Banner Saga 2 Fix Pack and my own little JSON fix

[Beercat]

Hey all, since I am a huge fan of the game but just couldn't stand some of the bugs that it has - you could imagine how happy I was to find this Fixpack -https://www.nexusmods.com/thebannersaga2/mods/2?tab=files
It fixes LOTS of annoying things and makes the overall experience much better.

After installing it though I have discovered that some of the buttons had missing descriptions (audio, promote buttons, etc) and were instead showing the JSON tags like "opt_audio" and that was pretty immersion breaking for me - so after an evening of investigation I found the culprit of some missing json tags in the strings section of the game and fixed those up myself.

You can grab the updated json file here - https://gofile.io/d/Ai0dbG

You will need to drop it into this folder and overwrite the existing file for the tag fix to be applied -
tbs2\assets\common\locale\en\

The sequence of installing the fixes is as follows:

1. Install the original Banner Saga 2 game from Steam
2. Install the Fixpack - https://www.nexusmods.com/thebannersaga2/mods/2?tab=files
3. Install my own JSON tags fix https://gofile.io/d/Ai0dbG

Good luck and happy caravaneeing!

[overkill17]

A damn, if only I had seen this a year ago. XD.
Their list of changes look much needed and interesting. [www.nexusmods.com]

[Beercat]

Yep, I'm replaying right now :)

[mcbak]

Please re-upload https://gofile.io/d/Ai0dbG file is missing.

[Beercat]

Reuploaded here - https://gofile.io/d/B3QJew

[mcbak]

Thanks!

[mcbak]

Hey beercat, just saying, since most file sharing sites don't offer a great shelf life and this thread is barely discoverable, and no more updates for the fixpack have arrived in ~1.5 years, maybe you could get in touch with whoever uploaded the original fixpack to Nexus Mods and ask him to give it one final update with your fix integrated? Cuz your fix is pretty important so it shouldn't stay in the shadows.

[mcbak]

I mean this place https://www.nexusmods.com/thebannersaga2/mods/2

and this dude https://www.nexusmods.com/thebannersaga2/users/2087431

Last active ages ago but maybe PMing him will trigger an email alert...

[Beercat]

Do you think I didnt try? :) I did try to get in touch with them and they never replied

[Giopeppe]

Hi, Beercat.
YaK's here, sorry, I know I am late, but well, you know, strange years.

No time or energy to work on the project, but if you could provide me the updated strings.json I will gladly fetch an update and put it on the nexus.

[Beercat]

Sure, here you go - https://file.io/XidaJRnB8xMs

[Beercat]

If it doesnt work for whatever reason (might be an older version, I switched computers since) - these tags were missing {opt_audio} and {promotion_info_stats_w_talents}

[Giopeppe]

Sorry, it says the file has been deleted.

I cannot edit the gamefiles (or test the fix) myself, no game installed, no tools installed and honestly can't remember the proper way to set up Zeno Editor and all the stuff.

It was a pain in the ass, honestly.

If you could provide me the updated strings I'll just repack it and post an updated version on the nexus, but it will be a "take it as it is" version, since I am sincerely afraid that there will pop out more unintended bugs using the latest version of Saga2 with my mods.

Lots of things changed since last time I checked and cannot say exactly how Nafejii updated them, but you could not just take the old strings.json.z and kick the two tags in, it needs to be done the opposite way: port any single fix in the new strings.json.z, triple checking if they have fixed something in the meantime that will make the fix redundant or generate a new bug (Nid talents, Achievement, swapped text and as such are the first things that come to mind).

Basically, the very reasons I stopped updating it: too much pain to check every single file again and again everytime they updated the game.

[mcbak]

Looks like I still have Beercat's original file: https://www56.zippyshare.com/v/dt5OkxIT/file.html

saga1.json.z created on Saturday, ‎February ‎16, ‎2019, ‏‎18:50:47 PM

And here's the latest TBS Decompiler 2.3.2: https://www63.zippyshare.com/v/q7GTsf5b/file.html

I could do an Araxis Merge comparison of the updated strings file against the last known working one, but that's which?

[Beercat]

That's the Banner Saga 1 though - there should be a Banner Saga 2 one as well
https://mega.nz/file/Mw1wiSQS#GiJvGVNeGTqndgbJTo9hk4Moq52cSqXDG7XsMuT1aAs
This link should work

[Beercat]

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