Main Script Hacking, Part 3

16 years ago by Mato

After much, much more work than it should have taken, I’ve finally fixed the issue with the various text speeds and the thing that would happen if the text was set to Fast and there was an odd number of letters on a line, followed by a newline character. In total (including some time last week), probably took 20+ hours of work. Arghhhhh I’m probably not going to heaven after the things I said while fixing this thing

Anyway, it’s hard to show this in action with pictures, so you’ll just have to believe me when I say the text speed stuff works now, and that these pics were with the speed set to Fast.


  • random pic 1

  • random pic 2

The text in those pics can be formatted better now, that will happen in Drafts 2 and beyond. Most of the text needs to be formatted to fit within the new standards/limitations, actually.

The deal with this hack was that with this game, Slow and Medium load one letter at a time, while Fast loads two letters at a time. But if on Fast, if you wind up only needing to print 1 letter because of a control code or newline or something, it throws everything out of balance. My final fix for this wasn’t the one I had hoped for, but it’s also a fairly clean hack, so I guess it’s okay. I really, really wish we had the source code for when it comes to stuff like this, though. Ah well, we’re more likely to get a MOTHER 9 before that ever happens ๐Ÿ˜›

I actually was going to give up and do a lame workaround for this speed issue, which was basically to make Fast load only 1 letter at a time too. I tried to accept it, but it just wasn’t doing it for me. Plus it wasn’t even that fast, and it looked strange. So I’m glad I kept at it. Gotta make sure the text presentation isn’t half-assed — it’s the life of this game.

The one piece of bad news is that the menus in the debug room don’t act so great now. The menus still work, you just can’t see what you’re choosing. But that stuff isn’t vital, and I think I know what the problem is anyway, so we’ll toss that into the “fix/polish this stuff later if necessary” pile.

Anyway, damn, that hack took way longer than it should have. Assuming nothing crazy happens, the next step is to hack things so the strings in RAM can be 210 letters. Right now we’re stuck in the 100-ish area, which is meh and still prohibitive. When I’m/we’re editing stuff, it’d be nice to not have to worry about such limits. It’s annoying and having to chop text up to fit within limitations isn’t something I want to do.

Normally, this would take at most only an hour with most other text in the game, but this routine is pretty complicated (it IS the heart of the game, after all) so it will probably take longer. Hopefully it won’t be as problematic as this lame text speed junk was.

After that, the only major hacking remaining is the Block 0 stuff, which is a part of the main script that’s full of weirdness.

Anyway, for now I’ll push this hack up to oh, 60% or so. We all know it’s pretty arbitrary, so it doesn’t matter much, but *some* progress was made.

Posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 am by Mato, filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Comments and pings are currently closed.

166 Responses to “Main Script Hacking, Part 3”

  1. Tarik said 16 years ago:

    WOOOOOOOO!!!! well done mato!

  2. Paulthos said 16 years ago:

    Awesome, Keep up the AwEsOmE WoRk! I’m really looking forward to finally play this game! (lolz first post)

  3. seedvt said 16 years ago:

    Lookin good!

    I wonder how many parts to this Main Script Hacking.

  4. Eddward said 16 years ago:

    This is the part three of infinty in the main script hacking. Mato, did you say something bad about god? He/She/It doesn’t like that you know ๐Ÿ™‚ Nice to see things moving foward still just don’t forget, I personally will kill some fans if you lose your job over this project. I love the work, but not you losing your income.

  5. TheMuffinMan said 16 years ago:

    Mato, I will bear your children in my man-womb

    One day you will think “Shit, I need kids”, and I will be there…waiting…

  6. A Fan said 16 years ago:

    Don’t worry, just visit the nearest confessional. You need all the Paulas in the world to pray for you so that you don’t go crazy hacking this thing ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. ZombiePaul said 16 years ago:

    Mato, I think any swearing done would be crushed by the Uber-good Karma being sent your way for doing this for soooooooo many of us ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Matt said 16 years ago:

    hyped!!!

  9. Redlandsman87 said 16 years ago:

    Fantastic! Good job, Mato.

  10. Near said 16 years ago:

    Awesome stuff there.

  11. C said 16 years ago:

    Great job, man. This is good for me because I always choose the fastest text speed in games with dialogue. Keep up the good work.

