Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

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gameside
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Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

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Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool v1.3.5
by gameside

updated:
v1.3
  • added export as txt option (see program help)
  • fix a small bug
v1.3.1
  • fix problem of extraction of some languages
v1.3.2 stable version
  • fix the problem of not being able to import some languages
v1.3.3 stable version
  • fix a small problem with EP3_S4A_Localization file
v1.3.5 stable version
  • added new added Japanese language to the tool - this new version wont work on older game version that don't have Japanese language, use v1.3.3 for them

LiS-textTool-v1.3.5.7z


with this tool you can export all texts from the game files to json or txt
- you can either export all languages from the file or select what language you want to export.
- by default program only convert those string that need to convert to utf-16 (when it have any Unicode char ex Arabic) and use ascii for rest. but you can also force it to write all strings as utf-16.

How to use:
you can see program help with -h/--help option.
example of export English and German languages from file (json mode)

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LiS-textTool.exe -e -f path-to-file-without-extension --lang=english,german

this will create a json file beside the game files.
example of import json back to game file.

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LiS-textTool.exe -i -f path-to-file-without-extension

its need all uexp, uasset and the json file in same folder.

by default tool use the json format for saving the output, but if you want you can use -t/--txt option to make tool export strings to a txt file instead
following example will export German language to a txt file beside of game files

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LiS-textTool.exe -e -f path-to-file-without-extension --txt --lang=german

Notes about txt mode:
  • keep in mind you can export more then one language in txt mode too, but if you want to import exported file back, you should just export one language.
  • don't delete or change first two lines in txt file.
  • if you have both exported json and txt file beside the uexp/uasset and try to import strings back, tool will perfer to import the json file, but you can force tool too import txt by using -t/--txt option in import mode too.

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LiS-textTool.exe -i -f path-to-file-without-extension -t


older version:
v1.1
LiS-textTool.7z

v1.3
LiS-textTool-v1.3.7z

v1.3.1
LiS-textTool-v1.3.1.7z

v1.3.2
LiS-textTool-v1.3.2.7z

v1.3.3
LiS-textTool-v1.3.3.7z
Last edited by gameside on Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:15 am, edited 12 times in total.
jonastraducoes
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool

Post by jonastraducoes »

Congratulations on the tool!
If it's not asking too much is it possible to make the tool be compatible with this file?
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool

Post by gameside »

jonastraducoes wrote:Congratulations on the tool!
If it's not asking too much is it possible to make the tool be compatible with this file?

what game is this from?
and send one more example
haku0011
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool

Post by haku0011 »

gameside wrote:
jonastraducoes wrote:Congratulations on the tool!
If it's not asking too much is it possible to make the tool be compatible with this file?

what game is this from?
and send one more example


Hello, can you make a tools for Tales of Arise?
Here for an example
AES if you need: YfxxoTdqKVmDk+K/uXaydXBfRg4pOZz9H5wGDIzWzkA=
ekiby4
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by ekiby4 »

gameside wrote:Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool v1.3
by gameside

updated:
- added export as txt option (see program help)
- fix a small bug

LiS-textTool-v1.3.7z

with this tool you can export all texts from the game files to json or txt
- you can either export all languages from the file or select what language you want to export.
- by default program only convert those string that need to convert to utf-16 (when it have any Unicode char ex Arabic) and use ascii for rest. but you can also force it to write all strings as utf-16.

How to use:
you can see program help with -h/--help option.
example of export English and German languages from file

Code: Select all

LiS-textTool.7z -e -f path-to-file-without-extension --lang=english,german

this will create a json file beside the game files.
example of import json back to game file.

