[ASM & Hex] Change text background

[Wüfzhéévk]

Hello, i was asking if someone knows how to modify the text that appears on HP bars, as it comes with a square background, as for an example I've made an custom HPbox to show the squares in the text
( https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxh-xUs04lxhQ3F3Qlo4RGx4ZXc )

 

[Touched]

https://github.com/EternalCode/BW-hpbars

 

[Wüfzhéévk]

https://github.com/EternalCode/BW-hpbars

Thanks, to install it i need phyton if I dont confuse no?. By the way, in the images shown i wonder, would the megaevolution system work fine with the changed Battleboxes?

 

[Touched]

Thanks, to install it i need phyton if I dont confuse no?. By the way, in the images shown i wonder, would the megaevolution system work fine with the changed Battleboxes?

Yes, you need Python and Devkitarm, and probably some other stuff that I don't remember.

No, Mega Evolution won't work with custom health boxes like this, because the button hides behind the box. Due to the transparency it would show through these health boxes. Also the icons will probably be in the wrong place.

 

[Wüfzhéévk]

Well, sorry to bother you again but, what should I do to just remove the background color that loads with the text on the battleboxes, without adding the whole system of the BW battleboxes...?
(sorry for my bad english)

 

[Blah]

That's much harder, you need to draw the name in a mirror, then binary OR the contents of the mirror and the HPBox object in VRAM.

In general, the function rboxid_clear_pixels in the FR idb sets the "canvas color" of the text, though since this is directly CPU set by the game ontop of the HP bar graphic, simply setting it transparent means that entire area would be transparent. If that's what you're going for though, I guess it'd be fine.

 

[Wüfzhéévk]

Sorry for answering late, (and for asking "dumb" questions)
so in order to do that, an custom proyect should be created?
If I have understanded well, the FireRed.id file on the template shows the function you mentioned rboxid_clear_pixels, around line 158, and it leds to: 0x0800445C|1, so, Would I just need to change some bytes on offset 00 44 5C ?, if yes, to what, in order to make it transparent?