Cross Hermit English — v0.8.7

Cross Hermit English v0.8.7

English translation and modern Windows support for Cross Hermit: Guardian of the Far Reaches. This is a cumulative update from v0.8.0, including all local fixes through 0.8.7.

Contribute

Bug reports, proofreading and playtesting are welcome: GitHub issues or retro-trans Discord. Include the version and steps to reproduce a problem.

Changes

• Fix ultrawide/aspect-ratio and high-DPI sizing, including 3440×1440 at 225% Windows scale.
• Remove repeated tutorial ellipses; fit descriptions, location/character articles and deployment help inside their panels. Shorten the compact Physical label to Phys.
• Replace the captions on 36 tutorial pages and 10 shared resources with reviewed English images, preserving non-caption artwork. Illustrated screenshots can still contain Japanese text.
• Remove long manual-page fades/crossfades and minimize fixed navigation waits. Resource loading still takes time; story, opening and battle-event timing is unchanged.
• Ask Update now? with Yes / No as soon as the launcher finds a newer version.
• Translate the player-name heading and normal/selected Confirm / Cancel buttons.
• Retain all previous translation, compatibility, controls, Auto casting and gameplay adjustments.

Play it / Apply

Fresh installation

Use your own original Japanese EB2002CH.iso. The full game ISO is not distributed.

Automatic patching: open Retro Trans Tools, select Automatic, click Refresh catalog, choose your original ISO and Latest (0.8.7), and choose a new .iso output with Original format. Patch, mount the output and run SETUP.EXE. Automatic downloads the matching bare xdelta and verifies the source and complete output.

Standalone package: download and extract Cross-Hermit-0.8.7-ISO-patch.zip, run Patch Cross Hermit.cmd, select the original ISO and a new output filename, then mount the result and run SETUP.EXE.

Other patchers: use Retro Trans Apply xdelta, DeltaPatcher or xdelta3 with Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.7.xdelta (also inside the ZIP). Keep checksum validation enabled and preserve the original. With the supplied command-line tool:

.\xdelta3.exe -d -s "EB2002CH.iso" "Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.7.xdelta" "Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.7.iso"

The patched ISO installs the complete current English game, native launcher/uninstaller, guides and bundled Japanese locale runtime. No separate Locale Emulator installation or system-locale change is needed. The installed game does not need the ISO mounted. Windows 10/11 x64 Intel/AMD, .NET Framework 4.x and Windows PowerShell 5.1; allow at least 2.3 GB free.

Existing English installation

Close the game, open Launcher.exe, choose Check for updates and install 0.8.7. The old 0.8.0 launcher needs a second click after discovery; the updated launcher asks Yes / No immediately for future updates. Supported English game versions: 0.1.261, 0.1.264 and 0.8.0–0.8.6. Installer revisions 0.1.262/0.1.263 report game version 0.1.261 and are supported too. Unmodified Japanese installations use the fresh-install route.

The launcher uses Cross-Hermit-update.json and Cross-Hermit-0.8.7-update.zip, checks all files, backs up replacements and preserves saves/settings. Do not extract the updater ZIP over an installation manually. Keep a separate save backup before updating.

Expected ISO files

File	Bytes	SHA-256
Original Japanese ISO	659,390,464	34a7a1da0e9bb9da44a7397d6873d91d72bced5229ca0cb46d1555f0f95a93f9
Bare xdelta	109,970,381	70fe73c9257b27bc0482452fc3f5c14ab523cb088e55f5fa54ceb358a83b463e
Patched English ISO	770,535,424	8a3ecfec28270ebe77fcb586d2c52f358ed8105a41a4782c3aecf71c849ce5ce

The patch ZIP is 110,914,119 bytes; the updater ZIP is 110,271,421 bytes. Check SHA256SUMS.txt for all release asset digests. BUILD-MANIFEST.json, VALIDATION.json and the unchanged bare xdelta support Retro Trans Automatic discovery.

Source, credits and status

The README covers controls, saves, uninstall, credits, source scope and component licenses. GitHub's automatic source archives contain repository documentation, current tool source and selected English exports; use the ISO patch or launcher updater to play.

Project lead and playtesting: pow / retro-trans. Translation, editing, tooling and reverse-engineering assistance: OpenAI Codex, directed by the project lead. Translation is machine-produced and edited; there is no audited human proofreading count. This unofficial fan patch is free: do not sell it or pre-patched game images. Original content belongs to its rights holders; bundled tool/component licenses apply separately.

