Chibis & Choices

Commands

The following document explains what every command in the game does.

Notes

Time in these commands is always defined in terms of frames. The game assumes a frame is 1/30 of a second, i.e. 30 frames per second. Thus, to wait one second, one would WAIT for 30 frames.

`AVOID_DISP`

Parameters: None

Displays the "Main Topic -> Avoid" graphics.

When used in the initial script section, starts execution to the first script block. Otherwise, makes the script return to whatever called it (e.g. the puzzle phase) or returns you to the investigation phase.

`BG_DISP`

Parameters:

Background: The background to be displayed

Displays a background image on the lower screen. The background image can only be of type TEX_BG.

`BG_DISP2`

While this is listed as a separate command, it uses the same routine as BG_DISP.

`BG_DISPCG`

Parameters:

Background: The CG background to be displayed
Display from Bottom: If true, displays the bottom of a tall background (TEX_CG_SINGLE); if false, displays the top

BG_DISPCG works as BG_DISP but can display a larger variety of textures – namely, TEX_CG, TEX_CG_DUAL_SCREEN, TEX_CG_WIDE, and TEX_CG_SINGLE BGs. Notably, these are all CGs as opposed to VN backgrounds. Before displaying a standard BG after calling BG_DISPC, one should call BG_REVERT.

`BG_FADE`

Parameters:

Background: The background to display as with BG_DISP
Background (Temp/CG): The index of a background to display as BG_DISPCG; specify instead of Background
Fade Time (Frames): The time to fade in frames

Like the other BG display commands but crossfades the background rather than just displaying it.

`BG_REVERT`

Parameters: None

Reverts the background to the last call of BG_DISP (i.e. undoes any BG_FADE or BG_DISPCG calls). This is required before returning to displaying standard TEX_BG BGs. Note that if reverting a TEX_CG_DUAL_SCREEN BG, SET_PLACE must have been used to set the place location and have it displayed.

BG_REVERT does something odd to previously displayed CGs that makes attempting to display them again after the BG_REVERT crash/freeze/soft lock the game. If you need to go back and forth between the same CGs, consider using BG_FADE.

`BG_SCROLL`

Parameters:

Scroll Direction: The direction to scroll the BG
Scroll Speed: Speed at which to scroll (1 is a good default)

When a background that is larger than the screen is shown (such as TEX_CG_DUAL_SCREEN, TEX_CG_WIDE, and TEX_CG_SINGLE), scrolls the background in a DEFINED direction.

`BGM_PLAY`

Parameters:

Music: The background music to start or stop playing
Mode: Whether to start or stop the music
Volume: The volume of the BGM (0 is silent, 100 is max)
Fade In Time (Frames): Time in frames that the BGM will fade in
Fade Out Time (Frames): Time in frames that the BGM will fade out

Plays or stops background music.

`CHESS_CLEAR_ANNOTATIONS`

Parameters: None

Clears all chessboard annotations. Unused.

`CHESS_LOAD`

Parameters:

Chess File: The chess file to load

Loads a chess file into memory and (if the chess overlay is loaded) places it on the chessboard.

`CHESS_MOVE`

Parameters:

White Space Begin: The space where a white piece to move is
White Space End: The space where the white piece should move to
Black Space Begin: The space where a black piece to move is
Black Space End: The space where the black piece should move to

Moves a piece (or pieces) on the chessboard.

`CHESS_RESET`

Parameters: None

Resets the chessboard to its original state.

`CHESS_TOGGLE_CROSS`

Parameters:

Cross Space 0-15: The spaces to place/remove a cross on

Crosses out spaces on the chessboard with a red X. If a space is already crossed out, this command uncrosses it out.

`CHESS_TOGGLE_GUIDE`

Parameters:

Piece 1: A space containing a piece whose potential moves to highlight
Piece 2: A space containing a piece whose potential moves to highlight
Piece 3: A space containing a piece whose potential moves to highlight
Piece 4: A space containing a piece whose potential moves to highlight

Highlights the potential moves of a piece in red. If a piece has already been highlighted, this command unhighlights it.

`CHESS_VGOTO`

Parameters:

Clear Block: Script block to go to if the chess game is cleared
Miss Block: Script block to go to if the chess game is failed
Miss 2 Block: Script block to go to if the chess game is failed in some unused way

Monitors for the end of the chess game and then jumps to a specified script block depending on the outcome.

`CHESS_TOGGLE_HIGHLIGHT`

Parameters:

Highlight Space 0-15: The spaces to highlight

Highlights spaces on the chessboard in yellow. If a space is already highlighted, this command unhighlights it.

`CHIBI_EMOTE`

Parameters:

Chibi: The chibi to emote
Emote: The emote that should be shown

This command displays an emote in a speech bubble above a chibi figure on the top screen.

