3D:Text Format
Dialogue in OoT 3D contains control codes, which may for instance center text, change colour or embed icons in the text. This article documents the behaviour of various control codes.
This formatting is used in dialogue lines inside the QM format.
Contents
Control codes
All text control codes begin with 0x7F. The table below details the various codes and when necessary what arguments they take.
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| 00 | Message end |
| 01 | Wait for input |
| 02 xx | Horizontal spacing (kerning) |
| 03 xxxx | Go To Message ID (xxxx) |
| 04 | Instant Text On |
| 05 | Instant Text Off |
| 06 | Shop Message Box |
| 07 | Event Trigger |
| 08 xx | Delay x frames |
| 0A xx | Close after x frames |
| 0B | Player's name |
| 0C | Begin Ocarina Playing |
| 0E xxxx | Play sound clip (xxxx) |
| 0E 00 01 00 05 xx | Play sound clip? |
| 0F xx | Item obtained? (see below) |
| 10 xx | Set text speed (00-03, higher is slower) |
| 11 xx xx xx | Message Background |
| 12 | (Current Marathon time) |
| 13 | (Current Race time) |
| 14 | (Current archery score) |
| 15 | (#Gold Skulltulas destroyed) |
| 16 | (Current fish weight) |
| 17 | (Current Hyrulian time) |
| 18 xx | Read variable xx (see below) |
| 19 | Unskippable text |
| 1A FFFF FFFF | Dialog choice (2-way) |
| 1B FFFF FFFF FFFF | Dialog choice (3-way) |
| 1C | Newline |
| 1D xx | Text colour (see below) |
| 1E | Center text |
| 23 xx | ??? |
| 24 xx | Button Icons (see below) |
| 25 xx xx xx | Credit titles |
| 26 xx | If flag set (see below) |
| 27 | Else |
| 28 | End |
| 29 | If not in MQ mode |
| 2A | Else |
| 2B | End |
Special arguments
Item IDs (04)
Item IDs match the Item List from the original game perfectly, with the addition that 0x7B is used for Biggoron's Sword.
Text colours (1D)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 00 | White |
| 41 | Red |
| 42 | Green |
| 43 | Blue? |
| 44 | Light blue |
| 45 | Pink |
| 46 | Yellow? |
| 47 | Black? |
Variable IDs (18)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 00 | Best horseback archery score |
| 01 | Poe collection points |
| 02 | Largest fish caught |
| 03 | Best horse race time |
| 04 | Best marathon time |
| 06 | Best Dampé race time |
Icon IDs (24)
| Value | Icon |
|---|---|
| 00 | |
| 01 | |
| 02 | (unused) |
| 03 | (unused) |
| 04 | |
| 05 | (unused) |
| 06 | |
| 07 | |
| 08 | |
| 09 | |
| 0A | |
| 0B | |
| 0F | |
| 10 | (unused) |
| 11 | |
| 12 | (unused) |
| 14 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 1A | |
| 1B | |
| 1C | |
| 1D | |
| 1E | |
| 1F | |
| 21 | [Green arrow] |
| 22 |
Flag IDs (26)
The flag is set if singular, unset if plural (for the purposes of the conditionals above).
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 00 | Singular/plural flag for current archery score (see 14) |
| 02 | Singular/plural flag for current fish weight (see 16) |
| xx | Singular/plural flag for value stored in variable xx - 3 |
Special Characters
All special character codes begin with 0x7FC2 and 0x7FC3. Currently the only known 0x7FC2 is 0x7FC2A1 which is ¡ (Inverted Exclamation Point).
This is an incomplete list of 0x7FC3.
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| 80 | À |
| 81 | Á |
| 82 | Â |
| 84 | Ä |
| 87 | Ç |
| 88 | È |
| 89 | É |
| 8A | Ê |
| 8D | Í |
| 91 | Ñ |
| 92 | Ò |
| 93 | Ó |
| 94 | Ô |
| 96 | Ö |
| 9A | Ú |
| 9C | Ü |
| 9F | ß |
| A0 | à |
| A1 | á |
| A2 | â |
| A4 | ä |
| A7 | ç |
| A8 | è |
| A9 | é |
| AA | ê |
| AB | ë |
| AC | ì |
| AD | í |
| AE | î |
| AF | ï |
| B1 | ñ |
| B2 | ò |
| B3 | ó |
| B4 | ô |
| B6 | ö |
| B9 | ù |
| BA | ú |
| BB | û |
| BC | ü |