Ys V: Lost Kefin - Kingdom of Sand (PS2) English Translation

Currently using Sam Farron's translation from his Translation Series with permission

Current Progress

Slowly reverse-engineering the script files so I can make tools.
If you want to help with the translation please contact me! (Knowing Japanese is not needed)

Building

• Copy the contents of the game's .iso into the extracted and translated folders
• Run build.bat or manually run the commands

Hacking Notes

• The game uses SHIFT-JIS encoding for its text
• The game's base pointer is $FFF80
• Extracted .bin files with _anm in the filename are animation files with indexed 8BPP graphics and have the header NAXA5010
• Extracted .HGB files are texture files with 32BPP RGBA graphics
• Music files are .hd (header), .bd (header), and .sq (sequence) files

Extracting the DATA.BIN Files

extract.py extracts all the files from DATA.BIN and its folders into a DATA folder but does not extract the files into their correct folders yet, a logfile.txt is also created for fixing issues with the script

Font info

The game uses Shift-JIS encoding but I decided to make table files so I can include control codes
font.py extracts the fontmap from SLPM_663.60 to create a quick font.tbl table file. Use kefin.tbl for corrected values and control codes (also used by patch.asm)
In SLPM_663.60 the font is located at $1A3E90 as 4BPP graphics, its palette is stored at $25E4C0, and the fontmap is at $1A31F0

To do

• Updated extraction script to extract DATA0.BIN, DATA1.BIN, and SLPM_663.60
• Add more hacking notes (my notes.txt file is a mess so I haven't added it here)
• Continue inserting the English script

Links to Stuff

• Translation of opening cutscene by mziab (I did not use this translation)
• Hacking attempt by Hectavus with only SLPM_663.60 being translated
• Cheatcodes by luc-ita
• Guide and walkthrough by VoidZankantou
• Guide addendum by uncle5555 (South Tower enterance requirements)
• Review the game by Kurt Kalata (includes review for original SFC game)
• Original game website from Taito

Credits

• Sam Farron - Allowing me to use his translation as the basis of this project
• Hilltop - Providing valuable videos such as hacking with Ghidra and PS1/PS2 graphics
• Life Bottle Productions - Providing me with their isotool.py script and their tutorial for finding the base pointer
• The Geofront - Specifically folks on their Discord Server for their support of this project
• My friend for introducing me to the world of Ys, also the biggest Lost Kefin fan so I'm doing this for him
• Sugunii for giving me motivation to play more Ys
• Falcom for making the wonderful Ys series