/nep/ - Hyperdimension Neptunia

Retranslation Update for March 12th, 2016

Well, I've been sick the past few days so I have been in bed rather than doing anything with the project? So something might have got done but don't ask me what. Maybe one of the other people involved could post regarding actual work in more detail.

BUT, with Nep U on the horizon, that should help get our efforts past the finish line just that much faster.

>>2905

Well we were hoping to have the RB3 retranslation done before it came out, but that hasn't happened for a variety of reasons (not the least of which was the traditional tools for RB manipulation were inadequate for this new project, but also motivational issues as >>2857 indicates).

Either way, the tool problem is largely resolved now, and additionally this new release from CH should increase motivation to complete this project.

>>2907

That is up in the air as well. For a start the file format for Nep U is different than it is for the Rebirths. Also, I don't think we made a decision one way or the other on that game. It'd likely be a short job probably WITH tools, give it that much…

I just want to say I want to thank all of the people working on the re-translation. This'll make replaying the game better, because I skipped most of the VN scenes in RB2 and 3 because of it.

There's about a dozen of these around VII

>>2914

>>2937

Hello.

Retranslation Update for April 8th, 2016

Long story short, last month has had many things in real life occur of import that basically I don't know what is going on with the project at this point. This situation is projected to remain as such for the indeterminate future, but for practical reasons it simply means less updates, and less verbose ones when they do pop out.

I know some more work is going into the new tools, but as far as script progress I really couldn't say much other than a chit-chat with one of the translators last night indicate things are still happening, albeit slowly.

I just wanted to thank the people in here for the work they did on Re;Birth 2 (and hopefully Re;Birth 3). When I look at the originals, which can butcher entire character personalities, I'm really glad you guys took your time to fix it.

Thanks a lot.

Retranslation Update for April 21th, 2016

Some news this time. Some of it old news, but still best to have it all in one place.

Translation work still proceeding, but slowly. However more interestingly within the last few weeks U3 has made further refinements to his Neptools package and has devised a method with which one can open the RB3 Retranslation (or indeed any mod for and of the RB games) that completely bypasses Kitserver.

This is good as Kitserver, from what U3 has seen poking around with it, is just as hacky as the original set editing tools we used back in the RB2RT days. In fact, I believe we discovered that Kitserver has a memory leak, which might impact game stability over time. I for sure verified that the Kitserver program itself is only about 5kb in size (most of the 200kb that you see is in fact the PNG icon imbedded in it). So having a potential replacement for it is rather nice, all things being equal.

We will for sure include this in RB3RT. As far as how this is impacts RB2RT, I am thinking of releasing a "1.41" patch very soon that implements this new functionality. There would be no content changes but it might make the retranslation easier to install and manage for people. Of course if anyone likes Kitserver for some reason they can continue using 1.40; either way the experience would be largely the same for now.

>>2999

TRIPS

>>3098

We're a slow as hell board

I'm sure getting dubs is easy

Retranslation Update for May 11th, 2016

Yes stuff is still actually happening, I'm just not really posting about it.

But first off to fully confirm what I said in the other thread I'm the new BO for /nep/; not a duty I was anticipating handling but I'll do my best.

Anyway that's sort of academic in regards to the state of RB3RT. In a discussion I had with one of our translators a night or two ago, they are at the end of the game now in terms of looking through the script. While that seems pretty final, keep in mind that RB3 has a lot of post-game sidequest material too, which is also going to be looked into. But in terms of the main story we are plugging along.

As we go along in the game, there are many parts where it is much better, but we still run into the occasional Doerr flair. For example, rather than say "children", we have "miniature adults". What is there that's taken too loosely is generally better hidden than it is in RB2, but still there are some winners.

As far as the technical side of things the new asset hooking system U3 has designed seems to work well with RB2, so I think I'll release a new version of RB2RT with that going for it quite soon. After that, and RB3RT getting a little more firmed up, we can go through some areas in RB2 again for a potential 1.5 release.

>>3172

It's not too bad although I've had a lot less involvement in it the last two months for IRL reasons, but I'm trying to get my personal momentum back.

Hopefully babysitting this board will refocus my attention on Neptunia a little more, although the situation that distracted me from it is still ongoing.

The other team members are working on it here and there too; it'll definitely get released, so that run-through of RB3 is something in your future.

Retranslation Update for June 24th, 2016

A lot has happened since the last update.

For a start, RB3's main game script has been repaired. Overall the changes are probably less dramatic than RB2's repairs but still you should have a benefit of a less moronic Neptune.

The DLC material still has to be done, but that can be included at a later date. As it stands, with a conversation with the translator working on the DLC, RB3RT is largely is good to go.

This leads to the next announcement, that the guy working on the DLC is our last dedicated translator at the present time. Our other one, who did a stupendous amount of work on RB2, is stepping away presently. He's done a hell of a lot of work and really RB2RT would not have been possible without him.

