English Patch

This guide will help you patch Touhou Tenkuushou - Hidden Star in Four Seasons to English.

Introduction

Touhou is finally on Steam. However, since we didn't get an official translation, we'll have to patch the game like usually. We will be using THCRAP (yes) for this.

Downloading THCRAP

Note: I tried using the standalone patch, but it doesn't seem to work on the full Steam version.

Touhou Community Reliant Automatic Patcher (THCRAP) can be downloaded here.[www.thpatch.net]
Either one works.
The site has instructions on how to actually use the patcher, but since we just want to patch the Steam version of TH16, and for this guide's sake, we'll be using my way.

Extract the contents to where you like. The directory doesn't matter.

Begone, Moon Runes!

Right, let's get into it.
Below is a list of all the things you need to do to have your game running in English (or why not your native language).

1. Run thcrap_configure.exe.
   
   
2. If you want something else than English you should choose it now. Scroll up a bit to see all the available language packs.
   
3. After choosing the language you want and pressing ENTER, you can now choose a secondary language. If you previously chose something else than English, now is a good time to choose it.
   
   
4. You will now be asked for a custom name for the configuration. I always leave it blank for default.
   
5. In the browsing dialog, select the path where your Steam version of Hidden Star in Four Seasons is installed. For example, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\th16".
   
6. The game is now being patched, please wait warmly.
   
7. You should now have some shortcuts in your THCRAP folder. You can run these from wherever you want. I personally put them into the Steam directory because why not.
   

Now what?

Whenever you want to run the game in English through Steam, make sure Steam is open. Just start the th16 (en) shortcut, and voilà!

Thanks for Reading!

Hope this guide helped you.
Happy bullet dodging!

[Fatih]

stop using thcrap their translations are tumblr.

[Nichinil]

Ink:
thcrap has a config file (config/games.js) that sets names/ids for paths to the game executables and "customs". Edit that and make sure that the names are correct (ex; th07, th07_custom) and so are the paths.
This is important, because thcrap runs games with patches via executing the loader (thcrap_loader.exe) with the patch name followed by the name given to the executable in games.js.
So, if I had the line:
` "th17": "/home/kein/.steam/something/something/steamapps/common/th17/th17.exe",`
In my config/games.js file, and I created a patch named my_patch.js, then I would run it with thcrap with the command:
`wine thcrap_loader.exe my_patch.js th17`
That is if you're using the command line.

[Nerevar]

Linux user here: I'm running into issues getting thcrap to detect the location of TH16, even when directing the patcher to the game's directory, any ideas of how to fix it would be appreciated, thank you!

[Nichinil]

Note for Linux users: in order to make the play button launch the English patch (or patches, or thcrap), it's a little more complicated because of steam play etc.
I struggled with this for an evening, and finally came up with this script that you execute via the custom launch options:
https://github.com/KeinR/thcrap_steam
Hope this saves someone else some time

[I'm Damn Potato!]

In Russia touhou patch center is blocked

[nwad]

Patch no longer works. Game UI and dialogue is unreadable.

[♡ serenity ♡]

Nice

[IronYacker]

I keep seeing people claiming this to be a botnet. That ain't true, right?

[Timarkha]

Thank you ^^

[GuppyForce]

There's a useful tweak you can make so that the Play button launches the English patch by default instead of having to click the shortcut in the folder or "Add a non-steam game"

1) Copy the English shortcut to the game's steam folder
2) Go to Steam and right click Properties -> Set Launch Options
3) Enter "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\th16\th16 (en)" %command% (or whatever location your file is in)
4) Repeat for each game

Credit to Tsushima Yoshiko for figuring this out