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--- blog:x86_raygun_english [2020/06/23 21:46] – [Text Format & Considerations] john
+++ blog:x86_raygun_english [2020/06/25 08:15] (current) – [Disk 1 - START.MES] john
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    * Most screens restrict you to a maximum of 30 characters in width.
    * 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 (3x 30 = 90 chars max.) 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 ====
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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).
+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.
+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 ===
-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.
+=== 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:
+  * Truncation and graphical errors (auto-playing segments)
+  * Auto-wrapping of the text to the next line (interactive scenes)
+=== Available Row Size ===
+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
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   * Japanese text extraction: 100%
   * Literal English text: 100%
-  * Rewritten English text: 5%
+  * Rewritten English text: 100%
   * Reinsertion progress: 75%