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CRER at 20:37, 29 August 2023

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Vinumsabbathi at 23:56, 5 August 2023

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 AnonTW has Lutris install scripts included (ATW Installer AMD64.yaml and ATW Installer IA-32.yaml). Just install Lutris, hit the plus sign in the upper left hand corner, choose "Install from a local install script", select the install script, hit the "Install" button in the upper right hand corner, and wait for it to install.
-For other games...
+For other games, use [https://mega.nz/file/IGFwSBqK#Rgg_XQCzaGGD0UQBsMvxpc0fhT0GzWRAsUvVMeVR6V0 this winebottle]. If that doesn't work, do this:
-These instructions were written only for running era games that use Emuera executables that use NET 7 (EE version higher than 35).
+* Make a new gaming bottle with soda.
+* Install Allfont, Cjkfont, dotnet4, dotnetcoredesktop7, dotnetcoredesktop8, dotnetcoredesktop9 in dependencies.
-Due to a bug with Wine, you need Wine staging or Proton 8.0 to run these games so use the staging branch when installing wine.
+* Get libwebp 64 and libwebp 32 from dll-files.com. Put 64 in drive_c/windows/system and drive_c/windows/syswow64. Put 32 in drive_c/windows/system32.
+* Download VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe from https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/visual_c_redistributable_runtimes_aio_repack.html and install it in bottles.
-* Install [https://wiki.winehq.org/Download wine] and [https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks winetricks]
+* Download aspnetcore-runtime-8.0.6-win-x86.exe, dotnet-runtime-8.0.6-win-x86.exe, windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.6-win-x86.exe (get those from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0). Install them in bottles.
-* Avoid the packages from your distro, these are almost always very outdated, particularly so winetricks.
+* Install dotnet 2, dotnet 3.5(ignore that you can't install it) in dependencies.
-* Run <code>WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks fakejapanese</code>
+* Download msgothi0.ttc, msmincho.ttc and put them in drive_c/windows/Fonts/ to have better fonts.
-* Download the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0 NET 7 Desktop Runtime x64] and the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0 NET 8 Desktop Runtime x64] and install with wine `WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine windowsdesktop-runtime-YY.0.XX-win-x64.exe` (Replace XX with the download version and YY with 7 or 8, depending on what you're installing)
+* Move game folders into bottles (e.g: drive_c\Program Files\) and play.
 ===How do I hook text?===

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	===How do I run on linux?===		===How do I run on linux?===
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		+	AnonTW has Lutris install scripts included (ATW Installer AMD64.yaml and ATW Installer IA-32.yaml). Just install Lutris, hit the plus sign in the upper left hand corner, choose "Install from a local install script", select the install script, hit the "Install" button in the upper right hand corner, and wait for it to install.
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		+	For other games...
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	These instructions were written only for running era games that use Emuera executables that use NET 7 (EE version higher than 35).		These instructions were written only for running era games that use Emuera executables that use NET 7 (EE version higher than 35).

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 * Avoid the packages from your distro, these are almost always very outdated, particularly so winetricks.
 * Run <code>WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks fakejapanese</code>
-* Download the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0 NET 7 Desktop Runtime x64] and install with wine `WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine windowsdesktop-runtime-7.0.XX-win-x64.exe` (Replace XX with the download version)
+* Download the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0 NET 7 Desktop Runtime x64] and the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0 NET 8 Desktop Runtime x64] and install with wine `WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine windowsdesktop-runtime-YY.0.XX-win-x64.exe` (Replace XX with the download version and YY with 7 or 8, depending on what you're installing)
 * (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into <code>~/.wine64_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/</code>
 * Without the msgothic font, the text in the game will look like a mess due to wine using a fallback font, you can alternately [https://gitgud.io/Legis1998/anon-tw/-/wikis/FAQ/Emuera-Related/How-can-I-use-a-different-font%3F use your own monospace font] with the game

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 * (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into <code>~/.wine64_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/</code>
 * Without the msgothic font, the text in the game will look like a mess due to wine using a fallback font, you can alternately [https://gitgud.io/Legis1998/anon-tw/-/wikis/FAQ/Emuera-Related/How-can-I-use-a-different-font%3F use your own monospace font] with the game
-* Your prefix is ready, run the game with: <code>DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera1824+v18+EMv17+EEvXX.exe</code> (Replace XX with the current version used)
+* Your prefix is ready, run the game with: <code>DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="Z:\home\[your username]\.cache\dotnet_bundle_extract" WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera1824+v18+EMv17+EEvXX.exe</code> (Replace XX with the current version used)
 If it still doesn't work, try running it through Lutris with "Wine version" set to "Proton - Experimental".

