2010-03-26, 01:22 PM
I'm going to say this (\<span> site blocked, contact your administrator/wp-print.php/ex/lang/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/Diadem%20of%20Maunstraut/) is ready for anyone who wants to take a stab at it.
If you want to do a different language just replace ja_JP with anything else (es_ES for Spanish for instance) and go for it. I will put Trismegistus up proper like tomorrow. If there are newer scripts than the dumps I've available swapping them in at any time is very trivial.
I hope Coffee is still available/paying attention, if not someone might want to track him down. Todd is working on translating KF1 into English... I think he's nearly finished with that, but not positive. I think Todd intends to prepare a DD script asap.
This will get better, but the core everything is there and fully functional afaik. Translation doesn't get any easier than this. I hope a decade from now we can look back and see several games hosted and available in many different languages and counting.
PS: There are definite benefits to using this system with a project in process... for authors it's more powerful than mere translation, you can fully customize your game's text this way in ways far more interesting than just substitution of text. Many features will also be available in the future via marking up the translation so to automatically do things like substituting dynamic values and building an in game dialog log like you see in later KF games. It's also very wise to manage your script this way... a basic example is if you have some line that is always the same you can just change it in the script and it will change across the entire game (so you don't have to go back and edit every event in the editor) and frankly it's just much easier to manage a script this way (versus being spread out across maps)
PPS: Oh yeah, if you login you can translate the scripts and add your own. If you set a script to private only your account can see/edit it. If you're adding a public script you will have to wait for an admin (me) to approve (publish) it (like any post/page on the site)
If you want to do a different language just replace ja_JP with anything else (es_ES for Spanish for instance) and go for it. I will put Trismegistus up proper like tomorrow. If there are newer scripts than the dumps I've available swapping them in at any time is very trivial.
I hope Coffee is still available/paying attention, if not someone might want to track him down. Todd is working on translating KF1 into English... I think he's nearly finished with that, but not positive. I think Todd intends to prepare a DD script asap.
This will get better, but the core everything is there and fully functional afaik. Translation doesn't get any easier than this. I hope a decade from now we can look back and see several games hosted and available in many different languages and counting.
PS: There are definite benefits to using this system with a project in process... for authors it's more powerful than mere translation, you can fully customize your game's text this way in ways far more interesting than just substitution of text. Many features will also be available in the future via marking up the translation so to automatically do things like substituting dynamic values and building an in game dialog log like you see in later KF games. It's also very wise to manage your script this way... a basic example is if you have some line that is always the same you can just change it in the script and it will change across the entire game (so you don't have to go back and edit every event in the editor) and frankly it's just much easier to manage a script this way (versus being spread out across maps)
PPS: Oh yeah, if you login you can translate the scripts and add your own. If you set a script to private only your account can see/edit it. If you're adding a public script you will have to wait for an admin (me) to approve (publish) it (like any post/page on the site)