Pro Tip: Always read the patch’s readme.txt. Many patches require you to install the game’s 1.01 update before applying the translation.
Search inside extracted folders for strings:
grep -r "こんにちは" ./
If you find .bin or .dat files with Japanese text: english patch ps vita games
Common text locations:
You’ll need to:
Python script to extract binary text with pointers:
import struct
with open("message.bin", "rb") as f: data = f.read() count = struct.unpack("<I", data[0:4])[0] # little-endian count offsets = [] for i in range(count): off = struct.unpack("<I", data[4 + i4 : 8 + i4])[0] offsets.append(off) for off in offsets: # Read null-terminated string end = data.find(b'\x00', off) print(data[off:end].decode('utf-8'))Pro Tip: Always read the patch’s readme
Rebuilding requires matching offsets. Use VitaRebuildText (custom tool) or manual patching. Search inside extracted folders for strings: grep -r
This keeps your original game file intact and loads the English text from your memory card. It’s safer for online play (though go offline to be safe).
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