By Evanbowl and Lord-Giganticus

The Blue Coin System is a recreation of the Blue Coins found in Super Mario Sunshine. They can be used to unlock bonus stages using the Blue Coin Board.

File Path and Name	Type	Link
/LayoutData/BlueCoinBoard.arc	Custom	Download
/LayoutData/BlueCoinCounterInStage.arc	Custom	Download
/LayoutData/FileInfo.arc	Modified	Download
/LayoutData/PauseMenu.arc	Modified	Download
/ObjectData/BlueCoin.arc	Custom	Download
/ObjectData/BlueCoinClear.arc	Custom	Download
/ObjectData/BlueCoinSign.arc	Custom	Download
/SystemData/BlueCoinBoardDataTable.arc	Custom	Download
/SystemData/BlueCoinIDRangeTable.arc	Custom	Download

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Font Icon	ID	Image
Blue Coin	0x8A
Blue Coin Board Power Star	0x95
ID List Indicator (Closed)	0xC1
ID List Indicator (Open)	0xC2
Uncollected Blue Coin	0xC0

Use a tool such as BRFNTify Next to add these icons to PictureFont.brfnt.

Blue Coins are a permanent collectible that the game saves. They are considered as collected right after collection, even if the player dies.

Parameter Name	Type	Name	Default Value	Purpose
Obj_arg0	int	Blue Coin ID	0	This assigns a Collection ID to a Blue Coin.
Obj_arg1	float	SW_B activation launch velocity	25	Defined below
Obj_arg3	bool	Shadow Calculation	NA	Identical to Coin
Obj_arg4	int	Pose Type	NA	Identical to Coin
Obj_arg5	float	Shadow Drop Distance	NA	Identical to Coin
Obj_arg6	int	Shadow Type	NA	Identical to Coin
Obj_arg7	bool	Inside Bubble?	NA	Identical to Coin
SW_APPEAR	Switch (Read)	NA	NA	Standard Appear
SW_A	Switch (Write)	NA	NA	Activates on coin collection.
SW_B	Switch (Read)	NA	NA	Appear Pop

BlueCoinAppears.mp4

Example video: these Blue Coins are using their SW_B functionality to pop out of these objects when they are destroyed.
Pictured here are CrystalCageS and BreakableCage. The height the Blue Coins pop out can be changed using Obj_arg1.

After collecting a Blue Coin, they will still exist and be collectable, however they will appear clear and not add to the Blue Coin Counter.
Blue Coins always add to the regular Coin Counter however.

The Blue Coin System currently has five unique counters for displaying Blue Coin progress.

This counter tracks total collected Blue Coins, not counting those that are spent.

These two counters track total collected Blue Coins, counting those that are spent.

The Stage Information window on the Pause Menu will look like this in a stage that has a valid entry in the BlueCoinIDRangeTable.
The counter above the window tracks all collected Blue Coins in the current stage.

Pressing B on this screen will bring up the Stage ID List.
This list tracks Blue Coins by ID specifically defined in the ID Range Table.
The Blue Coin List is ordered numerically, going from lowest ID to highest ID.

The Blue Coin Board Data Table defines where the Blue Coin Board buttons send the player to, as well as how much each individual button costs.

Field Information

Name	Type	Hash
StageName	STRING	E4EC2289
ScenarioNo	LONG	ED08B591
BlueCoinPrice	LONG	758469DE

Example Entry

StageName	ScenarioNo	BlueCoinPrice
IslandFleetGalaxy	1	30

Note: This BCSV table requires 8 entries. Only one entry is displayed here for demonstration.
In this example, Button #1 would send the player to Sky Station Galaxy, Star 1, for 30 Blue Coins.
To customize the other buttons, simply modify the other seven entries.

The Blue Coin ID Range Table allows the Pause Menu to accurately display the correct Blue Coins in the current stage on its counters.

Field Information

Name	Type	Hash
StageName	STRING	E4EC2289
BlueCoinRangeMin	LONG	F1561320
BlueCoinRangeMax	LONG	F1561232

Example Entry

StageName	BlueCoinRangeMin	BlueCoinRangeMax
IslandFleetGalaxy	0	29

This would assign Blue Coins 0 through 29 to Sky Station Galaxy. Different stages can share the same Blue Coin range! Note: Amounts less than or equal to 30 are supported. The Blue Coins will still function at values over 30, but the ID List will not track Blue Coins past ID 30.

Collected Blue Coins are saved to BlueCoinData.bin found in the save file directory. This tracks the Blue Coin progress of all three save files. BlueCoinData.bin is saved to every time the game is saved.