User:Torchickens/Sandbox

Backgrounds

• Let's try to find all the backgrounds and list them, start with Starfy 4 or Starfy 5.

Starfy 2 data structure research

Object Struct

Every object in every map is specified by a 24-byte structure in the ROM:

Object Struct

Offset (bytes)	Size	Description
0x00	2 bytes	x-position of the object
0x02	2 bytes	y-position of the object
0x04	2 bytes	ID of the object.
0x06	2 bytes	Padding to make the struct a multiple of 4 bytes This would change object ID, but the IDs don't go up that high.
0x08	4*4 bytes (16 total)	Behavior parameters (bParams) 0-3. Affects qualities like door destination, treasure value, etc.

Current Method to Manipulate Objects

• Have a completed Starfy 2 save file
• Edit the two bytes at 0x19CC98. This changes the ID of a pearl in Stage 1-1 (subsequent visits)
• (optional) Edit the 16 bytes at 0x19CC9C. This affects the object's behavior parameters, although not much is known at the moment.
• Visit Stage 1-1.

Objects by ID

Objects by index number (Starfy 2). Feel free to contribute (or add your own different work in progress, research notes, etc. in a new heading). These were tested from Lobber's Cave (subsequent visits).

• 00 - green monster enemy (unused)
• 01 - green monster enemy (unused, repeat but with glitchy animations)
• 02 - door
  • bParam 0 - entrance ID (used when other doors link here)
  • bParam 1 - destination value. floor(value/1000) is the map, (value mod 100) is the entrance ID.
  • bParam 2 - any value besides 0, 1, or -1 appears to close the door
  • bParam 3 - how far horizontally Starfy should move after exiting door
• 03 - pearl
• 04 - big pearl
• 05 - caterpillar enemy (unused)
• 06 - flatfish NPC (unused)
• 07 - pink creature (uncertain if NPC or enemy) (unused) Pressing L+R when this creature is loaded displays the text "2003/08/04 20" on the upper-left corner
• 08 - map spawn - invisible object that the game looks for to spawn Starfy. If one doesn't exist, game looks for a door instead
  • bParam 0 - must be 1 to let the game know to spawn Starfy there
  • bParam 3 - how far to move Starfy horizontally upon entering map (positive = rightward)
• 09 - blue push block
• 0a - signboard
• 0b - old man lobber
  • bParam 1 - script ID
• 0c - treasure chest
  • bParam 0 - treasure value
• 0d - moving blue push block - rectangular path depends on b-params
  • bParam 1 - controls speed and direction. 0-7 goes increasingly faster and counterclockwise, 08+ goes clockwise
  • bParam 2 - # of tiles to move to the left
  • bParam 3 - # of tiles to move downward
• 0e - moe
• 0f - mermaid shell (cutscene trigger)
• 10 - mermaid shell (touch to save, as usual)
• 11 - kurobon
• 12 - moe underground
  • bParam 1 - script ID
• 13 - herman
• 14 - 'nothing'?
• 15 - lovely
• 16 - 'nothing'?
• 17 - 'nothing'?
• 18 - circle key (forgot name)
• 19 - circle key hole
• 1a - boss door
• 1b - 'nothing'?
• 1c - grass platform with soil
• 1d - 'nothing'?
• 1e - konk boss (changes nearby enemy sprites to Puchi Ogura; glitchy if placed as is)
• 1f - ruby
• 20 - 'nothing'?
• 21 - 'nothing'?
• 22 - lever
• 23 - barrel; will float upwards in water
• 24 - mekani jiisan
• 25 - balloon (is it the version based on progress or maybe the updated one by default?)
• 26 - 'nothing'?
• 27 - puchi ogura and pekin duck model; alters nearby enemy sprites
• 28 - grey rock platform which disappears and reappears
