To Love Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy Vita - English Translation

To Love Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy
To Love Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy
General
Author	froid_san
Type	Translations
Version	1.05
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2022/09/25
Links
	Download
	Website

This is translation project of To Love Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy (To LOVEる-とらぶる- ダークネスバトルエクスタシー) made by Froid_san. The patch relied on machine/AI translation with some post-editing.

Age rating: 17+.

Features

What’s currently done:
- All Character event text.
- All Character dialog at home.
- Story dialog.
- All Boss Battle text skit.
- All Costume/DLC names.
- All Weapons/Parts/Drops text.
- Tutorial text.
- Tutorial in-game images fixes.
- All Menu texts.
- All image format text.
- A few fonts edits/adjustment.
- Karaoke subs on the OP FMV.
- Credits.
What’s not translated:
- Trophies.
- Name Tags on characters swimsuits.
- Manual.

Installation

Requirements

Vita game Title ID: PCSG00330 + game update version 1.01.
Hacked Vita (Enso/h-encore 3.60/3.65/3.74).
rePatch plugin (installed on the Vita and verified working) (dots-tb rePatch reDux0 does not work on 3.74, use SonicMastr/rePatch-reLoaded on Vita higher than 3.65).
NoNpDrm plugin (installed on the Vita and verified working).
reF00d v1.1/0syscall6.
VitaShell.
FTP program (Winscp recommended, for decrypted file dumping).
This English patch.

How to patch decrypted Vita files (PC)

Video Reference.

Preparation:

Install the Game on your Vita or insert the cart and also install the game update v1.01.
Test the game if it’s working fine.
Extract the English patch archive to a folder. ex: “TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05”.

Next you need to decrypt your game, choose which decryption method best suits you:

Decrypting the game via VitaShell is slower but easier.
Decrypting the game via psvpfsparser is faster but may not always work depending on your system setup.
Check the Additional notes for more info on troubleshooting on some common psvpfsparser error.
If you have problems decrypting your game using VitaShell, use psvpfsparser instead or vice versa.

If you choose to decrypt the game via VitaShell:

Using VitaShell browse gro0:app/ (if cart) or ux0:app/ (if a PSN game).
Highlight the PCSG00330 folder and press Triangle > then select Open decrypted, then Press Select and connect Via FTP.
Using your favorite FTP application on the PC, browse gro0:app/ (if cart) ux0:app/ (if a PSN game).
Copy PCSG00330 folder to the PC (TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05\decrypted_backup folder) and rename it to PCSG00330_base.
Browse ux0:patch/ on your Vita again using VitaShell.
Highlight the PCSG00330 folder and press Triangle > then select Open decrypted again on FTP application on the PC, browse ux0:patch/.
Copy PCSG00330 folder to the PC (TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05\decrypted_backup folder) and rename it to PCSG00330_update.

If you choose to decrypting the game via psvpfsparser:

Using VitaShell, enable USB/FTP connection by pressing [SELECT].
Copy the [PCSG00330] inside the ux0:app/ (if a PSN game) or gro0:app/ (if cart) and copy it to the PC [TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05\encrypted_backup\app\] folder).
Copy the [PCSG00330] inside the ux0:patch/ and copy it to the PC [TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05\encrypted_backup\patch\] folder).
(Optional) copy the [nonpdrm] inside the ux0: partition and copy it to the PC [TLRD-BE_patcher_v1.05\encrypted_backup\].
Run [1. Decrypt_game_asset.bat] follow its instruction and wait for it to finish decrypting the files.
When decrypting is done, there should be a [decrypted_backup] folder created.

Patching decrypted asset:

Run [2. Apply_ENG_patch_v1.05_to_decrypted_asset.bat].
Follow its instruction, and wait for it to finish patching.

Install the patch on Vita

Using VitaShell copy the [repatch] folder inside the [Copy_rePatch_folder_to_VITA_ux0] folder to the ux0: partition of your Vita via USB or FTP.
(Be sure you have NoNpDrm and rePatch plugin (v3.0) installed and work properly on other games.)
Run the game.

Note: Alternatively, you can just copy it directly to your micro-SD card if you are using an SD2VIta card or USB/HDD if you are using a Vita TV.

Install the patch on Vita3k (PC)

Install the game and game update according to Vita3k instruction and test if the game is working fine and exit the game.
On the game seelction screen, right click the game and select Open Foldcer > Application.
Copy all the contents inside the \Copy_rePatch_folder_to_VITA_ux0\rePatch\PCSG00330\ to the folder by your Vita 3k Emulator, in example C:\Users\yourPCusername\AppData\Roaming\Vita3K\Vita3K\ux0\app\PCSG00330
Run the game.

User guide

Additional Notes:

Use VitaCheat sparingly or disable it after a dungeon run.
VitaCheat can cause screen flickering when enabling Max combo cheat
VitaCheat may cause a permanent issue to your save file, like being unable to activate event points on chapter 12 if you kill the enemy with an instant kill cheat.
VitaCheat may also cause you to be unable to activate some challenge mission and will carry over to your save and won’t reset until you make a new one.
A crash is most likely to occur on stages 20-25 when you kill many enemies on screen in a short period (ex. 50 enemies in 5 sec) with cheats with or without the English patch. Killing enemies without instant kill does not trigger the crash.
You can play as Riko after finishing the game by stepping in the teleporter and pressing SELECT upon entering the dungeon.
The game auto-saves after an event or exiting a dungeon. This is the only way to save the game.
This game and English patch is working on Vita3k.

Media

To Love Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy - English translation patch v0.75 [Vita] (Froid_san)

Known issues

Some image text may appear too small or squished.

External links