COMMENTS from 07/17/03
Wolff Dobson


Text translation:
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Although the strings appear to be translated into Chinese, we do not
have any alphabet glyphs.  These need to be treated like the Mario
Kart glyphs; that is, we need to have strings of numerals that
correspond to a lookup table of glyphs.  The glyphs should be the same
size as the glyphs in the "alpha" directory.


Character names:
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Many of these are very difficult to read, both in-game and even when
looking at them in GIMP.  I'd say they should be redone using more of
the available area so that the glyphs come out bigger, but I'm not any
expert on this sort of thing.  Someone who speaks Chinese should take
a look at them. 


On-course textures:
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As noted in the new check-in, the "rival.rgb" has become "rival.rgba"
to reflect the need for an alpha channel.  I've provided one that
looks fine.

The check.rgb texture should be check.rgba and should actually be in
Chinese. 

As noted in the text translations, there is no glyph table or related
set of strings (like we want in Mario Kart) for the course names and
comments. 


Machine textures:
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These relate to the machine-choosing screens.  I've renamed and
renumbered the files to reflect their actual in-code names.  

The "OK" texture (and other OK textures in other directories) are
basically unreadable.  They need to have only white and black areas as
they are color-pulsed and quickly become illegible.

Wei mentioned he hated the translations of the boost/body/grip chart
(and it's a spare, bland texture) (meter4p2 and meter2).  According to
Xiaoyuan, the translation of "boost" is sort of "add power", which
isn't accurate; it's "add speed".  And "grip" became "grab the earth"
which, given that the races take place in space on gravity-optional
environments, this is pretty nutty. 


Menus:
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The following textures need to be left-aligned (or all centered, but
the original design was left-aligned):

dai_me_color
dai_me_setting
dai_me_yameru
dai_me_tudukeru
dai_me_machinechange
dai_me_coursechange
dai_me_retry

And this group:

dai_me_soundmode
dai_me_VScpu
dai_me_VShandicap
dai_me_VSslot
dai_me_recordclear

It would be instructive for them to see the game in its current state
so they could verify that the textures that they are left-aligning are
the right ones to left-align. 

Modes:
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Seemed OK to me, but I don't read Chinese.  

The improbably-chested woman who holds up the signs has a sweatshirt
on that says "F-Zero" which would have to change based on the title
(see below).


Title:
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These were not translated.  They should be, and the copyright texture
needs to be updated to reflect iQue.

We're missing a sample of the big N64 texture at the beginning, but I
suspect we can steal it from another project.  Anyway, there doesn't
seem to be an obvious file that contains it---this will require some
more exploration (if it's actually part of the game and not part of
the hardware). 


VS:
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About half these textures aren't in the game, but, hey, who cares. 


Win:
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Although I can see where these are in the code, the heck if I can find
them while playing.  If anyone knows how to show those in-game, it'd
solve an outstanding mystery. 


Audio:
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Xiaoyuan can't make any sense out of the aiff files---she accused me
of playing a screwed-up English version.  They seem to be very garbled
and have too much echo effect on them.  No, really, check them out
for yourself.