Hello from Captain M!

[CaptainM]

Hello. I recently downloaded the PGE Windows-64 bit version and was screwing around with it and wanted to be able to make a bunch of Zelda II maps and levels, and everything is quite overwhelming to find everything I need to just get started.

I'm using the A2XT config, and I downloaded the following graphics packs:

Dr. Mekar's GFX Pack V1.2
Mudkip's Super Awesome Graphics Pack
Natsu's GFX Pack
SMBX_integrated_gfx
Valtteri's Graphics Pack 1.0.1
Zant's GFX Pack V1.3

All of which claim to have Zelda II stuff in them, and it seems they all do in one way or another. So what I really need help with is knowing how to get started so I can use those assets and ONLY those assets; so like getting rid of everything that's SMB/Other related (just moving them somewhere that the GUI won't throw into my editor that I've got to wade through in order to get to just the Zelda II stuff).

Is anyone able to give me like a quick "put X assets in Y folders" pointer?

My current filepath for the A2XT graphics folder that I've found is: C:\Users\CaptainM\Downloads\PGE_Project\configs\A2XT\data\graphics

[Wohlstand]

Welcome!

I guess you should check out the Solarus project for Action-RPG games: https://www.solarus-games.org/ especially got used for Zelda-related fan games, but also got been used for other games too.

If you want to simply apply the custom resources over SMBX Vanilla to keep their original AIs, that would go simpler. You should verify the names of files you do use.

In another case, If you want to make the Zelda-related game using PGE Engine by complete replacing of resources include the logic, you will need to build the new config pack from the scratch using graphics and making lua code using PGE Lua API to program NPC-AI for your new elements, etc. At the same time, PGE Engine is still being WIP and it was been on a long hiatus (with keeping minor fixes and tweaks on it), however, soon I gonna rework it majorly with using the experience I got while the TheXTech development and research of the vanilla SMBX game.

Some useful links for you:

• https://wohlsoft.ru/pgewiki/Category:Config_pack - The full config pack specification which should help you to create a new config pack for your new game. Don't be shy to look at the existing config pack for examples such as NPC configs and lua scripts.
• https://pgehelp.wohlsoft.ru/_tech/pge-lua/ - The PGE Engine's LUA API that contains the full available lua API of PGE Engine you can use to develop things at the game.

Keep the note that the logic of every playable character and every NPC requires you to code lua. Also, even the P-Switch is a lua-coded logical thing.

On another note, PGE Engine does use the different format of per-level configs (it prefers the modern INI files to vanilla TXT), use the Config Pack specification and the "per-item configuration" paragraphs where the explanation on these INI files.