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MGQ Paradox Release Date – 3/14

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News: http://b.dlsite.net/RG07939/

If you haven’t heard yet, Paradox will be releasedย 3 days from now. Oh dear…

I think we’re in position to hit the ground running with the translation, fortunately. The short turnaround from the latest demo to release gives me hope that there won’t be many structural changes with the game, which should make the transition smoother than it has been between demos.

I mentioned it in an edit to the last entry, but we have an actual patching process now. You won’t have to decrypt the game or anything complicated like before. We’re still working on a way to rename characters from Japanese to English in the save files for those of you who played the Japanese demo or want to play ahead before I release a patch. I don’t believe this will be a problem though.

Anyway, I’ll be spending the entire weekend getting out an initial patch with all the demo content and hopefully a large chunk of things like items, class names, skills, character names, etc. for those who want to play without caring too much about the story. No promises, but it’s time Iย get serious about Paradox.

New Paradox Demo from Torotoro

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The promised updated demo for MGQ Paradox is out. This version will allow you to transfer your saves to the full game, unlike the old version.

You can download it here, either direct or from a torrent: http://mon110.sakura.ne.jp/mong/taiken.html

The demo translation patch WILL NOT work on this new demo, by the way. We’ll be hard at work putting together a new one over the next few days.

March 9th edit: Been busy, lots more work on this to go. The good news is that we have an actual patch process now that doesn’t require decrypting the game or any such nonsense. Some other little improvements too! Bad news is that little things like these don’t get me any closer to releasing an updated patch for the new demo…

Happy New Year!

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Ok, I promised the Paradox demo translation would be done by now, and it’s not. ๐Ÿ™

So… here’s the latest dump of files, mostly unedited and untested! What’s new from last time? I don’t remember! Will some of these unedited H-scene translations give you eye cancer? Maybe! Which ones? Find out!

https://mega.co.nz/#!jYw32T6L!_bsNoqBD5cxvfwaaAwiK39lw3vBRr3wS-M0m8zH4S2Q
Anonfiles appears down…

MGQ Paradox Preview Video

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Torotoro’s end of the month update comes with a special surprise, a preview video for Paradox!

You can view his blog update with links to the video on Niconico and a direct download link:ย http://b.dlsite.net/RG07939/archives/51730313.html

Video translation: http://pastebin.com/4dHXNA0R

Other things to note:
Promestein: Yes, I’d love to observe you… No, I want to help you.
Sonya responds with: you mean you want to turn Luka into a guinea pig?
promestein says she can inject something to turn bunni into a rabbit
bunni asks “oh yes, it must be carrot elixir”
promestein starts to explain DNA and then gives up and agrees with her
Brunhilde says she’s supposed to wake up at the end of the world and protect it
Sylph shown as a regular party member.

No release date yet, but “coming soon.”ย It says there will be approximately 230 monster races to choose from. Over 500 enemies, all of whom can become allies. Approximately 140 jobs. That’s probably for the entire Paradox trilogy and not just the first part though.

Demo translation is wrapping up too… Eventually. (Not never)

Dinner is served!

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MGQ Delicious! Dinner: http://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ141547

Toki finishes the series with Dinner. There’s a bonus “dessert” scene with Alma too.

I DO plan to translate this, but I’m going to finish up the Paradox demo first. On that front, I’ve fortunately found a helper and maybe even two. Unfortunately (for you), I’ve been slacking like crazy on the demo translation over the last month. It should have been done weeks ago, yet I still have a lot of work to do on it. ๐Ÿ™

Update on Paradox Demo Translation

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Hi guys, no new patch right now unfortunately. Despite there being very little to do in the demo, there are a surprisingly large number of words in it. I don’t feel like releasing half a dozen demo patches so I’m waiting until I’ve got just about everything done first. I’m sticking with the original plan to have a first patch with everything except the library, duplicated H-scenes from MGQ, and unimportant NPCs. Then I’ll finish it up with a 100% patch after.

As for after that, I want to get all the VH2 encyclopedia entries translated so I can finally call that one 100% and then at least finish the Sei Monmusu Gakuen Rin route translation so I can release something for that game before Paradox is released. Sorry to the one guy out there who’s more interested in SMMG than Paradox, but I promise I’ll finish translating it eventually…

MGQ Paradox Demo Translation v0.1

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In the interest of getting something out there for people who want to play immediately, I’m releasing an incredibly bare bones translation of the interface, items/skills/etc., and the first few minutes of story.

