ROM Hack Translation for Higurashi Switch game

[Miqote]

The latest Higurashi game (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou) has been released for Switch, in Japanese only. If the switch files are the same as the PC files, we theoretically should be able to take the current official English releases (1 - 6) and use LayeredFS to run those chapters in English, right? I'm examining the file contents of them all now.

EDIT: Jumped the gun on posting, should have changed flair to question or WIP. My bad.

EDIT 2: Holy crap all the PC files are just normal files. Not encrypted, not compressed, not packed, not hidden. Just... there. Characters and backgrounds in PNG, music in OGG, scripts in .txt. I love it.

EDIT 3: I don't have the titlekey for this game so I'm stalled.

 

[GizmoTheGreen]

Just a wild guess here but I'm gonna guess the Switch port uses it's own engine which means most likely all the files are packed into archives and in different formats from the old PC version, so simply throwing them in with layeredfs is not gonna work.


using another recent console port that was released in english might be more viable if they use the same engine

 

[Moonat]

I would love to see this happening

 

[moonblood666]

Has anyone attempted implementing the PC translation into the Switch port?

 

[masagrator]

Switch port is on different engine, files are not cross compatible.

 

[.Darky]

Necroing this in the hope a translation is eventually made.

 

[masagrator]

Necroing this in the hope a translation is eventually made.

Well, I'm doing it actually. More exactly porting existing translation with hope to get people aboard that will help with untraslated parts.

Started at the beginning of this year. It will take many months to finish porting itself.

For now Common route, Onikakushi and Taraimawashi are ported.

 

[.Darky]

Somehow, as I was typing my post, I had a feeling that if anyone somewhere was working on doing this it'd be you, mate.

 

[masagrator]

Watanagashi, Tatarigoroshi and Someutsushi now also finished. Some tips too. HUD is partially translated (editing images is annoying on gimp. I need to get Photoshop to not kill myself :v). made script that will also find usage in Zero no Kiseki translation port made by other party accidentally (it's not EvilGoku project)
Tsukiotoshi is in the process.
My spreadsheet shows I have crossed 25%. Since 100% will require hiring translators, I think 90% will mark finishing my job.

Edit: Now I see my equation is wrong. Result in fact will be slightly smaller after fix.

 

[.Darky]

That's good to hear man.

 

[1nterestingUsername]

Watanagashi, Tatarigoroshi and Someutsushi now also finished. Some tips too. HUD is partially translated (editing images is annoying on gimp. I need to get Photoshop to not kill myself :v). made script that will also find usage in Zero no Kiseki translation port made by other party accidentally (it's not EvilGoku project)
Tsukiotoshi is in the process.
My spreadsheet shows I have crossed 25%. Since 100% will require hiring translators, I think 90% will mark finishing my job.
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Edit: Now I see my equation is wrong. Result in fact will be slightly smaller after fix.

hey dude i don't know shit about modding switch games but i do have photoshop, love higurashi and would like to help with whatever i can

 

[masagrator]

hey dude i don't know shit about modding switch games but i do have photoshop, love higurashi and would like to help with whatever i can

But do you have experience with it? I would gladly take help from someone who knows how to remove text from complex backgrounds / recreate backgrounds.

An example:

And Tsukiotoshi is now also finished. Now doing Himatsubushi-hen.

 

[burhansalih]

But do you have experience with it? I would gladly take help from someone who knows how to remove text from complex backgrounds / recreate backgrounds.

An example:
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And Tsukiotoshi is now also finished. Now doing Himatsubushi-hen.

You mean like this

 

[masagrator]

You mean like this

Like this, but as close to original as possible. I want to lose as less details as possible.
Or just recreate it in similar way so it won't be looking as something was smeared in center.

 

[burhansalih]

Like this, but as close to original as possible. I want to lose as less details as possible.

Thats as close to the original as we can get....I do this day in day out if you need anything else let me know.

 

[masagrator]

Thats as close to the original as we can get....I do this day in day out if you need anything else let me know.

Well, if you can upload it as png it would be great.

 

[burhansalih]

Well, if you can upload it as png it would be great.

View attachment 251941

 

[masagrator]

View attachment 251941

without background I mean

 

[burhansalih]

without background I mean

sorry fella....give me a moment working and multi tasking badly lol

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Here you go

 

[1nterestingUsername]

But do you have experience with it? I would gladly take help from someone who knows how to remove text from complex backgrounds / recreate backgrounds.

An example:
View attachment 251939

And Tsukiotoshi is now also finished. Now doing Himatsubushi-hen.

i don't really have much experience but damn i 've been waiting for this for so long i just want to be a part of it, and made a gbatemp account just for it

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basically, i just really want to help with this
i'll do whatever i can