A small follow-up to this morning’s 1.2.1, for all seven volumes of the
El Dorado Gate translation:
- The stat boxes in shops and on the Equip screen look as they do in the original.
The brackets around the numbers used to land on top of them, so a line like “Attack 6(+ 2)”
came out jumbled. The item you already have equipped now shows “(* * * *)” instead of
squashed stars.
As always, apply the new patch to a fresh copy of each volume’s original track03.bin. Bug reports
and feedback go to justin@tooncesoft.com.
Version 1.2.1 of the El Dorado Gate English translation is
out, replacing 1.2 on the Translations page. It fixes a bug that 1.2 didn’t catch:
- Item messages are readable again in Vols. 1–4 and 7. Opening a chest or barrel
could show a jumble of other text, such as “ll be released. OK?Gomez, gifts, no more!”,
instead of the item message. It now reads “Gomez got / Recova x1!”, and the messages for
zenny, Ogre Stones and using items are fully in English too.
- Vols. 5 and 6 haven’t changed. They’re renumbered 1.2.1 so all seven volumes
share one version.
1.2.1 also includes everything from 1.2 and 1.1: the last of the leftover Japanese is gone, the save
and load screens are in English, long system messages no longer spill into each other, and there are a
few smaller tidy-ups. Each volume’s README lists the full changes.
Thank you, and a promise
Thank you to everyone who has played these patches and helped bring problems like these to
light. Every report makes the translations better, and I’m grateful for the time you’ve
taken.
I also know this has been a lot of updates in a short time. Going forward, Tooncesoft
projects will get a longer round of testing, on real hardware and in emulators, before they
go out. They’ll also follow more traditional version numbers: test releases will be clearly
labeled as betas, 1.0 will mean finished and fully tested, and later fixes will come as
smaller, clearly marked updates.
To update, apply the new patch to a fresh copy of each volume’s original track03.bin, not
to one you’ve already patched. You’ll need a dump of your own legally owned copy of each
volume. Bug reports and feedback go to justin@tooncesoft.com.
A quick follow-up to 1.1: version 1.2 of the Tengai Makyou IV: The Apocalypse
English translation is up now. It’s all about voices and readability:
- A new subtitle on Disc 2. The public-address announcement before the energy shaft
sequence is spoken with no text on screen in the original game, so there was nothing to
translate. It now has English subtitles.
- Torai gets a subtitle. His shouted line on his name card is now in English.
- Easier-to-read text. Outlined text now has a complete black edge, so letters stay
crisp on light backgrounds.
To update, apply the new patches to a fresh copy of your original Track 1 files, not to
files you’ve already patched. You’ll need a dump of your own legally owned copy of both
discs. Bug reports and feedback go to justin@tooncesoft.com.
Version 1.1 of the Tengai Makyou IV: The Apocalypse English
translation is now up on the Translations page, replacing 1.0. Here’s what’s new:
- The hero has a new name. He’s now Rizing everywhere: in dialogue, menus, battle name
tags, the status screen and the movie subtitles.
- Tidier item lists. Item counts (“x12”) now use the same narrow font as the item
names, and long item names no longer run into their count or the next column.
- A nicer main font. The letters g, j, p, q and y now hang below the line, the way
they should.
- A save screen fix. The “Update record?” prompt no longer runs into Yes/No.
- Another full script review, with small fixes to meaning, grammar and wording
throughout the game.
The Fenrir disc-swap save from 1.0 is still in, so you can play the whole game on an
optical drive emulator.
To update, apply the new patches to a fresh copy of your original Track 1 files, not to
files you’ve already patched. As always, you’ll need a dump of your own legally owned copy
of both discs. Bug reports and feedback go to
justin@tooncesoft.com.
Three English fan translations are out today, and you can download all of them from the
Translations page:
- Tengai Makyou IV: The Apocalypse (Sega Saturn).
Hudson’s 1997 RPG, translated from the opening movie to the ending credits, with
English subtitles for the anime scenes. It also adds a save at the disc swap, so you
can finish it on a Fenrir or another optical drive emulator.
- El Dorado Gate, Vols. 1–7 (Sega Dreamcast).
All seven volumes of Capcom’s episodic RPG, with character art by Yoshitaka Amano,
as seven separate patches. Every patched volume is region free.
- Magic School Lunar! (Sega Saturn). Game Arts’
1997 Lunar spin-off about two girls at a flying magic school, with English subtitles
for the anime cutscenes and a one-click patcher for Windows.
Each one is a patch, so you’ll need a dump of your own legally owned copy of the game. If you find a bug, a typo or a line
that reads oddly, email justin@tooncesoft.com.
