MapleStory DS English Translation Project

MapleStory DS
General
Author	edo1989
Type	Translations
Version	0.6.3
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2022/09/24
Links
Download
Website

Maple Story English translation patch.

What is completed:

• Graphic text - 100% translated Inc. "True Ending" FMV
• In-game text translation - Warrior 10/10 (choose 'simple-minded' for first play)

Progress:

• [Done] Machine translation
• [Done] Machine proofreading
• [Done] Fix All Naming (Char, NPC, Places, Item, Equipment, Job, description, hint list) thanks to www.hidden-street.net
• [Done] Tree puzzle
• [Done] Pigmy's quest
• [Done] Ship part puzzle
• [Done] DNA puzzle
• [Ongoing] Fix format, proofread, & alter some conversation to make it more acceptable at least.

Installation

Please use the patch only on a Japan ROM dump.​

Game information
Japanese title	メイプルストーリーDS
English title	MapleStory DS

On Windows:

• Run xdelta UI.
• Search your patch_file into "Patch".
• Search your original_rom_file into "Source_File".
• Save patched_rom into "Output_File".
• Click patch.

On Linux:

• Install xdelta3 via terminal.
• Open terminal and type:
  • sudo apt-get install xdelta3
• In terminal, change to directory that your rom and patch files are in, then type:
  • xdelta3 patch "original_rom_file" "patch_file" "patched_rom_name"
  • Example Code:
  • xdelta3 patch maplestoryds.nds patch.xdelta c:/home/MapleStoryDS_PATCHED.nds

On Mac:

• Download and run MultiPatch.
• Input your patch_file into "Location of patch".
• Input your original_rom_file into "Location of file to modify".
• Input desired save_directory_for_patched_rom into "Save patched file as".
• Apply patch.

Screenshots

Credits

• edo1989 for Rom-hack, fix format, translation, proofreading;
• The original team led by DarthNemesis for the translation;
• The chinese team translation;
• DarthNemesis for MapleTrans;
• ereb for providing Completed Save Data;

Tools​:

• Tinke (lots of stuff, very grateful to its author)
• MapleTrans by DarthNemesis (get in-game text, easy uncompress/compress game files)
• GIMP (edit tile and palette, and other graphic stuff)
• Filmora (edit video and export to MPEG)
• VirtualDubMod (convert video to AVI with Mobi compression)
• dsbuff (a simple way to pack/unpack raw game files)
• Notepad++ (text editor that has macro and RegEx support)
• Python 3 (some other stuff to inject or to do the repetitive tasks)
• DS-Scene Rom Tool (Have AP-fix database and tool for AP-fixing)
• HxD Hex Editor (Free hex editing tool)
• Cheat Engine (Searching offset address for fixing cheat)
• R4CCE (Add/edit cheat database)*
• TTDT_b4 (Edit extinfo.dat and libinfo.dat)*
  • R4CCE and TTDTb4 also can be found in "RGF Muti Cart Update.zip". The thread is here.

External links

• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-maplestory-ds-english-translation-project-2022.617131/