ROM Hack [RELEASED] Blood of Bahamut English Patch

[lcleong]

after patch is it 59.2mb?

 

[Aaron Chmielowiec]

after patch is it 59.2mb?

Let me check...

59.2 MB (62,106,176 bytes)

That looks right.

Padded 0s and all that jazz, I'm sure.

 

[drakorex]

Tried applying the patch. I get a 0byte rom, no "file has been successfully patched" or anything. How long do I need to wait?

 

[Jayro]

Downloaded it to my own medeafire, before SE gets butthurt again and sues him, taking it down.

 

[MarkDarkness]

Congrats on the release Densetsu and Aaron!

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Im just going to grab it before SE uses "double slash" on the translation team O_O

 

[drakorex]

Ok, tried a fresh rom. Fresh is 64mb, patched is 59.2?

 

[Aaron Chmielowiec]

drakorex> Be careful of what ROM you are using as the source for patching. The "Scene Release" one is the one you should be using. There are a few different dumps out there, it seems.

Edit> Yep, that looks right.

For everyone else, this is only a patch as in what I am distributing is changed bytes only. I did include the puzzle solutions and the XDelta GUI patcher but if that is a problem I can remove them (and redraw the sealed slate solutions by hand)

 

[Jayro]

Just in case this goes south, here's a permanent download link you can bookmark: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5dz6ts9bcy8itiq/bahamut.rar

 

[Aaron Chmielowiec]

You assume the worst. We'll see, legally the actual patch is fine and dandy; no horrible Squeenix bits in there; just the changed bytes that I made myself. Their only legal footings are the slate solution image(s), but they published their own artwork publicly so others could find out about the extra content anyway; that's how their "unlock" system worked. Unlike the FF-Type 0 "patch" I'm not distributing the whole game along with it.

 

[Jiro2]

You assume the worst. We'll see, legally the actual patch is fine and dandy; no horrible Squeenix bits in there; just the changed bytes that I made myself. Their only legal footings are the slate solution image(s), but they published their own artwork publicly so others could find out about the extra content anyway; that's how their "unlock" system worked. Unlike the FF-Type 0 "patch" I'm not distributing the whole game along with it.

The patch contains translated text from the original. The text has a copyright. Just like you couldn't legally distribute a translation of Harry Potter, you can't legally distribute a patch which contains a translation of someone's video game text, either.

 

[Aaron Chmielowiec]

If they want to fight me on those grounds when the English text is only viewable anyway if you own the original game and apply the patch, let them. Just like they also should know (and Konami learned after years of threatening me over Bemani related info) that using the law as a means of harassment is called barratry and is illegal, even in this country.

Besides, if every publisher attacked every fan translation ever, there would be no translation projects ever. Anime gets fan subbed and dubbed, too. Does that mean no fan subs or dubs exist? What about strategy guides. There are unofficial ones on sale in physical form and faqs online that also contain the story in some cases.

I get your point, yeah, but we'll see if Squeenix even bothers. There are unlicensed translations used here in Japan too, though, for what it is worth.

But I'm rambling again...anyway, thanks for your comments. It's good food for thought. You're right. I just wondering if they'll even bother in this case. Some companies are cool with this sort of thing but yeah, Squeenix. I remember when booth staff tackled a guy with a camera in another booth when they though he was taking pictures of their display area. (Tokyo Game Show, 2010)

 

[drakorex]

Aaron Chmielowiec So do you plan on tackling any other big games? It would be great if someone would finally translate Archaic Sealed Heat. Such a shame that the project fell through when it was almost done.

Thanks alot for this btw. I love it.

 

[shakirmoledina]

Congratulations! and thanks for some beautiful work!

 

[Densetsu]

Here are the seal/slate solutions, redone from actual in-game screenshots. They're also up on the first post.

These are meant to replace the images that are included with the patch.

Spoiler: Slate Solutions

Slate #1

Slate #2

Slate #3

Slate #4

Slate #5

Slate #6

Slate #7

Slate #8

Slate #9

Slate #10

 

[Aaron Chmielowiec]

Ooh, that's much nicer. If you want I can swap out what I had with those images you made later tonight...

 

[ov3rkill]

That's freakin' awesome. The game looks interesting. How come they didn't released this on the west?
I'm gonna play this one as I've been looking for a nice RPG to play.
Thanks for that epic translation. You guys are awesome!

 

[Patuli]

Thanks for your hardwork Aaron, I need some free time to play this game.
Congratulations to all the team involved on this release!
p.s. I hope the ending is corrected in the future.

 

[Densetsu]

Ooh, that's much nicer. If you want I can swap out what I had with those images you made later tonight...

Sure, that would be cool. I just noticed that they're a bit larger in filesize than the ones you've already included in the patch. Not sure if saving them as JPGs will help, but I'll give it a try. If that doesn't work, it's not a big deal. I'm all for making the download package a little larger if it means the content is of higher quality.

*EDIT*
I've re-posted the images as JPGs, which cuts the total size almost in half (and it's now smaller than even the original images included in the patch).

How come they didn't released this on the west?

It didn't sell very well in Japan, unfortunately.

 

[enarky]

Awesome! I remember playing this when it was released, but conveniently forgot that it was japanese and have been searching for the game up and down for the last couple of weeks. What a nice surprise. Thanks a lot, going to try this out tonight.



EDIT:

For now this is PC-only since XDelta is so picky, but I'll work on a Mac patch like I did with RGC2.

What's wrong with xdelta on OSX? Shouldn't it just work like on Windows, given that it's a tool from the Unix world?