Transparent Textboxes

[PokemonMasters]

Hey Guys. Want to do Tranparent Textboxes but they look so hard to do? You can do it with the WBTO (Write by Offset) command in XSE. Here is a simple script on how to make Transparent Textboxes. (For Ruby |AXVE| Only)

Here is what you need to add to the script

writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000048
writebytetooffset 0x1F 0x4000049
writebytetooffset 0x41 0x4000050
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000051
writebytetooffset 0xF 0x4000052
writebytetooffset 0xA 0x4000053
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AA
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AB
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B9
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AC
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AD
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BE
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BF
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C0
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C1
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C2
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C3
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C4
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C5
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C6
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C7
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C9


Test:


Notes:
- You must do this in Every Script you want Transparent.
- There are some bugs in doing this. Using this script will activate them.

Thanks for reading :D

Credit the following people if used:
- ~Andrea

[kebbles]

Originally Posted by PokemonMasters

Hey Guys. Want to do Tranparent Textboxes but they look so hard to do? You can do it with the WBTO (Write by Offset) command in XSE. Here is a simple script on how to make Transparent Textboxes. (For Ruby |AXVE| Only)

Here is what you need to add to the script

writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000048
writebytetooffset 0x1F 0x4000049
writebytetooffset 0x41 0x4000050
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000051
writebytetooffset 0xF 0x4000052
writebytetooffset 0xA 0x4000053
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AA
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AB
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B9
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AC
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AD
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BE
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BF
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C0
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C1
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C2
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C3
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C4
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C5
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C6
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C7
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C9


Test:


Notes:
- You must do this in Every Script you want Transparent.
- There are some bugs in doing this. Using this script will activate them.

Thanks for reading :D

Credit the following people if used:
- ~Andrea

Wow this is incrediable, i cant believe i only just found this!
What are the bugs before I use this?

[Hacker Bisharp]

Oh god.. This is very awesome! Keep it up

[itman]

This is amazing, but it takes up so much room to use in EVERY script.

So what everyone should do is make that a separate script, and then at the beginning of every script, call it, so this way you can save lots of room.

Example:

Script to be called:

Spoiler:

#org @begin
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000048
writebytetooffset 0x1F 0x4000049
writebytetooffset 0x41 0x4000050
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000051
writebytetooffset 0xF 0x4000052
writebytetooffset 0xA 0x4000053
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AA
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AB
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B9
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AC
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AD
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BE
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BF
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C0
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C1
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C2
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C3
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C4
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C5
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C6
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C7
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C9
return

Then if a script wants to use transparent text boxes, it would just call that one, and then it will automatically return to the script afterward due to the return command.

Spoiler:

#org @begin
call 0x(whateveroffsetit'sat!)
lock
faceplayer
msgbox @hi 0x6
release
end

#org @hi
= Hi.

Space saving ftw! I know this isn't a complex technique in anyway; I was just over explaning for newer hackers out there. :)

[shinyabsol1]

Interesting. I thought you needed ASM to do this. Great work figuring this out!

Since its just a bunch of WBTO, couldn't this work for FR too? We just need to find the equivalents in FR and change those. What exactly do allthose WBTOs do?

[PokemonMasters]

Originally Posted by itman

This is amazing, but it takes up so much room to use in EVERY script.

So what everyone should do is make that a separate script, and then at the beginning of every script, call it, so this way you can save lots of room.

Example:

Script to be called:

Spoiler:

#org @begin
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000048
writebytetooffset 0x1F 0x4000049
writebytetooffset 0x41 0x4000050
writebytetooffset 0x3F 0x4000051
writebytetooffset 0xF 0x4000052
writebytetooffset 0xA 0x4000053
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AA
writebytetooffset 0xFF 0x202F0AB
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0B9
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AC
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0AD
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BE
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0BF
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C0
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C1
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C2
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C3
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C4
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C5
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C6
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C7
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C8
writebytetooffset 0x0 0x202F0C9
return

Then if a script wants to use transparent text boxes, it would just call that one, and then it will automatically return to the script afterward due to the return command.

Spoiler:

#org @begin
call 0x(whateveroffsetit'sat!)
lock
faceplayer
msgbox @hi 0x6
release
end

#org @hi
= Hi.

Space saving ftw! I know this isn't a complex technique in anyway; I was just over explaning for newer hackers out there.

lol, I'll update the thread later on to add the "Space Saving" xD

[Pinkish Purple]

Cool, PokemonMasters! :D you put it up. Is there a more in-depth tutorial for newbs?

