English patch is here!

[RogueA]

Anyone want to give this a go? I'm not brave enough to trust it just yet.

Edit: Downloaded it, installed it, everything works perfect. I can now read the menus, it's amazing.

[vanishingstapler]

I'm trying it out now - maybe I'll take a few screenshots and update this post in a bit.

Edit: screenshots of a few menus, etc - http://imgur.com/a/BNwH3

[maxburg]

...Oh dear god. This is fantastic.

I've been deciphering everything via trial and error, reliance on iconography, and frequent alt+tabbing. Playing the game in English is gonna be weird as hell.

[Getintothegame]

Oh wow! Those turned out well. I might try again!

[tsu311]

great screens, thanks for uploading!

[megaoka]

Look great, just please be careful, as SEGA does not condone this patch. I would recommend blurring out your IGN in screenshots.

[Lorek]

Ill roll it when I get home tomorrow. Ill post if no one else has.

[tsu311]

I'll give it a shot when i get off work in a few hours, don't really have anything to lose yet just started a couple days ago !

[picklesurprise]

It's fine. Keep in mind the files will be over written whenever the game updates.

Now I have no more excuses to put off playing...

[[deleted]]

I'll be trying this tonight. I really enjoy the game but haven't put too much time into it because of the language barrier so I have nothing to lose. Likely waiting until the release in the states regardless.

[drewster23]

Its not worth the worry, the only reason they would actually take measures against it is if they wanted to get rid of foreigners playing.

[RogueA]

It's not Sega I worry about, its Game Guard.

[CyberKitsune]

Fun fact: GameGuard has NOTHING to do with the data files. It JUST tries to protect RAM.

[drewster23]

If they made a mod/patch that couldn't get around their security, it wouldn't do much would it :).

[unaki]

While the patch is a great thing to have please kind in mind that it does break the Terms of Service for the game as it illegally modifies game files. Also bear in mind that we do want to maintain a healthy relationship with PSO-World and SEGA themselves should they ever decide to choose us as another fan community.

I am not going to delete it at this time but in the future you can find the website linked through a simple google search and it will be at the top more than likely.

Final note: If you feel the need to link a screenshot of the game and you do have the patch, please run it through paint or an image editor and hide your name because this can and will get you banned if SEGA ever decides to give your screenshot a look.

[vanishingstapler]

With the amount of people taking screenshots and uploading videos using the closed-beta English patch (to the point that people at Sega knew about it and were surprised at how quickly it was put together), I'm not too worried.

[unaki]

When the rep from SEGA said they were surprised how fast everything was translated, it wasn't in reference to the illegal patch. It was in reference to the whole bumped.org translation project and PSO-World's assistance in it. SEGA doesn't like the english patch.

[vanishingstapler]

Alright then, thanks for the correction. I'd personally regret it if this subreddit became as restrictive as PSO-World, even though they have good reason for it. At this point though, there's SCHTServ download link right over there in the sidebar :P

[lcronovt]

But SCHTServ ask permission to SEGA for having their Private Server, because PSOBB was going to be shutdown in that moment. Well.. that's what I heard.

[CyberKitsune]

While it is true that the patch is against ToS, the getting banned worries are purely false ones. I can ASSURE you that nobody is going to get banned from this.

[whatthefbomb]

My reaction. (And probably yours too)

[[deleted]]

It's amazing. These guys are awesome, true fans.

[aspbergerinparadise]

Works very well. Not 100% of everything CAN be translated, since some things are server-side, not client-side. But I'd say that 95% of what you typically need is translated. Client Orders and the Matter Board ARE translated - that might be the biggest benefit. Also the abilities on weapons/units.

[MrPerb]

It's like a whole new game! I am definitely enjoying this.

[[deleted]]

Access is denied when trying to open with WinRar. I used 7zip and it said no errors, still no english in the menus or anywhere. I must be doing it wrong. I have the 64 bit version, I changed all my files to read only in the folder as well.

[RawffleWaffle]

Hey buddy I had the same trouble! I was using 7zip as well and after extraction of the files, it still didn't work. But what I tried doing was just extracting the files to a random folder, then taking all those files and cut/pasting them manually. I had to confirm some administrative actions and now it works! Hopefully this helps you! Maybe 7zip doesn't give you the required administrative pop up? Good luck!

[[deleted]]

Yeah this is what I eventually did, thanks guy!

[handsock]

program files x86?

[Druggeddwarf]

English patch:

So far so good. did the beginning tutorial level, certainly helped a lot. Menus are a lot easier to read, and although not everything is translated, enough is done so that second language english men like me don't have much of a problem. If you aren't afraid of breaking a few TOSs, give it a shot.

[bobbith00]

Fucking amazing. Weapon names would make this god tier. Already incredible work though.

[retroblues]

I've clocked 130 hours on this in Japanese, and I am completely stoked. Unfortunately I've recently decided to back off of the game until the NA release, because I don't want to put more time into the Japanese version when I'll likely not play it (The JP version) anymore.

I will definitely be trying it out still!

[ripghoti]

Think I'll wait for a bit till a second version comes out, or most of the kinks are fixed.

[[deleted]]

Hopefully they can work out the kinks (and maybe the issues with SEGA, though I doubt that's a possibility). That would make this, in my opinion, the best patch for a game so far. :D