i18n builds

[Rangi42]

The French and German versions are already disassembled:

• https://github.com/einstein95/pokered-fr/
• https://github.com/einstein95/pokered-de/

There were also Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese releases.

With a system like pokeruby has to keep different languages' data separate, so code files don't get cluttered with IF/ELSEs, these could all be in one repo.

See also: pret/pokecrystal#626 and https://github.com/mid-kid/pokecrystal/tree/splitting

[PikalaxALT]

pokeruby doesn't have the best system for language separation. An ideal setup would specify sources to use for each locale. Simple setup:

ifeq ($(GAME_LANGUAGE),GERMAN)
LOC = de
else
LOC = en
endif

LOCALIZED_GFX := ...

$(LOCALIZED_GFX): %.2bpp: %.$(LOC).png

[Rangi42]

Yeah, https://github.com/mid-kid/pokecrystal/tree/splitting has a workable system for that already with its version/ directory.

[mid-kid]

https://github.com/mid-kid/pokecrystal/tree/i18n/version might be a better example, lol.
The big drawback of the way this is written is that absolutely all of the graphics and object files are rebuilt for each version. This is fine in most rom hacking situations except when you want to make compare, which might take multiple minutes.
While I feel like the graphics situation can be improved, building only the necessary object files for each version is naught impossible without specifying them manually in a makefile.

[iimarckus]

The French and German versions are already disassembled

@einstein95 also disassembled the Italian version; https://github.com/einstein95/pokered-it

“Petros” disassembled the Spanish version; the repository is no longer on GitHub but I mirrored it at https://git.poke.blue/pokered-es/

There were also Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese releases.

Are you sure there was a Portuguese release?

[rawr51919]

There wasn't a Portuguese release, at least none that are on no-intro (checked with a quick search on their database)
There was, however, a Hong Kong/Chinese unofficial release from many, many pirate carts back in the day, yet because it's unofficial it doesn't make much sense for it to be added to i18n efforts

[einstein95]

@einstein95 also disassembled the Italian version; https://github.com/einstein95/pokered-it

I think that version I started but never finished

[rawr51919]

fc17c5b904d551b1b908054ccd1c493f755f832a *pokered-es.gb
87d523fe1a0c548db7c5477b451ddec1eb083c06 *pokered-de.gb
47a7622fa30e6402a3891fe65b3a930bf9bd7aec *pokered-fr.gb
65b97cf8f2f1cff711a6d08c6c894c8ce65ce522 *pokered-it.gb
7715e7b133e8634df48918b9138374110212a108 *pokeblue-es.gb
20e72dc6f41493eee1fdd0cef54214e6c3389688 *pokeblue-de.gb
47faa910d0e073c600665bf9c83b6bd17babdf8a *pokeblue-fr.gb
f69ed1a1332f04c24c7db899a09019bb045fa8b3 *pokeblue-it.gb

The Japanese versions deserve their own project as they are different enough to warrant one:

0623ad12f48c259447980d68bd85ddbf8204b2cd *pokered-jp.gb
82c0eef40a5e2423699d9fd8ba15dfaa8b51d196 *pokegreen-jp.gb
ef74c79cded14204ac79e77f4964d9cb25003120 *pokered11-jp.gb
4b97cd44aa3f0dd290bfe7b3ac17b7bd8270897b *pokegreen11-jp,gb
0da501e3e5c51ab8fef55b092dcdd7e6b050e424 *pokeblue-jp.gb

The Chinese pirate versions, even though they aren't exactly official, may be deserving of their own project as well to see how the translators made sacrifices in the code to make those versions work:

66dc27a6998031e78042fcd24fcc053d78aabd2d *pokered-ch-pirate.gb
febdf81662e04443a307ff25892997c8ddd4e041 *pokeblue-ch-pirate.gb

[Narishma-gb]

Hello, I've been working on the Japanese versions of Red & Green, and the result is now online at pokegreen.
For now it is up to date with pokered symbols and constants. The next goal is to document some of the significant changes in the code between these early versions and the later blue-jp, and the western releases.

I'll also start contributing to this repository with a number of suggestions/bugfixes I could find along the way.

[SatoMew]

Are you sure there was a Portuguese release?

@iimarckus There wasn't any localization to Iberian/Hispanic Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese, but I believe the Brazilian packaging by Gradiente was translated accordingly. @mauvesea might know more.

Hello, I've been working on the Japanese versions of Red & Green, and the result is now online at pokegreen.

Thank you for your excellent work, @Narishma-gb! I see pokegreen is missing the 3DS VC changes so here are the patch files for Japanese Red v1.1 and Japanese Green v1.1.

[Narishma-gb]

Thank you for your excellent work, @Narishma-gb! I see pokegreen is missing the 3DS VC changes so here are the patch files for Japanese Red v1.1 and Japanese Green v1.1.

Thanks, I return the compliment! The work that was done here on pokered is absolutely amazing, documenting and labelling every piece of code and data.
The JPN VC patches are online, there's just a single byte left to address properly, which will require some changes in make_patch.

Also, there is one stray Hex address left in pokeblue.patch.template
https://github.com/pret/pokered/blob/43f21cc4948682b51b4c72bcef38631f95b47bfe/vc/pokeblue.patch.template#L430C1-L430C64

[SatoMew]

The JPN VC patches are online, there's just a single byte left to address properly, which will require some changes in make_patch.

That's splendid and no worries, kindly take your time! 😄

Also, there is one stray Hex address left in pokeblue.patch.template https://github.com/pret/pokered/blob/43f21cc4948682b51b4c72bcef38631f95b47bfe/vc/pokeblue.patch.template#L430C1-L430C64

Thank you for spotting that, we'll look into it 😃