This project is a toolset to translate Uma Musume Pretty Derby to English. A few included scripts also let it function as a game patch using these tools.
It accomplishes this by modifying the master.mdb file and Unity assets, aided additionally with dll hijacking through TLG.
Note on current state. Guides for install and use.
Translation progress and credits.
If you encounter problems, check the troubleshooting section with each guide step first. Open an issue or ask in the Discord server if this doesn't solve it.
UmaTL and the patching functionality is aimed at the DMM (Windows) version of the game. The toolset itself should work on linux and mac too, with some limitations.
Supports translating:
Other:
Included translations & credits: tl-progress
Toolset info: scripts
UmaTL is not affiliated with Cygames and is purely a fan-community effort.
Assets are edited only for the purpose of translation and it is the maintainer's belief this is harmless and unlikely to be an issue. [^1]
Nonetheless, such edits are against the relevant TOS so proceed at your own risk!
No maintainer nor contributor will be responsible for any issues encountered as a result of use.
[^1]: cygames has a relatively good track record in leaving non-cheating, non-damaging tools and users alone in my experience. Any possible crackdown is also likely to start with announcements and warnings before bans.
This project has taken a lot of time and effort since 2021 that I can't afford to keep providing freely.
Work is continued, to the degree affordable and with a focus on translations, through the help of monthly supporters. This work is available first to said supporters who make it possible, and later finds its way to the wider community.
This includes:
Some extra work or benefits, when available, remain only for supporters:
Finally, some things will continue to be simultaneously updated for everyone:
If you'd like to contribute as a supporter, please check the links at the top of this readme or at the right of the page.
An alternative guide with images by CryDuringItAll Very outdated but could still be useful for some extra info.
The umatl.json
file, created in the folder upon install, holds user config for the various tools used by the patch.
This file can be opened in any text editor and you can change or add any settings in it as you like at any time.
Some config changes only apply to new/updated files by default. To forcefully update all files, (temporarily) set import -> update
to false.
For advanced users: The format of this file is relative script path (no ext) -> argument -> value
.
For a list of arguments, run the scripts with -h or check near the bottom of the relevant .py files.
The patching process consists of three parts that are intended to be used together. The patch as a whole assume this is the case and works optimally that way. However, they can be used independently if so wished, with relatively minor downsides.
Double click patch.bat
and choose which parts to patch.
Patching UI translations requires that you chose to install TLG.
You can run this at any time to patch other parts or apply new translations.
UmaTL will automatically update to its newest version before patching.
If you only want to update UmaTL without applying the patch, you can run update.bat
. This should not usually be needed.
More info (read first!) and troubleshooting for each part below.
TLG itself can be updated by running the install script again from UmaTL's parent folder and choosing update mode, or by simply overwriting its 2 .dll
files with the new one manually.
version.dll
is not 0kb (it should be ~7MB).version.dll
file to xinput1_3.dll
or umpdc.dll
config.json
in Uma's install dir and play with the uiScale value (0.8-1.2 usually).Change skill_data
to true in the config if you want to see the skill's raw requirements and effects.
Make sure the game is closed when patching mdb.
Change skip_mtl
to false
in the config if you'd like to import machine translations to fill in parts the community hasn't done yet. Note UmaTL itself no longer updates MTL.
If you use tlg to change fps, follow the cfg file's format to add "fps": 60
(or whatever your fps is) on a new line under it.
.mingit\mingw64\bin\git.exe reset --hard
, enter.In general, check out the scripts. You probably also want to pip install -r src/devreq.txt
py src/import.py -O -g <group> -id <id>
-h
help for scripts under src/mdb/
See data-layout.md for an overview of the game's data files and how this repo maps translation files to them.
All scripts are made to be run from the root dir, i.e: py src/script.py -arg val
Target arguments should almost always be given, processing the smallest amount of files you need at a time. See id-structure.
For detailed info and args, run a script with the -h
arg.
script | desc |
---|---|
filecopy | Simply copies files from the game dir to the project dir for backup. |
restore | Restores original game files from earlier backup or cygames servers. |
extract | Reads game files and writes relevant data to a local folder, ready to be translated. Creates Translation Files. |
import | The reverse; loads Translation Files and writes them back to game assets for importing into the game. |
machinetl + deepl-translator.user.js | In tandem, provide a way to translate Translation Files with deepl or fairseq-compatible neural net models. See details. |
names | Translates name/speaker fields in Translation Files. |
textprocess | Processes dialogue text in Translation Files in various ways. Main use is adjusting lengths of lines for game display. |
subtransfer | Convert between ASS, SRT or TXT subtitle files and Translation Files. A few conventions must be followed, see its help. |
edit_story | GUI for editing Translation Files, originally started by KevinVG207. |
manage | Small tool to manage TLG's translation data. Requires use of tlg. |
common/helpers | Not scripts. Hold shared functions and data for other scripts. |
To contribute translations, see translating
For dev contributions, open a PR or Issue.
You can support the project on Patreon & Ko-fi.
All translators
Project contributors
UnityPytlg & [umamusume-localify]
The original umamusume-db-translate
Umamusume Translation Discord
Various dataminers
UmaTL's gracious supporters