Astonishia Translation

[rpgchocobo]

yay! Very cool idea and you will be well known in the GP32 community, like said.

And where can I purchase Astonishia Story R? I looked everywhere for it but cannot find it.

 

[wildcat]

I have the original boxed version of Astonisha and I don't know if I can help in any way. I can't read Korean but maybe I help the translator somehow?

 

[Lethe]

Well Lethe, if I manage to get some editable data out of the PC version, I could try sending it to you, and you could take a look at it

ya ill take a look at it. send it to my e-mail

I have the original boxed version of Astonisha and I don't know if I can help in any way. I can't read Korean but maybe I help the translator somehow?

what i know from my knowledge you cant copy commercial games. is that right?

 

[Vimacs]

you can "copy" the files.
but it will only run on the smc they came from couse they are secumax encrytet to that smc id.
BUT it would be enugh for finding/translating the right files.

 

[Lethe]

how do you find and translate after getting the file? view the source?

 

[EvilDragon]

hmm does anyone know the name of that group that translates all those SNES rpgs i think it begins with R not too sure those.

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There are more than one - but one of the best (if not the best, they did Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia, etc.) ist DeJap (http://www.dejap.com/)
Some more are Aeon Genesis (http://agtp.romhack.net/) and RPGOne (http://www.rpgone.net/)

how do you find and translate after getting the file? view the source?

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Use a tile editor, search the Font and create a new English one.
Then use a Hex Editor and search the text and exchange it

 

[jegHegy]

Use a tile editor, search the Font and create a new English one.
Then use a Hex Editor and search the text and exchange it

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you most probably don't need to inject a new font since it uses the default gp32 set and unicode. it already has the english font.

 

[Seijuro]

Well OK...if the PC and GP32 versions are different, I guess the only alternative left is that someone with technical experience regarding hacking the game teams up with Lethe and me and then we'll see how it turns out...

 

[gbfan_gbfan_gbfan]

i read on the french translation web site, that the game will be release soon in english
is it true ??

 

[generalnmx]

Hmm, could we setup a donation pool to get Lethe a copy of ASR?

 

[Lethe]

Hmm, could we setup a donation pool to get Lethe a copy of ASR?

I like that idea! :lol:

but really theres no need. someone can just somehow help me learn how to use hex editor and i'll translate it.

 

[Lethe]

man im getting hyped up about this... if someone can send me a copy of the file, ill try to figure out how to use hex editor.

ehh i thought about getting the gp32 version but play-asia only has the pc version

 

[EvilDragon]

Hmm, could we setup a donation pool to get Lethe a copy of ASR?

I like that idea! :lol:

but really theres no need. someone can just somehow help me learn how to use hex editor and i'll translate it.

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Hmm... if the font is already English, then it should be easy.
You just have to find, where the text is hidden.

A Hex Editor is pretty similar to an ASCII Editor - it's just there to edit binary files.
One of the best for translations is MatrHex (http://www.rickadams.org/tim/)
It features script dumping and inserting, etc.

Basically, you just have to load up the game (or a data file, whereever the text may be hidden) into the editor and search for some untranslated text. (Can be the "Press Start to Play" or any other phrase you find in the game).

Usually, all the text is somewhere near the location you found the first text.
So you just have to find the text block and edit it.

Now, there's one big difference in Hex Text Editing and ASCII text editing:
The text in binary files is fixed. i.e. the beginning of each dialogue HAS to be exactly at the same byte as before.
And it should NOT be longer than the text before (otherwise, you'd overwrite some of the game routines - and the game would crash).

Another thing important to know: You won't see any CRs or new paragraphs in HexEditing. These are HEX Values. But that's not a big problem: Just start the game and look when a dialogue opens a new page, etc. Then search that text in the HexEdit and look what Hex Value is inserted to tell the game, that a new text page start.
Just watch out for these values, overwrite the Korean text with the English, and you'll be fine. Also remember that at the end of a dialogue, there may be some Hex Values as well.

So basically it's like this:

* Search for known text
* Find out what special Hex Values there are (Paragraph change, End of Dialogue, Who is talking?, etc.) and write them down on a piece of paper (so you can restore them if anything went wrong).
* Edit the text. Be sure to not overwrite game data.

That's it

If you need some more help, I'd be willing to try... although I have to find ASR somewhere cheap to buy first...

 

[Lethe]

aye aye aye confusing

ive tried finding asr but only the pc version is available at present... can i still edit the file someone copies from their copy of the game?

until i can get my hands on a copy of the game, ill try practicing on a japanese rom (not that im really translating cuz i dont know japanese)

 

[Lethe]

while i was trying out hex editor, it asked me to open a table file. whats that?

 

[Horscht]

its a file that determines wich hex-value represents which ASCII character. I never figured out to make one myself, probably have someone with experience do that.

 

[Seijuro]

Well; if I could still be of any help because apparently this is Lethe's show now tell me, because I don't need to spend money on the game when there's someone else translating it already.
No, this shouldn't sound offensive, just a simple question.

 

[OmarNawaz]

Im sure if you guys work on it together it would go much faster

BTW cant anyone just make a backup of the game and use that?

 

[EvilDragon]

while i was trying out hex editor, it asked me to open a table file. whats that?

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A table file is needed for roms, where the ASCII value for the text is not unicode standard.
(It just switches around the ASCII Values so that the text is readable and edible).

If ASR is standard unicode (as someone stated above), you won't need one

 

[Lethe]

the problem is that i cant seem to find the gp32 version online

Edit: thats it. the gp32 version of asr ceaced to excist on the web. even ebay dont have it