  12. Earthboundpwnage said 16 years ago:

    Great Success! HIGH FIVE!

  13. catpants said 16 years ago:

    Hooray. Another update. Further success.

  14. wesman said 16 years ago:

    Actually, God wants this game in English too. God told me “Mato is on the “Exception list”, he can do what ever he wants”.

  15. Jeffrey said 16 years ago:

    This game looks better and better everytime I see it! I can’t wait for that patch. I am really thankful for all this hard work you guys are putting into this. I know you guys get this a LOT!!! But, Thank you.

  16. Sparks said 16 years ago:

    Mato you are the mahn!

  17. PK Peanut Butter said 16 years ago:

    This whole project was absolutely nuts, which is why it’s so awesome to see everything come together. It’s looking more and more polished every time I see it. I’m getting super excited at how close you guys are now.

  18. Ninjanoir said 16 years ago:

    Words cannot properly frame the gratitude I feel for your work with hacking and updates. I offer my most sincere thanks in your efforts to share what looks to be an excellent game.
    (I promised myself I wouldn’t cry…*sniff*)

  19. Dr. Meat said 16 years ago:

    Nice work, Mato.

  20. Nick said 16 years ago:

    You swore so we didn’t have to! Awesome!

  21. Anonymous said 16 years ago:

    Don’t worry Mato, you won’t go to hell: your sheer altruism in sweating over this project for all of us will weigh it out.

  22. NintendoBrad said 16 years ago:

    Wow, makin’ progress. Don’t work TOO hard, now.

  23. Jock said 16 years ago:

    Woah! Every time the progress is going even faster! I should fasten my seatbelts right now. It’s becoming a wild ride! Great work Mato!!

  24. king-n said 16 years ago:

    Thanks for the birthday present! ๐Ÿ™‚

  25. wasp2020 said 16 years ago:

    Wow, was not expecting another update considering the difficulty (or just plain wonkyness) of this hack, but it seems to be coming along a lot faster then I thought it would.

    Just plain awesome.

  26. Rog said 16 years ago:

    The amount of effort you’re putting into this project is amazing. Nintendo should seriously consider giving you a job or something, to make up for you going through all this trouble to translate one of THEIR games.

  27. Saph said 16 years ago:

    Awesome Mato, and please keep the to-do list up to speed so we can go on cheeing =)

    We’re all rootin’ for ya! Nintendo should totally hire you xD

  28. Saph said 16 years ago:

    P.S. if I was a girl I’d totally want to have your children

  29. Joshua said 16 years ago:

    Yes! Hope is still there for this beautiful game!

  30. MasterInsan0 said 16 years ago:

    We love you, Mato. Perhaps in ways that are unhealthy and/or inappropriate (as noted in Saph’s comment above). =P

  31. Matt said 16 years ago:

    C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

  32. Devin said 16 years ago:

    Awesome Mato! Now go to sleep…
    …and wake up in ten minutes to finish the hack. ๐Ÿ˜€

  33. BFM said 16 years ago:

    AHLSDKFHASLKDFH SECOND THE HYPAGE.

    @TheMuffinMan, Saph: Or, you know, he can just use MY woman-womb… 8D

  34. ALX said 16 years ago:

    Hacking the heart of the game. The heart of…mother… What will Mato find? The promisland? Or pure evil?

  35. Myotis said 16 years ago:

    Excellent as usual. Great job!

  36. Dedede said 16 years ago:

    You will go to heaven, for sure XD

  37. Jau said 16 years ago:

    That is so true, St. Peter will only need to look at his book for five seconds.

  38. Vague Rant said 16 years ago:

    I wonder how Mato’s girlfriend feels about all the guys wanting to have his babies. I’d hate to be on the other end of all this competition.

  39. SolarBoyMatt said 16 years ago:

    The amount you guys have done is a sure entry to heaven.

    Keep up the good work!

  40. Arashi said 16 years ago:

    ๐Ÿ™‚

  41. kaworunagisa_wildcat said 16 years ago:

    My heart keep pounding as time goes on.
    The Time will come.
    Keep on the good work.
    Cheers

  42. Majora said 16 years ago:

    ๐Ÿ˜€

  43. Saph said 16 years ago:

    @BFM Alas the opposite sex challenges me once again ~.~

  44. YoshiAngemon said 16 years ago:

    Norweigan Deals! This oughta be great! I mean, if I had a laptop computer, I’d play the game on it, when it’s done.

