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st_nick5 · 2013-09-22, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draugur

I bought the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei Sound Novel (the Japanese version, of course), and now I want to install it and install the English patch afterwards.

But the installation of the program doesn't work. Of course I can't read anything (it's not even in Japanese, there are just random letters and symbols, although my computer is prepared for Asian fonts normally).

Could someone who knows something about Japanese software please have a look and tell me what to do? I'll use spoiler tags for the rest but please have a look at it.

Spoiler for pictures:

Could I ask where you bought it? I've been trying to find a place online that sells the original copies, but I've been unsuccessful so far. I did have them at one point, but I moved house and a load of stuff got misplaced, including them.

Draugur · 2013-09-23, 16:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by st_nick5

Could I ask where you bought it?

Of course, I bought it at ebay.com, it's not really cheap, though.

Here's the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PC-When-...item20b67f49a8

erneiz_hyde · 2013-09-23, 18:13

That looks like because your PC isn't set for Japanese locale. Installing the fonts alone is not enough, you need to set the region to Japanese as well.

Draugur · 2013-09-24, 15:58

Thanks very much, also to you. Seronei already gave me that advice (on the previous page) and it worked.

chaos_alfa · 2013-10-04, 14:35

It seems MangaGamer has started selling the French version of Higurashi on their website. This version has the minigames and the music that were changed in the English version present.
http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=95
http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=96

st_nick5 · 2013-10-04, 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos_alfa

It seems MangaGamer has started selling the French version of Higurashi on their website. This version has the minigames and the music that were changed in the English version present.
http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=95
http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=96

So why was the game unchanged in the French version, but not the English version?

Daisu · 2013-10-04, 18:45

French designers went the extra mile while mangagamer did not. Hence how French got all the music while mangagamer had to get its own as well.

RandomAvatarFan · 2013-10-14, 16:20

I have a question about MangaGamer's release.

I ordered Kai off of the Amazon Marketplace to get a hard copy. It was listed as Higurashi -- When They Cry Kai by MangaGamer. I understand that the hard copies are now out of print, but I thought maybe these stores still had some to sell.

It came in the mail, but the case shows the original "ひぐらしのなく頃に解" instead of the english title. Is this the way they came, or did I get the wrong version? I hadn't opened it. I'll probably send it back because I didn't realize MangaGamer was relasing sbaffron's translation (which I understand is superior to MangaGamer's?)

chaos_alfa · 2013-10-14, 17:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandomAvatarFan

I have a question about MangaGamer's release.

I ordered Kai off of the Amazon Marketplace to get a hard copy. It was listed as Higurashi -- When They Cry Kai by MangaGamer. I understand that the hard copies are now out of print, but I thought maybe these stores still had some to sell.

It came in the mail, but the case shows the original "ひぐらしのなく頃に解" instead of the english title. Is this the way they came, or did I get the wrong version? I hadn't opened it. I'll probably send it back because I didn't realize MangaGamer was relasing sbaffron's translation (which I understand is superior to MangaGamer's?)

If with "sbaffron's translation" you mean the France version of Higurashi which MangaGamer also sells, than from what I have heard that one is indeed better.

You could also just return the hardcopy and wait till Higurashi is released on Steam, because MangaGamer is currently re-editing it for the Steam release.

RandomAvatarFan · 2013-10-15, 15:36

Well, I really want a hard copy, but at the same time, not spend extra money on having the hard copy + translation I can read. I tried buying the French versions over this summer but Amazon.fr (which appears to be the only place to buy the hard copies) wouldn't export it. But, returning the hardcopy for the French translation seems like the most attractive option right now, unless the vendor can somehow still get me the MangaGamer hard copy. I heard the translation for Kai was a lot better than the first one.

chaos_alfa · 2013-10-15, 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandomAvatarFan

Well, I really want a hard copy, but at the same time, not spend extra money on having the hard copy + translation I can read. I tried buying the French versions over this summer but Amazon.fr (which appears to be the only place to buy the hard copies) wouldn't export it. But, returning the hardcopy for the French translation seems like the most attractive option right now, unless the vendor can somehow still get me the MangaGamer hard copy. I heard the translation for Kai was a lot better than the first one.

