[PS2]Final Fantasy XII International - Zodiac Job System English Conversion

Editing first post for ease of use:

Version History:

v0.19:
  Fixed hunt descriptions/status. Doesn't always look really nice, but
  at least it is all visible now. Did some simple automatic text
  rewrapping. If anyone wants to do it by hand, contact me.
 
  Some minor changes in the patcher. Hope this will fix the "couldn't
  write section" problem that some people had reported.

v0.18:
  Fixed some license related stuff at Sandsea.
 
  Added missing guest info displayed just after Amalia joins the party
  as a guest in Garamsythe Waterway.
 
  Corrected or changed names of many items (thanks DarknessSavior and
  Tauwasser).
 
  Fixed some magic desctiptions.
 
  Fixed some gambit names and gambit descriptions.
 
  Fixed some item descriptions.
 
  Fixed garbage characters displayed in menu after elemantal icons.
 
  Fixed wrong word order in equipment desctiptions "SapImmune:",
  "Poision, CurseEquip", "WaterHalf Damage:", etc. This one was actually quite tricky.
  I had to make some neat assembler hack to make it work properly and not screw
  everything else (if done the easy way, it would completely block most of the menus,
  so they would be greyed out). Good thing is that I used some internal mechanisms,
  so I didn't have to rewrite all the print functions (hehe, I have already rewritten
  some of them, but then I found an easier way).

v0.17:
  Fixed some additional fmv problems that occurred if FF12UK was used as
  text donor.
 
  Fixed some text/audio desyncs that occurred if FF12UK was used as text
  donor.
 
  The new game shouldn't freeze anymore if started in 16:9 mode (temporary
  solution, in fact I just reverted one of the changes).
 
  Fixed a bug that made it impossible to obtain some magic spells if the
  jars in Royal Palace were opened.

v0.16a:
  Replaced one japanese file that accidentally got into the patch instead
  of the english translation. Fixed bug in Strong Mode text.

v0.16:
  Fixed freeze in Necrohol of Nabudis (Door of Despair bug).
 
  Fixed some buy/sell messages.
 
  Added some some missing window title headers (INFO, WARRNING, etc.).
 
  Added some missing translations regarding Trial Mode, Strong Mode,
  Weak Mode and other minor texts.
 
  Fixed location names (mostly Pharos and further).
 
  Corrected some names and descriptions (thanks DarknessSavior for class
  info translation) - they're not final yet.
 
  Tracked and patched over 1000 images. Now all most important images
  should be in english (or whatever language version you used - except
  for the ones I had to edit manually as they will always be in english).
  This includes Marquis Halim Ondore's memories, hunt starts and ends,
  city names, dates, battle messages, espers and many, many more.

For full changelog see readme.txt.


You can get the new version here: http://www.ff12.pl/down/zjs_eng_patcher_v019.zip

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Some time ago I started Final Fantasy 12 polish translation project. As a side project, I started FF12Int:ZJS conversion into English. First alpha version is already available here (87kB):

http://www.ff12.pl/down/zjs_eng_patcher_v01.zip

The patcher requires you to have both ZJS version and NTSC U/C version (though, PAL UK or other PAL versions should do just fine, including German, Spanish, etc. - but the patcher was not tested that much with anything else than American version). ISO images of course.

Most (say 99.9%) of dialogs are already there. It's not that nice with all the other texts, but there still is over 95% already converted.

Once everything is more or less stable, I'll need some help of American language native speakers to either help me translate the exclusive ZJS Japanese text into English or translate "my English" translation into proper English (I would prefer the first choice, as my Japanese sucks the big time).

I published some info on the project last week on psx-scene forums ( http://psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62222 ). But to summarize it. There is not much of problems with this. I didn't find (yet) how to change "space" width (there is no problem with changing widths of ordinary characters, as they're stored at the beginning in the font file, but since space is not a character, I just have to find the code that's responsible for the printing and change the offset used when space is recognized).

Everything else should not be a problem, since I coded tools for any important part of the game hacking (packers, unpackers, compressors, decompressors, text editors, image converters, etc.).

