Dreamcast Tool for Making Fan Translations released - SRW?

[Super2]

I'm glad to report that a brilliant person has released, not just a translation of Tricolore Crise (https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=41496.0)

But also, a Tool that can scan a Dreamcast game and help you make an AI translation (https://github.com/closedsockets/dreamcast-translation-kit) - it has its limits, but it looks amazing.

I'm wondering then, will an interested enthusiast try this, and see if they can apply the tool to Super Robot Wars Alpha?

Its long due for translation, and the Dreamcast version has better graphics and its own exclusive 3rd route involving Evangelion characters,

Would love to see someone apply this tool and at the very least release a menu patch, 'cause otherwise I don't think anyone else will translate it.

 

[Deltamores]

I don't really see how it's possible to generalize a tool--almost every "retro" game is uniquely made and requires it's own tooling. GenAI can speed up unique tooling, of course, but this kit seemingly only scans GDIs for uncompressed SJIS, so that's pretty limited since a lot of games from this era used custom text encodings.

 

[Gyasuke]

Check this, don't known if after having access to the script going to be problems, but the idea is there, I think.

Super Robot Taisen Alpha for Dreamcast (Hopefully) can be translated.

If even I, that am a dumbass can go to this point, there are possibilities that someone with actual experience maybe can do something. After the release of Tricolore Crise, the creator of the patch also release the tools, the very first thing that appears in my mind was SRW alpha, so there we...

retrogametalk.com

 

[Super2]

Thank you so much Gyasuke for doing the first steps of the work and opening a work thread.

Everyone, please head to Gyasuke's thread above me.

Thanks all.