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List of Control Characters

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Capitalized Text Tags (Direct Formatting)

Object Insert Tags

These text tags draw something that isn't text in the textbox.

Text Tag Description
[BAR] Inserts a bar covering the entire line, then applies a line break.
[LINE:X:#] Inserts a line of type (135,139) [type X=0] or (135,140) [type X=1], with thickness #. Used only in JP. Functional in other regions, but only produces redacted text.
[M:X], [M:#] Inserts an icon from markfont.dat as specified by X. Alternatively, a raw index for the icon can be provided. See the [M:X] Icon Table for more info.

[M:X] Icon Table

A detailed table of all [M:X]/[M:#] subtags.

Tag (Name + #) Description Icon Tag (Name + #) Description Icon Tag (Name + #) Description Icon
[M:B0] [M:0] Start [TODO] [M:B23] [M:23] Check Gold Block [TODO] [M:H5] [M:46] Heart yellow small [TODO]
[M:B1] [M:1] Select [TODO] [M:B24] [M:24] X Gold Block [TODO] [M:H6] [M:47] Heart yellow [TODO]
[M:B2] [M:2] A [TODO] [M:B25] [M:25] Up Gold Block [TODO] [M:H7] [M:48] Heart yellow big [TODO]
[M:B3] [M:3] B [TODO] [M:B26] [M:26] Down Gold Block [TODO] [M:H8] [M:49] Heart pink unshaded [TODO]
[M:B4] [M:4] X [TODO] [M:B27] [M:27] Left Gold Block [TODO] [M:R0] [M:50] Dash [TODO]
[M:B5] [M:5] Y [TODO] [M:B28] [M:28] Right Gold Block [TODO] [M:R1] [M:51] Half Star [TODO]
[M:B6] [M:6] L [TODO] [M:B29] [M:29] Rewind Gold Block [TODO] [M:R2] [M:52] Amber Gem? [TODO]
[M:B7] [M:7] R [TODO] [M:B30] [M:30] FF Gold Block [TODO] [M:R3] [M:53] Unopened Mail [TODO]
[M:B8] [M:8] D-Pad [TODO] [M:B31] [M:31] Sort Gold Block [TODO] [M:R4] [M:54] Open Mail [TODO]
[M:B9] [M:9] - Block [TODO] [M:B32] [M:32] Search Gold Block [TODO] [M:R5] [M:55] Letter [TODO]
[M:B10] [M:10] Check Block [TODO] [M:S0] [M:33] P-Money [TODO] [M:R6] [M:56] Newspaper [TODO]
[M:B11] [M:11] X Block [TODO] [M:S1] [M:34] Space [TODO] [M:R7] [M:57] ! Box [TODO]
[M:B12] [M:12] Up Block [TODO] [M:S2] [M:35] Check [TODO] [M:R8] [M:58] Wi-Fi [TODO]
[M:B13] [M:13] Down Block [TODO] [M:S3] [M:36] Star [TODO] [M:R9] [M:59] E-Mail [TODO]
[M:B14] [M:14] Left Block [TODO] [M:S4] [M:37] X [TODO] [M:T0] [M:60] Colon [TODO]
[M:B15] [M:15] Right Block [TODO] [M:S5] [M:38] Check X [TODO] [M:T1] [M:61] Text Bubble [TODO]
[M:B16] [M:16] Rewind Block [TODO] [M:S6] [M:39] Bag [TODO] [M:T2] [M:62] Space Indicator [TODO]
[M:B17] [M:17] FF Block [TODO] [M:S7] [M:40] Hut [TODO] [M:T3] [M:63] Space Indicator Red [TODO]
[M:B18] [M:18] Sort Block [TODO] [M:H0] [M:41] Heart pink vsmall [TODO] [M:T4] [M:64] Kanji 'Kari' (temp) [TODO]
[M:B19] [M:19] Search Block [TODO] [M:H1] [M:42] Heart pink small [TODO] [M:T5] [M:65] Kanji 'Su' (end) [TODO]
[M:B20] [M:20] D-Pad U-D Block [TODO] [M:H2] [M:43] Heart pink [TODO] [M:T6] [M:66] Katakana 'De' [TODO]
[M:B21] [M:21] D-Pad L-R Block [TODO] [M:H3] [M:44] Heart pink big [TODO] [M:I0] [M:67] TM [TODO]
[M:B22] [M:22] - Gold Block [TODO] [M:H4] [M:45] Heart yellow vsmall [TODO] [M:I1] [M:68] Orb [TODO]

Text Formatting Tags

These text tags alter the properties of normal text characters that follow them.

