PATCH: Changing the status window

adurdin · Post by **adurdin** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:48 pm

The following patch allows you to change the layout of the status window in Keen 1:

%ext ck1
%version 1.31

# leaves 227 spare bytes at CS:10D1
# leaves 164 spare bytes at DS:1E02 ($14E52)

# Patch in the long-integer drawing function
%patch $11B4                   $55 $89 $E5 $B8 $0A $00 $50 $B8 $90 $82 $50 $FF
               $76 $06 $FF $76 $04 $E8 $03 $C2 $83 $C4 $08 $B8 $90 $82 $50 $E8
               $A5 $C5 $44 $44 $8B $56 $08 $29 $C2 $89 $16 $82 $82 $8B $46 $0A
               $A3 $F8 $82 $B8 $90 $82 $50 $E8 $E8 $50 $44 $44 $89 $EC $5D $C3

# Patch in the name of the status dialog text file
%patch $13084  "STATUS.CK1" $00

# Patch in the code to draw the status text (coordinates are measure in characters--8 pixel blocks)
%patch $0E6A                                           $B8 $00 $3D $BA $34 $00   # Show status window (0E6A)
               $CD $21 $89 $C3 $BF $27 $00 $C6 $06 $9A $82 $00 $B9 $0A $00 $BA
               $90 $82 $B4 $3F $CD $21 $53 $B8 $90 $82 $50 $E8 $2E $97 $44 $44
               $5B $4F $75 $E8 $B4 $3E $CD $21
                                               $8B $46 $FE $05 $01 $00 $50 $89   # Show score (0E98)
               $F0 $05 $0A $00 $50 $FF $36 $CC $AA $FF $36 $CA $AA $E8 $04 $03
               $83 $C4 $08
                           $8B $46 $FE $05 $01 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $1A $00 $50   # Show extra Keen score (0EB3)
               $A1 $C4 $6E $8B $16 $C2 $6E $81 $C2 $20 $4E $15 $00 $00 $50 $52
               $E8 $E1 $02 $83 $C4 $08
                                       $31 $FF $3B $3E $C6 $AA $7D $29 $83 $FF   # Show Keens (0ED6)
               $06 $7D $24 $B8 $00 $00 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $03 $00 $B1 $03 $D3
               $E0 $90 $90 $50 $89 $F8 $D1 $E0 $05 $01 $00 $01 $F0 $50 $E8 $2C
               $AC $83 $C4 $06 $47 $EB $D1
%patch $0F07                               $B8 $41 $01 $83 $3E $94 $AA $00 $74   # Draw the joystick
               $03 $B8 $C0 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $03 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05
               $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $10 $00 $50 $E8 $0D $AA $83 $C4 $06
                                                                           $B8   # Draw the battery
               $42 $01 $83 $3E $9C $AA $00 $74 $03 $B8 $C1 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE
               $05 $03 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05 $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $13 $00
               $50 $E8 $E5 $A9 $83 $C4 $06
                                           $B8 $43 $01 $83 $3E $96 $AA $00 $74   # Draw the vacuum
               $03 $B8 $C2 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $03 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05
               $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $16 $00 $50 $E8 $BD $A9 $83 $C4 $06
                                                                           $B8   # Draw the whiskey
               $44 $01 $83 $3E $98 $AA $00 $74 $03 $B8 $C3 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE
               $05 $03 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05 $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $19 $00
               $50 $E8 $95 $A9 $83 $C4 $06
%patch $0FA7                               $B8 $0B $00 $83 $3E $9E $AA $00 $74   # Keycard A
               $03 $B8 $A8 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $07 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05
               $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $13 $00 $50 $E8 $6D $A9 $83 $C4 $06
                                                                           $B8   # Keycard B
               $0B $00 $83 $3E $A0 $AA $00 $74 $03 $B8 $A9 $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE
               $05 $07 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05 $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $17 $00
               $50 $E8 $45 $A9 $83 $C4 $06
                                           $B8 $0B $00 $83 $3E $A2 $AA $00 $74   # Keycard C
               $03 $B8 $AA $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $09 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05
               $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $13 $00 $50 $E8 $1D $A9 $83 $C4 $06
                                                                           $B8   # Keycard D
               $0B $00 $83 $3E $A4 $AA $00 $74 $03 $B8 $AB $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE
               $05 $09 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05 $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $17 $00
               $50 $E8 $F5 $A8 $83 $C4 $06
%patch $1047                               $B8 $0B $00 $83 $3E $9A $AA $00 $74   # Pogo stick
               $03 $B8 $9F $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE $05 $08 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05
               $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $0B $00 $50 $E8 $CD $A8 $83 $C4 $06
                                                                           $8B   # Draw ammo
               $46 $FE $05 $0B $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $06 $00 $50 $31 $C0 $50 $FF
               $36 $C8 $AA $E8 $2E $01 $83 $C4 $08
                                                   $B8 $9E $01 $50 $8B $46 $FE   # Draw raygun (replace first two bytes
               $05 $07 $00 $B1 $03 $D3 $E0 $05 $04 $00 $50 $89 $F0 $05 $03 $00   # with $EB $1C if you don't want to
               $50 $E8 $95 $A8 $83 $C4 $06                                       # draw the raygun on the status screen)

