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Seems the other thread died

ITT: Games that need translations

>> No.2295015
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>> No.2295018

Shining Force 3. All of it.

Also, Dragon Quest VII (3DS)

>> No.2295038

Star Ocean Blue Sphere...only one guy attempted and he fucking died before he was done lmao

>> No.2295040

Write me tools and I'll translate, cry about needed translations and nothing ever happens

>> No.2295046

>Seems the other thread died
Why is that a reason to repost it?

>> No.2295059

>>2295046
OP must be hoping that a list of un-translated will result in new fan-translations.

>> No.2295069

>>2295059
Then he could at least post a different game.

>> No.2295075

>>2295069
That's the one OP wants translated the most.

>> No.2295106

>>2295040
Why can't you just use the rom hacking tools that are out there?

>> No.2295164

>>2295106
If I were to translate that faggot game in the OP post what tools do you have lying around out there waiting for me that'll let me just work on actually translating?

>> No.2295169

>>2295164
I don't know anything about that shit. I was asking why you can't use existing resources that other translators use.

And if you're going to translate something then I'd recommend picking a simpler game to start with (I'm assuming you've never done this before?), one that's low on text, so that you can get accustomed to rom hacking/translating and then graduate to the more complex/text heavy stuff later on.

>> No.2295198

>>2295169
>I don't know anything about that shit.
And yet you're still more than willing to go around telling people how and what they should translate.

>> No.2295215
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this shit was almost done years ago.why the fuck it was abandoned!!!

>> No.2295229

>>2295215

Probably because they had problems reinserting the text, that's why most translation projects are abandoned.

>> No.2295235

>>2295106
What kind of tools are those? I'm starting to play games in Japanese and it might be useful to have the script at hand.

>> No.2295317

>>2295169
>I don't know anything about that shit.

This fool dun gone full retard.

>> No.2295318 [DELETED] 

>>2295198
>>2295317
They were asking a fucking question, you fucking faggots.

>> No.2295340

>>2295215
>>2295229
Yep. I've been hanging around the romhacking forums for years, and in many cases it's not laziness, but a technical issue with script insertion, text compression, or error checking. Translation is rarely the most difficult or time consuming task, except for very lengthy rpgs.

>> No.2295353
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Cho Aniki RPG for Wonderswan. This will never happen, maybe I'll take a look at the rom someday. Most people don't want to touch anything that isn't by Square.

>> No.2295414

>>2295169
You're right.

>> No.2295765
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I recently found out about a SNES RPG called G.O.D Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe, and it looks pretty neat. Not a big fan of Earthbound, but if you are this looks something the Mother community could enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Znvefvva6I

>> No.2295834

Famicom Bunko: Hajimari no Mori seems neat.

>> No.2295990

>>2295765
That box art looks totally like Golden Boy.

>> No.2297061

>>2295169
>I don't know anything about that shit.
Clearly not.

For a large-scale translation project, only a complete fool would sit there manually rewriting every single string in a fucking hex editor. You document how the text is stored, if compression is used and how it's used, how much space you have to work with for fonts and text, etc.

Then you make a tool that dumps the whole script to something easily usable, a tool to work on doing the actual translation while providing shit like variables and at least i'd expect an updatable glossary to ensure translation consistency.

Last but not least you'll need something to put your translation back into the game, compressing the data back as it should be, shuffling around bits to make shit fit, rerouting pointers so the text actually works, proper error checking and handling so it doesn't spit out garbage that doesn't work.

Look at the toolset this Finn who wanted to translate Chrono Trigger made, for instance:
http://bisqwit.iki.fi/source/chronotools.html
This is what I'm talking about.

So yeah, get some programming skills, read up the little docs that are available for these consoles, learn to read and write assembly code for whatever console CPU you're planning to work with and get those tools out there for me, or just shut the hell up with your uneducated trash advice.

>> No.2297084

>>2295353
I had no idea this existed wow
checking it out today. I have WS hacking background

>> No.2297106
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>>2295018
>Shining Force 3. All of it.

Uh dude. That's been done. For a while.

>> No.2297108

>>2297061
How is it done for Windows games? I think that's what gets the most translations.

>> No.2297160

>>2297108
Depends on how the games handle text, really. Thing is that PC games are just programs running on top of an OS, so they'll be hooking into standardized APIs for most functionality, and storage space being plentiful you will likely not bump into crazy in-house compression schemes and the like. PC games are overall more flexible, and the platforms well-documented.

On older consoles their engines had to control the whole hardware pretty much down to the metal, so you get a lot more crazy shit going in those tightly packed little binary blobs that's prone to break as soon as you touch them

>> No.2297420

Growlanser 1 in the ps1 (or if possible, the updated psp version). Translated text exist but some are still not covered.

I think somebody tried translating the psp version around 2012 but look like it was abandoned at the same year.
Shame that the game is quite good.

>> No.2297439

>>2295002
i am translating

>> No.2297482

>>2297439
i am laughing

>> No.2297807

>>2297106
And the scripts have been around even longer!

>>2297084
Have you been working on any WS games lately? Just curious, as I wish there was more going on with hacking for this platform.

>> No.2297897

>>2297482
o i am laffin

>> No.2297912

You guys seriously expect translators to also do the hacking work? You know, they can already enjoy the game by themselves, translating it would be a big privilege already.

>> No.2297923
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I read a long time ago someone WAS working on martian memory but I haven't head anything about it. This was maybe 3 or 4 years ago

>> No.2297929

>>2297923
You're really not missing much. I've played through the entire game (back when I was into manga) years ago and it follows the story closely except for the ending, but the gameplay is just terrible. Some nice music, but it's just dull and slow.

>> No.2298026

>>2295038
I beat that and Surging Aura in French. First time I actually got to use that language.

>> No.2298479

>>2297807
Lately, no–but I'm like 90% done with Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha and Mr. Driller Wonderswan.

>> No.2298484

>>2298479
How much translation does Mr Driller need?!

>> No.2298523

Why am I just finding out about Traverse: Spring & Prairie...

I wonder if Takiya Iijima has any hand in the script or scenario outline. Whatever the case, no one's tackled it for a translation.

>> No.2298531

Linkle Liver Story on the Saturn. It's the spiritual successor to Crusader of Centy/Soleil/Ragnacenty, and I want to play it so badly.

>> No.2298738

>>2298484
None.
It was just a fun exercise - I'd recommend it for any beginner hacker.

>> No.2298742

>>2298738
Ok, I guess that's why I was confused, this is a translation thread after all.

>> No.2298748

>>2297897
o i am translatin

>> No.2299371

>>2298523
It's actually called Traverse: Starlight & Prairie, whoops.

Have a vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_w7JoIigco

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I doubt they'll manage to reinsert the text, I guess I should be glad that at least they translated the script.

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>>2295353
this is the font page