Don't worry about not being able to run LmtDVDVer101 or LmtDVDVer102. LmtDVDVer103 is the important one (and contains the same stuff in the first two anyways).
I noticed you installed Lamento in the default location, instead of choosing a different location to put it. This will help because Lamento makes save games in the same folder it was installed into, and for Windows 7, 8 and 10, any games in the "Program Files (x86)" or "Program Files" folders sometimes have issues putting files in there.
I'm not sure if that may help or not, but it's worth a shot! Otherwise, everything else looks fine and goodly installed. I've noticed an odd quirk recently with the game, where it pretends to fail to startup if there's no "DVD" in the drive. So if your ISO mounting program/drive doesn't have anything in it (unmounted), Lamento may complain.
But it's just being stupid. It'll still run the game anyway. Try mounting something? Anything, really. It doesn't even need to be Lamento. It can be whatever ISO you feel like.
Hi Kojichan,
I tried to move Lamento to a different location and the game didn't start T_T it's still blank. My daemon tool was opened and nicely mounted too. :(( I'm so sad right now
12-15-2017, 08:00 AM
Kojichan
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Originally Posted by ducankata
Hi Kojichan,
I tried to move Lamento to a different location and the game didn't start T_T it's still blank. My daemon tool was opened and nicely mounted too. :(( I'm so sad right now
How strange! But that will help later, so keep it installed elsewhere. ^^;;
Out of curiosity, you set up the System Unicode Locale to Japanese THIS way, right? (See image)
You also made sure to restart the computer, I'm sure. XP Have you played any other visual novels? Like DRAMAtical Murder, Togainu no Chi, etc?
Yes yes, I have finally been able to play the game. I cannot thank you enough, Kojichan :hearteyes::hearteyes:
05-20-2019, 03:10 AM
amethystically
Hello all! Thanks to the instructions on this thread I was able to get the game running, but unfortunately it is still in Japanese. I navigated to Index of /patches and downloaded [Nitro+CHiRAL] Lamento Ver. 1.03 Patch (DVDROM).rar thinking it might be the english patch, but when I extracted its contents and applied it, the .exe file will not work (no error message, the game window just doesn't open).
I then would have to replace the .exe file in [Nitro+CHiRAL] Lamento noDVD Patch (required for AGTH).rar in the game root file to get the game working again (in Japanese). Does anyone have a quick answer to what it is I am doing wrong?
As usual, thank you so much for the help.
05-20-2019, 09:42 AM
Kojichan
Quote:
Originally Posted by amethystically
Hello all! Thanks to the instructions on this thread I was able to get the game running, but unfortunately it is still in Japanese. I navigated to Index of /patches and downloaded [Nitro+CHiRAL] Lamento Ver. 1.03 Patch (DVDROM).rar thinking it might be the english patch, but when I extracted its contents and applied it, the .exe file will not work (no error message, the game window just doesn't open).
I then would have to replace the .exe file in [Nitro+CHiRAL] Lamento noDVD Patch (required for AGTH).rar in the game root file to get the game working again (in Japanese). Does anyone have a quick answer to what it is I am doing wrong?
As usual, thank you so much for the help.
Those patches aren't the English patches for the game, unfortunately. Just a Serial number, version update, and Anti-antipiracy patch.
Uninstall Lamento, and try again from the beginning. ^^ Each step is separated and easy to follow.
Oh gosh, I realised applying ver2.4 of the patch instead of the win10 version solved my problems. Thank you!
09-18-2019, 11:05 AM
Ichigo052
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Hello! I followed all the steps as posted, but the most I was able to get out of the game was a blank screen opening up and hanging for a couple seconds before closing itself up. I had tried opening it without the English patch for testing yet would receive no window. Here are some screen shots. I've been trying to tackle this for a few hours now and I'm wanting to get this up and running for a friend since they're wanting to playthrough the story. Attachment 175660Attachment 175661:?:(
09-21-2019, 05:40 AM
ninokazunari
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ichigo052
Hello! I followed all the steps as posted, but the most I was able to get out of the game was a blank screen opening up and hanging for a couple seconds before closing itself up. I had tried opening it without the English patch for testing yet would receive no window. Here are some screen shots. I've been trying to tackle this for a few hours now and I'm wanting to get this up and running for a friend since they're wanting to playthrough the story. Attachment 175660Attachment 175661:?:(
Hi, try to use this, Locale Emulator, if you wanna play the original one. Lamento is not camparable with windows 10, though there's a windows 10 version.