Validation includes exact ISO reconstruction, 7,985 fresh-install hashes, native uninstall/save backup, nine supported English updater fixtures with six preserved personal files each, 43 safety/rollback checks, 34 native app checks, 12 confirmation-flow cases and compiled/native HUD/resource/layout checks. Anonymous public updater discovery/download and Retro Trans Automatic (backend and released Windows app) and Apply xdelta all passed, producing the exact expected ISO and preserving the original. The catalog refresh succeeded. See the verification records. These checks do not replace a full live playthrough or testing every monitor and hardware configuration. The user's installed game and saves were untouched during release testing.

Cross Hermit English — v0.8.0

English translation and modern Windows support for Cross Hermit: Guardian of the Far Reaches.

Automatic ISO patching is now supported in Retro Trans Tools. Open Automatic → Refresh catalog, select your original ISO, choose Latest (0.8.0) and a new .iso output, then click Patch. The app downloads the matching patch and verifies the result. No manual patch download is needed.

v0.8.0 is the first public release. It includes the translation and cumulative game changes through development build 0.1.264, with matching 0.8.0 setup, launcher, uninstaller and game-footer labels. This patch includes gameplay adjustments as well as translation.

Apply

You need your own original Japanese disc image for a fresh installation, or a supported existing English installation for the launcher updater.

What you have	What to use
Original Japanese EB2002CH.iso	Retro Trans Automatic, or Cross-Hermit-0.8.0-ISO-patch.zip
English installation, game version 0.1.261 or 0.1.264	Check for updates in Launcher.exe

Recommended: Retro Trans Automatic. Open Retro Trans Tools, select Automatic, click Refresh catalog, and browse to the original Japanese EB2002CH.iso. Select Latest (0.8.0), choose a new .iso output with Output format: Original format, then click Patch. The app downloads and verifies the patch, source and output. Mount the completed ISO and run SETUP.EXE. No ISO patch ZIP extraction or app update is needed for existing 0.5.21 clients.

Standalone ISO patch package: extract the ISO patch ZIP and run Patch Cross Hermit.cmd. Select the original Japanese ISO and choose a new output filename. Mount the patched ISO, run SETUP.EXE, then start the installed game through its shortcut or Launcher.exe.

Retro Trans manual: the same ISO patch ZIP also works with Apply xdelta. Extract it, select the original ISO and Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.0.xdelta, and choose a new .iso output with Original format. See the Automatic/manual instructions and output hash.

Other patchers: you can use DeltaPatcher or xdelta3. Download the bare Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.0.xdelta asset, or extract that same file from the ISO patch ZIP. In DeltaPatcher, select a copy of the original ISO and the .xdelta, leave Checksum validation enabled, and apply the patch. Keep your untouched original separately, since DeltaPatcher can replace the selected file.

For manual xdelta3 patching on Windows, place the original ISO, patch and xdelta3.exe in the same folder, open a terminal there, and run:

.\xdelta3.exe -d -s "EB2002CH.iso" "Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.0.xdelta" "Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.0.iso"

Use a new output filename. The xdelta3.exe included in the ISO patch ZIP can run this command. The expected output SHA-256 is 87ad84b9a0fb92657f19d5db2a91e361d8e7f7a2b57a6e31852fa7e3a25d54e2. After patching with any tool, mount the resulting ISO and run SETUP.EXE.

The patch expects this exact source; keep checksum verification enabled:

Source	Expected value
Filename	EB2002CH.iso
Size	659,390,464 bytes
SHA-256	34a7a1da0e9bb9da44a7397d6873d91d72bced5229ca0cb46d1555f0f95a93f9

The patched ISO includes the complete current translation, Windows Forms setup and launcher, native uninstaller and game-local Japanese locale runtime. No separate Locale Emulator installation or system-locale change is needed. The installed game does not need the ISO mounted.

Requirements: Windows 10/11 on 64-bit Intel/AMD, Windows PowerShell 5.1 and .NET Framework 4.x; at least 2.3 GB of free space for setup.

Existing English installation: choose Check for updates in Launcher.exe, install with the game closed, then reopen the launcher. Supported game versions are 0.1.261 and 0.1.264, including installer 0.1.262/0.1.263 installations whose game version is 0.1.261. The launcher uses Cross-Hermit-update.json and Cross-Hermit-0.8.0-update.zip, validates the installation and checksums, backs up replaced files and preserves saves/settings.

