Hacking Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity - English Translation

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To be honest I've never used the trade feature before this but I put the following cwcheat together that will hopefully work to extend the range items that can be traded.
Both people will need the cheat active.

_C1 Extended Trading
_L 0x2002023C 0x34020000
_L 0x200724F4 0x34020001

No guarantees, and of course I would both take a backup of your savedata first.

Unlikely to happen.
Out of interest what specifically is too large? Presumably your playing at high resolution?
Thanks, Jam. This is aweeeesome!

I just been playing PSU Clementine (1920x1080) and got used to seeing my UI / damage numbers displayed being nice and compact, and then I get back on PSP2oi, and the numbers / UI is just massive by comparison, and made me wish for that smaller UI lmao.

For reference, compare this:
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... to the pictures you posted, and the UI takes up faaaaaaaaaaar less of the screen space. I know it's a pipe dream to change that, but just thought I'd ask. :P
 
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Just as a reminder to that trading cheat, you need to trade partner cards to trade weapons. Testing showed you can trade literally any weapon it seems. Outside of EXT FULL weapons. We didn't know this right off the bat (since who's trading C & B anyways).
 
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Thanks, Jam. This is aweeeesome!

I just been playing PSU Clementine (1920x1080) and got used to seeing my UI / damage numbers displayed being nice and compact, and then I get back on PSP2oi, and the numbers / UI is just massive by comparison, and made me wish for that smaller UI lmao.

For reference, compare this:
unknown.png


... to the pictures you posted, and the UI takes up faaaaaaaaaaar less of the screen space. I know it's a pipe dream to change that, but just thought I'd ask. :P

Let me know if it actually works

edit: nvm

Now I'm wondering what it said ;)
 
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@JamRules I probably asked already but my memory fails me: What's with the spacing between letters on your pics? It's a limitation interited from the language swap, a font/upscaling issue or something from my mind?
Words always fell a little off for some reason, like Cross Scar on the last picture.
 

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@JamRules I probably asked already but my memory fails me: What's with the spacing between letters on your pics? It's a limitation interited from the language swap, a font/upscaling issue or something from my mind?
Words always fell a little off for some reason, like Cross Scar on the last picture.

I think it’s because the game uses the system font (and not for example it’s own font embedded in the game) so it uses PPSSPP’s implementation of the font, which probably looks different, and maybe scaling affects it too.

You can swap the font file itself in PPSSPP’s install but I might not have on that PPSSPP install (I have a load of them)
 
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So Nessly and I tested the trading thing, and we had an issue where only one person would receive the items (host) and the other person would get stuck in the trade window (soft lock) and get nothing from the trade. I'm not sure if you tested on LAN, but we did it over that HunsterVerse thing and it was the same result every time. So I guess it "works", just not super well. Lmao
 

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So Nessly and I tested the trading thing, and we had an issue where only one person would receive the items (host) and the other person would get stuck in the trade window (soft lock) and get nothing from the trade. I'm not sure if you tested on LAN, but we did it over that HunsterVerse thing and it was the same result every time. So I guess it "works", just not super well. Lmao

I tested on LAN yeah. Does it work with normal trades though? Might be a PPSSPP / setup issue rather than an issue with the cheat itself. I had some bugs with PPSSPP on the older versions too.
 
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I tested on LAN yeah. Does it work with normal trades though? Might be a PPSSPP / setup issue rather than an issue with the cheat itself. I had some bugs with PPSSPP on the older versions too.
Hmm, I'll try to do some more testing sometime today. We tried testing S and A rank trades, and S and C ranks trades and it was all the same. Though we didn't try the normal C and C rank or B and B or B and C rank trading, like normal. If you're ever wanting to test it w/ me just hit me up on Discord and we can mess about with it. It's a game changer for sure.
 
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Hmm, I'll try to do some more testing sometime today. We tried testing S and A rank trades, and S and C ranks trades and it was all the same. Though we didn't try the normal C and C rank or B and B or B and C rank trading, like normal. If you're ever wanting to test it w/ me just hit me up on Discord and we can mess about with it. It's a game changer for sure.

