Running DMMD on Linux

[komahinae]

So a little while ago I downloaded DMMD on my laptop running Windows 7 and it works perfectly, never had any problems with it.

Now I want to install it onto another computer, running Ubuntu 14.04, and I can't figure out how to work it.

I've managed to get sound to play, but the screen either stays black or just shows my open folder with music and sound effects playing in the background.

It isn't my computer and I have no idea how to work this OS, Wine is installed but it's not really helping at the moment. I think the main problem is changing the system locale, I've changed the language but I don't think it's the same thing

Has anybody else had this problem, or could someone please post a guide showing how to work the game on Linux?

Operating System is Ubuntu 14.04 and the netbook is an Asus Eee PC 1000HD, if it helps

(And yes, I have followed all the instructions on Fuwanovel's download page, I've run the sdrt4280j.exe and SdActi.exe files)

[Kojichan]

Uhh... I didn't think Ubuntu could play Windows architecture programs. Linux, by default, won't. o_O

As for the black screen, the only thing I could think of is something with the graphics drawing interface, which is usually handled by DirectX. So unless there's a DirectX equivalent in Ubuntu, I'm not certain...

I know a lot of emulated OS's have problems with this. For example, on a Mac running Wine or Parallels, the fact that certain games use DirectX explicitly (And not a generic GDI such as Direct Draw), causes games to not be visible, but will still sort of run, hence the sound but nothing else.

Then again, it might be the Japanese thing as well. It's hard to say...

[imbatman]

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and its working just fine.

You might need to install the ja-JP locale. (Requires root):
Just create a file named "ja" in the /var/lib/locales/supported.d/ folder, with the following contents:

ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
ja_JP SJIS
ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP

Now run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

NOTE:
Wine will only use the ja_JP locale if its told to do so.

LANG=ja_JP.utf8 wine DMMd.exe

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Figured out how to install the english language pack

First Download NIPA (by Minagi) and the *-patch.npa files of the English Patch (by RocketBasement) and place both in the DMMd directory (where DMMd.exe is located)

Now open a Terminal, nevigate to the DMMd directory and execute the following:

LANG=ja_JP.utf8
wine nipa.exe -xg cg.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg2.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg nss.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg2-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg nss-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
cp -r cg-patch/* cg
cp -r cg2-patch/* cg2
cp -r nss-patch/* nss
mv cg.npa cg.bak
mv cg2.npa cg2.bak
mv nss.npa nss.bak
wine nipa.exe -cg cg cg.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -cg cg2 cg2.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -cg nss nss.npa DramaticalMurder
rm -rf cg cg2 nss

If anything goes wrong just delete cg.npa , cg2.npa and nss.npa and rename the .bak files to .npa files.

EXPLANATION: Just pasting the *-patch.npa files in to the DMMd directory isn't enough, because wine (atleast on my setup) messes up the paths, which breaks the patch loading, no matter where the DMMd folder is located.

If the problem is still there try

d3dx9 dxdiagn devenum quartz ffdshow

Hope this helps.

[imbatman]

Uhh... I didn't think Ubuntu could play Windows architecture programs. Linux, by default, won't. o_O

As for the black screen, the only thing I could think of is something with the graphics drawing interface, which is usually handled by DirectX. So unless there's a DirectX equivalent in Ubuntu, I'm not certain...

I know a lot of emulated OS's have problems with this.

Wine is a recrusive acronym for Wine is not an emulator. It's just a compatbility layer.
DirectX in VMs like Parallels might be problematic, but as wine has solid DirectX support ( Direct3D , DirectDraw...) it is even possible to run Skyrim on Linux.

[Kojichan]

Wine is a recrusive acronym for Wine is not an emulator. It's just a compatbility layer.
DirectX in VMs like Parallels might be problematic, but as wine has solid DirectX support ( Direct3D , DirectDraw...) it is even possible to run Skyrim on Linux.

That's awesome to know! ^_^ There's been so many advances in *nix, by the sounds of it, that it can now play x86 architecture programs? Badass...

I admit my ignorance is entirely due to my only being familiar with older *nix OS's, when this was not possible.

[kailen69]

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and its working just fine.

You might need to install the ja-JP locale. (Requires root):
Just create a file named "ja" in the /var/lib/locales/supported.d/ folder, with the following contents:

ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
ja_JP SJIS
ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP

Now run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

NOTE:
Wine will only use the ja_JP locale if its told to do so.

LANG=ja_JP.utf8 wine DMMd.exe

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Figured out how to install the english language pack

First Download NIPA (by Minagi) and the *-patch.npa files of the English Patch (by RocketBasement) and place both in the DMMd directory (where DMMd.exe is located)

Now open a Terminal, nevigate to the DMMd directory and execute the following:

LANG=ja_JP.utf8
wine nipa.exe -xg cg.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg2.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg nss.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg cg2-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -xg nss-patch.npa DramaticalMurder
cp -r cg-patch/* cg
cp -r cg2-patch/* cg2
cp -r nss-patch/* nss
mv cg.npa cg.bak
mv cg2.npa cg2.bak
mv nss.npa nss.bak
wine nipa.exe -cg cg cg.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -cg cg2 cg2.npa DramaticalMurder
wine nipa.exe -cg nss nss.npa DramaticalMurder
rm -rf cg cg2 nss

If anything goes wrong just delete cg.npa , cg2.npa and nss.npa and rename the .bak files to .npa files.

EXPLANATION: Just pasting the *-patch.npa files in to the DMMd directory isn't enough, because wine (atleast on my setup) messes up the paths, which breaks the patch loading, no matter where the DMMd folder is located.

If the problem is still there try

d3dx9 dxdiagn devenum quartz ffdshow

Hope this helps.

Please video tutorial :c