VLDC13 - Discussion and Questions - VLDC #13

If you have any questions regarding the contest or its rules, this is the place to ask them. Do not submit your levels here, use this thread for that.

I noticed that, unlike other VLDCs, there is no rule about how many sublevels a submission can use. Are there no sublevel restrictions?

is it just me or does this vldc feel very "uncelebratory" compared to 12

Originally posted by Heraga

I noticed that, unlike other VLDCs, there is no rule about how many sublevels a submission can use. Are there no sublevel restrictions?

In the past this was done to future-proof the contest in case a compilation hack was to be made. At the moment there are no plans to officially compile the entries of this contest into one hack, so the rules that were previously in place to make that an easier task have been abolished.

in the rules it says that we can use up to 10 ExGFX but does this apply to custom backgrounds? for me i would use vanilla backgrounds with other colors

you are a great person :3

I'm not from fairy tail

Does recoloring only a part of a tile count as forbidden? Example if I erase a shading I don't like with plain color. The same effect could be performed with using the same colour in 2 adjacent palette cells but simply recoloring saves one cell.

Originally posted by Natsuz2

in the rules it says that we can use up to 10 ExGFX but does this apply to custom backgrounds? for me i would use vanilla backgrounds with other colors

That rule was accidentally carried over from the last contest's iteration of the rules.

Originally posted by qantuum

Does recoloring only a part of a tile count as forbidden? Example if I erase a shading I don't like with plain color. The same effect could be performed with using the same colour in 2 adjacent palette cells but simply recoloring saves one cell.

If it can be done following this example of what recoloring is, then it is allowed. Otherwise not.

I have a question: Will VLDC13 have a overworld with custom musics?
Why VLDC11 have overworld with custom musics?

Hey, it may be a dumb question but can we use the display level message patch which is already in lunar magic ? or was it directy applied on the base rom ??
Thanks for your (future) answer and have a nice day!

How many musics can we make in one level if never I can make a secondary entrance with another music to search a secret exit?

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Originally posted by Brutapode89

How many musics can we make in one level if never I can make a secondary entrance with another music to search a secret exit?

You can use as many custom music tracks as you want but there's no secret exits allowed in this contest.

Originally posted by Soul Storm

Hey, it may be a dumb question but can we use the display level message patch which is already in lunar magic ? or was it directy applied on the base rom ??
Thanks for your (future) answer and have a nice day!

As far as I can tell from LM's help file that patch is automatically applied on saving. As LM is the primary tool used to make levels for this contest, whatever it stealth installs in that manner is allowed. It is not mentioned as being part of the base rom as it was not an external patch.

Originally posted by Roberto zampari

I have a question: Will VLDC13 have a overworld with custom musics?
Why VLDC11 have overworld with custom musics?

Originally posted by NopeContest

Originally posted by Heraga

I noticed that, unlike other VLDCs, there is no rule about how many sublevels a submission can use. Are there no sublevel restrictions?

In the past this was done to future-proof the contest in case a compilation hack was to be made. At the moment there are no plans to officially compile the entries of this contest into one hack, so the rules that were previously in place to make that an easier task have been abolished.

Uh, I think it's very clear that there will no compilation of VLDC13, at least for now.

Originally posted by qantuum

Does recoloring only a part of a tile count as forbidden? Example if I erase a shading I don't like with plain color. The same effect could be performed with using the same colour in 2 adjacent palette cells but simply recoloring saves one cell.

adding on to nopes answer: recoloring must affect the entirety of any particular 8x8: so, if you are changing 1 color to something else within an 8x8 tile, all instances of that color must be changed. furthermore, you cannot recolor something to a color already used: such as changing color 4 to use color 8, but not changing color 8 to use another color. you cannot combine colors in a tile. so in your example, you would have to use 2 adjacent palette cells with the same color.

you should also not be directly drawing / erasing the 8x8 tiles themselves for recoloring - you should only be using the color remap functions in yychr or graphics editors.

Originally posted by Souldbminer

One thing: Would mentioning your name apply to putting a tile with your PFP in a level? like in APFAS

It would be strongly preferred if you did not make your level identifiable in that manner.

Good luck to everyone in this contest! I'm not sure if I will enter it or design a level myself due to burnout, but I'm not gonna lie; NopeContest's example of recoloring gives me some ideas...

Feeling aimless, going under therapy to recover from trauma.

Originally posted by NopeContest

Originally posted by Brutapode89

How many musics can we make in one level if never I can make a secondary entrance with another music to search a secret exit?

You can use as many custom music tracks as you want but there's no secret exits allowed in this contest.

Ah? And are huge levels allowed?

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I think we should put this in the list of usable layer 3's as well ?
SMW Bonus Layer 3

Originally posted by Brutapode89

Originally posted by NopeContest

Originally posted by Brutapode89

How many musics can we make in one level if never I can make a secondary entrance with another music to search a secret exit?

You can use as many custom music tracks as you want but there's no secret exits allowed in this contest.

Ah? And are huge levels allowed?

The level size can be to your liking. Do keep in mind that a very long level, such as one that would take well over 5 real world minutes to complete in a deahtless run, may be adverse to your score.

Originally posted by AbuseFreakHacker

I think we should put this in the list of usable layer 3's as well ?
SMW Bonus Layer 3

Honestly I think I meant to put that in with the rest but it slipped by me. That would be valid under the 4BPP to 2BPP graphic conversion rules regardless.

Due to an oversight, we left the infinity symbol for lives in status bar out of the baserom. If you have already downloaded the baserom and don't want to re-download but would like to use the infinity symbol, apply the following patch with Asar and insert the accompanying graphics file.
- InfiniteLives+StatusBarRemap+NoOWLives.asm
- GFX29+InfinitySymbol.bin

To confirm, are you allowed to grab a texture from a tile set and paste it over another texture on another tile set? E.G. If I wanted to add a spiny to an overworld level, where the Monty Mole overwrites that texture, am I allowed to move it there?