Higurashi Kai has indeed a better translation than Higurashi.

CrimsonMoonMist · 2013-10-18, 06:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos_alfa

Higurashi Kai has indeed a better translation than Higurashi.

I second that statement. While getting through the original can be a bit hard to stomach at times, Kai really does improve leaps and bounds on the translation.

cereal_killerxx · 2013-10-23, 12:05

Just thought I should let you all know, Groupees is running Build a Doujin bundle 2. It features a ton of anime games for Steam and Desura. One of the games featured is Higurashi (for Desura)! Minimum of 2 games for $1.50. This is a trusted site that I've bought many bundles from in the past.

http://groupees.com/doujin2

Thinking I may put this in it's own thread so the word will spread faster. Anyways, the bundle only has 4 days left so hurry!!!!

Edit: Nevermind. I guess I can't make a thread.

SpiritofTheNaiker · 2014-03-22, 15:10

Hi,
since I didn't know where to post this, I'll post it here.

I'm making a fangame about Higurashi
http://i.imgur.com/PQ5no8k.png
http://i.imgur.com/nc2AAFs.png

Imagine something similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, or to Battle Moon Wars.
On a 12x12 chessboard, there are two parties, Yamainu and Club. Like in the anime, the Yamainu has to kill Rika before the end of the match, while the club has to protect her. I added an in-game tutorial, so writing a list of rules here would be boring: by playing at it, you can see how the gameplay works, and of course I accept any suggestion.

This is actually a demo, I have to add more sound effects, more graphical effect and a decent AI (won't be easy...). We could say that the 2players mode is almost ready, while the 1player one isn't (It's not an online game, however, don't ask me about that :P)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7wmsmn2v1u5tmw/Bff0.1.rar

SpiritofTheNaiker · 2014-04-02, 13:43

To anyone reading this: can you suggect any other special move/object to add in my game? Until now there are these elements:

SPECIAL OBJECTS

White van:Allows to quickly and freely move inside every zone, and not only one step each turn.
Cleaver:Greatly increases attack, but it also makes you more weak to the Syndrome
Bat:Slightly increases attack and defense, and makes you less weak to the Syndrome
Taser:Who uses this doesn't deal any damage with an attack, nor he's hurt, but he takes away to the enemy what he's carrying, and moreover the target can't do anything during the next turn.
Rope:Greatly increases defense. Moreover, an enemy close to who carries this can't split up from him.
Serum:It makes you immune against the Syndrome. Who carries it will never lose control, neither if any enemy tries to make him ill with a special power.

SPECIAL POWERS
1) Can inoculate the Syndrome to a close enemy, if this can't protect himself with a serum.
2)This pawn can attack whoever stands inside the same zone, and the opponent can't strike back if he's not near.
3)This pawn can reach Rika immediately, or he can bring her next to him.
4)In exchange for the zeroing of his attack and defense, this pawn can destroy istantly any enemy he's near to (apart from Rika and Takano).
5)In the following turns, none of the enemies can attack or move inside the zone this pawn is.
6)This pawn can call the police inside the zone where Rika is, unless the police itself is already present on the board.
7)If next to an ally, this pawn can heal him completely. Morevoer, if the ally has already used his special power, this pawn allows him to use it again, and more than once.
8)Nobody can leave the zone of the map he's in, unless he uses special power or he destroys the separation walls.
9)In exchange for half of his own attack and defense, this pawn can double attack and defense of a close ally.

SpiritofTheNaiker · 2014-04-04, 08:20

A little update.

- Some bugfix.
- Added a first pre-alpha-version of the AI. It's quite rough, but now the one player mode works.
- By seeing how the AI behaves, I made some change about the rules of the game. Nothing exaggerate, you can find everything inside the tutorial.
- A couple of animations, nothing special.
- That's all... That's why I told my update was "little" XP
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ma7jf3rhqq...%20v.0.1.5.rar

~~User173096~~ · 2014-04-21, 19:01

Don't know where to ask this so I'll do it here.

