Translation files?

[Thiev]

Would it be possible to get / convert translation source files and make some community fixes to English version?
It seems like all strings are already stored in loose files here:

 VolcanoPrincess_Data\StreamingAssets\dataConfig\ 

We would just need a method to convert them to something easily editable (instead of hex editing) and to convert them back so the game can read them.

I really love the game so far and still have many playthroughs to go, but the inconsitencies in such basic things like character / family names are really glaring :<

[seelebrn]

Sent you a friend request. I think I can do that without too much hassle using BepinEx/Harmony. PM me if you're interested.

[Thiev]

That would be lovely ^^ I know of BepinEx, but mostly from end-user perspective.

[Ralderweireld]

Let me know if you guys need any assistance! Game seems enjoyable but I couldn't stand the translation.

[Thiev]

I have some rough idea how to make the game read strings from .json file, but I'm swamped with work and won't make any real progress before weekend, I'm afraid

[frank]

just want to bump this--the English translation is absolutely barebones... you'd think with the number of sales they could fork out for a proper one, especially given how significant the text is to the game.

[Poobah Gorg]

You mean you don't want your daughter dating the residences? Are you somehow racist against houses, condos and apartments? Not to even mention tenements.

Also, "adventure" only has one A.

[Thiev]

I haven't forgot the topic ;_;
I managed to pull strings from 2 files out of 6, and I hope to pull the rest over next weekend.
If someone is interested how they look like, I put them into doc (although no idea if Steam will allow me to post a lnk)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gx8PSM2ZRDRU0KtxvllSBHw9S5nWLm0Yt0BMKUdvutU/edit#gid=0

[Ralderweireld]

引用自 Thiev：

I haven't forgot the topic ;_;
I managed to pull strings from 2 files out of 6, and I hope to pull the rest over next weekend.
If someone is interested how they look like, I put them into doc (although no idea if Steam will allow me to post a lnk)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gx8PSM2ZRDRU0KtxvllSBHw9S5nWLm0Yt0BMKUdvutU/edit#gid=0

Cheers! Seems accessible through Steam! Any changes made here, how would one then manage to upload these strings back to main game files?

[Thiev]

引用自 Ralderweireld：

Cheers! Seems accessible through Steam! Any changes made here, how would one then manage to upload these strings back to main game files?

At this point, I have a powershell script, that can read / write lines from binary files (strings are stored in such format). I haven't yet thought how to make it more user friendly, I planned to extract all strings first.

[SG_86]

Chinese native here. PM me if you guys encounter any doubt with the original Chinese text. Good luck translating :)

[Gacha Pawn]

Also here to bump this thread. The English translation is really holding me back on enjoying this game.

[Sleepy]

引用自 Thiev：

I haven't forgot the topic ;_;
I managed to pull strings from 2 files out of 6, and I hope to pull the rest over next weekend.
If someone is interested how they look like, I put them into doc (although no idea if Steam will allow me to post a lnk)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gx8PSM2ZRDRU0KtxvllSBHw9S5nWLm0Yt0BMKUdvutU/edit#gid=0

Hi, I'm one of the folks working on the VP wiki, would you be willing to share how you are doing this? Are you doing it manually or is there some other way? Ty in advance :) Very interested in seeing the string progress!

[Thiev]

引用自 Sleepy：

Hi, I'm one of the folks working on the VP wiki, would you be willing to share how you are doing this? Are you doing it manually or is there some other way? Ty in advance :) Very interested in seeing the string progress!

Strings are stored in binary files, which means that you have to know the order in which lines were written / are read to be able to modify such files w/o corrupting them.
Thankfully, VP is a Unity game, which means you can look through some parts of the code with IlSpy. I took the functions used for reading those binary files with strings and ported them to Powershell (I don't know C#, which is used in Unity), so now I can 'read' the file as game does, line by line, and store each one i.e. in CSV or replace it in similar way.

[Thiev]

managed to add 'data' strings to the sheet - stuff like titles / endings / item descriptions etc. so beware of spoilers I guess

[Symandria]

Is this still happening :)?

I was thinking of getting this game and would love to have an improved translation.

If we had a solid way to read / write the lines, it should be easy to run them through ChatGPT or another high end AI and have it improve the translation drastically, if possible giving it both the original Chinese and the current translation might even improve it further!