  45. TheBird said 16 years ago:

    you

    are

    my

    idol

  46. VEGA said 16 years ago:

    Awesome… Haha MOTHER 9^^

  47. Gazaru said 16 years ago:

    long time reader first time poster.

    im playing m3 right now. i have to get in my daily dose b4 i go to school! keep up the AWESOME work! and btw, God forgives everyone for everything! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  48. Phoenix said 16 years ago:

    John 3:16:
    “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

    Acts 13:38:
    “Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

  49. DaMarsMan said 16 years ago:

    Hey Bible spammer…I’m a Christian and that still has no place on this site.

  50. Kousuke said 16 years ago:

    Just for doing this translation, you will be seated along with jebus xD

    Keep up the good work Mato!

  51. ncsbert said 16 years ago:

    Sweet nectar of M3 updates sustain me.

    Maybe sustain is too heavy a word though.

    They do lighten the day though.

  52. Deney said 16 years ago:

    I can’t believe you put so much effort into minor details, it’s amazing! You know we’d absoloutely ADORE a half assed attempt of your project, but the fact you want a perfect product is just amazing, keep it up!

  53. Super3dcow said 16 years ago:

    I think we totally need to have a party with Mato when he finishes the translation. All of us fans should take him out to dinner or something to celebrate.

  54. Itoi's love child said 16 years ago:

    In the face of difficulty, frustration, and shitty programing you come through and amaze us with your dedication and self sacrifice. I just want to say thank you.

  55. Schlupi said 16 years ago:

    Wow, it went from 25% done to 60% done in about two weeks.

    Thats amazing progress! Here’s to hoping for the best!

  56. Sanuzi said 16 years ago:

    That percent is abritrary.

  57. TonE said 16 years ago:

    you’re just like your mother…you never want to stop.
    don’t push yourself too hard.

    *SLAM*

  58. shadowdeku said 16 years ago:

    het mato, are you gonna put a video out of the disclaimers and menus and stuff? i’d like to see that

  59. Gilda said 16 years ago:

    Thank you. <33

    You are on my list of “Most awesome and amazing people to ever walk the Earth”. (: YOU ARE MY HERO

  60. Will said 16 years ago:

    Lucas 4:20:

    “And he who hacketh for the good of mankind with be blessed with eternal lifenoodles.”

  61. TheReaper08 said 16 years ago:

    Good job at fixing that issue and Iam sure god will forgive you for the things you said while fixing this crazy issue that I never imagine for the issue with the various text speeds would take 20+ hours of work,but like you have said many times in hacking sometimes the little things are the hardest things to fix.Anyway keep up the great job.

  62. Pilot said 16 years ago:

    Great progress.

    Also,did anyone notice that the video at the side has been taken down?
    why is this?

  63. Mato said 16 years ago:

    OK, I fixed another thing. We can cross the “make this game look like cat vomit” thing off the list now.

  64. Tom said 16 years ago:

    What?? lol!

  65. Gentleman Scholar said 16 years ago:

    Dude. What was with that Sparrow? It’s like the Sparrow of Darkness.

    If “Tutoriel” wasn’t already a sweet name, I would recommend calling it “Disparrow”.

  66. Mato said 16 years ago:

    I should make it so that sparrow is actually the final boss in the game.

  67. Will said 16 years ago:

    Mato –

    Cat vomit, sir, is not nearly that colorful or full of potential. Trust me.

  68. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Heh, I know cat vomit all too well sadly ๐Ÿ™ And yes, I know it doesn’t look anything like that. Perhaps I should’ve said maybe that’s how the game would look on drugs or something.

  69. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Blargh, I just wanna keep playing the game now instead of finishing this hack. That’s possibly a good sign. Almost all the text still needs formatting though. But the main main text is so close to done it’s very ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

  70. Reagle said 16 years ago:

    Why must to tease us, Mato! We want to play too ;_;

  71. The Great Morgil said 16 years ago:

    The Great Morgil once again returns with his to-do list Number crunching:

    Main progress: 91.0%
    +Translation&Editing: 80.3%
    +Testing and polishing: 73.8%

    ๐Ÿ™‚

  72. Reagle said 16 years ago:

    Morgil: Seem kinda far ahead. Besides, even if it is at 91 percent, that remaining 9 is going to take forever D:

  73. Tarik said 16 years ago:

    lol @ sparrow comment.

