It has recently come to our attention that there is a crash that occurs at the end of Page 12 chapter 2 in version 1.0 of the patch. We've fixed this and should have an updated patch out tomorrow. Don't worry, your save file from the 1.0 patch will be perfectly compatible with the updated patch (as well as all future updates).
We've also been notified of another problem with the current patch, which was touched on briefly yesterday. The 1.0 patch was based on a technically incomplete dump of the game. The missing data only totals around 100 bytes, and it has no impact on the ROM's playability. Still, it's better to have support for the correctly dumped rom, so this will also be rectified in tomorrow's release. Note that if you've acquired your ROM from somewhere other than your own legitimate cartridge, there is a high possibility that the dump is incomplete; the most common scene release (has (Independent) in the file name) seems to be an incomplete dump. This also means that if the 1.0 patch did work for you, your ROM is likely an incomplete dump, and as such it won't be compatible with the new patch.
Alongside the updated translation patch, we will be releasing a tool that checks a ROM and tells you whether it is a complete dump or not. We will also provide a patch that will "repair" an incompletely dumped ROM and restore the missing data. (The current "fix patch" simply reverts a complete dump to the incomplete dump that the 1.0 patch is compatible with, hardly an ideal solution)
Once again we'd like to give a special thanks to CheatFreak47 over on GBAtemp for pointing that out to us.
Finally, the new patch will fix some typos and other textual errors that have come to our attention in the last few days. Thanks to anyone who pointed these out, and please keep letting us know if you spot any :)
See you tomorrow!
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Any time frame for the patch that repairs an incompletely dumped ROM?
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks a lot for being so quick in response to these issues. You guys are troopers.
Haven't had the chance to try it out yet, so I'll let the patch live through it's youth and then sample for the first time a version as bug-free as possible :).
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen anybody else mention the sound issues where some parts of some music tracks are distorted, like they're playing too loud. They're most noticeable in the swamp on page 7 so far... Is this a common issue?
ReplyDeleteYes, we've heard of this before. The issue was likely caused by the same thing that caused the crash, which was a corrupted sound archive. The latest patch should fix it.
DeleteThank you guys very much for the hard work! I noticed that the "The game cartridge was removed" screen is untranslated but I'm not really complaining or anything
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to point it out hehe
Really enjoying the translations so far! You guys did a wonderful job!
I wish there was a way I could use the new rom checker with a Mac...we can't run exe's
ReplyDeleteWell apparently it wasn't working on windows either, so you didn't miss anything :D
DeleteI must've screwed something up. I'll try to get it fixed soon
Umm I got a crash at Page 13 Part 2, after [spoilers] recovers from his childhood memories and [does something, spoilers] in front of the castle. When the camera pan back to the broken [spoilers] on the other side of the road the game (and my entire emulator) crashes. Is there a fix to this?
ReplyDeleteThe place you describe is exactly where version 1.0 of the patch crashed. Using a rom patched with the latest version (currently version 1.1) should fix that. Please make sure you're using the latest version of the patch and try again.
DeleteOh, it worked! I was confused because the post said Page 12 instead of 13......
DeleteThiss is awesome
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