Fire Emblem Engage Uncensored Patch

[Kookiemony]

This is probably a dumb question, but will installing this patch ban my switch from using all online services?

 

[Kyonko802]

This is probably a dumb question, but will installing this patch ban my switch from using all online services?

If you hack your switch you do run the risk of getting banned yes. I'd recommend using an emulator or playing the game offline. Or having a dedicated hacked switch you can play offline.

 

[cris1010]

Amazing, please keep it up. If you need more reference we have a thread covering a lot of it here: https://varishangout.com/index.php?threads/checking-the-localization-of-fire-emblem-engage.1607/

It doesn't have everything but a lot of these pictures should serve as jumping off points to see what's been altered in the loocalization.

You can also get into contact with Ene, he's the one who did most of the comparisons.

The only things left to do from those images are Etie x Boucheron lines, the weird added "Barefoot" line and Corrin line.

 

[Kookiemony]

If you hack your switch you do run the risk of getting banned yes. I'd recommend using an emulator or playing the game offline. Or having a dedicated hacked switch you can play offline.

Thank you for this clarification. I'll just keep this patch downloaded on my PC until I can get a burner switch then, because as it stands I only have one Switch and I can't afford to have it banned from online services. Thanks again.

 

[cris1010]

Thank you for this clarification. I'll just keep this patch downloaded on my PC until I can get a burner switch then, because as it stands I only have one Switch and I can't afford to have it banned from online services. Thanks again.

You can always use emulators as this game runs almost perfectly on them.

 

[Meemoo]

Thank you for this clarification. I'll just keep this patch downloaded on my PC until I can get a burner switch then, because as it stands I only have one Switch and I can't afford to have it banned from online services. Thanks again.

I'd suggest just emulating the game on PC, and if your PC isn't powerful enough to do so, then consider grabbing a steamdeck. it's perfect for emulation and would be more worth your money in the long run.

 

[Kyonko802]

Thank you for this clarification. I'll just keep this patch downloaded on my PC until I can get a burner switch then, because as it stands I only have one Switch and I can't afford to have it banned from online services. Thanks again.

I think you should go with meemoo's suggestion and get a steam deck. It can also run most switch games, that way you don't just have an extra switch sitting around for one game.

 

[cris1010]

Just added a tutorial of how to modify game files.

 

[Carpincho]

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Fire Emblem Engage was heavily censored in the English release​

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-The official localization was full of censored words, shitty dialogue that disrupted the tone, and whole conversations completely changed specially the supports conversations, those purposeful changes cause inconsistencies in the script and even erases some of the characters purposes and personalities.

-This Uncensor patch focuses on characters supports, wakeups and a few battle conversations *for now* trying to bring the English script closer to the Japanese one.

V1.0 Changelog:​

Spoiler: V1.0 Changelog

- All S-supports.
- All S-wakeups.
- All Anna, Rosado and Louis supports.
- A few supports from Goldmary and from Framme.
- Tiki Divine Paralogue.
- Chapter 4 Battle: Celine lines about Celica emblem.
- Lucina emblem supports with Goldmary and Framme.

V1.1/1.2 Changelog:​

Spoiler: V1.1/1.2 Changelog

- A lot of typos fixed.
- Even more typos fixed in v1.2.
- Alear-Framme support bug/crash fixed.
- Goldmary-Vander support added.
- Goldmary-Alear C,B,A supports added. (S was already in).
- Hortensia-Alear C,B,A supports added. (S was already in).
- A few Veyre lines in Chapter 9.
- A few awkward phrasing in Etie-Goldmary, Lucina-Goldmary and Ivy-Alear supports fixed.

Currently working on: Paired endings

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-While the main goal of the Uncensor patch is already accomplished this patch is still a work in progress as there are a lot of C, B and A supports, paired endings short text and other things to check for censoring.

-We would appreciate feedback from bugtesting, proofreading and informing us about any other parts of the english script that are censored and we missed!

-In the future we would like to port the patch to other languages but in order to do that, we need someone that actually speaks the language in the team to bring a proper translation, so if you want to help bring the patch into your language don't hesitate and contact with us.

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How to modify this files​

I realized that we should have a tutorial on how to modify this kind of files so anyone can do their own mods or help with the translation.

Spoiler: Tutorial

First you need UABEA(https://github.com/nesrak1/UABEA) to open .bundle files then when opened click "Info" btn and then select the "TextAsset" element, click "Plugins" btn and then "extract.txt" option.

It will extract a text file but in order to not ruin the file's hex bytes/pointers u need to use (MSBTeditor) https://github.com/IcySon55/3DLandMSBTeditor to modify it.

Editing is as easy as changing the text directly (you dont need to know hex) but you need to be careful about this little thing, for example this is an original entry:
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As you can see almost all the entries end in 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 or 04 00 02 00 00 00 00 00.

But when you edit any entry or even press anything like Ctrl+C the last part cuts out to 04 00 00 00 (or 04 00 02 00 00 00) like you see in the image below and you need to change this back to the original numbers after your done editing that entry or it will cause a duplicate text bug ingame.
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When you're done, open UABEA and repeat the first step but now selecting the "import.txt" option and after that u have to save, close that bigger tab and save again as shown in the images below.
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It will save the changes in a new file which needs to be renamed like the original .bundle in order to work and you will be done.

