Hacking Tales of Vs. - Eng menu patch

[Reginleiv]

Hi guys, someone is interested?
I saw that don't exist a tales of Vs patch.. so this game deserve one.
Yep, i'm not so good in romhacking but i can do a eng menu patch of the game.

"won't be a super cool patch i know.."

FIRST READ HERE:
This patch born to pleasure me... so "i dont care" if is ugly or have lack of character space
BUT with this i can play the game much better. Anyway i accept any criticism..
By the way, skilled people can play this game without problems..

The Patch
-The patch will be a .ppf to apply with UMDgen (very very easy process)

Tales of Vs. Eng menu patch V 1.0

1st°Weekly report
-Project start: the patch size was 4,06kb
2nd°Weekly report
-The patch size now is 14,07kb
3rd°Weekly report
-First release?

Some Skill Translated (Thx to GameFAQS)

Spoiler

バイタリティ
Vitality -HP up 10%
sp cost 5
バイタリティ2
Vitality 2-HP up 30%
sp cost 15
バイタリティ3
Vitality 3- Hp up 50%
sp cost 40
リコール
Recall-when hp becomes 0 5% of HP is restored and it restores 30% max HP
sp cost 20
KOヒール
KO heal-Killing an opponent restores HP
sp cost 15

P・KOヒール
P.KO heal-When an ally dies, you regain HP
sp cost 15
スピリッツ
Spirits-TP up 10%
sp cost 5
スピリッツ2
Spirits 2-TP up 30%
sp cost 15
スピリッツ3
Spirits3-TP up 50%
sp cost 40
TPリジェネ
TP regenerate-TP recovery up 10%
sp cost 5
TPリジェネ2
TP regenerate 2-TP recovery up 20%
sp cost 10
TPリジェネ3
TP regenerate 3-TP recovery up 30%
sp cost 20
TPリカバー
TP recover-TP regained from attacking up by 1
sp cost 10
TPリカバー2
TP recover 2-TP regained from attacking up by 2
sp cost 20
TPリカバー3
TP recover 3-TP regained from attacking up by 3
sp cost 30
TPリバース
TP reverse-TP regained from receiving an attack up by 1
sp cost 5

TPリバース2
TP reverse 2-TP regained from receiving an attack up by 2
sp cost 10
TPリバース3
TP reverse 3-TP regained from receiving an attack up by 3
sp cost 15
ハイテンション
High Tension-rate at which OVL increases while attacking increases by 25%
sp cost 50
リミッター
Limiter-OVL time up 10%
sp cost 10
リミッター
Limiter 2-OVL time up 25%
sp cost 30
ストレングス
Strength-ATK up 5%
sp cost 5

ストレングス2
Strength 2-ATK up 10%
sp cost 10
ストレングス3
Strength 3-ATK up 15%
sp cost 20
P・KOブースト
P.KO Boost-When party member dies, ATK up by 30% for 10 seconds
sp cost 15
ストレングスG
Strength G-When 30% or less HP remains, arte power raises by 10%
sp cost 20
ディフェンド
Defend-DEF up 10%
sp cost 5
ディフェンド2
Defend 2-DEF up 20%
sp cost 10
ディフェンド3
Defend 3-DEF up 30%
sp cost 20
レジスト
Resist-MGK DEF up 10%
sp cost 5
レジスト2
Resist 2-MGK DEF up 20%
sp cost 10
レジスト3
Resist 3-MGK DEF up 30%
sp cost 20
ディフェンドG
Defend G-When HP is 30% or less, MGK DEF raises by 10%
sp cost 20
ディフェンドG2
Defend G 2-When HP is 30% or less, MGK DEF raises by 15%
sp cost 40
P・KOディフェンド
P.KO Defend-When ally dies, mgk defense power up by 30% for 10 seconds
sp cost 20
P・KOアーマー
P.KO Armor-When ally dies, you become invulnerable for 15 seconds
sp cost 50
スーパーアーマー
Super Armor-1 attack removes it (though it receives the damage)
sp cost 150
ダッシュ
Dash-agility up 10%
sp cost 10

