After finishing the base game and seeing that there is no “patch” for the FD - I decided to give it a try and implement it myself. For myself. Not sure why it wasn’t done before. Probably a lack of dedication.

So, here is the restoration patch for anyone interested. Download and rewrite all files in the base game folder.

Working on a steam version with and without DLC. May be incompatible with old saves (depending on where the save was made).

Please note that it’s not translated patch. The patch replaces non-H-kissing scenes in the steam version and replaces them with a Japanese version of the script. So, the story is in English, H content is in JP. And it’s possible to translate everything for anyone interested.

1. Restored all H scenes by replacing censored ones available natively (with JP text).

2. Japanese voicing is also there

   1. This was an easy one as they just added new voice files instead of replacing some.

3. Some character miniatures also are used in JP game.

   1. In the steam version they removed all nudity. Those are used in several routes.

4. Includes previously available on the internet uncensored images for Hotaru, Ageha and a small Kotori route.

   1. Thank you to someone who did this even if you dropped it, this one one of the reasons I decided to implement the patch.

5. Includes Ageha+Hotaru route

   1. Drawback - it’s available only after Kazato sisters' route. Why? See below.

6. All images are also added to the gallery under corresponding non-H scenes that were replaced.

   1. You need to click through.

   2. Ageha+Hotaru gallery is available under the latest Hotaru one.

What could be improved:

1. Translation of untranslated text

   1. Sorry, I am not a translator. I may do this, maybe, but it will take months.

   2. I would say that mostly Ageha+Hotaru route wants some love because I have no clue why they did what they did there. Other routes are ok because you have English already and H scene texts are not that much of an interest there.

2. GUI - Add route A+H to the menu and expand the gallery with images.

   1. This requires decompiling LUA files.

   2. I gave it a try, but decompilers produce a non-optimal code that is not working correctly even if you replace it (but it works and this could be done).

   3. So basically lua file that generates the menu should be parsed to make some sense and not break the game at the same time. Then we could add anything to the list. Something like this was done to the base game with its restoration patch.

   4. It’s a quite big task without any experience in the area and I am not that interested. Decided to go the easier way.

3. Amane route choice.

   1. In JP version there is a choice - with or without glasses. But it’s not working when moving to steam version. So you can see the options available and change the text there, but they are not available for selection and moving further with the script.

   2. JP version of the game that I have uses an engine of version 1.0 while steam is on 1.9. There are differences in the code there. And as only this route has any choice available while there is no choices in English, so it’s possible that something was altered in exe file to remove this action.

   3. You can still see both options as I cycled them. So when you go to this scene - the first route will be shown, then the second and then the script will continue.

4. Akari route could be updated if anything is available in JP version.

   1. I don’t have DLC in JP, but it's quite possible that it’s only EN/CN version and there is nothing to add.

5. Bugfixing.

   1. Sometimes game could exit for no reason. And I am not sure why it's happening. It appears when you just skip all text to get to some specific scene. I am assuming that it has something to do with garbage collection and changed scripts in 1.9 version vs 1.0 one. If you walk through all those lines by reading them (even fast) - everything is fine. I got it only when skipping with Ctrl. But it can be annoying.

UPD on November 2023 - released tools for working with WS2 files - https://github.com/DarthFly/advhd_ws2_tools

Do not post about any issues here. Use the dedicated thread instead. But make sure you are using the latest patch!

Updates

• 2018-06-24 - Fixed typos and other script-related issues

• 2018-03-23 - Patches with new translation released

Brief Introduction

Everything started from a Restoration patch that aimed to restore censored content in the official English release of "Kono Oozora ni, Tsubasa o Hirogete" / "If My Heart Had Wings".

Over time, two things became apparent: that most of the scripts needed to be re-translated pretty much from scratch and that butchered edition was in such a bad shape that restoring it, instead of working directly with the original Japanese edition, is a waste of resources. This is how two separate projects were born, with PabloC working on Re-Translation and メルP making a fully-working English-translated edition.

