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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
  
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Dialog text has prefix of two bytes and <code>0E</code>, and is null-terminated. The first byte is the character that speaks and the second byte is the text color. For example:  
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Dialog text has prefix of two bytes and <code>0E</code>, and is null-terminated. The first byte is the text position and character that speaks. The second byte is the color index for the text. For example:  
  
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
82 02 0E 72  6F 6C 6C 2C  20 66 6F 78  ....  6E 20 72 6F  6C 6C 2C 00
 
82 02 0E 72  6F 6C 6C 2C  20 66 6F 78  ....  6E 20 72 6F  6C 6C 2C 00
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^ ^     ^                                                           ^
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^^ \/    ^                                                           ^
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|  |     |                                                           |
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||  |   |                                                           |
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|  |     start of text                                 null terminator
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||  |   start of text                                   null terminator
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|  color
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||  color
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character
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|character
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text position
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
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The character byte's high nibble is usually <code>8</code> (<code>80</code>, <code>81</code>, etc.) but appears in some places as <code>0</code> (<code>00</code>, <code>01</code>, etc.) Not sure yet of the significance of this.
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The text position nibble can be either <code>0</code> or <code>8</code>. <code>0</code> vertically aligns the text with the middle of the character picture, and <code>8</code> aligns the text to its top.
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Character
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|+ Effect of position nibble
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! <code>0</code>
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! <code>8</code>
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|-
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|<pre> +-------+
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| FALCO | ROLL, FOX!!
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+-------+ ROCK'N ROLL!!</pre>
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|<pre> +-------+ ROLL, FOX!!
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| FALCO | ROCK'N ROLL!!
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+-------+</pre>
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Characters
 
!style="text-align:left;" | Nibble
 
!style="text-align:left;" | Nibble
 
!style="text-align:left;" | Character
 
!style="text-align:left;" | Character

Revision as of 02:01, 4 November 2017

Star Fox (USA) (Rev 2)
CRC32: 8FC4E6D0
Start End Description
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001090 001340 bitmap font, 2bpp planer (unused)
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00D996 00E6B5 bitmap font, 2bpp linear
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00F7DB 00FBD8 dialog text
00FBD9 00FCF4 dialog text pointer table
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090000 0A031F tileset, 8bpp linear
...

Notes

Dialog text has prefix of two bytes and 0E, and is null-terminated. The first byte is the text position and character that speaks. The second byte is the color index for the text. For example: 

82 02 0E 72   6F 6C 6C 2C   20 66 6F 78  ....  6E 20 72 6F   6C 6C 2C 00
^^ \/    ^                                                            ^
||  |    |                                                            |
||  |    start of text                                   null terminator
||  color
|character
|
text position

The text position nibble can be either 0 or 8. 0 vertically aligns the text with the middle of the character picture, and 8 aligns the text to its top.

Effect of position nibble
0 8 
 +-------+
 | FALCO | ROLL, FOX!!
 +-------+ ROCK'N ROLL!!
 
 +-------+ ROLL, FOX!!
 | FALCO | ROCK'N ROLL!!
 +-------+
Characters
Nibble Character
0 Fox
1 Peppy
2 Falco
3 Slippy
4 Pepper
5 Andross

Color obviously depends on the palette.

Text is mostly ASCII. # is used as a period.

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