I had some problems with two files, that were freezing the game after conversion. Changed both to comply with the new rules. Had to change a lot in "battle log" file. It's related to the game script (game assembly). My guesses were as follows:


Just pasted text from another forum.
==================================================================
There was a problem with "battle log" texts. It seems that something has been changed in the game script. For example - in english version there was something like:

On script side (probably):

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stackpush enemy_name
stackpush char_name_pointer
move a_or_an, val
move var0, item_name
display battle_log, steal_succ

and in the text:

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{stackpop} stole {blue}{a_or_an}{var0}{white}
from {gold}{stackpop}{white}!

Yet in the ZJS we have something like that on script side:

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stackpush item_name
stackpush enemy_name
display battle_log, steal_succ

Which will produce text like:

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Wild Saurian stole {nothing_here}
from Potion!

Quite funny itsn't it? But it's not only that. If you don't use all the variables on stack, the game will freeze, if you will pop more variables than there are, the game freezes (it's obvious in case of stack, though).

So I had to change a lot of battle log texts. This particular text I changed to:

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Stealing from {gold}{stackpop}{white}:
{blue}{stackpop}{white} successfully stolen!

Which produces:

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Stealing from Wild Saurian:
Potion successfully stolen!

Though, most of the script part is just guessing, as I didn't hack the gamescript yet.
===================================================================


Here is the simple readme.

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FFXII Int: ZJS English Conversion Patch by ffgriever v0.1

Usage: zjs_repack [-h][/?] [image_eng [image_zjs [image_output]]]

You can just make sure that you have "ff12us.iso" and "ff12zj.iso" in the
same directory as the main executable. Then just double click the patcher
and wait until it's done. You can specify the required filenames, if you
want to (you can specify only the first one, first two or all of them).
The default output file is "ff12engzjs.iso".

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FREE SPACE OND HDD AND THAT YOU HAVE READ/WRITE
PERMISSIONS. MAKE ALSO SURE, THAT THE "TEMP" DIRECTORY IS IN PLACE, AS WELL
AS ADDITIONAL, MODIFIED FILES. IT'S ADVISED TO LOG THE PATCHING PROCESS INTO
A FILE.


Glitches I know about:

1. No FFXII ZJS exclusive texts are yet translated (so you will see just some
   garbage).

2. There is no Tomaj's licence tutorial in the sandsea.

3. Some minor texts (NAME, QUANTITY, TOTAL, etc.) in menu are in japanese.

4. Some texts in menu (like bestiary and hunt descriptions) look like crap.
   This will be fixed once I'll find how to change the witdh of "space".

5. Some battle minor texts were not translated yet.

6. Images were not translated yet.


Please report if you found any other problems (though, I'm most interested
in freezes and misplaced dialogs right now).
If the process is interrupted for some reason, make sure you deleted everything in your temp directory.


Anyway... Even though it is an early alpha release, I would be glad if some of you would like to help me in testing (I just patch the game with my autounstutter patch and test it in hdl). I'm searching right now mostly for game freezes and misplaced dialogs (different dialog displayed than should be). If I'm the only one to test it thoroughly, the testing will take half a year or so (I don't have that much time to spend on it).

Best regards.

Interesting, I was wondering if anyone had attempted a project like this yet. I still haven't finished the original FF12, but I'll probably check this out once I do.

I know there's been an undub of XII. It's good to see someone tackling the International ZJS edition. If memory serves, IZJS has the english dub, which in all honesty, isn't bad but as with most dubs, it has a rather forced feeling.

Once this text aspect is taken care of, I would love to see it undubbed as well.

In case it hasn’t been mentioned enough: ffgriever, you’re awesome.

I'm very glad to see this happening shortly after I modded my PS2!

Also, if you need help translating things, post in our Script Help forum. I can help a little, but my Japanese is admitably not as good as it should be for a game of this magnitude. There are lots of guys around here who are great at Japanese.

