Wolf RPG Editor English Tranlation, download links in first post Options

[chronodekar]

I'm doing an English tranlation of the free tool, "Wolf RPG Editor". You can get details from their home-page,
Wolf RPG Editor home-page
Wolf RPG Editor through Google Translate

Latest Release (see thread for details),
Wolf_RPG_Editor_202a_English_v0025.zip
NOTE: This project is on indefinite hold until I can convince the original developers to let me join their team.



Usage: Just place the above executable in the same directory as "Editor.exe" which you get from the main site and run the translation!


Old Releases,
Editor202aENG_v0012.exe
Editor202aENG_v0008.exe
Editor202aENG_v0005.exe
WolfRPGEditor English Translation v0004
Wolf RPG Editor English v0001


I'll update this post as things progress.

-chronodekar

This post has been edited by chronodekar: Jan 2 2013, 03:53 AM

[chronodekar]

It's been awhile since I updated this thread and I've learned a lot in that time-frame. Let's get the bad news over first - it is just not possible to do a complete translation of the Wolf RPG editor with just a "resource hacker" program. I knew the job would be difficult, but never expected it to be down-right impossible.

A quick explanation: What I've been doing so far is translating the dialog boxes and menus that exist in the program. These are static text and should not have any adverse effects if changed. The problem are the dynamic text and cross-references that kept popping up. Simple example - there might be a point in one part of the program that says "hero" in Japanese. I translate that to english. Unfortunately, another part of the program is expecting "hero" in Japanese and when that isn't found, errors come up.

Without access to the program source code, the only other way to address the problem is with assembly-level tweaking. While I consider myself a competent programmer, assembly code is not my specialty.

So I decided to try translating the sample game that comes with the editor. Amusingly enough, I believe that I've done "just enough" work on the editor that with the help of google translate on the online help, people *should* be able to translate Wolf RPG games to english. It's not exactly what I envisioned when I started the project, but at least its something.

Speaking of which, the sample game is partially translated. Most of the important bits are translated, so you could spend about 15 mins playing through it.

Here's the download link for my work (this is everything and not just the editor alone),
Wolf_RPG_Editor_202a_English_v0025.zip

Got to say, it's been a productive experience. I've learned quite a bit in the last month or two about RPG games and windows programming.

-chronodekar
PS : Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/concerns