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DS Misc > Babel Fish DS (Very Early)

#102243 - JerryM - Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:53 am

Hello folks.

I am posting about my first NDS project. As the subject shows, it is a Babel Fish translator for Ninteno DS ;).

The idea of the program is to allow you to translate text wherever you have WiFi access. I've been working on it for about 2-3 days now (at the time of posting). Today I updated the graphics, but you can see they are not all updated yet.

Notice: You cannot actually translate anything yet! I am still working hard. I have a deadline for friday to have everything up and running for everyones enjoyment. I will keep everyone updated :).

Here are a few screenshots:
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Incase anyone wants to try it out (no point really, there is no functionality yet), you can find a EMULATOR build below. By EMULATOR build, I mean that the Wifi code has been removed so that it will not crash emulators, but it will still run on hardware.

I have only tested it with a DS Phat (firmware v2.0), using GBAMPv2 and a Datel Max Media Launcher (NoPass) through MoonShell. If you want to, try to run it on your hardware and tell me how it works :-).

Known Bugs:
- When switching menu's, the screen "flickers" : This is not really a bug as it is my own stupidity. I know what causes it, and how to fix it, but it will be too much trouble to fix it as of now.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NEARLY NO FUNCTIONALITY AT ALL. IT DOES NOT YET ACTUALLY TRANSLATE!


Here you can find an EMULATOR build download:
http://rapidshare.de/files/32808235/BabelFish_DS.nds.html

#102246 - TJ - Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:07 am

Awesome concept.

EDIT:

It requires patching to boot normally on my SuperCard CF, but does boot though MoonShell without any modifications.

#105246 - pas - Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:47 pm

@Jerry M:

Whats up with this Project now ???

Are you still working on it ?

Greets:

Pas