Also, as far as the stealing thing goes, I wonder if your native language is English? I noticed on that forum you posted stuff from a European language version.

I say this, because in English, something like that would normally be "Successfully stole (item) from (enemy)!" or some such. You wouldn't have a large section saying "You tried stealing from (enemy): Successfully stole (item!)."

Otherwise, I'm quite excited. I was get a copy of the Japanese version anyway. ^^;

~DS

Also, as far as the stealing thing goes, I wonder if your native language is English?

Nope. My native language is Polish. That's why I'll need help of native American English speakers .

I noticed on that forum you posted stuff from a European language version.

No. Everything I posted here has been taken directly from NTSC U/C relase.

I say this, because in English, something like that would normally be "Successfully stole (item) from (enemy)!" or some such. You wouldn't have a large section saying "You tried stealing from (enemy): Successfully stole (item!)."

Yes, you're right, of course. Just note, that we have the names on stack in particular order. This means we *HAVE* to use them in this order (I can't just read any part of it, all I can do in text is pop pointer from stack). This means that enemy name HAS to be first and item name HAS to be second. This was the only thing that came to my mind and still looked bearable. I can't help it until I write disassembler for ingame assembly scripts (NOT text script; you can treat it like a virtual machine, with it's own cpu, machine code, dependencies, memory and kernel).

PS. First freeze has been already found. It's during the cutscene in

Spoiler: (View)
Nalbina Dungeon where you're getting your inventory back

. I'll try to fix it today evening and post new patcher.

This is really great, and I've always wondered why it wasn't done before.  Whenever I go to replay FF12, I struggle a little bit deciding which version to play because I love the additions that the International version brings, but I also love to stop and read the bestiary entries (and other non-voiced text) in the English version.  They're so much fun to read, and the Japanese versions are *incredibly* bland by comparison.  When the two are merged, I will no longer have to choose.   I'd offer to help with translation, but I'm not sure anything I could put together would match Alexander O. Smith's and Joseph Reeder's official translation work. :\

You guys own for this.

sweetness.

What is your highest priority for what is next?

I'd say the class names you have to choose for each character are pretty vital because you can't undo them once they are selected, just a thought.

Version History:

v0.11:
  Fixed a bug in Rabanastre Southern Plaza (this caused eg. Cartographer
  Moogle to sell you one map over and over, until you ran out of gil).
 
  Fixed a bug in Nalbina Dungeon, that caused the game to freeze when you
  were about to reclaim your inventory from the confiscatory.

v0.10:
  First public release.

So yes, both critical bugs are fixed now. You can get the new patch here:

http://www.ff12.pl/down/zjs_eng_patcher_v011.zip


@Panzer88
Are you reading my mind, or what? But seriously, critical bugs first, then the names (not only these, but also all license board names - eg. it says now +500HP, while it is in fact +190HP, etc ).

Amazing. At one point I considered doing this myself, but I had no idea how to even begin. It's great that someone's making this now!

I'm going to set this up as soon as I finish classes for the day, and I'll let you know if I find any bugs

I love you.

I'll try to help out too with looking for errors.

Awesome! This is definitely a great reason to mod my PS2! ^_^
If the same could be done with the International + Last Mission version of FFX-2 I'd be in gaming heaven!

Fantastic!
I had planned to start FFXII soon, but now I think I'll just wait for you to complete this awesome work.
You have my moral support.

Version History:

v0.12:
  Added proper names for all the licenses. Added missing ones.
 
  Added missing items (temporary).
 
  Added translated license board names and descriptions (temporary).
 
  Added placeholders for missing gambits (they don't even follow the in-game nomenclature and style, but are more descriptive than "Reserved").

v0.11:
  Fixed a bug in Rabanastre Southern Plaza (this caused eg. Cartographer
  Moogle to sell you one map over and over, until you ran out of gil).
 
  Fixed a bug in Nalbina Dungeon, that caused the game to freeze when you
  were about to reclaim your inventory from the confiscatory.

v0.10:
  First public release.


