ROM Hack Hercules no Eikou menu translation

[valyr]

This is no longer a help post yay its now a release post
also this is now a full translation

Hercules no Eikou Full translation patch 30-09-08

Added
some of the script
rest of the items
some small bugfixes

Created by: Valyr
Thecrash1973

Thanks to : Darthnemesis - for teaching me how to use xdelta and writing script
inserter
Noitora - general advice on romhacking
Psycoblaster - advice on pointers

Well here it is

Hercules no Eikou patch 30-09-08

For anybody that wants their cheats to work this is the new gamecode
YEKJ 59AAB22A

Here are some of the old screenshots for now will post some newer ones later tonight

If you find any bugs please please report them here so i can fix them A.S.A.P

still to do: monster names
some graphics
miscellaneous text
script

Enjoy

 

[javad]

good luck man

 

[psycoblaster]

@javad
you make the most helpless posts which in my eyes seems as if you are only trying to increase your post count.
the only post i've seen was "good luck" or anythiing that actually is NOT MOTIVATIONAL.
say you were doing a math project and you needed help from your teacher. and say your teacher says "good luck"
does that sound motivational to you? well probably not. So if you are not going to help valyr, then just shut up.

@valyr
i have once looked inside this game, but I think the menu were all graphics, not texts. So if the extensions of the graphic files are commonly known, then it shouldn't be that hard. (or maybe the texts were compressed)
I remember I had a hard time trying to find texts in the ROM, so if it's how i remember, the texts are all compressed, or either are graphics.

It has been some time since I looked in the ROM but I am 100% sure that the menu is done by either compressed texts or graphics.

 

[valyr]

@ psychoblaster the txt isnt compressed at all from what ive seen
the menu is text and graphics both and they are packed into two
arc files in the bui folder but are easily accessable without unpacking said files

 

[Noitora]

gee...wait I'll take a look at the file system.

 

[valyr]

@ noitora
the graphics are viewable/editable from inside the .arc files with tiled at gba4bpp
and the text is easy to find/edit with windhex, i just need to make a little more space for some
of the text and some of the graphics tiles seem to be used in 2 or 3 different button graphics
which are all different buttons

 

[Noitora]

so you just need to edit the pointers...there are some documents about pointers on romhacking.net check them out.

 

[javad]

@ psycoblaster

I am just wishing good luck GEESH

 

[thecrash1973]

I started to translate this game a while back not gort the menus done but I do have all of the skills, magic, abilities done and most of the items.

Not started the script though as it wouldn't let you increase it without messing up

 

[valyr]

havn't got around to items, monsters etc yet lol still working on menu txt and system messages

@thecrash1973
if you would like to collaborate please p.m me

 

[valyr]

for some reason i cant edit my 1st post so here are a couple of progress images

image 1 battle menu

image 2 inventoy menu

enjoy

 

[Noitora]

Both the menus are just translated text, right?

 

[valyr]

apart from the button graphics and som other stuff yes at least it seems that way

 

[Noitora]

apart from the button graphics and som other stuff yes at least it seems that way

No, I mean the ones you translated...

 

[valyr]

no the buttons i have translated so far are all graphics

 

[Noitora]

good they look really clear.

 

[valyr]

thanks the lettering is mostly 6x8 pxl except for a few 7x8s and 5x8s

 

[Noitora]

thanks the lettering is mostly 6x8 pxl except for a few 7x8s and 5x8s

In which folder are the graphics you translated I want to have a look at them to please my curiosity.

 

[valyr]

they are in the Bui folder in a file called bui_data.arc just open the arc file in tiled at gba4bpp and you should find them

 

[valyr]

some moderately substantial progress to report today I have begun adding in the menu text so will have some new images to upload later once i have tested that it runs ok