Message Converter

2023/07/07 There was a bug pointed out and I updated from Ver1.01 to Ver1.02.

You can use a message converter to change the following messages displayed by Outbreak.

ENGLISH MENU	JAPANESE MENU

It's very easy to use.

Export a binary file of the messages you want to modify with AFSExplorer.
Dropping a binary file converts it to a text file.
(A file with the extension txt will be created and a text editor will open automatically.)
Edit the message in a text editor and save it.
Dropping the text file again will convert it back to a binary file.
Import the binary file with AFSExplorer.

The following 3 types of files can be converted.

r0xx.bin	Senario message
dm0xx.bin	Cutscene subtitles
spmxxxxxxx.bin	Personal ad-lib message

The above files exist in each folder of NETBIO00.DAT.

FILE	DAT	AFS Folder name	Senario name
FILE1	NETBIO00.DAT	[r001.afs]	outbreak
		[r002.afs]	hellfire
		[r028.afs]	the hive
		[r035.afs]	bellow freezing point
		[r041.afs]	decisions,decisions
FILE2	NETBIO00.DAT	[r006.afs]	end of the road
		[r010.afs]	underbelly
		[r015.afs]	desperate times
		[r026.afs]	flashback
		[r040.afs]	wild things
		[r020.afs]	traning ground
		[r021.afs]	showdown 1
		[r022.afs]	showdown 2
		[r023.afs]	showdown 3
		[r027.afs]	elimination 1
		[r029.afs]	elimination 2
		[r030.afs]	elimination 3

After downloading and extracting, the message files are stored in the following folder.

MES\ENG\FILEx\NETBIO00.dat\[r0xx.afs]	English
MES\JAP\FILEx\NETBIO00.dat\[r0xx.afs]	Japanese

MES\ENG\FILE2\NETBIO00.DAT\[r040.afs]\r040.bin

MES\JAP\FILE2\NETBIO00.DAT\[r040.afs]\r040.bin

Messages are printed in the following format.

000-1 0DDC <p1>A tour bus blocks the path. \n<CR>
000-2 0DFE <p1>Too heavy to move by myself.\n<CR>

Columns and columns have tab codes inserted.
The first column shows the ID of the character and its row.
The second column shows the hexadecimal address where the string is stored.
The third column is a string.

If you want to change the content of the message, just change the message without changing the format.
You don't have to change address. (The address will be recalculated.)
And drop the edited text file, it will be converted to bin file.
Since the size and address are recalculated at this time, the size will be different from the original file size.

I haven't tested every message change, so there may be bugs.
Also, I have only checked messages in Japanese and English.
There are people who have translated into languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, French, Russian, etc., but it is unknown whether those languages can be converted correctly.
Try it yourself.
If you have any bug reports or improvements, please write in my Youtube videos or obsrv forums or private messages.

I don't use Discord.

DOWNLOAD : MESSAGE CONVERTER　Ver1.02