Hacking Wild Arms 1 PSX translation tools "WA1Tools" released

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WA1Tools is a suite of command-line translation and hacking tools for the PlayStation 1 version of the game "Wild Arms" by Media Vision. It can be used for modding the game, searching for hidden content, and creating fan translations. The main focus of the tools is on the dumping and editing of in-game text.

NOTE: These Python-based tools had been developed for a fan translation project that never got beyond the concept stage and has been abandoned many years ago. As such, the tools were never extensively tested in a production setting, and for the time being they are not maintained or supported in any way. They are released in the hopes that somebody might still find them useful.

The included tools are:

• 'trans'/'untrans': Dump ('untrans') or reinsert ('trans') all translatable text and graphics in the game to or from a set of text and image files.
• 'mapinfo': Dump the script code of all maps.

The tools are designed for the PlayStation 1 version of the game. They will not work with the PlayStation 2 remake "Wild Arms Alter Code: F" nor with any other of the games in the Wild Arms series.

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