  74. Husky_Washu said 16 years ago:

    I’m pretty sure God is chill with the people who are doing His work. ๐Ÿ˜›

  75. Adam said 16 years ago:

    Wow that picture is insane! hahah! The Sparrow should definitely be the final boss. That is a pretty funny thought. Keep up the great work guys!

  76. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Tired/sleepy/about to see movie, so I decided to play through a chapter real quick. Aside from the 210-letter thing I need to do, no real technical glitches showed up, awesome. Lots of text formatting issues, but even a bubble monkey could fix that stuff in time. I think mostly I’m still in shock at how much (*@#(*9 stuff had to be hacked to get things this far when I look back at the past few months. How did we manage to fix all that stuff and not die? So so so glad we don’t have to do that all over again.

  77. jdawg said 16 years ago:

    Response #79

  78. Gabe said 16 years ago:

    Mato, you have nothing to worry about! There is no heaven.

  79. mitch said 16 years ago:

    Fancy words coming from a man who’s named after an arch angel! ๐Ÿ˜›

  80. honeymustard said 16 years ago:

    Mato, with things working this well, you should do another video similar to the 10 minute intro from a while back! Go on, you know you want to! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  81. tellisk said 16 years ago:

    I was instantly reminded of Frank’s line in EB when the fight begins “Don’t go to heaven!”

  82. Coconut of Enlightenment said 16 years ago:

    Of course you’re going to Heaven Mato. You’ve spent months tearing down the work of the devil. The devil, in this case, being the Menu Programmer (that’s right, satan, we all know it was you).

  83. Coconut of Enlightenment said 16 years ago:

    @Tellisk: Actually, that was one of the happy-happyists

  84. SEAN said 16 years ago:

    Wow, I like how people are raping Mato’s joke and using it as a chance to voice their opinion on whether or not there is a heaven or not. But in other news, Mato has just won the nomination in Eagleland! Good luck on your campaign!

  85. Typhin said 16 years ago:

    Yeah, I was gonna say, that was a Happy-Happist. “Strange unmasked fellow, don’t go to heaven!” If I remmeber correctly, Frank just begins the long tradition of calling you Spanky. But I’m at work, so I can’t exactly check. ^_^;;

    And yes, Mato is the toMANto… ^_^

  86. Anna said 16 years ago:

    It’s all coming together it’s so beautiful ๐Ÿ˜€

    Sounds like the main script is turning out to be less work than you anticipated (not to imply that it’s a small amount, mind you!) so here’s to hoping 210 letters isn’t too bad ๐Ÿ™‚

  87. rc5 said 16 years ago:

    I have posted anything on here for awhile, so:
    Yay! Progress!

  88. glemmstengal said 16 years ago:

    haha, I thought you said we wouldn’t be seeing such regular updates.. you really are putting a lot of work into this lately, seems like every day I check in to a new update
    thanks for that dude, we all really appreciate your hard work and dedication if I may be so bold as to speak for others in such a way

  89. Arashi said 16 years ago:

    Cat Vomit!

  90. Trigg said 16 years ago:

    I love the frequent updates. Keep ’em coming!

  91. blueflare said 16 years ago:

    Woo!

  92. mitch said 16 years ago:

    Here’s a quick one!

    http://i28.tinypic.com/hvec6v.jpg

  93. ty said 16 years ago:

    My wife just had a baby today, we named him Tomato.

  94. hasone said 16 years ago:

    mato, you do make regular backups in multiple places, right?

  95. meerkat said 16 years ago:

    nice work,mato!i just can’t wait to play it!(lol first post)

  96. GoldyK said 16 years ago:

    Kingdom of Loathing,
    Toot Oriole is taken.
    Just so you guys know.

  97. Reagle said 16 years ago:

    Sounds great, Mato.

  98. Anna said 16 years ago:

    # hasone said 49 minutes ago:

    mato, you do make regular backups in multiple places, right?