• 29 - wind (pushes starfy right)
• 2a - part of kameru's face when she is scared
• 2b - a different green platform with soil
• 2c - 'nothing'?
• 2d - blue orb with animated sparks
• 2e - wooden log horizontal
• 2f - 'nothing'?
• 30 - small icy platform
• 31 - icy stalactite
• 32 - a jellato sister
• 33 - tornado
• 34 - water windmill thing (from turtle turtle land)
• 35 - kamekkojinan(?) cursed form with device
• 36 - closed/locked door
• 37 - 'nothing'?
• 38 - big horizontal log tunnel
• 39 - 'nothing'?
• 3a - 'nothing'?
• 3b - 'nothing'?
• 3c - 'nothing'?
• 3d - 'nothing'?
• 3e - 'nothing'?
• 3f - upon
• 40 - tweeto
• 41 - a spike
• 42 - sukebon
• 43 - savako
• 44 - hirao
• 45 - hirarin
• 46 - puchi ogura fire statue
• 47 - startled monkey (is it unused or when you shock the ukizzu?)
• 48 - konbi unlit
• 49 - moe in ice block
• 4a - 'nothing'?
• 4b - 'nothing'?
• 4c - mekani jiisan again (unanimated it may be when he's floating with a balloon or was that starfy 3?)
• 4d - invisible object used for camera movement in some cutscenes?
• 4e - puchi ogura #4
• 4f - togerinu
• 50 - togerino
• 51-54 - 'nothing'?
• 55- gaganmo
• 56-59 - 'nothing'?
• 5a - wozart
• 5b - taruika
• 5c - chuta
• 5d - ootaruika
• 5e - meat (probably for piranyan)
• 5f - piranyan
• 60 - key (from stage 6-1)
• 61 - keyhole for 6-1 key?
• 62 - puchi ogura 6 in the kigurumi
• 63-64 - 'nothing'?
• 65 - pressure marks (for bombs/exploding with bombs?)
• 66 - 'nothing'?
• 67 - kamekkoimouto happy
• 68 - kiremoth and puchi ogura 3 boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 69 - small rising bubble
• 6a - fish lithograph
• 6b - 'nothing'?
• 6c - puchi ogura 4 as fire/ice serpent boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 6d - numan and puchi ogura 5 boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 6e - puchi ogura 6 as kigurumi boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 6f - small acorn
• 70 - protruding and retracting tentacle/plant? things (not sure how to describe)
• 71 - orisu
• 72 - korisu
• 73 - a cork, can star spin away (used to bring water back in large tree's forest)
• 74 - 'nothing'?
• 75 - shurikit
• 76 - shurikit's bell
• 77 - small rotating wooden plank-spike (unsure if used)
• 78 - falling green leaf
• 79 - kamone
• 7a - bomb (can fall)
• 7b - kumajii
• 7c - banana
• 7d - eggplant(?)
• 7e - melon
• 7f - pumpkin(?)
• 80 - persimmon
• 81 - pea pod/cucumber/green pepper(?)
• 82 - apple(?)
• 83 - light brown clam
• 84 - squid (food)
• 85 - kumajii's honeycomb (animated)
• 86-87 - 'nothing'?
• 88 - biba
• 89 - kamome notice board
• 8a - twigs (can push)
• 8b-8d - 'nothing'?
• 8e - some kind of switch with a dial (may be unused?), can turn on with star spin
• 8f - fire trapped in translucent block
• 90 - moon (character)
• 91 - 'nothing'?
• 92 - small green insect (I think it's used, just not in the picture book)
• 93 - 'nothing'?
• 94 - mitsugasago
• 95 - prison bars (bars open)
• 96 - 'nothing'?
• 97 - yurikarugo and puchi ogura #8 boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 98 - mandazetto and puchi ogura #7 boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 99 - statue of starfy's ancestor
• 9a - pufftop guard
• 9b - lever thing which may not work (unused?)
• 9c - mayudorago
• 9d - ryun
• 9e - jiiyan and puchi ogura #9 boss (alters nearby sprites)
• 9f - puchi ogura #10 and helmet boss (alters nearby sprites)
• a0 - cloud platform (no arrow)
