Hacking [PSP] La Pucelle Ragnarok Translation

[Cyan]

All items originating from dark world have their name and description auto-generated from parts of the script. (from the original japanese script location, not the english version).
So most items will contains garbadge as it picks part of the name/description in places not used by the english script.

 

[ChepChep]

So I can confirm what Cyan explained. The "garbled" text is randomly generated content that I could not fix with english translated content. I tried to get it all working but the code randomly picks random chars from some of the files and generates garbage. I do not know of anyway to fix this. It not perfect but items are usable.

My goal with this project was to get it playable in English.

I have no plans to make the game 100% English since it would involve much hacking and time to get it there.

 

[Warbandit100]

i'm sorry i didn't mean to bother with that, i just thought i had to show it, sorry.
Anyways, is this unfixable too? i am referring to the kanji next to "Clear Bonus" and "good ending" writing

 

[ChepChep]

I was unable to find that text in the game...

 

[Warbandit100]

would you like me to remake the iso from my game, retranslate it to be absolutely sure i'm using last version, and reach that point again?

 

[JerichoDeath]

Well. I know it's been a while, but... is there a version of this that works for 5.00 M33-6?
I ask because I patched the specified release, but all that happens on the PSP is a black screen (like other ISOs that haven't been fixed to work with CFW).

EDIT:
I know an older version of the patch worked on 5.00 M33-6 before:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/psp-la-pucelle-ragnarok-translation.320662/page-14

But it's been a while, and apparently, it doesn't work anymore, at least as far at the download and patch instructions on the first post are concerned.

 

[Cyan]

I played the game fully on 5.00 m33-6 myself without issues.

I think I didn't try 1.0.1
but I have old patches if you want.

1.0.0 http://filetrip.net/dl?R0vEwcxy16 (7MB ? didn't notice the big size difference. maybe because of the newgame+ or chapter pictures?)
0.3.2 http://filetrip.net/dl?mia40AVHyV (2MB)

 

[JerichoDeath]

What the heck?

Patch 1.0.0 doesn't work for 5.00 m33-6 either.
It's just a black screen that freezes the PSP.

 

[ChepChep]

It should work... are you patching a clean iso or reapplying the patch to an already patched ISO?

 

[JerichoDeath]

It should work... are you patching a clean iso or reapplying the patch to an already patched ISO?

I have one pre-patched ISO which I haven't touched, and one clean ISO which I've backed up and patched as well.
Neither one works.

 

[Cyan]

The issue is either the ISO or the patcher.
Try another Xdelta program or version.

Xdelta format is picky, be sure to use the one provided in the first post to match the format generated for that game.

If you are already using the same xdelta program, then the iso is probably bad.
you should try to "find" the ISO released by caravan
La_Pucelle_Ragnarok_JPN_PSP-Caravan (filename cvn-lpr)


I don't know if that affects game compatibility, but M33-6 has a setting for disc emulation mode in the vsh menu.
press select and try a different mode.
(sorry, I don't remember the correct menu's name without looking at my console)

 

[JerichoDeath]

Well, I don't know if it could be the ISO since I am using that one, and I tested them to make sure they worked on PPSSPP emulation (they do).

I generally use the M33 Driver for M33-6, but I tried a couple of the other ones too.

I'll try downloading a different Xdelta to see if that will work. (though I used the one from the first post's link)


EDIT:
Tried on a new, clean ISO. Failed - Black Screen.
I can't find another version of xdelta that actually patches isos. Xdelta3 only seems to create patches, but has no function for applying them.

 

[JerichoDeath]

So, nothing I do seems to get the game to run on a PSP.

 

[blindseer]

So, nothing I do seems to get the game to run on a PSP.

Why not upgrade to 6.60 or 6.61 pro c? I use it and it works fine as a cfw. I haven't tried La Pucelle on it but it should work, 5.00M33 is ancient firmware wise.

 

[JerichoDeath]

Why not upgrade to 6.60 or 6.61 pro c? I use it and it works fine as a cfw. I haven't tried La Pucelle on it but it should work, 5.00M33 is ancient firmware wise.

Party because a number of the games I already have I know for sure won't work on that.

 

[Cyan]

I'm still on m33-6 too because I don't know what I will lose by updating. (homebrew, plugins, pops, etc.)

Some MD5 so you can see if your ISO is correctly patched. if it's not the iso, it's something on your MS or PSP.

original ISO : e45e0962228eba5b9dc4d558a2d30be7
patched ISO v1.0.0 : 53611d508c8195b6ca23764b50125731
patched ISO v0.3.2 : 786ba89269d965e7c78aaeabc855f504
apparently I never patched/played 1.0.1

 

[JerichoDeath]

I'm still on m33-6 too because I don't know what I will lose by updating. (homebrew, plugins, pops, etc.)

Some MD5 so you can see if your ISO is correctly patched. if it's not the iso, it's something on your MS or PSP.

original ISO : e45e0962228eba5b9dc4d558a2d30be7
patched ISO v1.0.0 : 53611d508c8195b6ca23764b50125731
patched ISO v0.3.2 : 786ba89269d965e7c78aaeabc855f504
apparently I never patched/played 1.0.1

I have no idea how to check those, and I'm not sure how it helps if I can't check the 1.0.1 patch, unless the original ISO has been the wrong one three times over.
This is really frustrating. I've been waiting for this to be finished for a while now, and it's like everyone can play but me.

 

[Cyan]

use this tiny program (freeware/no adware)
http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/

install, then launch it and drop your ISO into the program.
(be sure MD5 is checked first) and compare the result.
if your original ISO has the same MD5 value, then your ISO is the same as mine and it's a good one.

 

[thexyz]

I have no plans to translate the images, fix the random item / name generator or use variable width font. If you ask me to fix them, I will ignore you. If you are interested in fixing it yourself, I am more than willing to include your fixes in the patch.

I fixed the font, it's not variable width, but it looks better.

armips patch:

.org 0x0885BE48
lui $v1, 0x4110

 

[JerichoDeath]

After checking the MD5 numbers, both the original ISO and the patched 1.0.0 ISO matched with your list perfectly.
... it still doesn't work, though.

I get the issue that I do when I try to use an ISO that hasn't been "fixed" by the community to work on M33; It stays on the white PSP splash screen too long, then fades to black and the system freezes until you turn it off.