Langrisser Projects

Today, we released a brand new patcher version that supports QNX Neutrino 6.2.1. The binary is compiled for x86 architecture. There were just too many errors on ARM and MIPS to take the time to resolve. Now all five QNX users can enjoy Der Langrisser too!

We’ve also released a small “press kit” which contains 32 screenshots from the game and some high-resolution TIFF and PSD images for anyone creating a derivative work. The archive is public domain, so do with it as you wish.

Today, we rolled out patch version 1.01. We have updated all the patchers, and also released a new DOS port. Sadly, we are still waiting on an OS X PowerPC build.

This update is critical! There is one scenario that was not even playable because of an error in the script file that no one ever caught. It also make some light fixes to the introduction, and fixes one typo in one of the possible endings for Scott.

You will need to apply this patch to a clean ROM file. It cannot be applied over your already patched Der Langrisser ROM. Using a current savestate may work in the new patch, but it is much safer to continue with an in-game save.

During play, press START and select Save from the menu. Select “Yes.” Then exit your emulator or power off your console. Name your new patched ROM to the same filename as your old one, and delete the old one. When you start up, simply chose to Load the first scenario save slot.

400 downloads of the Windows patcher
14 downloads of the Linux patcher
10 downloads of the OS X patcher

128 downloads of the printable manual
125 downloads of the high resolution manual
46 downloads of the regular manual (retardation?)

Der traffik total is: 1,81GB

Go server, go!

(These numbers only account for local downloads. Not downloads from our mirror sites.)

I’ve replaced all the manuals on this site with new prints. These prints correct the “Page 14″ typo, as well as that last minute “Arch Mage” to “Archmage” fix. This is the last time I will correct the manuals.

I spent a lot of time fine tuning the PDF settings, so if you are using Adobe Acrobat Read 8.0 (maybe 7.0 too), you should get a nice surprise. The PDFs are fully bookmarked, and clicking a page name will jump you to the target page. They are also configured to open at Actual Size instead of Best Fit, are flagged as English so blind Der Langrisser players like aerdan can read them with screen reader software and a bunch of pageflow options have been tweaked too.

If you are using Acrobat 8, it is better to download the printable manual. It will look the same as the high resolution one for you, but will have better page jumping due to its split nature. Users of open source PDF readers should stick with the default file or the high resolution one.

For anyone curious about the manual, it was designed in QuarkXpress 7.0 for PC, the best layout software around: period. No matter what Adobe InDesign people will insist, Quark will always be their daddy.

The manual was printed as 4,000dpi output onto a 127mmx127mm paper. The color feed is Composite RGB rather than CMYK, because these are more vibrant for screen readers. The color frequency went out at 200, which means zero angle on the yellow channel. Pictures were fed as Binary using full-resolution TIFFs. All fonts were optimized and embedded, and transparency flattening occurred at 600dpi.

The manual is primarily set in Bitstream Vera Sans and Serif–I selected these fonts because I had never laid anything out with free fonts, and I wanted a challenge. The black stripe Der Langrisser text is set in Georgia. I think nine style sheets were used for the whole manual.

As for the PDFs themselves, they were generated used Acrobat Distiller 8.0.0 for Windows XP, which creates using PScript5 Version 5.2. The high resolution and print manuals are printed as a High Quality Print PDF, and the pack-in manual is Standard quality.

Hi, if you get to the harbor battle scenario where you fight monsters, not Imelda, do not win before the boat leaves. You will need to lose and let the boat escape.

Why?

Ask our Light Path beta testers Hope you will all be able to enjoy that version of the path when we are forced to do a 1.01 patch.

Things never quite go the way we plan. It turns out the OS X patcher only works on Intel architecture Macs. We are waiting for MaDMaLKaV to get online since he has volunteerd to make one for PowerPC users. Because of this hiccup, the archive has been renamed to reflect its Intel-only nature.

Mirrors for all patches are available via Clouds of El Sallia’s Der Langrisser sub-page.

Lastly, sorry about the print-layout manual being broken. That’s my fault. While uploading it, I ran out of disk space. Since it never threw a disk space error till the next file, I assumed everything went up without any trouble. Nope. The file has been re-uploaded. This should please all the pirates who are getting ready to flash this translation to a cartridge and sell it on eBay under the false pretense that it is a newly discovered beta cartridge.

Yes, I know there are two errors in the manual. The class change charts still show “Arch Mage” when a last minute change led to switching this to “Archmage.” Also, one of the references to a page number is wrong. Of course, when you compare this to the shitloads of errors in commercially-made, professional instruction manuals, they are quite minor. If it didn’t have at least one or two errors, it would probably seem less like a professional game manual

Check the Downloads page.

I am too tired to make a link to it. If you can’t find it, try looking at the top of the page.

We have completed the patcher, and the final patch file that will be used to convert Der Langrisser V1.1 (J) to our English translation.

For reference, `md5sum patch.bin`
5fc6b31f3f14474d4c2b9fdc9e6c6fe8 *patch.bin

We are performing final validations and finishing touches to the included files, but the translation is finally complete, after all of these years …

We should hopefully have this up for download within the next 24 hours, if all goes according to plan …

It’s Friday here in China.

The beta test is over.

The scripts are finalized.

Don’t tell me about any new bugs right now or I will kill you.

I’m working on the manual.

Let’s hope this happens.

I’m very sorry for the time. I found very few things.

1. “Humans, humans … / Just accept the inevitable / and allow me my victory!” This is said by a Vampire. Should be in Creepy font and less personal. Consider: “… Just accept the inevitable, / Master Boser will rule all!”

2. Boser talks about the humans in Sonya’s village, “they believed a half-demon / caused an imaginary plague …” Was the plague not real? Suggest “devastating,” just to suggest something :/

3. Boser: “Bah hah hah! / What a bunch of faggots” This is said at the end of a dialog with Egbert, and is repeated at the end of another dialog with Vargas. It might be intentional.

4. Vargas: “Corrupting this world / won’t protect my beloved / wife and daughter!” Uhm, duh? If you think about it a little bit, you realise it’s a pretty bad sentence. “I won’t let my beloved / wife and daughter glimpse / your corrupted world!” perhaps.

5. During the ending sequence, Rohga still says “make your life miserable” instead of “lives.”

THANKS!