Author Topic: [PC] Position/resize textboxes - BoxFF7 (2.0) (Read 18696 times)

DLPB · « **on:** 2013-07-11 06:39:37 »

Download HERE.

Tutorial HERE.

Works with the original game or The Reunion.

In order to complete the retranslation project I've had to create a new tool to position the dialogue boxes. This program will tell you the X and Y positions of the boxes and allow you to move their placements in real-time. This means you can correct X and Y positions as you play the game. Because of character model placements and so forth, this is the only real way to do it. It has to be done manually, and you have to be seeing what's on screen. This app will allow you to change text and autosize boxes. It uses touphScript syntax.

1. Open FF7.
2. Play the game (preferably at 960*720) with BoxFF7 running nearby.
3. Move boxes to where you want them to go as they appear.
You can use mouse drag and drop, or the arrow keys for fine tuning.
When using mouse, BoxFF7 will ensure the windows stay within the correct borders.
When using arrow keys, you are allowed to go to the outer edge.

Key short-cuts

F1: Centre Horizontally.
F2. Centre vertically
F5: Autosize box (you can also double click a box)
F9: Open current map text file (if using ts files inside "text" folder).
Ctrl-T: Place box top centre.

Special text markers:

{MAX} Characters will be spaced equally. To end, use another {MAX}.
{FLASH} Text will flash. To end, use another {FLASH}.
{RAINBOW} Text will have rainbow colours. To end, use another {RAINBOW}.

Colours: {WHITE}, {GRAY}, {RED}, {BLUE}, {PURPLE}, {YELLOW}, {GREEN}, {CYAN}

Menu Overhaul joypad: {U}, {D}, {L}, {R}, {X}, {C}, {T}, {S}, {L1}, {R1}, {L2}, {R2}, {SEL}, {STA}

{CHOICE} Use in places where there are choices.

Menu Overhaul has 2 love-hearts. For these, use Pound sign (£) and Euro sign (€).

The box X Y Height and Width values are displayed at the top,
as is the map name.

By right clicking on a box graphic, the X and Y coordinates will be saved to the clipboard in touphscript format (#xy 126 22, for example). If you have a "text" folder in the same place as BoxFF7, any ts files inside it will be automatically edited with this information, saving you the need to copy and paste. Please note, when this is in operation, the boxes will flash 3 colours:

Green: Change was made
Yellow: Change has already been made before, and has been added again.
Red: Change was not made (usually because text does not match).

Template · « **Reply #1 on:** 2013-07-11 06:43:54 »

Mind blown. Sincere amazement.

DLPB · « **Reply #2 on:** 2013-07-12 01:07:51 »

Done. It isn't much, but it will at least make the job easier. It was surprisingly difficult to code considering how small the job is.

EQ2Alyza · « **Reply #3 on:** 2013-07-12 02:18:45 »

Should I suggest this for those who install Bootleg without your ReTranslation project? It's a Bootleg error, but none-the-less, doing so causes the misaligned boxes for timers/counters (e.g. Shinra Mansion Safe). I believe it's being patched in the next Bootleg release, but that's has an unknown release date.

DLPB · « **Reply #4 on:** 2013-07-12 11:11:10 »

Yeah I suggest you do. That translation project release just isn't fit for purpose.

DLPB · « **Reply #5 on:** 2013-07-12 22:15:22 »

I am going to have to have a really long think about this... See the there are 554 dialogue maps in game. And the largest map has 170+ boxes. Thats a monumental task having to position them all properly. FF8 had same issue., FF9 the boxes are linked to the model and follow the model about, even changing position so they dont go in the way of the model. FF7 is just a flat basic X Y position.

DLPB · « **Reply #6 on:** 2013-07-15 12:04:11 »

Nope be here til next year if I do it this way... it's still the best option so far, but I think a better one would be this interface with automatic editing of the touphscript text files. I don't know how well I can make that work. But I am gonna try. If I do this right, double clicking on a box in game won't just tell you the new X Y, it will actually edit the ts files for you. So you'd still need to go through game manually of course, but it would at least make it easier.

FF9 had a better idea... the boxes are linked to the models. They move with the models and the bubble starts at the models mouth area. They obviously got sick of manual placements.

Kaldarasha · « **Reply #7 on:** 2013-07-17 01:57:37 »

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FF9 had a better idea... the boxes are linked to the models. They move with the models and the bubble starts at the models mouth area. They obviously got sick of manual placements.

The best thing I could imangine, would be a tool, which capture the text boxes and show its own one.
The tool need the ability to connect a box to the middle of the chest-head bone of a model. However determing, which box belongs to which model needs to be done manuly.
Maybe it would be a good idea to make an unshown model indication at the beginning
of a dialog like:

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#AAAA#R#
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^{[R/L = upper right/left from the model; r/l = lower right/left from the model]}

I don't know if it's possible to make such a tool, but at last it's an idea.