  • bParam 0 - 0/1/2/3 = moves up/down/left/right, 4/5/6/7 = moves up-right/down-left/down-right/up-left, 8+ = doesn't move
  • bParam 1 - distance to move
  • bParam 2 - something with movement/oscillation speed
• a1 - statue fragment (head)
• a2 - mild red shooting star weather, hard to notice (unused?)
• a3 - the squirts together
• a4 - kushamisekizou
• a5 - cloud platform (with arrow, jump to change direction)
  • bParam0 - if 0, moves vertically, if 1, moves diagonally
  • bParam1 - movement speed (in-game value: 8)
  • bParam2 - unknown
• a6 - exhausted pufftop guard
• a7 - grey rectangular block with caramel-colored trim (unused?)
• a8 - pufftop guard (again) (not exhausted)
• a9 - crying pufftop child
• aa-b0 - 'nothing'?
• b1 - four imadame
• b2 - jueri (conversation NPC)
• b3 - jueri (object)
• b4 - a bigger spike ball
• b5 - small pushable barrel
• b6 - in-place marker (X or O(?)) for pushable barrel
• b7 - conversation character with no sprite (is it unused?)
• b8 - ogura original form boss (alters nearby sprites)
• b9 - ogura puffed up form (second form) boss (alters nearby sprites)
• ba-bb - 'nothing'?
• bc - ogura final form (scripted to change background and music) boss/final boss (very glitched if forced where it shouldn't be)
• bd - 'nothing'?
• be - shelleter
• bf - small beam generator (obstacle in ogura castle)
  • bParam0 - 0/1/2/3 = fires up/right/down/left
  • bParam1 - beam duration
  • bParam2 - beam cooldown
• c0 - ruby imposter (was this actually used until Starfy 4? or maybe it is and I forgot, maybe ogura or echigyoya makes it)
• c1-c2- 'nothing'?
• c3 - gold spade lithograph marker (for key?)
• c4 - green spade key
• c5 - 'nothing'?
• c6 - ability lithograph; meant to not be moved by copying the pose
  • bParam0 - if 0, moves left, if not zero, moves right
  • bParam1 - detection distance/movement speed (in-game value: 64)
  • bParam2 - if 0, depicts swim, if 1, depicts turbo swim
• c7 - the note by Old Man Lobber ("something written on paper")
• c8 - a golden pink trimmed platform (lift?) modeled after a monster/ogura(?)
• c9 - ogura regular form but as an object, does not trigger boss battle
• ca - ogura regular form boss battle, changes nearby sprites (might be the scripted loss fight)
• cb - 'nothing'?
• cc - ogura form 2 but as an object, does not trigger boss battle, may change background colors
• cd-cf - 'nothing'?
• d0 - ku
• d1 - 'nothing'?
• d2 - big nikku attached to a wall
• d3-d4 - 'nothing'?
• d5 - puchi ogura #4 (serpent form); as conversation NPC, does not trigger boss battle (at least does not trigger it automatically)
• d6 - sleeping transparent blob (I seem to lean towards it being used, but not sure if the similarities to hotarubi are confusing me)
• d7 - a stretchy bubble (might be unused)
• d8 - 'nothing'?
• d9-dc - rubble of some sort (not sure if used). These four entries might be complete copies.
• dd - 'nothing'?
• de - red gate (for pitch dark cave quiz iirc)
• df - puchi ogura #6
• e0 - warusaru
• e1 - 'nothing'?
• e2 - bu
• e3 - 'nothing'?
• e4 - gaidonna
• e5 - fat cat
• e6 - kit fish
• e7 - kannin father worried
• e8 - kannin child worried
• e9 - kannin child's stuffed bear (conversation NPC)
• ea - cloud (no arrow) (again)
• eb - green/teal cloud, vanishes if Starfy stands on it (unused?)
• ec - small rock platform, collapses if Starfy stands on it, respawns later
• ed - 'nothing'?
• ee - taiblond
