Does anyone know of a way that you could change your position on the overworld from inside a level? I've looked and haven't found anything, but I'm willing to go digging if I'm pointed in the right direction. The key idea is what if you had multiple distinct levels with maps that connected to each other, and level-ending sprites could cause you to pop back out on the overworld in a different location than you entered - based on the map you collected them in, presumably.
Obviously this would have implications on level clear events and such, but abstractly is it even possible and where might I go looking?
(originally titled "fast travel" because the general idea is it could be used to act like a fast travel system in an open world game)
Obviously this would have implications on level clear events and such, but abstractly is it even possible and where might I go looking?
(originally titled "fast travel" because the general idea is it could be used to act like a fast travel system in an open world game)
, there's settings in the bottom right labeled "Overworld Action". These settings allow you to set a screen exit to return Mario to the overworld and teleport to a different location, optionally beating the level and activating its event at the same time.
. Select the tile you want to teleport the player to. Then, hit 
. In the dialog that pops up, find an index that is labeled "Invalid Map"; this is the location index you want to set in the secondary exit. Hit OK then to register it, and then just go back to the secondary exit settings and set that index.