Other installations should use the fresh-install route. The updater does not support unmodified Japanese installations.

What is included in v0.8.0

• English translation and guides. Dialogue, interface text and offline Skills / Classes & upgrades guides in the launcher. Tutorial instructions reflect the current selection, skill-targeting and deployment controls.
• Display and interface improvements. Widescreen rendering, readable text, corrected layouts and two-line item names.
• Battle controls. Ctrl/Shift selection, Ctrl+A, same-class double-click selection, tactical pause, icon/F1-F8 skill selection, left-click targeting and right-click cancellation.
• Optional support Auto casting. Local support casting and group support controls, with fixes for stuck casting states and Auto status reset after battle.
• Game fixes and balance changes. Crash, stat-calculation, rendering and performance fixes; BAD damage over time reduced by 75%, enemy healing reduced by 50% and Wisp HP reduced by 75%. Automatic targeting prefers enemies over destructible walls unless a wall is explicitly targeted.
• Installation and compatibility. Bundled Japanese locale support, disc-independent installed startup, native launcher updates and save-preserving uninstall. The uninstaller verifies an external backup under Documents/Cross Hermit Backups before removing the owned installation.

Validation and testing status

Validation passed compiled launcher/uninstaller tests, inherited compiled/native HUD checks, compiled setup startup checks and a fresh setup/uninstall round trip. All 7,979 expected installed-file hashes were checked. The ISO was reconstructed from the xdelta and matched the complete target size and SHA-256 hash.

Updater checks cover 43 safety/rollback cases and all 510 payload files from each supported source version, with synthetic personal files preserved. The published launcher update was also discovered and its complete payload downloaded and hash-checked without credentials.

The published ISO patch ZIP was independently downloaded without credentials and applied through Retro Trans 0.5.21's Apply xdelta engine. The 770,318,336-byte output matched SHA-256 87ad84b9a0fb92657f19d5db2a91e361d8e7f7a2b57a6e31852fa7e3a25d54e2. The original ISO remained unchanged. This exercised the interface's patching entry point, not graphical interaction or CHD/RVZ conversion.

Retro Trans Automatic also passed: the hosted catalog refresh validated the release and preserved existing entries. Clean-cache runs through the public catalog, including the released Windows 0.5.21 app's Automatic command, recognized the original ISO, downloaded the published bare xdelta and produced the exact same verified English ISO. The output was recognized as already current, and the original remained unchanged. Verification records.

This remains a public 0.x test release. Automated checks and isolated installation tests do not replace a full playthrough. A complete check of every mission, opening sequence and hardware configuration remains pending. Please include the installed version, steps and a screenshot when reporting a problem.

Downloads and source

No complete game ISO is distributed. The release assets are:

Download	Purpose
Cross-Hermit-0.8.0-ISO-patch.zip	Fresh-install xdelta, patching helper, xdelta3, instructions and corresponding tool source/notices
Cross-Hermit-0.8.0-update.zip	Payload applied by the installed English launcher
Cross-Hermit-update.json	Launcher update manifest with compatibility and file checksums
Cross-Hermit-English-0.8.0.xdelta	Bare ISO patch downloaded by Retro Trans Automatic; identical to the xdelta inside the ISO patch ZIP
BUILD-MANIFEST.json	Retro Trans release metadata with original, patch and output identities
VALIDATION.json	Matching ISO round-trip validation report
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums for the package ZIPs, updater manifest, bare xdelta and Retro Trans metadata

GitHub's automatic source archive contains the repository snapshot at the tag: release documentation, current installer/launcher sources and three English-only tutorial exports. It is not the full local translation toolchain or a complete recipe for rebuilding the cumulative game changes. Use the ISO patch package or launcher updater to play. Bundled components retain their own licenses and accompanying notices/source archives.

Translation and acknowledgements

This is a machine translation produced with large language models and then edited, rather than a hand translation by a fluent translator. Names and terminology follow the project's glossary. Review includes accuracy checks, an editorial pass for clarity and character voice, and final proofreading. There is no audited human proofreading line count, and machine review is not counted as human review.

Project direction and playtesting: binhlt0402 / retro-trans. Translation, editing, tooling and reverse engineering assistance used OpenAI Codex, directed by the project lead. Thanks to the creators of the bundled compatibility runtime, fonts and patching/extraction tools. Original game content and artwork belong to their respective rights holders.

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