`CHIBI_ENTEREXIT`

Parameters:

Chibi: Specifies the chibi to enter or exit
Enter/Exit: Specifies whether the chibi is entering or exiting
Delay (Frames): Specifies the number of frames after which the chibi should enter or exit

Specifies a chibi figure to enter or exit the top screen. To be used by this command, a chibi must have a walk cycle (animation 01) in addition to its default idle animation (animation 00).

`CONFETTI`

Parameters:

Visible: If true turns confetti on. If false, turns it off.

Displays falling confetti on the top screen.

`DIALOGUE`

Parameters:

Dialogue: The dialogue line, composed of a speaker and the dialogue text
Sprite: The character sprite to display when the dialogue is displayed
Sprite Entrance Transition: Transition that makes the sprite enter
Sprite Exit/Move Transition: Transition that makes the sprite exit or moves it around
Sprite Shake: Applies a shaking effect to the sprite
Voice Line: The voice line to play
Text Voice Font: The voice font to be applied when no voiced line is used, as defined by the dialogue config item
Text Speed: The speed at which the text is rendered, as defined by the dialogue config item
Text Entrance Effect: The effect to use as the text is printed to the screen
Sprite Layer: Determines which "layer" a sprite should be rendered on entrance; higher numbers are rendered on top of lower ones
Don't Clear Text: If true, continues displaying the next dialogue line in the same box
No Lip Flap: Manually disables lip flaps for dialogue that would otherwise have them

Displays a line of dialogue and/or manipulates character sprites. Can optionally play a voiced line.

A couple of notes on sprites:

Sprites are associated with a speaker
Sprites will not be displayed unless the first sprite is given an entrance transition
After the first sprite is displayed for a speaker, other sprites of that speaker can be switched to without entrance transitions
Sprites will not exit unless the sprite is specified with an exit transition

For dialogue, there are a number of operators available that have different effects:

Operator	Example	Effect
`$num`	`$9`	Adjust the speed at which text appears on the screen; used to sync text with voice lines
`#Wnum`	`#W20`	Waits for a number of frames before continuing to show text on the screen
`#Pnum`	`#P5`	Changes the color of the text; the available colors can be seen in the table below
`#DP`	`#DP`	"Dialogue placeholder," doesn't have much of a function
`#SEnum`	`#SE001`	Plays a sound effect as `SND_PLAY`
`#SK0`	`#SK0Shake#sk`	Shakes the text; terminated with `#sk`

The colors available with the #P operator:

Operator	Color
`#P00`	Standard white text
`#P01`	Yellow text like in Kyon's monologue
`#P02`	Slightly off-white text
`#P03`	Gray-ish text
`#P04`	Lavendar text used for the Info speaker
`#P05`	Red, used for mentioning topics
`#P06`	Faded gray
`#P07`	Black

`EPHEADER`

Parameters:

Episode Header: The index of the title texture to use, i.e. 1 = Episode 1, 2 = Episode 2, 3 = Episode 3, 4 = Episode 4, 5 = Episode 5, 6 = Epilogue (if you want to be really clever, -1 is the main menu title)

Sets the upper screen to be an episode title texture.

`FLAG`

Parameters:

Flag: The flag to set or clear
Set: 1 = set, 0 = clear

Sets or clears a flag.

`GLOBAL2D`

Parameters:

Value: The value to set variable global2D to

Sets a global variable to a specified value. Only used in one place so it's difficult to determine what it affects.

`GOTO`

Parameters:

Script Section: The section to jump to

Jumps to a particular script section.

`HARUHI_METER`

Parameters:

Add: The value to add to the Haruhi Meter (positive values move the meter toward Distracted while negative values move it toward Focused)
Set: The value to set the Haruhi Meter at (does not show the meter)

Modifies the value of the Haruhi Meter. The meter minimum is 0 (corresponding to 10%) and the meter maximum is 9 (corresponding to 100%).

`HARUHI_METER_NOSHOW`

Parameters:

Add: The value to add to the Haruhi Meter

Adds to the Haruhi Meter without showing the Haruhi Meter UI (the sound effects are still played). Unused in the game.

`HOLD`

Parameters: None

Stops script execution until input is received from the player.

`INIT_READ_FLAG`

Parameters: None

Unknown, unused in the game.

`INVEST_END`

Parameters: None

Ends investigation mode and returns to the main visual novel format of the game. Automatically fades screen to black.

`ITEM_DISPIMG`

Parameters:

Item: The item to display
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Displays the specified item image. Under certain circumstances, this should work; however, it seems this soft locks the game most of the time. Unused.

`INVEST_START`

Parameters:

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End Script Section: The script section that starts with the INVEST_END command.

Starts investigation mode. Automatically fades screen in from black.

`KBG_DISP`

Parameters:

"Kinetic" Background: The "kinetic" background to display on the top screen

Displays a particular "kinetic" (my word) background on the top screen. Must be of type KINETIC_SCREEN.

`LOAD_ISOMAP`

Parameters:

Map: The map to load

Loads an isometric map for usage by INVEST_START.