10-14-2019, 01:59 AM
azerahraven
Game run problem question
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kojichan
Hello AnaAkmatova! ^^
You said you were new to download this game, but have you installed games like this before?
If not, I'll go over a step-by-step process. I'm sorry it's gonna look huge, but it's explained in simple terms to make it easier to follow. ^^ If you already have some of these steps done, just find the appropriate step you need.
Also, I put each part in SPOILER tags so it doesn't look as scary, and you can go through each part separately. Click the [SHOW] button to open the next step as you go!
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Part 1 - Setting your System Locale to Japanese
First of all, you need to make sure your computer has it's System Locale set to Japanese. This is a requirement to play any Japanese Visual Novels. Here is a link to instructions on how to do that: http://aarinfantasy.com/forum/f360/t...ml#post4219281
Please restart your computer once your System Locale is set to Japanese.
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Part 2 - An ISO Mounting Program
Now, you will need an ISO mounting program. It will make your computer think you have another DVD drive, and will let you install these games. Here is one for you that is really simple: https://www.redfox.bz/en/download.html (Find the section marked: Freeware then look for the program: Virtual CloneDrive and click on the blue download icon)
It's called Virtual CloneDrive, and once it's installed, all you need to do to mount an ISO is to doubleclick on the ISO, then it's there! ^^
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Part 3 - Archive extraction program
Most of the games you will find will be split into smaller files. This is to make it easier to share. So you will need a program that will let you get at the files. A program called 7-Zip will let you do this: http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1514-x64.exe Install that and then we'll continue!
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Part 4 - Downloading the Game
Next we'll need a copy of the game we want, in this case, Lamento! Visit this post: http://aarinfantasy.com/forum/f145/t...ml#post4338412 And then download each of the links provided. They're numbered "Part 1" through to "Part 10". Download them one at a time. It will take a while, unfortunately, but they should all be there! (I checked most of them quickly)
Save them all into a folder that is easily accessible, like on your Desktop or in your Downloads folder.
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Part 5 - Extracting and Mounting the game ISO
Once you have them all saved, you can RIGHT click on "Lamento_~BtV~_(DVD).part01.rar", select "7-Zip" and choose "Extract here". Give it a little time to extract the ISO...
Afterwards you'll have some new files, but what you want right now is the file "LAMENTO_DVD.ISO". If you see two files named "LAMENTO_DVD", we want the bigger one (about 1.9GB big in size). Double-click on it, and it should now mount on your computer! ^_^
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Part 6 - Installing the game! ^_^
Your computer should have popped up a window asking if you want to run the Installer, so go ahead and do that. If it didn't, open up your "My Computer" option and open the Lamento DVD to run the installer" "install.exe"
Click on "Game Install" in the black window with the kitty-man, then look for the second button with the "次へ (N)>" and click that.
The installer is now asking for a serial code, which you can find in the folder where you extracted the ISO to. It's called, "コノエたん.txt". Open that up and copy the numbers into the installer.
Afterwards click the second button with the "次へ (N)>".
This is where you need to select a new save location for the game. Please, please, PLEASE do not use the default location! Click the button with the (R) in it (On the right), and choose Just C:\, and then click "次へ (N)>".
In this window, leave the checkbox, and click "次へ (N)>" to continue.
Then once more click "次へ (N)>".
Let it do it's install....
After it's done it'll popup with a question. It's asking if you want a Desktop Icon for Lamento. Your choice. ^^
The next window that pops up is asking if you want to start the game. DESELECT the checkbox, and click the "完了" button, it's the second one.
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Part 7 - Update the Game core
Now we have to patch the game to a version that the English Patch uses!
