With the release of UFO we have started work on the English patch, but in the process one of our testers commented that the game itself can be rather hard for those that are colorblind due to the red and green UFOs looking rather similar (as seen above). With that in mind, we’ve decided to release a quick patch that changes the green UFOs in game to yellow; it’s not the most elegant looking thing for those that have normal vision, but it does make the two much easier to distinguish for those with colorblindness.

This patch does not modify game text or graphics in any other way, so those users who wish to leave the game in Japanese can install it without worry of any other changes to the game. For English users, we’ll include an option to install the colorblindness modification when the English patch is released (hopefully very soon!), so you might want to hold off on installing this patch until then, just to make the English patch installation simpler.

You can download the patch by clicking on the image above or on this link.

日本の皆様へ：

先日、東方星蓮船が発売しましたが、色覚異常の皆様には赤と緑UFOがわかりづらいでしょう。

そう考えると、我々Gensokyo.orgは、東方星蓮船色覚異常パッチを開発しました。このパッチは、ゲーム内の緑UFOを黄色に変わります。ほかのところ（言語・絵・スクリプトなど）の変わりは全然なし。ダウンロードリンクはこちらです。なお、上のUFOの画像をクリックするとパッチをダウンロードすることもできます。

パッチの使用方法：

ダウンロードが終わった後、ファイルth12c_patch_1.0.exeを実行すると、”Browse”を押して、東方星蓮船のインストール先のフォルダを指定してください。そして”Patch”を押してください。

では、皆様ぜひ気楽に使えてください。

Thanks to Mr_Alert for the patcher, Halbarad for image edits, and RMSephy for testing.

For the second time in as many weeks, there’s been a significant update to the Touhou Project Replay Archive – match replays from IaMP and SWR can now be uploaded and archived! Check out the main upload page to add your own, or the updated Vs. Matches page to see what’s been added!

Many thanks to mauve for his assistance in breaking down the IaMP and SWR replay formats.

Read on for a full list of the changes.

Changelog:

• UFO demo replays can now be uploaded; the demo version number will be displayed on the download page (since this may change with later demo revisions). All demo replays will be completely removed once the full version of UFO is released.
• Pagination has been updated to limit the number of pages displayed at any given time (thus keeping it from displaying two full lines worth of pages).
• IN replays coming from non-English versions of the game will now translate character names into English correctly. Existing replays with Japanese names have been corrected.
• IN spellcard replays will now show the full spellcard name (not just the number) on the replay detail page.
• Challenges have been changed to special conditions, and three new conditions have been added: No Deaths, Tool-Assisted, and Unmarked Tool Assisted.
• Searching for runs by special condition is now possible.
• The comments system has been removed (for lack of interest and spam abuse of the system).
• Replays can now be flagged as possible tool-assisted runs, if you believe they’re not legitimate; a moderator can review replays flagged in this way to confirm or refute the claim.

If you have suggestions, complaints, or bug reports, please feel free to leave a comment here!

Also released with it is the final version of the netplay client Cowcaster, which you can obtain here.

Currently, the group has no plans to translate Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. Enjoy!

The editor will allow you to supply new BGM tracks for any of the Windows games; the tables on the page give more information about the looping points in each track, to help you make the new BGM loop seamlessly.

A translation of the readme.txt for the game follows (thanks to Solamarle for the translation):

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* Warning *

This tool is completely unrelated to Team Shanghai Alice or the Priest.
Please don’t contact them with questions about this tool.

Touhou Series BGM Replacer

* About

This is a tool to replace the BGM data in Touhou games.

* Requirements
OS: XP (Only XP is supported. Win2k is probably OK, but who knows about Vista or 9x)
DirectX: 8 or higher
HDD: at least 1GB free space
Touhou: see the loop tables in the appendix

* File manifest
thbgmChg.exe: the program
mp32wav.dll: required for processing
dump.ax: required for processing
readme.txt: this file
List: the folder where you put the music index files

* Usage
1. First, decide what songs you want to use.
MP3 and WAVE files are supported.
Please name the files “tracknum.mp3″ or “tracknum.wav”.
tracknum is the internal game track number for the track you’re replacing.
Exception: If you want to replace “Sleepless Night in an Eastern Country” from StB,
please use 4.mp3 or 4.wav.

2. Run thbgmChg.exe
3. Select the game you’re replacing the BGM for.
(See the appendix.)
4. Enter the path to the BGM data.
Once you do this, the “Open” button will become active.
For EoSD, give the path to the BGM folder – for all other games, give the path
to the thbgm.dat file.
5. Enter the path to the music you’re using to replace the BGM.
Once you do this, the “Open” button will become active.
6. Select the file type of the music you’re using to replace the BGM.
WAVE and MP3 are supported.
7. Press the Data Check button.
Select the song you want to replace from the list.
8. Place a checkmark next to the song you want to replace and press “Start”.
* It might take a while for this to finish.
9. Close the program when the new BGM data file has been created.

* NOTES
Something about MoF unofficial patches?
Since EoSD’s music data is just WAV files, it’s probably best to just replace them
without using the tool.

* Going back to the original music
thbgmChg simply renames the original data file when it does its processing, so to
revert to the original music just rename the backup to the original filename.
The BGM data is copied to a .bak file.
You can also copy the original file from the install CD or a backup.

* Touhou games’ music data files
* EoSD: the original music data is in the “bgm” folder on the install CD
* PCB: the original music is in “thbgm.dat” on the install CD
* IaMP: the original music is in the “thbgm75.dat” file on the install CD
* IN, PoFV, StB, MoF: the original music is in the “thbgm.dat” file on the install CD

* Music index files
The music index file is the same format used in the ThbgmExtractor program.
You should be able to use the same index files in each program.
Please put your index files in the List folder.
(The BGM extractor, though, uses a different method for EoSD.)

* When a new game comes out
All you should need to do is get a music index file for new games when they come out.
Since they’re the same format ThbgmExtractor uses, you can probably get them from
your favorite webpage or upload site.

* FAQ
* I get an error trying to convert the data.
The converter uses DirectShow, so it may be a problem with DirectShow.
If you have access to another computer, try running it there.
* Can I delete the tmp folder this creates?
Yes.
* But the looping is all weird …
You’ll need to cut your music to match the loop points in the original BGM, or
there’s something wrong with the music file you used to replace the original BGM.
* Can I run this twice in a row?
You can, but the program will pop up a dialog asking if you have backed up
your data. You may want to select “No” here.
If you select yes, THE PROGRAM WILL OVERWRITE THE BACKUP OF YOUR ORIGINAL MUSIC DATA
FILE. If this happens, you’ll need to copy it off the install CD, or something.

Ryouchin