ROM Hack Chrono Trigger DS German Translation Help

[reklrekl]

Hey Guys!
I'm planning a german translation for "Chrono Trigger DS", because I really love that game (and there is no german translation).

So I'm posting it here, because i'm looking for help with it: there are some files called *ncl.bin and *ncg.bin, but i don't know how to open/edit
them(there is a spanish translation, and I know these files got edited) (thanks to Daviex)

After solving the first problem I'm looking for a photographic artist, that can do some text in pixel art with a limited number of colors (palette).
Preview of the images to edit:
Movies ("Filme"), Game Mode ("Spielmodus"), Battle Mode ("Kampfmodus")

So if you could do it please contact me!

reklrekl

 

[omarrrio]

could you upload both files please, thank you

EDIT: i can't find any single text sample on the games files :s

 

[reklrekl]

The text files are in .msg format and someone made a tool that decodes(?) the HEX and makes it editable.

The two files are in the /data/menu/Extra/illust/ folder. all of them are ending on *ncg.bin and *ncl.bin. i have to edit the 025 files...
If someone can edit the text in (other) graphics, he can contact me and i'll give him the pallete and the file

 

[omarrrio]

i don't really see a problem using Tinke, here is a screen i took:

Spoiler

 

[reklrekl]

yes, this file I got extracted, but I cant edit it because i just cant do it.

I just cant open the 2 other files...

Thanks anyway

 

[omarrrio]

no problem if i find anything i'll post it here

 

[Daviex]

With tinke you can edit images.

When you open image, press EXPORT, edit it, IMPORT, PACK and Save rom.

For other 2 files, now i check.

EDIT:

I tried some thing.

NCL: Palette
NCG: Tile
NSC: Map

And work...

EDIT 2:

Ok i worked more on this and i found how to use it

NCL.BIN : Offset 8 and with the one i used was 16bpp.
NCG.BIN : Offset 8
NSC.BIN : Offset 8

I used Tinke, so, i think you can use this info

There's an example of a minimap i've exported.

 

[reklrekl]

Well, thanks!
I was so fixed to an offset of 30, but I expected the same with the palette and graphics file.

I know how to export and edit files, but I can only edit the "easy" things like a simple 1-color font...
so I'm looking for a person (wich will be named in the credits ofc) that can edit some (graphic)texts for me...

Here some images of the original Images:
Movies ("Filme"), Game Mode ("Spielmodus"), Battle Mode ("Kampfmodus")

So if anyone could do it, i'll send him the Images and the palette!

 

[Auryn]

Well, a "looking for photoshop/graphics artist" in your first post would had made things more easy to understand.

 

[reklrekl]

Bump?

 

[Rayout123]

Is this project still being worked on? I would really like to see a German version of Chrono Trigger DS!