SMT2 PSX English Translation v0.1.7

This release focuses on reliability and presentation fixes found after 0.1.6,
especially in the new Demon Compendium, demon negotiation, equipment details,
and Cathedral interfaces.

Changed

• Reworked reusable demon-negotiation lines so their randomized combinations
  join into natural English.
• Polished Hiruko's request and Lord Masakado's revival dialogue against the
  Japanese, improving the connected story scene while preserving its meaning
  and formal tone.
• Renamed the ambiguous special armor affinities to "Demonic Ward,"
  "Holy Ward," and "Res All."
• Expanded the translation-audit tools to check hard-coded negotiation joins
  and generate a Japanese/English comparison for system text stored in the
  executable.

Fixed

• Made every acquired demon eligible to appear in the Demon Compendium,
  including fusion-only Elements such as Aquans that were absent from the
  original Devil Analyzer's enemy-oriented sort tables.
• Restored the ordinary Devil Analyzer's "Analyze whom?" prompt after the
  Compendium's summon-cost display had corrupted it.
• Made the over-level Compendium rejection wait for acknowledgement before
  returning to the Cathedral menu, matching the other summon failures.
• Corrected the charm result message so it names the affected party member
  instead of claiming that the opposing demon was charmed.
• Corrected misleading shop and status text, including weapon-shop wording,
  the armor-shop greeting, and other messages whose English used the wrong
  subject or changed the Japanese meaning.
• Restored Skull Gi's "Repel Phys" affinity and verified all 16 armor
  resistance profiles against the Japanese data.
• Kept all twelve columns of the Cathedral fusion compatibility matrix inside
  the screen and centered its compact result symbols.
• Lowered compact English demon names and races to sit naturally at the bottom
  of their fields on fusion, status, and related screens.
• Corrected the casino cashier's Dark/Gold Coin balance sentence, including
  its missing space and misplaced coin type.
• Kept the post-dismissal "[demon] left." result at a one-line height instead
  of opening an unnecessary two-line message box.

Downloads

File	Contents
SMT2_EN_v0.1.7.xdelta	English movies and modern gameplay enhancements (recommended)
SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_NO_ENHANCEMENTS.xdelta	English movies and original gameplay mechanics
SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_JP_movies.xdelta	Original Japanese movies and modern gameplay enhancements
SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_NO_ENHANCEMENTS_JP_movies.xdelta	Original Japanese movies and original gameplay mechanics

The default patches include the Demon Compendium, which automatically
records recruited and fused demons and lets you summon default-stat
copies from the Cathedral for Macca. Choose a NO_ENHANCEMENTS patch
to preserve the original gameplay mechanics. Apply exactly one patch.

The patches contain no game data. You need your own dump of the game;
use only an image created from media you own, where permitted by
applicable law.

How to apply

1. Start from a verified Shin Megami Tensei II (Japan) (Rev 1)
   MODE2/2352 BIN image (222,694,416 bytes).
   Its sha256 must be c86fed4d6cefd676fe9c707f099f3fcc97c64b0ee1220ac5b3a47f1a6e2f1235.

2. Apply ONE of the patches with
   Delta Patcher
   or xdelta3:

   xdelta3 -d -s "Shin Megami Tensei II (Japan) (Rev 1).bin" SMT2_EN_v0.1.7.xdelta SMT2_EN.bin
   

3. Optionally verify the result against sha256sums.txt:

   • SMT2_EN_v0.1.7.xdelta output: 79608177794fb790e17bdb8e7449f6a5c2c2b855d5ec7bfcccb2e1bea8741c38
   • SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_NO_ENHANCEMENTS.xdelta output: d88864849417cee8b9028e898d55b2c9924b44b9b9c8e7db5a33b02b6a6a93a4
   • SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_JP_movies.xdelta output: 09bbdf3ec0eb008fec16b2299ae22e439c18de8254869112da550ec3d34cbcae
   • SMT2_EN_v0.1.7_NO_ENHANCEMENTS_JP_movies.xdelta output: e703e8548d4d45c1ee8bd81c71236d16038493fdf8438ba0b4b36f342ac34754

4. Create SMT2_EN.cue next to the patched BIN with this content:

   FILE "SMT2_EN.bin" BINARY
     TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
       INDEX 01 00:00:00