Giniro Haruka help

[Henta20 37]

I have downloaded Giniro Haruka from Ryuugames and have installed it after followed How to Install guide in Giniro Haruka folder. But then I get this error. 

What did I do wrong? 

[Outpost Omega J 44]

(Edited in 2 hours later)

I should have probably mentioned this first as a likely culprit. If this does not work, try the full explanation below:

 

The FIRST time you actually try to run the game, you need to have the disc image mounted to simulate having the actual disc in the optical drive to pass some sort of DRM check. AFTER the first time, that is no longer necessary.

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As I don't read Japanese, the only help I can give you is to describe the actions I took.

 

I used the link provided by littleshogun in his visual novel translation status updates:

Link to the post

The acutal download link in that post

 

The .rar archive contains a folder at root level called "Giniro Haruka". Inside that folder is a folder titled "2. Main Game". The "2. Main Game" folder contains a .mdf/.mds disc image file pair. Those are the only files from the link provide by little shogun that I actually used. In fact, I forgot about the "Crack" folder also located along the .mdf/.mds files during my installation process and never touched it. So I'm not sure that it is actually needed.

 

Also inside "Giniro Haruka" folder from the .rar archives was a folder called "1. DAEMON Tools Lite". I did NOT use that folder. In point of fact, during the .rar archive extraction process, my virus checker took exception to that folder. I already had DAEMON Tools Lite installed on my computer sourced from the actual DAEMON Tools website. I suggest you get it from the official sources anyways as it's free ware.

 

As for the English patch file, I went to the vndb.org page for Gin'iro, Haruka and followed this link from Daybreak Translations to get the patch from its official source.

 

At this point, I am assuming you are familiar with the concept of disc image files and how to use them with software such as DAEMON Tools Lite and you are also familiar with how to switch you computer to region settings to Japanese.

 

As for installing the program, you need to change your computer system local to Japanese BEFORE attempting the actual install from the disc images. Unfortunately, the installer is entirely in Japanese (it IS a Japanese program) but it should be fairly straight forward to guess "OK" from "Cancel". The whole process follow the basic standard Windows software installation and doesn't do anything particularly weird. Make sure you note where it's installing the game so you can find it. On my computer, it defaulted to "C:\Program Files (x86)\toneworks\銀色、遥か". I will refer to the location as the "Game Folder" hence forth.

 

The English patch folder downloads as a .zip archive (similar in concept to a .rar archive and most windows computers can open them natively in a standard file explorer window as if they were any other folder in my experience). In side that .zip file is a folder given the unimaginative name "Gin'iro Haruka Full ENG Patch". Copy everything EXCEPT for the "README.txt" file from that folder to the game folder. This will cause a large number of file overwrites as the "g00" and "mov" folders from the patch merge with the "g00" and "mov" folders from the game folder.

 

Use the "Launcher.exe" file provided by the patch to start the game.

 

SPECIAL NOTE: The FIRST time you launch the game, the disc image files still need to be mounted in DAEMON Tools Lite. After this, it is not longer necessary to mount the disc image files.

 

Other than that, remember to have your computer region settings to Japanese before trying to run the game. I have not had any issues since then.

Edited May 1 by Outpost Omega J