Disgaea 4 PS3 Translation / Fix Project WIP

[Tidusnake666]

Looks like japanese devs hide it here

[Alexmagno]

This program (almost) converts the english dungeon.dat to the modified Japanese one. Just need to set up the footer and the number of iterations now.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void ficopy(int amount, FILE* a, FILE* b){
    char buffer[83];
    fread(buffer,1,amount,a);
    fwrite(buffer,1,amount,b);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv[]) {

  FILE * eng, * jap;  // File handlers
  unsigned long int i; // Iterator.
  char zeroes[] = { 0x0, 0x0 };

  // Opening/Creating Files
  eng = fopen(argv[1],"rb");
  jap = fopen("jap.dat","wb");
  
  if (eng!=NULL && jap!=NULL){
    ficopy(83,eng,jap); // Copies header.
    
    for(i=0;i<50;i++) {
      ficopy(33,eng,jap); // Copies a dungeon name.
      fseek(eng,26,SEEK_CUR); // Skip unnecessary zeroes.
      ficopy(2,eng,jap);
      fwrite(zeroes,1,2,jap);// Pads the missing 0s from this section.
      ficopy(79,eng,jap); // Copies the pointers.
    }
    fclose(eng);
    fclose(jap);
  }
  
  return 0;
}

If the other dats all follow a similar pattern, it will be over in a couple days. But i assume the really big ones do not.

[Tidusnake666]

Oh, thanks, that's really smart, you're the man, hehe!

I can say, in talk.bin, the middle section, "main" - section has the same layout. You can see headers, pointers and message IDs with naked eye.

It's definetly +Rep

[Kazekeil]

I can probably give zukan a shot after I go through the tutorial.

[Alexmagno]

OK guys, we have a big problem. While manually translating the dungeon.dat, i got to offset 2670 which is Evility Keeper. But on offset 26D0 the japanese dungeon.dat lists "Mao no Heya" - Mao's Room.

In the english dungeon.dat the Evility Keeper is listed at offset 2E40, then we have a huge amount of trash code, then it resumes to the previous pattern at offset 3180 with "Basic Controls". (Which basically made my program useless at this point).

Either way, the 2 version start diverging in translation order there. We may have to check if the other files also have those divergences (they likely do).

[Tobster7]

Thank you Tidus. This was the last thing I missed. Is it possible to rebuilt this eboot.bin (I hope it is)?

A script whould be a really good thing and save a LOT of work. Now that the menu can be translated (?). Is there any thing left which is important?

Dialog, skills, Items, Dark Assembly, dungeons,names, info texts and menus

[Kazekeil]

Got my setup working and a streamlined way of doing it in notepad++

Beginning work on Zukan.dat now

[Alexmagno]

Finished manual edit of Dungeon .dat. The desyncs happenned because NISA removed some parts from the original game. I translated them. They were:

マオの部屋 - Mao no Heya - Mao's Room

魔王城 - Maou Shiro - Overlord's Castle

魔王城(超勇者)玉座ED - Maou Shiro (Chou Yuusha) Gyoukuza ED - Overlord's Castle (Super Hero) Throne ED. I had to reduce the size of the translation since it didn't fit, and left it as Overlord's Castle(S.Hero)Thr.ED.

魔王城(超勇者)玉座 - Maou Shiro (Chou Yuusha) Gyoukuza - Overlord's Castle (Super Hero) Throne. I had to reduce the size of the translation since it didn't fit, and left it as Overlord's Castle(S.Hero) Throne.

ココロの中(コンセント) - Kokoro no Naka (KONSENTO) - Inside the Heart (Consent)

I'll start working on the nameplate.dat next.

[Kazekeil]

For some reason, the changes to zukan.dat are not manifesting. I even played up until you get to create characters and the info still isn't showing up. I know I'm doing everything correctly because I was able to successfully modify the char.dat file.

Any other file I should work on until someone a bit more skilled checks out zukan?

[Alexmagno]

Zukan means index/reference book in Japanese. The changes you made should be listed in a place like that i think, not in the character creation menu.

I haven't tested my changes either, i'll check and see in a min. if the changes to Dungeon did something at all.