v21.1 - Shrink long Pokémon names and nicknames in the battle screen

Here's what happens usually when a Pokémon has a very long nickname:

And here's what happens after making the changes in this tutorial:

In a code editor (or Notepad or whatever), open Data\Scripts\011_Battle\004_Scene\006_Battle_Scene_Objects.rb. Find the following function, and completely delete line 4 (nameOffset = nameWidth - 116 if nameWidth > 116).

Ruby:

  def draw_name
    nameWidth = self.bitmap.text_size(@battler.name).width
    nameOffset = 0
    nameOffset = nameWidth - 116 if nameWidth > 116
    pbDrawTextPositions(self.bitmap, [[@battler.name, @spriteBaseX + 8 - nameOffset, 12, :left,
                                       NAME_BASE_COLOR, NAME_SHADOW_COLOR]]
    )
  end

In the line underneath the one you just deleted, change pbDrawTextPositions to pbDrawTextPositionsPokeName.

Next, open Data\Scripts\007_Objects and windows\010_DrawText.rb and find the pbDrawTextPositions function. After the function (i.e. after the last end), copy and paste this new function:

Ruby:

def pbDrawTextPositionsPokeName(bitmap, textpos)
  textpos.each do |i|
    textsize = bitmap.text_size(i[0])
    x = i[1]
    y = i[2]
    case i[3]
    when :right, true, 1   # right align
      x -= textsize.width
    when :center, 2   # centered
      x -= (textsize.width / 2)
    end
    i[6] = :none if !i[5]   # No shadow color given, draw plain text
    if textsize.width > 116
      drawsize = 116
    else
      drawsize = textsize.width
    end
    pbDrawShadowText(bitmap, x, y, drawsize, textsize.height, i[0], i[4], i[5])
  end
end

I'm working my way through my game's UI one screen at a time, so I can't say whether or not this would work for (e.g.) the Party screen. (I mean, I haven't even figured out how to use pbSetNarrowFont for the "What will ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯◯ do?" text, yet.

)

Also, I'm not much of a coder, so there's probably a way more efficient way of pulling this off. But it fixes a weird oversight in Essentials so I thought I'd share my progress anyway, in the hope that people can use it as a jumping-off point for their own fixes.

Credits: No credit required.

v21.1 Shrink long Pokémon names and nicknames in the battle screen 2025-02-20

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