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if a block doesn't have GFX, then how do i add one?
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And how do I get a layout

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Make your ExGFX, insert it and create your Map16Page (chose the 8x8 tiles, the palette and right click on the same tile that your custom block is)

well are they both on the overworld? or is one like on yoshi's island or something

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Copy the tile to a space you don't need in YY-CHR and colour it diffrently (GFX1E or 1F).

How do I do this? i'm just a beginner when it comes to adding blocks and GFX

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Create custom graphics in YY-CHR and insert as ExGFX.

Yes, but you will need to use a patch or some FreeRAM for check the byte.

i inserted a custom background, and used the sample level to copy the background from, and it looks fine in LM, but it's horribly glitched up in zsnes. what happened ?

Did you save in lunar magic? Did you load a state in Zsnes? did you press F9 to save the map16?

heh, it was just a case of saving the page with F9
so the graphics work, but the palette isn't working, i imported the custom palette and enabled custom paletets for that level, but again, it look correct in LM but not ZSNES.

ok but when i do that where do the graphics go and how do i use them.

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Click the blue mushroom in Lunar Magic, place the ExGFX in the ExGraphics folder, name it ExGFX80.bin . Then press the yellow mushroom, click the red poison mushroom then put it in a slot (BG2 or 3) then make some Map16 then press F9 to save.

What exactly is wrong with changing the transparency to a color other than black? It doesn't seem to show up in the game anyway (and why would it? That's the point of a transparency!), so why couldn't it be set to, say, hot pink? I'm asking because of the NPC sprite. It normally uses one entire palette, all 16 colors, to determine from which level it will display a message, but...there are certain levels where I need to use the NPC but don't have any palettes that aren't already being used. Or, at least, if some of them are free to use in one level, that doesn't mean those same palettes will be free in another level, and I don't want to have to insert the sprite 12 times (once for each palette, minus 0, 1, 8, and F, which the NPC itself uses). So why can't I just use the transparencies of each palette?

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oh by the way, it's level c7 and it's used in the title screen, does that make a difference for custom palettes ?

I have a custom yoshi coin that reappears when you go through a reset door or when you come back to the room later, meaning the player could obtain an infinite amount of yoshi coins. Is there any way to make it collectable once and only reset when you restart the level?

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