Updated Implementing the “textcolor” script command from FRLG and give object events their own text colour (markdown)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/Implementing-the-“textcolor”-script-command-from-FRLG-and-give-object-events-their-own-text-colour.md b/Implementing-the-“textcolor”-script-command-from-FRLG-and-give-object-events-their-own-text-colour.md
index a89b379..e8660cd 100644
--- a/Implementing-the-“textcolor”-script-command-from-FRLG-and-give-object-events-their-own-text-colour.md
+++ b/Implementing-the-“textcolor”-script-command-from-FRLG-and-give-object-events-their-own-text-colour.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ This tutorial will walk you through how to implement this into Emerald whilst al
 
 Open field_specials.c and add the following function:
 ```c
-
 u8 ContextNpcGetTextColor(void)
 {
     u8 gfxId;
@@ -29,13 +28,11 @@ This function is what handles the context of the text. The `if (gSpecialVar_Text
 
 Extern it somewhere in `include/field_specials.h` like so:
 ```c
-
 u8 ContextNpcGetTextColor(void);
 ```
 
 Next, we want to open menu.c and add the following function:
 ```c
-
 void AddTextPrinterForMessageWithTextColor(bool8 allowSkippingDelayWithButtonPress)
 {
     u8 color;
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ void AddTextPrinterForMessageWithTextColor(bool8 allowSkippingDelayWithButtonPre
 }
 ```
 I put this above `AddTextPrinterForMessage` which is the function base Emerald uses.
-
 In this function, we have the local variable `color`. This variable is what we’re using to call the `ContextNpcGetTextColor` function we added earlier. Because of `ContextNpcGetTextColor` we are able to use `gSpecialVar_TextColor` as the colour value in `AddTextPrinterParameterized2` and because of the logic from the aforementioned functions, the colour value in `AddTextPrinterParameterized2`, will be the value of `graphicsInfo->textColor`.
 
 Don’t forget to extern the function somewhere in `menu.h` like this:
@@ -54,11 +50,15 @@ Don’t forget to extern the function somewhere in `menu.h` like this:
 void AddTextPrinterForMessageWithTextColor(bool8 allowSkippingDelayWithButtonPress);
 ```
 
-We need to open `field_message_box.c` and find the function `StartDrawFieldMessage` and make the following change:
-
-
+At the top of menu.c, add the following:
+```diff
+#include "event_data.h"
++    #include "field_specials.h"
+```
+This is so we can use the aformentioned `ContextNpcGetTextColor` function.
 
-```c
+We need to open `field_message_box.c` and find the function `StartDrawFieldMessage` and make the following change:
+```diff
 static void StartDrawFieldMessage(void)
 {
 
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static void StartDrawFieldMessage(void)
     CreateTask_DrawFieldMessage();
 }
 ```
-
 `StartDrawFieldMessage` is the function that handles message boxes in the overworld.
 
 Next, we want to open `field_control_avatar.c` go to the function `ProcessPlayerFieldInput` and make the following change:
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ We’re gonna implement the `textcolor` scripting command so you can make partic
 
 Go to `scrcmd.c` and add the following function:
 ```c
-
 bool8 ScrCmd_textcolor(struct ScriptContext * ctx)
  {
      gSpecialVar_PrevTextColor = gSpecialVar_TextColor;
@@ -129,20 +127,17 @@ This is the script command function for the textcolor script command. `ctx` is t
 
 We want to go to `data/script_cmd_table.inc` and go to line 202 and change the following:
 
-```c
-.4byte ScrCmd_nop1                      @ 0xc7
-```
-to
-```c
-.4byte ScrCmd_textcolor               @ 0xc7
+```diff
+-    .4byte ScrCmd_nop1                     @ 0xc7
++    .4byte ScrCmd_textcolor                @ 0xc7
 ```
 
 This is so the scripting system knows to use `ScrCmd_textcolor` we added earlier.
 
 
 We want to declare these new special vars we’re using! Go to `event_data.c` on line 15, make the follow change:
-```diff
 
+```diff
 EWRAM_DATA u16 gSpecialVar_0x8000 = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA u16 gSpecialVar_0x8001 = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA u16 gSpecialVar_0x8002 = 0;
@@ -166,8 +161,8 @@ EWRAM_DATA u16 gSpecialVar_MonBoxPos = 0;
 EWRAM_DATA static u8 gSpecialFlags[SPECIAL_FLAGS_SIZE] = {0};
 ```
 And on line 30 in `include/event_data.h`, make the following change:
-```c
 
+```diff
 extern u16 gSpecialVar_0x8000;
 extern u16 gSpecialVar_0x8001;
 extern u16 gSpecialVar_0x8002;