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~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:29 am
by liquitt
Maybe you heard about Homeland...
I sure did and when i played it once i was even more angry, that there'd never ever be a release outside of Japan.
This project is about 1. translate the game into english and 2. set up a free server for everyone to play.
Any volunteers (Japanese/English-experts, people that know about files on GC discs or people that think they can help in general) are welcome!!
People who played this game know why it's worth the translation!
Some ressources:
http://homelandenglish.blog130.fc2.com/ ... ory-5.html (english/jap fansite/blog with a few guides)
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... eo_game%29
http://dungeon.jp/x/homeland/index.php (THE Homeland Wiki, in japanese :/ )
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:07 am
by liquitt
here's a list of the rootfolder files from the ISO:
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Date Time Attrib Bytes CRC 32 File name
---------- -------- ------ ---------------- -------- --------
D:\the_homeland_project\root
17.04.2011 16:21:19 -D---- &&SystemData
17.04.2011 16:19:19 A----- 37 BF2C45A7 .cvsignore
17.04.2011 16:20:38 A----- 534.765.248 B1536C02 all.bin
17.04.2011 16:20:39 A----- 2.437.764 88C2A322 alone.rel
17.04.2011 16:20:39 A----- 236 255B1DE3 boot.str
17.04.2011 16:20:39 A----- 1.458.104 4489648E client.rel
17.04.2011 16:20:39 -D---- CVS
17.04.2011 16:20:48 -D---- movie
17.04.2011 16:20:49 A----- 2.103.840 78FD7534 netcfg.dol
17.04.2011 16:20:49 A----- 6.496 AA650C8E opening.bnr
17.04.2011 16:20:50 A----- 1.697.188 1B3A5BAF server.rel
17.04.2011 16:21:19 -D---- sound
17.04.2011 16:21:19 A----- 109.944 AAC32EF3 start.rel
------------------- --------
542.578.857 80181E63 9 Files
full folder list in the attachment
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:19 pm
by Ashen
Looks awesome man. I'd love to help any way I can if possible. Though I don't have any of the requested skills... If there's anything I can contribute let me know!
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:27 pm
by KirovAir
Seems awesome. Any idea if there are already server sources/binaries created for this?
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:33 pm
by liquitt
Darkmystery wrote:Seems awesome. Any idea if there are already server sources/binaries created for this?
afaik the official servers are still online...but i have other priorities right now
online is only the second part!
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:22 pm
by Hells Guardian
Well I'm not able to do any of the translations but I'd be happy to help in any way I can. I'll find a copy of this game and take a look at the file system and extracting the dol so we can take a look at it.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:43 am
by emu_kidid
You have my support on this, let me know if you need anything - I'll start messing around with it when I get a moment.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:36 am
by Shinebi
I wish I would've learnt more kanji... if there's simple hira/kata translation to be done, I'd be glad to help. I only noticed this game last week, and also am disgusted this one hasn't gotten any Western release. (although I must say the cover art is FAR more pretty than the game itself, and it seems that it's a really weird RPG to me *read: dull*)
Shinebi
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:21 am
by Slab of concrete
you could always try a japanese to english translator online:
http://translate.google.com/#ja|en|
seems you will have to install support for the japanese language on your computer though
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:32 am
by liquitt
Slab of concrete wrote:you could always try a japanese to english translator online:
http://translate.google.com/#ja|en|
seems you will have to install support for the japanese language on your computer though
sure thing....but the japanese translations via google seem to be veeeeeery off most of the time, but we'll see
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:14 pm
by liquitt
STEP 1 - DISASSEMBLING
so, unpack/disassemble/extract/whatever the .rel, .ldr, .dol and .bin files will be the first step.
Share your knowledge!
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:18 pm
by Hells Guardian
I'm still downloading it.... I'll have to find a better DL....
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:01 am
by AC_Orange
this game interests me the most out of Japanese GCN exclusives. shame i can't speak Japanese
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:10 am
by Slab of concrete
liquitt wrote:
sure thing....but the japanese translations via google seem to be veeeeeery off most of the time, but we'll see
yeah i usually try a few different translators because they give different answers and then you might just have to give your best guess as to what it means
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:28 am
by liquitt
i'll find a way, thanks for the suggestion though
but first i need to get to the files anyway... :/
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:25 pm
by Hells Guardian
Disecting the game may be trouble though I'd bet you'll find most of what we are trying to in the all.bin file located in the root directory. It's the only place I can think to check at the moment... I'm going to look through the files a little better later.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:26 pm
by liquitt
Hells Guardian wrote:Disecting the game may poss a trouble though I'd bet you'll find most of them in the all.bin file located in the root directory. It's the onl;y place I can think of to look as there isn't any obvious files....
yeah i know - just how to get to them
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:35 pm
by Hells Guardian
Yup. anyone any good at disecting a bin file? I'm looking through the file with a hex editor... Unfortunately without knowing what I'm looking for It's kind of pointless.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:05 pm
by Dragoon
Doesn't this game have dialog files like PMTTYD?
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:38 pm
by Hells Guardian
Not sure I've never really looked at that game.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:20 am
by infact
Just downloading the iso, crappy connection here. Will look at the files later and extract what possible.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:29 am
by Hells Guardian
Sounds good! If you need an upload I have a quick connection.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:23 am
by infact
Someone got the beta iso? Maybe they did not merge the datafiles in this version.
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:37 am
by emu_kidid
or maybe the ELF or map file was left in
Re: ~ The Homeland Project ~
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:22 am
by liquitt
yeah i have that beta somewhere just have to find it