• ef - boulder (can fall), is destroyed after touching ground, can hurt starfy
• f0 - the kodorun
• f1 - korundoru
• f2 - rock platform that can only be moved left or right (may be the bridge for korundoru)
• f3 - 'nothing'?
• f4 - photograph (with conversation)
• f5 - 'nothing'?
• f6 - looks like fork or fork's brother
• f7 - puchi ogura #7
• f8 - a different type of bomb (probably from chonmagyo)
• f9 - looping bomb explosion animation (probably from chonmagyo using the bomb)
• fa - spiked green platforms which flip upside down after a while
• fb - funazou
• fc - purple envelope trimmed with red
• fd - eyes (probably belonging to resshi)
• fe - another part of resshi's face
• ff - unknown due to game freeze while testing
• 100 - swan/duck icon, placing this where it shouldn't may freeze the game if starfy touches it
• 101 - swan boat
• 102 - loverin under the facial hair virus
• 103 - jojiro under the facial hair virus
• 104 - fukafuka
• 105 - ginji (facing up)
• 106 - ginji roots (facing down)
• 107 - snowman item
• 108 - snowy/light blue sparkles (unused?)
• 109 - ginji (facing right)
• 10a - goal (for vehicles)
• 10b - pink phone (lovely's ♥808 pink pearl type red seabream woman's mobile phone)
• 10c - crying puchi ogura #9 (conversation NPC), no fight (at least not immediately)
• 10d - jiiyan
• 10e - 'nothing'?
• 10f - buyoyon
• 110-111 - 'nothing'?
• 112 - facial hair vaccine
• 113 - moe under the facial hair virus
• 114 - umiushi
• 115 - cloud(?)/jelly(?) platform thing with droplets (unused?)
• 116 - ogyon
• 117 - chonmagyo as a fightable enemy
• 118 - secret letter
• 119 - horun
• 11a - puchi ogura #10 as a conversation npc without helmet
• 11b - puchi ogura #10 as a conversation npc but with pink hair (not sure if used)
• 11c - puchi ogura #10 but with a yellow mask (not sure if used)
• 11d - puchi ogura #10 but with full red glasses (not sure if used)
• 11e - 'nothing'?
• 11f - ogyan
• 120 - gekyojii
• 121 - bar like objects which dissolve and play the 'correct' jingle (unused?)
• 122 - red tao yin-yang orb (unused?)
• 123 - demeka
• 124 - right arrow (for auto scrolling)
• 125 - yanki kigurumi set (can be used)
• 126 - 'nothing'?
• 127 - echigyoya
• 128 - puchi ogura #7 (conversation npc) no battle (at least not automatically)
• 129 - chonmagyo as conversation npc
• 12A - upside down pink flower/star switch (unused?)
• 12B - grey block with pink flower (unused?)
• 12C - 'nothing'?
• 12D - six bombs stacked on each other
• 12E - explosion switch
• 12F - mijingou
• 130 - long prison bars (shut)

• 157 - barikku

• 160 - sky swimmer
  • bParam1 - flying distance before turning around
• 1af - flunder
• 1b0 - tatsubo

• 1bf - springer

• 1c5 - enzeru

• 23d - trappa
  • bParam0 - higher value = moves faster (in-game values: 10, 20)
  • bParam1 - higher value = turns slower (in-game values: 2, 5)
• 23e - circle/triangle/square/cross block (match others in room to open door)
  • bParam0 - if 0, circle, if 1, triangle, if 2, square, if 3, cross, if 4+, glitchiness
  • bParam1 - symbol changing speed, smaller is faster, 0 = "template" symbol to match
  • bParam2 - possibly related to bParam2 of door in same room
  • bParam3 - # of matching blocks needed to open door

• 242 - unnamed flame that travels around symbol blocks

• 24d - lightning effect in background, used in Ogura Castle.
• 24e - more lightning effects, used in vertical sections of Ogura Castle