Go back to the folder where you extracted the Lamento DVD ISO, and find the file named "LmtDVDVer103", and run it. Click "OK", and now we wait for a while...
After a bit a window will pop up. It should say...
アップデートが終了しました。
With an OK button. This is NOT an error! It just says it was patched successfully. ^^ If it says anything other than the above, let me know and we'll try to fix it. o.O;;
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Part 8 - Replace the program with a NoDVD version.
Go back into the folder where you extracted the ISO, and find a file named "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.exe", and COPY the file.
Now we need to find the folder where Lamento was installed. You do remember, right? ^^ It should be on your main computer, under C:\Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- DVD\ -OR- C:\NitroplusCHiRAL\Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- DVD\ . Find that folder, and then PASTE the program file you copied earlier.
COPY AND REPLACE the file! It's perfectly fine to overwrite it!! ^_^
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Part 9 - Verify the Game runs
This is just a small step to check if the game's working... We just need it to start up. So go ahead and doubleclick on "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.exe" and start the game. If it opens and it starts normally, we're good! XP CONTINUE!
If it doesn't, then let me know! o.o
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Part 10 - Downloading the English Patch
You will need to download two files.
The first one is: nss-fullpatchver2.4.npaDownload and save it in the folder where you installed Lamento (You remember, right? ^^)
Now you need to choose! The English Patchers have two graphics patches available. One is just for the in-game buttons and menu, or the second one which also includes DECENSORED graphics of the smut scenes.
Make sure to save the one you pick in the same folder you installed Lamento.
Now with both of the English patches saved, we need one last step... Gotta rename the files for them to work properly! The game won't be in English unless we do this!
So goto the folder you installed Lamento, and RENAME the files you just downloaded. Rename "nss-fullpatchver2.4.npa" to "nss-patch.npa". Then rename whichever CG pack you downloaded to "cg-patch.npa".
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Once that's done, your folder should look like mine:
PLEASE IGNORE THE FACT THAT I HAVE A FILE NAMED "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.bak". It's just a backup of the program I made. Purely my own choice, you won't have it!
Let me know how it turned out for you! ^^
I followed all the steps but when I try to run the game it opens but it's just a black screen. I'm not very good with stuff like this so if anyone knows what I did wrong please explain it to me? Thanks guys. :)
01-04-2020, 08:14 PM
Voidgazer
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kojichan
Hello AnaAkmatova! ^^
You said you were new to download this game, but have you installed games like this before?
If not, I'll go over a step-by-step process. I'm sorry it's gonna look huge, but it's explained in simple terms to make it easier to follow. ^^ If you already have some of these steps done, just find the appropriate step you need.
Also, I put each part in SPOILER tags so it doesn't look as scary, and you can go through each part separately. Click the [SHOW] button to open the next step as you go!
---------------
Part 1 - Setting your System Locale to Japanese
First of all, you need to make sure your computer has it's System Locale set to Japanese. This is a requirement to play any Japanese Visual Novels. Here is a link to instructions on how to do that: http://aarinfantasy.com/forum/f360/t...ml#post4219281
Please restart your computer once your System Locale is set to Japanese.
---------------
Part 2 - An ISO Mounting Program
Now, you will need an ISO mounting program. It will make your computer think you have another DVD drive, and will let you install these games. Here is one for you that is really simple: https://www.redfox.bz/en/download.html (Find the section marked: Freeware then look for the program: Virtual CloneDrive and click on the blue download icon)
It's called Virtual CloneDrive, and once it's installed, all you need to do to mount an ISO is to doubleclick on the ISO, then it's there! ^^
---------------
Part 3 - Archive extraction program
Most of the games you will find will be split into smaller files. This is to make it easier to share. So you will need a program that will let you get at the files. A program called 7-Zip will let you do this: http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1514-x64.exe Install that and then we'll continue!
---------------
Part 4 - Downloading the Game
Next we'll need a copy of the game we want, in this case, Lamento! Visit this post: http://aarinfantasy.com/forum/f145/t...ml#post4338412 And then download each of the links provided. They're numbered "Part 1" through to "Part 10". Download them one at a time. It will take a while, unfortunately, but they should all be there! (I checked most of them quickly)
Save them all into a folder that is easily accessible, like on your Desktop or in your Downloads folder.
