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VERVE FANWORKS
Dragon Force II: The Godforsaken Land
January 30, 2016
http://www.verve-fanworks.com/SMF/
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CONTENTS
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1.) Release History
2.) Patching Instructions
3.) Compatibility Troubleshooting
4.) Translation Credits
5.) Acknowledgements & Special Thanks
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1.) Release History
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2016-01-31 V 1.04

-Game hang toward the end of Bartz' scenario resolved.
-Minor bug fixes

2015-09-13 V 1.03

-Mystery cave items identified.


2015-07-02 V 1.02

-Minor bug fixes


2015-04-18 V 1.01

-The universal patch!

*The initial release strategy revolving around checksums has been scrapped in
 favor of providing universal patches. The only decision the end user has to make
 is whether to use the patch for the original print, version 1.006, or the Data
 Revision print, version 1.007. Patching instructions have been overhauled.
*Minor game script improvements.


2015-04-03 V 1.00

-The long overdue full release!

What's translated in this release:

*All story dialogue
*All gameplay dialogue not included in the first release

What isn't translated in this release:

*Voice acting
*The Japanese "squad" symbol in battle menu


2012-07-26 V 0.50

-First release!

What's translated in this partial release:

*Menus
*Item names and descriptions
*Most battle-related quotes
*Gameplay-critical text
*Monarch Select screen bios

What will be translated in incremental updates:

*A few straggling bits of overworld text
*General quotes related to Domestic Affairs 

We're always looking for more translators to help us with the story dialogue! 
Drop us a line at faustwolf@yahoo.com or at our project forum.

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2.) Patching Instructions
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==REQUIRED TOOLS==

*IsoBuster: Free download @ http://www.isobuster.com/download.php
 (For ripping an image from the Japanese game CD)

*Daemon Tools Lite: Free download @ http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads
 (For mounting the game image in a virtual drive, useful for emulator
 compatibility)

*SadNESCity's Delta Patcher: Free download @ http://www.romhacking.net/utils/704/
 (For applying the translation patch -- this one's required!)

*SSF Version 0.11 alpha_R5": 
 Free download @ http://segaretro.org/SSF
 (See the zip archive in the "Prior versions" section. Version 0.11 alpha_R5" is 
 the only emulator and only release version confirmed to play Dragon Force II
 fully. See http://www.verve-fanworks.com/SMF/index.php?topic=275.0 for 
 setup recommendations.)

*Saturn Region Patcher: Free download @ http://madroms.satakore.com/#SRP
 (This is a must for deciding which patch to use)

==INSTRUCTIONS==

*NOTE: If you have already backed up Dragon Force II to a .ISO or a .BIN/.CUE
 image, please re-rip following these instructions, opening the image in ISOBuster
 as if it were your physical game CD.

*Pop your Dragon Force II-J CD into your computer's CD/DVD ROM drive. Open the 
 disc in IsoBuster. Right-click on the top-level CD icon and do as follows:
 Extract CD <Content> -> Extract User Data (*.tao, *.iso, *.img, *.wav)

*Save the image in a directory of your choice. 

*When the copy reaches 99%, you'll receive an "Unreadable Sector" prompt. 
 Select "Omit Sector," check the "Always apply Selection" box, and click the
 "Selection" button. The image copy will complete.

*You will end up with a file called Track 01.iso. Open it in Saturn Region Patcher
 and note whether your Version reads 1.006 or 1.007. Close Saturn Region Patcher.

*Now, unzip the translation patches for Dragon Force II and SadNESCity's Delta 
 Patcher archive into directories of your choice.

*Using DeltaPatcher.exe (*NOT DeltaPatcherLite.exe*), apply the appropriate patch
 to your Track 01.iso file. 

 If the Universal patch for your version does not work, you'll get an error 
 message in DeltaPatcher. For help, hit us up at 
 http://www.verve-fanworks.com/SMF/index.php?board=37.0 

*Load up Track 01.iso in Daemon Tools, and direct SSF to your Daemon Tools
 virtual drive in SSF's Options menu.

*For far fewer headaches down the road, please follow reinofheart's or 
 CrowsSalvation's suggested SSF settings: 
 http://www.verve-fanworks.com/SMF/index.php?topic=275.0

 Otherwise the game will freeze when more than 120 troops are on
 the battlefield.

*Happy gaming! Don't forget to give us feedback on what's been done so far!

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3.) Compatibility & Troubleshooting
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*Unfortunately, only SSF or a modded Saturn can play Dragon Force II fully.
 Yabause is currently unable to handle the game's battles, and we currently 
 know of no way to get SSF running on non-Windows systems. If you can help with
 this, let us know at the Verve Fanworks forum!

*Messed up .CUE sheets are often a problem with Saturn emulation. If Daemon
 Tools doesn't load your game, head on over to the Patch Uploads, Help and Bug
 Reports forum.

