Bionic Commando (NES) - Lua

Equipment Select

Using the menu to select new equipment.

This Lua script will let you change your equipment at any time. Middle-click your mouse in the emulator and it will open an equipment menu. Left-click on everything you want, and click OK to continue. It currently works on the USA and European releases, but not the Japanese release. Works with FCEUX and BizHawk.

-- Lua script for Bionic Commando.
-- Click the middle mouse button to open a menu which will let you change your equipment on the fly.
-- Written by Dean Tersigni (TheAlmightyGuru), 2020-12-31
-- Please visit www.romdetectives.com for more scripts.

function drawText (x, y, text, foreColor, backColor)
	if emulator == "FCEUX" then
		gui.text(x, y, text, foreColor, backColor)
	elseif emulator == "BizHawk" then
		gui.pixelText(x, y, text, foreColor, backColor, 0)
	end
end

function drawBox (x1, y1, x2, y2, fillColor, lineColor)
	if emulator == "FCEUX" then
		gui.drawbox(x1, y1, x2, y2, fillColor, lineColor)
	elseif emulator == "BizHawk" then
		gui.drawBox(x1, y1, x2, y2, lineColor, fillColor)
	end
end

-- Determine which emulator is being used.
if FCEU then
	emulator = "FCEUX"
elseif bizstring then
	emulator = "BizHawk"
else
	emulator = "Unknown"
end

-- Setup buttons for the menu.
buttons =
{
	{ 0x04CA, 0, "Rifle", 8, 20, 118, 32 }, 
	{ 0x04CA, 1, "Rocker Launcher", 8, 36, 118, 48 }, 
	{ 0x04CA, 2, "Wide Cannon", 8, 52, 118, 64 }, 
	{ 0x04CA, 3, "Machinegun", 8, 68, 118, 80 }, 
	{ 0x04CA, 4, "3 Way", 8, 84, 118, 96 }, 

	{ 0x04D1, 0, "Pendant", 128, 20, 238, 32 }, 
	{ 0x04D1, 1, "Helmet", 128, 36, 238, 48 }, 
	{ 0x04D1, 2, "Bulletproof Vest", 128, 52, 238, 64 }, 

	{ 0x04D8, 0, "Flare Bombs", 8, 120, 118, 132 }, 
	{ 0x04D8, 1, "Medicine", 8, 136, 118, 148 }, 
	{ 0x04D8, 2, "Permit", 8, 152, 118, 164 }, 
	{ 0x04D8, 3, "Steel Boots", 8, 168, 118, 180 }, 
	{ 0x04D8, 4, "Rapid Fire Device", 8, 184, 118, 196 }, 

	{ 0x04DF, 0, "Alpha", 128, 120, 238, 132 }, 
	{ 0x04DF, 1, "Beta", 128, 136, 238, 148 }, 
	{ 0x04DF, 2, "Gamma", 128, 152, 238, 164 }, 
	{ 0x04DF, 3, "Delta", 128, 168, 238, 180 },
	
	{ 0, 0, "OK", 230, 212, 250, 224 }
}

while true do
	-- Use emulator-specific methods for reading mouse input.
	if emulator == "FCEUX" then
		mouse = input.get()
		leftClick = mouse.leftclick
		middleClick = mouse.middleclick
		mouseX = mouse.xmouse
		mouseY = mouse.ymouse
	elseif emulator == "BizHawk" then
		mouse = input.getmouse()
		leftClick = mouse.Left
		middleClick = mouse.Middle
		mouseX = mouse.X

		-- Correct for NTSC missing the first 8 scanlines.
		if emu.getdisplaytype() == "NTSC" then
			mouseY = mouse.Y + 8
		else
			mouseY = mouse.Y
		end
	end
	
	if middleClick then
		if not menuOpen then
			menuOpen = true
		end
	end
	
	if menuOpen then
		-- Draw the menu.
		for i, v in pairs(buttons) do
			-- Find the selected item in each group to highlight it.
			if v[3] ~= "OK" then
				if memory.readbyte(v[1]) == v[2] then
					boxColor = "yellow"
				else
					boxColor = "white"
				end
			else
				boxColor = "white"
			end
			
			drawBox(v[4], v[5], v[6], v[7], boxColor, "green")
			drawText(v[4] + 4, v[5] + 3, v[3], "black", boxColor)

			-- Check for clicking on this button.
			if leftClick then
				if mouseX >= v[4] and mouseY >= v[5] and mouseX <= v[6] and mouseY <= v[7] then
					if v[3] == "OK" then
						menuOpen = false
					else
						-- Set this as the active gun/armor/item/communicator.
						memory.writebyte(v[1], v[2])
						
						-- If the player doesn't have this gun/armor/item/communicator, give it to them.
						if memory.readbyte(v[1] + 1 + v[2]) == 0x00 then
							memory.writebyte(v[1] + 1 + v[2], 0x01)
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end

	emu.frameadvance()
end