=======================================
= Sega Saturn LUNAR 2 Eternal Blue    =
= Preview v0.21                       =
= 12-17-2024                          =
=======================================

========
= Info =
========
This is an updated preview release of an English Translation hack of Lunar 2 EB for Sega Saturn.

Graphical Glitches - This patch targets the graphics glitches present in the past releases.  I believe they should be taken care of now, please report if you notice any.  Timings in the action script were adjusted to avoid these.  Some dialog boxes may go away faster than they should, the plan would be to tweak this timing after the retranslation is entered.
(Background from last time:  There are some graphical glitches that occur when the WD timed dialog text does not line up perfectly with the JP action script.  This gets cleared up after entering and exiting the next battle.  The solution here is to fix all the scripts, so thats all TBD along with the translation.)

Here's a summary:

- Straight WD PSX script inserted (for now), a translation cleanup effort is still planned, no ETA.
- VWF inserted (Game Arts got rid of the one from Lunar 1)
- Items/Spells/UI text mostly there now; should be glitch-free maybe minor spacing issues.
- Save/load slots translated now.
- Battle stuff now translated.
- Subtitle format decoded, first subtitle replaced as proof of concept.  The tile looks a little glitchy, but thats what i drew because i was lazy.  Still need to figure out adding subtitles to videos that did not previously have them.
- Still jp audio so this is more like an undub with the WD psx text.  Not looking to add eng audio at this point, its possible, just a lot of work with regard to redo-ing all the accompanying dialogs and their timings.  Porting the timing info from the psx would require additional R.E. of that format.

Game is playable to the end.



Lots of work still left to do on this, enjoy.


-Mr Conan



================
= Instructions =
================
Use KoD's Sega Saturn Patcher to apply the SSP patch to a rip of your Lunar 2 EB Sega Saturn Disc.


Recommended emulator: Mednafen
Note: Mendafen appears to sometimes have issues with disc swapping.



Detailed Current Project Status
===============================

Text:
Variable Width Font: 100%
Dialog Extraction (Sega CD JP/ENG, SAT JP, PSX JP/ENG):  100%
Dialog Insertion: 50%, works but going to create a Gui tool to simplify.
Dialog Translation:  In-progress.  Haven't decided if we are updating or rewriting at this point.  Depends how good or bad the WD translation is.
Item and Common Text Extraction&Re-Encoding:  100%


Scripting:
Action Scripting:  100%, Format decoded, extractor and re-encoder created.  
Action Script updates (on hold until translation update):  0%  .


Menus:
System - 95%, need to adjust some text placement.
Battle/Shop - 90%, have a few minor glitches to clean up.


Subtitles:
Decompression:  100%.
Compression & Re-encoding:  99%
Translation of existing subtitles:  0%
Adding subtitles to videos that didnt previously have them:  0%


Battle:
Spell Text Outlined during battle:  0%
Monster Names:  Translated (preliminary ones being used).  98%
Audio/Movie Dubbing:  0%  Havent looked into it, in theory the tools are already there to do it... (Current plan would be to reuse WD audio)



Version Information
=====================
0.21   Attempt to remove graphical glitches related to script timing.
0.19b  Fixes Rememberizer/Lucias Pendant Text Display, Raculi crashes (script bug), Some bromide dialog issues (script bug) 
       X/hearts showing up instead of parenthesis, Ring/Crest Text Display, Zulan Avalanch dlog (script bug),
       miscellaneous script typos
0.18a  2023 SX Competition release, major update
0.12   First Early Release
