Rondo of Blood English Patch (PSP to TurboGrafx-CD).

[dairugger]

keep up the great work!

[cubanraul]

I'm reposting this here from the romhacking.net thread about this patch:
"Have you considered adding a VWF to the game's text engine? I haven't looked at this game's code in probably 5 years, but as best I can remember it wouldn't be that difficult to implement."

There is another font in the game that we have a understanding of which I wish I could use but that is beyond my ability.  Does anyone here on pcenfginefx have any clue?  I would really like to use that font instead of the large SJIS one in the intro especially.  I can automate encoding into the second font but can't figure out how to switch between the two fonts in the text engine.  In the stage select screen we actually got everything to fit and it is the intro I'm mainly concerned with.  It wasn't such an issue back when the translation was abandoned but now that we can actually finish it I'd really like to use the alternate font.

Example image of what I'm rambling on about:

[TheOldMan]

Just thinking out loud, but...
It looks like the values you get for the sjis character codes are addresses in VRAM for the character graphics.
(You can check this by looking at VRAM in a debugger, ala mednafen)

IF that is so, you just have to add the base address of the new font to the DRACX character codes you have when you print them (ie, modify the print routine to do it).
It's an important clue that the sjis codes are twice as long as the 'ascii' codes. Hope it helps....

[Burnt Lasagna]

This project just got to the front page of romhacking.net
http://www.romhacking.net/

[roflmao]

Very cool.  Congrats!

[Burnt Lasagna]

*Update*
I’m coming close finishing all the level names!

I have about three more to go! That may sound like it would take a matter of minutes to complete but it won’t. For some odd reason there isn’t just one graphic for each level name per character, in the games memory I literally found the same graphic for stage1 for Richter six times and six more times for Maria. I was able to get the newly inserted graphic to appear after changing the first three I found but figured it was just going to swap back to Japanese at some random time if I didn’t change the rest.  So I may have to just make two new graphics for each level (for Richter and Maria) but I also have to find roughly about twelve different pointers each level, so it’s gonna take bit longer. Hopefully I will have the level names done soon, and then I will move onto the signs and the boat rower!   

Here are some new English screens!

[Mishran]

Great stuff.

[incrediblehark]

Its really exciting to see this almost finished, keep up the good work!

[Bernie]

Awesome work!  What ya gonna tackle next? 

[Keith Courage]

This is pretty badass. Can't wait to burn the finished project on a lightscribe disc so I can have a nice looking label on it as well

[Bernie]

This is pretty badass. Can't wait to burn the finished project on a lightscribe disc so I can have a nice looking label on it as well

Hey...I never thought of that.  I may do that as well!

[Burnt Lasagna]

What ya gonna tackle next? 

After the levels I'll try to do the signs which, in theory, shouldn't take very long at all. Then I'll finish the patch with the boat rower.
Unless cubanraul finds a way to work with the alternate font for the opening, at which case we would work on that also.
 

[Bernie]

I meant what game...   

What ya gonna tackle next? 

After the levels I'll try to do the signs which, in theory, shouldn't take very long at all. Then I'll finish the patch with the boat rower.
Unless cubanraul finds a way to work with the alternate font for the opening, at which case we would work on that also.
 

[dairugger]

What ya gonna tackle next? 

After the levels I'll try to do the signs which, in theory, shouldn't take very long at all. Then I'll finish the patch with the boat rower.
Unless cubanraul finds a way to work with the alternate font for the opening, at which case we would work on that also.
 

i know it sounds weird but ive always loved the way the title screen looked untranslated. when it was changed for castlevania chronicles it looked hideous!

[Burnt Lasagna]

I meant what game...   

Oh, that I'm not really sure on.

I have been considering organizing a YsIV - Dawn of Ys fandub for awhile now, but have never gotten around to doing it.
About a year ago I got all all the extraction and insertion pointers for the adpcm audio and organized majority of them for when they apear in the game.... just never did the actual dubbing part.

My Brother (the guy who voiced death) keeps telling me "We gotta F*'n do this fandub!". Hopefully I will get around to doing it, after Rondo of Blood!

i know it sounds weird but ive always loved the way the title screen looked untranslated. when it was changed for castlevania chronicles it looked hideous!

I'm keeping the untranslated title screen.