How to unpack and edit Maitetsu LR scripts

[Hiashi]

I'm not trying to make assurances about translating Last Run, but I'm interesting in getting the scripts into a format where they can be edited. I can extract the scenes using Garbro but I don't know how to unpack the .scn.txt files. They're encrypted as far as I know.

I should add that I'm a total amateur with Github so if a link to a repository is provided I'll need step by step instructions on how to use it.

Edited August 11 by Hiashi

[Entai2965]

.scn.txt files can be read/written by UlyssesWu's FreeMote project. They can be encrypted, but are usually just packed in a special way. Some are also not encrypted even if they look like they are in a hex editor/text editor. There are also some brute force tools you can try if they do end up being encrypted. The software itself can be downloaded from on the releases page. Be sure to read the wiki. The way I would recommend to edit them is to parse them into JSON, parse out the translatable line, and then edit them as you like.

VNTranslationTools should also be able to read them and parse translated strings directly to JSON or XLSX, but it is no longer maintained, and I have had only mixed luck with it personally.

[Hiashi]

I've tried VNTranslationTools before. It either doesn't work or I don't know how to make it work. Maybe someone could instruct me on it.

FreeMote isn't working either. Dragging the .scn.txt files over PsbDecompile.exe doesn't do anything.

Edited August 12 by Hiashi

[Entai2965]

Do you know how to use a command line interface? Now would be a good time to start learning. A significant number of tools for translating VNs only have CLIs because they are trivial to write, unlike Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

Most CLI programs respond to either /? or --help -h. As in 'program.exe --help'.

[hubb2001]

I have parsed out the scripts of last run (original release, no appends) to human readable, but I never got the repacking working properly. You can ping me on the Maitetsu discord https://discord.gg/ZqGRGGx if you want more info on it.

Edited August 12 by hubb2001

[Hiashi]

I've tried various things and decided to give up on this. Way too much trouble.

[Veshurik]

Translating pure 8Mb of Japanese text is insane work (for free) for many years, I think. You are right, too much trouble, in all ways.