[Release] E.X. Troopers English Translation [PS3]

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This is a full English translation patch for E.X. Troopers, a spin-off game in the Lost Planet series and exclusive to Japan on PS3 and 3DS. November 22, 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the game’s original release.

After 7 years of working on this project, we are excited to finally share our results. We have faced so many challenges while translating this game, ranging from reverse engineering the game's files, overcoming multiple technical limitations of the game's engine, translating over 17,000 individual Japanese lines, replacing hundreds of speech bubbles in pre-rendered videos, to releasing this patch for two completely different systems simultaneously.

We have poured so much into making this and are proud to finally release it.


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EtokapaProject Coordinator, Videos, Textures, 3DS/PS3 Playtesting, Additional Writing, Quality Control
phenomenal fleaLocalization, Writing, 3DS Playtesting, Quality Control
IcySon55 (FTI)Programming, File Reverse Engineering, File Extraction/Insertion (Kuriimu, Kukkii, Karameru), Font Generator (Kuriimu2), Patcher (Knit), Workflow Optimization, Troubleshooting
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onepiecefreak (FTI)Text Engine Reverse Engineering and Support, HFS ARC Support, Programming
Neobeo (FTI)3DS Video & Texture Reverse Engineering, Programming, 3DS Patcher Support
Anonymous TesterPS3 Playtesting, Quality Control
Uwabami (Scarlet Study)Additional 3DS Patching Support
rd2k33DS Video Encoding Research
neonmazeAdditional Localization Support
an-errorPS3 Executable Reverse Engineering, Programming
FluffyQuackFile Reverse Engineering Research (ARCTool), Programming
iiotenkiFile Research, Localization Advice
Lost Planet Discord ServerMoral Support
ajiponnPatcher Music

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The patche's size is practically only videos. Difficult to preserve (?) for future times.

I will check the game on PS3 because you worked for it. :)

Ps.: @IcySon55 About the "anti-tamper" for the PSN version of the game: what is the "problem"? Decrypting .edat files or something?
 
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The patche's size is practically only videos. Difficult to preserve (?) for future times.

I will check the game on PS3 because you worked for it. :)

Ps.: @IcySon55 About the "anti-tamper" for the PSN version of the game: what is the "problem"? Decrypting .edat files or something?
All of the game's files (mostly ARCs) have header and footer blocks (pretty large ones) filled with seemingly random data (possibly a custom checksum) that prevents the game from running if you modify the contents in between. At least that's what I remember. It's been a while (years) since we bothered with it.

If we ignore the videos, the patch would be just a few hundred megabytes. (It's only 90MB total on 3DS without videos.)
 
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Is it normal for the PS3 patcher to hang on "Verifying opening.pam...: Valid!"?
It hangs on that file and I can't mute the music, nor press cancel or minimize/close the installer.
I see the green bar glowing, but everything else look freezed.
 
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Is it normal for the PS3 patcher to hang on "Verifying opening.pam...: Valid!"?
It hangs on that file and I can't mute the music, nor press cancel or minimize/close the installer.
I see the green bar glowing, but everything else look freezed.
Try running it as administrator.
 

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I'm thinking the program is incorrectly saying 'Valid' for 'opening.pam', but is maybe not valid. I would recommend dumping again.
 

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I'm thinking the program is incorrectly saying 'Valid' for 'opening.pam', but is maybe not valid. I would recommend dumping again.
I guess I'll do that. Although the clean dump worked like a charm on RPCS3. But I'll follow your suggestion.
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I'm thinking the program is incorrectly saying 'Valid' for 'opening.pam', but is maybe not valid. I would recommend dumping again.
Keeps happening. I don't know what else to try. i have Windows 11 by the way, but I don't think that could be the issue, right?

EDIT: well, somehow, it worked now. I guess it's a hit and miss matter.
 
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I forgot to explain what happened, in case it happens to somebody else.
Thing is, after the "opening.pam Valid" message, turns out the patch opens another window which does not pop up, you have to manually select it from the desk bar, so you can continue the installation.
It worked, but the patch only translated the cinematics, the rest of the game is still in Japanese.

Could somebody share with me an already patched copy via DM? I'm really fed up of patching this again and again and again.
 

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I forgot to explain what happened, in case it happens to somebody else.
Thing is, after the "opening.pam Valid" message, turns out the patch opens another window which does not pop up, you have to manually select it from the desk bar, so you can continue the installation.
It worked, but the patch only translated the cinematics, the rest of the game is still in Japanese.

Could somebody share with me an already patched copy via DM? I'm really fed up of patching this again and again and again.
You have to clear your emulator cache. That's the only reason the text remains "untranslated".
 

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