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==== Original Author(s) ====

''weirdboo''

==== Description ====

Documentation on two jump tables, ''itemappeartable'' and ''itemfishingtable''. These jump tables tell the game how to spawn the items defined in [[iteminfotable]].

* ''itemappeartable'' is used to spawn items from furniture and enemies once they've been defeated. It can be linked to [[characterinfo / teidencharacterinfo]], [[Enemyinfo / Teidenenemyinfo]], and [[furnitureinfo]] using the ''item_table'' field''.'' It can also be linked to the ''mNormalItemTblID'' field in ghost parameter files.
* ''itemfishingtable'' is used to spawn items from ghosts during the process of capturing them. The developers used the term "fishing" (''tsuri'' in Japanese) as a codeword to describe the act of catching ghosts, explaining the name of this file. It can also be linked to the ''mTsuriItemTblId'' field in ghost parameter files

''itemappeartable and itemfishingtable'' can be edited with [[Jumpah]].

=== Itemappeartable ===

The values for each ''itemappeartable'' entry, ''item0'' through ''item19,'' add up to a probability out of 20. A good way to imagine this is to think of each ''itemXX'' as a "raffle ticket" that each entry can pick when it's time to spawn an item. The ''itemXX'' picked is what will spawn, meaning that the more "raffle tickets" a certain item has, the higher chance it will have to spawn.

Listed below are the entries Nintendo used.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
! Entry Number
! Percentage Odds
! Description
!
|-
| 0
| 100% - ''nothing''
| Nothing will spawn.
|
|-
| 1
| 100% - ''nothing''
| Nothing will spawn.
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2
| 50% - money
| rowspan="4" | Used for furniture where most of the time, money will spawn, but you can get a heart or a poison mushroom occasionally. The hearts that spawn from these will bounce around the room randomly. For some reason, this type is also used with ''banaoba'' (the Garbage Can Ghost).
|
|-
| 30% - ''nothing''
|
|-
| 15% - move_sheart
|
|-
| 5% - mkinoko
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3
| 80% - ''nothing''
| rowspan="2" | Used for non-portrait ghost parameter files. These are the 20% chance small hearts that come out of ghosts.
|
|-
| 20% - sheart
|
|-
| 4
| 100% - key_4
| Used for the key that Toad flushed down the toilet in the 1F Washroom.
|
|-
| 5
| 100% - key_74
| Used for the key that comes out of the treadmill in the Rec Room.
|
|-
| 6
| 100% - key_72
| Used for the key that comes out of Van Gore's chest painting.
|
|-
| 7
| 100% - mletter
| Used for Mario's Letter that comes out of the birdhouse in the Courtyard.
|
|-
| 8
| 100% - mcap
| Used for Mario's Hat that comes out of the washing machine in the Laundry Room.
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 9
| 60% - move_sheart
| rowspan="2" | Used for furniture. It has a chance of spawning a small heart that will bounce around the room randomly.
|
|-
| 40% - ''nothing''
|
|-
| 10
| 100% - move_lheart
| Used for the big 50 HP hearts that come out of furniture in Boss Rooms.
|
|-
| 11
| 100% - money
| Used mainly for furniture that has gems in it, but also in some uncommon cases where the furniture always spawns money.
|
|-
| 12
| 100% - move_sheart
| Used for furniture. It always spawns a small heart that will bounce around the room randomly.
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | 13
! 50% - sheart
! rowspan="2" | '''(UNUSED)''' Has coin-flip odds of spawning a small heart that bounces in place.
|
|-
! 50% - nothing
|
|-
! 14
! 100% - sheart
! '''(UNUSED)''' Always spawns a small heart that bounces in place.
|
|-
! 15
! 100% - move_sheart
! '''(UNUSED)''' Same as 12.
|
|}

=== Itemfishingtable ===

Determines what items can come out of a ghost while Luigi is vacuuming (fishing for) a ghost. ''itemfishingtable'' doesn't use RNG like ''itemappeartable'' and simply spawns items in the order they're listed as Luigi drains HP from the ghost. The longer Luigi is vacuuming (fishing), the more of these items will pop out.

Listed below are the entries Nintendo used.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
! Entry Number
! Items Spawned
! Description
|-
| 0
| ''nothing''
| Nothing will spawn. Used for most parameter files as the default value if no items are desired.
|-
| 1
| ''nothing''
| Nothing will spawn.
|-
| 2
| banana, ''nothing''
| Used to spawn bananas while Luigi captures a ''banaoba'' (the Garbage Can Ghost)
|-
| 3
| sheart, mkinoko, ''nothing''
| Used for most Portrait Ghosts. Spawns poison mushrooms and small hearts that bounce in place. The frequency of poison mushrooms increases the longer Luigi is vacuuming (fishing) to punish the player for taking too long. NOTE: Pearl spawning from Portrait Ghosts is tied to ASM and is not related to ''itemfishingtable.''
|-
| 4
| sheart, mkinoko, ''nothing''
| Clone of 3. Used for some Portrait Ghosts.
|}