[Gamer2020]

I'm sure you can make an asm function to do the same thing. I'm pretty sure all you're doing is setting registers and stuff to use the hardware windowing.

http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/gfx.htm#sec-win

[shiny quagsire]

It wouldn't be that hard to write an ASM routine to set those bytes, and attach it to a special, or even hack in a call to that function every time a textbox is loaded.

[Darkrai Lv.1000]

How have I not seen this yet?
This is awesome, I'll definitely try this out, and maybe have it in my project.

Looks good for things like signs and "stage directions" and stuff like that.

[PokemonMasters]

Originally Posted by kebbles

Wow this is incrediable, i cant believe i only just found this!
What are the bugs before I use this?

The bugs are:
-if you open the menu the textxbox of menu disapeared
-you don't change the color of the test because the wbto with you create semi-trasparent textbox makes the textbox and the text semi-trasparnet because are you found in BG0 (the screen are divided into Bg0,Bg1,Bg2,Bg3,Bg4,Bg5 and Bg6) and makes textbox and text semitrasparnet...
-The effect of textbox finish when you doing warp
that's why it is best to use asm..

Originally Posted by Pinkish Purple

Cool, PokemonMasters! :D you put it up. Is there a more in-depth tutorial for newbs?

its already. You just put that in the script. How more in-depth do you want? xD

Originally Posted by Gamer2020

I'm sure you can make an asm function to do the same thing. I'm pretty sure all you're doing is setting registers and stuff to use the hardware windowing.

http://www.coranac.com/tonc/text/gfx.htm#sec-win

Originally Posted by shiny quagsire

It wouldn't be that hard to write an ASM routine to set those bytes, and attach it to a special, or even hack in a call to that function every time a textbox is loaded.

It for newbies or people who barely or don't know anything about ASM :D

[pikakitten]

So what are the bugs involved in doing this? Are they serious? Are they permanent as in use it once and the bug is forever there or... you know.
Thanks!

~Sincerely
PikakittenX, devout member of the Pokecommunity

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by PokemonMasters

It for newbies or people who barely or don't know anything about ASM :D

So what?

They are trying to make routines for it so that it will work with FireRed as well and to fix those bugs that you mentioned.

[~Andrea]

With this you will have the semi-trasparent textbox but there will also annoying bugs that is why using the asm which he said shiny Guaiser is always active ...
The bug in question are:
-If you open the menu, there will be the old textbox semi-transparent white color ...
-With these wbto you can not become colored text
-With these wbto you can not become a white-transparent textbox
-the names of the cities and routes will be like the old textbox but the color white as the transparent menu
-the effect ends when you use a warp
So I say to you that if you do not know asm put the tetxbox normal ...

[Team Fail]

Originally Posted by ~Andrea

-the effect ends when you use a warp

If this is the case, why not just call it again after you warp?

[Pinkish Purple]

I think it is too troublesome, doing ASM is better of course but there doesn't seem to be any tutorial about ASM around here...

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by Pinkish Purple

I think it is too troublesome, doing ASM is better of course but there doesn't seem to be any tutorial about ASM around here...

Huh?

I think there are about 4 ASM TUT's here in PC search in the tutorial section look in the pages... Hackmew, FullMetal, Shiny Quagsire, and knizz made ASM tut's.

[Gamer2020]

Why don't you set the values back to what they were after you use the text box? That way the start menu won't be buggy.

[shiny quagsire]

Originally Posted by PokemonMasters

It for newbies or people who barely or don't know anything about ASM :D

Patchers and programs that patch could be a viable solution to apply an ASM routine and link it to a special or force transparency as the default.

[NintendoBoyDX]

Yo PokemonMansters, I was wondering... Could you explain how you figured out how to do this hack, and why it works?

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by NintendoBoyDX

Yo PokemonMansters, I was wondering... Could you explain how you figured out how to do this hack, and why it works?

He didn't figured this out, ~Andrea did Pokemonmasters just shared this info with and practically doesn't know how this works... :)

[PokemonMasters]

Thanks Val. .-.
So , did anybody find a way to port this over to BPRE?

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by PokemonMasters

Thanks Val. .-.
So , did anybody find a way to port this over to BPRE?

~Andrea said that he knows it but forgot how to do it...

And Lucas said that coolcolstyles has a code for he ransparent textbox in BPRE but hasn't release the code yet.

[xWhyNotx]

This is amazing I will totally use this in my hack! ^-^ thanks for posting!

[阴魂君]

Originally Posted by tajaros

~Andrea said that he knows it but forgot how to do it...

And Lucas said that coolcolstyles has a code for he ransparent textbox in BPRE but hasn't release the code yet.

how about Emerald?
I think those offset are different,too..╯﹏╰