Lamento - I don't understand..

[Yami123Chan]

My folder didn't have LmtDVDVer103 or a NoDVD program, so I downloaded them separately. I downloaded the game's files with torrent, maybe that's the problem? I'll download the game again from the post you linked ^o^

[misschief]

thanks to everyone who helped me yeah it was cause i didnt have the right no cd disk permanently mouted for lamento she played through it though finally and got the best ending on the first try unfortunately had to reboot pc due to errors and now gotta redownload everything lol but now that i know what im doing i should be good thans for the help kojichan!

[JokerChoker]

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-fullpatchver2.3.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.

Choose ONE OF THESE TWO, NOT BOTH!!

Buttons and Smut translated: cg-fullpatch.npa
Just Buttons translated: cg-buttonspatch.npa

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-fullpatchver2.3.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:

Attachment 170566

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! ^^

This is my folder and its missing one of the files

Lamento - BEYOND THE VOID-.bak and I am not sure if that is an important piece. When I attempt to boot up the game it goes to load screen and nothing shows up.

[Kojichan]

This is my folder and its missing one of the files

Lamento - BEYOND THE VOID-.bak and I am not sure if that is an important piece. When I attempt to boot up the game it goes to load screen and nothing shows up.

At the bottom of the post you quoted, I mentioned that the "Lamento - BEYOND THE VOID-.bak" file was mine purely; it's not required. ^^ I kept the original EXE safe.


If the game isn't booting up, have a look at the file SIZE of the "Lamento - BEYOND THE VOID-.EXE". If your EXE for Lamento is over 1,000kb, it's the original EXE and is looking for the official DVD in the drive (It won't boot).

So you need the NoDVD version of the EXE (~800kb)


If you didn't follow the guide I posted, you can find the NoDVD version here:
Index of /patches

Look for the text: [Nitro+CHiRAL] Lamento noDVD Patch (required for AGTH).rar

Download that and save it into the Lamento folder, overwriting the original EXE. ^^

[PandaRuda]

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-fullpatchver2.3.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.

Choose ONE OF THESE TWO, NOT BOTH!!

Buttons and Smut translated: cg-fullpatch.npa
Just Buttons translated: cg-buttonspatch.npa

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-fullpatchver2.3.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:

Attachment 170566

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 there I have problem with run my game!
I replaced the game file and I clicked it and it says there is no DVD on DVD-rom or sth like that, whyy ;_; I installed this virtual clonedrive etc.

[Kojichan]

Hi there I have problem with run my game!
I replaced the game file and I clicked it and it says there is no DVD on DVD-rom or sth like that, whyy ;_; I installed this virtual clonedrive etc.

Hello PandaRuda! ^^

Would you mind taking a screenshot of your folder where you installed Lamento? It should look like the one from the post you quoted!

If you overwrote the game EXE file, the new one shouldn't ask for a DVD at all!

Also, maybe you can take a screenshot of the error message? That always helps! XD

[Yaatty]

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-fullpatchver2.3.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.

Choose ONE OF THESE TWO, NOT BOTH!!

Buttons and Smut translated: cg-fullpatch.npa
Just Buttons translated: cg-buttonspatch.npa

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-fullpatchver2.3.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:

Attachment 170566

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'm stuck on part 6. It won't let me click on Lamento_DVD, so I don't get any pop ups asking for it to run the installer,
and I tried going to "My Computer" and open the Lamento DVD but that doesn't work either.

IMG_0694.jpg

[Kojichan]

I'm stuck on part 6. It won't let me click on Lamento_DVD, so I don't get any pop ups asking for it to run the installer,
and I tried going to "My Computer" and open the Lamento DVD but that doesn't work either.

IMG_0694.jpg

Why can't you double-click on the "LAMENTO_DVD" ISO, with the type of Virtual Clone Drive? Are there any error messages or things that pop up? o.o

[Yaatty]

Why can't you double-click on the "LAMENTO_DVD" ISO, with the type of Virtual Clone Drive? Are there any error messages or things that pop up? o.o

Nope, literally nothing happens. Nothing at all. I've tried to start all over and repeat the steps, but I always encounter that one error.

[Kojichan]

Hmmm... Here's a test... You have 7-Zip or WinRAR, right? (Well, obviously, XD;;; )

Try Right-clicking on the "LAMENTO_DVD.ISO" and select either of these two, depending on what you have:

7-Zip:
> 7-Zip > Open Archive

WinRar:
> Open with WinRAR


(If the WinRar one isn't available, just open WinRar itself and drag the ISO onto it.)


If the ISO is valid, it will open up in there. If it does NOT open or gives you errors, then that means the ISO is corrupt/incomplete, and you might need to redownload it.