5 years later, after joining forces, we bring you the ReTranslation patch! Now you can enjoy Konosora with a proper English translation that actually resembles the original story, unlike MoeNovel's poorly written fanfic. :P

Notice: Since some people keep spreading misinformation. This patch was developed independently from rusanon's restoration patch and does not use any assets from it.

Downloads

Patch for Japanese Editions:
konosora_eng_patch_v2.1.0.142.exe | Mirror
This patch adds English translation.

Patch for English Editions:
imhhw_retranslation_patch_v1.1.0.59.bin
CRC32: 661311DE | MD5: 20757095B4BDE740D976DE3B99F0EEB1
imhhw_retranslation_patch_v1.1.0.59.exe
CRC32: 7DB89BF7 | MD5: CA1A3D9F92ED9885E89F188484B060C8
Both files are required. This patch replaces official English translation and restores censored content.

Notice: Patches include a PDF file with TL-Notes. They aren't necessary to understand the story (unless you're completely new to Japanese media – then the 'Basics' part will come in handy). Treat them as an optional, extra content to read after finishing the VN.

Compatibility

konosora_eng_patch_v2.1.0.142 only works with the following editions:
[2012-05-25] この大空に、翼をひろげて 初回限定版
[2012-07-13] この大空に、翼をひろげて 通常版
Support for more editions is in the works. [UPD@230327: By the look of it, this is not really true anymore, sorry >__<]

imhhw_retranslation_patch_v1.1.0.59 requires the following edition:
[2013-06-28] If My Heart Had Wings [Download|Package Edition], which is being sold at MangaGamer.
While it may work with Steam edition as well, we do not officially support it. Do NOT ask questions about it.

Notice: Everything patches say after you launch them must be treated literally. If they do not mention something, means this is not needed or should not be done. For example, neither of the patches requires Japanese locale or anything of that sort.

Hey there y'all.

The title says it all. With a group of friends, we decided to work on a translation for DarthFly's patch, since it seemed like nobody ever did it to english.

Didn't seemed like too much work at first. We were wrong. But we will take on the challenge.

Don't expect anything soon, we are working kinda slowly, as for some of us, we're getting final exams soon, and none of us are natives. It won't be a professional translation either, none of us knows any Japanese, so we use translators and all. But we'll try to make it as polished as we can, as well as incorporating some of the improvements DarthFly mentioned in his own post here. Or at least we'll try.

Just wanted to make a post to just say we're working on it, to see if it would interest some people.

12/05 update: Progress going ok, files have been attributed to each member of the team, new functioning tool to help us extract the lines only is done and working (even though a pretty big problem has been spotted), and the longest file we have is about 40% done. Progress will slow down this week on my end, but good progress has been done already.

19/05 update: We've made a bunch of "breakthroughs": the tool is now done and working, which will help us translate faster, we found the last files that were hidden (Asa/Yoru and Hotaru route), and Amane's route is 50% done, and those 50% are currently being reworded/polished/basically made readable.

26/05 update: Not much new, just general progress, every translators are translating.

02/06 update: Like last week, not much progress. Though 1 file has been completely reworded/polished (take the word you prefer to qualify the process).

09/06 update: A+H route is basically completely translated, soon will be on the rewording process, translation progressing on other routes, and our coder have a plan to retro-engineer the code.

16/06: Nothing much, pretty much a week spent having a break.

23/06: Same as last week, just a break

30/06: Same... yeah productivity dropped a lot.

07/07: Yeah... Nothing. But at least now I'm out of exams and all (got my degree yaayyyy) so now I should go back to being productive. I mean, to be fair, I didn't asked much around the team. I think Kotori's content is done translating, but yeah.

18/07: A bit late on that update, but, the thing is, there is kinda nothing to say. The drop in productivity affects everyone, they either have exams or want to enjoy their summer break, which is completely understandable. One translator is back into the work, but nothing much.
For the POTENTIAL release date, all I can offer for now is a release before 2025. It might change.

