Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Complete Version
Translation Patch by Nebelwurfer HQ
September 19, 2007
Overview
AD 2001 is a Strategic Wargame set in WWII. Starting with
simple Training exercises in the mid 30s, you can guide
Germany through the war years. The campaign is a connected
set of scenarios, where your level of success determines the
next scenario you will play.
There are 3 campaigns in the AD2001 Complete Edition.
The standard Germany campaign with 120 scenarios,
a British scenario with about 40 scenarios, and a Soviet Union
scenario with about 40 scenarios. There are also about 10
non-Campaign individual scenarios you can play.
Right now, I am concentrating on the German campaign, and
have 27 scenarios translated. This covers from the beginning
of the game to Operation Sealion. I plan to cover the
alternate history scenarios that follow a successful Sealion
next, then as time allows cover the Balkans and Eastern Front
scenarios. I'm saving the North African scenarios for last.
Where to get the AD 2001 Complete version
AD 2001 Complete is a Japanese game, therefore you will need
to purchase it through a company that imports games. I have
used http://www.himeyashop.com to purchase Japanese games.
There are probably several others you can order the game from
as well. You want the PC version of the game, not the older
Dreamcast version.
When you install it, you should change the default install
directory to be something that doesn't have Japanese Kanji
charaters, like "AD2001_Complete".
For best results, you need to change the Regional and Language
options on the Control Panel. Install East Asian fonts on the
Languages tab, and select Japanese for non-Unicode programs
on the Advanced Tab. However you can muddle by with just
installing the East Asian fonts.
How to use the AD 2001 Complete Patch
Before using the translation patch, you need to update the game
to the latest version, 3.04. You can obtain the v3.04 patch
from the following website: http://sega.jp/pc/advd2001c/patch.shtml
Once the patch is installed, you should make a copy of the
untranslated AD3Game.exe and AD3Data.dll files, calling them
AD3Game_orig.exe and AD3Data_orig.dll. Any future patches
I release will be based on the original version of these
files, so you don't want to have to re-install the game
in order to get a clean version of these files to patch.
These files are contained in the C:\Program Files\AD2001_Complete\EXEC
directory.
There are three sections to the AD 2001 Complete patch. Those files
in the SCENARIO directory should be placed in the
C:\Program Files\AD2001_Complete\EXEC\SCENARIO directory.
The files in the Pxl_Files directory should be copied
to the EXEC directory where they will overwrite the original
versions of those files.
Finally, you will need to patch the AD3Trial.exe and AD3Data.dll
files in the EXEC directory. Use the included segatool utility
to apply the patch.
Copy AD3_DLL.IPS, AD3_EXE.IPS and SEGATOOL.EXE to the EXEC Directory.
Then run segatool and choose the "use Ips" option. You will be
prompted to select an IPS file. Choose AD3_DLL.IPS. You will then
be prompted to select a file to apply it to. Choose AD3Data.dll.
This file will then be patched to the translated version.
Choose the "use Ips" option again. You will be
prompted to select an IPS file. Choose AD3_EXE.IPS. You will then
be prompted to select a file to apply it to. Choose AD3Game.exe.
This file will then be patched to the translated version.
You are now ready to play the translated AD2001 Complete version.
Future Patches
I don't anticipate making any further changes to the AD3Game.exe
or AD3Data.dll files or the .PXL Files. Future patches will likely
just consist of additional translated scenarios in separate .ZIP
files.
How to play the game
The game system in AD 2001 is very similar to that used in
Advanced Daisenryaku IV which I translated several years ago.
Go to the Nebelwurfer HQ AD IV translation website and download
the manuals there to get a feel for the game.
My campaign has reached an untranslated scenario. When will it be translated?
There are approximately 210 scenarios in the game. I am working on the scenarios
that I am encountering in my campaign first. It takes me from 3 to 5 days to
translate a scenario. So unassisted, it would take me years to fully translate
this game.
I plan to post a lengthy article on my website showing exactly how I go about
translating a scenario, including all the tools I use, and where to get them
from. Then if anyone has an interest in playing through the British or Soviet
campaigns, they could do the translation themselves and then send me the
translated scenarios to be included in a future patch.