    Haha, THIS. Your “I’m glad I’ll never have to do this ever again!” line is almost begging the fates for trouble :3

  99. Majora said 16 years ago:

    Anna said: “Your โ€œIโ€™m glad Iโ€™ll never have to do this ever again!โ€ line is almost begging the fates for trouble”

    Greek Mythology FTW!

    anyway though, I seriously loled (lol) at Mato’s “Cat Vomit” pic.

  100. neonix said 16 years ago:

    ๐Ÿ˜€

  101. Piney said 16 years ago:

    ….so what movie did you see?

  102. Super3dcow said 16 years ago:

    These regular updates are awesome. You even did an update in an update! Tell us how good the new Indiana Jones movie is when you get back.

  103. the extreme muggers said 16 years ago:

    hey maybe fun cheap ass fans should take up a collection? first we have to stalk mato, find out where he lives, and send him a pile of money. we could call it humanitarian aid. hey if reagan can do it so can we. (i’m not implying mato is a contra or any kind of terror…ist). i’d be willing to make donations. can we?

  104. Alato said 16 years ago:

    Yeah… Awesome. I can imagine how much you would just want to play the game… I’d love to just play one chapter in english!.. Agh! Barely two years after release, and it’s translated into English by fans. Awesome.

    And the people who answer first don’t actually read the post, first, do they? I mean, the first couple of comments are always, “Good job!”, or “Almost there!”, or “Cool! Can’t wait to play it!”.

    Also, I was wondering. On the outside menu, when it says like “Items”, “Sleep”, and all that in the top right box, you made it so it’s centered in that box. Will you do the same thing in the battle menu? Or are you done with it?

  105. Alato said 16 years ago:

    Wait, I just realized! 3 things aside from polishing up left to hack! Then it’s just more translating, editting and testing! Mato, thank you so much for things like this, where you spend 20+ hours… And how much time do you think has been put into this hack, so far? A million hours?

  106. Jupiter-x said 16 years ago:

    I’d say closer to a bajillion. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  107. bubble-gum monkey said 16 years ago:

    @ mato: Thanks! My cousins in Summers are expert hackers. Too bad they’re too busy trying to build another Sky Runner for
    Dr. Andronaut. They found out it requires 2 Boing Ribbons to run it, not one. Oh well, while we’re working on that thing, keep up the good work. We promise it won’t crash again!
    (btw, the Dr. swears too, just not on screen. We promise not to say what, it’s a bubble monkey’s honor ๐Ÿ™‚ )

  108. Arashi said 16 years ago:

    Mitch… I don’t get that one… The Outsiders reference?

  109. Coconut of Enlightenment said 16 years ago:

    @Mato: I’m glad you’re also enjoying the game right now, and not just hacking it. I like to hear that you’re playing games. I don’t like hearing how you’re always working, working, WORKING!!!

    I’m gonna have to do something to celebrate once you announce that all the hacking is done. Pizza, anyone?

  110. Nutsjesmoar said 16 years ago:

    @Coconut of Enlightenment

    Yes! And I have ‘photographic’ evidence that Satan the menu programmer and the evil sparrow were working in tandem!

    http://nutsjesmoar.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/satan1.png

    Everyone, please laugh derisively at this horrible drawing that I created in Paint.NET in less than 10 minutes during my lunch break.
    This will help insure that I never create something this bad ever again.

  111. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Nadie: Actually, that’s already been done in the menu patch, I’m guessing you haven’t played with that on.

    —-

    Yeah, we saw Indy Jones just now, you guys are good detectives. It was pretty fun, though the last half went exactly as I would’ve expected, I hate movies that I can predict argh. Nothing will beat the third one though.

    I really really want to get started on Draft 2, so I might save the crappy Block 0 stuff until later. Still need to do the 210 letter thing, but I’ll be taking most of the night off. I started on it last night but forgot about it, so when I played the latest build this morning, I was greeted by that cat vomit pic. So I was like wtf, then remembered and was like thank giygas it wasn’t a bug.

  112. Arashi said 16 years ago:

    PK MATO-DON’T-OVER-DO-YOURSELF-YOU-NEED-REST-JUST-LIKE-THE-REST-OF-US!!!

