Vampires Dawn 3 is now officially available in English!

[Marlex]

Believe it or not, but I've finally released the official English Version of the game.
I've also included some more bug fixes and balancing updates, so that the game should be even more enjoyable to play now.

German users can switch the language via the Steam game settings in the Steam library (right click on the game title). All other users should get the English Version automatically when they download the game. Savegames should be still usable when switching the language (at least all testers had no problems with that).

The translation is not based on the fan-translation, therefore there will be significant differences. But I'm really(!!!) grateful, that there were fans who filled the language gap until now. You have my eternal gratitude!

If you have suggestions for improvement of the translation or find errors, please write them here.

And if you ask me, why this took so long... Well, let's just say that 2022 was really not my year and so many things went down the drain for me. But now I'm finally thinking positively again and will start 2023 with optimism and hope that next year will be so much better for all of us.

Have fun and stay optimistic,
Marlex

[Deathstar]

Cooles Update, Marlex. Hoffe, dir geht es trotz allem gut & du hast einen top Start ins neue Jahr!

[Plasquar]

MARLEX!
Welcome back, I'm more than happy to hear from you, really!
I'm gonna test the official translation right away.

Originally posted by Marlex:

The translation is not based on the fan-translation, therefore there will be significant differences. But I'm really(!!!) grateful, that there were fans who filled the language gap until now. You have my eternal gratitude!

Don't mention it.
We're more than happy that we could help you out, especially now that we know that 2022 has been rough to you.

[Plasquar]

Originally posted by Marlex:

Before I make a big Steam announcement, maybe someone can test if the English Version is proper downloading and starting?

The English version is downloading and starting fine.
I'm already ingame and playing through the intro.

[Valnars Zimmer Katze]

So happy to hear from you again and seeing the official translation!! I hope everything will be better for you from now on. And it was of course our pleasure to fill the gap!
It's working fine for me as well, but damn, I JUST finished another playthrough yesterday... xD

[Zyrieleus]

Schön zu hören das sich alles geregelt hat Marlex. Mit einem Comeback hätte ich fast nicht mehr gerechnet xD
Alles gute.

[Mitula x Amalthea]

The update works. I played some of my old save files and it seems fine. Well done! Also happy to hear from Marlex, wish you all the best and that everything will be better for you in the future! <3

[Plasquar]

I still got most of my savegames with all the scenes in the prison. I quickly skimmed through all the dialogue there.

A few things caught my eye, they should be in order:

1. <???>Soon you will realize that starving to death would be the most merficul fate that awaits you.
   
2. <???>Yes, or at least the most powerful among them. And they are able to cast...
   <Aryn>Soul engergy?
   
3. <???> Trying to protect him is pointless. Very soon, HE is going to come and kill us all.
   <Grandpa>I wil take care of my grandson...
   
4. <???> So it is. Even if it is a stealthy process, the transformation is unstopable for humans.
   
5. <Aryn>What... *sob* What did you do to him?
   <???>Let me continue my story, then you will unterstand.
   
6. <Aryn>But I'm not your child! My mom is dead!
   <???>The woman you called "mother" is dead, that much is true. But she wasn't your mother. She was only the the person who...
   
7. <Aryn>But then why did you tell me that story? And Grandpa... *sob*.
   <Aysha>Because... he will let me out of here if I learn something from his countless prisoners that could proove that anything...
   
8. <Grandpa>And what about the relic?
   <???>What the exact power of that relic was, only the Elras knew. A #sgar was hoping...
   
9. <Alaine>They want me to suffer. That is the only reason! So that I could see every single child of mine one more time befor they become Elras.

[Bers]

Yay! Has there been some "cooperation" or something similar with the peeps that did the "Special Edition"? Since alot of things are fixed in that version.

Peeps dont wanna have to choose between official version and "unofficial"-version that fixed some stuff in the time that past without updates :)

If not maybe that can happen in the future ;)

[Marlex]

@Plasquar: Thanks. Sometimes I question myself why I even hired freelancer proofreaders, because guys like you do obviously a better job. But anyway, I'll fix that and all the other spelling mistakes which will be found.

I really hate the nonexisting collaboration workflow of the RPGMaker als well as the lack of build in support for multiple languages. All has to be done by external tools, which do work in the end but are still somewhat a mess.

[Valnars Zimmer Katze]

Here's what I found so far:
https://imgur.com/a/VMjkaXJ

[Plasquar]

Some more things I noticed, cutting those which already got reported:

1. <Celene>Oh, Larius. I don't like to imagine what would have happend if we had met... (Outside Asgar's castle)
   
2. <Asgar>Cosume their Blood Spirits as soon as possible! (Asgar to Nyria, the room with Valnar and Alaine hanging above the lava)
   
3. <Nyria>Hm? The little puppy can talk again? His body and mind are evidently really thoughened by Shadow Ghosts... (Final boss room)
   
4. <Hint>In New Game+ mode you get the leveled Doomblade from your previous playthrough, once Alaine Asgar joins. (Asgar's dungeon)

And these are all in Asgar's throne room:

1. <Valnar>And you have came to that conclusion because the thief lost a shield of the Holy Crusade in Alaine's hideout? With an emblem on it that remsembles the...
   
2. <Asgar>Skeleton! Tell me immediately what happened here!
   <Skeleton>Maaaster, your minions suddenly dissapeared!
   
3. <???>Do you want to keep killing your enemies? That can be set up!...
   <???>By enabling enemy respawn, all corresponding locations wil be unlocked...
   
4. Not a typo per se, but throughout the game "<Hint>" is used as the name for helpful textboxes but in one instance it's "<Hints>", right after Asgar meets a certain someone in his castle.
   <Hints> Here you can adjust some settings of the difficulty...

Originally posted by Marlex:

@Plasquar: Thanks. Sometimes I question myself why I even hired freelancer proofreaders, because guys like you do obviously a better job.

My pleasure!
If you ever need any help in the future (maybe with another VD game? ;)) I'd be glad to help in any way I can.

[Mortanius05]

Marlex!, you are alive!, thank goodness!, is everthing okay now? many developers i follow from others games, either has gonne missing, or die from something... i hope you continued working in the game or any others vampires games.

[Valnars Zimmer Katze]

Ok, so I noticed that my units are still german. I used my Save Game from the german version from a few days ago. I tried resummoning them, but they were still german. These screens here are from a New Game+. I haven't tried a complete New Game yet, so I don't know if that would fix it.
https://imgur.com/a/m1IAd1b

My last ones for today. Really lovely translation so far. :)
https://imgur.com/a/ZCi2Gqp

[Marlex]

Originally posted by Valnars Zimmer Katze:

Ok, so I noticed that my units are still german. I used my Save Game from the german version from a few days ago. I tried resummoning them, but they were still german. These screens here are from a New Game+. I haven't tried a complete New Game yet, so I don't know if that would fix it. :charmed:
https://imgur.com/a/m1IAd1b

My last ones for today. Really lovely translation so far. :)
https://imgur.com/a/ZCi2Gqp

Unit names are unfortunately only initiated when the game starts. After that they are hard saved in the savegame. So all unit names will only be english when you start a new game.

[Valnars Zimmer Katze]

Originally posted by Marlex:

Unit names are unfortunately only initiated when the game starts. After that they are hard saved in the savegame. So all unit names will only be english when you start a new game.

Aah, interesting. Thank you for clarifying.