

If you opt instead to set your system locale to Japanese, REMEMBER TO CHANGE FORMATS (Formats tab in Region settings) to Japanese as well, or text WILL be screwed up, in addition to some things not working/displaying. ONLY USE EITHER APPLOCALE OR JAPANESE SYSTEM LOCALE, NOT BOTH. If for some reason you're on Windows 8/8.1 and applocale doesn't work, then you should try Locale Emulator.ĭON'T install anything to the default Japanese-named folders, edit every install directory to something readable.ĭON'T install to Program Files or other system-default directories, or you may not have write access to save characters and games unless you run as admin. This goes for utilities like Wizzard as well. Run almost everything with Applocale - installer, update files, maker and game executables, translated maker loader, etc. If it shows Japanese anywhere, or you know it is of Japanese origin, use Applocale.ĭON'T move the game after installing it. IF YOU DO, you will have to edit the registry: ĭON'T install the game, mod tools, or patch files to a deep folder structure. Keep it short and simple, I recommend c:\illusion\ but it should work on any partition.Ġ1. Obtain the game, the torrent in the /aa2g/ OP is what this is based off of.Ġ2. Open the game archive and extract the three multiple-gigabyte. RENAME ジンコウガクエン2.mdf to something simple and English like DISK1.mdf.Ġ3. Use your preferred virtual disc software to mount DISK1.mdf, do not autorun.

PowerISO, MagicISO, and Daemon Tools Lite all should work.

If your mounting software supports multiple virtual drives, you can mount all three disks to different drive letters and have an uninterrupted installation process.Ġ4. Navigate to the mounted disk, right-click to use Applocale to launch Startup.exe in Japanese locale as Administrator. If you don't have the right-click option even after installing AppLocale, you can run it from the Start Menu and Browse. Japanese is the last language on the drop-down list.Ġ5. Click the third button (INCLUDING the greyed-out options) to install the AA2 Maker (character creator/editor).