You can get the new version here: http://www.ff12.pl/down/zjs_eng_patcher_v012.zip

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Well, license board should be fully usable right now (unless I missed something). So report all errors regarding license board now. Note, that some items are gone (like danjuro replaced with shikari no nagasa), some magic had been reassigned to different types (black-green-white), etc - this is not a bug, this is how the ZJS has been made.

My translations are temporary.  If someone wants to help me, here is the text. Native English speakers only (obvious ).

Some things are just obvious. As to the others... I'll ask in script translation help section (well, I included translation for all of the items, gambits, etc., but since my japanese sucks and I'm not native english speaker... the result is rather poor).

These are license board descriptions and confirmations (yes, I just noticed I messed Crossbows with Bowgun - in japanese there is Bowgun ):

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{start: 0101-0000}
このライセンスボードをセットします。
よろしいですか?
{end}

{start: 0102-0000}
ライセンスを習得させるためのライセンスボードを決定し
ます。12種類の中から選択し、それぞれ特徴をもった
キャラクターに成長させることができます。
{zolty}一度決定すると、ボードの変更はできません。{bialy}
{end}

{symlink: 0103-0002}

{start: 0104-0000}
精霊の力をかりて回復やサポート魔法を扱う魔道士。
魔法・白魔法(ケアルなどの回復系/プロテスなどのサポート系)
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0105-0000}
槍を装備する戦士。攻撃をかわしたその矛先は相手の鎧を貫く。
武器・槍 技・蘇生(自分のＨＰと引き換えに仲間を回復)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0106-0000}
狙ったモノは逃さない、狙撃を得意とする戦士。
武器・銃/他 技・勧誘(敵を短時間だけ仲間にする)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0107-0000}
メイスを装備し、武器攻撃と魔法の両立を果す万能戦士。
魔法・衰魔法(攻撃系)/いくつかの白魔法・黒魔法/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0108-0000}
剣と盾を使いこなし、強力な防具で身体を固めた戦士。
武器・剣 技・暗黒(ＨＰを使って敵1体にダメージ)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0109-0000}
肉体を武器に有象無象に立ちむかう戦士。
武器・素手/棒 技・アキレス(敵に弱点をつくる)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0110-0000}
ボウガンを装備し、時間と空間をあやつる魔法を使う魔戦士。
武器・ボウガン 時空魔法(リフレク/ヘイストなどのサポート系)
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0111-0000}
森羅万象を武器にこめて一気に振りおろす破壊戦士。
武器・斧/ハンマー 技・攻撃破壊(敵の攻撃力にダメージ)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0112-0000}
離れた場所からの攻撃を得意とする戦士。
武器・弓 技・密猟(敵をその場でアイテムに変えてしまう)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0113-0000}
万物を構成する元素の力をあやつり、攻撃魔法を唱える魔道士。
魔法・黒魔法(ファイアなどの攻撃系/サイレスなどの状態異常系)
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0114-0000}
世を捨て情けを捨て、君主のために命をかける剣士。
武器・刀 技・暗闇殺法(心眼をたよりに敵を倒す)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

{start: 0115-0000}
山河をこえ国境をこえ、軽快に戦いをこなす戦士。
武器・ダガー/他 技・応急手当(瀕死の仲間のＨＰを回復)/他
{kwadrat}でライセンスボードを調べることができます。
{end}

And here some other names (sorry, was going to write here all the translations, but I got too lazy, but all are translated and in the game):

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シカリのナガサ - Shikari no Nagasa
バルトロの種 - Barutoro no Tane
下町のカルバドス - Shitamachi no Karubadosu
アクリーション - Accretion
ネオグラビドン - Neo Graviton
ビブロスの骨 - Bone of Byblos
ザイテングラート - Saitengrat/Seitengrat (deu)

And here all of them (not sure which ones are used, bit did a quick translatio of all):

