Retrofan 2003
Member
Say listen I was having some problems with the hud trying to make some Japanese text for famicom games and I was wondering if there was anyone who could help me or other people with that sort of thing. And thank you.
japaneses text
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The NES letters displayed on screen are just tiles, I means a graphic tile. In NESmaker, in the "HUD & boxes > Tiles" those different graphic tiles (from your tiles) are assigned to keyboard letters:
Doing that, each time you will your the "A" keyboard letter in one of your texts, it will draw that particular tile on the screen.
For example, if I use a text with my ABC keyboards letters:
On screen, it will draw:
Now, imagine that if your HUD tiles is totally different, using any graphics (like for example, a small list of kana):
Your A keyboard letter is still assigned to the same tile ID (same tile index in the tileset) but now instead of a graphic "A", there is something else. In this example, even the "0" keyboard letter is now a graphic tile totally different.
The result is now, with my previous text using the ABC keyboard letters, it will draw those tiles on screen:
Knowing that, you can place (in your hud tileset) all the graphic tiles you will need in order to draw words on your screen, and try to use the corresponding keyboard letters in your nesmaker texts.
For example, if I want to draw "KUBO" in katakana on screen (which is キュボ), I will need to draw those 4 graphics tiles:
If I check my HUD tileset, I will need to use those ones:
In the correct, order those graphic tiles corresponds to the keyboard letters:
And finally, in my game, the text will be draw like I want:
The whole thing is just puzzling (the graphic tiles from your hud tileset... using the corresponding keyboard letters)
Doing that, each time you will your the "A" keyboard letter in one of your texts, it will draw that particular tile on the screen.
For example, if I use a text with my ABC keyboards letters:
On screen, it will draw:
Now, imagine that if your HUD tiles is totally different, using any graphics (like for example, a small list of kana):
Your A keyboard letter is still assigned to the same tile ID (same tile index in the tileset) but now instead of a graphic "A", there is something else. In this example, even the "0" keyboard letter is now a graphic tile totally different.
The result is now, with my previous text using the ABC keyboard letters, it will draw those tiles on screen:
Knowing that, you can place (in your hud tileset) all the graphic tiles you will need in order to draw words on your screen, and try to use the corresponding keyboard letters in your nesmaker texts.
For example, if I want to draw "KUBO" in katakana on screen (which is キュボ), I will need to draw those 4 graphics tiles:
If I check my HUD tileset, I will need to use those ones:
In the correct, order those graphic tiles corresponds to the keyboard letters:
And finally, in my game, the text will be draw like I want:
The whole thing is just puzzling (the graphic tiles from your hud tileset... using the corresponding keyboard letters)
Retrofan 2003
Member
thank you so much. 
Retrofan 2003
Member
I've been confused for ages about this stuff.
Jonny
Well-known member
On the same subject, how would you recommend doing the actual translation. I can use the entire HUD so about 62 characters available because I'm not using that tileset for anything else. Do you think Google translator is accurate enough or does the language have certain elements which might be badly translated without human input?
Jonny
Well-known member
Thank you for the advice. I've found someone on fiverr who has good reviews. Would the same apply for a this website as Google?
Last question I promise!... Is it better to use Katakana only?
I'll do a tileset to demonstrate the limitations then contact someone, thanks again.
Retrofan 2003
Member
Judging by the picture that Dale put up I would say yes.
Retrofan 2003
Member
okay