12/23/2024: Localization News - Team Innocent

PC-FX Localization for Team Innocent is released, a pre-Christmas gift!! In a twist, it feels like the NEC PC-FX got more attention in 2024 than any other time I can remember! Caveat: The localizers consider the "v0.9" patch a BETA as it still faces technical hurdles to eventually subtitle the FMV scenes, but they consider it very much playable.
github.com/TeamInnocent-EnglishPatchPCFX
x.com/DerekPascarella/PCFXNews
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#1
I've been spending the past few days trying to help someone get the Pia Carrot fan translation up and running. Unfortunately, one of the biggest hitches we ended up getting into - even after I uploaded my pre-patched ISO n' all - was the filesize being just a bittt over 700mb.

I managed to do fine doing an overburn on my disc, but it seems this person's applications aren't cooperating with him there. Therefore, I've wanted to bring this up - is there any possible way to downsize the game?

I would assume that since most of the filesize issues would relate to the movie files in the disc or the voice acting, that it'd probably be possible to decrease the quality of, or remove them entirely to lower the filesize. I wouldn't have the kind of expertise in that matter, though.

Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Also, feel free to use this thread if you want to discuss the subject of making PC-FX games smaller in filesize in general, as well. It would probably be a good idea to keep this all in check in the case of future fan translations.
#2
I wanted to call attention to some videos that were recently put up on NicoNicoDouga, since it doesn't seem like there's been anyone else who noticed yet.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/search/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9

These "Brut Press" videos seem to be yet another series of VHS video game news pieces, this time by a game software shop. I noticed with the videos that there was a good amount of attention on PC-FX titles - moreso than with other videos of this kind that I've watched - so I figured it'd be a good idea to let everyone here know of them.

Currently Vol. 17 and 24, from what's currently uploaded, seem to have the most in that regard. Since most of the other volumes aren't up yet, though, this may be worth looking into finding, in case the videos happen to have anything like footage of canceled PC-FX games or somesuch.
#3
Hey guys. I could've sworn I saw a thread where people were actually having a sort of debate about the PC-FX's FMV video quality in comparison to the other 32-bitters, but it doesn't seem like I can track it down at the time, so I figured I'd make this thread....

To, um, basically pimp out this video.

Here's the description of the video, in case you need more incentive to click;

QuoteFMV Comparison: Langrisser Dramatic Edition (Sega Saturn) Vs. Der Langrisser FX (NEC PC-FX)

Ever have one of those discussions that bring you back to the good ol' days of console wars when Sega and NEC were big players?... Nah, you probably haven't. Tsk!

But in all seriousness, a bit back I was in a forum and there was quite a bit of discussion about the PC-FX's ability to render anime cutscenes and FMVs. Of course, it's commonly said that the PC-FX was the best of all in that regard. But the Devil's Advocate in me had a shocking realization; amidst the talk of technical abilities and which FMV scenes look great, no one I've known has actually taken the effort to -directly compare- a PC-FX game to it's other 32-bit counterparts to provide a good, frame-by-frame, blah-blah-blah technobabble, objective analysis!

Enter myself! Of course, I may not be the most apt for this job, as I'm not necessarily specialized in videophilia yet, but I wanted to get the ball rolling for this!

Since technical details can make a Dramatic (DURHUR PUNRIFFIC) difference in regards to how this turns out, I'll make a note of EVERY DETAIL I think is relevant to this video here.
1) The copy of Langrisser: Dramatic Edition is from an authentic Langrisser Tribute set.
2) The copy of Der Langrisser FX is also authentic.
3) Langrisser: Dramatic Edition is being run on a US Saturn with an Action Replay 4M for a showcase of it's appearance on authentic hardware.
4) Der Langrisser FX is also running on authentic hardware. I have gone for running on hardware over emulation due to the obvious fact that neither Saturn or PC-FX emulation is anywhere near complete-hardware-accuracy yet.
5) Unfortunately I could not include Langrisser I+II for Playstation in this due to not being able to obtain a copy for a reasonable price (Or having a Japanese Playstation). Perhaps someone else can chime in on this?
6) Both setups were hooked to a DVD Recorder with Composite inputs. There are a few reasons for this;
A) Because common A/V is the most likely way anyone who was originally gonna play the games would've hooked it up.
B) Having both on the same video input is the most "fair".
C) With composite video's slight blur, there will be less minor, pixel-specific nitpicking. Any real video issues would probably be constants, and be noticed even on composite - we aren't talking about common-digital-era stuff here, after all.
D) I was too lazy to find a Saturn S-Video cable.
7) Obviously, I've recorded at the best DVD recorder settings I can do.
8) Putting up on Youtube as vobs.

For refereince, 00:00 up through 2:17 is Langrisser Dramatic Edition, 2:40 onwards is Der Langrisser FX footage. (the time spent beforehand is PC-FX bootup)

Feel free to also download the vob file here;
http://kiddocabbusses.tryhappy.net/rstuf/LDEvDLFX,.vob