Tales of Symphonia PS2 English Menu Patch by Judgment8
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About:
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This patch contains most of the menu stuff translated in Enlgish, like artes, items etc. As you can see my vids
there is a pretty huge issue with the font and makes the words look a bit fugly and also limits the max length of
words. I only replaced the Japanese text in a hex editor so this is no way near a professional translation or
anything like that, just a "translation" made by some random noob >_> I made this mainly for myself. You can report
any untranslated text/bugs to me but I don't think I'll do anything about them...
If you don't like it then don't use it.
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How to patch
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Well since none of the few PPF makers worked on my PC you're gonna have to do the "patching" yourself. It's not
that hard or anything, you just had to download the "big" files for no reason >_>
1.) First you need to backup your Tales of Symphonia game, insert the PS2 disc into your PC and use a program like
IMGBurn to copy the .ISO file to your computer.
http://www.imgburn.com/
2.) Then the next thing you need to do is open the Symphonia .ISO file in Apache (included with the patch):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch1.png
3.) Then select the file "SLPS_254.00" and go to "ISO Tools" > "Update Selected File":
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch2.png
4.) Then select the file "SLPS_254.00" included with the patch and click "Open"
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch4.png
5.) After that you'll get this window:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch2.png
6.) Now it's time to select the file "TOSROOT.CVM" and repeat the same thing with it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch3.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch5.png
8.) Then this window will pop up again:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8512731/ToSP/Patch6.png
9.) Now you can just close the Apache program and use IMGBurn (or smt else) to burn the .ISO file to disc.
10.) Then just start playing or whatever you want to do with the game ^_^
If you mess something up just rip the ISO again (or use a back up if you made one) and start over.
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Playing with your PS2
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To play your burned game, you need to have a modded PS2 or use a "softmod" like Swap Magic that I'm using. Also
I suggest that you use "Special" boot with Swap Magic cuz I had few sound bugs with "Normal" boot (could be just
some very random bug with my Swap Magic though)
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Playing the game
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If you have already saved files of Symphonia and load them you probably will wonder why the character names aren't
translated. Well, they are it's just that the game loads the Japanese names from the save file. To fix this, simply
get the "Rename Gem" item (protip: near Izoold in the forest) and press "Default" to get the names to English. Same
thing with the strategys, press default to get them in English.
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Thanks
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FirestormSurtr - for being awesome ^_^
Lewnatic - for giving me advice
