Mainsite Wrote:State 8000 - Transform

With state 8000, you can transform one character into another. There is another transform state, but it only works with id-numbers 6 and 50: the transformation of Louis to LouisEX (see state: 9995). Here is some basic info about transforming:

* Use state 8000 + id-number of the object you want to transform into (ex: state 8030 to transform into id: 30).
* When you transform, the computer takes a frame's pic-number, adds 140 to it, and uses that pic instead. Because of this, you usually have to change the way the character's spritesheets are defined in the bmp-part. If you select the character from the menu, they'll use their normal sprites, but if you transform into him, they'll use the pic-number + 140 sprites.
* The computer calculates the number of pics using the product of the "row" and "col" parts of the file tag, so sometimes you'll have to "waste" pic-numbers to guarantee that the transformed character will use the proper sprites.
* In the bmp part, you have to remember that you are limited to 10 picture files!
* If a character has more than 140 pictures, you have to use pic 0 to 139 for the first 140 pictures and 280 to 419 for the following pictures.

If you want to transform into one of the original characters, you can use the files in the "Random Criminal" download. In that file, I modified all of the characters (except for LouisEX) so that you can transform into them.