ROM Hack Translation Project [HIATUS] [v0.3 Chapter 1 Release] UnchainBlades EXXIV Translation Project

[Feathered-Knight]

DISCLAIMER:
THIS MOD IS STRICTLY A NON-PROFIT PROJECT CREATED BY A FAN FOR FANS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.

A translation project for Unchained Blades EXXIV for the 3DS.
While its predecessor UnchainBlades ReXX came to the West, its sequel was never released.
That's where this project comes into play. This project aims to translate the entire game in English so fans of both UnchainBlades and dungeon crawlers can finally have a chance to enjoy this game.


Link to Download Current Version [v.0.3]: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5nb7mszybtac5j6/EXXiV_Patch.zip/file

Installation:
Installation of the Patch is very straightforward and easy. Please make sure to have DeltaPatcher and your own copy in .cia format of UnchainBlades EXXiV. Follow the instructions of DeltaPatcher and it should patch the game for you without issue.

Please let me know about any bugs, typos or issues and I will address them as I continue translating this game.

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Spoiler: Character Names (With Pictures)

Ryuuga

Sofia

Hilda

Diane

Sieg

Mint

Emil

Riesled

As I haven't been able to translate the menus without breaking them I've made a translation in a paint tool to know where everything is in the top menu and battle menu.

Spoiler: Menus

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Progress:
Items/Skills/Quests/Monsters & Item/Skill/Quest/Monster Descriptions: 100% [6104/6104 Lines]
Menu Descriptions/Prompts/Map Icons: 100% [506/506 Lines]
Follower Support 0% [0/735 Files]
Script Files: 36.16% [239/661 Files]
Menus/Text Images/Images w/ Text: 0% [0/93 Files]
Nametags: Found? Unsure.

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Roles:
Translator: Feathered-Knight

Help Wanted:
Proofreader
Image Text Translation
Script Translation
Post-Battle Follower Interactions
Video Translation/Editor (For English Subtitles)

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Finished translating text found in menus, prompts, map locations and some other QoL details.

- Some QoL menu text as can be seen in followers. Menu itself is not translated. Seems to be in a different file.
Location Names on the map
- Map legends when opening the dungeon map > I have edited since the screenshot was taken to shorten some names. More testing needed to check all legend items.
- Menu Prompts
- Scrolling menu text at the bottom of the menu > I don't know how to format this to add spaces at this time. The document I worked on has spaces but it does not add. I'll need to look into this further.

Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Still making progress.
Items, Skills, Quests, Monsters, Descriptions etc are still in progress but I am not about 82% of the way through with approximately 1055 lines left to translate for this section.
After that formatting will need to be checked within the game and proofread to verify that text if fitting and not going through or past the text boxes for legibility.

Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[PrincessLisette]

This looks great! Best of luck with the project!

 

[animefreak55]

Thank you for translating this game!

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Just updating that this thread has not been forgotten.
Been doing a lot of translating + my irl job and haven't reached another point to share info yet.
Currently doing some formatting as English words are longer than Japanese so I'm having to condense sentences to fit in the boxes properly while also making sure they make sense grammatically when reading.

 

[G_Brood]

I was not aware that Unchained Blades had a series of games. Congratulations on your efforts and best of luck with the project.

 

[Koroshi]

I was not aware that Unchained Blades had a series of games. Congratulations on your efforts and best of luck with the project.

Same here! Wish you all the best and if you need help, update the forum! There is always "working to be" or "wanting to be" future romhackers here!

EDIT: Are you also doing this for the PSP as well? (In otherwords port the translation over etc)

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Same here! Wish you all the best and if you need help, update the forum! There is always "working to be" or "wanting to be" future romhackers here!

EDIT: Are you also doing this for the PSP as well? (In otherwords port the translation over etc)

Thank you, I might just do that since I've still been struggling to find some text and there's a lot left to translate.

> EDIT: Are you also doing this for the PSP as well? (In otherwords port the translation over etc)
I'm not planning to at the moment as the 3DS version is already taking a lot of time. However, if the versions are similar enough in terms of files I don't believe translating the PSP version in the future is out of the question.

 

[Koroshi]

Same here! Wish you all the best and if you need help, update the forum! There is always "working to be" or "wanting to be" future romhackers here!

EDIT: Are you also doing this for the PSP as well? (In otherwords port the translation over etc)

I'm in process of learning a few programming languages (mainly because I'm interested in IT) and well I've always wanted to try my hand at romhacking (Segagaga, I'm looking at you.) so yeah, please keep updating this forum post with 'help wanted' and I'm sure the peanut crowd will eventually answer your call.

 

[Feathered-Knight]

I'm in process of learning a few programming languages (mainly because I'm interested in IT) and well I've always wanted to try my hand at romhacking (Segagaga, I'm looking at you.) so yeah, please keep updating this forum post with 'help wanted' and I'm sure the peanut crowd will eventually answer your call.

Thank you, I'll do that.
Real life has kept me busy so I've not been able to get as much progress as I want lately so with the title honestly any help would be good.

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Nearly completed translating items/skills/quests and monsters.
What's left is descriptions when looking at items/skills/monsters. After which I will need to check in the game itself to verify that the spacing is correct and the writing does not go past borders and confirm formatting.

I've also spent some time and finally played far enough to get to quests to see and test them so that I could provide some screenshots.
Quest names will need some work.
Rewards and item requested are listedn.
The fluff descriptions themselves are still in Japanese for now as I haven't gotten to it yet.

Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Recently found the menu files and can open and extract them with Karameru and EveryFileExplorer.

Struggling with it though as after translating and replacing the menu text in Karameru after using png2bclim the menu works but all text is missing.

Any advice if anyone knows what is happening or what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.

 

[jeremy2020]

I loved the first one and have wanted to play the sequel. Appreciate your work.

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Many thanks

As a heads up this project has not been forgotten. It's just more slow going and I'm only one person.

Life has been busy and I have had less time to spend on translation so it has been going much slower than before but it is still in progress.

 

[YuseiFD]

Hey i am interested in this, i am a dev so let me know if you need anything

 

[BobDaBuilda]

Hi just wondering how the translation is going would love to help but have no knowledge on translating just drop in every now and then to see if there's any updates.

 

[Feathered-Knight]

Hi just wondering how the translation is going would love to help but have no knowledge on translating just drop in every now and then to see if there's any updates.

Translation is going well though I don't have any screenshots to show for it at the current moment. Because of irl I haven't had a huge amount of time to invest into it in the last couple of months as I would like.

But the project has not been forgotten and is not dead. Time has just been tight recently.

 

[Kalephant21]

If you want a random person to help I can offer XD I know a couple people that can speak and know a lot of Japanese that I may be able to reach to. Like some others, I'd like to help, I just cant code at all, and the most I'd be able to do is use an online translator and figure out how to word things that way ^^' But yeah, I may try to direct a couple people I know towards this and see if they'd think about it ^^' If there is anything I could do with my EXTREMELY limited skills I'd gladly offer I don't have much experience, but point me in the right direction, and I do have quite a bit of time on my hands

 

[kalitbartman]

glad I found this I wanted this in english after I played the first one