This is a work in progress, please excuse the messiness.

Q.
Why is the patch 300 Meg? Sounds rather large for just an English patch.

A:
The actual shift-jis Japanese text that was translated adds up to about 3 megs. The major reason the patch is so big is due to script recompression. The main script is located in 508 lzss compressed map files (along side non script data, usually located before the text). The lzss is custom so a recompressor had to be coded. Even though the leading non script data is usually the same, our recompressor would produce a file much different than the original compressed file. Also our recompressor compressed better than SE's, which was another reason why there is so much difference between files.

Q. What is the difference between DQ and DW style?

A.Here is a list of the differences between the 2 patches spell wise.

DQ Style DW Style
Midheal - Healmore
Fullheal - Healall
Multiheal - Healus
Omniheal - Healusall
Squelch - Antidote
Tingle - Numboff
Zing - Vivify
Kazing - Revive
Kerplunk - Farewell
Frizz - Blaze
Frizzle - Blazemore
Kafrizzle - Blazemost
Sizz - Firebal
Sizzle - Firebane
Kasizzle - Firevolt
Kaboom - Explodet
Crack - Icebolt
Crackle - Snowstorm
Kacrackle - Blizzard
Whoosh - Gale
Swoosh - Tornado
Kaswoosh - Aerocross
Kazap - Lightning
Kajolt - Thordain
Whack - Beat
Thwack - Defeat
Kamikaze - Sacrifice
Kasap - Defense
Snooze - Sleep
Kasnooze - Sleepmore
Fizzle - Stopspell
DrainMagic - Robmagic
Fuddle - Chaos
Oomph - Bikill
Kabuff - Increase
Buff - Upper
Insulate - Barrier
Dazzle - Surround
Zoom - Return
Evac - Outside
Holy Protection - Repel
Timeswitch - Day-Night
Lightning - Bolt