Ichazura Technical Help

FAQ

 * Q: The game restarts my computer whenever I try to run it. Help!?
 * A: There is region locking in this game. If it fails, it restarts the computer. Short answer: Use Microsoft AppLocale (Japanese) or set your Windows to Japanese. Read more about AppLocale/setting Regional settings below.
 * Q: I have two files and I'm having trouble extracting the archive.
 * A: Try to rename the files to the names below and then extract part1 with WinRAR:
 * "&lt;original name&gt;.part1.rar" to "Gokuaku.part1.rar"
 * "&lt;original name&gt;.part2.rar" to "Gokuaku.part2.rar"
 * A: Also make sure that the files are in an English folder. e.g. C:\Temp
 * Q: I downloaded a save game. Where should I put it?
 * A: This depends on your version: Some versions are in the folder where you installed the game. Other versions (including 1.05) have the save game here:
 * On XP: "C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;YOUR LOGIN NAME&gt;\Application Data\REAL\ITAZURA_GOKUAKU".
 * On Vista: "c:\Users\&lt;YOUR LOGIN NAME&gt;\AppData\Roaming\Real\ITAZURA_GOKUAKU\".
 * Q: All the characters are black! I tried switching anti-aliasing off and I run Itazura Real just fine. Any advice?
 * A: A user had the same problem with his GeForce 7600GT. Updating graphics drivers fixed it.
 * Q: The text in the menus just keep repeating itself? I installed the menu translation (or the HF patch).
 * A: Try running the game in a different resolution. If that fails, try renaming &lt;Your game folder&gt;\d3d9.dll to d3d9.old and run the game again.
 * Q: I installed the translations (or the HF patch) and I still can't read the menus?
 * A: Run the game with Japanese regional settings (or AppLocale ).
 * Q: My game crashes when I select the options "insert rotor/vibrator" or select the "pull out" option. Help?
 * A: Update your graphics drivers and if that doesn't help, disable "Enable H/W Vertex Processing".

Unreadable Menus

 * Q: I installed the English translation (or the HF Patch) and now I can't read the text in the menus? It is just garbage text, like "@ .... @ .... @". Anyone know how to solve this?
 * A: You must run the game with Japanese regional settings (you can use AppLocale). This is a requirement even though the launcher and everything is in English.
 * A: If the above didn't help try changing the resolution (you must still run it with Japanese regional settings).
 * A: If the above didn't help try renaming &lt;Your game folder&gt;\d3d9.dll to d3d9.old and run the game again (you must still run it with Japanese regional settings).

Installing the game
This is a Japanese games and is not meant for non-Japanese Windows. To get it to work you have to do some tricks. Either you can set your Windows to Japanese or you can try using Microsoft AppLocale instead (highly recommended). Read on to learn how.

These two steps are essential to get a good start: Note: Even though installer understands non-english letters, it is not recommmended. For example somebody installed game to folder with 'Ä', but the game sees this as 'A', resulting an error. So when installing, it is recommended that you only use A-Z, 0-9. Simple, but crucial. When the game setup is complete you can play the game by right-clicking the shortcut or GOKUAKU.exe in the install folder and select Locale Japanese.
 * 1) Install Microsoft AppLocale (as described below) and right-click IHSetup.exe on the (virtual) dvd and select Locale Japanese to start the setup (just answer OK to the warning about AppLocale being a temporary solution).
 * 2) Change install folder during the setup of the game. Never install the game to the default folder because you will have problems running/patching the game.

Next step would be to patch the game with the HF patch.

Microsoft AppLocale
Download AppLocale from Microsoft and install it. Make sure you have Asian languages installed as well. Then you should download this archive. If using windows vista you must run command prompt as a administrator and manually put in the location of apploc.msi to run the program.

The archive includes two .reg</tt> files that will add a right-click context menu option (works on Vista as well), called Locale Japanese. When you right-click an exe file (or shortcut) and select Locale Japanese, the application will run with Japanese locale. Very useful!

Regional Settings
If you don't want to use AppLocale and want to change your regional settings instead, you can follow this excellent detailed guide for Schoolmate (but most of it applies to any Japanese game).

Running the game
Test that the game runs after setup finishes, by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting Locale Japanese (only if you installed AppLocale as outlined above).

When you are sure that the game runs with the dvd in the (virtual) drive, the next step might be patching the game and/or use a patched exe.

Patching the game
It is highly recommended that you patch to the latest official patch as they not only fix bugs but also add new clothing, items and features. At the time of writing 1.05 is the current one. All patches are inclusive, so you only need to install the latest one. Note that the official 1.05 patch is included in the HF patch, so you don't need to download and install that separately. Official Patch Website.