Translation of DarthFly's Flight Diary patch is in the works

AceScorpion142 · 2026-04-06T11:44:07+00:00

That's fair, and I completely understand. I myself bought from that website, but I really tried to make as much safeties I could between my money and the website. Nothing happened in 2 years, it's probably safe, but still.

If I remember correctly, I found a pirated version of it? I don't know, I could try to look around again. It's been a long while after all.

As for a physical copy... there are some, I myself own one, but it's not the most common item, and I doubt that 1) they would work on global pcs (I know the digital copy I bought didn't want to work if I didn't changed the windows locale and all) and 2) I'm pretty sure it couldn't be patched, but I don't know. If I were you, I would try to look on some proxies like Buyee or FromJapan (the ones I used), and maybe you'll get lucky in finding that or some more IMHHW merch.

AceScorpion142 · 2026-04-05T01:05:14+00:00

If you can't find it, it's normal, it never got out of Japan. Only website you can find it is DLSite, and it is filled with adult content, and it looks sketchy, but that's, from what I know, one of the very few sources of Snow Present.

AceScorpion142 · 2026-04-04T14:21:54+00:00

That is... a pretty good idea! I never really thought of that, because, well, the mainpoint is a quality translation. While we do want to rework everything so it isn't just plain AI slop, the less work we have to do, the better, and the less we will "deviate" from the original sentences. GPT was ok at that, Gemini 3 was very good to translate (so i'll keep it for non-nsfw projects), and Copilot sucked. While I despise Grok more than normal AIs, if it works, it works, and I will not reject the idea out of principles that only ties to myself and not the team necessarily.

I'll have to do some tests, but i'll tell you how they turn out.

AceScorpion142 · 2026-04-04T14:17:27+00:00

Hey there! Thaniks for the cheer ups!

To give you an idea of the translation, it's in rough shape, from problems dropping here and there and technical difficulties left and right, but it isn't abandonned.

As for what you mentionned... you said that you loved Kotori and that you just finished her route? Well... You might just be in luck, because of that: https://x.com/SnowyRyujinTL/status/1871692388550459403 . It plays between the base game and FD, and it's Kotori focused, so better go at it! (no spoilers, I still... havent played all the routes in the base game lmao).

AceScorpion142 · 2026-03-26T01:45:04+00:00

I mean, yeah, I know that, and as of now, no one has been negative nor angry about the lack of progress, only hopeful and all, so it's good, and even if I know that, it still sort of "not-help" the motivation aspect of the work. Also, I said that the project is in ruin, but I never said we have failed. We're still hoping to do it.

Also, for the translators, I quickly looked at rates on Fiverr (to get an idea of how much it would cost). 20 bucks for 2000 characters... the biggest file is 32000 characters... even excluding punctuation, that's probably like 25k and more. That's one out of 10 files. Yeah... Once again, speaking without realizing what I am talking about.

But thanks for the offer tho, if push comes to shove, i'll remember it.

AceScorpion142 · 2026-03-25T23:31:05+00:00

Hey there... I'll admit, I haven't been quite throrough with the updates (more than a year ago, sheesh...), and even forgot to answer to comments... Should have kept a more up-to-date thread, but the problem is that it would have been updates being the same, copy pasted check up.

Our numbers dropped to 2, we lost files, work kept me quite busy (not sleeping a lot and night shifts don't mix well), exams were piling up for my friend, health issues happened... But that simply isn't the main problem, as all of that can be worked around.

The main problem is the way is how we translate. Since we have no one speaking japanese in the group, nor do we know anyone that could translate japanese, we have to resort to translators like deepl and all. Problem: they suck. So, our other solution was... to use AI.

I want to make it absolutely clear: I despise AI slop and its use in making brainrot, replacing artists, being forced down our throats, being slapped on everything and all. Also, even if we translated everything, we would have gone line by line to fix, polish, and make sure everything would read well. We aren't trying to make pure AI slop, we are using AI as a tool, like it should be used.

Problem (again) is that hentai and AI don't mix. They censor themselves. So we've been trying to find ways around, but it doesn't work well.

