Mode 7 research

[Mauron]

Current Notes

So far I've determined 0-1F are unique scenes, and 80 and 20 are options flags. 40 is likely an option as well, but I haven't seen it used so far.

A packet at C31313 is decompressed into RAM at 7E3000, which contains most of the mode 7 code and game credits.

[Mauron]

0-F are unique scenes. 10 is not cleared before the jump, but there aren't pointers to 10-1f, so things will crash.

I've seen 40 set in a few mode 7 sequences on the title screen, but haven't gotten that far in the code yet.

[Zakyrus]

Is the possibility that a "Credits Editor" as an early working plugin a reality?

~Z

[Mauron]

Most likely yes. Data storage for the credits is fairly straight forward, but there are few parts that need to be clarified first.

[Zakyrus]

Most likely yes. Data storage for the credits is fairly straight forward, but there are few parts that need to be clarified first.

Most likely {delay XX} seconds, line break and others (OR some kind of simulairity variant of the EVENT Commands are used). ...?

~Z

[Mauron]

A lot of Mode 7 stuff is in a single compressed packet, including credits. I'm mapping out as much of the packet as I can before I start playing with it.