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4.) Translation Credits	
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==PROJECT DIRECTORS==
Kevin Walters (Turbo857)
FaustWolf
sixfortyfive
sandslice

==PROJECT PROGRAMMER==
NoahSteam

==STORY TRANSLATION - HIGHLAND SCENARIO==
John Keaney (keaneypie)
Kate Robinson (Sumire)
Katherine Walters (FairySnuff)

==STORY TRANSLATION - TRADNOR SCENARIO==
Nicholas Joshi (reinofhearts)

==STORY TRANSLATION - TOPAZ SCENARIO==
Neil Gordon (Norgus)
Vanessa Hayashi (candy)

==STORY TRANSLATION - IZUMO SCENARIO==
Rosa Mancebo (mancebo)
Katie Tremmel (kttremmel)
Marc Wilson (pankrazopapas)
dongloton

==STORY TRANSLATION - BOZACK SCENARIO==
Taylor Cazella (tcazella) 
Phill Mogridge (NinthJungle)
Ellen Novak (robokitti)
Kazan77
Vagiel 

==STORY TRANSLATION - FANDARIA SCENARIO==
Taylor Cazella (tcazella)
Alexander Liekens (Saph) 
Matthew Vassel (knoppi)

==STORY TRANSLATION - MOON PALACE SCENARIO==
Taylor Cazella (tcazella) 
Connie H (sweetcocoa)
Cal Hampton (caldc)

==STORY TRANSLATION - TRISTAN SCENARIO==
Nicholas Joshi (reinofhearts)
Katie Tremmel (kttremmel)
Marrie (Marrie)

==GAMEPLAY & OTHER DIALOGUE TRANSLATION==
Sandslice
Maxfield E. Bennett (Nohasai)
Taylor Cazella (tcazella)
Cal Hampton (caldc)
Alona Silina (ketrikken)
Marrie (Marrie)
Nicholas Joshi (reinofhearts)
Sixfortyfive
BRPXQZME
Kiyoshi Aman
Eien Ni Hen
DarknessSavior
Magil

==SCRIPT EDITING PANEL==
OMorty 
Geoff
FaustWolf
Kevin Walters (Turbo857)
Sandslice
RayeKasai
Syuria
sartaq khan
EndsofInvention
SunXiao

==DATA DIVING==
FaustWolf
sixfortyfive
Fenrisul
Cheetah

==OTHER TECHNICAL HELP==
Nicholas Joshi (reinofhearts)
CrowsSalvation
zyrobs
Norgus

==GRAPHICS MODIFICATION==
FaustWolf

==SWEET TROOP MATCHUP CHART==
frameshift
specialt1212

==SWEET CD LABEL==
Konsolkongen

==BEER DRINKING AND WINE TASTING==
FaustWolf

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5.) Acknowledgements & Special Thanks
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*To our phase one testers, who had to bite the bullet figuring things out so
 this readme could be improved, and even confirmed that the translation works
 on real hardware:

 Konsolkongen
 Nintennuendo
 bastol
 olfus
 sartaq khan
 Rhonakk 
 zarbinwakz
 relf
 Zinere
 majinpowers
 hellsent
 
*To our subsequent testers and translation feedback crew:
 
 Zymz 
 OMorty
 specialt1212
 irvgotti452
 Gilderoy 
 cj_iwakura
 altimeuler
 Celdia
 Anonobody
 MonkeyMagicEden
 Nomled
 rl_paper
 sffrrrom
 roperman
 Dmasterdan
 sartaq khan
 RandomMcPerson
 cirle 
 Jcar
 Rhonakk
 joec3109
 KouTheMad 
 drewzon87
 chiffre
 altimueler
 Rhonakk
 drewzon87
 Prodakah
 
 


*The header font used on the monarch select bios is based on the fonts from 
 "The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker" (captured by AleX_XelA) and "Tales of 
  Symphonia: Dawn of the New World" (captured by Mageker). The font for the 
  domestics screen buttons is based on the font from "Actraiser" (captured by
  Stangmar).

*To Guillaume Duhamel, Theo Berkau, and Anders Montonen, for making Yabause's
 debugger the most user-friendly tracing tool out there, and for making the
 Sega Saturn one of the most well-documented consoles. 

 If you're interested in the technical side of Sega Saturn translation projects, 
 make wiki.yabause.org your one stop info shop!

*To Barubary, author of TiledGGD. This helped immensely throughout the 
 Dragon Force II translation project! There's nothing like being able to pop in
 an entire memory dump and find out how a game writes its screen coordinates to 
 a tee. FW owes you a beer sometime!

*To SnowBro, author of TileMolester. Still the user-friendly standard for 
 editing and re-inserting game graphics.

*To SadNESCity and PhOeNiX, for making Delta Patcher.

*To the Romhacking.net community, for being awesome, and for keeping a central 
 hub for fannish works alive. 

*To ZeaLitY and the entire Kajar Labs crew. Not only did you take FW from PoliSci
 student to budding game modder while showing him the Springtime of Youth, you 
 created a really cool readme format that FW totally ripped off for purposes of
 this entire document! 

*To Working Designs and the Sega Saturn and Dragon Force fanbase, for giving the 
 translation team something to live up to and a reason to do something totally,
 totally ambitious and cool.

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            As with children who grow to leave their parents, the time
            has come for you to take charge of your own destiny.

            The future is yours!

                   ~Astea, Dragon Force ending				   
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