---------------
Part 5 - Extracting and Mounting the game ISO
Once you have them all saved, you can RIGHT click on "Lamento_~BtV~_(DVD).part01.rar", select "7-Zip" and choose "Extract here". Give it a little time to extract the ISO...
Afterwards you'll have some new files, but what you want right now is the file "LAMENTO_DVD.ISO". If you see two files named "LAMENTO_DVD", we want the bigger one (about 1.9GB big in size). Double-click on it, and it should now mount on your computer! ^_^
---------------
Part 6 - Installing the game! ^_^
Your computer should have popped up a window asking if you want to run the Installer, so go ahead and do that. If it didn't, open up your "My Computer" option and open the Lamento DVD to run the installer" "install.exe"
Click on "Game Install" in the black window with the kitty-man, then look for the second button with the "次へ (N)>" and click that.
The installer is now asking for a serial code, which you can find in the folder where you extracted the ISO to. It's called, "コノエたん.txt". Open that up and copy the numbers into the installer.
Afterwards click the second button with the "次へ (N)>".
This is where you need to select a new save location for the game. Please, please, PLEASE do not use the default location! Click the button with the (R) in it (On the right), and choose Just C:\, and then click "次へ (N)>".
In this window, leave the checkbox, and click "次へ (N)>" to continue.
Then once more click "次へ (N)>".
Let it do it's install....
After it's done it'll popup with a question. It's asking if you want a Desktop Icon for Lamento. Your choice. ^^
The next window that pops up is asking if you want to start the game. DESELECT the checkbox, and click the "完了" button, it's the second one.
---------------
Part 7 - Update the Game core
Now we have to patch the game to a version that the English Patch uses!
Go back to the folder where you extracted the Lamento DVD ISO, and find the file named "LmtDVDVer103", and run it. Click "OK", and now we wait for a while...
After a bit a window will pop up. It should say...
アップデートが終了しました。
With an OK button. This is NOT an error! It just says it was patched successfully. ^^ If it says anything other than the above, let me know and we'll try to fix it. o.O;;
---------------
Part 8 - Replace the program with a NoDVD version.
Go back into the folder where you extracted the ISO, and find a file named "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.exe", and COPY the file.
Now we need to find the folder where Lamento was installed. You do remember, right? ^^ It should be on your main computer, under C:\Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- DVD\ -OR- C:\NitroplusCHiRAL\Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- DVD\ . Find that folder, and then PASTE the program file you copied earlier.
COPY AND REPLACE the file! It's perfectly fine to overwrite it!! ^_^
---------------
Part 9 - Verify the Game runs
This is just a small step to check if the game's working... We just need it to start up. So go ahead and doubleclick on "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.exe" and start the game. If it opens and it starts normally, we're good! XP CONTINUE!
If it doesn't, then let me know! o.o
---------------
Part 10 - Downloading the English Patch
You will need to download two files.
The first one is: nss-fullpatchver2.4.npaDownload and save it in the folder where you installed Lamento (You remember, right? ^^)
Now you need to choose! The English Patchers have two graphics patches available. One is just for the in-game buttons and menu, or the second one which also includes DECENSORED graphics of the smut scenes.
Make sure to save the one you pick in the same folder you installed Lamento.
Now with both of the English patches saved, we need one last step... Gotta rename the files for them to work properly! The game won't be in English unless we do this!
So goto the folder you installed Lamento, and RENAME the files you just downloaded. Rename "nss-fullpatchver2.4.npa" to "nss-patch.npa". Then rename whichever CG pack you downloaded to "cg-patch.npa".
---------------
Once that's done, your folder should look like mine:
PLEASE IGNORE THE FACT THAT I HAVE A FILE NAMED "Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-.bak". It's just a backup of the program I made. Purely my own choice, you won't have it!
Let me know how it turned out for you! ^^
Hi sorry to be a bother but going through these steps when I got to mounting it I get "Error: Can't open VCD!" Any ideas on how to fix it ?