01-17-2010, 05:08 PM
Ok, here's the deal, I want to translate this Dreamcast game called Pia Carrot 3. So far I've found the text and I've documented what most of the control codes do. Now, before you say "n00b use romjuice", I tried it and it doesn't work with 771 MB files. BTW, viewing the whole cdi image in a text editor is the ONLY WAY to view the text.
Here's some information on the control codes and stuff...
09XXX = Control Codes for voices and sound effects. An example of one of these codes is "09598".
bgmX = Control Codes for music. An example of one of these codes is "bgm0".
bkXX = Control Codes for background sound effects, like birds and such.
cXXX - Control Codes for character portraits.
e0XX = Control Codes for event backgrounds. An example of one of these codes is "e001".
pfXX = Control Codes for static backgrounds.
Breaking down text...
10XX00 before the text....
10 - Tells the game to calculate string length.
XX - Is the string length.
00 - Seperates the codes from the text.
0022 - These 2 bytes execute control codes. They are after every control code in the game and the control code will NOT execute, without it.
Before those 3 bytes there will always be
00 22 00 F9 06 00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00
00 22 00 B0 08 00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00
There are "1D" bytes between lines.
The line skip code starts with "00 22", then goes to 2 variable bytes which are "XXXX". "XXXX" tells you where the the end of the FIRST line will be. An example of one of these codes is "B008".
After those 2 bytes these bytes occur...
00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00
Here's some information on the control codes and stuff...
09XXX = Control Codes for voices and sound effects. An example of one of these codes is "09598".
bgmX = Control Codes for music. An example of one of these codes is "bgm0".
bkXX = Control Codes for background sound effects, like birds and such.
cXXX - Control Codes for character portraits.
e0XX = Control Codes for event backgrounds. An example of one of these codes is "e001".
pfXX = Control Codes for static backgrounds.
Breaking down text...
10XX00 before the text....
10 - Tells the game to calculate string length.
XX - Is the string length.
00 - Seperates the codes from the text.
0022 - These 2 bytes execute control codes. They are after every control code in the game and the control code will NOT execute, without it.
Before those 3 bytes there will always be
00 22 00 F9 06 00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00
00 22 00 B0 08 00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00
There are "1D" bytes between lines.
The line skip code starts with "00 22", then goes to 2 variable bytes which are "XXXX". "XXXX" tells you where the the end of the FIRST line will be. An example of one of these codes is "B008".
After those 2 bytes these bytes occur...
00 00 28 00 29 01 00 00 00 80 00 00
00 00 2A 00 31 0F 04 00 00 00 10 1B 00