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I did not remember this old thread, so no, I did not refer to it while working on the translation. I extracted all text in an Excel spreadsheet (supplied in the patch as Texts.csv), then translated all text with online tools, merged/selected the best result, then refined the translations several tim...

Here is an updated version of the function that should fix the issue and get rid of the useless #defines : function Copy-ReDMCSBCustomSource { Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType Container})][String]$InputPath, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateScript(...

I use PowerShell version 5.1 on Windows 10. Can you check if you are using the same? Maybe it fails with newer versions.

I'll look into this SSP thing, never used it before.

Someone is streaming a playthrough of the English version on twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/kaurtube/videos
Two videos so far, down to level 8.

Well, although technically I did study Japanese for 1,5 year during my studies and this gave me some very light basics, the reality is that I just can't read any Japanese. So indeed I used multiple online tools for the translation (Google translate, Yandex, DeepL to name a few), cross checking vario...

Open D:\ReDMCSB\Toolchains\Common\Base\Start-ReDMCSBBuild.ps1 in a text editor Copy the whole function named Copy-ReDMCSBCustomSource into a PowerShell window Run this command line: Copy-ReDMCSBCustomSource -InputPath D:\ReDMCSB\Toolchains\Common\Source -OutputPath D:\ReDMCSB\Output -TagSet "I3...

The #define directives allow me to have all code variations in the same place for easy comparison. Each MEDIA tag corresponds to one version of the game, like F20E is DM FM-Towns 2.0, or X30J is DM X68000 3.0. There is powershell code to "extract" only the source code for any arbitrary set...

Happy I made you happy!
I have only played this version with the mednafen emulator, so it's good to know you got it working on a real Saturn console.

There are multiple variants for item bitmap scaling in the source code, depending on the game version and old/new perspective. For the best results, you'll want to use the latest variant (used in version 3.4/3.5 among others), where there are 5 scaling factors in use (defined in variable G2030_auc_O...

I made a complete English version of Dungeon Master Nexus for the Sega Saturn console (the original version is Japanese only). Full game: http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/251#toc12 Patch only (if you want to build your own translated version from the original): http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/1639 I made m...

My comments: - Panel images: all bitmap images are rectangles. There is no easy way to "remove" parts of an image. The developers simply used one color for transparency: when drawing the image, pixels of that color are ignored and not drawn on screen. The images cover the whole part of the...

Yes the original DM for PC, which was not copy protected.
Check here for instructions to play the game with DOSbox http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/310
and download the game from http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/622#toc40
(there is also a link to an archive already containing both the game and emulator)

CSB does not include the code to manage the firestaff and the DM-like end of the game, so the answer is no, even if you add a firestaff in the dungeon with a dungeon editor it would not work. However, I suppose it would be possible to build a custom version of the game engine from my ReDMCSB source ...

DM for PC is version 3.4 so it does include the new perspective, should be exactly the same as Amiga 3.5/3.6

I checked in the original PC version of DM with a test dungeon modified with DM Builder http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/695
And you are right, pits are not aligned in the original game. Never noticed that !

You must have something wrong here. Pits at D2 are perfectly aligned in the original game.

nice progress!

Your project looks nice, even if it is still in the early phases and we all know most projects of this kind are never completed. There is so much work until a complete and polished product can be released. But I wish you luck and perseverance, and I hope to see your goals become reality.

The Crack Switch Out is group 2, the Crack Switch in = group 0 ;-) Do you know where the, here is the object and this is its group is located? Also Lay1? LAY1 data is a structured and generic way to store screen coordinates (absolute or relative) for everything and is only found in later versions o...

The dungeon.dat file contains text strings for wall inscriptions and scrolls. In DM, the champion characteristics are also encoded as texts. If you decode a champion string like any regular text, this is the result that you get. Have a look at http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/217#toc30 (scroll down to t...

I don't think he has an account here. We corresponded by mail years ago.

There was a bug in DM version 1.0 with this "crack switch" coordinates, see http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/1367
It was fixed in all subsequent versions

I did not build this spreadsheet myself so all credits go to "Jean-Claude" who did all this work

Thank you, I have uploaded a fixed spreasheet.

The game engine never flips the wall bitmaps vertically. This must be a quirk of ADGE.

You can use this script to extract LAY1 data to text: http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/707 You'll find all LAY1 management code in the source file named COORD.C (in http://dmweb.free.fr/Stuff/ReDMCSB_WIP20210206.7z) The last function in COORD.C loads LAY1 item #696 from graphics.dat, in versions where i...

Reminds me the intro of land of lore !

I'd say black crypt for the first one.
Maybe Eye of the Beholder for the second ?

You are correct.
In CSB Atari ST: Health, Stamina and Mana are divided by 2.
In all other CSB versions (Amiga, X68000, PC-9801 and FM-Towns): Health, Stamina and Mana are divided by 4.

After checking, this bug is indeed present in all versions of the game engine except the Atari ST ones.