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Message: [QUOTE="kazetrigger, post: 567051, member: 953411"] [B]Disclaimer:[/B] I am aware that there is currently an English translation patch project in progress for deSpiria, led by Popomocco. There are also, including me, at least three others tinkering with this project. I was interested in translating this game at some point as I was initially unaware of Popomocco's group. Few updates have been revealed, but I suspect the project is nearing completion. I contacted Popomocco to offer my assistance but have not received a reply as of this posting, so I assume they have all the help they need. So, I currently have very little intention of completing a patch. The purpose of this project is to, bit-by-bit, develop a toolkit for deSpiria such that, in the event the patch is not completed, or a patch is released but without a toolkit, I aim to provide tools that could allow anyone to translate the game into their own language with minimal work and knowledge. This is low priority and I am not guaranteeing that I will complete these tools. For now it's just something interesting to play around with and to discuss. [HR][/HR] Hello, everyone. As I mention in the disclaimer, this is a toolkit project I have started and will slowly be tinkering with for some time, not sure how long. I have been interested in the game deSpiria for the Dreamcast for a while. It is a weird game with horror and cyberpunk elements. Last year a YouTube video gave us a look into the world of deSpiria: [MEDIA=youtube]de-8Vz5Ng0A[/MEDIA] For years people have wanted a translation patch and, surprisingly to me, no one has yet completed one. Strange given now many people wanted to make this happen. But, I anticipate a patch will be done this year, or early next year at the latest, provided nothing comes up to stymy the translation team currently working on it. I have been tinkering with deSpiria for a few weeks while I work on Suzuki Bakuhatsu. I was able to do the following so far: - Extract strings. - Translate some of the beginning section of the game. - Extract compressed PVR images and convert them to PNG for editing, then convert them back to PVR or CVR formats. - Replace the font where a full Latin set is missing in the game. - Remap glyphs. - Update the glyph renderer to display text horizontally and reduce draw spacing. Next I will update the renderer to change the x/y positioning of various strings. [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/kawasav7i0384pi/despiria_00.png/file[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/bh8bldy9zxc661d/despiria_01.png/file[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/hqqo9760vo42hwp/despiria_02.png/file[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/ofyzlsrt2mna48t/despiria_03.png/file[/IMG] Ultimately I would like to release a kit that can do the following for those who wish to do a translation. - PVR extraction and reinsertion tool - Text extraction to XLSX/CSV and reinsertion with CLI options for tweaking string positioning, character spacing, etc in the glyph renderer. - Font replacement tool to add/replace the desired character set(s) - Other tools as they may become necessary [/QUOTE]

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