ROM Hack Translation Zoids Saga DS Story Translation Project (OUT NOW!)
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Finished cleaning up my script, and I've started putting the script into the game. Putting one event file into the game (there are 105) takes me 4 or 5 minutes, though I'm sure I'll encounter a curve ball or two for some files, since there is more than just text in those files.
I've already done 43 of them out of 105, with three files out of those being worrisome, so I'll have to put them together manually, since they don't follow the pattern that my code uses to streamline the inserting process.
Edit: 70/105
I've already done 43 of them out of 105, with three files out of those being worrisome, so I'll have to put them together manually, since they don't follow the pattern that my code uses to streamline the inserting process.
Edit: 70/105
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I can do most testing by myself without much trouble tbh, I'm pretty thorough.
If people really want to test out what I have so far though, I wouldn't be opposed to giving test patches to my supporters on https://ko-fi.com/traceytrace or something before the actual proper public release
I think waiting for the final should be fine.
Any issues can be touched upon after the completed version - It'll save Tracey time from constant uploading/ updating us on the game (Vs one single patch update after the finished version
.
Yep all the event files are in the game, though I still have to do some things that are outside the event files in terms of story (bits and pieces, nothing major)
I just played through all of the new century and guardian force arcs in english and everything worked perfect, with one catch:
There is a scene where Brad and Bit join the party in the new century arc, and for some reason the game freaks out when you accept Brad's offer to join. I'm 99% sure I know what the problem is and I'm only 10% sure how to fix it. I've gotta blindly do some hex editing to feel out what the game is doing at the point it crashes. If I try and try and try and still can't get it to work, I may leave that section (it's a TINY conversation) in Japanese so that the game plays nice
I just played through all of the new century and guardian force arcs in english and everything worked perfect, with one catch:
There is a scene where Brad and Bit join the party in the new century arc, and for some reason the game freaks out when you accept Brad's offer to join. I'm 99% sure I know what the problem is and I'm only 10% sure how to fix it. I've gotta blindly do some hex editing to feel out what the game is doing at the point it crashes. If I try and try and try and still can't get it to work, I may leave that section (it's a TINY conversation) in Japanese so that the game plays nice
okay it's 6am now... I've been up all night trying to solve this problem and I've (sort of) solved it. I had to shorten the conversation so that the triggers for the yes/no popup were before a certain cutoff spot in the binary file. As a result, I had to literally remove some lines of dialogue
Changing the convo from: (and excuse my laziness just copy pasting excel cells into the forum)
to
It especially pains me to have to remove some of Naomi's dialogue, especially when it's with Brad. Her and Brad are my favourite characters in New Century. This was necessary though to make the game not softlock (or not delay the project for god knows how long).
Changing the convo from: (and excuse my laziness just copy pasting excel cells into the forum)
| Brad |
| Looks like we're late to the party |
| Bit |
| We've been hearing about it everywhere |
| Bit |
| How the Blitz Team is on a hot streak! |
| Leena |
| Bit! And Brad too! |
| Leena |
| Long time no see, ever since the Royal Cup right? |
| Jamie |
| What have you two been doing all this time? |
| Jamie |
| Didn't you say you were going on an adventure, Bit? |
| Bit |
| You could say that |
| Bit |
| But I stopped by Romeo City and you guys were the talk of the town. I had to come back |
| Jamie |
| Huh? |
| Jamie |
| And Brad, didn't you say you were going to join up with Naomi? |
| Brad |
| ... |
| Brad |
| Yeah well, life happens |
| Naomi |
| Well with the way things are going, it looks like you might finally get your chance |
| Brad |
| If the team wants to hire me... |
| Naomi |
| I'm counting on you, Brad～ |
| Jamie |
| Bit, Brad... we're... |
| Bit |
| We heard, the Doc filled us in on most of it |
| Bit |
| Looks like we've got a hell of a battle waiting for us |
| Bit |
| I can't wait! |
| Leena |
| Brad, you're coming too, right? |
| Brad |
| Depending on the reward... |
| Leena |
| Typical... |
| RD |
| Fine, we don't need your help anyway! |
| Athle |
| RD! |
| Brad |
| Heh heh heh, since when did The Blitz Team turn into a playground for kids? |
| RD |
| What did you just say...!? |
| Athle |
| There's no need to get all worked up, RD |
| Brad |
| So, how about it? |
| Brad |
| Wanna make a deal? |
| Brad |
| Sorry I'm late |
| Bit |
| So it is true! |
| Bit |
| You guys are on a hot streak! |
| Leena |
| Bit! Brad! |
| Leena |
| Long time no see |
| Jamie |
| Where've you guys been? |
| Jamie |
| I thought Bit went adventuring? |
| Bit |
| You could say that |
| Bit |
| But when I heard about you guys, I had to come back! |
| Jamie |
| Huh? |
| Jamie |
| And Brad, what about you? |
| Brad |
| … Well, funny how things work out |
| Naomi |
| Maybe now we can finally team up? |
| Brad |
| If they have the cash… |
| Naomi |
| Come on, Brad～ |
| Jamie |
| Bit, Brad... we're... |
| Bit |
| We know, the Doc filled us in |
| Bit |
| I can't wait! |
| Leena |
| Brad, you're coming too, right? |
| Brad |
| Depending on the reward... |
| Leena |
| Typical... |
| Brad |
| So, how about it? |
| Brad |
| Wanna make a deal? |
It especially pains me to have to remove some of Naomi's dialogue, especially when it's with Brad. Her and Brad are my favourite characters in New Century. This was necessary though to make the game not softlock (or not delay the project for god knows how long).
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Exactly, sometimes things need to get shortened, even if it's just a little.Understood!
I really enjoyed that part of the translation too! but compromises gotta be made,
Looking forward to hearing how progress goes!
Morning amigo! <33
Zoids Saga 2/legacy is the place to be if you're a fan of New Century anyway, whereas Zoids Saga DS is moreso the one stop shop for Chaotic century and Genesis
I've been coding a lot.. working on a big breakthrough, hopefully it works! (if you look in the top right, you'll see I have a LOT LOT LOT LOT of VBA code for this project... and yes it's all for this one game
Man if I was just a translator with no coding skills I would be f***ed
And if I was just a coder with no translation skills I would be equally f***ed
And if I didn't love Zoids this much I'd have given up ages ago
Man if I was just a translator with no coding skills I would be f***ed
And if I was just a coder with no translation skills I would be equally f***ed
And if I didn't love Zoids this much I'd have given up ages ago
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Here's me playing through the first half hour of the game
If by Zoids data you mean Zoid stats, Zi data, and part requirements, those are all done too already. Everything necessary for gameplay will be in the final build. The only things I'm not doing are the database entries (these things):
Not to be mistaken with the Zoid stat menus (the ones actually used in gameplay:
Last edited by Traceytrace,
yes, im talking about the entries like pokedex thingy,but if you dont like translating it thats ok too u already did so much and we can just google it.If by Zoids data you mean Zoid stats, Zi data, and part requirements, those are all done too already. Everything necessary for gameplay will be in the final build. The only things I'm not doing are the database entries (these things):
Not to be mistaken with the Zoid stat menus (the ones actually used in gameplay:
that's hundreds of pages of lines to translate and pointers to grab, so yeah, that's days of work, for something completely external to the actual game. I could do it, but I wouldn't do it for free
I'm very close to having a test release ready!
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