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   * Some text dialogue autoplays; you don't need to do anything to progress   * Some text dialogue autoplays; you don't need to do anything to progress
   * A mouse click will progress from one message to the next where input is expected   * A mouse click will progress from one message to the next where input is expected
-==== Text Format ====+==== Text Format & Considerations ====
  
 Unless otherwise noted, all text is in Shift-JIS format and represented by two bytes within the game files. Unless otherwise noted, all text is in Shift-JIS format and represented by two bytes within the game files.
  
-The text output routine includes a complete upper and lower-case western alphabet and a mostly complete set of punctuation characters, however, all of the fonts are double-width, so the formatting is neither as pretty as it could be, or as compact (less text per line).+The text output routine includes a complete upper and lower-case western alphabet and a mostly complete set of punctuation characters, however, //all of the fonts are double-width//, so the formatting is neither as pretty as it could be, nor as compact (less text per line). On the plus side, the font is actually quite nice.
  
 Some other points: Some other points:
  
    * Most screens restrict you to a maximum of 30 characters in width.    * Most screens restrict you to a maximum of 30 characters in width.
-   * Auto-playing screens during the introduction can show 4 lines of text and can be scrolled upwards. +   * Auto-playing screens during the introduction can show 4 lines of text (4x 30 = 120 chars) and can be scrolled upwards. 
-   * Normal dialogue scenes are limited to 3 lines of text and the scroll function doesn't work correctly.+   * Normal dialogue scenes are limited to 3 lines of text (3x 30 = 90 chars max.) and the scroll function doesn't work correctly (it overwrites the on-screen image, if you try to embed a linebreak+linescroll control code).
 ==== Translation Caveats ==== ==== Translation Caveats ====
  
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 At present, we are working on (1) and (2), though where it is obvious, I am making small edits to (3) as I go (fixing glaring translation typos, for example). At present, we are working on (1) and (2), though where it is obvious, I am making small edits to (3) as I go (fixing glaring translation typos, for example).
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 +Of course, amongst all that there are decisions to be made about typos in the script, layout considerations (English is not as compact a language as the various Japanese characters) and formatting/control codes to decipher. 
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 +Most of the experimentation was done on the [[x86_raygun_english#disk_1_-_startmes|introductory section of the game]], as it is the easiest to see and includes both auto-playing and interactive dialogue scenes.
  
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 === Linebreak Character === === Linebreak Character ===
  
-So, using the linebreak character '%' (or, more strictly speaking, the S-JIS '%' character) we can embed a normal return into the printed text. One thing the above examples show is that we seem to be limited to a maximum of 3 lines of printed text during a normal interactive text dialogue screen. If you try to embed any more than 3 lines, it will actually start overwriting the first line again.+So, using the linebreak character '%' (or, more strictly speaking, the S-JIS '%' character) we can embed a normal return into the printed text. Alternatively using the '|' character we can inject a return and then upward scroll of the immediately printed text. Note that the latter won't work particularly well on the interactive scenes, due to the taller image being shown. 
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 +=== Available Line Width === 
 + 
 +The width of all text during the introduction sequence (auto-playing and interactive scenes) is **30** characters. Anything over that length will cause: 
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 +  * Truncation and graphical errors (auto-playing segments) 
 +  * Auto-wrapping of the text to the next line (interactive scenes) 
 + 
 +=== Available Row Size === 
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 +During the auto-playing introductory sequence up to **4** rows of text can be shown. During interactive sequences the number is reduced to **3** rows maximum. The on-screen image shown during the latter sections is larger, hence there is less available room for text - even so, it does appear that there is room for more, but attempting to do so will cause:
  
 +  * The 4th and greater lines of text to wrap back to the 1st line, overwriting it
  
 [[https://github.com/megatron-uk/raygun-x68k/blob/master/csv/disk1/START.MES.csv]] - Japanese to English mapping CSV [[https://github.com/megatron-uk/raygun-x68k/blob/master/csv/disk1/START.MES.csv]] - Japanese to English mapping CSV
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   * Japanese text extraction: 100%   * Japanese text extraction: 100%
   * Literal English text: 100%   * Literal English text: 100%
-  * Rewritten English text: 5%+  * Rewritten English text: 100%
   * Reinsertion progress: 75%   * Reinsertion progress: 75%
  
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