Ever17 -The Out of Infinity-

[dsp2003]

Forgot to add: ALL PREVIOUS savegames will be INCOMPATIBLE with the game now. That's the UNSOLVEABLE problem (you'll have to start the new game).

Hint. If you don't have enough space for the text (i.e. 5x48 is not enough), then... you can simply ADD new string (and DELETE some of them if necessary)!

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{ 0} - end of string, end of table entry, end of item ???
{ 1} - set cursor at the next line (Return)
{ 2} - end of text string byte 1, player click parser ???
{ 3} - end of text string byte 2, player click parser ???
{ 4} - ???
{ 5} - unterminated string byte 1 ???

{ 11} - begin of command selection ???
{ 12} - append string ???
{ 13} - begin of voice file identifier
{ 14} - text window type (speech dialog), Clear Screen instruction?

{128} - unterminated string byte 2 ???
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Example (decompiled script):

{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}The string is too long...{2}{3}{0}

--->>>

{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}The string is too long...{2}{3}{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}...so we have splitted it.{2}{3}{0}

128 (integer) is a 80 in hex (use the Calculator to convert the values if you want).

A few other examples:

Simple string --

{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}This is a testing string.{2}{3}

Simple multilined string --

{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}This is {1}a testing {1}string.{2}{3}

Simple dialog string (default for player) --

{14}{5}{128}{0}{0}[Player]{1}This is a testing string.{2}{3}

{13}WAVEFILE{0} makes the string voiced, so...

Simple voiced dialog string --

{14}{13}WAVEFILE{0}{5}{128}{0}{0}[Girl]{1}This is simply a test!{2}{3}

WAVEFILE is the name of WAF file in the voices.dat (without WAF extension).

[Gabest1]

This is for never7, where only 0-5 11,12 are in the script, but in that {4} is some kind of delay for showing the following text. {5} is the color followed by 8x 00 00 8y 00 00 where x and y are 7 bit palette indexes, and {11} stands before the choices of an answer:

{5:0,2}{11:1}『だって今日は、カレーでしょ？』{1}
{11:2}『だって今日は、クリームシチューでしょ？』{1}
{11:3}『だって今日は、肉ジャガでしょ？』{1}
{0}

I don't know about {12}, it's single byte.

PS. Funny that I also used curly braces in my output file

[MidoriHiME]

I have a question regarding this game, as I have been wanting to buy it for awhile. Do you make a lot of choices in this game, or is it really primarily just reading dialogue with a few choices here and there?

[komichi]

Originally Posted by MidoriHiME

I have a question regarding this game, as I have been wanting to buy it for awhile. Do you make a lot of choices in this game, or is it really primarily just reading dialogue with a few choices here and there?

Well generally speaking, it really isn't such an interactive game with like choices every 10 minutes. There is A LOT of reading in this game including things you might want to research about if you've never taken a physic or calculus class before (only if you're the curious type) but these decisions are sometime very crucial in term of giving you clues and triggering events. Like where you choose if you're going to play from Takashi's perspective or the kid's.

Now if you're asking about re-playability, it took me 50+ hours to beat it because the true ending can only be obtain once you've unlocked all the good endings (2 for Takashi and 2 for Kid) so it took a while to piece everything together.

This game is worth every penny you're going to spend for it. ^_~

[Marko]

Originally Posted by MidoriHiME

I have a question regarding this game, as I have been wanting to buy it for awhile. Do you make a lot of choices in this game, or is it really primarily just reading dialogue with a few choices here and there?

As komichi said, there are some choices but they're not the hub of the matter. In other words, the game doesn't revolve around the "make your choice and see what happens" stuff: the story goes far beyond this, and you surely have to read a lot.
To be honest, I played this game as an anime. Since I don't like to mix interaction and a good story (if I want to play I want to play, if I want to read and live a beautiful story I want to read and live a beautiful story), I used the game guide who told me how to get the good endings in the right order (Tsugumi, Sora, You, Sara) to live the story at its best. And that was the best choice I could have ever made.

This game is worth every penny you're going to spend for it. ^_~

This is the biggest truth.

[dsp2003]

Originally posted by Gabest1:

PS. Funny that I also used curly braces in my output file

Well, the choice of using the "{}" combinations had come into my mind because the "[]" forced my testing compiler code to gone crazy. ^_^'

Thank you for decoding the unknown part of the text script bytecodes. I'm thinking to write the "normal" scripting pseudo-language, but the further instructions set decoding is required... I don't have a time to do so, because of the translation work... maybe later.

P.S. I'm looking for the CPS ENCODER (i've managed to extract the necessary bitmap data from in-game memory (32-bit, with ALPHA MASK --KID Tools GUI KILLS MASKS WHEN EXTRACTING) and patched the exe (in memory) for overriding the GUI data with the translated BMP files, but the title menu screws it all and makes app to crash, because it's uses non-standard alpha mask (possibly that the CPS file contains TWO sections - 24-bit image and 8 (or 4 bit) alpha)!). T_T

[Marko]

dsp2003, I have a question about the translation.
You said to use 5x48 and it's ok with the regular text boxes, but what about the "still screen" made of text only? I mean, for example, when a blue screen (resembling the sea's waves) appears and then the text goes with it. When there are explanations (for ex. the one about the memory stuff or when Takeshi goes to rescue Chami, etc.), etc...
What rule should I use in those cases? I think that 5x48 is no longer ok.