First, you need an RPG Maker Decrypter. There are a few of these, but this one is good:ย http://rpgcrisis.net/forums/files/file/65-rgssad-rgss2a-rgss3a-decrypter/

If you’re having issues with that one, try this:ย http://www.mediafire.com/?xweoqp2ieep5mxv

1. Download and extract MGQ Paradox Demo into a directory. To avoid locale issues, you should probably rename the directory so that it does not contain Japanese characters.

2. Decrypt!
2a. Run the tool I linked.
2b. File->Open File, pick Game.rgss3a.
2c. Tools->Extract All Files
2d. Success! Close the decrypter.

3. Move decrypted Data and Graphics files from Extract to the game’s base directory, overwriting all duplicates in the game’s original Data and Graphics directories.

4. Delete or rename Game.rgss3a or you’ll get an error on launching the game.

5. Extract the patch into the game’s base directory, adding a Translation folder and overwriting Game.ini.

6. Launch Game.exe. That’s it!

Get v0.2: http://dargothtranslations.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/monster-girl-quest-paradox-demo-translation-v0-2/

Monster Girl Quest Paradox Demo out

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Paradox Demo: https://mega.co.nz/#!A5pyWbYD!8K7IRzSOCk3A8sI7D6dpNAJpJFEpu2PRvyJ7tRjHAkk

Thanks to whomever uploaded that. The official link was hammered very badly.

So I certainly didn’t expect this to come out so quickly. We may even get the full game by the end of the year given the usual couple months delay between demo and full game with MGQ.

I tried ytinasni’s vx ace tool on the demo and it just crashed, so that’s no good. I sent him a message so maybe he can get it working. He’s been pretty quick in the past, and the version I have is 4 months old so he may have already done more work on it since.

I’m not holding out much hope for habisain getting vx ace support in his tool any time soon given his progress over the last year, but you never know. Perhaps he hasn’t had a reason until now? I know both of these guys are interested in monster girl stuff.

If anyone else knows of RPGMaker VX Ace translation tools, let me know. Loading the game files themselves into RPGMaker, translating them, and releasing all the translated files is an option, I suppose? That seems like a pain in the ass for both me and everyone who downloads them though.

EDIT: ytinasni is coming though. ๐Ÿ™‚

May May May

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And I don’t know what to say.

The VH4 After Story ended up being pretty good. No torture, no anal probing (not that I mind that, Dieselmine has just been overusing it in too many scenes where it doesn’t fit).

Sei Monmusu Gakuen translation continues slower than I like. I’m doing semi-regular updates on the Translations page if you’re worried that I’ve fallen off the face of the planet between updates. There’s always the #mgq channel on Rizon too.

I’d update more often, but there really isn’t anything to mention. Are there monster girl games coming out that I’m missing? Whatever happened to the MGQ doujin that Torotoro and Jingai Modoki were working on? Haven’t heard an update on that since it was announced last year. Setouchi cranks those things out like clockwork, but I guess Jingai is going for something a little more meaty.

Misc. Updates

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This might be the longest I’ve ever gone without an update. Sorry for that.

In Violated Hero news, Dieselmine is releasing a Violated Hero 4 expansion of sorts on April 25th. Fan-winning Nightmare and the Equipment Mimic thing are added along with new scenes with Lilith and Maid Robot. The site doesn’t really say if it’ll require VH4 or be a stand-alone, but at any rate it’ll be about $5.

In MGQ Paradox news, no update from Torotoro this month, but the MGQ Official Site will have 8 new monster updates on May 3rd, including some Eden CG apparently.

In Sei Monmusu Gakuen news… Well, my goal is 200 lines/day and to finish in 6 months at that rate. My actual progress has been closer to 50 lines/day. I could make excuses and plenty of reasons why I can pick up the pace from now on (or soon), but those are hollow promises. If I have to shelve this to translate Paradox and I end up finishing the translation in 2016 when no one even cares anymore, so be it. I hope that doesn’t happen, but I’m not giving up just because it might end up taking a very long time. I’m making progress almost every day, even if it’s a lot less than I want.