DashEditor

MegaMan Legends Translation Toolkit v0.9.8
Created by _Ombra_ of SadNES cITy Translations
Website: http://www.sadnescity.it

A toolkit to disassemble and reassemble Mega Man Legends PSX files for translation purposes. Implemented so far:

• Disassembly and Reassembly of BIN files
• Extraction/Insertion of FONT.DAT and KAIFONT.DAT to TIM
• Extraction/Insertion of MSG files to TXT
• Extraction/Insertion of text inside EXE file
• Extraction/Insertion of MML TIM to regular TIM (4bpp and 8bpp)

TODO:

• Reallocation of text in EXE file (expansion)
• Cleanup the code and optimize it (a lot)
• Error checking, especially on MSG files

Usage:

DashEditor.py [option] [file or folder]
  -e   extracts che content of BIN file.
  -i   inserts an extracted folder to BIN file.

EXTRACTION:

1. Use CDMage 1.02.1 B5 to extract the contents of the ISO to a folder.
2. Put the software in the \CDDATA\ folder.
3. Either run the software with the -e option or use the batch file to extract everything at once.

INSERTION:

1. Move (or delete) the *.BIN files inside the \CDDATA\DAT\ folder.
2. Either run the software with the -i option or use the batch file to insert everything at once.
3. Use CDMage 1.02.1 B5 to replace the BIN files inside the \CDDATA\DAT\ folder.

Information:

The software works by extracting the content of BIN files inside the CDDATA\DAT\ folder to a folder with the same name. Once the BIN is extracted you will find the original files and some decoded files as follows:

• TIM: There are a few types. If you see a TIM terminated with _EXT.TIM you should be able to use an editor like Tim2view to export the image to PNG for editing. Once edited, the PNGs can be re-imported directly onto the _EXT.TIM files. (Pay attetion to the used palettes)
• MSG: These contain most of the game's text. These will be extracted to TXT format. You can edit these freely by respecting the spacing, ending characters and special characters.

Notes:

• KAIFONT.DAT Width table: Inside ROCK_MAN.EXE at offset 0x7B67C to 0x7B700 (This needs testing)
• ROCK_MAN.EXE text limit is 7044 bytes (for now)