[dsp2003]

Originally Posted by Marko

dsp2003, I have a question about the translation.
You said to use 5x48 and it's ok with the regular text boxes, but what about the "still screen" made of text only? I mean, for example, when a blue screen (resembling the sea's waves) appears and then the text goes with it. When there are explanations (for ex. the one about the memory stuff or when Takeshi goes to rescue Chami, etc.), etc...
What rule should I use in those cases? I think that 5x48 is no longer ok.

Actually, the same rule is applicable here... with the ONE exception - some (IT'S VERY RARE, BUT HAPPENS) strings is *appending* to the previous. The only option here is trial-and-error (with using of the same 01h "Enter" byte). ^_^

Keep it simple. Happy translating!

[Marko]

Originally Posted by dsp2003

Keep it simple.

Lol! Great quote!^_____^
Thank you

[dsp2003]

Yesterday night i was *a little bit* drunk because of "International Day Of Programmer" Celebration (September 13)... and then this thought stucked into my mind... "Of course! That's what it was!":

Spoiler for 2034th Accident Reconstruction:

Question number one: how the Kaburaki was able to repeat almostly THE SAME words from the 2017th?
Question number two: what's about the Sora's memory? Does she was playing the role of 2017th herself?

ANSWER: Kaburaki & Sora was doing all of it altogether (and she is definitely have her memory from the initial accident)! ^_^ Why? I doubt that the Kaburaki has the VERY DETAILED memories about everything. Then, how is that was possible? -- Because of Voice Alternators! Sora was Suzunori's prompter! That's it!

[4as]

Spoiler for 2034th Accident Reconstruction:

Originally Posted by dsp2003

Question number one: how the Kaburaki was able to repeat almostly THE SAME words from the 2017th?
Question number two: what's about the Sora's memory? Does she was playing the role of 2017th herself?

I think you might be a little off..
1)All events were stored in Sora's memory on terebyte disk. Thay retrieve it and trained Koburaki to say everything Takeshi said in 2017.
2)LeMU from 2034 had Sora with 2017's memories. It was said somewhere in the game.
Sore with intact memories is the one on the surface in artificial body. "Resetted" Sora goes baibai along with LeMU.

[dsp2003]

Spoiler for 2034th Accident Reconstruction. Added:

I think you might be a little off..

Maybe, maybe... but it's still unclear about the 2034th Sora behaviour. I DOUBT that she didn't knew anything about the artificial accident. Why? BY THE PICTURE! It might be not visible from the beginning, but when i'm playing the Kid's perspective, i have a feeling that she is *playing* her role (example (May 3): in the Takeshi's perspective, when she was "overslept"... her face was definitely down and serious. BUT, in the Kid perspective she was *smiling and blushing*!

Sorry, maybe i'm too captious about the details, but nothing in this world is random - especially the masterpieces.

[dsp2003]

16.09 - 20.09. 5 days of non-stop coding. The result is an feature-packed Ever17 PC US Release Executable editor (with the instant results preview)! For your translation needs.

http://www.dsp2003.narod.ru/download/animed/exedit.7z

[luckyovermind]

Ha? Are you that russian translator everybody is talking about? Nice to meet you XD.

[Malintex_Terek]

Originally Posted by dsp2003

16.09 - 20.09. 5 days of non-stop coding. The result is an feature-packed Ever17 PC US Release Executable editor (with the instant results preview)! For your translation needs.

http://www.dsp2003.narod.ru/download/animed/exedit.7z

I seem to be late to the party, so pardon my ignorance. What does this do? Is it for edting the Ever17 ROM to allow for proofing the translation mistakes?

[dsp2003]

Is it for edting the Ever17 ROM to allow for proofing the translation mistakes?

Better. It allows to edit the text resources in the Ever17 EXE file. You can do the most of those things in the HEX-editor, but with this tool you're at the 95% protected from the unexpected crashes. :]

[clowezra]

I liked it, but I've seen way better.

[dsp2003]

I liked it, but I've seen way better.

Thanks. You're telling about the EXE ROM injectors and PCharZ redirecting (because the strings is hard-coded and could not be edited with an Resource Editor -- i've tried that as well), right? Unfortunately, this not always works as expected (otherwise i'd prefer to use LikeRUS XP or other EXE memory-joiner application -- after editing the Windows core says that the application is "not an Win32 application". ^^').

[SuzumiyaU1]

I've played it in Japanese once.
OMG,it was crazy!!!

[dsp2003]

I've played it in Japanese once.
OMG,it was crazy!!!

Hehehe... learn the language! ^_^ Believe me, it's not that crazy as it might seems (even if you can't understand the printable language, it's easy to learn the verbal -- just WATCH THE ANIME - RAW+subtitles is the best choice that you can made. ).