Spoiler for Meakashi-hen and Shion:

Ithekro · 2014-04-22, 17:21

Different kind of crazy?

Daisu · 2014-04-23, 04:30

Spoiler for Hinamizawa disease: Shion/Satoko/Natsumi Spoilers:

Golden Witch Drugs · 2014-04-23, 16:27

I was just wondering if someone has played Kotohogushi-hen and has some more information on the Ryun people and Hanyuu's past? I've played the chapter but with my very limited knowledge of japanese I could only understand bits and pieces.

Spoiler for Kotohogushi-hen:

2013-09-23, 18:13	Link #243
erneiz_hyde 18782+18782=37564 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: InterWebs	That looks like because your PC isn't set for Japanese locale. Installing the fonts alone is not enough, you need to set the region to Japanese as well. __________________

2013-10-04, 18:45	Link #247
Daisu Strange New World Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada eh.	French designers went the extra mile while mangagamer did not. Hence how French got all the music while mangagamer had to get its own as well. __________________ MY RPG: updated 04/30/2015

2013-10-14, 16:20	Link #248
RandomAvatarFan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011	I have a question about MangaGamer's release. I ordered Kai off of the Amazon Marketplace to get a hard copy. It was listed as Higurashi -- When They Cry Kai by MangaGamer. I understand that the hard copies are now out of print, but I thought maybe these stores still had some to sell. It came in the mail, but the case shows the original "ひぐらしのなく頃に解" instead of the english title. Is this the way they came, or did I get the wrong version? I hadn't opened it. I'll probably send it back because I didn't realize MangaGamer was relasing sbaffron's translation (which I understand is superior to MangaGamer's?) __________________ Without love this picture cannot be seen.

2013-10-15, 15:36	Link #250
RandomAvatarFan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011	Well, I really want a hard copy, but at the same time, not spend extra money on having the hard copy + translation I can read. I tried buying the French versions over this summer but Amazon.fr (which appears to be the only place to buy the hard copies) wouldn't export it. But, returning the hardcopy for the French translation seems like the most attractive option right now, unless the vendor can somehow still get me the MangaGamer hard copy. I heard the translation for Kai was a lot better than the first one. __________________ Without love this picture cannot be seen.

2013-10-23, 12:05	Link #253
cereal_killerxx Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Just thought I should let you all know, Groupees is running Build a Doujin bundle 2. It features a ton of anime games for Steam and Desura. One of the games featured is Higurashi (for Desura)! Minimum of 2 games for $1.50. This is a trusted site that I've bought many bundles from in the past. http://groupees.com/doujin2 Thinking I may put this in it's own thread so the word will spread faster. Anyways, the bundle only has 4 days left so hurry!!!! Edit: Nevermind. I guess I can't make a thread. Last edited by cereal_killerxx; 2013-10-23 at 12:16.

2013-09-24, 15:58	Link #244
Draugur Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Westfalen	Thanks very much, also to you. Seronei already gave me that advice (on the previous page) and it worked.

2013-10-04, 14:35	Link #245
chaos_alfa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Netherlands	It seems MangaGamer has started selling the French version of Higurashi on their website. This version has the minigames and the music that were changed in the English version present. http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=95 http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php...roduct_code=96

2014-03-22, 15:10	Link #254
SpiritofTheNaiker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012	Hi, since I didn't know where to post this, I'll post it here. I'm making a fangame about Higurashi http://i.imgur.com/PQ5no8k.png http://i.imgur.com/nc2AAFs.png Imagine something similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, or to Battle Moon Wars. On a 12x12 chessboard, there are two parties, Yamainu and Club. Like in the anime, the Yamainu has to kill Rika before the end of the match, while the club has to protect her. I added an in-game tutorial, so writing a list of rules here would be boring: by playing at it, you can see how the gameplay works, and of course I accept any suggestion. This is actually a demo, I have to add more sound effects, more graphical effect and a decent AI (won't be easy...). We could say that the 2players mode is almost ready, while the 1player one isn't (It's not an online game, however, don't ask me about that :P) https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7wmsmn2v1u5tmw/Bff0.1.rar Last edited by SpiritofTheNaiker; 2014-04-02 at 13:38.

