ROM Hack [RELEASED] Blood of Bahamut English Patch

[Densetsu]

Ok the first post is updated with new screens, courtesy of PG

*continues translating*

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

Just a quick off-topic question, but how did you guys learn Japanese? I've been trying to find where to start for some time now, but I haven't really found a way to do that yet.

 

[rocketen]

On another note: Shiva is a HUGE perv XD There's a quest called "The Secret of Jiggling!?" but for all of the innocent people out there, I'll make it "The Secret of Trembling!?"

Don't compromise! There's nothing wrong with a little perversion

 

[Coconut]

Never mind, looks like a nice game =)

 

[Valiarchon]

In the second "Mission Clear!" screenshot, the second objective should be "Destroyed the right hand's core." not "Destroyed the core's right hand." shouldn't it? I think it was pointed out on the spreadsheet a while back, but it never got edited afaik. It's looking good so far though ;o

 

[Densetsu]

In the second "Mission Clear!" screenshot, the second objective should be "Destroyed the right hand's core." not "Destroyed the core's right hand." shouldn't it? I think it was pointed out on the spreadsheet a while back, but it never got edited afaik. It's looking good so far though ;o

Yep, I noticed that in the screenshot too, but it's already been fixed on the spreadsheet.

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

Indeed, it should. That screenshot is old, back from when you were on the team, a week or two before you left. As Dennie said though, it's already edited. Quite a few of the sheets are already edited, actually.

Thanks for the heads up, though.

 

[StorMyu]

Reason for edit: If you elaborate on your comment, maybe I'll unhide it. If it's meant to be a flame, it won't be tolerated.
Ok I'm gonna quote Wikipedia
QUOTEFlaming, also known as bashing, is hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users.

In what way it was hostile or insulting ? A member just said the old group was a fiasco which is not because it's the actual team with some
members out and some members in + the nicier first post and that's all I said
I was considered as "hostile" because I mention *snip*
Deleting a completly innocent comment just for that is futile.
Nevertheless I always post support for this project and in no way I've been flaming.

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

Take that up with him via PM please. This is not the place.

 

[Valiarchon]

Oh okay, that's good to hear ;o Oh I remembered something too - I'm not sure if it's been fixed yet or not, but you'll probably want to pick one convention and stick with it (and change the alternative form to match) - British English or American English? Eg. colour vs. color, etc. I remember there being quite a few mismatches throughout due to myself and Inori using a different dialect to everyone else (there wasn't anyone else was there?).

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

We've figured out all of that already.

Please keep all sorts of drama, including dramatic comments out of this thread. If you have intentions of starting trouble, feeling butthurt, or have any drama with someone, do it via PM, ragequit, diary, crying into pillow, but not in this thread.


Tonitonichopchop: I had a Japanese tutor that tutored me six hours a day, four days a week. I also self-studied for a year and a half with books, exams and audio quizzes. If you want to know which books I used, I can PM you the links and you can decide which ones to buy.
You can also take Japanese classes if there are any in your area, but Japanese is an expensive language to learn and take so much dedication X_X
I think you'll do fine

 

[DS1]

Just a quick off-topic question, but how did you guys learn Japanese? I've been trying to find where to start for some time now, but I haven't really found a way to do that yet.

When I first started learning, there weren't nearly as many resources for learning Japanese online as there are today. You were pretty much limited to one very basic lesson that you'd see in a textbook, and a few web pages (this was before proper blogs) by angry Japanese majors explaining how confusing the grammar is hahaha.

In my opinion, if you want a kind-of 'fast track' to learning Japanese so that you can play games, you'll have to start with the fundamentals. That means learning the hiragana, katakana, and how kanji is used in Japanese (I know some real-life beginners courses that don't expound on kanji, so sometimes it's just better to look this stuff up yourself).

Second, find some real basic, boring lessons like, "Eating at a Restaurant" or "Visiting the Post Office". Books you can find at the library are filled with this kind of stuff, just read through a bunch of them until you have a simple understanding of how Japanese works (this could take a month or so, learning anything new is a commitment after all)

Next, you'll simply want to expand your vocabulary. It would be great to learn more grammar first, but without formal classes you'll probably end up learning your grammar on a case-by-case basis (though there are great grammar websites out there now, like Tae-Kim's Japanese site..). To learn more vocabulary, get some Japanese comics (I'm guessing you like One Piece?) or games where you'd feel comfortable looking up each separate kanji, and then each compound (combination of two or more kanji).

