ROM Hack ASH translation project

[mrfatso]

haha, i just noticed Noitora's name has been slash off and label quitter and well, all i can type is good luck and if may release date is true, hello to another new game

off topic: am i the only one who keep mistyping his name as nobita?

 

[madpinger]

You guys still active ?

This is def one on my wish list. ^.^

 

[psycoblaster]

Yeah. I'm not posting any news here. Check my sig.
Just to inform you guys, Darth and I finished up all the main leftover text files just few minutes ago.
The only remaining text files are the talk files (When you talk to your own units, which probably nobody will do) and the death speech of a unit, which I also think is not really required.
The final script file, which is a profile script file, only comes out when you are idle for a while in the main intro screen so that's not required.
All that's left is like 7 more buttons (Yes, No, Buy, Sell, and few more in the engage menu) and a graphic text in the unit summon menu.

The result screen is not going to be translated, because the map file it uses is too specific that it's impossible to edit.
I might just write up a translation and upload it on my wordpress blog for reference.
There are about 70 tutorials (which are all graphics), and I don't want to spend several hours translating those and photoshopping them... And they are all tutorials about obvious stuff, so even if I translate them, you guys will just skip through it anyways.

 

[Zarcon]

I'm willing to help with any graphic text edits for the sake of completion...well, depending.
A sample shot of the hardest one to edit would make it easier to judge, haha.
Also, are the talk files amusing? The skits in the Tales games are often useless, but they add to the characters quite a bit.

 

[psycoblaster]

I'm willing to help with any graphic text edits for the sake of completion...well, depending.
A sample shot of the hardest one to edit would make it easier to judge, haha.
Also, are the talk files amusing? The skits in the Tales games are often useless, but they add to the characters quite a bit.

Well if you can edit around 60~70 tutorial files (each are about 3~4 lines tho) that would be great.
The tutorials are all graphics. I'll rip them and show you later.

edit:
here ya go:

As you can see, these pictures use low quality jpeg :|
I'll give them to you in png/bmp format.

http://cfile240.uf.daum.net/attach/11788E0D4A05495D3E6A8C

This is the ttf font file for the font that I made for ASH. I forgot to add some punctuations including a comma but I don't think you'll need it.
You'll need to use it in size 6.

Also, if you are using photoshop, make sure you have the style as none (from crisp, strong, smooth, etc)

Make sure you use the eyedropper for color, as you need to use the actual color or converting it back to binary won't work.
Before you start editing, go to file, save for web/devices, and select png-8 128, dithered. On the bottom, there should be a color table (palette). press the right arrow next to the tabs, and press save color table.

Now whenever you are done editing the tutorials, goto save for web/devices, load the color table, and save so you won't use any extra colors.

 

[HernanZh]

Do they all look like that? They look very consistent, so it'd be much easier if you'd make a custom program to make these textboxes instead of using Photoshop all the time.

 

[psycoblaster]

yeah they all do.
I'm not sure how you can add text to an image and save it tho

 

[HernanZh]

I can whip up something for you if you like (simply another mod of one of my old programs). All I need is an image and if possible a text file with the widths of all the letters of your font (starting from space to z in ascii order).

 

[psycoblaster]

http://cfile232.uf.daum.net/image/1357020B4A056B798BFCC0

http://cfile240.uf.daum.net/image/1257020B4A056B7A8C4BA3

i'll get the width table done soon
For the width, do I include the space between each letter?

allright. this is without the space between each letter. (each space between each letter is 1)
=2
!=1
"=3
#=5
$=0
%=0
&=5
'=1
(=2
)=2
*=0
+=0
,=2
-=3
.=1
/=3
0=4
1=2
2=4
3=4
4=4
5=4
6=4
7=4
8=4
9=4
:=2
;=2
=0
?=4
@=0
A=4
B=4
C=4
D=4
E=3
F=3
G=4
H=4
I=1
J=4
K=4
L=3
M=5
N=5
O=4
P=4
Q=4
R=4
S=4
T=3
U=4
V=5
W=5
X=5
Y=5
Z=4
[=0
\=0
]=0
^=0
_=0
`=0
a=4
b=4
c=4
d=4
e=4
f=3
g=4
h=4
i=1
j=2
k=4
l=1
m=5
n=4
o=4
p=4
q=4
r=3
s=4
t=3
u=4
v=4
w=5
x=5
y=4
z=4

All characters that were not existing in my font were marked as 0.

 

[HernanZh]

Umm, how are the numbers 0-9 supposed to look like? They look very small compared to the letters.

 

[psycoblaster]

 

[HernanZh]

Ok, it's done. Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?udciqcwjid3
It's very easy, you just type stuff in the text box. You can define 9 different colors in the ini file. For example:

[type1]
R=248
G=248
B=72

[type2]
R=0
G=0
B=248

(up to 9 types)

You make this image

by typing:

Hi [1]psycoblaster[/1]. use this
thingy to write stuff in the
textbox. Press [2]Snapshot[/2] to
copy the image in the
clipboard. Press [2]Save[/2] to
save as bmp.

 

[psycoblaster]

Thank you

very nice

edit:
capital U and lowercase u is the same :|

 

[HernanZh]

OK fixed: http://www.mediafire.com/?5tzx1zmdnmq
The bitmap font is now external. You should check all the letters, if there's anything else wrong, you can fix it yourself now.

 

[psycoblaster]

Thank HernanZh, I'm finally done with the tutorials. (Except for 3, because I need context for the translation)
So all I really need to do now is finish up the remaining 7 buttons or so, and the data selection screen.

 

[demitrius]

Read your site, glad to see some progress going on, and good to see some more in the last few posts. Can't wait to play this.

 

[spinergy]

Yeah. I'm not posting any news here. Check my sig.
Just to inform you guys, Darth and I finished up all the main leftover text files just few minutes ago.
The only remaining text files are the talk files (When you talk to your own units, which probably nobody will do) and the death speech of a unit, which I also think is not really required.
The final script file, which is a profile script file, only comes out when you are idle for a while in the main intro screen so that's not required.
All that's left is like 7 more buttons (Yes, No, Buy, Sell, and few more in the engage menu) and a graphic text in the unit summon menu.

The result screen is not going to be translated, because the map file it uses is too specific that it's impossible to edit.
I might just write up a translation and upload it on my wordpress blog for reference.
There are about 70 tutorials (which are all graphics), and I don't want to spend several hours translating those and photoshopping them... And they are all tutorials about obvious stuff, so even if I translate them, you guys will just skip through it anyways.

Just wanted to point out....your website is no longer in your signature and was wondering if we could get a link to it

 

[mrfatso]

well, the site is still in the first post, just not in url tag... so just give it a search

 

[psycoblaster]

uhh I still can see it in my sig :|

 

[shineek]

yeah its still in your signature