Suikoden 2 some technical issues

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Quinalha
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Suikoden 2 some technical issues

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:D Hello!
I am just starting a game translation project, and would like to know if it is possible to increase the size of some game menu windows? And how do I do that?
For example, I would like to increase the size of the window to have more space to translate the names of enemies.
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I count on your help, thank you very much :D
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Re: Suikoden 2 some technical issues

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I don't know anything about coding or hacking, but you could just use abbreviations when you run out of space, like "S.D.Sword" in the english game.
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Re: Suikoden 2 some technical issues

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I don't remember much about how it draws those readouts to the screen. My recollection is that it's not particularly simple or on-demand. Meaning it's probably more complicated than finding the width parameter and changing it.

The bigger issue with expanding names is that they have a hard-coded length. Some strings just don't use all of it. Changing the length for one means changing every instance of the struct that contains the name, even if you don't need the extra space. And that means using more memory and more space on disc, and changing all the routines that read the structs. It's not necessarily impossible (unless the desired changes overrun some limit), but like the original localization teams, you really need to think about whether or not it's worth it.
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