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Front Mission

Original game : Front Mission

Platform : Super Nintendo

Language : English

Released by : mteam

Release date : 20 February 2023

Status : Addendum

Patch version : 1.02

Downloads : 2633

ROM Information

Apply this patch only to an unheadered Front Mission ROM pre-patched with the English translation v1.0b by F.H. with the following hashes:
CRC32 - 2B4CD5A3
MD5 - E744C9BC5E7EB5715A8A24543EECBC88
SHA1 - 7114BD9D09F62D082F9FE43DCB4C144D439C4173

Translation description

This addendum fixes all known technical issues with the English translation by F.H., while improving the presentation and updating the script, with names updated to their modern spellings, translation and grammar mistakes fixed and missing text restored.

Changelog:

  • Fixed crash in Freedom City on newer emulators by properly expanding the ROM

  • Fixed untranslated dialogue strings (Dr. Brown's, Natalie's and Ghetta's)

  • Fixed untranslated "No units in range" message when using Acid Bomb

  • Restored the content of narration text boxes after mission 17

  • Fixed grammar and naming conventions in narration screens

  • New dialogue font and stat icons

  • Renamed Carrion Crow to Canyon Crows

  • Renamed Soul of Huffman to Spirit of Huffman

  • Renamed Nirvana Engine to Nirvana Institute

  • Renamed Sakata to Ryuji (his first name)

  • Renamed Mr. Sakata unit name to Sakata

  • Renamed Master to Bartender

  • Renamed Suzaland to Sutherland

  • Renamed Missiler to Missileer

  • Renamed Oceana to Oceania

  • Renamed Longrevers Island to Longrivers Island

  • Renamed Mei Fa to Meihua

  • Fixed a few minor translation mistakes in the dialogue

  • Fixed untranslated "Load error" message when trying to load an empty save slot

  • Added pause to Dr. Brown's scrolling text, so it scrolls all the way through before disappearing

  • Restored missing pause in a post-ending line that disappeared too quickly

  • Fixed untranslated Ryuji string after the Spirit of Huffman mission

  • Fixed missing spaces in a few strings and improved some of the formatting

  • Worked around a rare original game crash after the Fort Monus mission



  • Any bug reports and queries regarding the patch should be posted in its RHDN forum thread.

    Screenshots

    Contributions

    ContributorType of contributionDescription
    mziabHackingTools, reprogramming, text editing

    Reviews

    The Real M.V.P.nuxetcrux2023-07-14Version 1.02

    It's heartening to see someone debugging decades old code to keep a worthy game alive. An addendum 23 years after the fact fixing game-breaking issues on a stone cold classic-you love to see it!

    A definite improvementJust Dan Patrick2023-01-21Version 1.00

    Fixes bugs and improves the translation. As of this writing this is the best way to play this game in English!