2014-04-02, 13:43	Link #255
SpiritofTheNaiker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012	To anyone reading this: can you suggect any other special move/object to add in my game? Until now there are these elements: SPECIAL OBJECTS White van:Allows to quickly and freely move inside every zone, and not only one step each turn. Cleaver:Greatly increases attack, but it also makes you more weak to the Syndrome Bat:Slightly increases attack and defense, and makes you less weak to the Syndrome Taser:Who uses this doesn't deal any damage with an attack, nor he's hurt, but he takes away to the enemy what he's carrying, and moreover the target can't do anything during the next turn. Rope:Greatly increases defense. Moreover, an enemy close to who carries this can't split up from him. Serum:It makes you immune against the Syndrome. Who carries it will never lose control, neither if any enemy tries to make him ill with a special power. SPECIAL POWERS 1) Can inoculate the Syndrome to a close enemy, if this can't protect himself with a serum. 2)This pawn can attack whoever stands inside the same zone, and the opponent can't strike back if he's not near. 3)This pawn can reach Rika immediately, or he can bring her next to him. 4)In exchange for the zeroing of his attack and defense, this pawn can destroy istantly any enemy he's near to (apart from Rika and Takano). 5)In the following turns, none of the enemies can attack or move inside the zone this pawn is. 6)This pawn can call the police inside the zone where Rika is, unless the police itself is already present on the board. 7)If next to an ally, this pawn can heal him completely. Morevoer, if the ally has already used his special power, this pawn allows him to use it again, and more than once. 8)Nobody can leave the zone of the map he's in, unless he uses special power or he destroys the separation walls. 9)In exchange for half of his own attack and defense, this pawn can double attack and defense of a close ally. __________________ My signature is boring because my imagination is actually on strike.

2014-04-04, 08:20	Link #256
SpiritofTheNaiker Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012	A little update. - Some bugfix. - Added a first pre-alpha-version of the AI. It's quite rough, but now the one player mode works. - By seeing how the AI behaves, I made some change about the rules of the game. Nothing exaggerate, you can find everything inside the tutorial. - A couple of animations, nothing special. - That's all... That's why I told my update was "little" XP https://www.dropbox.com/s/ma7jf3rhqq...%20v.0.1.5.rar __________________ My signature is boring because my imagination is actually on strike.

2014-04-21, 19:01	Link #257
~~User173096~~ Disabled By Request Join Date: Aug 2011	Don't know where to ask this so I'll do it here. Spoiler for Meakashi-hen and Shion: Why didn't Shion scratch her throat to death? Actually I think she never scratched her throat at all. Why this?

2014-04-22, 17:21	Link #258
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Different kind of crazy? __________________

2014-04-23, 04:30	Link #259
Daisu Strange New World Graphic Designer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada eh.	Spoiler for Hinamizawa disease: Shion/Satoko/Natsumi Spoilers: Shion just did not get the chance to go into the last stage of the disease. She just had the paranoia and selective memory similar to Satoko or Natsumi who had killed their parents. Maybe this is Stage 4 or just on the onset of five. __________________ MY RPG: updated 04/30/2015

2014-04-23, 16:27	Link #260
Golden Witch Drugs しゆあげいん。 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Rokkenjima stage	I was just wondering if someone has played Kotohogushi-hen and has some more information on the Ryun people and Hanyuu's past? I've played the chapter but with my very limited knowledge of japanese I could only understand bits and pieces. Spoiler for Kotohogushi-hen: As far as I understood the Ryun people were some kind of multi-dimensional being with the ability to travel between worlds, but some went berserk and hence the name demon. The japanese wikipedia had some info about Hanyu's fast in Onigafuchi but I could barely understand anything of it, and it would be nice to get some understanding of what Hanyuu actually is!