{start: 0425-0000}
ギル/片手虎鉄
{end}

{start: 0426-0000}
ツメ
{end}

{start: 0427-0000}
ツメ
{end}

{start: 0428-0000}
くちばし
{end}

{start: 0429-0000}
くちばし
{end}

{start: 0430-0000}
カッター
{end}

{start: 0431-0000}
カッター
{end}

{start: 0432-0000}
ビンタ
{end}

{start: 0433-0000}
ビンタ
{end}

{start: 0434-0000}
蹴り
{end}

{start: 0435-0000}
蹴り
{end}

{start: 0436-0000}
体当たり
{end}

{start: 0437-0000}
体当たり
{end}

{start: 0438-0000}
帝国軍刀
{end}

{start: 0439-0000}
ブシドーブレイド
{end}

{start: 0440-0000}
ルウの剣
{end}

{start: 0441-0000}
ダルマスカ軍刀
{end}

{start: 0442-0000}
マンダウソード
{end}

{start: 0443-0000}
デスマスク
{end}

{start: 0444-0000}
軍用銃
{end}

{start: 0445-0000}
軍用剣
{end}

{start: 0446-0000}
軍用大剣
{end}

{start: 0447-0000}
軍用杖
{end}

{start: 0448-0000}
リッターシールド
{end}

{start: 0449-0000}
スクトゥム
{end}

{start: 0450-0000}
ヘヴィシパルー
{end}

{start: 0451-0000}
血のバルムンク
{end}

{start: 0452-0000}
アスカロン
{end}

{start: 0453-0000}
紅のフロッティ
{end}

{start: 0454-0000}
闇のクーゼ
{end}

{start: 0455-0000}
鬼神の金棒
{end}

{start: 0456-0000}
肉切包丁
{end}

{start: 0457-0000}
回転鋸スペシャル
{end}

{start: 0458-0000}
エウリュトスボウ
{end}

{start: 0459-0000}
金色のシャフト
{end}

{start: 0460-0000}
アウスターランス
{end}

{start: 0461-0000}
バルカンランス
{end}

{start: 0462-0000}
ナイフ
{end}

{start: 0463-0000}
鎖
{end}

{start: 0464-0000}
骨
{end}

{start: 0465-0000}
コキュートス
{end}

{start: 0466-0000}
木の枝
{end}

{start: 0467-0000}
ブロードソード
{end}

{start: 0468-0000}
ジュワユース
{end}

{start: 0469-0000}
ソードブレイカー
{end}

{start: 0470-0000}
ジャッジブレイド
{end}

{start: 0471-0000}
ジャッジシールド
{end}

{start: 0472-0000}
ファランクス
{end}

{start: 0473-0000}
スティンガー
{end}

{start: 0474-0000}
カリーンブレイド
{end}

{start: 0475-0000}
ジェネシス
{end}

{start: 0476-0000}
ブラスティ
{end}

{start: 0477-0000}
デストラップ
{end}

{start: 0478-0000}
ムスタディオ型
{end}

{start: 0479-0000}
ベスロディオ型
{end}

{start: 0480-0000}
ガリッシュソード
{end}

{start: 0481-0000}
ガリッシュファン
{end}

{start: 0482-0000}
カオスブレイド
{end}

{start: 0483-0000}
ハイウェイスター
{end}

{start: 0484-0000}
塵地螺鋼飾剣
{end}

{start: 0485-0000}
軒猿苦無
{end}

{start: 0486-0000}
ガンブレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0487-0000}
オリハルレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0488-0000}
虎徹レプリカ
{end}

{start: 0489-0000}
ガンブレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0490-0000}
波動手
{end}

{start: 0491-0000}
衝撃波
{end}

{start: 0492-0000}
バスターレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0493-0000}
フラタニレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0494-0000}
トモハーケン
{end}