    Did that put you to sleep?

  113. Crocket said 16 years ago:

    Hey Mato, i recently got a snes emu working on my wii with the twilight hack and i fired up bahamut lagoon with ur translation patch on. And all i have to say is thats its an amazing game and the translation is flawless. Its so professional that you forget its even a translated game. Thanks for that and thanks for all your work on this.

  114. Reagle said 16 years ago:

    Mato, as long as things are getting done, I don’t care what you do or how long it takes (not that it matters what I care about anyway :P)

    Still, thanks again for all the work you’ve put into this. You’re like. Awesome.

    Oh, I have a question, too.

    With all the work you put into your translations, game and work related, can you still get the same enjoyment out of them, or is it like when you see a game or translation job, you immediately feel like you’re in work mode and notice everything little thing you’d fix and change?

    Also, what’s your favorite game, if you can pick one. ;]

  115. A Fan said 16 years ago:

    It’s so close we can almost taste it! And it tastes like magic truffles!

    Quick, get out your pig noses!

  116. Mad-Duck-Falls-Down said 16 years ago:

    Thanks for your hard work and dedication! You and Jeffman are just the coolest for doing this!

  117. Majora said 16 years ago:

    A Fan: if that was a Majora’s Mask refernece, and I think it was, then you WIN!

  118. Pining Tor said 16 years ago:

    You do know that Sega Bass Fishing is canon to Mother 3 right

  119. Triple10X said 16 years ago:

    I’m surprised that ok hasn’t posted about Mato being tired from all Of The Meth.

  120. A Fan said 16 years ago:

    Err, actually, I was thinking of the pig noses you use to find magic truffles in Earthbound. Not that I actually NEED that thing to find them any more…

    But Majora’s Mask is a good game, too ๐Ÿ™‚

  121. Aron said 16 years ago:

    awesome.
    great progress.
    good job.
    click my name.
    just do it.
    you know you want to.
    it’s a kingdom hearts/the world ends with you sprite comic.
    it’s got some original stuff, too.
    I’m planning on an out-of-place looking Ness cameo.
    pwnage.

  122. Wallace said 16 years ago:

    I just had to register to log in and tell you mato you are doing a great job!!

  123. Reanzet said 16 years ago:

    quick! does anybody know PSI Hypnosis?
    (would using a PK be considered casting it or trying it?)

  124. Majora said 16 years ago:

    A Fan: in MM there is a side quest that ears you a mask that resembeles a pig/boar you can use it to sniff out magic mushrooms, which are, for some reason, called magic truffles. coincidence? I Think Not!

  125. starwomen said 16 years ago:

    I’ve been watching this for months now and I’m very pleased with your progress, Jeffman and Tomato.

    If possible to answer, what would you recommend learning for a haxing new person? :3

  126. Nintendo of America said 16 years ago:

    Expect a cease or desist shortly

  127. SEAN said 16 years ago:

    OH NOES NoA! RUNNNN!!!!!!

  128. NeoXCS said 16 years ago:

    Considering that is cease “and” desist, good job! Plus they would email Mato, not post here. ~claps~

  129. Razor Kitten said 16 years ago:

    We’ve been expecting a cease and desist for a while. It happened actually on April Fool’s Day last year I think on Mother3.org. It will probably be just as real.

  130. Magitek said 16 years ago:

    It’s pretty obvious that that post is a joke.

  131. A Fan said 16 years ago:

    > to sniff out magic mushrooms, which are, for some reason, called magic truffles

    Well, truffles are a kind of mushroom, so that part isn’t too odd. That said, it DOES sound like a hidden homage to Earthbound, which is cool ๐Ÿ™‚

  132. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Nintendo has all my contact info, if they were gonna do something, they’d probably do it through a more normal means like mail or a phone call, probably the former. Or hired goons.

    To answer someone’s question, I could always make a video now, but 1. text still needs formatting and 2. I don’t wanna do anything that’d show too much of the story and 3. first draft text is still pretty bleh. I dunno, we’ll see.

    Getting 210 letters to work is going to be very time consuming, the game constantly uses the location of the string area to reference other parts of memory, so untying that everywhere will be icky.

