Front Mission Evolved *.bin

[Дракон Сходу]

Hi, can anyone tell me how to edit text files in the game Front Mission Evolved?

English.zip

[EmptyMan]

21 hours ago, Дракон Сходу said:

Hi, can anyone tell me how to edit text files in the game Front Mission Evolved?

You need to write a tool in any programming language to modify binary files.
For example, here's a text export tool: FMEvolvedExport.7z

Usage:
Run ExportText.exe, select *.bin file.

[Дракон Сходу]

2 hours ago, EmptyMan said:

You need to write a tool in any programming language to modify binary files.
For example, here's a text export tool: FMEvolvedExport.7z

Usage:
Run ExportText.exe, select *.bin file.

Thank you very much, this works, but is there a way to import the text back. I'm just a translator and unfortunately I have zero programming skills.

[EmptyMan]

Okay, I'll upload the toolkit once I finish it.

[Thief1987]

5 hours ago, EmptyMan said:

You need to write a tool in any programming language to modify binary files.
For example, here's a text export tool: FMEvolvedExport.7z

Usage:
Run ExportText.exe, select *.bin file.

There are two string blocks, first is utf16, and the second one is utf8. Seems like you are extracting only the first one.

[EmptyMan]

11 hours ago, Thief1987 said:

Seems like you are extracting only the first one.

Yes, of course.
And you want to do translation of constants, like button icons, etc.?

<TT>BUTTON_UP</TT>
<TT>LEFT_SHOULDER</TT>
<TT>LEFT_STICK</TT>
<TT>BUTTON_CONFIRM</TT>
<TT>WAIT_5HALF_SEC</TT>

Дракон Сходу,
Can you please upload localization files for other languages?

[Thief1987]

20 minutes ago, EmptyMan said:

Yes, of course.
And you want to do translation of constants, like button icons, etc.?

<TT>BUTTON_UP</TT>
<TT>LEFT_SHOULDER</TT>
<TT>LEFT_STICK</TT>
<TT>BUTTON_CONFIRM</TT>
<TT>WAIT_5HALF_SEC</TT>

Дракон Сходу,
Can you please upload localization files for other languages?

Well, it will be more convenient for repacking, though it's your business how to do it.

[Дракон Сходу]

3 hours ago, EmptyMan said:

Can you please upload localization files for other languages?

Yes, sure.

text.zip

[EmptyMan]

1 hour ago, Дракон Сходу said:

Yes, sure.

All right, thanks.
It seems like the hashes for the same strings match.

I've almost finished the toolkit and will upload it soon.

[EmptyMan]

Usage:

Export text:
Run ExportText.exe, select folder with *.bin files
Import text:
Run ImportText.exe, select translated file & folder with the original *.bin files
The new files will be placed in the "Name"_New folder

FMETextToolByGier.7z

[Дракон Сходу]

3 hours ago, EmptyMan said:

Usage:

Export text:
Run ExportText.exe, select folder with *.bin files
Import text:
Run ImportText.exe, select translated file & folder with the original *.bin files
The new files will be placed in the "Name"_New folder

Thank you very much, everything works. But unfortunately the game does not seem to use the texts from this folder at all. I didn’t find any other places in the game files where the texts could be located, so I most likely won’t be able to translate this game

[EmptyMan]

Maybe the localization files are compressed.
Try to delete the text folder and run the game.

[Thief1987]

Yeah, text bins are packed in the W32\Levels\*.lvl_756 files, for example there are 3 text files in the gui.lvl_756 - global.bin, Singleplayer.bin, Multiplayer.bin

Mission files are strange as they can include multiple other mission's files and there are duplicates of the same text files in different archives.

For example M04_Escape.lvl_756 including M04_Escape.bin, M09_Antarctica.bin, M12_Subway.bin, M17_ControlRoom.bin on the other hand M09_Antarctica.lvl_756 including M08_Ship.bin, M09_Antarctica.bin, M13_Constantine.bin and so on so it's kinda messy.

 

Edited April 29, 2024 by Thief1987

[Дракон Сходу]

11 hours ago, EmptyMan said:

Try to delete the text folder and run the game.

Yes, I tried replacing folders, and completely deleting the "text" folder, it had no effect on the game.

3 hours ago, Thief1987 said:

Mission files are strange as they can include multiple other mission's files and there are duplicates of the same text files in different archives.

By searching the files in Notepad++, I found a mention of localization files in the files customization.lvl_756 and MP08_LastStand.lvl_756, but I don’t know what to do with it.