DLPB · « **Reply #8 on:** 2013-07-17 19:23:09 »

I'll have an update to this program soon. I've managed to make it auto edit the touphscript files for you (i.e. add the x y when you click on a box in realtime). So that stops any need for copy paste. Next I am going to create a small personal tool that will traverse all ts text files and auto place the "obtained" boxes. Like "Obtained Potion!"

to do that, all that is needed is to add up the length of each of the chars in Obtained Potion! which gives you the correct width of the box, then do Box_X= 160-(BoxWidth/2). Y is just 8. This way a lot of the needless donkey work will be done for me.

DLPB · « **Reply #9 on:** 2013-07-30 13:26:01 »

BoxFF7 1.0 is released. There are probably a few small bugs to iron out, but this is essentially finished. The app will automatically detect if Menu Overhaul or original game is being used and adjust as needed. The application now supports autosizing of dialogue boxes, and changing of text in real-time. The purpose of this app is on the fly editing (to see if your box looks good). It does not edit the actual files. If you have a "field" folder in the same place as BoxFF7 with touphscript text files inside it, it will detect them and add the new X Y positions (press right click on a box in the app). This app supports world map box and text changing too. At the moment, you need to have left a village onto the world map for the app to know that you are on the world map. I will be fixing this shortly.

I will create a youtube video to make this all easier. See first post for download link, and more information.

This app will only be useful to people who need to edit box positions.

Template · « **Reply #10 on:** 2013-07-30 13:38:28 »

Man... that is really amazingly ingenious. So someone could translate the game into say, Dutch, on the fly, while doing a playthrough and setting correct box sizes all along??

DLPB · « **Reply #11 on:** 2013-07-30 13:42:38 »

Yeah, pretty much, assuming the characters are supported. Of course, it still requires a lot of manual work... I mean you'd need to continually copy and paste the text once you were happy with it, but at least you'd know it looked good and is correct! I've had to throw the kitchen sink and everything in it to get this working...

I thought it was going to be my easiest program, but it ended up a nightmare!

DLPB · « **Reply #12 on:** 2013-08-01 03:34:19 »

A few more bugs fixed, and ability to open text files added. I will be silently updating this program from now on, so check post 1.

Kaldarasha · « **Reply #13 on:** 2013-08-01 12:54:04 »

I honestly wish I would had this tool earlier. It had saved me hundreds of hours of editing and testing. This is a really great program.
To everyone, who's planing to translate or simply rework the text, BoxFF7 IS a must have.

Template · « **Reply #14 on:** 2013-08-01 18:15:33 »

Yes, when I saw the recent changes to this tool I thought of the German reworked Kaldarasha has done and felt guilty. I'm sure Dan woulda saved a lot of time if he had started with this before the retranslation, but he had to go through the process to learn this tool was needed. groundbreaking work is backbreaking, and too often thankless.

DLPB · « **Reply #15 on:** 2013-08-06 00:05:04 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcBGEY8AbnU Tutorial... very quickly shoved together. Hope it helps. I've added a few annotations to it.

DLPB · « **Reply #16 on:** 2013-08-07 23:39:32 »

BoxFF7 1.3 is ready. touphScript text files with {OK}flag, or tabs, were not being updated properly. Fixed.

DLPB · « **Reply #17 on:** 2013-11-30 19:10:47 »

1.4 released. Fixed a few bugs and added Menu Overhaul joypad tags for when the Reunion is released. It was a buttercup adding this too but I eventually programmed a very neat way of doing it.

If someone updates the font image to include xbox, I will also add xbox tags.

foubou · « **Reply #18 on:** 2014-04-01 12:38:39 »

This is amazing tool man, thanks a lot !

DLPB · « **Reply #19 on:** 2014-04-01 18:53:41 »

There is a bug or two in this, but fixed for next release.

foubou · « **Reply #20 on:** 2014-04-07 23:36:50 »

How do I save my changes ?

I tried your program in the cutscene of Guernica when you meet the Turks.
I placed all dialog boxes where I wanted them to be placed.I also right clicked on each of them and they beacame green.

I did that with and without TS files but when I launched the game (and only the game), there was no changes.

Thanks all for help and answers.

DLPB · « **Reply #21 on:** 2014-04-08 00:12:22 »

Boxff7 only edits the text files. You need to run an encode on those files using touphscript to edit the game.

foubou · « **Reply #22 on:** 2014-04-08 09:44:49 »

Ah yeah it works ! I was doing wrong with TouphScript I chose "d" instead of "e".

In your next release, can you please add a "toolbar" like in Loveless ? I mean, a button for yellow, a button for white,...
I'm asking but don't know really if it's easy or hard to do but considering all tools you made so far, I don't think this little add-on will be very diificult for you.

LeonhartGR · « **Reply #23 on:** 2014-04-16 13:23:28 »

Thank you for your amazing work! Is there something similar for VIII? Any plans to make one in the future?

DLPB · « **Reply #24 on:** 2014-04-16 20:21:01 »

No plans for 8 at all... don't love the game enough to invest uber time. But the principle would be almost identical.