Phantasy Star Nova Translation [We need your help!]

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:arrow: Patch updated! See http://arks-layer.com/nova.php for the latest version and help on installing it.


Current status of Nova translation:

- Game dumped, modification possible ✔
- CPK file successfully repacked ✔
- Files modified, patching possible! ✔
- Proof of concept created! LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! ✔
- Finish with our new fontmap tool so we can do a proper textdump and find out where all these strings are hiding! ✔

To do:

- Translate stuff! \ o /

Feel free to join our discord channel: https://discord.gg/PSO2

Thanks for reading, and here's to more vita games being translated! o/
 
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Might contribute some TL if I have time, working on a lot of subbing projects right now. But again that offer still stands on subbing the videos. Like I said i'm trusted status on nyaa.
 

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NICE!!! i just got the patch and am already impressed... also decompressed the cpk to see if i could help somehow (like it would be in plain text) but all the files are gibberish to me... :cry:
 

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Hey - Just wanted to let everyone know we're not dead or anything. I ordered a Vita TV and a 4GB card for one of our translators so they can start pumping out story stuff. As you can imagine, real life tends to get in the way of things, but this project is definitely not dead or stalled. Will probably crank out a patch in the next few days. <3
 

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Hey - Just wanted to let everyone know we're not dead or anything. I ordered a Vita TV and a 4GB card for one of our translators so they can start pumping out story stuff. As you can imagine, real life tends to get in the way of things, but this project is definitely not dead or stalled. Will probably crank out a patch in the next few days. <3


Thanks and keep up the hard work can't wait till I can play this in english thanks to you guys.
 

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Hey all! Sorry about the lack of updates on here, things have been *crazy* (and I couldn't log in, and couldn't reset my password. Fun times!) We've been hard at work since the last update, and a very good chunk of the game is translated. We've bought two members of our team Vita TVs and memory cards (A programmer and a translator), so progress has been going faster and faster!

In fact, see for yourself: http://arks-layer.com/vita/Nova_ENPatch_11_03_2016_v073.zip

Remember, install instructions are at http://arks-layer.com/nova.php

Enjoy!

EDIT: Here, have some screenshots!

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Hey all! Sorry about the lack of updates on here, things have been *crazy* (and I couldn't log in, and couldn't reset my password. Fun times!) We've been hard at work since the last update, and a very good chunk of the game is translated. We've bought two members of our team Vita TVs and memory cards (A programmer and a translator), so progress has been going faster and faster!

In fact, see for yourself: http://arks-layer.com/vita/Nova_ENPatch_11_03_2016_v073.zip

Remember, install instructions are at http://arks-layer.com/nova.php

Enjoy!

EDIT: Here, have some screenshots!

Dope! Been waiting! Time to pick the game up again!
 

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Yo! That's really cool. Keep up the amazing work AIDA and team. Thanks for everything guys! I'll wait to play it when it's finished but this looks amazing.
 

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How do you access the vita TV file folders from your PC? Content manager, which I downloaded and set up, only lets me transfer stuff to the video, photos, music folders, but doesn't let me access the raw folders from my PC (like it does when I direct connect my psp to my PC).
 

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How do you access the vita TV file folders from your PC? Content manager, which I downloaded and set up, only lets me transfer stuff to the video, photos, music folders, but doesn't let me access the raw folders from my PC (like it does when I direct connect my psp to my PC).
ftp :) henkaku, plus vitashell
 

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ftp :) henkaku, plus vitashell

Thanks but it looks like I already screwed myself and updated to 3.63 so I can't use henkaku... it made me do that to use content manager which is what I thought would work. Well, guess I won't be playing this until I feel like buying another vita tv -.-

Can you play this on the emulator? Really don't want to put out another bit of $$ if I can avoid it. Also I suggest there being a huge disclaimer on this post because lots of noobs like myself got straight to this post from Google without seeing the stickies about Henkaku.
 
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What emulator?
Anyway I think there is a PC version of the game as well. You can try that.
Edit - I just checked. Phantasy star Nova is Vita only sorry.

So actually, I do own a regular Vita as well, just checked and it is still version 3.35. Can I update it just to 3.6 and if so how? Also is there any way I could set up the patch on the regular Vita and transfer this to the Vita TV via memory card or something?
 

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So actually, I do own a regular Vita as well, just checked and it is still version 3.35. Can I update it just to 3.6 and if so how? Also is there any way I could set up the patch on the regular Vita and transfer this to the Vita TV via memory card or something?
You can update to 3.60, check the stickies or search for a proper guide because I don't have the process offhand.
So long as you don't apply the official download of the update and just apply the patch* it may work on a normal unit afterward**.

* This won't matter soon, stuff has changed and the update is being built into the patch now.
** This is as of 3.61, 3.63 may have changed this but honestly I doubt it. Also, you'll need trickery or to reformat the card to re-use on 3.60 after using on 3.63.
 

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download the 3.60 update from my mega account here:
PSP2UPDAT.PUP

then download this xml here:
psp2-updatelist.xml

now if you have QCMA put the update and the xml in the PSV Updates folder then edit the xml and just change the uk to which region your from:
au - Australian/New Zealand
cn - China
eu - Europe
jp - Japan
kr - Korea
mx - Mexico
ru - Russia
sa - South Asia
tw - Taiwan
uk - United Kingdom
us - United States

once you have done that put the vita into flight mode then connect your vita to the pc and refresh QCMA and goto system update on your vita and choose update by connecting to a pc and make sure it says its gonna install firmware 3.60.
 

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