Of course this gets into a larger question; once RB3RT is done (inc. DLC), where do we go from there? I don't have a really good answer for that at this time, but really it's not something we need to think about until we get RB3 is squared away.

In any event, I still want to release v1.41 of RB2RT first as it uses the new launcher that we will use with RB3RT. The main problem now, with both games, is largely both on my end as I need to scrape together the time to compile these two releases and get them out to everyone.

>>3404

Well, now you have another reason to be happy.

v1.42 of the RB2 project is out!

Basically people with old computers can use the new launcher now. The script is all text files now, so you can easily get at them.

The mod size is also much smaller now too since most of it is now in plaintext. And since everything's much smaller, we've returned to the ZIP format again.

https://mega.nz/#!PFkw3ZQS!CcYMxaI8qurcU5a1hAvmrWHP3BHruj4o68prlT2KyiA

MD5: F44E4EB7B9F1BEFE8C5EEDF69A695B4A

EDIT: Disabled MEGA 1.420 D/L during troubleshooting process for 1.421 by mistake, then re-enabled the download but the link changed slightly as a result

v1.422 for Rebirth 2 is released!

Basically we are doing the script a new automated program but that caused crashing related problems due to the old shared translation file we used having bizarre formatting and errors. However that's been fixed.

Download: https://mega.nz/#!XBdyxBiI!6X2zMpAT3rYIszGxhpCAdK6CzkMogFXrZlnVGqtcD8M

MD5: 6AA1AA1C3822D649FA0750457993B77C

Retranslation Update for July 12th, 2016

Well, we were hoping to get the RB3 project out before VII was released, but several things pushed that back.

For a start, we hadn't released a version of any retranslation with Neptools for the default launcher over Kitserver. Once we included it with RB2, we ran into a few unanticipated problems, but fortunately they were quickly corrected. The upside of all this is when RB3RT comes out, we won't have those problems at launch for that production.

A bit more troublesome is the final editing pass. As you've probably sussed out from reading the last couple of updates, I had more or less had little to do with the project for a 3-4 month period, taking a necessary hiatus just after a period of trying to expand the team and get it done a bit faster. That didn't really pan out and as a result progress was slow.

On top of that, we only recently were in a position to include the DLC in the retranslation, and since then all the dedicated translators have left the project or at least gone on hiatus of their own for awhile. So that part, outside of obvious repairs, is pretty much virgin territory for us. It's also a full fifth of the game.

And, since I was away, I was unable to keep track of all the changes to the game's script. So until I go through it and double-check everything, I don't feel confident enough to release it just yet.

But I am getting what is done cleaned up and ready for release. Grammar errors, a few extra repairs, and so on. So far the Prologue and Chapter 1 are gold and I would have no problem with them being out in the public domain, after a few days of extra cleanup.

However, I wouldn't mind having some extra help, especially since my real-life situation is still far from resolved. If anyone – preferably with some Japanese experience – would like to help edit this and finalize any outstanding issues with the script…or even better do that AND also retranslate the DLC…that would be very handy for us.

Anyway, I'm going to get back to editing in a moment and start on Chapter 2 cleanup. I'm tempted to do a livestream or some kind of recording of these early parts, but I'd rather devote the time to getting this out the door unless some more people start helping out.

ALSO…Neptunia VII is now supported by Neptools! It's a little untested, but if you wanna mod the new game, it's now possible. Pic related.

REBIRTH 3 RETRANSLATION IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED

COME AND GET IT

Download: https://mega.nz/#!WZNRCJTY!zJ8FJp9gApBtEYjdAGcUrvtyhTDT185Iv1m88VqnFO4

MD5: 6FF62ACF07FE8D87BBA37D622F7406D6

>>3450

Thank you so much for all the hard work on this. I found a lot of the dialogue in Rebirth 2 intolerable so have been waiting for the retranslation of the third game before playing it. I'm really looking forward to getting started and being able to experience the game as the original writer's intended.

Retranslation Update for September 14th, 2016

We are still here. It's been an interesting couple of months as the release of the latest patch as generated a lot of interest outside of Steam, and here.

While there's no new patches for either Rebirth projects brewing at the moment - although I'm looking for more personnel, particularly translators, as always - there's been one VERY INTERESTING development, which you can see elsewhere on this board.

The Rebirth 3 patch has been ported back to the Playstation Vita. I don't know how well it runs, but I've seen the screenshots of it working on actual hardware so its true. It's damn true.

I think this is one of the first mods of it's kind for Vita, with both custom text content and brand new graphical content. So this is very interesting indeed.

Word on the street is that a similar release for Rebirth 2 is imminent. So very soon, our Vita brothers will be at parity with their PC brethren.

There's more on the way, but this is interesting enough to mention right away. In the meantime, keep watching this space…

>>3592