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 * Install [https://wiki.winehq.org/Download wine] and [https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks winetricks]
 * Avoid the packages from your distro, these are almost always very outdated, particularly so winetricks.
-* Run `WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks fakejapanese`
+* Run <code>WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks fakejapanese</code>
 * Download the [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0 NET 7 Desktop Runtime x64] and install with wine `WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine windowsdesktop-runtime-7.0.XX-win-x64.exe` (Replace XX with the download version)
-* (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into `~/.wine64_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/`
+* (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into <code>~/.wine64_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/</code>
 * Without the msgothic font, the text in the game will look like a mess due to wine using a fallback font, you can alternately [https://gitgud.io/Legis1998/anon-tw/-/wikis/FAQ/Emuera-Related/How-can-I-use-a-different-font%3F use your own monospace font] with the game
-* Your prefix is ready, run the game with: `DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera1824+v18+EMv17+EEvXX.exe` (Replace XX with the current version used)
+* Your prefix is ready, run the game with: <code>DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera1824+v18+EMv17+EEvXX.exe</code> (Replace XX with the current version used)
 If it still doesn't work, try running it through Lutris with "Wine version" set to "Proton - Experimental".

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 ===How do I run on linux?===
-* install wine, winetricks
+These instructions were written only for running era games that use Emuera executables that use NET 7 (EE version higher than 35).
-* locale-gen ja_JP.UTF-8 to your system
-* <code>WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks corefonts takao dotnet20 dotnet45 dotnet7 dotnetdesktop7 fakejapanese d3dcompiler_43</code>
+Due to a bug with Wine, you need Wine staging or Proton 8.0 to run these games so use the staging branch when installing wine.
-* (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into <code>~/.wine32_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/</code>
-* your prefix is ready, run the game with: <code>DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera-Anchor.exe</code>
+* Install [https://wiki.winehq.org/Download wine] and [https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks winetricks]
-* if you're using wine 8.12, it might crash. use proton 8.0 (preferably with lutris) and it'll work
+* Avoid the packages from your distro, these are almost always very outdated, particularly so winetricks.
 ===How do I hook text?===

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 ===How do I hook text?===
-You don't hook eragames. They automatically copy the most recent message on screen to your clipboard, which you can paste directly into a translation tool. ChiiTrans/Translation Aggregator automatically paste.
+You don't hook eragames. They automatically copy the most recent message on screen to your clipboard, which you can paste directly into a translation tool. ChiiTrans/Translation Aggregator/[[Sugoi]] automatically read from the clipboard.
-===dotnet refuses to install ("already installed") OR Game crashes at launch with "narrow/wide" errors.===
+===dotnet refuses to install ("already installed") or Game crashes at launch with "narrow/wide" errors.===
 Uninstall wine-mono via winetricks.
 ===My game starts, but the screen is white with a black cross. (Missing renderer)===
-Install d3dcompiler_43.<br/>
+Install d3dcompiler_43.
 ===Images fail to load. (EmuEra EE)===
 Use a 64-bit prefix or replace libwebp.dll with an older renamed libwebp_x86.dll.
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 Use a 64-bit prefix.
 ===Help me, my game crashes when I launch it!===
-Go scream at the people in the thread or on discord, they'll help you. Make sure you save any error messages it spits at you.<br/>
+Go scream at the people in the thread or on discord, they'll help you. Make sure you save any error messages it spits at you.
 ===The text is misaligned===
-Use Japanese locale, or scream enough, I think there exists an anchor somewhere that fixes that, but it crashes old megaten saves so there's that.<br/>
+Use Japanese locale, or scream enough, I think there exists an anchor somewhere that fixes that, but it crashes old megaten saves so there's that.
 ===I found a bug, wat do?===
-Go [https://wiki.eragames.rip/bugreport.php here] and report it please.<br/>
+Go [https://wiki.eragames.rip/bugreport.php here] and report it please.
 ===Which branch/version do I download?!===
-Usually you'll want to grab Eng-Development(Latest updates) or Eng-Release(Stable releases but slightly behind).<br/>
+Usually you'll want to grab eng-development (Latest updates with /egg/ bugfixes/additions, eng-translation usually doesn't have these) or eng-release (Stable releases but slightly behind).<br>
-If the game doesn't have those branches, grab the Master branch. That's it. <br/>
+If the game doesn't have those branches, grab the master branch. That's it.
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 - install wine, winetricks <br/>
 - locale-gen ja_JP.UTF-8 to your system <br/>
-- WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32_era winetricks dotnet40 d3dcompiler_43 corefonts takao fakejapanese fakejapanese_ipamona fakejapanese_vlgothic <br/>
+- WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era winetricks corefonts takao dotnet20 dotnet45 dotnet7 dotnetdesktop7 fakejapanese d3dcompiler_43<br/>
 - (optional) get a copy of msgothic.ttc from a windows install and paste it into ~/.wine32_era/drive_c/windows/Fonts/ <br/>
-- your prefix is ready, run the game with: LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32_era wine ./Emuera-Anchor.exe <br/>
+- your prefix is ready, run the game with: DOTNET_ROOT="C:\Program Files\dotnet" LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64_era wine ./Emuera-Anchor.exe <br/>
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