PD: I recommend 48 characters max per line and 2 lines max in regular support files so the text looks good in the text box.

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Patch install and compatibility​

The patch should be compatible with all game versions but i recommend playing in the latest and you can play it in a current save file.
In order for the patch to work you need to use US english text in-game option.
The patch only touches files inside "fe_assets_message" folder.
Also pls always back-up your save files when playing with mods.


Thank you for reading this, and I hope you enjoy the game!, also i wanted to thanks everyone in Varis for welcoming me here!

You are doing an amazing work, i have already played the game in three different languages (japanese, english and spanish) and basically they ported the english script to the other versions. If you need someone for the spanish script, i'm here if you need me.

 

[Kyonko802]

And of course they disabled the comments and the ability to react. GameBanana and LoversLab are shit.

Are they gonna remove the Persona 5 Royal mods that add back the rising sun flag (legit, someone brought this up in the comments, and the mental gymnastics started)? Or the mod that restores the Raidou costumes to Persona 5 Royal. How about getting rid of the entire Genshin mods section, my Guilty Gear Strive Taiwan/Uighur restoration mod, or Nintendo mods as Nintendo and MiHoYo both will DMCA literally anything, and ArcSys is complacent in CCP & wokescold censorship. How about LoversLab seemingly allowing straight up nudemods for loli characters in certain JRPGs (Check the threads for a lot of IdeaFactory games), that seemingly nobody has done anything about if we want to be "consistent". Localizers are a cancer to gaming, and are one of the biggest threats to "gaming as an artistic medium" lmao. The funny thing is that this is some text in a game, whereas there's far worse on GameBanana.

It's such a slippery slope that they made. I'm hoping Nintendo DMCA's their asses for karma.

As for the mod itself, thank you for actually deciding that we as fans actually deserve better than the schlock most AAA publishers churn out. I'm going to be taking down my GG Strive mod from GameBanana in boycott.

Please feel free to upload your mod here as well

 

[BrokenScript]

Just added a tutorial of how to modify game files.

That's helpful, but unfortunately I'm stuck at just trying to extract the files in the first place.

 

[salty_apollyon]

You are doing an amazing work, i have already played the game in three different languages (japanese, english and spanish) and basically they ported the english script to the other versions. If you need someone for the spanish script, i'm here if you need me.

Yo yo i also know spanish if you guys want help i would be pleased to join

 

[Mikuchi]

You can always use emulators as this game runs almost perfectly on them.

I wish I knew how to fucking get Yuzu to work but the damn thing requires some weird keys or some shit and I was never able to make heads or tails of it- Me, the emulatorfag. Ugh.

 

[cris1010]

That's helpful, but unfortunately I'm stuck at just trying to extract the files in the first place.

I posted a link with the assets_message original folder (is the one with the text files like supports,etc...) but if anyone wants to extract the full files you can do it easily with emulators, for example in Ryujinx just right click the game and select "Extract Data" and then "RomFS".

 

[Kyonko802]

I wish I knew how to fucking get Yuzu to work but the damn thing requires some weird keys or some shit and I was never able to make heads or tails of it- Me, the emulatorfag. Ugh.

My pinned post on my varis timeline has resources and instructions

 

[BrokenScript]

I posted a link with the assets_message original folder (is the one with the text files like supports,etc...) but if anyone wants to extract the full files you can do it easily with emulators, for example in Ryujinx just right click the game and select "Extract Data" and then "RomFS".

Oh wow, that's way easier than what I was trying to do. You should probably remove the assets folder though, it'd be grounds for Nintendo to DMCA this.

 

[Sashioshio]

Thank you Cris, can't believe both and LL and GB are such censorious dictators "defenders" of pixels.

Seriously, it's insane how widespread this wave of puritanism got.

Thank you a lot for the mod, I kneel.

 

[RikkaNoodles]

This is probably a dumb question, but will installing this patch ban my switch from using all online services?

Yes. Play it on an emulator.

 

[cris1010]

Oh wow, that's way easier than what I was trying to do. You should probably remove the assets folder though, it'd be grounds for Nintendo to DMCA this.

All the mods in existence can be DMCA'd.

 

[HYppog]

I want to say thank you to cris1010 for bringing us faithful translation of this game. The official version is really jarring when I looked up what NoA did to the original scripts. Their defense of "it's pedo who cares" doesn't even fly here because more than half the shit they changed has nothing to do with underage romancing at all. It makes me angry to see the mods of Loverslab conspiring with Gamebanana to ban your whistleblowing, probably because they have friends in NoA. That they even had the crass to justify banning because "it isn't true to English developers" only add salt to the wound. How shameless do you have to be to vandalize others' hard work then pose as a creator? I remember some of them bitching about culture appropriation years back but now they're doing this? They made me feel revolted.

This is probably a dumb question, but will installing this patch ban my switch from using all online services?

CFW always run the risk of getting banned but you can mitigate the risk by running emunand with additional steps shown on rentry guide.