person
07-18-2011, 07:37 AM
Each banner has 64 bytes reserved for the title, and 64 bytes reserved for the descrpiton. Being 2 bytes per character; that's 32 characters for each of the fields.
Normally, games don't use all 32 characters and the remainder of the character field is in these situations filled with zeroes. Curently, Dolphin is programmed to print untill a zero character is encountered. As mentioned, this goes well for most titles since most uses descriptions shorter than 32 characters, but for titles that does use the entire 32-character field; it's another case. One example is Donkey kong country returns, where some image data is included in the description text because Dolphin expected a nonexisting terminating zero.
Therefore, Dolphin should make sure to not load more than 32 characters when printing the title or description. I know this is a minor detail, but such details annoy me.
Normally, games don't use all 32 characters and the remainder of the character field is in these situations filled with zeroes. Curently, Dolphin is programmed to print untill a zero character is encountered. As mentioned, this goes well for most titles since most uses descriptions shorter than 32 characters, but for titles that does use the entire 32-character field; it's another case. One example is Donkey kong country returns, where some image data is included in the description text because Dolphin expected a nonexisting terminating zero.
Therefore, Dolphin should make sure to not load more than 32 characters when printing the title or description. I know this is a minor detail, but such details annoy me.