[solved] CE-LF2 Dedication Line (Marquee)

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In the forum mod, Alectric suggested that we input a dedication line just like the one in Marshall's Collaborative Effort Little Fighter 2 Mod.

Question:

How do you make a dedication line onto the LF2_v2.0 exe, like in CE-LF2?


~Solomon Leung

[Boop]

Making a new line is quite difficult (I haven't manged to make it work properly, either the exe crashes, my line replaces a different existing one, or only the line shows).

The scrolling effect however, is quite easy to achieve.
(code stolen from rammichaels exe)

ASM-Code: 00446332 FF0D 689F4500 DEC DWORD PTR DS:[459F68] ; jump here 00446338 813D 689F4500 >CMP DWORD PTR DS:[459F68],-3A0 00446342 7F 0A JG SHORT lf2_no_n.0044634E 00446344 C705 689F4500 >MOV DWORD PTR DS:[459F68],320 0044634E FF35 689F4500 PUSH DWORD PTR DS:[459F68] 00446354 ^E9 7C0FFEFF JMP lf2_no_n.004272D5 ;jump back to rest of code

All you have to do is find where it pushes the X cord of the text, jump from there, write that code, and jump back.

Example: http://www.mediafire.com/?jx2djynyzmi


Edit:
Okay, I looked at the code again and I manged to create another line(now that I understand call types, I figured it was cdecl and std, so I had to restore the ESP back to normal).

Anyway updated version:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zwoamitngdd

ASM-Code: 00446A98 . 53 69 6C 76 61>ASCII "Silva Is God Lik" 00446AA8 . 65 00 ASCII "e",0 ......................................... 00446ABA > 68 90010000 PUSH 190 ; Y cord 00446ABF . A1 08564500 MOV EAX,DWORD PTR DS:[455608] ; move DC handle to eax 00446AC4 . FF0D 689F4500 DEC DWORD PTR DS:[459F68] ; decrease X cord 00446ACA . 813D 689F4500 >CMP DWORD PTR DS:[459F68],-0F0 ; Check if message is out bounds 00446AD4 . 7F 0A JG SHORT rawr_scr.00446AE0 00446AD6 . C705 689F4500 >MOV DWORD PTR DS:[459F68],320 ; move text message back to start 00446AE0 > FF35 689F4500 PUSH DWORD PTR DS:[459F68] ; X cord 00446AE6 . 68 FFFF0000 PUSH 0FFFF ; Text Color 00446AEB . 68 10206000 PUSH rawr_scr.00602010 ; Background Color 00446AF0 . 68 986A4400 PUSH rawr_scr.00446A98 ; ASCII "Silva Is God Like" 00446AF5 . 50 PUSH EAX ; DC Handle 00446AF6 . E8 95A7FBFF CALL rawr_scr.00401290 00446AFB . 83C4 18 ADD ESP,18 ; fix ESP 00446AFE . 813D F0464500 >CMP DWORD PTR DS:[4546F0],24F ; Previous code I over write 00446B08 .^0F8E 9A08FEFF JLE rawr_scr.004273A8 ; Previous code I over write 00446B0E .^E9 1408FEFF JMP rawr_scr.00427327 ; jmp back

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Sorry for the late post, but it took a little while to understand the coding and get it to work . When it worked perfectly, I cheered and temporarily declared this topic solved . However later, I came up against a small bug (or problem, whatever).


Problem/Question:

The line doesn't scroll all the way. It resets position before all the words are viewed.

How do you extend the movement of the marquee line so that all the words are viewed before the line resets position?


Please Respond...

~Solomon Leung

[Boop]

CMP DWORD PTR DS:[459F68],-0F0

That checks the left most position of the string(the start). If you're string is long, you will need to increase it.

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YES!! After working out the numbers for like 10 min., I managed to get it to work . Problem Finally Solved!

Thanks Again Silva!

Really sorry for such a short post....

~Solomon Leung