See if you can test trading without the cheat on at all and see of the trading works normally. It could just be that PPSSPP is dodgy sometimes. I know I had quite a few issues were it would hang with one person still waiting when trying to start the lobby and also where the trade machine only worked if the host accessed it first, otherwise it would say noone to trade with.
 

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I think it’s because the game uses the system font (and not for example it’s own font embedded in the game) so it uses PPSSPP’s implementation of the font, which probably looks different, and maybe scaling affects it too.

Font is different sure, it always get me. Fells like I'm repeating myself.

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I'd say that, if people want to get it right now because progress has been "slow", they should work on it themselves and stop begging for someone else's code. After all, I don't see how more people having access to N custom tools is going to make everything go faster if they don't even have the will nor knowledge to try to edit the game by themselves. lol
then what's the logic behind keeping everything in private for like 4-5 years?

never ever seen a translation project only want to release when it's 100% after like all these years generally they have incremental releases to please people

to me it feels just silly to hoard this
 
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then what's the logic behind keeping everything in private for like 4-5 years?

never ever seen a translation project only want to release when it's 100% after like all these years generally they have incremental releases to please people

to me it feels just silly to hoard this

You haven't seen that many then. I've seen quite a few, like SRW A Portable, SD Gundam G Generation Overworld, and the 7th Dragon games, that only released when they were considered done.
 

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You haven't seen that many then. I've seen quite a few, like SRW A Portable, SD Gundam G Generation Overworld, and the 7th Dragon games, that only released when they were considered done.
DinohScene just purged a bunch of posts due to the reaction from Gameboy Color's troll-begging. If we argue with him again, posts will get deleted again or worse. We're not allowed to speak our minds here, so it's probably for the best to just let it go.
 

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DinohScene just purged a bunch of posts due to the reaction from Gameboy Color's troll-begging. If we argue with him again, posts will get deleted again or worse. We're not allowed to speak our minds here, so it's probably for the best to just let it go.
You're certainly allowed to speak your mind, however arguments like this shift focus away from translation projects and are, on the whole, a big distraction for the developers. Translators release patches whenever they want to, if at all - if somebody can't wait patiently, they can start their own translation project. There's really not much to add to the subject. Posts like these are removed so that the threads they pop up in can stay on-topic instead of getting derailed, it's as simple as that. I myself am very interested in this project, I was unaware that someone was working on a translation until now, and I'm happy to see that the OP and his team are making great progress so far.
 

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You're certainly allowed to speak your mind, however arguments like this shift focus away from translation projects and are, on the whole, a big distraction for the developers. Translators releases patches whenever they want to, if at all - if somebody can't wait patiently, they can start their own translation project. There's really not much to add to the subject. Posts like these are removed so that the threads they pop up in can stay on-topic instead of getting derailed, it's as simple as that. I myself am very interested in this project, I was unaware that someone was working on a translation until now, and I'm happy to see that the OP and his team are making great progress so far.
But doesn't it seem odd to remove the posts defending the translators, but keeping the troll-begging post that started it all? That made zero sense to me. That just leaves the door open for the the 'bickering' to start again, which is why I attempted to change the conversation back to the project itself.
 

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But doesn't it seem odd to remove the posts defending the translators, but keeping the troll-begging post that started it all? That made zero sense to me. That just leaves the door open for the the 'bickering' to start again, which is why I attempted to change the conversation back to the project itself.
There's a line between stating an opinion and arguing with other users, many posts "ride" that line, so to speak. Don't worry, if things flare up again, we're here to deal with that. ;)
 

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There's a line between stating an opinion and arguing with other users, many posts "ride" that line, so to speak. Don't worry, if things flare up again, we're here to deal with that. ;)
I totally get that Foxi, but it only looks like he's riding the line now that his other posts have been deleted. Anyway, I've said my piece here so he's your problem now! ;)
 

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JamRules, I was curious if there was the possibility you could release the source for the translator?

Maybe even just a toolset for the .fpb and .nbl? Essen's tools don't quite function the way I would like.
 

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