Text Tag Description
[CS:X],[CS:#,X] Sets colored text with color code X. Or more accurately, adds one layer of colored text. Has an optional numerical param "#" with an unknown use. See the Color Set Table for specifics on the types of colors and their vanilla usages.
[CR], [CR:#] Reverts colored text. Or more accurately, reverts the top-most layer of colored text. Has an optional numerical param "#" with an unknown use.
[FT:#] Sets the current font to the #th font. 0 = Normal, 1 = Unown, 2 = Credits Small, 3 = Credits Large. Fonts 2 and 3 do not function as intended outside of the credits sequence, with 2 being entirely icons, and 3 being empty characters.
[LS:#] Starts a link to another text string. Used in move/item/status/etc. descriptions for subtopics. Ex: Sleep Seed may link the description of the Sleep status.
[LE] Ends a link to another text string. Used in move/item/status/etc. descriptions for subtopics. Ex: Sleep Seed may link the description of the Sleep status.

[CS:X] Color Set Table

The following control characters are used to change the color of text in scripts.

Tag Color Use Case Identical to
[CS:A] Cream
#F8C8C8 		Effectively unused; described in ADEBUG as "Identified Item". [CS:I]
[CS:B] Red
#F80000 		Forbidden choice. [CS:W]
[CS:C] Yellow
#F8F800 		Used for rare miscellaneous and debug messages. [CS:F], [CS:U]
[CS:D] White
#F8F8F8 		Standard text color. None
[CS:E] Cyan
#00F8F8 		Used by subjects, stats, abilities, weather, etc. Described in ADEBUG as "Bold Text". [CS:G], [CS:N], [CS:V]
[CS:F] Yellow
#F8F800 		Names of other members of the player's team, including the partner. However, this is not used for Special Episode allies in cutscenes. [CS:C], [CS:U]
[CS:G] Cyan
#00F8F8 		Money. [CS:E], [CS:N], [CS:V]
[CS:H] Pink
#F87878 		Trap names. None
[CS:I] Cream
#F8C8C8 		Item names. In cutscenes, this is not used for unobtainable story objects such as Perfect Apples or Time Gears, but is used for items the player could obtain themselves. [CS:A]
[CS:j] Dark Cream
#F8C060 		The color is used by already-recruited Pokémon species whenever one requests to join within dungeons, and Chimecho uses the control character while explaining this text color. [CS:P]
[CS:J] Light Yellow
#F8F8A0 		Status effects. None
[CS:K] Light Green
#00F800 		Pokémon species names, including those in shop names. Should not be used to refer to a character ([CS:N]), even if they use the name of their species as their personal name. [CS:M]
[CS:L] Green
#00E060 		The control character itself is effectively unused in the base game, but the same text color is used for [LS:x] hyperlinks in item/move descriptions. The kiosk demo uses the control character to note the title of the game. None
[CS:M] Light Green
#00F800 		Move names. Also commonly used on the word "move" itself in non-dialogue strings. [CS:K]
[CS:N] Cyan
#00F8F8 		Regular character names. The hero and partner will also fall back to this if they're not in a primary story role, as seen in Special Episode 5's intro scene. [CS:E], [CS:G], [CS:V]
[CS:O] Dark Green
#009800 		Unused. None
[CS:P] Dark Cream
#F8C060 		Dungeon names and other destinations such as Fogbound Lake and Shaymin Village. Not used in the base game for other location names such as Treasure Town or the Hot Spring in dialogue. [CS:j]
[CS:Q] Blue
#0080F8 		Unused. None
[CS:r] <todo> Unused. None
[CS:R] Pale Green
#40F840 		Selling price. None
[CS:S] Purple
#6080E0 		Effectively unused. Described in ADEBUG as "Multiple Items Selected", but doing this in shop or storage menus changes the color of the surrounding background rather than the text itself. None
[CS:T] Transparent Unused and seemingly useless, as it makes the text unreadable. None
[CS:U] Yellow
#F8F800 		Effectively unused. Described in ADEBUG as "Unidentified Item". [CS:C], [CS:F]
[CS:V] Cyan
#00F8F8 		Used for "bold" numbers. Base game example: You can get only [CS:V]two wrong[CR], OK? [CS:E], [CS:G], [CS:N]
[CS:W] Red
#F80000 		Only used for debug messages, particularly warnings. [CS:B]
[CS:X] Bright Pink
#F8A0F8 		Any team's name, not including the word "team". Also used by the names of other players in multiplayer-related strings. None
[CS:Y] Light Blue
#0098F8 		Used for the current leader's name, including the hero and Special Episode protagonists. Regular recruited Pokémon will also use this color if set as the leader, even if spoken to in Spinda's Café. None
[CS:Z] Light Purple
#8080F8 		Exclusive item names. This includes the Water Float and Defend Globe when referred to in cutscenes. None
[CR] N/A Terminates the coloring of the text. Essential to prevent errors. N/A

