Hi there everyone. I'm a n00b as you can see, at least, in my post count I am.

I've been following the translation of this game very closely. I don't check it everyday, I do keep tabs on it though. But I digress.

I decided to crack down and have a look at the game structure and delve into to wannabe translation business. [Please none of this 'another n00b dick slapping' faggotry please, as I've worked my butt off on this.

Anyways, about a week ago I downloaded the programs and started getting deep into it. And I'm pleased to say, after numerous hours [around 100+, I know, I have no life] I've translated a LARGE portion of the game. Not the storyline mind you, as I'm not fluent in ANY way shape or form in Japanese, Wapanese, or any of this weeaboo faggotry. It's some story, some general in game dialogue, and I'm pretty positive almost all of the settings/wifi/pokewalker/etc.

[Latest Patch] : http://rapidshare.com/files/315250370/SoulSilver_Beta2.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?jwyzrjdglnz

3/12/2009 - An actual patch is up now, making it much easier to apply it. Go ahead and download it and let me know what you think.


Have a look, tell me what you like/don't like/what I've got completely wrong/etc. If you think it's worth using, then patch it yourselves. If you don't like it, tell me why. I need your feedback.

ALL CREDIT should really go to Kazowar.

-Shabang22

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thenewpoketext Instructions - All credit should go to loadingNOW for making this tool!

Instructions for how to patch your game:

1 - Launch thenewpoketext.exe
2 - When it asks for the rom name enter it. Example [pkss.nds] without the brackets.
3 - Go to the temp folder it makes. Then open the root folder.
4 - Open the 'a' folder, then the '0' folder, then the '2' folder.
5 - Then find the file that is just titled 7. You're going to want to copy that file, so right click on it and select copy.
6 - Now go back three folders, until you see the folder 'msgdata'. Open that folder up and paste the 7 file inside this folder.
7 - Once you past the file in there, it should have a folder in there called scenario, and the file you just put there.
8 - Rename the 7 file to msg.narc [make sure you can change file extensions]
9 - Go back to thenewpoketext [hopefully you didn't close it] and then type "patch whatever.xml" where whatever is the name of your xml & no quotes.
10 - When it works, you should see a massive wall of text and a bunch of file id numbers at the end.
11 - Once it is finished, you'll know because the file ids will stop appearing. You now want to go back to where you pasted and renamed the file.
12 - Copy that file and go back to the a/0/2 folder and paste it in there. Rename it from msg.narc to 7.
13 - Hopefully you left thenewpoketext open still. Now you can type mkrom "whatever.nds" or whatever you want the name to be, once again with quotes.

Once you have the rom created, you can run it on your favourite emulator or flashcart.

Hope this helps.

 

You're welcome. I spend most of my day at home looking after my son anyways, so I've always got extra time to do stuff like this.

 

It's the first time I've ever done anything of the sort. Thanks for the kind words, I'm considering getting into it.

 

Thanks KingVamp, much appreciated

 

You can if you'd like YayMii, I'd really appreciate it. I don't know how to do, so it would be helpful. Alas, something else that I need to learn

 

To be fair I did credit him and kazowar. But I understand your perspective.
I appreciate you offering the help at the very least

 

Righto, so a bit of an update. It all seems to work well. I've noticed tons of mistakes on my part, mostly silly ones from staying up 36 hours in a row, twice.

I'll go back through and comb over them. Also, I noticed that when patched on a clean rom, it has that whole 'locking up' black screen. Works fine on my M3 card, so presumably you'll need the fix that's floating around to fix that. OR you can patch it over an already hacked rom.

I'm off to get some sleep. More updates as they come.

-Shabang21

 

As stated in my first post, hardly ANY story has been translated, as I have no knowledge of the Japanese language.

I have mostly translated all the menus/settings/email/wifi - things of that nature. Feel free to take a look into the xml file for a better idea.

Also, I've gone through my xml file today so far file id by file id, and have made more changes, so that is no longer up to date. It was just some proof as to progress made.

-Shabang 21

 

Certainly so. Do you have a specific request of host?

Edit - I'm currently uploading it to mediafire. I hope that is acceptable.

 

Link is up. Happy downloading