15/08: I am long overdue for an update, half forgot, half didn't had anything to say. BUT. I have some news. Other than i'm still checking the page and that we didn't abandonned the project.
First, the Hotaru "standalone" files are done. One has already been sent to the spellchecker/reworder, the other is getting some polishing before being sent.
Second, we did a recompiling test... but it failed. It needs some diagnosing, and even if our coder is good, Darthfly's tools are a few order of magnitude above his skills. We have to get that sorted first, but he's working on it.
I'll keep the post updated on the diagnosing.

31/08: We did a second recompilling test, thanks to the help of DarthFly. It did help us, cause we got a different error. But we're still working on it.

06/09: Great; great news! We redid a recompilling test, and it is finally working! So now we can focus on translating and trying to add everything that was missing ingame. Doesn't mean a release is close, but means that it can be released.
Update: Nevermind. The game doesn't crash but no sprite is loading. We'll have to diagnose that.

18/09: We still working on the patch, slowly but surely. We may or may have other projects after this one, but I made it clear with the team that we focus on the patch first. Also, in case you didn't see it, I released the Cruise Sign, Snow Present OSTs and a few more on youtube, link to the reddit post here.

07/11: Saw people asking for an update. I mean, I have nothing to update on, We're hard stuck on the coding side, and we can't progress while it is not solved. We haven't abandonned the project, just, have nothing to update. We got some splinter projects (like me uploading the OSTs or my friend making discord chatbots of the characters (that can be found here.)), that we will do in the meanwhile, but I just can't force our only coder to magically solve the problems we have.
Also, about the potential release date I talked about on the 18/07, yeah nah. We won't release anything before 2025. Nor anything early 2025.

24/11: Hey there, got some updates! Thanks to kevlu123, who delivered in my dms a new set of tools he made, we solved some of the problems we had. And those problems were, that once we tried to put the translated files back into the game, it crashed. Now, it works, meaning a release to the patch is now possible.
We're not done, and the release date is still unknown, but it has been the biggest piece of progress we had in a loooong while.

27/11: Welp, 2 updates in less than a week. That's rare for me. Anyway, once again, I bring good news. And they once again are about Kevlu. After handing us tools that solved our corruption problems, he decided to just handle the coding part, which we were going to just give up on (since our coder couldn't do it at all). He already managed to implement the ageha+hotaru route choice, doing in 2 days what we struggled to do in months.
The translation's probably releasing early 2025, I can tell you that half confidently.

04/12: Forgot to make the update when it happened... Anyway, this update is to inform you that all the coding workload has been done, all thanks to Kevlu.

16/01/25: Even though I'm quite late, happy new year! Ain't bringing much news, just a little "We're still alive" kind of update. Progress has been slow, as life gets in the way for some, but we are still kicking.

16/02: Same thing as a month ago: just a "we're alive" update. Between exams, sickness, overworking, being hired... the team is just busy doing things that they have to do, and ofc, the patch being a "why not project" is put on the side. But who can work is still working, and the others haven't abandonned. We will complete that project.

New version of the patch found here:

https://reddit.com/r/IMHHW/comments/8ac8ba/konosoraimhhw_retranslation_patch/

MeruP edited the top pinned post to have new links to the updated patch. Vast majority of it was fixing typos and grammar issues, and other bugs like one early in Ageha's route about a line that gets interrupted.

Speacial thanks to uomo, soracrowe, flarespeed, Gaporigo, zJisoo, N54VV, juicysitijar, Kaeylnn_Laefon, TotallyNotMasara, KiriyaAoi, Mina, Oggy Cather, Zeross, skrewball717, garine, and likely a few others I'm forgetting for reporting many of the various typos/grammar/bugs fixed in this newest patch. And of course MeruP for making these patches and Pabloc and co for the translations.

But yes as said in the topic title, if you get this new patch and still find any other grammar/typos, please report them here.

EDIT: If you have the original reTL match, you should be able to just run the new patch over it. If that doesn't work, uninstall and then re-install the VN. Then apply the new patch. Thankfully when you uninstall VN your saves dont go away so it should be safe to do this.

Just make absolutely sure you're on the newest patch before reporting anything. Not on the first ReTranslation, the first Restoration, or the original MoeNovel TL.