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Has anyone seen this?
By the way, this is not new, it's possibly quite old. I have seen an online reference to the Russian version of the game dating back to 2004, and the translated data files are timestamped as 1992.
A tiny sample of dialog in English:
And in Russian:
The fonts:
Using the above font file as an example of the work involved in doing this: they unpacked the data file, decompressed the individual packets, decoded the font, added Russian glyphs, re-encoded the font, re-compressed the packets, and re-packed the file. And according the file stamps, they did this in 1992. Wow. Whoever did this was years, decades ahead.
By the way, this is not new, it's possibly quite old. I have seen an online reference to the Russian version of the game dating back to 2004, and the translated data files are timestamped as 1992.
A tiny sample of dialog in English:
Code:
Dialog 0: Bonjour, Lieutenant. You are called $C, no? I am called Angel. | banzurlutanant3yuarcalddipstik2no2p8iamcaldanjl | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 1: I am just reviewing some figures on our recent encounters with the Kilrathi. | iamjasrevuagsamfagursanowrresantankowntrswatzekalrate | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 2: You would like to know what I have learned, perhaps? | yuwadliktunowatihavlrndprhaps | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 3: The Dralthi is the Kilrathi fighter seen most in this sector. | tedralteastekalratefitrsenmosantassaktr | 425,R81,02,A45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,
Dialog 4: These figures show that 1.4 missiles are required to destroy the Dralthi, | tesfagurssotatwanpuntformaslsarrekwirdtudestroetedralte | R445,81,01,435,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 5: while over seven direct laser hits are necessary to destroy the same vessel. | wilovrsavndiraklasrhatsarnasasaretudestrosamvasl | R445,81,01,435,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 6: I hope this information is useful to you, Lieutenant. | ihoptisanformasanasusfltuyu3lutanant | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
And in Russian:
Code:
Dialog 0: Bonjour, лейтенант. Вас зовут $C, или нет ? Меня зовут Ангел. | banzurlutanant3yuarcalddipstik2no2p8iamcaldanjl | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 1: Я просматриваю схемы наших недавних столкновений с Кильрафи. | iamjasrevuagsamfagursanowrresantankowntrswatzekalrate | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 2: Возможно, Вам будет интересно, чему я научилась ? | yuwadliktunowatihavlrndprhaps | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 3: В этом секторе больше всего замечено Dralthi. | tedralteastekalratefitrsenmosantassaktr | 425,R81,02,A45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,
Dialog 4: Эти схемы показывают, что 1.4 ракеты разрушают Dralthi, | tesfagurssotatwanpuntformaslsarrekwirdtudestroetedralte | R445,81,01,435,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 5: в то время как плазменными пушками необходимо семь прямых попаданий. | wilovrsavndiraklasrhatsarnasasaretudestrosamvasl | R445,81,01,435,81,01,A50,81,02,
Dialog 6: Я надеюсь, что эта информация поможет Вам, лейтенант. | ihoptisanformasanasusfltuyu3lutanant | RA45,81,01,A35,81,01,A50,81,02,
The fonts:
Using the above font file as an example of the work involved in doing this: they unpacked the data file, decompressed the individual packets, decoded the font, added Russian glyphs, re-encoded the font, re-compressed the packets, and re-packed the file. And according the file stamps, they did this in 1992. Wow. Whoever did this was years, decades ahead.