SIDEKICKer

SIDEKICKer 1.0

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Nyaumii
The mod is utterly amazing. I've been dreaming of something like this for years, it's probably because one of my first games was Sonic 2 lol


I love the effort that's gone into it, and it's great to see multiple characters following me around. It's the first mod of its kind, so I understand the limitations, but there are often script errors and animations that don't match the player's FPS. It's a shame that the sidekick can't interact with enemies or anything else. With some smoothing of the code and a few tweaks, this could genuinely be one of the best mods.
codeflex
codeflex
glad you like it! My inspiration was definitely Sonic 2 with a touch of Sonic Heroes. The next version already has lots of work put into it, especially when it comes to sidekick stability; however there are always going to be some hard limitations in terms of sidekick's positions, but the next version greatly increases their ability to follow and stick with the player, and blocks switching to characters who are 'too far'. Also it will have Nuzlocker compatibility, allowing up to 10 sidekicks at once
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Mozzarella
I simply love this mod. Not only it reminds me of the BuddyEX addon from SRB2, but it is also extremely simple and fun to use. Being able to build your own "team" and having the possibility of quickly switching characters during the gameplay is an amazing concept, especially for sm64. I'm glad that someone finally made it!

However, there is a noticiable bug present, but it's nothing major or critical. If you swap characters while there is a wall behind you, your character will pass through it ("no clip" in lack of a better term), fall in the void and die. It's rather funny during my first time discovering it not gonna lie.

I think there's also might be a compatibility issue with the Megaman X mod, since when one of those characters is either being used or loaded as a sidekick, they somehow softlock the entire game when you enter a stage through a painting or a pipe. (You're forced to close the game and re-open it since it doens't let you access the menu, and changing characters through CS does not fix it.)

Those are the only problems I have, but overall, the qualities offered simply overshadow these issues. Honestly this is one of the best mods avaliable on this site in my opinion.
codeflex
codeflex
Wow thank you so much, glad you're enjoying it! I've put tons of work into the next version already in terms of sidekicks stability, in particular having the sidekicks 'bunch up' on the player when going through doors, which better prevents them from going through walls/into the void. I've made some more direct compatibility with MMX so hopefully those issues will be eliminated or at least greatly reduced (also, i find if Extra Characters PLUS is on, more softlocking tends to happen with mods even beyond mine). Next version should be coming soon (along with updates to PIGGYBACKer, NUZLOCKer, MarioFIGHTer, ToeTagger and <REDACTED>, with a focus on cross compatibility between them all)
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JellyCreamJam
I love that your chosen character no longer looks like a loser with no friends lmao peak mod

Given it's the first mod of its kind (I think) and it's only v1.0, it's no surprise it may have some hiccups right now. It frequently gets script errors (but seems to behave normally otherwise as far as I can tell,) sidekicks can disappear frequently (it seems there are some surfaces and spaces they just can't follow you into) requiring frequent force-resets to bring them back.

Also anything you grab gets duplicated per sidekick, meaning they'll each also hold a copy of whatever you're holding (boxes, bob-ombs, baby penguins, even Bowser! The latter can be very confusing visually when trying to aim for the bomb.) Additionally, this seem to confuse the game as to which copy of the current object is the real one (I've thrown bob-ombs, but the duplicate thrown by the sidekick behind me turned out to be the 'real' one causing me damage.)

Also, while I think this may be an oversight (but a cool one,) the sidekicks seem to be able to collect coins for you if they come in contact with it!
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