Castlevania Symphony Of The Night [PSX]

[heavyjo]

Hello,

I come to you with the game Castlevania Symphony Of The Night on PSX which has been fully translated into French.
The hack comes from Gemini and the base of the translation was done on the Italian translation.

The patch must be applied to the original Japanese version of the game which is:

Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (J) (v1.2).bin
SLPM-86023 (545.440.560 Octets).
CRC32: 406CB354

https://mega.nz/file/tZFjRYDR#RF2_ipYkHI4EhnseBzAemlpeAccQnWJLfQSJqTYehJA

The patch goes to rev.5 with the intro of the European version

The fix must be applied using PPF-O-Matic 3.0 which can be found here :https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/356/




 Patch rev5 with the Quality hack from paul_met
https://mega.nz/file/lVkAQYoD#Znqw8ly9GfTSPrj6_DiwAv7FDpZZiurY4TVawJGabMA

[niuus]

Hello,

I come to you with the game Castlevania Symphony Of The Night on PSX which has been fully translated into French.
The hack comes from Gemini and the base of the translation was done on the Italian translation.

The patch must be applied to the original Japanese version of the game which is:

Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (J) (v1.2).bin
SLPM-86023 (545.440.560 Octets).
CRC32: 406CB354
https://romhack.org/download/file.php?id=2149

The fix must be applied using PPF-O-Matic 3.0 which can be found here :https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/356/

Looks very nice. I'll give it a try, this is great for my french practice. 

[mirage548]

sorry to  coment nothing about this, but watch shaders of  filters u use to make then looks so smooth

pd: congrats on the patch, more translation for more ppl to enjoy it

[heavyjo]

mirage548 I didn't use any shaders, just no$psx.

Final translation update.
https://mega.nz/file/tZFjRYDR#RF2_ipYkHI4EhnseBzAemlpeAccQnWJLfQSJqTYehJA

[niuus]

mirage548 I didn't use any shaders, just no$psx.

Final translation update.
https://mega.nz/file/sdkm2RTJ#qdfAZHR29tKLck9Uieej8iMCpewZZ2MTK4jSaQ7xRmw

And for those who want, Final translation update + Quality hack of paul_met
https://mega.nz/file/JRsQmBpB#co6Kaa3D98hpDlQYGZAUfU8EfpJbQAmdajpT4Bjc_KQ

Thanks for the update!

[heavyjo]

The patch goes to rev.5 with the intro of the European version

[Red Soul]

I don't speak French, but this looks very clean and impressive. I wish this elegant font could be backported to the English version.

[wabbajackw]

Wow!  It sweats quality, thank you for -not- translating press start into "pressez start"

[soaresden]

Thanks for the update!

Is it possible to have the Quality Hack as well for this Japanese version ?
Thanks !

[omg]

Really a good news, and an awesome work. Thank you!

[heavyjo]

And here is the Patch rev5 with the Quality hack from paul_met
https://mega.nz/file/lVkAQYoD#Znqw8ly9GfTSPrj6_DiwAv7FDpZZiurY4TVawJGabMA


All that remains is to invert the X and O buttons
but I'm stuck in front of a screen on which I still haven't found what to do.


Voilà, voilà,
Have fun!

[CDRomance]

Hi, I'm confused by this source image:

Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (J) (v1.2).bin
SLPM-86023 (545.440.560 Octets).
CRC32: 406CB354

406CB354 doesn't match v1.2 http://redump.org/disc/4684/
Maybe bad dump? 

EDIT: Ah yes this is the old .ecm+ape (MOD EDIT: Please do not name ROM sites) had.

[pakrett-bm]

Firstly, thank you, this is great !
I'm currently playing using quality hack from paul_met and all access by magus.
So first question why do you provide your rev5 patch with the version 1.2 of quality hack instead of 1.3 ?
Second question can I apply the all access patch before applying yours ?

Hi, I'm confused by this source image:406CB354 doesn't match v1.2 http://redump.org/disc/4684/
Maybe bad dump? 

EDIT: Ah yes this is the old .ecm+ape (MOD EDIT: Please do not name ROM sites) had.

Yes it's and old ecm+ape dump, use ecm tools to uncompress the .bin.ecm and monkey's audio to uncompress the .ape
Once the .bin.ecm turned into .bin the crc32 should be 406CB354

So I have analyzed the file and it's exactly the same as the one with the crc32 : D8114E7D except for few useless data at the end of the file

[heavyjo]

All patches for the US version are not compatible for the Japanese version, sorry.
The files are not the same at all.
I can always create an All access patch for the Jap version, it's quite doable.
For the hack quality, it's not really the full 1.2 version.
I adapted as I could.
It seems to me that the stereo sound is already selected on the Jap version and I made no changes on the mini map.
I also compared the files of the good dump and I confirm that it will not be a problem with the patch.

Here is a patch with the hidden Relics that can be activated without code and the real locations of the relics as on the Jap version and the real activate menu. (Hidden text "-New Game-")
For "SLUS000.67"
https://mega.nz/file/0EMyGbyL#-RtFPJH1sk-DCu7DYReW-Yu6ixWS7_VK0_NcZ6PXXqQ

[pakrett-bm]

All patches for the US version are not compatible for the Japanese version, sorry.
The files are not the same at all.
I can always create an All access patch for the Jap version, it's quite doable.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4908/

The full access replay mode already contains a different patch for each region and version of the game.
I have applied the xdelda patch for jpn 1.2 then your ppf patch Rev_5+Quality_hack and it seems to work well. Do you think this could cause issues ?

For the hack quality, it's not really the full 1.2 version.
I adapted as I could.
It seems to me that the stereo sound is already selected on the Jap version and I made no changes on the mini map.
I also compared the files of the good dump and I confirm that it will not be a problem with the patch.

Oh ok I understand, so it seems to be perfect for me, in fact I already played 3 hours and everything is fine.

Here is a patch with the hidden Relics that can be activated without code and the real locations of the relics as on the Jap version and the real activate menu. (Hidden text "-New Game-")
For "SLUS000.67"
https://mega.nz/file/0EMyGbyL#-RtFPJH1sk-DCu7DYReW-Yu6ixWS7_VK0_NcZ6PXXqQ

I don't really understand what is this for.

[CDRomance]

Works well thanks, good job heavyjo 

[heavyjo]

I didn't think the all access patch would work, that's very good news.

Two familiars were removed from the original English and European release. They can only be accessed with an action replay code.
This patch allows you to recover them in their original location and have them in the Relics table.
I will post the patch for the European version later.

I intend to also restore the voice of the priest in Royal Chapel.