Why do hammer bros have to be put in sprite sets, if they are always available through the spawn point?

Also:

How can I change the goomba sprite and the spiny sprite to use the class id of the hammer bro? (so I can spawn hammer bros out of pipes and let lakitu throw them).

All answers are welcome.

LOL good question. I don't know. Maybe the hammer bro sprite's data is not really in that sprite set, but is available everywhere? Or maybe the game forces Sprite Set 3 to value 1 when it wants to spawn a hammer bro? I think hammer bros only spawn in levels in later worlds, and other values from Sprite Set 3 aren't used in later worlds?



Just find the Class ID table and hex edit it. I think there's info about it in some threads. Test spawning a sprite to see if it works.

But I'm not sure if editing the Class ID table will do what you want. I think sprites that spawn other sprites use the Class ID, not the Sprite ID.

I did get goomba pipes to spawn koopas once, with the classid gui tool.

Oh? Cool then, it seems sprites that spawn other sprites do use the Sprite ID.

Please let us know if you find this behavior using other sprites..

I also spawned spike balls from lakitu.

You do need the spike ball sprite set on , or probably crashes or throws nothing.

Too bad I can't get any class id editing to work now.

You could get it to spawn anything by making the spiny sprite link to any class id.

But the sprites do act a bit funny sometimes and also use the same sprite data as the spiny would.