                                           $E8 $90 $4B $31 $C0 $50 $E8 $1E $AD   # Wait for a key, then return
               $44 $44 $E8 $81 $A6 $E8 $D1 $F1 $E8 $CE $F1 $E8 $7C $4B $8B $46
               $FC $8B $56 $FA $89 $16 $35 $51 $A3 $37 $51 $5F $5E $89 $EC $5D
               $C3
%end

In order to use this patch, you must create a STATUS.CK1 file which contains the desired layout of the status screen. Click on the above link to see an example.

This Word document contains an annotated version of the patch above, which describes which parts you can change to rearrange the layout of the status window.

adurdin · Post by **adurdin** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:50 pm

The most useful thing about this patch, in my opinion, is that it frees up 227 bytes for code, and 164 bytes for data. There's a lot that can be done with that. And *anyone* can use this patch as-is, because it's currently set up to duplicate the normal status screen.

Ilsoap · Post by **Ilsoap** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 12:04 am

This was made in response to my request about changing around the status screen. Adurdin made a custom patch for Lego Keen that works wonderfully... just wanted to publicly thank you for that.

xtraverse · Post by **xtraverse** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:35 am

Awesome! This is definitely something to add to the Patchotron!

edit: shouldn't "%patch $13084 "STATUS.CK1" $00 " be changed to "%patchfile $13084 "STATUS.CK1" $00 "? or has the syntax changed to patch in a file?

adurdin · Post by **adurdin** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:23 am

No, no -- that line is not attempting to patch in a file; rather it is patching in the zero-terminated string "STATUS.CK1".

Post by **KeenRush** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:52 am

Wheee! This is hot, I'll try this later today! Cheerio!

xtraverse · Post by **xtraverse** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:44 pm

So adurdin, I'm assuming you have code in there that tells Keen to read some data from an external file, and that is the reason there's extra space?

Does this mean that we can pull the sound data, helptext, storytext, etc out of Keens 2 and 3, which would not only free up space but also allow any length for these files?

ckguy · Post by **ckguy** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:57 pm

Woah! Cool idea Xtra!

adurdin · Post by **adurdin** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:14 am

xtraverse wrote:So adurdin, I'm assuming you have code in there that tells Keen to read some data from an external file, and that is the reason there's extra space?

That's correct.

Does this mean that we can pull the sound data, helptext, storytext, etc out of Keens 2 and 3, which would not only free up space but also allow any length for these files?

Free up space? Possibly -- it'd all depend on how they were added in. I'd say the answer is probably no, but possibly yes. As for doing the same to allow any length (within reason) for these files, that'd be more likely, though much harder than the status screen thing was.

ckguy · Post by **ckguy** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:14 pm

Something I noticed about this patch is that you can't put STATUS.CK1 in a subdirectory of Keen1, like you would other files necessary for mods (ie egalatch.ck1, level??.ck1) as these can be redirected by CK1PATCH.EXE. Two possible solutions:

Change CKxPATCH.EXE to allow redirection of any file.
Allow specification of a path in the string "STATUS.CK1". If there was enough room in the executable there, would Keen1.exe balk at the specification of a path?

Post by **KeenRush** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:58 pm

Why they should be in a subdirectory? :)

ckguy · Post by **ckguy** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:51 am

Well, with the new commands in CKxPATCH 0.9.0, you can just put all of the files for a mod in a subdirectory of Keen, instead of having a copy of Keen for every single mod on your computer.

Post by **KeenRush** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:55 pm

But Keen doesn't take so much space, and you can always deleted the old ones (I mean ones with mod installed). At the moment only Keen mod installed on my computer is my own. :) I delete after playing, and reinstall when I try again.

MultiMania · Post by **MultiMania** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:27 am

If you could make the tileinfo a seperate file then the tileinfo could be increased. More tiles would make mods heaps better.

Cool eh? :lol

Post by **XkyRauh** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:25 am

If anybody's having problems with this... I recommend you download Lego Keen and study it intensely (after playing it, of course!!)

--Xky :-)

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