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Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 17, 2006, 04:10:00 pm
Here are two screenshot of the game
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That's mana force 2, which is at ticalc.org, which is a very old game I made back in early 2003. However the version at ticalc.org seems to be corrupted so I am updating it and fixing the corrupted source code.  However since this game is still only in french I was wondering if (by looking at the screenshot) if it would be really worth the effort of translating the whole thing in english or if I should just fix the glitches and let the thing die in ticalc.org archives? Thx in advance. ;)wink.gif
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: rivereye on March 17, 2006, 05:33:00 pm
I would like to see an english version if it is not a ton of problems
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: kalan_vod on March 17, 2006, 06:31:00 pm
If you need help seeing if it is translated correctly I would help :Pblah.gif, and I would LOVE to see an English version!
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Post by: Radical Pi on March 18, 2006, 07:33:00 am
I'd like an English version also.
The translation would be worth it. :Dbiggrin.gif
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Post by: Spellshaper on March 18, 2006, 07:34:00 am
I came across it at ticalc.org...

And didn
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 18, 2006, 08:47:00 am
well the version at ticalc doesnt work fine I need to fix some code corruption bugs in it
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Post by: spengo on March 18, 2006, 03:01:00 pm
Looks like illusiat! \o/ Great ascii battle animations btw. :Dbiggrin.gif
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Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 18, 2006, 03:06:00 pm
thx, kinda look different than illusiat since battle perspective is isometric kinda :)smile.gif
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Post by: tifreak on March 18, 2006, 04:37:00 pm
You realize as you go through the code, you will start askin yourself "What in the world was I thinkin when I made this?!?" lol
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 19, 2006, 02:39:00 am
true >.< *hides in shame*

I am scared to look at the code now O_Oshocked2.gif
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 22, 2006, 04:12:00 am
wow i think this will take longer than i though... the dragon in the earth palace is fuggin' hard to beat

of course if I figure out how the save files were made again this will speed up progress A LOT  :wacko:triso2.gif

I fixed a small bug that allowed you to go directly beat the dark orb in the haunted house before beating that dragon and skin every previous quests including the mini boss in the haunted house
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: Spellshaper on March 22, 2006, 06:36:00 am
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of course if I figure out how the save files were made again this will speed up progress A LOT  :wacko:triso2.gif

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Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 22, 2006, 07:08:00 am
nope I knew how they worked but never wrote down how. Now its have been too long since I last touched this game (I stopped working on it when I saw there was too many bugs) so i dont remember :(sad.gif
all i know is that there is a routine that check if the save file is valid or not like in RL3 so if u edit it badly it doesnt work anymore
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: necro on March 22, 2006, 06:20:00 pm
I had hoped it wasn't my fault it didn't work...hope to be able to play it at last...and I'd realy like to see it in english!
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2006, 02:26:00 am
GOOD NEWS!!!!! I LOVE FIGLETZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111


j/k I finally figured out how to hack into the save files. Experience has a strange formula so I recalculated it for level 98 (since it didnt worked fine at 99) so now I can beat and debug the game faster. I might try to figure out how to increase all magic to level 3 as well because casting each of them 150 times to master would be very very long

I realised something that was cool in this game: let says you cast reflect on yourself, it will last a certain amount of turn. However if u win the battle before the spell effect ends the effect will continue during the remaining amount of turns on next battle. Pretty cool since regen lasted over 20 turns at level 1
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Post by: kalan_vod on March 23, 2006, 05:03:00 am
Yays!! I am happy you finally figured out your old code :Pblah.gif, don't you hate that when it happens? I usally look at some of my code logic and am amazed how good it can be 8), but then again it can be really crappy (looks at his old DDR and FDR and Pheonix ripoff....lol).
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Post by: spengo on March 23, 2006, 05:10:00 am
Naw, I love that feeling. :Pblah.gif I get all warm and fuzzy on the inside. XDgni.gif
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Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2006, 03:24:00 pm
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Post by: kalan_vod on March 23, 2006, 04:02:00 pm
Exactly...WTF spengo??? :Pblah.gif
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 25, 2006, 12:20:00 pm
Dragon sucks




I am in final palace now I had to beat 7 in a row...

EDIT: 8!!!!!!!!!!! :paf:tripaf.gif:paf:tripaf.gif:paf:tripaf.gif
Title: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 25, 2006, 05:04:00 pm
ook I think I'll translate this later. I doubt its really worth the effort anyway. Instead I might try with this:

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Title: Re: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 25, 2013, 02:35:33 am
Ok, so the Mana Force 2 translation died long ago, but the good news is that I have now translated the first game through TokenIDE, so after 11 years, Mana Force 1 is finally available in English.

There are also a few bug fixes, but they were only applied to the English version so far. Also some magic spells were renamed so they're not as redundant. The readme was also updated (including magic/morphing info, disclaimers, etc).

Download link available below:
Title: Re: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: Hayleia on May 25, 2013, 02:45:50 am
Holy necropost Batman O.O

Anyways, that is great news :D
And indeed, it is a lot easier with "new technologies" such as TokenIDE. I don't think I would even have finished Pokemon Topaze without a software like this (I was using TI-Convert at this time, but now switched to TokenIDE).

Well, not that I personnally care a lot about an English translation since I am French (:P) but I still think it is great to spread great games to more people :)
Title: Re: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: TIfanx1999 on May 25, 2013, 03:05:23 am
Wow, that is a pretty big necropost. :o Still nece to see older games getting some love though. :)
Title: Re: Mana force 2 in english...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 25, 2013, 05:34:24 pm
Indeed. And I didn't even know I had worked on this back in the days O.O. But now to think it has been 11 years since Mana Force 1 came out and almost 10 for Mana Force 2... It reminds me of when I had my PS1 for a few years then got Final Fantasy Chronicles: I already felt FFIV was old and kinda retro back then, and now some calc games are almost becoming retro gaming material.