ダッシュ2
Dash 2-agility up 20%
sp cost 15
エリアルジャンプ
Aerial Jump-Allows you to jump while in midair,
combine with 2&3 for more jumps
sp cost 15
エリアルジャンプ2
Aerial Jump 2-allows you to jump while in midair,
combine with 1&3 for more jumps
sp cost 20
エリアルジャンプ3
Aerial Jump 3-allows you to jump while in midair,
combine with 1&2 for more jumps
sp cost 25
ロングジャンプ
Long Jump-Allows you to jump longer than a regular jump
sp cost 5
ロングジャンプ2
Long Jump 2-Allows you to jump longer than a regular jump
sp cost 10
ハイジャンプ
High Jump-Allows you to jump higher than normal
sp cost 5
ハイジャンプ2
High Jump 2-Allows you to jump higher than normal
sp cost 10
エリアルエスケープ
Aerial Escape-You're in a invincible state while jumping,
it's negated when you attack in the air with regular attacks
or special attacks.
sp 15
ステップアップ
Step Up-Damage lightened by critical guard is lightened more by 50%
sp cost 5
クイックステップ
Quick Step-increases length of critical guard
sp cost 5
ステップキャンセル
Step cancel-Able to cancel out of critical guard
sp cost 20
スウェーステップ
Sway Step-Damage reduction time for critical guard change while invincible
sp 15
Bステップロング
Long Back step-(Self explanatory)
sp cost 5
エスケープ
Escape-Invincibility time in back step increases
sp 5
マジカル
Magical-MGK ATK up by 5%
sp 5
マジカル2
Magical 2-MGK ATK up by 10%
sp 10
マジカル3
Magical 3-MGK ATK up by 15%
sp 15
スピードスペル
Speed Spell-Resistance while casting up 10%
sp 10
スピードスペル2
Speed Spell 2-Resistance while casting up 20%
sp 30
スペルキープ
Spell Keep-Able to keep spell where it was at the time of casting ie: stop it,
and resume casting the spell from where you last left off.
sp 35
スペルチャージ
Spell Charge-Able to leave a spell (low level) on standby
after completing the chant and pressing the x button.
sp 20
スペルディフェンド
Spell Defend-MGK DEF up 50% only when standing still doing nothing.
sp 45
ブレイクサプレス
Break Supress-Guard endurance up 25%
sp 10
ブレイクサプレス2
Break Supress 2-Guard endurance up 50%
sp 15
シールドリカバー
Sealed Recover-Recovery speed of guard endurance value up by 25%
sp 10
シールドリカバー2
Sealed Recover-Recovery speed of guard endurance value up by 50%
sp 15
クリティカルブレイク
Critical Break-Critical up for normal attacks, artes,
and guard crash up by 25%
sp 10
クリティカルブレイク2
Critical Break 2-Critical up for normal attacks, artes,
and guard crash up by 50%
sp 15
エリアルガード
Aerial Guard-Able to guard in air.
sp 15
ジャストディフェンス
Just Defense-when guarding the attack right before it lands
you recover 100 TP and damage is lightened to 10%
sp 15

ガードインパクト
Guard Impact (Soul Calibur reference? o_o) -Cancels the time in which
you're immobile after attack by jumping (Costs TP)
sp 10
Cガードキャンセル
C Guard cancel-Cancels the time in which you're
immobile after attacking by using critical guard (costs TP)
sp 10
Aジャンプキャンセル
A Jump Cancel-Cancels the time in which you're immobile(the lag)
after attacking in air by using an aerial jump (costs TP)
sp 10
キャンセラー
Canceller-In one combo you're allowed to use another
lv1 tier arte in a row
sp 30
キャンセラー2
Canceller 2-In one combo you're allowed to use another
lv2 tier arte in a row.
sp 30
キャンセラー3
Canceller 3-In one combo you're allowed to use another
lv 3 tier arte in a row
sp 50
Bステップキャンセル
Back step cancel-Able to cancel immobility/lag after
using an arte with back step (costs TP)
sp 30

マジックキャンセル
Magic Cancel-Able to cast right after using an arte(tier 1)
sp 30
マジックキャンセル2
Magic cancel 2-Able to cast right after using an arte(tier 3)
sp 30
コンボプラス
Combo plus-Adds 1 hit to normal attacks
(combine with combo plus 2 and 3 for more hits)
sp 15
コンボプラス2
Combo plus 2-Adds 1 hit to normal attacks
(combine with combo plus 3 and 1 for more hits)
sp:15
コンボプラス3
Combo plus 3-Adds 1 hit to normal attacks
(combine with combo plus 2 and 3 for more hits)
sp:15
リミッツキャンセル
Limits Cancel-lag time after using a normal attack, lv1,2,
or 3 arte can be cancelled by using overlimits.
sp 50

Additional
Tech/arte Lvs.
Tokugi特技 Tier 1 Tech
Higi 秘技 Tier 2 Tech
Ougi 奥義 Tier 3 Tech

 

[Jayro]

Looking good, please don't bail on it before it's complete, like 99% of people who begin a translation patch...

 

[Reginleiv]

Just an update about this little project (for me is a funny pastime! because i like the game, and i work alone with it)
so this patch born to pleasure me.. but i like to share too (better than nothing..)

This week-end i'm off.. so i want do a recap every friday.

1st°Weekly report
-Project start: the patch size was 0,20kb with 33 changes text lines
NOW
-1st week: The patch size is 4,06kb with 144 changes text lines (lot of text in the menu, done)
The patch is good, and works well, tested on a psp.


i'll see you for the 2nd°weekly report next friday!

 

[sanger_zonvolt]

so exited.

 

[Kosmox]

Woah man, I'm so excited!
I always wanted to play Tales VS, but dealing with JAP menus is really uncomfortable.
Thats great project, because really, menu patch is almost everything what is needed, to enjoy this game.
Keep going bro!

 

[omegasoul6]

Good luck, I've always been hoping someone would translate this eventually!

