There's a guide on the drive here. What it doesn't say is that you really should have the US version as well, otherwise you'll just be guessing. I MIGHT make a video how-to guide on it if enough people want one though
My name may be on a few items on the list, but I am only focusing on Destiny Islands right now. The others that have my name on it were only because I wanted to translate the FM-only bits like the Unknown and Cloud vs Sephiroth scenes. And I hate posting incomplete things, so those will stay on my computer until either me or someone else translates the he and pc ARDs. After Destiny Islands is translated, i'll upload it and let ya'll know. Then I would say a good chunk of the beginning of the game would be done!
Yeah dude! Also I'm sick of ARDs lol
Thanks for the find! I grabbed some more screens from the video as well: Slapshot Tech Boost Hurricane Blast Ripple Drive Stun Impact All have been added to the btltbl.bin on the drive so go ahead and snag that!
Hey jaden I noticed you saw my bit of info on the cinematics on the drive. I don't want to upload them because they are around 600mb total plus I wouldn't really worry about them until the more important ARD stuff is done. Like I said, If you own both versions go ahead and do it yourself :p
It's not just you roxas, many people are confused with the whole ARD thing. Only a handful of us are even bothering with it. I might just whip up a video tutorial on how to handle everything later. Once you figure it out its actually really easy and you'll understand that the whole scripts folder was kind of pointless.
Yeah sucks. Anyway I added a little text file in the Completed folder so check it out if you want to remove the subs on the game intro. For those of you who have been lurking I made a short step-by-step guide.
Yes you are right A LOT of the ARDs have similar strings. In fact the last 100 lines of EVERY SINGLE ARD are the EXACT SAME. These lines are the "Obtained...whatever" as well as locations right before you enter new rooms. The way I edit the ARDs is that I use UltraEdit's search and replace in files feature to edit all the files at the same time so I don't actually have to copy and paste the same thing a million times. I only have to do it once. But at the same time No. It's not only the Final Mix ones that have different text. For example in the Dive to the Heart ARDs: dh01 may have the same strings as dh02, but dh03 has different strings than either one of them. The way they made this game baffles me, I am an organization freak and I can't possibly understand why there are so many copies of things.
Hey man no rush, there isn't a deadline or anything so don't worry that much about translating :P
Just to let you guys know I uploaded translated Dive to the Heart ARDs and put them in the Completed Files folder. Feel free to bug test. FYI I already know that a lot of them are off-center or off-screen. Once crazycatz figures out the positioning commands for EVT fonts I'll fix them.
Anyway back to ARD translating. I'm working on Destiny Islands and there is a bit of an issue: KHUS Version: Whoa! Gimme a break, Kairi. Sora, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here. No! This huge, black THING swallowed me up! No! This huge, black THING swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn'tーー KHFM Version: Whoa! Gimme a break, Kairi. Sora, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here. No! This huge, black THING swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn'tーー Notice the last few lines. "No!" is on its own line and the last two lines in US are combined in FM. If I wanted to align the text to match the US version, would it be possible to do it the same way we did with btltbl.bin to add extra words to the strings?
You guys are right, it really doesn't matter 1.5 is out. But just wanted to add that it shows MEMORY CARD slot 1 in KH2 As a side note: xeeynamo's patch for KH2FM only shows it as "MEMORY CARD 1", omitting the "slot".
Gotcha. but in the US version the font is smaller in both "MEMORY CARD slot 1 & 2" as well as "Other game data". Quickly checking SLUS on the US version shows "{0x0C}{0x10}Other game data{eol}" Based of the TextCommandCharacters.txt, 0C is a text size command?. So wouldn't it work if you used it on SLPS? EDIT: doh. I completely skipped reading this part :p Speaking of the codes. I don't see any text positioning for EVT fonts
It's on the drive
A few nitpicks from your video: Final Mix: Standard = Final Mix (That's how it actually is in japanese, so why add the word Standard) Slot 1 & 2 = MEMORY CARD slot 1 & 2 (yes slot is undercase) Other data = Other game data (font is also a bit smaller) Beginner/Proud/Standard = FMBG/FMPR/FM (I think the original way would be better) Also I noticed you haven't used my btltbl.bin on the drive :P It fills in all the missing BTLTBL##. I'm not sure if you have text limits in SLPS so some of my nitpicks may not be possible at this point, but hey just wanted to let you know :D
So I'm looking at some of the files on the drive and i noticed they were in BIN format. It looks to me that when you extracted your game files you forgot the hashpairs.log to go along with it, the hashpairs gives them appropriate names with an ARD extension instead of BIN. 0002de74.bin should be pi01.ard 0057a7b4.bin should be tw01.ard 0072f974.bin should be lm01.ard One thing to note is that only one ARD is used when in a specific room. Like for example being in the First District of Traverse Town will use a different ARD than when you are in the Third District. Another thing to note is that sometimes not all text is in one ARD. One example is that the Unknown Battle cutscene in Hollow Bastion is only located on pc13.ard. Not pc01.ard, nor pc02.ard. You can find out which ARD gets activated while playing the game on PCSX2 by applying this cheat code here.
The 15 minute limit is still there for all accounts. You just have to simply verify your account to remove the limit, you don't have to be a partner. I have that in my btltbl.bin which is on the drive.
This may be me nitpicking again but I think we should remove the [String Entry #'s] column from the KH1 translation status spreadsheet. There really isn't any point to it now that we can use the ARD editor.
Honestly the best way to translate is to own both the US and FM versions. That way with two separate export folders you could compare the files and replace what matches. That way you don't have to do all those extra steps figuring out the line breaks from videos online. Also just an FYI I will be uploading 100% complete Dive to the Heart and Destiny Island ARDs later tonight.
It's on the drive, I just put it in my sig. I think everyone else who's working on it should do the same or bookmark it in their browser for easy access.