`MODIFY_FRIENDSHIP`

Parameters:

Character: The character to modify: Haruhi, Mikuru, Nagato, Koizumi or Tsuruya.
Modify By: The value to modify the friendship level by for the selected character

Modifies a character's "Friendship Level" by adding a particular value to it. The value can be positive or negative. Friendship levels start at 1 and persist throughout a playthrough. They can be referenced in conditionals with the following variable names:

Character	Variable
Haruhi	`HFL`
Mikuru	`MFL`
Nagato	`NFL`
Koizumi	`KFL`
Tsuruya	`TFL`

`NEXT_SCENE`

Parameters: None

Ends the scene and moves to the next one as listed in the Scenario item.

`NOOP1`

Parameters: None.

Does nothing.

`NOOP2`

Parameters: None.

Does nothing.

`NOOP3`

Parameters: None.

Does nothing.

`OP_MODE`

Parameters: None

Suppresses the top screen UI, disables dialogue skipping, and marks the center of the screen as the position the Kyon chibi walks to, and sends the Kyon chibi out. Used only in the opening text crawl.

`PALEFFECT`

Parameters:

Mode: The palette effect to be applied (available effects are default, inverted, grayscale, sepia, and dimmed)
Time (Frames): The time in frames that the BG's palette will take to switch to transition to the effect palette
Unknown: This clearly does things when looking at the assembly/decomp, but I don't know what it's doing precisely

`PIN_MNL`

Parameters:

Dialogue: Dialogue line as in the DIALOGUE command

Draws a dialogue line as monologue over all other dialogue. Undone by completing a chess game.

`REMOVED`

Removed in the final version of the game (not referenced in any scripts.)

`SCENE_GOTO`

Parameters:

Scene: Name of the script file to go to

Goes to a particular scene. Note that this scene cannot be just any script file; it must be contained within a special array in ARM9 itself; thus, ROM hacks may decide to change the location of this array.

`SCENE_GOTO2`

Parameters:

Scene: Name of the script file to go to

Behaves as SCENE_GOTO, except this command does not clear a flag before jumping. Otherwise, they seem to be identical.

`SCREEN_FADEIN`

Parameters:

Fade Time (Frames): The length of the fade in frames
Fade In Percentage: The percentage of darkness to fade into (where 0 is fully bright and 100 is fully dark; e.g. 50 means the screen will be 50% darker than full brightness when the fade in is complete); only respected by custom color fades
Location: The screen(s) the fade will be applied to
Color: Either black, white, or the custom color set by a previous SCREEN_FADEOUT; this parameter must match that of the previous SCREEN_FADEOUT call

Causes the screen to fade in.

`SCREEN_FADEOUT`

Parameters:

Fade Time (Frames): The length of the fade in frames
Fade out Percentage: The percentage darkness to fade into (where 0 is fully bright and 100 is fully dark; e.g. 50 means that the screen will be 50% brighter than full black when the fade is complete); only respected by color fades
Custom Color: The color the fade will be if Color is set to CUSTOM
Location: The screen(s) the fade will be applied to
Color: Either black, white, or the custom color defined by Custom Color; this parameter must match that of the subsequent SCREEN_FADEIN call

Causes the screen to fade out.

`SCREEN_FLASH`

Parameters:

Fade In Time (Frames): Time for the fade in portion of the flash in frames
Hold Time (Frames): Time to hold on the flash color in frames
Fade Out Time (Frames): Time for the fade out portion of the flash in frames
Color: The color of the flash

Flashes the screen a specified color for a specified amount of time.

`SCREEN_SHAKE`

Parameters:

Duration (Frames): Effect duration in frames (if -1, shakes indefinitely)
Horizontal Intensity: Intensity of the shake in the horizontal direction
Vertical Intensity: Intensity of the shake in the vertical direction

Shakes the bottom screen.

`SCREEN_SHAKE_STOP`

Parameters: None

Stops screen shaking from a SCREEN_SHAKE command. (Used when the Duration parameter of said SCREEN_SHAKE is set to -1).

`SELECT`

Parameters:

Option 1: The first choice to be presented
Option 2: The second choice to be presented
Option 3: The third choice to be presented
Option 4: The fourth choice to be presented
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Presents the player with a series of choices that branch the dialogue tree. Choices are defined in their own section and have IDs that correspond to labels set in the labels section. When a choice is chosen, this ID is used to select which script block will be jumped to.

SELECT cannot be used in the initial, unnamed script block.

`SET_PLACE`

Parameters:

Display?: Whether to display the location graphic or not
Place: The place to display

Modifies the displayed place name.

`SKIP_SCENE`

Parameters:

Scenes to Skip: Number of scenes that should be skipped

Sets up the NEXT_SCENE command to skip a specified number of scenes as defined in SCENARIO.S (evt.bin #580).

`SND_PLAY`

Parameters:

Sound: The sound to be played from snd.bin
Mode: Whether to start or stop the sound
Volume: The volume of the sound
Crossfade Time (Frames): Time in frames that the sound will crossfade; only can be used when changing the volume of the same sound