Fire Emblem 4 Hacking Documentation
By Dark Twilkitri

Section: Scripting
Dialogue Control Codes

Based on a list by j2e

Commands 10+ require escaping with 00 otherwise they will be
characters.

GENERAL COMMANDS
00: Control character
01: Terminate Dialogue				IE: End
							conversation,
							finish with that
							section of map,
							etc...
02: Line Break
03: Clear Text
04: Scroll Text
05: Target Window via argument		But what is the
							point when there
							are the next two
							commands?
							TARGETING CURRENT
							WINDOW = BAD
06: Target Top Window
07: Target Bottom Window
08: Pause until Button Press
09: Kana Text Type
0A: Kanji Text Type
0B: Kanji Text Type
0C: Kanji Text Type
0D: Kanji Text Type
0E: ????? Text Type
0F: ????? Text Type

CONVERSATION ONLY (?)
10: Move Caret to Arguments X and Y		EVEN NUMBERS ONLY
							- odd numbers go
							between lines and
							other wierd things
11: I have no idea. Freaky things.
12: Text Speed via argument			01 = fast, going
							up slows it down.
							00 = DEATH
13: Change Music via argument
14: Change Text SFX via argument		00 after argument
							= CRASH! Don't do
							it!
15: ??????????? takes two arguments
16: Set Fill Character?	Two arguments	Er... I have no
							idea why anyone
							would use this.
							Of course, I'm not
							even sure how to
							use it...
17: Combined 03 and 08
18: Pause until Button Press (again)	I can't see any
							differences
							between this and
							08.
19: Move Caret to Arguments X and Y		This time the
							origin is the
							corner of the
							dialog box instead
							of the screen. I
							think.
1A: ??????????? takes two arguments
1B: Something to do with the pallete...	Not exactly
							reccommended to
							use during speech.
							Maybe the codes
							are also used
							elsewhere?
1C: Spaces via argument
1D: Pause via argument				No button press
							for this one.
1E: I have no idea				Takes two
							arguments.
1F: Same as 1E
20: No visible effect
21: Pause until Button Press (again)	I can't see any
							differences
							between this and
							18 and 08.
22: Prints out Sigurd. Hmm...			Maybe this stuff
							can be 'set'
							somewhere?
23: Prints out Sigurd. Hmm...
24: Changes portrait to Sigurd
25: Prints out 0. Hmm...
26: Prints out 0. Hmm...
27: Prints out Iron Sword. Hmm...
28: Prints out Social Knight. Hmm...
29: Scroll Text
2A: Points to text elsewhere			Takes arguments
							XX YY ZZ, points
							to ZZ YY XX MINUS
							$800000. Remember
							to add/subtract $200
							for the header too.
2B: No visible effect
2C: Prints out Sigurd. Hmm...
2D: Crashes
2E: Changes portrait to Sigurd
2F: Changes portrait to Sigurd
30: Prints out Sigurd. Hmm...
31: No visible effect
32: No visible effect
33: No visible effect
34: Changes portrait to Sigurd
35: Line Break
36: Line Break
37: Line Break
38: Line Break
39: Line Break
3A: No visible effect
3B: Prints out hiragana 'Wa'...
3C: Target Window via argument
3D: Open Dialog Box
3E: Close Dialog Box
3F: Character Portrait				Takes a two-byte
							argument.
40: Remove Portrait

MAP ONLY (?)
80: Draw map symbols - 4 arguments		Too detailed to
							explain here.
							Check
							controlcodes_
							mapsymbols.txt.
81: Remove map symbols via argument		This will remove
							any map symbol
							currently in the
							provided instance.
							IE: 00 81 0C
							removes any map
							symbols drawn with
							an instance
							argument of 0C.
82: Prepare portrait - three arguments	OK, this is mildly
83: Show portrait - three arguments		complicated, so
84: Remove portrait - one argument		listen up! Before
85: Reposition portrait - three arguments	you can show a
							portrait on the
							screen, you have
							to prepare it
							first. Why? I
							dunno. In any
							case, the first
							argument is the
							instance of the
							portrait in all of
							them. This is just
							a number used to
							differentiate the
							pictures and save
							space. Now, in
							command 82, the
							second and third
							arguments are the
							character number,
							reversed, of
							course. For
							example: Sigurd,
							normally 0001, has
							arguments 01 00.
							Azmur, normally
							027B, has
							arguments 7B 02.
							And so on.
							In command 83, it
							will display the
							portrait in the
							instance provided
							at a location on
							the screen of
							XX YY, where XX
							and YY are the
							second and third
							arguments,
							respectively.
							In command 84, it
							will remove the
							portrait you
							provide the
							instance of.
							In command 85, it
							will move the
							portrait in the
							instance provided
							to the location
							given in the
							second and third
							arguments, XX and
							YY. If you want to
							make a portrait
							visibly move,
							put waits in
							between small
							moves or it will
							only show the
							final position.
							I think.
							Now, you can use
							any number for the
							instances,
							provided it's
							either 02, 04, 06,
							08, or 0A. You do
							not want to get
							into higher
							numbers... not
							only will it not
							display properly,
							it can kill the
							map. And don't
							even think about
							odd numbers. I'm
							not sure what they
							have against odd
							numbers...
86: Highlight country via argument		It will highlight
							the country as if
							it was centered in
							the screen,
							whether it is or
							not...
87: Remove country highlight