ROM Hack Translation for Higurashi Switch game

[masagrator]

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

So unless you know Japanese at medium level minimum or you know how to reimplement compression algorithm based on decompression source code (C++/.NET/Python), sadly you can't help. I have everything already needed to finish mod, only those quality of life skills would be great to translate untranslated lines and reduce mod size as much as possible (currently all files are stored uncompressed).

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

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Here you go

Thanks. So if you are sure of your skills, here is something at higher level. Maybe there is somewhere on internet without text, but couldn't find something that has all of what you can see here, only part of it I have found or resolution was too low.

 

[1nterestingUsername]

well, if nothing else, could you teach me how you did it up to this point? kinda wanna translate the game to spanish

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Thanks. So if you are sure of your skills, here is something at higher level. Maybe there is somewhere on internet without text, but couldn't find something that has all of what you can see here, only part of it I have found.

fuck it i'll try to do it at least i have a lotta free time rn

 

[masagrator]

well, if nothing else, could you teach me how you did it up to this point? kinda wanna translate the game to spanish

ShinDataUtil, my Python Scripts, Google Sheets, hex editor.

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Some of the scripts i have shared here - that are related to textures.
https://github.com/masagrator/NXGameScripts/tree/main/Higurashi no naku koro ni Hou

 

[1nterestingUsername]

i was bored so i did this (still wip)
sorry if it looks bad i don't have much experience with photo editing

 

[masagrator]

yeah, it looks nice. For reference you can use this image to patch some things (just found it in assets lol)

 

[1nterestingUsername]

thanks for the image, it'll help a lot
i'll probably have it either done or close to done in a few hours

 

[masagrator]

Finally this menu is translated.

 

[stonksforme]

@masagrator Any idea when you're planning on putting out the first patch? I'm extremely excited to play this!

 

[masagrator]

@masagrator Any idea when you're planning on putting out the first patch? I'm extremely excited to play this!

I don't plan to release it until whole translation from 07th mod will be ported to Switch.

 

[Federx]

wow i hope the translation comes out before the new anime does so that we can catch up
thank you for your hard work!

 

[masagrator]

> Summer 2021
Forget about releasing patch before this. Spend 4 months on this and I'm currently at 37%.
Finished:

• Incident Report
  • Prologue
  • Common Route
  • Onikakushi
  • Watanagashi
  • Tsukiotoshi
  • Someutsushi
  • Tatarigoroshi
  • Taraimawashi
  • Epilogue
• 7th Room Case File
  • Prologue
  • Himatsubushi
  • Meakashi

Spend more than 100 hours in game. Material is huge and don't expect anything when I'm working with scenario practically myself only.

 

[1nterestingUsername]

i mean i would help but i'm too lazy

 

[masagrator]

i mean i would help but i'm too lazy

Well, I wouldn't trust anybody with this who I don't know if they are a hard worker.
I asked 6 people with little help about different things. They said they will help. In the end only two did what I wanted. And this was a small job (few minutes averagely) that required skills I don't possess. Rest of them completely forgot about their word.
And scenario is > 100 000x bigger than what I asked them about.

 

[1nterestingUsername]

i did help with small things but jesus christ copy pasting text is a lot more boring and tedious than it seems

 

[masagrator]

Finished 3rd book. Now starting with 4th book, finished Samenai Yume and World of Fragments Prologue. Now doing "Connecting Fragments" which is a logistical nightmare. :V

I needed also to translate Fragments Menu. For now it looks like this.

So what is currently finished:
- Okinomiya Police Station Incident Report

• Prologue
• Common Route
• Onikakushi
• Watanagashi
• Tatarigoroshi
• Tsukiotoshi
• Taraimawashi
• Someutsushi
• Epilogue

- Metropolitan Public Security 7th Room Case File

• Prologue
• Meakashi
• Kageboushi
• Himatsubushi
• Hirukowashi (not translated as PC translation is for version different than is used in console release. Added option to skip it and flag it as finished)
• Epilogue

- National Police Agency Administrative Document

• Prologue
• Tsumihoroboshi
• Yoigoshi
• Minagoroshi
• Tokihogushi
• Epilogue

- World of Fragments

• Prologue
  • Samenai Yume (Everlasting Dream)
  • World of Fragments Prologue

Doing now:
- Connecting Fragments (which consists of 100 separate scenes)

Currently mod takes 490MB of space.

 

[XaneTenshi]

Hello
I've been reading through the thread and this project kinda interests me. I may be able to help you out with translating some of the untranslated stuff, althought this will largely depend on the difficulty level of the text. For starters I could take a look at translating the Frragments menu if that is alright with you.

 

[masagrator]

Hello
I've been reading through the thread and this project kinda interests me. I may be able to help you out with translating some of the untranslated stuff, althought this will largely depend on the difficulty level of the text. For starters I could take a look at translating the Frragments menu if that is alright with you.

Well, Fragments Menu itself is easy. But I can give you for starters Fragments names. There is 100 of them. I think most of them machine translation is doing well (because they are short), but any person that knows Japanese is welcome. Some of them are using 07th mod translation. Some not (because they didn't translate those chapter names, only as part of Hints I-XII)
Talk to me on Discord. You have my ID in profile page.
Send Friend Request if needed and answer to this post that you send it so I know that who I should accept.

 

[masagrator]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/game-builder-garage-is-coming-june-11th-2021-so.588351/

And? Porting this game for sure won't be possible to do in this game technically because of size limitations (this game takes 7GB of space and it's using already compression).
Beside remaking scenario on this would be a nightmare.

 

[XaneTenshi]

Well, Fragments Menu itself is easy. But I can give you for starters Fragments names. There is 100 of them. I think most of them machine translation is doing well (because they are short), but any person that knows Japanese is welcome. Some of them are using 07th mod translation. Some not (because they didn't translate those chapter names, only as part of Hints I-XII)
Talk to me on Discord. You have my ID in profile page.
Send Friend Request if needed and answer to this post that you send it so I know that who I should accept.

Friend request sent

EDIT: My discord Name is Xane fyi

 

[masagrator]

Ok, next update. 4th book is finished (at least with material I have currently).

So currently done are:

- Okinomiya Police Station Incident Report

• Prologue
• Common Route
• Onikakushi
• Watanagashi
• Tatarigoroshi
• Tsukiotoshi
• Taraimawashi
• Someutsushi
• Epilogue

- Metropolitan Public Security 7th Room Case File

• Prologue
• Meakashi
• Kageboushi
• Himatsubushi
• Hirukowashi (not translated as PC translation is for version different than is used in console release. Added option to skip it and flag it as finished)
• Epilogue

- National Police Agency Administrative Document

• Prologue
• Tsumihoroboshi
• Yoigoshi
• Minagoroshi
• Tokihogushi
• Epilogue

- World of Fragments

• Prologue
  • Samenai Yume (Everlasting Dream)
  • World of Fragments Prologue
• Spinning Fragments
• Matsuribayashi
• Miotsukushi (Omote & Ura)
• Saikoroshi
• Kotohogushi (Not translated. Translation is in progress by 07th mod. For now added skip option)
• Hajisarashi (Not translated. translation is in progress by 07th mod. For now added skip option)
• Epilogue

Currently doing:
- Gift

• Higurashi Outbreak

I was thinking Gift book will be bigger, but it seems it will be shorter than some chapters in previous books.