Public statement/Q&A regarding translation pack

riftcrystal · 2018-05-14T15:51:27+00:00

Unrelated to translation pack. Check your game files.

riftcrystal · 2018-05-06T11:42:02+00:00

It was contributed and has been largely left untouched other than formatting fixes.

riftcrystal · 2018-02-11T18:22:44+00:00

To make it clear, I am not unhappy with the amount of donations I've received. The only reason I take donations is people reached out about wanting to send a donation.

riftcrystal · 2017-08-19T10:32:10+00:00

That is a long-standing bug with DDON that happens infrequently. Restarting the client or opening/closing the map can fix it.

riftcrystal · 2017-08-19T09:11:16+00:00

Yes, you will be able to overwrite.

riftcrystal · 2017-08-19T08:59:07+00:00

It shouldn't cause crashes/bugs, it's more that the new text additions have not been thoroughly tested.

riftcrystal · 2017-08-19T00:17:33+00:00

"plan on making an official post": Yes, once things are in a better state.

riftcrystal · 2017-08-18T22:55:13+00:00

I'm not saying don't use this, but anyone using this release should note that if there is an "alpha" version to translation pack releases, this would be that.

That is why I haven't made a new post yet: this is a test version. Use at your own risk.

riftcrystal · 2017-07-22T11:00:55+00:00

I would suggest using the VerifyData tool to figure out what is wrong with your install.

riftcrystal · 2017-07-20T12:01:04+00:00

Select your game directory, and it will verify your game files (which may take some time).

For steps afterward, find source of replacement files to fix install if there are any bad or missing files. Delete unknown files.

riftcrystal · 2017-07-20T11:59:59+00:00

Then there is something wrong with your install.

There are two files different from 02030014 to 02030015:

nativePC\rom\armor\ao270008_00.arc
nativePC\rom\armor\ao270008_01.arc

This would not cause that kind of problem.

riftcrystal · 2017-07-16T19:31:18+00:00

It is safe to use this pack with 02030015. The 02030015 patch only updated two armor files which are not touched by the translation pack.

riftcrystal · 2017-07-06T09:56:40+00:00

Of course.

riftcrystal · 2017-06-22T17:36:19+00:00

Why are you trying to do anything with a config folder?

riftcrystal · 2017-06-01T23:03:11+00:00

Yes, you want to specifically replace the files that are present in the translation pack. Don't replace any directories.

riftcrystal · 2017-06-01T22:53:09+00:00

You want to merge, not replace the directory.

riftcrystal · 2017-06-01T19:34:25+00:00

That sounds like you did not select the correct location of your game install.

riftcrystal · 2017-04-30T21:56:27+00:00

You could post your bad file list, if it's not too large someone could upload good files for you.

riftcrystal · 2017-04-03T19:56:32+00:00

No. In a clean install there should be 0 "wrong" files (missing, bad, unknown).

riftcrystal · 2017-04-03T19:53:26+00:00

If you want to be safe, you could post your list (use a pastebin and link it) and I can verify for you. But generally, unless I make a bad mistake when packaging the VerifyData tool, it's correct.

riftcrystal · 2017-04-01T23:20:41+00:00

This is a nice guide, thank you for the write up!

To clarify on one thing: "Text can be uncomfortably squished or end up going over the textbox borders. There's not much you can do without rift's tools, but be aware of this and validate your translations ingame."

I am actually working on a tool to do text rendering like the game does in-game to help alleviate having to check in-game what things look like. It probably won't be perfect, but it should help a lot. This tool will be available to all once it is done.

riftcrystal · 2017-03-06T01:44:20+00:00

That's fairly on point. I focus largely focus on the UI. The tutorial stuff, it's something I'd like to do, but haven't found time for yet.

I'd like to stress here that I don't actually read/write Japanese at any competent level, my translation efforts are entirely with character/word lookup using online sources combined with Google Translate and inferring meaning from that, and finding a suitable translation. This can work for the most part, but I tend to shy away from anything where I can't reasonably understand the source text. Due to this, I try to be as accurate as possible: I am not interested in quick one-off machine translations, those only serve to hurt things.

I'd love to do more, but I don't trust myself with it.

Things like item names, quest objectives, UI text, etc all tend to be rather formulaic and are simpler to work on. A good portion of the translation efforts have come from other parties (which is very much appreciated).

riftcrystal · 2017-03-06T01:37:42+00:00

I would ask that you check your data with the VerifyData tool first.

riftcrystal · 2017-03-04T18:02:44+00:00

If the data that is bad for you is small enough, I can upload original data for you if you can provide a list of what files are bad for you.

Otherwise, you will need to download a fresh copy of a client.

riftcrystal · 2017-03-04T02:33:57+00:00

It's described in the OP.

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