  133. Mato said 16 years ago:

    I always though the trading game thing you had to do at the bottom of the well in Majora’s Mask (or wherever it was) seemed a lot like the monkey caves in EB. Anyway, that’s not really relevant to this stuff I guess.

  134. Super3dcow said 16 years ago:

    Gosh, I played Majora’s Mask only a couple years ago and I don’t recall any game in a well. heheh

  135. Saph said 16 years ago:

    Lol, we’re all saying we’ll have a party with Mato

    ALL LIES!!

    *the day that it’s finished*

    Mato, “ok guys! it’s finished! let’s have a chatroom party!”

    *users in this chatroom = 1*

    Mato, “guys? hello?*

    *crickets chirping and the noise of gameboys/keyboards clicking is heard around the world*

    Mato, “T.T”

  136. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Heh I think the day it comes out we’ll have our hands full doing user support stuff and other tedious tasks ๐Ÿ˜›

  137. Poe said 16 years ago:

    Super3dcow: it was in Ikana Canyon, next to that weird house that played music really loud.

  138. lumberjack said 16 years ago:

    the well is in ikana canyon
    you trade with zombies

  139. lumberjack said 16 years ago:

    where can i get a flash cart?

  140. lumberjack said 16 years ago:

    by the way, has anyone heard any of judas priest’s new album. it is amazing

  141. mkay said 16 years ago:

    sweetness

  142. hasone said 16 years ago:

    Mato: are you going to format all the first draft text, or just combine 2nd draft and fit-to-game-specs into one?

  143. Jupiter-x said 16 years ago:

    Ikana canyon is so cool. The music box house plays a slightly altered version of the Boo’s Merry-go-round music from SM64. I remember thinking the same thing about the well and the monkeys, except in reverse, since I played Majora’s Mask before I played Earthbound. Are there any other games that have that sort of trading-unimportant-items-to-get-through-rooms section? it seems like one of those things you’d find ripped off everywhere…

  144. mrsaturn said 16 years ago:

    keep up the good work

  145. lumberjack said 16 years ago:

    there is another of those trading things in goemon’s great adventure in one of the towns with iguana men

  146. Vinnie said 16 years ago:

    Hey mato, just a quick question. I know you guys have all intentions to stop the translation if Nintendo unveils any plans of releasing it themselves, but what if they just threaten you with a lawsuit and still dont release Mother 3? Will you keep fighting for justice?

  147. Anna said 16 years ago:

    *~patch day~*
    HI MATO I CANT BELIVE U WOULD LIE 2 US LIKE THIS WHAT A CRUEL JOKE THIS PATCH DOESNT WORK AND ITS A FAKE!! I FOLLOWED DIRECTONS AND PUT THE PATCH IN THE TOP BOX AND LIKE U SAID MY ROM FILE IN THE BOTTOM C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\LEETKILLA69\RoMzZ\Earthbound (U).smc AND I LODED IT IN NESTICLE AND IT DIDNT WORK WTF I CANT BELEVE U WOULD LIE ABOUT THIS N GET MY HOPES UP UR A BAD PERSON N I HOPE YOU DIE U WER PROBABLY JUST PLAYIN HALO 3 NSTEAD OF TRANSLATIN EARTHBOUND N WANT US TO VISIT UR WEBSITE 2 MAKE MONEYS!!!!

  148. Anna said 16 years ago:

    Also who’s going to buy me a Wii points card if, in so many words, someone actually says that ๐Ÿ˜€

    And Vinnie I think it’s been made clear that if Nintendo gets aggressive at all, the patch ain’t comin’.

  149. Mato said 16 years ago:

    Vinnie: If they ask us to stop, we’ll comply. After that, I personally would have no intention of restarting the project, I try to keep to my word whenever possible, also I don’t think I’d enjoy being in court too much.

  150. kevindubrow said 16 years ago:

    If that happens, just accidentally leave it in a place where someone could get their hands on it.

    I know that sounds like something you wouldn’t want to do, but I’m sure we could find a way to make you not responsible for the unfinished patch getting leaked.

    Good luck mato, you’re awesome.

  151. Clawclaw said 16 years ago:

    I believe the NPCs
    Will soon speak in proper English,
    I believe the sparrow will
    not cause such a terrible mess
    I believe we’ll all be playing soon,
    Why shouldn’t I believe the same in you?

