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Topic: Editing the font and text in Phantasy Star II and IV. (Read 1 times)
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vivify93
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« on: June 13, 2010, 03:33:13 am » |
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The font in Phantasy Star II is...the most hideous thing I have ever had the displeasure of gawking at. I've gone through the ROM a few times in YY-CHR, but I can't seem to find it. I've also poked around in a hex editor to see if the miniscule text I wanted to edit was in ASCII with no luck, and hunted for a .TBL file to no avail.
While here, I'd like to ask about editing Phantasy Star IV's font and text. Similarly, I've looked through the ROM in YY-CHR, but I'm unable to locate the font. Though it's actually quite pleasant to look at, I dislike the fact that the font is thick and the numbers are thin. Also, I'd like to see about editing a tiny amount of text here as well.
I'd be appreciative if someone could direct me toward editing these--or hell, at least the font in PSII.
Thanks in advance.
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Azkadellia
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2010, 05:27:45 am » |
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More than likely the font and dialog are compressed in both games. I know for a fact that the Japanese version of 4 has the font uncompressed.
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vivify93
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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2010, 08:55:12 pm » |
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Well, that's a place to start, I guess. Thanks, Azkadellia.
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tummai
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2010, 09:07:17 am » |
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Are you looking for the font in the Japanese or US version of PS2?
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vivify93
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2010, 03:52:51 pm » |
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I'm looking through the US version of PSII. The US version of PSIV, as well, but I suppose the mention of thick letters and thin numbers made that obvious.
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tummai
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2010, 11:20:04 pm » |
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Can you read ASM code?
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vivify93
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2010, 05:25:42 am » |
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Nope. Is it hard? I'm guessing that'll be the key element to modifying this monstrosity, but I'm willing to learn.
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tummai
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« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2010, 08:19:54 am » |
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Not hard, but it's time consuming and there's a learning curve. That curve is easier to manage if you already know binary/hex or have some programming experience though.
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kingofcrusher
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2010, 03:56:13 pm » |
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Never looked for the font in PSII. With a table file you can see some of the text (many event texts and all items/equipment) so either there are two table files used or the rest is compressed. I was going to correct all of the spelling and grammar mistakes Naflin's Ego made when he inserted the re-translated english script but I got bored of it after making a table file and never revisited. Here's the table I had made if that helps getting you started- 25=a 26=b 27=c 28=d 29=e 2A=f 2B=g 2C=h 2D=i 2E=j 2F=k 30=l 31=m 32=n 33=o 34=p 35=q 36=r 37=s 38=t 39=u 3A=v 3B=w 3C=x 3D=y 3E=z 00= 0E=D 0F=E 10=F 11=G 12=H 13=I 14=J 15=K 16=L 17=M 18=N 19=O 1A=P 1B=Q 1C=R 1D=S 1E=T 1F=U 20=V 21=W 22=X 23=Y 24=Z 0B=A 0C=B 0D=C C1=<LINE> 45=' 3F=, 44=. C3=<PROMPT> 46=- 44=! 43=? |
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saito
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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2010, 05:08:03 pm » |
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Genecyst has a ppu viewer, which will help you if there's another table (if the story text is uncompressed with another table), it requires dos box if you're with xp or above, period ;O
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« Last Edit: June 19, 2010, 07:22:56 pm by saito »
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obscurumlux01
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2011, 08:34:40 pm » |
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Is anyone still working on this? The 'retranslation' of PS2 definately could use a bit of editing and font-love, since the built-in font in the game can be quite fugly and take up too much space. At the least, dialogue needs a bit of love. If anyone's still working on this and needs an editor/tester, lemme know  |
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vivify93
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2011, 03:27:32 pm » |
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It's funny you mentioned this. I recently thought about trying to get back into Phantasy Star, but I never figured out the font. I have absolutely no programming experience or whatnot, so tummai's comment was sort of discouraging.
I did, however, manage to edit some of the text thanks to kingofcrusher. I think "Neihelm" looked a lot better than "NEIMET." :p Unfortunately, when it got down to playing the game, I got extremely frustrated at the incessant slow walking of the team. It got to the point where I noticed I was holding down the speedup button constantly, but now I want to give it another shot.
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vivify93
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2011, 08:37:19 am » |
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Sorry about necrobumping again, but I've decided to play the games again! I found some .TBL data for PSIV and decided to make some files in WindHex32. They should work in all hex editors, though. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXZDW8YYThere; now this time even if I give up, others can easily try! |
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