Based on kingshriek's tools (see upstream repos https://github.com/mchubby-3rdparty/Bgi_script_tools and https://github.com/mchubby-3rdparty/Bgi_asdis)

Thanks to his extensive work (bgi_config.py), this repository targets the BGI / Ethornell 1.66 engine.

I recommend Notepad++.

• Download and install a Python 3.x release (x86 or x86-64 does not matter) from https://www.python.org/downloads/

In the setup wizard, make sure "pip" is installed -- it is enabled by default.

• Open a Powershell command prompt (open Windows menu and type "powershell" then click on its icon). Powershell is included in all editions of Windows 7 through Windows 10.

• Type (change "Python34" to match your local Python install):

cd C:\Python34\Scripts
.\pip.exe install polib

Then, close the command prompt.

• Obtain a copy of this code repository from Github. You may use the "Download ZIP" button as a convenience. Then, unzip the downloaded archive onto your computer and browse to that folder in Explorer.

The repository contains helper powershell scripts with a .ps1 file extension.

• R-click on _1-dumppo-all.ps1 and select Edit in the contextual menu. It will open the file either in Notepad, or in "Windows Powershell ISE."
• Modify the $Python = "C:\Python34\python.exe" line according to your Python location, then save.
• Repeat the process for each .ps1 script.

(Note: ExtractData 1.20 produces corrupted files when extracting headerless BGI .arc's, do not use it)

• Copy the game archive data010.arc to "your local repo"
• Download and extract the latest binary release (= with .exe) of rr-'s arc_unpacker from https://github.com/vn-tools/arc_unpacker/releases
• Copy arc_unpacker.exe to "your local repo"
• Open a Powershell command prompt and change dir to "your local repo" example: cd C:\EXTRACT\bgilab
• Extract all files with the following command: .\arc_unpacker.exe --dec=bgi/arc data010.arc
• Rename the files to their correct extension:

cd data010~.arc
dir *.dat | rename-item -newname { [io.path]::ChangeExtension($_.name, "") }
move * ..
exit

• R-click on bgi_setup.py and open with your text editor (Edit with Notepad++)
• You may review the settings. By default, the script will generate a PO Template when slang = 'ja' and dlang = ['ja'] and dcopy = True
• R-click on _1-dumppo-all.ps1 and select "Run with Powershell". If there are errors during the dumping process, you either hit a bug, scripts are malformed, or target a different BGI engine version.
• All files are extracted in a folder named after the project_name in bgi_setup.py (the "project folder"). There is a subfolder matching each script file, and they contain a "ja.pot" template.

If you need to dump a particular script in Powershell:

& "C:\Python34\python.exe" bgi_dumppo.py Scenario1234

• Go back to bgi_setup.py in the text editor. Now set dlang = ['en'] and dcopy = False

• R-click on _1-dumppo-all.ps1 and select "Run with Powershell". All subfolders should now contain an "en.po" file.

• R-click on _2-rebasepo-all.ps1 and select "Run with Powershell". This script should only be run once (it alters both *.pot and *.po files), lest you have to restart the whole step. A failsafe mechanism will prevent it from running several times.

There are plenty options here and it's a bit out of scope for this readme. The most prominent one for offline localization is [Poedit][1].

For web-based collaborative localization, I suggest installing the self-hosted [Weblate][2] software on a Python/Django webserver. It has a demo at https://demo.weblate.org/.

[1] https://poedit.net/ [2] https://weblate.org/

• Edit buriko_setup.py and review the settings
• R-click on _3-dis-all.ps1 and select "Run with Powershell". A multitude of *.bsd shall be produced in the "project folder". You do not need to edit them.

• Edit buriko_setup.py and review the insertion settings
• Copy each updated *.po into its respective subfolder
• Edit _4-as-all.ps1 and change the $RootDir variable to match your "project folder"
• R-click on _4-dis-all.ps1 and select "Run with Powershell". A "compiled" subfolder should appear in the "project folder", containing recompiled files (Scenario* files with no extension)

If you need to compile a particular script in Powershell:

& "C:\Python34\python.exe" bgias.py project/Scenario1234.bsd

TODO. See https://github.com/bitprime/vn_translation_tools/tree/master/bgitools

You may also copy the files in compiled/Scenario* directly besides the game executable.

TODO. You probably need to patch or hook the game executable to handle UTF8 (if Shift JIS is not sufficient), VFW and line breaks.