YOU CAN ADD THE ENGLISH DUB BACK IN!

[NoNeckKota]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/baten-kaitos-hd-remaster-dub-restore-effort.639640/page-10

First, big thanks to Helsionium for creating the original rom dump, EvilBakura for the updated zip files, and marksteele for instructions on how to add the original English dub from the GCN back into the PC port. It is fairly easy as long as you know where to look:

1) Download the zip files from Atmosphere
2) Go to your Folders: HDD (C/D) -> SteamLibrary -> steamapps -> common -> BatenKatios HD Remaster
3a) For BK1, go to Batenkaitos1 -> Batenkaitos_Data -> StreamingAssets -> Windows -> Batenkaitos1 -> Sounds and delete the BT1 audio files
4a) Use the folder from the zip file: (0100F28018ca4001) go to romfs -> Data -> StreamingAssets -> Switch -> Batenkaitos1 -> Sounds and copy all the BT1 audio files.
3b) For BK2, go to Batenkaitos2 -> Batenkaitos_Data -> StreamingAssets -> Windows -> Batenkaitos2 -> Sounds and delete the BT2 audio files
4b) Use the folder from the zip file: (0100F28018ca4002) go to romfs -> Data -> StreamingAssets -> Switch -> Batenkaitos2 -> Sounds and copy all the BT2 audio files.
5) Going back to the Steam file, copy in the files from the zip into the empty Sounds folder and you should be good!

This is the way it worked for me and I couldn't be more pleased with the result. So far no issues, (as of Diadem in BK1 and the opening in BKO/2) while it isn't a one-to-one it is pretty accurate. The series just doesn't feel the same without that English dub!

[Liki]

great , it worked for me ! couple of bugs in some dialogues but so far so good it works on fights thanks!

[Maxshot44kk]

Originally posted by Liki:

great , it worked for me ! couple of bugs in some dialogues but so far so good it works on fights thanks!

Yeah sometimes the dub desync with the dialogue because theres an extra dialogue box between, but i just love kalas dub voicelines

[Cycre]

<3

[Vesper]

Amazing news, the lack of English dub was why I held off on getting the Switch version.

[Lumina]

Seems to be working for me too thanks =) lets see if it work to the end now lol.

[FewMr Pickles]

so it's for both games?

[Kaitsu]

GOATED, bumping for others to see

EDIT: There are some dialogue desyncs. Mainly due to this game combining text in one text box as opposed to two separate ones like the GC version. Hope there isn't too many desyncs. But I also hope the modders fix it too.

EDIT 2: It seems like the extra files in there were meant to fix the desync issue, but they're incompatible with the PC version for now.

[Elevna]

I'd personally wait to see if the modder ports the mod properly to the PC version, as I'd imagine retrofitting it on like this will cause issues like this desync thing. It also needs to replace the script with the old one as well, so remember that.

[Mezore]

Thank you ! I nearly asked for a refund from the badly dubbed intro, i was too scarred to not find those voices i wanted to hear once more

[Xorbius]

I have been getting random crashes after replacing the sound files. Not fun having to keep replay sections over. But I had steam put back in the original sound files and haven't had a crash since. Anybody else experience the crashes after they put the dub sound files in? I would love to have the dub in there but I also want to do it with a stable running game.

[Maxshot44kk]

Originally posted by Xorbius:

I have been getting random crashes after replacing the sound files. Not fun having to keep replay sections over. But I had steam put back in the original sound files and haven't had a crash since. Anybody else experience the crashes after they put the dub sound files in? I would love to have the dub in there but I also want to do it with a stable running game.

Make sure youre getting only the sound files and placing in the right folder, because the download link (not the patch) have some files that only work in the switch version and will crash if you use on pc

[Xorbius]

Originally posted by SUTEKI NA AFTERNOON:

Originally posted by Xorbius:

I have been getting random crashes after replacing the sound files. Not fun having to keep replay sections over. But I had steam put back in the original sound files and haven't had a crash since. Anybody else experience the crashes after they put the dub sound files in? I would love to have the dub in there but I also want to do it with a stable running game.

Make sure youre getting only the sound files and placing in the right folder, because the download link (not the patch) have some files that only work in the switch version and will crash if you use on pc

Ah ok. Will try that. Thanks! I am guessing just the awb files and not the acb. I did do both.

[Xorbius]

It seems those acb files are needed to instruct when to play the audio. If I just do the awb audio files, it seems to mess up the game where the music doesn't play and the opening scene doesn't play audio and other glitches happen. Like when I go to cast a spell, my guy will just be in cast phase and just get stuck and I have to ALT-F4. But without the replaced awb files he talks as he cast the spell and will finish it. Though if I do both awb and acb files of the english dub, then stuff will work right like it does before adding in the files but then I get the random crashes.

So right now it seems like I have to play without the dub replaced files until there are acb files that will not crash the game.

[theclaw135]

Originally posted by FewMr Pickles:

so it's for both games?

from the look of it yeah.

Some quirks remain, the port's coding didn't actually anticipate the dub.

[Maxshot44kk]

Originally posted by Xorbius:

It seems those acb files are needed to instruct when to play the audio. If I just do the awb audio files, it seems to mess up the game where the music doesn't play and the opening scene doesn't play audio and other glitches happen. Like when I go to cast a spell, my guy will just be in cast phase and just get stuck and I have to ALT-F4. But without the replaced awb files he talks as he cast the spell and will finish it. Though if I do both awb and acb files of the english dub, then stuff will work right like it does before adding in the files but then I get the random crashes.

So right now it seems like I have to play without the dub replaced files until there are acb files that will not crash the game.

I think youre doing something wrong, Im having no problems playing with dub files and so far Ive seen only one desync ( the scene where xelha is mad about kalas looting her dead friends lol)