Glossary

TODO: Currently sorted alphabetically — would something else work better? Things that probably also should be here: - Area - View - Zone - Chunk - Entrance 
 This page briefly defines some of the jargon you may encounter while modding New Super Mario Bros.; this will generally not cover more broadly-used terms such as tilemap, palette, archive, and so forth. 
 Code patch : A piece of code which is compiled then inserted into the game. Also referred to as a  code hack ,  code mod , or  ASM hack (though the latter is considered a misnomer and usage of it is proscribed — it is listed here only for posterity). 
 Control byte : A byte that controls how a map16 tile tiles in a tile object. 
 Map16 : The tilemap for tilesets. 
 Map16 tile : A 16x16 tile composed of four 8x8 tiles. These can have tile behaviors set for them and are used in tile objects. May also be simply referred to as a tile. 
 Object : Can refer to both an actor that may exist in a stage (e.g., a bullet bill) or a tile object. The former is more common and may be also referred to as an actor . 
 Object bank : A set of objects that are set to load and can thusly be used in an area. Also referred to as a  sprite set  (proscribed). 
 Object ID : The ID of an object. Distinct from stage object ID. Also refered to as class ID (proscribed). 
 Object settings : A data field containing information about an object's settings and events it's connected to. Also referred to as a  sprite data (proscribed). 
 Randomization : The property of a tileset to effectively randomly shuffle a certain set of map16 tiles in game to add visual variety. 
 Slope control tile : A tile with a control byte of 80 or over used to control how map16 tiles tile in a tile object. Mainly used in tile objects for slopes. 
 Stage object : An object that can be placed in a stage (e.g., a goomba). Also refered to as a stage actor or sprite (the latter being proscribed). Also may be truncated to object or sprite colliqually. 
 Stage object ID : The ID of an object that can be placed in a stage. Also refered to as  stage actor ID or sprite ID (the latter being proscribed). 
 Tile behavior : How a map16 tile is meant to behave in a level when the player interacts with it. Also referred to as  tile type . 
 Tile object : A unit of map16 tiles that can be placed in a level and are set to tile in a specific fashion. NSMBe refers to these simply as  object s. 
 3D tile : A map16 tile which draws a texture instead of (or, in special cases, over) the 8x8 tiles present on the map16.