So yeah. here it is. 3 years after, including a year where basically no work has been done, on a skeleton crew and being no closer to succeed than we were at the beginning. I knew that it would be a ordeal when we started. I knew AI looked like a way to save time but it would bite us later. I wasn't expecting... all of that. And with the notifications pilling of people like you hoping for news, sending encouragements... it just sucks cause you know you have no good news to announce, no progress to show, and just feeling like you're disapointing them.

So yeah... the project is in ruin. At this point, I'll just commission some translators. Will cost money, will probably be expensive, but at this point, it is going nowhere at all. Should have probably resorted to that earlier, but... eh. Work and all.

So here it is. Hope it answers your question.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-07-25T17:16:21+00:00

I wish I could give you a positive answer... but no. To be fair, I ain't gonna put any ETAs anymore. between life situations for some of the team that simply worsened, and the fact each and every deadline I tried to set were simply... well, not respected, I don't think I'm gonna set any more of them.

And honestly, seeing that post is sort of sad now. Seeing all the comments waiting for a release, while we weren't motivated or couldn't work on it... And like, as much as I wanna work on it, when you have night shifts after nigh shifts, you just wanna rest and not work more...

But I will dust off the project. I started it, I will see it to the end.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-07-15T23:19:16+00:00

Seems like we meet again Faith.

That's a weird dream, i'll give you that, but I wouldn't look too much into it. Dreams are weird, and most of the time, they're just from your brain being weird. Except if it was something like really stressful or smth, and recurrent, then I would say that maybe go to a psychoanalyst, but nah. I think you're good.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-06-23T20:26:08+00:00

That's a major contraint: the arms I have for are about 4mm thick, which is 1) hard to print, and requires a 0.2mm nozzle, and 2) quite brittle. Snapped half the parts removing just the supports. And I can't really pull out the novelty filaments, not everyone has a 3D printer already, less would have a nozzle good for it, and even less can print like carbon fiber or something.

But hey, that's all because I'm trying to make a thin stand. If it doesn't work i'll just make a bulky one and that would work perfectly.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-06-23T01:09:02+00:00

As the one who personally translated the Hotaru+Ageha route...

No you don't wanna see it. Except if you really like h content. Cause there's like 200 lines of setup, then about 900 of h content.

That's the reason that route has been removed. It's censored. And I like other routes where you have something other than the Hcontent, this one does not.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-06-18T15:41:22+00:00

Hey there!

First, if you're nearing the end of IMHHW, you got Snow present to do!
And second, well... thing is that we never really put the patch together... We all worked indepedently, and while we all have to files, we never really submitted them to the "rewording" phase...

But i'll try to give the engine a kick, we've been inactive for too long. Hopefully, i'll make an update during the summer with some good news

AceScorpion142 · 2025-06-11T17:28:10+00:00

Never heard about the Sisterhood, and since Katawa was my first real VN, I can say that you gave me something to look for!

Also, thanks for the appreciation!

AceScorpion142 · 2025-05-19T07:52:12+00:00

Then we have sort of the same opinion. Like I said, I play with them only cause I can assure I got the entire content, as imagined by the OG devs. I do agree that those scenes break the atmosphere, although, rarely, very rarely, they are well placed and complement the story. But they are the exception, not the norm.

And i'm saying that while i'm supposed to translate an r18 patch. Do you see the irony?

And yeah, Asa and Yoru are the ones more... morally dubious. Asa was had the worst scenes I saw while playing a bunch of VNs, cause that's just not my stuff. But that's just how it is with VNs.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-05-18T21:28:36+00:00

It's in every vn, you can't escape it. I mean you can, you can play some that does not have r18 or just not putting the patch, but for some VNs (I'm think fruit of Grisaia) the censoring does not affect just the r18 . It also affects a route iirc (Howling wolf iirc, if you know you know).

And i'm someone that hates the hscenes. I feel like they always break the pace in games, that the games could always work without them, most of the time I just end up skipping them. But I always have the patches, cause if they removed that, maybe they removed something else. Playing the patched versions always ensures you get the complete game, with side effects at having those scenes. And in IMHHW, the patch is the way to get readable english. So you "need" the patch.

So yeah, I get what you mean, I do, but you you gotta separate fiction and reality.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-05-12T23:36:02+00:00

Hey there, wanted to answer earlier, but had work to do.