{start: 0495-0000}
イビルタバール
{end}

{start: 0496-0000}
シルバーリディル
{end}

{start: 0497-0000}
夜のクルタナ
{end}

{start: 0498-0000}
ダインスレイフ
{end}

{start: 0499-0000}
L85型カノン砲
{end}

{start: 0500-0000}
カドゥケウス
{end}

{start: 0501-0000}
エクスカレプリカ
{end}

{start: 0502-0000}
斬鉄レプリカ
{end}

{start: 0503-0000}
エクスカリバー{0x13}{0x3b}
{end}

{start: 0504-0000}
王者の剣
{end}

{start: 0505-0000}
ルークレーザー
{end}

{start: 0506-0000}
オメガレーザー
{end}

{start: 0507-0000}
石化攻撃
{end}

{start: 0508-0000}
ストップ攻撃
{end}

{start: 0509-0000}
睡眠攻撃
{end}

{start: 0510-0000}
混乱攻撃
{end}

{start: 0511-0000}
くらやみ攻撃
{end}

{start: 0512-0000}
猛毒攻撃
{end}

{start: 0513-0000}
沈黙攻撃
{end}

{start: 0514-0000}
スリップ攻撃
{end}

{start: 0515-0000}
ドンアク攻撃
{end}

{start: 0516-0000}
ドンムブ攻撃
{end}

{start: 0517-0000}
スロウ攻撃
{end}

{start: 0518-0000}
ウイルス攻撃
{end}

{start: 0519-0000}
狂戦士攻撃
{end}

{start: 0520-0000}
炎のキバ
{end}

{start: 0521-0000}
石化のキバ
{end}

{start: 0522-0000}
混乱のキバ
{end}

{start: 0523-0000}
猛毒のキバ
{end}

{start: 0524-0000}
ウイルスのキバ
{end}

{start: 0525-0000}
雷のツメ
{end}

{start: 0526-0000}
スリップのツメ
{end}

{start: 0527-0000}
睡眠くちばし
{end}

{start: 0528-0000}
時限くちばし
{end}

{start: 0529-0000}
スロウくちばし
{end}

{start: 0530-0000}
ストップカッター
{end}

{start: 0531-0000}
ドンアクカッター
{end}

{start: 0532-0000}
ドンムブカッター
{end}

{start: 0533-0000}
睡眠ビンタ
{end}

{start: 0534-0000}
混乱ビンタ
{end}

{start: 0535-0000}
オイルビンタ
{end}

{start: 0536-0000}
スロウビンタ
{end}

{start: 0537-0000}
ファイアキック
{end}

{start: 0538-0000}
サンダーキック
{end}

{start: 0539-0000}
炎の体当たり
{end}

{start: 0540-0000}
風の体当たり
{end}

{start: 0541-0000}
闇の体当たり
{end}

{start: 0542-0000}
オイル体当たり
{end}

{start: 0543-0000}
スロウ体当たり
{end}

And here some gambits:

Code: [Select]

{start: 0224-0000}
ヴァンを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0225-0000}
アーシェを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0226-0000}
フランを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0227-0000}
バルフレアを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0228-0000}
バッシュを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0229-0000}
パンネロを狙う敵
{end}

{start: 0230-0000}
敵2体以上で自分に
{end}

{start: 0231-0000}
敵3体以上で自分に
{end}

{start: 0232-0000}
敵4体以上で自分に
{end}

{start: 0233-0000}
敵5体以上で自分に
{end}

{start: 0234-0000}
敵2体以上で味方に
{end}

{start: 0235-0000}
敵3体以上で味方に
{end}

{start: 0236-0000}
敵4体以上で味方に
{end}

{start: 0237-0000}
敵5体以上で味方に
{end}

{start: 0238-0000}
敵2体以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0239-0000}
敵3体以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0240-0000}
敵4体以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0241-0000}
敵5体以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0242-0000}
味方2人以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0243-0000}
味方3人以上で敵に
{end}

{start: 0244-0000}
残り≥10コなら敵に
{end}

{start: 0245-0000}
残り≥10コなら自分に
{end}

{start: 0250-0000}
味方に狙われ中の自分
{end}

{start: 0251-0000}
敵に狙われ中の自分
{end}

{start: 0252-0000}
集中攻撃
{end}

{start: 0253-0000}
分散攻撃
{end}

{start: 0254-0000}
大技発動
{end}

As I wrote, all translations are more like placeholders and should be regarded temporary.