Hi everyone, I'm wanting to make a fan translation of Puyo Puyo Sun for the Saturn so I can play with the cutscenes in English, it has already been made for the PC version so most everything is already translated except maybe the menus. Where would someone start making a translation, like what tools will I need, will I need to know any specifics about the Saturn, will I need to make the English alphabet for the game? Thank you all!
How to make a fan translation?
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TrekkiesUnite118
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First you'd need to just snoop around the game itself to get an idea of how things are stored. You'd need an Emulator that lets you debug and look around in memory (Yabause, Mednafen, etc.), a Hex Editor to examine data, as well as just some looking around at files on the disc and some knowledge of what you're looking at.
If you plan to leverage an existing translation from another version of the game, you'd need to see how similar the games data files are between different versions.
If you plan to leverage an existing translation from another version of the game, you'd need to see how similar the games data files are between different versions.
A lot of the puyo puyo games of that era used compression for text. Theres a toolset here
GitHub - nickworonekin/puyotools: Puyo Tools is a collection of tools and libraries used to access the contents of various game files. Although it was initially built to handle files used in Puyo Puyo games, it can handle files used in other games as well.
Just keep in mind that if you cant find the text or graphics, theyre likely compressed using one of the formats (or a derivative) in that toolset.
GitHub - nickworonekin/puyotools: Puyo Tools is a collection of tools and libraries used to access the contents of various game files. Although it was initially built to handle files used in Puyo Puyo games, it can handle files used in other games as well.
Just keep in mind that if you cant find the text or graphics, theyre likely compressed using one of the formats (or a derivative) in that toolset.
TrekkiesUnite118
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I wouldn't be surprised if it's PRS, that's used a lot in Saturn games and is supported by Puyo Tools.
