ROM Hack YS DS translation project

[Harun85]

Harun85 thank you for your valuable help, whenever you want to get started start with the file ScriptMinea, and the only one remaining after ScriptMinea is the file exactly above.Check the first post for details.

Thank you.

Can do. I'll look at Minea first.

 

[DarthNemesis]

Did you guys ever get a hold of DarknessSavior? He's still working on his own translation of this game. Maybe you could work something out?

 

[Noitora]

Did you guys ever get a hold of DarknessSavior? He's still working on his own translation of this game. Maybe you could work something out?

I PM'd him a few days ago, I haven't received a response yet.

 

[Cronorei]

I'm pretty familiar with the Ys series, so while I can't translate I could potentially help with testing or going over lore to see how things match up. I've played and beaten every Ys game but V, and most of them more than once. I haven't played much of the DS ports though, mostly because I started right off on Nightmare Mode and got distracted playing Felghana again not long after they came out.

As far as the translation's I've used go, I've played the MSX, NES and Eternal versions of Ys 1 and 2 the Eternal translation being Deuce's which i'm sure most fans are familiar with.

So if you have a use for me, let me know. If not, that's fine too.

Though I do have one question, are you planning to translate the Goddess' names as Feena and Reah/Leah or Feena and Lair? Lair seems to be Deuce's quirk, but I'm not sure how many others agree with his translation of her name compared to other translations and romanizations being Reah/Leah more often than anything else. Also will you be calling the Cleria silver gear Cleria or just Silver? Either works, but I was just wondering if you decided on that. I'm checking the thread out now for any answers to these two questions

 

[psycoblaster]

Reah.
Cleria? Is that the ore that they mined to make barabdo a phosphorous place before the storm barrier?
well we are calling that silver/silver ore

 

[Cronorei]

Cleria was the special type of silver that could damage Dark Fact and the Orb the goddess' created and Darm uses. Though for some reason I'm drawing a blank on any more details about it

Actually now that I think about it, I believe Cleria was the name used for Silver in the ancient times on Esteria. So I'm not even sure if it's just any Silver or a special kind of silver that should be called Cleria

 

[psycoblaster]

well take a small look at script_comn.bin spreadsheet. That spread sheet is the database including the names and items. I've got feedbacks from Ys forums with names and items, so what we have right now is what is in use *currently*. It might/may change after the first beta. I'm thinking of also distributing some beta patches to who are really familiar with the Ys series, so it actually feels like a Ys.

lookee

this is fun
I think i'm getting used to the palette thing, but I just can't get it when the palette is on a separate file...

what's that black line?

I'll try to get more graphics ripped.

(srry I'm bored)

yay all items ripped

 

[Cronorei]

That black line might be a transparency layer. Also the item models look the same as they did in Eternal

 

[DarthNemesis]

what's that black line?

Try importing your palette from 2 bytes before/after where you're currently importing it.

 

[psycoblaster]

I found out it was just TM's fault o.O
I had that portion selected, and then changed my palette so that part was screwed up XP

well here are more:

After playing the game for few minutes, I've found the ADOL HP that is on the upper right corner of the gameplay screen to have a weird font; (awkward capital A, oversized ADOL and a very thin HP)
so here is a quick change

BEFORE/AFTER

The final graphic file with japanese characters... what are the last 2 texts?

 

[kryss]

操作を選んでください Control method (Please choose control method)
左きき Left-handed
右きき Right-handed

 

[psycoblaster]

the text on the top is text that's compressed in the arm9.bin
noitora's doing that...
and for the left handed/right handed
I'll call it LEFT/RIGHT due to space... and a font that seems all clumped up doesn't look that good.

I can't get the G to look right on RIGHT

I'll show you what I've got so far

found another set of the above in option.chr, and won't align. It's gonna be tough to edit... I'll leave it until the end of the translation...

more progression:
I've found the place names that appear on the bottom screen. They seem to be in the inf files, but there are over 100 inf files

I still haven't found the text on the far bottom, but I'll finish the place names first... I'm done with 30 of them XP

 

[psycoblaster]

new screens, look at the bottom screen

The place names are finally translated

 

[Noitora]

I'll add those screenies in the 1st post.

 

[War]

Nice job, guys! Looks like you guys are really far into this... hoping for a release soon!

 

[psycoblaster]

Nice job, guys! Looks like you guys are really far into this... hoping for a release soon!

I hope we release it soon, too XP
Not much updates on the translation right now.. I think momo is a bit busy???
I'm currently using this time to experiment with stuff, and as you can see the post above the one with all the screens I uploaded, I've been working on graphics, and also have been searching for text that we didn't notice, such as the text on the screen, am I'm still looking for the bottom-most text...
Well for right now, we are working on a steady pace, and progress is being made in a nice speed

 

[Noitora]

Nice job, guys! Looks like you guys are really far into this... hoping for a release soon!

I hope we release it soon, too XP
Not much updates on the translation right now.. I think momo is a bit busy???
I'm currently using this time to experiment with stuff, and as you can see the post above the one with all the screens I uploaded, I've been working on graphics, and also have been searching for text that we didn't notice, such as the text on the screen, am I'm still looking for the bottom-most text...
Well for right now, we are working on a steady pace, and progress is being made in a nice speed

Momo said she had a job to do this week, or was it the week before?...I'll ask her if I see her online at MSN.

 

[psycoblaster]

Nice job, guys! Looks like you guys are really far into this... hoping for a release soon!

I hope we release it soon, too XP
Not much updates on the translation right now.. I think momo is a bit busy???
I'm currently using this time to experiment with stuff, and as you can see the post above the one with all the screens I uploaded, I've been working on graphics, and also have been searching for text that we didn't notice, such as the text on the screen, am I'm still looking for the bottom-most text...
Well for right now, we are working on a steady pace, and progress is being made in a nice speed

Momo said she had a job to do this week, or was it the week before?...I'll ask her if I see her online at MSN.

the actual Japanese -> english slowed down... One person makes a big difference

at least I was glad when harun also joined our team

 

[DarthNemesis]

I'm still looking for the bottom-most text...

It's LZ77-compressed in arm9.bin. Parts of ???????????? can be found starting at 0x687A4, but I haven't searched to see where the compression starts.

 

[Noitora]

I'm still looking for the bottom-most text...

It's LZ77-compressed in arm9.bin. Parts of ???????????? can be found starting at 0x687A4, but I haven't searched to see where the compression starts.

I thought the whole arm9 was compressed with LZ77, I uncompressed, edited some text and when I put it back either uncompressed or compressed in the rom it only worked in the emulator.