  152. A Fan said 16 years ago:

    > \LEETKILLA69\RoMzZ\Earthbound (U).smc AND I LODED IT IN NESTICLE AND IT DIDNT WORK

    Did you try Nestopia? I hear it runs SNES ROMs better than most NES emulators do… ๐Ÿ˜‰

    If all else fails, I suggest that you email demi and complain…

  153. GoldyK said 16 years ago:

    It’s not a homage.
    Real life, one must train a pig,
    To seek out truffles.

  154. Nathaniel said 16 years ago:

    The excitement is palpable. Even the minor updates get me way too excited, I hope to see more. ๐Ÿ™‚

    I think knowing that you’re on the home stretch must make continuing on not has grueling as it would be otherwise. These updates make my day!

  155. SorenAK47 said 16 years ago:

    Specifically, it’s female pigs, which are known as sows, that are used in searching for truffles. They must be muzzled, however, to prevent them from eating the prize. The reason that sows are effective in finding truffles is due to a chemical compound that is very similar to a male pig’s pheromones (specifically androstenol in the saliva) that the truffles produce.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_%28genus%29
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androstenol

  156. Karma said 16 years ago:

    If Nintendo DOES react, imagine the outcry that’s going to result.

    It’ll make the “Chrono Trigger Remake” fallout debacle look like the second coming of Jesus, by comparison.

  157. Rog said 16 years ago:

    Why would Nintendo get pissed? He’s basically doing the work that they themselves are so unwilling to do. They should be thanking him.

  158. shawnji_us said 16 years ago:

    Thanks again for the links the other day, Mato, and for all your continual hard work.

    By the by; I know the old Dejap site hasn’t been updated since the release of the final Star Ocean patch, but has it been completely abandoned? I ask because I’ve started to become interested in Far East of Eden Zero, and the links to the graphics packs are down. My google search for mirrors has been equally fruitless. Just wondering if you could offer some insight. (Sorry, I know it’s a bit off topic.)

  159. NecrosaroIII said 16 years ago:

    Out of curiousity, does anyone know the term the Japanese use for Boss and Final Boss?

  160. Shingo Yabuki said 16 years ago:

    Hey Mato you really seem to get excessive work and that can’t be good… I think that for MUCH we would love to have the translation now, some rest is a must in your list of things to do… I mean:

    “Your dear old dad was also
    thinking about hitting the day
    for the night.
    -I have created a record of
    your adven… I mean…
    your translation to this point.
    -Good night, sleep tight.
    >Continue End
    -Mato, you like to work hard,
    just like your mother.
    -But I don’t think it’s good to
    work too hard.
    -(Click! Beep-beep-beep…)”

    I mean, we all LOVE “Mother” so we should take the good messages and apply them to real life… how about you? You seem WAY tired! Rest a little! HAHAHA! Maybe after some rest dome of those troubles will be way easier!
    You’re making a good work by now though!

  161. shawnji_us said 16 years ago:

    @NecrosaroIII

    I always thought it was just ใƒœใ‚นใ€€bosu or ๆœ€ๅพŒใฎใƒœใ‚นใ€€saigo no bosu. I could easily be wrong, though.

    Also Mato, how do you feel about some of the other titles in the Far East of Eden series? Are they worth a look?

  162. Saph said 16 years ago:

    You know, I was thinking, it’d be really funny if Mato goes like “APRIL FOOLS! I GOT YOU ALL! ROFL, I CAN READ JAPANESE SO CYA LOSERS!”

    People, “O________________O”

  163. TBird said 16 years ago:

    Shingo, from watching Mato’s progress I think part of the problem is his best ideas happen right before he falls asleep. I’m starting to think Mato sees nothing but programming code when he sleeps.

    Or maybe he dreams of Itoi sending him a present with *singing angels* The Source Code! Neglected Class, of course.

  164. ZombiePaul said 16 years ago:

    Regarding the Question Vinnie asked about Nintendo. trying to pull the plug on this whole ptroject. If Nintendo went through with that, I’ll more than likely never support them (finacally or otherwise). They’ve done enough to us. Period.

  165. ZombiePaul said 16 years ago:

    Wow. Please forgive the horrible grammar and spelling in my post above. ๐Ÿ™‚

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