Language Based Insertion Tags

These text tags insert different characters depending on the system language.

Text Tag Description
[MP] Inserts the language-appropriate equivalent for the thousands-place separator: comma, period, space, etc.
[GP] Seems to be a carbon copy of [MP]? Only exists in EU, will crash NA and JP.
[F:X] Displays certain "Foreign" characters by abbreviation. Can differ by language in EU, see the [F:X] Character Insertion Table for more info.

[F:X] Character Insertion Table

A detailed table of all available [F:X] subtags.

[F:X] Text Tag Character Hex Id Description
Tag Abbrev. German Other German Other
[F:ER] - er 0x96 0x96 e and r condensed into one character. Used in French when referring to Sky Peak Station Pass 1.
[F:RE] - re 0x97 0x97 r and e condensed to one character. Unused
[F:O] - º 0xBA 0xBA Masculine Ordinal Indicator. Unused?
[F:E] - ᵉ 0x8D 0x8D Superscript "e". Used in French when referring to Sky Peak Station Pass 2+
[F:RQ] Reverse Question? ¿ 0xBF 0xBF Reverse question mark. Unused?
[F:S1] Start 1? ‚ ‘ 0xB8 0x91 Start of a single quote. Differs in German, to match the language's quotation mark convention. Unused.
[F:E1] End 1? ‘ ’ 0x91 0x92 End of a single quote. Differs in German, to match the language's quotation mark convention. Unused.
[F:S2] Start 2? „ “ 0xB7 0x93 Start of a double quote. Differs in German, to match the language's quotation mark convention. Used frequently in EU.
[F:E2] End 2? “ ” 0x93 0x94 End of a double quote. Differs in German, to match the language's quotation mark convention. Used frequently in EU.

Control Flow Tags

These text tags alter the rate that text is printed, and/or create a line break.

Text Tag Description
[K] Pauses text printing until the player makes an input with A, B, or the Touch Screen.
[W:#] Waits # frames before continuing to print text.
[C] Begins the next page of text, erasing the current block of text instantly.
[P] Scrolls the currently printed text off the window, then begins the next page of text. A pause in dialogue.
[STS] Ends instant text printing for the line prematurely.
[STE] Begins instant text printing, until the next line break.
[R] Two characters longer than an actual new line, or one if "\n" is used. Redundant.
[HR] Does a line break, but only moves down by half the normal amount.

Position Adjustment Tags

These text tags alter the printing position of characters that follow them.

Text Tag Description
[CN] Begins text centering, until the next line break.
[CLUM_SET:#] Moves the cursor left or right to the #th pixel in the window. Can be used to move backwards horizontally in a textbox.
[CLUM_OFFSET:#] Offsets the cursor's current horizontal position by #. Most likely identical to [S:#].
[MS:#] Inserts 6*# horizontal pixels of space.
[S:#] Inserts # horizontal pixels of space.

Audio Based Tags

These text tags create audio effects when they are parsed, but do not affect the textbox visually.

Text Tag Description
[ME_PLAY:#] Plays the #th me_effect directly!
[SE_PLAY:#] Plays the #th sound effect directly!
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