Just thought I would mention a small ROM-hack I'm working on.




This hack re-translates all the inventories (names, items, attacks, enemies, etc.) to reflect more literal accuracy; however, there are some cases where I improvised, or used analogous words. (i.e., names that strictly consisted of Japanese terms) Overall, it's much closer to what the original script intended, and in many respects, also more descriptive and easier to understand.

Secondly, I've redone all the item icons. They're much more detailed. I originally only intended to change the helmet icon, because it reflected a Japanese helmet design; but then I figured the other icons could use more detail.

So far, I have the item inventories. I just need to finish the enemy names and attacks, and do final editing. I will release an IPS patch as soon as that's complete.

If I can get a better understanding of how to create DTE tables, I'll also make an attempt at re-translating (or possibly just editing) the actual game dialog.

Patch is ready. (attached below) I included a save with fully-powered characters at the final position of the game, to help with testing. (rename the .sav file to reflect the name of your FFLegend ROM, and it should work with your emulator) Note that this patch is applied to the U.S. version of the ROM - not the Japanese version.

If anyone is willing to help with testing, just report any oddities you might notice. For instance: If an enemy attack doesn't seem to do what its name suggests, then I may have made an oversight. (some strings were redundant, and it was difficult to discern which one had which effect)

Some notes:

 - GP was changed to Kr, to reflect the game's original currency. ("Kero") If you notice any instances of GP left-over, then let me know where.

 - Some changes were made to the dialog, but nothing that required DTE-editing. These were just item names that are sometimes referenced by other characters. If you notice any oddities here, let me know.

 - I fixed the checksum on the ROM image so certain emulators won't nag. The hack doesn't have any problems on BGB or Gambatte. Haven't tested other emulators.

 - The final boss is sacrilegious. Not my fault - the developers intended it to be that way.

EDIT: New attachment a few posts down.

Gambatte, because of its accuracy. BGB is also good for slower systems. (but Gambatte should run fine on a 1 GHz CPU or better)

Gambatte is the most accurate GB emulator, IMO. There aren't a lot of extra features, though. You won't get Super GB support, for instance. BGB has all those features, but I'm not sure how accurate it is. A lot of people claim it's based around accuracy, but Gambatte was built upon hundreds of hardware tests.

On another note: I dread getting into the DTE stuff, but I really want to mess with the dialog. I was also thinking about re-translating the title screen. As it was originally part of the SaGa series, (or the first game therein) it really had nothing to do with Final Fantasy. That was just a label they slapped on it in the English adaption.

I never had much luck editing title logos, though, since they're usually some garbled and compressed mess that's like assembling a jigsaw puzzle.

I should also note that the chose the U.S. version of the ROM for a specific reason: Additional features. The Japanese version lacked equipment icons, and animations weren't very robust. They added all sorts of different animations to the English version of the game. I think it makes sense to go with the version that includes the most content.

There aren't any other fan translations, as far as I know. That's why I was so interested in doing this. The game is so neglected.

Just look for the ROM that has the same tags as mine: (U) [!] (this means U.S. region with a good header) If the ROM is a hack or translation, it will have the [h] or [t] tags. (possibly along with a header tag)

Oh double posting is fine for project authors if there's a 1 hour delay (or if you can't attach anything to the previous post, altough this shouldn't happen, unless your computer/internet browser is having issues).

I'll download this now.

EDIT: Strange I attached a dummy screenshot to the topic first post and did not get any problem. Definitively a problem on your end

It might be that , cuz in Opera 10.51 I didn't have issues, same for Firefox and Chrome. My permissions are set to low security, though, so there are less risks of a protection blocking stuff on my PC. In Windows 7 I even have my comp not warn of potential bad softwares when downloading an .exe (the antivirus will do the job) cuz all third party softwares gave that warning anyway (even TI stuff).