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Retry door with "RE" text

Hi,

For the VLDC I would like to create retry doors with the letters "RE" on them. This is a thing I have seen in many hacks.

However I have no idea how to overlay the normal door with the "RE" letters under the VLDC rules.

Any hints on how to do this?
I'm not sure if that's allowed under VLDC rules, but one easier way to circumvent this is to borrow the letters from GFX2A, insert them with layer 2 and place them over the doors or on top of them. It's more practical that way.

You can also take risks by overwriting the transparency with door tiles and vice versa.
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No need for layer 2 actually!

The rules allow you to use convert 2BPP graphics to 4BPP (in other words, use layer 3 graphics for foregrounds, backgrounds and sprites), change the color of pixels (as long as it affects all pixels using that color), and to make a new tile by laying one on top of another. In theory, that lets you make a door tile with a letter from the layer 3 graphics drawn on top of it.

In practice you don't have to do the conversion and recoloring and merging as long as the outcome is the same - you can simply draw a letter over the door tile. (just make sure the letter is the exact same shape as the original one and uses different colors from the door.)