Class: Caretaker

A robotic NPC that can be talked to. It can also quest the player for some specific task and make a Power Star appear depending on the branch and event flows. Due to its complexity, its individual message flow functions are explained on the Luma's Workshop wiki.

Arguments

Name	Type	Games	Required?	Description	Values
Obj_arg0	Integer	Both	False	Event Type: The special event behavior to be used. Value 2 is broken as he does not carry the actual tool.	-1: Nothing 0: Bomb/Fire Flower challenge 1: Spawn Power Star 2: Spawn Power Star with tool animation
Obj_arg1	Integer	Both	False	Minigame Timer for Mario: How much time the player has during a minigame. Default is 30. In SMG1, this is only used when playing as Mario.
Obj_arg2	Integer	SMG1	False	Minigame Timer for Luigi: How much time the player has during a minigame when playing as Luigi. Default is 30.
Obj_arg3	Integer	Both	False	Color Frame: The color frame to be used.	-1: Green 1: Red 2: Blue 3: Yellow
Obj_arg4	Integer	Both	False	Behavior: How it behaves when talking to it.	-1: Normal 1: Sad, hands and gear move slowly 2: Head spins around 3: Surprised 4: Bouncing gear 5: Panicking 6: Panicking & damaged

Switches

Name	Games	Required?	Description
SW_APPEAR	Both	False	The object will appear when this switch is activated.
SW_DEAD	Both	False	Gets activated when it dies.
SW_A	Both	False	If activated, the player wins the minigame after the minigame timer runs out.
SW_B	Both	False	Gets activated when the minigame was failed.
SW_AWAKE	Both	False	The object will become visible and resume movement when this switch is activated.

Setup

Name	Games	Required?	Description
Rail	Both	False	The optional path that it can move on.
Group	Both	False	Used to group several trash piles for use with the bomb minigame.
Message	Both	True	The text message ID to be used. Needs to be specified in the zone's text file.
Camera	Both	False	Registered but never used.
DemoCast	Both	False	The object takes part in the cutscene.
MarioFaceShipNpcRegister	SMG2	False	This object can be registered to a Starship Mario NPC appearance event.
AppearPowerStar	Both	False	Gets spawned after triggering a special message flow.

Properties

Name	Games	Description
YoshiLockOnTarget	SMG2	This object can be targeted and licked by Yoshi.
SearchTurtle	Both	Red Koopa Shells and Gold Shells home in on this object.