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Cave Story Editors
Editors for any and all versions of Cave Story.
A Cave Story “Editor” is a tool that typically allows the user to add and edit maps, scripts, and, depending on the editor, some level of executable modding (typically in the form of a pre-made patch that the editor allows the user to configure and apply).
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Comparison table
Link to the original table spreadsheet can be found here.
| Editor | Miza | Sue’s Workshop | Cave Editor | Booster’s Lab | The King’s Table | Sky Dragon Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tile Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Entity Placement Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSC editor | Manual encryption/decryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stage table editor | Read-only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Read-only | Yes |
| NPC Table editor | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Bullet Table editor | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| PXA editor | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Image editor | No | No | Very limited | No | No | No |
| Window style | Windowed | Tabbed | Windowed | Tabbed | Docked | Windowed/Tabbed |
| Graphical style | Plain | Images & Colors | Plain | Images & Colours | Modern | Modern |
| Programmed In | C++ | C++ | C++ | Java | C#/.NET 6 | Python 3.10 |
| Mac Support | Wine | Wine | Wine | Yes | Yes | No |
| Linux Support | Wine | Wine | Wine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supported Versions | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Freeware (1.0.0.6) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mac | No | No | No | No | Yes | Only .pxa and .tsc files |
| Linux | No | No | No | No | Yes | Only .pxa and .tsc files |
| Wiiware | No | No | No | Extract First | Extract First | |
| CS+ PC | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CS+ Switch | No | No | No | Maybe? | Yes | |
| CS3D | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| CS eShop | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| CS DSiWare | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Stage table editing | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Add | No | Always to the first empty slot | Weird | Weird | No | Yes |
| Insert | No | No | Weird | Weird | No | No |
| Remove | No | Without moving other entries | Without moving other entires | Yes | No | Last stage only |
| Re-order | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Edit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Export | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | No |
| Deletes stuff | No | Clobbers existing files on Adding | No | No | No | No |
| Background modes | Incomplete | Incomplete | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Map bosses | No | Outdated | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Tile Editor | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Draw | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rectangle | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Replace | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Fill | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Copy/Paste | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2x Support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| <TRA/<CMP generator | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Shift Map | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Background Display | No | No | Yes | Slightly Broken | No | Yes |
| Undo/Redo | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Entity Editor | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Entity List | Incomplete | No (External?) | Outdated | Outdated | Yes | Yes |
| Flag/Bit list | Incomplete | Incomplete | Outdated | Yes | Basic | Yes |
| Sprite Previews | No | No | No (Broken) | Yes | No | No |
| Change draw order | No | Limited (Bring to front/send to back) | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Edit multiple entities at once | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Undo/Redo | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSC Editing | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| TSC syntax higlighting | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Credit syntax highlighting | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| <GIT/<FAC previews | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Message box limit | No | No | No | Slightly janky | No | Shows line lengths |
| Undo/Redo | No | One level | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Patching | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Hex Patcher | No | No | No | Yes (Hackinator) | External (BPP) | Yes |
| XML Patcher | No | No | No | Yes (Hackinator) | External (BPP) | Yes |
| EXE Modifications | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Image Extension | No | No | Yes | Convert to .bmp, mrmap.bin uses png | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| File Renames (.dat files, window.rect, 290.rec etc.) | No | No | Profile.dat only | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Window Title | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Intro Cutscene Customization | No | No | Yes but can’t change time length. | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Titlescreen Customization | No | No | No | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Starting Event | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Starting Map/Position | No | Yes (In tile editor) | Yes | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| Other Starting Customization | No | No | Yes | Yes (Hackinator) | Yes (BPP) | Yes |
| PXA Editor | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Style | N/A | Weird | Barely better than BL | Bad | N/A | Awesome |
| Can edit tile type image | N/A | No | Yes | Inside .jar file | Yes | Yes |
| NPC Table editor | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Value editing | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| Hitbox display | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | N/A | Yes |
| View offset display | N/A | N/A | Incorrect | No | N/A | Yes |
| Bullet Table Editor | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Value editing | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| Hitbox display | N/A | N/A | No | No | N/A | N/A |
| View offset display | N/A | N/A | No | No | N/A | N/A |
| Bullet Flags/Bits | N/A | N/A | Incomplete | Incomplete | N/A | N/A |
| TSC Schemes | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Scriptsource | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypted | Manual encryption/decryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unencrypted | Manual encryption/decryption | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Stage table types | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| freeware | Read-only | Converts to .swdata | Converts to .csmap | Converts to .csmap | Yes | Converts to .csmap |
| .swdata | No | Yes | Converts to .csmap | Converts to .csmap | Yes | No |
| .csmap | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| stage.tbl | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mrmap.bin | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Analysis | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- | ———- |
| Flag list | No | No | No | Partial (<FLJ, <FL+, <FL- only) | No | No |
| TRA list | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |