Half way done patch, need other half.

Metacore · Post by **Metacore** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:08 pm

i need the translations for the Fullmetal alchemsit game for gba. i didnt play the japanese yet, since i dont know it but there is some body who does and wrote the what seems to be the whole game down in english. so really all i need is the programming, i know you dont like people asking for patches but i thought this is sorta different beacuse of it was already translated, here are the links

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/36295.html

thnaks and please consider this.

Post by **Agozer** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:09 pm

http://donut.parodius.com

If a translation isn't listed there, it doesn't exist. If there is just a 50% completed translation, there isn't any "other half"

Post by **grinvader** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:03 pm

He *could* post a technical help request at the whirlpool... if ALL the script has been correctly translated.

Post by **Agozer** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:09 pm

grinvader wrote:He *could* post a technical help request at the whirlpool... if ALL the script has been correctly translated.

Yes, he *could*, but I wonder if he really does it.

Tallgeese · Post by **Tallgeese** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:20 am

Just doing the text hardly qualifies as a halfway done patch... There could very well be nightmare technical issues.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:31 pm

Metatron wrote:Just doing the text hardly qualifies as a halfway done patch... There could very well be nightmare technical issues.

You're damn right. If it were so easy, I'd have sure as heck have finished all my projects by now. Instead, there's usually enough technical issues and things to program to keep me busy for a very very long time on many of these games.

If 'all you need' is the programming, you still need a whole heck of alot! You CAN get a game that is very simple to hack and you can insert a script in one day, but chances of that are very small for your game in question.

Also, somebody writing down all the text in the game can be COMPLETELY USELESS! I'd almost garuntee you this game doesn't store the text in the order which it appears. It would be a large task to take that English handwritten script and rearrange it so it can have any chance in hell of being reinserted into the game. I also highly doubt somebody wrote down every single string in the entire game. In most games, you will not see every single string in the game in one playthrough.. or even two or three or more in some cases.

Furthermore, what about the menus and items etc..? Did this translator write them down too? They better have or that's more work there. In fact, often times menu work can be the most difficult work of the entire project.

You severly underestimate what it takes to translate a game. You have now been slightly educated. Carry on.