Premium Play Darkness: Technical Help

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Technical Help

Modding

FAQ

Run with Japanese locale

Q: When I run the setup I get an error with unreadable text preceded by '1155:' (see picture "Run with Japanese locale", on the right). Anyone know how to fix this?
A: This is a Japanese game and you have to run the setup with Japanese regional settings to install it. Follow the quick step-by-step guide below to install the game.

Insert disk 1

Q: When I run the game I get an error (see picture "Insert disk 1", on the right). Anyone know how to fix this?
A: You have to mount disk1.iso to play the game.

Q: Will the game run on Windows 7 64 bit?
A: The game has been verified by many users to run perfectly on Windows 7 64 bit. It will run fine on any version of Windows, as long as you're using XP SP3 or newer.

Q: WinRAR can't extract "???.rar". Help?
A: Copy the file to an English named folder (e.g. C:\temp) and rename the file to game.rar and you can extract it.

Startup.exe: Click the second button to install the game

Click highlighted button to change the destination

Extract the three ISO files to an English named folder, e.g. C:\Downloads\ppd
Mount C:\Downloads\ppd\disk1.iso with Daemontools Lite (other mounting software has been known to fail with Japanese games, so please use Daemontools Lite! - it's completely free)
DO NOT autorun, but explore the mounted dvd and right-click Startup.exe and select Run with Japanese locale as administrator (you need HF pApploc for the right-click options).
Refer to Startup.exe picture on the right: If you can click the top button it means you have to install DirectX 9.0c. Your game will not work if you ignore it!
Click the second button from the top (ref. Startup.exe picture) to start the setup.
Click the button with (N) twice.
IMPORTANT: Change the destination to e.g. C:\illusion\PPD if you want to be able to play the game! (see picture on the right)
Click N again a few times and the button with an (I) and wait while the game installs.
About a third of the way, the setup will ask for disk 2: Mount disk2.iso with Daemontools Lite, wait a few seconds and then click OK.
About two thirds of the way the setup will ask for DISK3: Mount disk3.iso with Daemontools Lite, wait a few seconds and then click OK.
Wait while the game finishes the installation and close the setup.
To run the game you need to mount DISK1.iso again and right-click C:\illusion\PPD\プレミアムプレイ.exe (or the プレミアムプレイ shortcut on your desktop) and select Run with Japanese locale.