Star Fall

Star Fall (called Fall After Star Grab in the code) is an action that happens when Mario collects a star (not the grand star) in the air with more than 0 slices of health. This is the only way to enter this action.

Star Fall
Properties
Hex	0x00001904
Action Flags	air, intangible
Action Group	Cutscene
ID	0x117
Transitions
Into	Star Dance Water, Star Dance No Exit, Star Dance Exit
Out of	Theoretically almost any non-intangible airborne action
Other
Animation	GENERAL_FALL
Related Actions
Related	Star Dance Water, Star Dance No Exit, Star Dance Exit

set_mario_action

When transitioning into this action:

• forward velocity is set to 0 (slide and xz velocities zero too)

Standard cutscene action cancel

This action does not have the INVULNERABLE flag so Mario cannot cancel into Quicksand Death.

Behavior

The act_fall_after_star_grab function does the following:

• If Mario's y position is below 130 units of the water level
  • Play the SOUND_ACTION_UNKNOWN430 sound
  • Set a flag so that water splash particles form
  • Return: set action to Star Dance Water
• If perform_air_step(m, 1) results in AIR_STEP_LANDED
  • Play the landing sound (depends on terrain)
  • Set action to Star Dance No Exit if the last bit of the actionArg is set, else Star Dance Exit
• Return false

Gravity

y-velocity decreases by 3.2 each frame, with a lower bound of -65 speed instead of -75