ROM Hack Help with hacking

[megawalk]

ok i am currently researching to hack Super Robot Wars W
but i don't know what programs i need.
also if i need to learn some computer based languages or values or decimals
i would learn it if have to.
i got dslazy
njstar set to translate japanese chinese and korean for me
a hex editor
and thats all i got so far

 

[valyr]

download tiled from romhacking.net and crystaltile 2 from somewhere
for grahics and fonts etc

 

[Noitora]

ok i am currently researching to hack Super Robot Wars W
but i don't know what programs i need.
also if i need to learn some computer based languages or values or decimals
i would learn it if have to.
i got dslazy
njstar set to translate japanese chinese and korean for me
a hex editor
and thats all i got so far

Why do you wan't to start a translation?
I already have a patch with most of the menus translated.I could provide a link if you want.

 

[megawalk]

well to be honest i am new in rom hacking
also in hex editing if that is required, but i am planning if i can do it
a full translation

also, where are the things named tiled and crystaltile2 located ?
i downloaded tlp but only things i see is green

update:
i found crystaltile2
update:
i found tiled from a site named tiled and it was packed as a bin.zip
also the choice of src.zip
update:
i don't know how to use tiled src or bin since there is no executeable or a batch file any help ?

update:
problem solved.
i didn't had the JRE files up on the pc so i couldnt run em

 

[kryss]

If you extract the text, I'll translate it. The problem apparently is putting it back into the game.
And don't quick results. I've been playing the game since release day and there is a novels worth of text to wade through, not to mention in-fight triggered conversations too.

 

[Noitora]

If you extract the text, I'll translate it. The problem apparently is putting it back into the game.
And don't quick results. I've been playing the game since release day and there is a novels worth of text to wade through, not to mention in-fight triggered conversations too.

Kryss do you want me to revive this project once I am finished with Inazuma Eleven?

 

[kryss]

Hell yes!

If you dump the text, I'll try not to take 6 months to translate it.

 

[KiC]

It has 3,2mb (custom) compressed text. So either you're good at reverse engineering and programming, or you won't get anywhere at all.
I've played around a bit with it...
http://imagehoster.us/uploads/9825dd4799.png
http://imagehoster.us/uploads/3c15d2786c.png

Maybe I'll work on it after my current project.

 

[Noitora]

Not good at all at reverse engineering.By the way is it just me or are those characters 1-byte?
Doubt you messed around and did a VWF hack, it sure takes some time

.
Can't do much things without a debugger actually...

 

[KiC]

Character encoding changed to 1 byte.
Added a VWF.
Changed compression to huffman.
Wrote new text parsers for new compressions and encodings.

I recycled some code from SRWJ, so it was pretty quick.

 

[Noitora]

Character encoding changed to 1 byte.
Added a VWF.
Changed compression to huffman.
Wrote new text parsers for new compressions and encodings.

I recycled some code from SRWJ, so it was pretty quick.

I a-am really astounded now...Really hearing that you changed the character encoding to 1-byte blew my mind up.Not to mention what happened after I read the following lines...
Assembly, right?

 

[KiC]

Sure, what else? Only 35kb so far, though.

 

[Noitora]

Sure, what else? Only 35kb so far, though.

I would be happy if I had done so many things in so little time.
You're using No$Gba debug version I suppose.(Dammit gotta find money and buy this thing)

 

[KiC]

A debugger won't magically allow you to do anything you want. You have to learn assembly, you have to learn how to use a debugger, and you also have to combine those things.
Start with something on a platform like SNES. Many debuggers, many tutorials.

ARM is not a good place to start with. It has a lot of features, like integrated shifts and conditional execution for every opcode, and may just be too much for a beginner. If you want to see how it looks, here's part of my SRWW VWF code: http://nopaste.org/p/aJdkwYBmd

Not to mention that NDS debugging in general isn't that great. And no$gba isn't easy to get at the moment, too

 

[Noitora]

Yeah I know it's hard I'm no noob don't worry but I was planning to spent quite a few months learning if I did buy it.

 

[megawalk]

holy @_@
ok i think i back down for japanese games.
i gonna concentrate on us games with a dutch translation.
for those people who can't understand english and who are from the netherlands.
well i only want to do some text editing so where do i start with ?
any rom examples and does somebody got a translating guide ?

 

[Noitora]

download a hex editor search for some text as you normally would with any text editor, replace it and you're good to go.

 

[megawalk]

yes i have a hex editor
but i gonna look for something better in the gbatemp's guide list now
anyways thanks for helping me out

Update:
Holy Smoke!
i took a easy game named
From the Abyss
i already editted some parts but.
some things are outside the font.
is there a way to keep the text in the font with lengthening ?

Update:
i did some changes in the text files and i lengthened the font files so i can go up to 3 font lines (will be easy)
and my first things is already translated into dutch
Helen_FIX.txt
time to get some serious business
thanks for all the help