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Translating a Japanese game, how to rename its resource file names from Japanese?

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Original title: Translating a Japanese game, how to rename its resource file names from Japanese?
Original author: blackdove96
Original date: March 8, 2016
Source thread: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/translating-a-japanese-game-how-to-rename-its-resource-file-names-from-japanese.58272/
Source forum path: Game Development Engines > Activation Issues

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Hi there, I'm translating a Japanese game, unfortunately it is created with rpg maker vx (not ace) and I know that unlike ACE, the original rpg maker vx isn't supported so well here. The problem is the files used as resources of this game, which have their names contain japanese letters, so i'm afraid that the japanese letters can be messed up when the game is unzipped in computers that don't support Jap language, which will cause the game to be unable to find the resources and crashes. Is there any fast way to edit every filename into one compromised of proper ASCII characters using rpg maker vx to avoid this problem? I hope someone out there...

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Hi there, I'm translating a Japanese game, unfortunately it is created with rpg maker vx (not ace) and I know that unlike ACE, the original rpg maker vx isn't supported so well here.

The problem is the files used as resources of this game, which have their names contain japanese letters, so i'm afraid that the japanese letters can be messed up when the game is unzipped in computers that don't support Jap language, which will cause the game to be unable to find the resources and crashes.

Is there any fast way to edit every filename into one compromised of proper ASCII characters using rpg maker vx to avoid this problem? I hope someone out there can help me. Thanks!

For example, all sound files of this game have Japanese names (image)

P/S: English isn't my native language so there might be typos, sorry about that.

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