What kind of stuff goes into makeing a new enemy?

New enemy behaviour patterns. Goes way past an 'ordinary hack' and a lot closer to a 'new Sonic game'.

And try to make new boss shapes & behaviour while you're at it.
Hope someone can help you out. Go for it man!

 

Check SHIT for the SST Values and go from there.

 

It's basically having specific "sub-subroutines" as I call them that handle object movement, any sounds to play, how to react if sonic's near... etc.

However, I'm not much of an object programmer though, so I'm not that much help.

 

It would be great to have some of the enemies' code fully documented so you could experiment a little by modifying them, and possibly adding stuff from others, etc.

For example, if the motobug, buzz bomber and ball hog were documented, somebody could make an enemy that constantly runs back and forth until Sonic gets near him and then launches a bouncy ball towards him.

Also, adding some objects to the mix, the possibilities would be endless: a fake lamp-post that can hurt you, badniks who need to be destroyed in order to open a door, spikes you can smash from the sides like the Green Hill walls, monitors that rise from the ground when activating a switch... Neat stuff like that, which could be easily achieved with those objects fully documented, and some imaginative people.

 

I've been working on commenting every line of code within the Spin Dash and Super Sonic subroutines, so I could give a whack at that. I'm confident I wouldn't screw up my commenting. I'll see about commenting crabmeat or something.

 

I could promise a few enemies, however, a boss would be pretty dificult, as I'm not 100% sure as to what some the the adress registers mean yet. Something like $1C(a0), which just happens to be the current animation.