 

[LoyalZero1]

....And now for something funny while we wait...

 

[Reginleiv]

I'm here just to say thx for the posts up there

Just to know, this patch will have all menu translated in english and more...
More stand for items, tech, Tales profiles etc

Hope to do the best

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Great, good luck with the project!

 

[Reginleiv]

Firtst post updated with all information, (go to read)
I think that next week i'll release this patch.
that's it

 

[jdevil99]

Good luck with this, I hope you stick with it and succeed, where so many others give up and abandon partially completed translations.

 

[LoyalZero1]

I played a bit of this game in japanese. I was a bit underwhelmed... I hope if I can see it and understand what they're saying, i might feel different about it.

 

[SkyBladeCloud]

Ohh, this is one of those games that I hacked the day it came out. I thought I had wasted my time but years later I found that FF3 was developed by the same company and I could use those hacks to extract all FF3 PSP interesting stuff... Which was the actual waste of time since it came out in all possible languages. Anyway, I can't find the image hack right now, but here is absolutely all the text in the game:

Menu Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/bc6tospm972n1sg/tod_msg_menu.msd.txt

Skit Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/oppos2otsl6myv7/tod_msg_skit.msd.txt

Skit Sub Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/y44lb8mzgx1pz5z/tod_msg_skit_sub.msd.txt

I also made a short video demonstrating reinsertion but it seems you have the bull tamed already

Regards:

~Sky

 

[omarrrio]

Ohh, this is one of those games that I hacked the day it came out. I thought I had wasted my time but years later I found that FF3 was developed by the same company and I could use those hacks to extract all FF3 PSP interesting stuff... Which was the actual waste of time since it came out in all possible languages. Anyway, I can't find the image hack right now, but here is absolutely all the text in the game:

Menu Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/bc6tospm972n1sg/tod_msg_menu.msd.txt

Skit Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/oppos2otsl6myv7/tod_msg_skit.msd.txt

Skit Sub Text:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/y44lb8mzgx1pz5z/tod_msg_skit_sub.msd.txt

I also made a short video demonstrating reinsertion but it seems you have the bull tamed already

Regards:

~Sky

if your video contains repointing the text files (and what comes after) in the header of the iso and rewriting the new sizes of those text files, then congratulations, you are a genius.

 

[SkyBladeCloud]

if your video contains repointing the text files (and what comes after) in the header of the iso and rewriting the new sizes of those text files, then congratulations, you are a genius.

The video does not contains that, but those things you mentions are pretty easy, I already did them right when the game was released:

-My translations tools do repoint text, recreating each file with updated pointers, allowing to put text bigger than the original.
-This game has a LBA protection: it uses a file that contains an LBA backup of the original ISO, so if you change the position or size of a file inside the ISO (for example, using UMDGEN), the game won't boot. I don't remember the name of this file (it was something like "todfat" -> tales of destiny file allocation table... Or something like that), but this protection is very easy to overcome either by:

1 - Updating the lba backup file each time the ISO is rebuilt
2 - Removing the LBA check by ASM-Hacking the Eboot

I did all this, and the game worked alright, with my translation tets. The video I meant was this, no big deal it's just a demonstration, I explain nothing here:



Still, this was all years ago, I saw the tales of saga had quite a big fanbase, so I hacked both this one, and ToD2 for PSP... Then I saw no one was interested in their translations and forgot about the saga altogether... To be honest I'm no longer interested in it, so I employ my time in the Final Fantasy saga instead :/

~Sky

 

[LoyalZero1]

My heart just sank.

 

[omarrrio]

The video does not contains that, but those things you mentions are pretty easy, I already did them right when the game was released:

-My translations tools do repoint text, recreating each file with updated pointers, allowing to put text bigger than the original.
-This game has a LBA protection: it uses a file that contains an LBA backup of the original ISO, so if you change the position or size of a file inside the ISO (for example, using UMDGEN), the game won't boot. I don't remember the name of this file (it was something like "todfat" -> tales of destiny file allocation table... Or something like that), but this protection is very easy to overcome either by:

1 - Updating the lba backup file each time the ISO is rebuilt
2 - Removing the LBA check by ASM-Hacking the Eboot

I did all this, and the game worked alright, with my translation tets. The video I meant was this, no big deal it's just a demonstration, I explain nothing here:



Still, this was all years ago, I saw the tales of saga had quite a big fanbase, so I hacked both this one, and ToD2 for PSP... Then I saw no one was interested in their translations and forgot about the saga altogether... To be honest I'm no longer interested in it, so I employ my time in the Final Fantasy saga instead :/

~Sky

i literally know that you are capable of repointing text strings, since they are simple pointer pointing to strings, and what i said earlier was about the lba, because the game, as you mentionned, checks the LBA, but if you repoint the actual files in the iso, and created (a bigger) new iso, it will also work.

 

[ChaosMorok]

So did ths ever get finished?

 

[Hargrun]

Awww man!

So many "Tales of" games, almost all in Japanese.

 

[Deleted User]

What happened to OP?