
+smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x28, 0x25, 85, "28_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom") -- One of Simpleflips outros. (Song Name is "Lets Do the Fooka Fooka!" from Super Mario RPG) - Needle
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x29, 0x25, 70, "29_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x2A, 0x11, 80, "2A_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x2B, 0x1B, 80, "2B_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
@@ -104,13 +115,38 @@ smlua_audio_utils_replace_sequence(0x32, 0x25, 80, "32_Seq_smsrdeluxe_custom")
 camera_set_romhack_override(RCO_ALL_EXCEPT_BOWSER)
 camera_set_use_course_specific_settings(false)
 
-----------------------------------
+-------------------------
+-- zero life checks --
+-------------------------
 
-function on_death()
+local zerolife = false
+function on_death(transitionType)
     local m = gMarioStates[0]
-    if m.numLives <= 0 then
+    if m.numLives < 0 and transitionType == WARP_TRANSITION_FADE_INTO_BOWSER then
+        zerolife = true
+        m.numLives = 3
+    end
+end
+
+function void_death()
+    local m = gMarioStates[0]
+    if m.numLives < 0 then
+        zerolife = true
+        m.numLives = 3
+    end
+end
+
+local startingLives = true
+local function lives(m)
+    if m.playerIndex ~= 0 then return end
+    if startingLives then
+        m.numLives = 3
+        startingLives = false
+    end
+    if zerolife then
         warp_to_level(LEVEL_ZERO_LIFE, 1, 0)
-        m.numLives = 4
+        zerolife = false
+        startingLives = true
     end
 end
 
@@ -121,6 +157,8 @@ function on_warp_and_init() -- 130 stars castle grounds music
     end
 end
 
-hook_event(HOOK_ON_DEATH, on_death)
+hook_event(HOOK_ON_SCREEN_TRANSITION, on_death)
 hook_event(HOOK_ON_LEVEL_INIT, on_warp_and_init)
 hook_event(HOOK_ON_WARP, on_warp_and_init)
+hook_event(HOOK_MARIO_UPDATE, lives)
+hook_event(HOOK_ON_DEATH, void_death)