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return_of_samus:basic_guides:text_editing
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return_of_samus:basic_guides:text_editing [2018/08/27 01:02] liamnajor created |
return_of_samus:basic_guides:text_editing [2019/11/09 21:51] (current) kkzero Info on sprite text and a full table usable for .tbl files |
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| ======Text Editing====== | ======Text Editing====== | ||
| - | Metroid 2 has a very simple text system. Each character is one byte, and you are limited to 16 characters per item and 6 for the save message (you can go above 6, but it will overlap the "Press Start" text). The format is listed here: | + | Metroid 2 has a very simple text system. Most text is made of tilemaps, while some are made of sprite data. |
| + | =====Tilemaps===== | ||
| + | Each character is one byte, and you are limited to 16 characters per item and 6 for the save message (you can go above 6, but it will overlap the "Press Start" text). The format is listed here: | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
| C0-D9 = letters, in order | C0-D9 = letters, in order | ||
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| M I S S I L E S | M I S S I L E S | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | =====Sprites===== | ||
| + | This section will focus specifically on how the sprites are used for text. Refer to [[return_of_samus:technical_information:metasprites|here]] for more specific information on the sprite format.\\ | ||
| + | Each character is made from a sequence of four bytes. The third one points to which tile to use. \\ | ||
| + | Only the two saving texts after the "Save..." prompt are constructed in this way.\\ | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | 0x04093 - "COMPLETED" 00 00 C2 80 - C | ||
| + | 00 08 CE 80 - O | ||
| + | 00 10 CC 80 - M | ||
| + | 00 18 CF 80 - P | ||
| + | 00 20 CB 80 - L | ||
| + | 00 28 C4 80 - E | ||
| + | 00 30 D3 80 - T | ||
| + | 00 38 C4 80 - E | ||
| + | 00 40 C3 80 - D | ||
| + | FF | ||
| + | | ||
| + | 0x040B8 - "PRESS START" 00 00 CF 00 - P | ||
| + | 00 08 D1 00 - R | ||
| + | 00 10 C4 00 - E | ||
| + | 00 18 D2 00 - S | ||
| + | 00 20 D2 00 - S | ||
| + | 00 30 D2 00 - S | ||
| + | 00 38 D3 00 - T | ||
| + | 00 40 C0 00 - A | ||
| + | 00 48 D1 00 - R | ||
| + | 00 50 D3 00 - T | ||
| + | FF | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | =====Full Text Table===== | ||
| + | For a more organized text-editing experience, copy-paste the following list of characters into a text editor and save the document as a ".tbl" file, which can be used for a hex editor or other program that supports them. | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | FF= | ||
| + | A0=0 | ||
| + | A1=1 | ||
| + | A2=2 | ||
| + | A3=3 | ||
| + | A4=4 | ||
| + | A5=5 | ||
| + | A6=6 | ||
| + | A7=7 | ||
| + | A8=8 | ||
| + | A9=9 | ||
| + | C0=A | ||
| + | C1=B | ||
| + | C2=C | ||
| + | C3=D | ||
| + | C4=E | ||
| + | C5=F | ||
| + | C6=G | ||
| + | C7=H | ||
| + | C8=I | ||
| + | C9=J | ||
| + | CA=K | ||
| + | CB=L | ||
| + | CC=M | ||
| + | CD=N | ||
| + | CE=O | ||
| + | CF=P | ||
| + | D0=Q | ||
| + | D1=R | ||
| + | D2=S | ||
| + | D3=T | ||
| + | D4=U | ||
| + | D5=V | ||
| + | D6=W | ||
| + | D7=X | ||
| + | D8=Y | ||
| + | D9=Z | ||
| + | DA=. | ||
| + | DB=, | ||
| + | DC=' | ||
| + | DD=- | ||
| + | DE=.. | ||
| + | DF=.. | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
return_of_samus/basic_guides/text_editing.txt · Last modified: 2019/11/09 21:51 by kkzero
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