This pretty much completes most of what I wanted to see happen with the Ys I & II Complete line of patches. They are now both up-to-date. A few script fixes are included, patcher fixes and image edits. Note: I deleted the old hotfix patch in the Ys II Complete section, since with this new patch, it is no longer needed.
So basically, I suddenly got the urge to wrap this project up after johnnybleu finished the last image edits I wanted, namely, to remove the remaining "ETERNAL" references in the game and change them to "COMPLETE". (The image gallery for Ys II Complete shows you which ones.) Anyway, this will be pretty much the last update for the Ys II Complete patcher for a long time. I *might* someday return to the Ys I & II Complete project for one final enhancement, to enable the patchers to install from an original Japanese game disc, thus avoiding the problems of having to boot in Japanese mode, using App Locale, or installing the games manually. Other than that, both games are over with and I'm very happy about that. It's been 4 years...
Also, if you were one of the first 6 people who downloaded it, please download and run it again. You'll notice your title screen will still say ETERNAL if you are one of the 6 with a bad patch.
Well, all my attention is now left towards Felghana. Onward I march. Oh yes, but first, the Ys II separate project page will go up tonight. Look for it here:
Howdy folks. Merry Christmas one and all! Unfortunately... I didn't have a chance to work on the final touches to the Ys Felghana patch which I was hoping to have ready for today... However, I decided to make the mostly completed patch available to all my donators and to those have assisted me with such things as image editing, etc. I haven't really expanded the pool of BETA testers up to this point, so I figure they can serve that purpose somewhat in the meantime. As for when it'll be 100% ready for release to the general public, I would guess some time in January. I have a few text images left related to a 'mural' for a certain point in the game and some boss name description images that need fine tuning. After that, I'll only have the ReadMe to finish and possibly one programmatic change to cache all edited images since there is a slowdown that occurs when the player opens the options menu.
On an unrelated note, I'd like to say RIP on behalf of James Brown [The Godfather of Soul]. He passed away today around 1:45 AM and deserves an honorable mention in my book.
So, I was offline for a few days and much to my surprise, I return to find that Falcom went ahead and unveiled specific details regarding the mystery title they were teasing us with earlier! It has been given a name, "Ys Origin", and all previous speculation came out to be pretty worthless I gather. Anyway, more eye candy! Look at the purty pictures!
Please check this thread for details on helping with the upcoming Felghana English patch. I need mostly image editing and some grunt work involving the images (transcribing text off of 'em, not editing). It's preferable if you're able to work with and know Photoshop CS well. So, if you wanna help speed up the release of the patch, here's your chance to actually help out!
EDIT: OK, I've just released an updated version v0.85. Anyone that downloaded any prior version, you'll now wanna upgrade to this! Everything is in English and the font is fixed! Woohoo!
Well, I'm officially back online as of Friday having been without Internet for about 2 weeks. I just finished fixing some links in the legacy Ys Complete and Xak III sites. For those that care, that old Xak III legacy site has now moved to this server, so now it's right here. The old link is dead since I'm no longer with that ISP and they deleted everything there. As such, all my translation project legacy is now on one server. I kept using the 10 MB web space they provided to reduce server load here, but that's over now. No biggie. Now as for why this site was down, that was NO-IP's deleting policy if you don't log into your free account once in a while. The server was fine for all that time, just that the DNS nick.serveblog.net would no longer resolve to the correct IP. Anyhow, that's it for now. I'm still getting settled in with the new ISP and am cleaning a few things up.
I've finally released a special utility that I've been cooking up in my dungeon here, one that the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 scene has needed for a long time... Introducing, TurboRip v1.00 - My patented PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM ISO/WAV/CUE Ripper. Even though I mostly left the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 scene behind when I officially ended RIGG, I still have some interest left, so with that, I leave the scene one very important and soon to be very valuable gift. Check the link for full details.
I created a https://www.facebook page, it finally needed to be done formally as NIS America turned out to be yet another XXXSEED Games Redux Clown show...
Why would @XSEEDGames insult me by calling me "Hitler" when I would NEVER call them "Stalinists?&qu Oh well, I try so hard to be their friend - and maybe someday that will happen! twitter.com/realDona
Just got blocked by @XSEEDGames on Twitter a second ago.. I just wanted to thank the jerks for having kept their divisive, poisonous, criminal hands off of the new Ys VIII title & Gurumin which means I can legitimately support Falcom in the US again! Falcom is becoming Great Again in the Trump era, who would've thought!! Hahaha!
Psycho Kirsten "omgfloofy" Miller called me a "f@gg0t" on Reddit by proxy with an animated meme! In a recent exchange, she spammed me with this: https://imgur.com/wA Who is Kirsten ? She did work for X.X.XSEED on Ys Celceta and is credited in the Special Thanks section... Don't they get more embarrassing the more you learn ? In the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Pulse nightclub where 50 people were executed, does dropping "f@gg0t" still fly in so a nonchalant fashion ? Source Link.
Is XSEED [Lame] "Games" waging a "war on women," specifically "little women" ? Do they pander to animated ped0philia-loving perverts ? Man, these headlines write themselves! Hah! Attaboy Tom, thanks for the lulz at least in the midst of all your criminality!
It's been 11 years since I managed a new PC Engine project, but I have indeed returned to the retro console platform I first started the ole fan translation gig with! Finally took the time to mention it here, >> Emerald Dragon <<.
