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Oujay
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« on: March 27, 2007, 07:04:31 pm »

I have a question. What do you do if you are editing something and it turns out that what you are going to change it to is too big? Like, how do you make it to where it will fit?
Ryusui
Guest
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2007, 08:03:12 pm »

Redraw it at the proper size.
Oujay
Guest
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2007, 08:50:08 pm »

oh wait...i put the question down wrong. What i meant to say was, if you are editing a graphic, and what you want to make is too big like if your making something like the title screen logo bigger, but it wont fit because its too large, is there a way around that and if there is how. (sorry if i put it down wrong again, i dont really go to formums all that much.)
Kitsune Sniper
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2007, 09:18:09 pm »

You could figure out how the game arranges the tiles that make up the title screen, and move 'em around so your item fits.
Ryusui
Guest
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2007, 09:18:24 pm »

Generally speaking, it can't be done.

What you're asking would entail the romhacking equivalent of neurosurgery. At your skill level, your only real option is to reduce the size of your title screen logo to fit in the allotted space.

EDIT: Sorry, Kitsune posted before I did. It's possible to rearrange the tilemap if your logo simply has different dimensions from the original, but if it can't be wedged into the tile space of the original logo at all, then you'll have to redraw your logo.
Oujay
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2007, 09:35:50 pm »

oh ok. (darn, thought it was possible for me. oh well)
Kitsune Sniper
Guest
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2007, 10:11:37 pm »

Quote from: Oujay on March 27, 2007, 09:35:50 pm
oh ok. (darn, thought it was possible for me. oh well)
It's quite possible.

Simply figure out how the game draws the title. The title is made out of 8x8 blocks just like fonts, it's just a matter of finding out their hexadecimal values and see if it's possible to rearrange them. And if you can do so, then you can copy your new title screen onto the space used by the tiles on the ROM, and rearrange them one by one.

It's a lot of hard work, but it IS possible. I've done several title screens that way, and I'm not programming expert.
Spikeman
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 02:42:15 am »

Tilemaps really aren't that complicated to mess with on the GBA. I think there is even a program in the database for editing them. By Djinn if I'm not mistaken?
Oujay
Guest
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 03:10:31 pm »

Ok thanks, i will try to do it after a while.
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