The difficulty (or simplicity?) of reading Japanese in games is that many games use very different language. Games like Persona 3/4 might use normal modern Japanese, while something with samurai or knights in it would use different/archaic levels of formality. Games with 'delinquent' characters use a lot of Yakuza-style slang, and games with 'rural folks' use yet another set of vocab to make those characters stand out.

Of course, that's only if you want to learn how to read Japanese. Speaking, writing, and all that good stuff (singing?) would require a different focus altogether. But this is a video game site, so I just assumed you were talking about reading comprehension.

QUOTE(phoenixgoddess27 @ Mar 31 2011, 06:31 AM) On another note: Shiva is a HUGE perv XD There's a quest called "The Secret of Jiggling!?" but for all of the innocent people out there, I'll make it "The Secret of Trembling!?"

The different quests often refer to which part of the behemoth you are trying to break. In the case of 'secret of jiggling', it might be referring to one where you have to break her bra-clasp (yes, I believe there is such a thing in this game, haahah). So you might want to get clever and call it like, "Secret Unmentionables" (double negatives convey the same humor?). That's not a criticism, but trembling just reminds me more of fear than of unruly body parts, hahahaha.

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

On another note: Shiva is a HUGE perv XD There's a quest called "The Secret of Jiggling!?" but for all of the innocent people out there, I'll make it "The Secret of Trembling!?"

The different quests often refer to which part of the behemoth you are trying to break. In the case of 'secret of jiggling', it might be referring to one where you have to break her bra-clasp (yes, I believe there is such a thing in this game, haahah). So you might want to get clever and call it like, "Secret Unmentionables" (double negatives convey the same humor?). That's not a criticism, but trembling just reminds me more of fear than of unruly body parts, hahahaha.

Hahaha, well that would go well too

But jiggling is so hilarious

I must play that part of the game. I need to learn the secret @_@

I was going to use trembling for the kiddies!

(Though if you're breaking her bra, I'm not quite sure kids should be playing this in the first place XD) And the poor wolf behemoth has quests like, "Tail Licking!?" and "Teach it to sit!" Why can't I just teach it to be good?

For all of you wondering what Shiva looks like in this game....

Spoiler

 

[Rydian]

The Rydian is strangely drawn to this thread now...

 

[DS1]

Hahaha, well that would go well too

But jiggling is so hilarious

I must play that part of the game. I need to learn the secret @_@

I was going to use trembling for the kiddies!

(Though if you're breaking her bra, I'm not quite sure kids should be playing this in the first place XD) And the poor wolf behemoth has quests like, "Tail Licking!?" and "Teach it to sit!" Why can't I just teach it to be good?

If you're just going by mission titles and the overall gameplay, there are strong hints at anti-monsterism in this game. When the game first came out, GameFAQs was filled with questions like, 'How do I break Gigant's kneecaps?', and 'HOW TO CUT OFF ARMZ!!?'

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

If you're just going by mission titles and the overall gameplay, there are strong hints at anti-monsterism in this game. When the game first came out, GameFAQs was filled with questions like, 'How do I break Gigant's kneecaps?', and 'HOW TO CUT OFF ARMZ!!?'

It's worse when you're translating it and see descriptions like(This is just an example), "A fine powder that's nice to touch. It smells very good." Well why are you sniffing powder in the first place? And then you find out it came from monster body parts. "*sniffs* Man, this foot smells great."

We'll be working on the event_txt from scratch after we get to 100% on the non-script spreadsheet.

 

[raulpica]

I noticed this just now... I love all of you guys

Keep up with the good work!

 

[Skelletonike]

Looks awesome. =3
I've always wanted to try this game but since I love games mostly for their story, I've always been stopped from playing it because of that.

 

[kazekun]

Making that this forum stays in 1 page >_< shouldnt leave there until this translation is finished! thanks for awsome job.

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

Aww

Dear lord what am I translating O_O
I just translated the quest description about getting Shiva to jiggle @______@