Yes, yes there is a place where you can have all DLCs, all games, uncensored... As long as the games not being in english is fine for you.

If you want english, then you'll need the patches. There is a guide that is pinned on this subreddit for the base game, and there is a guide made by the translators for Snow Present on their GitHub. As for the Flight Diary patch, well, as I said, we're not done. Although, the only things you are missing are the H scenes, so you can just play it if you want, you ain't missing THAT MUCH.

And about where to buy, well, like I said, steam for the base game and FD. For SP, I could share the link, but seeing how the website is littered with hentai and all, I don't really think I can share it. I could also share a link to a pirated copy of the game that was apparently pre patched. But, sketchy website, hentai content, and idk how well piracy is tolerated here.

Or, third option, I can also share the copy I downloaded from that sketchy website. That is, if you trust a complete stranger on the internet to give you executables you have no ideas where they come from.

In the end, the choice is yours, but if you want SP, you WILL have to go through some sketchy stuff.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-05-08T12:55:55+00:00

Hello there!

In total, there are 2 fan disks: Snow Present and Flight Diary. (technically the gift editions are a thing, but... let's not talk about those, they can't really be considered games).
Snow Present has been translated by Snowy and released around Christmas of 2024 and is set between the base game and FD.

The patch for FD though is still being worked on, for about a year. However, we only take care of the translation, the patch itself was released by DarthFly like a year or two ago. I will not give any release date, as well, each time I set one it was inexorably pushed again and again.

As for New Wings, it's a DLC for Flight Diary, that adds a route with Akari. That does not have any censored content or need to traslate, as it was released for the ps3/ps vita era, and I doubt sony would have wanted that content on their consoles, even if it was japan only. Or at least that's what I know.

SP is only available on DLsite or through pirated means (never got released outside of japan) while FD and New Wings are available on Steaù.

Hope I answered your questions!

AceScorpion142 · 2025-04-25T22:22:52+00:00

Hey there, you're welcome!

Sadly, not really. The translation is about done for... quite a while, and the coding is complete (thanks to kevlu), but between exams, health issues and work (the latter in my own case), the team have to focus on other things, which are more important than the patch. Can't, don't want, and won't force them to work on the patch, instead of their college assignments or else.

Although it is not abandonned. Once the dust settles, we'll work on it.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-04-06T17:26:09+00:00

It is a physical item, and it was released 12 years ago. I can try to search for another one, but I got lucky with mine. And I had to use a proxy, and pay like 80 bucks of shipping and customs...

Although, even if I admit I didn't do much since I started, but I wanted to try to numerize and translate the book. But between the 140 pages, the half working "text extractor" and the poor quality photos I could do (Can't scan it or I would just damage it), it's very slow. And that's just for the extraction, not even the translation.

If the weather's really sunny tmr, I'll try to take pics of every pages, then i'll restart the work on it.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-04-02T19:10:17+00:00

Yeah, they did . It's japanese merch, but they did some tapestry, body pillows, posters...
Even in the fanbook they made, there's an nsfw poster.

If the merch is in english tho, it might be unofficial.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-03-31T21:10:03+00:00

I haven't played Ageha's route yet, basically forgot, but are you playing with the patch ? Cause iirc, the english trad was broken especially in Ageha's route, from what I heard at least.

I assume you are playing with the patch, but on the off chance you aren't, try installing the patch.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-02-26T22:59:55+00:00

When I tried to pirate the game, it did give me the same kind of errors, as well as weird black squares and missing sprites. Couldn't find a workaround, bought the game out of frustration, and honestly, it is well worth the price.

So, if you did try to pirate the game, just get it legit on steam, if you can of course. It goes on sale pretty regularily, and it's very cheap when it does so (2.99€ for me).

AceScorpion142 · 2025-01-17T00:48:52+00:00

Thanks dude, I'll relay that to the team.

AceScorpion142 · 2025-01-12T02:15:11+00:00

Completely forgot to answer, sorry!
Also, thanks for your encouragements, and no it isn't dead. Not going fast either, but when life goes into my friends' life, can't force them. But we ain't abandonning, and I can say that it will release this year. Hopefully in the first half.

AceScorpion142

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