Code: Select all

LiS-textTool.7z -i -f path-to-file-without-extension

its need all uexp, uasset and the json file in same folder.

older version:
LiS-textTool.7z



how to use? when i open listool.exe immediately closing.
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

ekiby4 wrote:how to use? when i open listool.exe immediately closing.

this tool work in command line
so open a cmd (WIN+R then type cmd and press enter)
then you can see the help of tool by type

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Path_to_where_tool_located\LiS-textTool.exe -h


haku0011 wrote:Hello, can you make a tools for Tales of Arise?

hello, I will check it later, currently I'm busy.
haku0011
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by haku0011 »

haku0011 wrote:Hello, can you make a tools for Tales of Arise?

hello, I will check it later, currently I'm busy.


thanks you very much
gtd4862
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gtd4862 »

This tool can't export to spanishMexico spanish, portugueseBrazil and chineseSimplified.
It shows a message like "portugueseBrazil is not a valid language"
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

gtd4862 wrote:This tool can't export to spanishMexico spanish, portugueseBrazil and chineseSimplified.
It shows a message like "portugueseBrazil is not a valid language"

It was a typo...
now its fixed.
gtd4862
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gtd4862 »

gameside wrote:
gtd4862 wrote:This tool can't export to spanishMexico spanish, portugueseBrazil and chineseSimplified.
It shows a message like "portugueseBrazil is not a valid language"

It was a typo...
now its fixed.


Why I can't import txt back to uexp? I only export to one language.
I tested, only english can import txt back to uexp.
Can you fix it?
nguyen dinh duc
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by nguyen dinh duc »

there are some files that can't be unzipped, i hope you will research it
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

gtd4862 wrote:Why I can't import txt back to uexp? I only export to one language.
I tested, only english can import txt back to uexp.
Can you fix it?

what language you trying to import?
as I tested there is no problem with importing other languages...
as you know you can export as many language as you want in txt mode too, but if you want to import them back you should only export one
and keep in mind dont delete or change first 2 lines in exported txt.

I also updated the first post with more information about txt mode.
gtd4862
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gtd4862 »

gameside wrote:
gtd4862 wrote:Why I can't import txt back to uexp? I only export to one language.
I tested, only english can import txt back to uexp.
Can you fix it?

what language you trying to import?
as I tested there is no problem with importing other languages...
as you know you can export as many language as you want in txt mode too, but if you want to import them back you should only export one
and keep in mind dont delete or change first 2 lines in exported txt.
I also updated the first post with more information about txt mode.

If I export and import english txt, it works fine.
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But if I export and import other language, like german, it shows an error message.
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In all these tests I didn't change anything to txt files.
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

@gtd4862 yes you were right, there was a small problem, but now its fully fixed (check the first post for latest version)
Now I can say the tool is fully stable, thanks for all your bug reports.
gtd4862
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gtd4862 »

gameside wrote:@gtd4862 yes you were right, there was a small problem, but now its fully fixed (check the first post for latest version)
Now I can say the tool is fully stable, thanks for all your bug reports.

Thank you for the hard work!
Everything works fine now.
bax001
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by bax001 »

Hi,
Your tool is great, but it is not compatible with all localization files. It doesn't work with following folders: SMS, Journals, Posters, etc. It does something when I try to export to txt file, but I can open it only with hex editor as files are over 1GB. Is there any chance for an update?

Thanks

PS. I've seen there english text, but I am not sure if it is required to tranlate)
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

bax001 wrote:Hi,
Your tool is great, but it is not compatible with all localization files. It doesn't work with following folders: SMS, Journals, Posters, etc. It does something when I try to export to txt file, but I can open it only with hex editor as files are over 1GB. Is there any chance for an update?

Thanks

PS. I've seen there english text, but I am not sure if it is required to tranlate)

Hi, its strange, tool should work with all files, did you test latest version? if yes upload some of problematic files.
emre_007
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by emre_007 »

Can you update the tool to make nintendo switch files as well. Thank you. I also uploaded the language files.
gameside
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by gameside »

emre_007 wrote:Can you update the tool to make nintendo switch files as well. Thank you. I also uploaded the language files.

looks like in a point of time they added Japanese language to the game, that older version of tool didn't supported it, but now in new update (1.3.5) its supported.
ljy0704
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Re: Life Is Strange: True Colors - Texttool [updated]

Post by ljy0704 »

Hi thanks for your tool is really useful to me.
But it doesn't work with SMS
And if you don't mind would be tell how to unpakc Posters or jounral stuffs too?
Thank you