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Have any of you played ("read" is perhaps more appropriate) this visual novel (which includes 4 final episodes) of Umineko series on DS phat/lite via VNDS on a flashcart?
This is the pre-converted version that is easily found online (on mega.nz) containing sprites and voice acting from the PS3 version.
Unlike the first title (which includes the first 4 episodes) that works well, this one immediately gives a number of errors, as shown in the picture.
My guess is that there are too many files (over 2000 PNG images involving the foreground) some of which fail to register in DS memory, and in fact graphic effects are missing on the screen. I also tried extracting the "foreground" folder from the archive, but it still gives the same error. However, up to where I've played, it doesn't seem to crash, and you can save without any problems. Does this defect also result to you all?
Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Thank you.
Edit:
While waiting for someone to answer me, God willing, I will add another issue, concerning this time the first title in the series: it often crashes during saving, but fortunately, after a dozen or so attempts, it has never created a corrupt file or even corrupted the entire SD card. It basically crashes before writing the save file. After several trials, I found that the save goes through if done when only the background is on the screen, with no characters in the foreground.
Otherwise, the probability of it crashing is much greater. I leave it to others to confirm this discovery.
I know that VNDS on DS is not widely used nowadays, but I still hope that someone is still interested in the topic.
This is the pre-converted version that is easily found online (on mega.nz) containing sprites and voice acting from the PS3 version.
Unlike the first title (which includes the first 4 episodes) that works well, this one immediately gives a number of errors, as shown in the picture.
My guess is that there are too many files (over 2000 PNG images involving the foreground) some of which fail to register in DS memory, and in fact graphic effects are missing on the screen. I also tried extracting the "foreground" folder from the archive, but it still gives the same error. However, up to where I've played, it doesn't seem to crash, and you can save without any problems. Does this defect also result to you all?
Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Thank you.
Edit:
While waiting for someone to answer me, God willing, I will add another issue, concerning this time the first title in the series: it often crashes during saving, but fortunately, after a dozen or so attempts, it has never created a corrupt file or even corrupted the entire SD card. It basically crashes before writing the save file. After several trials, I found that the save goes through if done when only the background is on the screen, with no characters in the foreground.
Otherwise, the probability of it crashing is much greater. I leave it to others to confirm this discovery.
I know that VNDS on DS is not widely used nowadays, but I still hope that someone is still interested in the topic.
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