#Initial d street stage translation Patch#

gimtool will handle gim files by converting them to and from standard PNG files that can be edited using Photoshop. Since ADX files are used in other games, extraction and creation tools already exist and are compatible with this game. Japanese text can be found in text files, but a conversion table will likely be needed to read this since it isnвЂ™t encoded using standard shift-jis. 8bpp images also have weird palettes that have to be filtered using a special algorithm (admitedly I donвЂ™t understand the algorithm, but the palette is stored this way to improve performance in-game). 8bpp images are swizzledВ and must be de-swizzled before being converted to PNG. This doesnвЂ™t really matter because the images that need to be translated are all in the normal 4bpp format as far as I can tell. GIM files using either 8bpp (256 color) or 4bpp (16 color) format.В Both formatsвЂ™ use aВ 32-bit RGBA palette with a 0-128 range alpha channel.В Most of the 4bpp textures follow the same format, but some are stored differently in a format I donвЂ™t understand. PAC files are stored within the ADX files and contain textures and other assets. ADX files are used to store resources (textures, audio, 3D models, etc). The game stores files in fairly simple file formats and doesnвЂ™t use compression for anything other than audio.

#Initial d street stage translation Patch#

When my patch is released, it should work with all versions of the game. This version is ~100MB larger that v1.01В and there are minor changes present in the gameвЂ™s resource files and disc structure.

v?.? вЂ“ Original Asian release (SCAJ-25008, release date unknown)ДЄll versions are nearly identical, but v2.00 is the only one that mentions Dolby Digital support on the back of the box.

v2.00В вЂ“ Japanese re-release under вЂњPlayStation 2 The BestвЂќ line (similar to a вЂњGreatest HitsвЂќ release) (SLPM-74420, released February 26, 2004).

v1.01 вЂ“ Original Japanese release (SLPM-65268, released June 26, 2003).

There are at least three versions of the games in existence. Yes itвЂ™s a racing game and the text is probably not that important to read, but itВ can be challenging to navigate the menus that are entirely Japanese. Nevertheless, IвЂ™ve decided to start work on a translation patch for this game. This isВ too bad, since Special Stage was a great port considering the hardware limitations of the PlayStation 2 (the arcade versionвЂ™s hardware uses TWO video processors and has 8 times more video memory than aВ PS2!). There are English releases of the arcade versions, but none of the home versions have everВ been releasedВ outside ofВ Asia. Initial D Special Stage is a port of the popular arcade game released by Sega. Initial D Special Stage Translation Mon, Aug 18, 2014