I'm willing to bet one of the hardest obstacles with making a working editor will be figuring out how to compile racer AI for each track.

Also, is it the sky?

Actually, AI is pretty simple. They just follow an invisible line. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rty8SDh0dwM where I actually created a new track (not using this program but editing "by hand").

Ah, really?

What kind of scripting does the game use, anyway? I mean... Are things like thwomps and the train in the desert controlled by the map itself or are those independant entities?

Hehe, well that's the difficult part. Basically everything is just a bunch of machine code. Levels are just a few files dumped right into memory and executed. Not easy to edit that way, but does mean you can do just about anything you want if you can wrap your head around it...

I'm not surprised it's machine/compiled code. The source is probably rotting in Nintendo's vault. x3 I remember the creators of Utility Of Time lamenting the fact that one of the packages extracted from the Ocarina Of Time ROM seems to be the actor code and scripts in general, but it's compiled and indecipherable.

I always make it a point to harass people who release free projects without including their source code. That basically boils down to "I put a lot of work into this, and I'm not going to let you see what it does!", when the right attitude to have is "I put a lot of work into this, and you can learn from my work, and teach others with your own work."

Yeah I'm kind of a moral douche about that stuff. ._.

Nintendo is very protective of their source codes... they don't like things getting out. Besides, having source code in the game would mean longer load times as it has to compile every time you load a track...

Well duh, I know that's why 99.9% of the time stuff is pre-compiled. And I can understand keeping the source to yourself if it's a product that makes you money, especially considering Nintendo looooves to do remakes.

I do like id Software's view on it, though. After a length of time they release the the source to all their engines.

Yeah, Nintendo on the other hand still goes after people distributing NES ROMs... they'd rather re-sell the same old games again on Virtual Console than make new ones. >.>

And yes, the stars are missing.

Woah, everything is soooo stretched outtt.

You made it longer or atleast extend it. Because it took me awhile to look at it, but saw it in the faces their that made it different.

Good eye. Yes, this is rendered at a higher resolution than the game normally uses, so it looks slightly different.

Thanks, it took some time to figure it. I know it was pull in closer, so it wasn't the tracks part. But when notice the face, which is when I notice it. It looks good I think. But then again I'm not programmer.