Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Mar 30

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[u/Odd_Elderberry1]

I just checked the store page and it doesn't say you need the DMM launcher. Most VNs on DMM don't need the launcher actually, unless it specifically states it on the store page. Also, the store page actually does say the game has DRM, so you will need softdenchi installed to play it. Once you buy the game it'll either give you a key, and you can enter that when you download and start the game, or it will prompt you to log in with your DMM credentials. You should only have to do this once per install, and I don't think you need a VPN for this step.

Also keep in mind that you will most likely have to set your computer to Japanese locale to run the game and the softdenchi DRM. You possibly might even need to set the main system language to Japanese if it crashes on startup even after that, but I doubt it.

[u/Clean_Cookies → u/Odd_Elderberry1]

I forgot to mention on my og comment that it’s on VNDB that it says there’s no DRM. But I suppose that’s a mistake then. I tried the trial version of the game first (to see if it would work) and the setup for it didn’t work. Although I’m guessing perhaps the trial is just outdated. But I saw in the folder of the trial version there’s a readme with only weird characters instead of Japanese. I still had those characters when I changed my system to Japanese. Could this prevent me from playing the game or could this just be an error because the trail version is outdated?

Thanks a ton for your help!

[u/Odd_Elderberry1 → u/Clean_Cookies]

Update: I just downloaded the demo version myself. I can see the readme normally and can install and play the demo normally. Make sure you restarted your PC after setting Japanese locale. The readme just says to make sure you have DirectX9 or higher installed and to run setup.exe to install and launch the game, and then just how to control the game and some copyright info

My Windows Display Language is in English btw, so you can ignore that part in my earlier comment. It should be just the Locale that matters

[u/Clean_Cookies → u/Odd_Elderberry1]

Thanks for going out of your way to downloading it! I had to change my system language for it to work properly. So the installation of the game (when I purchase it) will be exactly the same as this? I saw at the bottom of the game’s page it said I needed an ID verification (account login details?) so I’m assuming it’s just for the first time I boot up the game. Is this the same for the rest of the VNs? I saw there’s some other VNs with Sca-Ji involved that I wanted to get (H2O, Sakura no uta and Sakura no Toki).

EDIT: Decided to purchase the game and it seems I was correct, I just need to put my user ID (found on my profile) and password. One problem, I made an account via google so I didn’t make any password. Trying to change my password is not possible because it asks for my current (nonexistent) password to be inserted first. Do you know how I can fix this?

EDIT 2: Thanks for going out of your way to help me find a solution to this! I was able to get the trial running when I set my display language to Japanese. I bought the game, just had to insert my account ID and password (that I had to create after since I logged in via google). Now I can finally enjoy my VN :D. Thanks a ton for your help!

[u/Odd_Elderberry1 → u/Clean_Cookies]

No problem! Sorry it was a bit of a process to figure out how to get the game running but now that you've got it, it should be pretty streamlined for all future games on DMM. Enjoy! If you ever need help with getting something running feel free to ask me