I've got the v1.00->1.10 patch but it doesn't seem to want to work. Is there a mirror with the in between patches or can someone upload them separately for me?
The patching issue was figured out a few days ago and I suppose we should share it.
Unistall the game and clean the directory completely. Getting a fresh start just makes things easier. Change your time zone to GMT+9 Tokyo. Install the game and run the patches. It'll work fine from there on. Don't ask why, it just works.
For the guys playing with the text coming up all messed up, language packs and unicode settings are the surefire fix. It'd be very helpful if your text shows up properly and you can make meaningful screenshots if you want to know exactly what an item does.
The patching issue was figured out a few days ago and I suppose we should share it.So that's the trick? (o_0)
No. Items don't carry over. You get money and an item from your donation box each cycle. You can send items back to your shrine warehouse with a certain kind of sukima, as well. Not to be rude but if you don't do enough reading to know "that girl" is Akyu you probably should start. :v It's going to be hard to play a game in a language you can't read if you're not willing to do any research.
Same basic strategies with all roguelikes.Don't forget about learning the "monsters" themselves.
Ah, so that's the storage gaps. There seem to be so many gap-types that I didn't know which one does what, and I was too lazy to look up the kanji ;-PI learnt most of them through experimentation.
Minoriko ate my Roukanken +2 and shat out a food item.Minoriko ate my (spare) Rare Shield priced at 7500. Minoriko at my +3 Yuyu Hat. Minoriko ate my Spell Cards. Etc. It's annoying, yes but at least it's not as bad as OH GOD IKU (Lv2) STOP CONFUSING ME AND HURTING ME AT THE SAME TIME FROM ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN.
Also, if you haven't already started using it, use the Spacebar key in the inventory screen to re-order it.
"Storehouse" Gap is 倉庫のスキマDon't mix this one and the Storage Gap. Storehouse is the one that sends items back. Storage just puts it away for later use (i.e. you can pull the items back out if you need to).
Don't mix this one and the Storage Gap. Storehouse is the one that sends items back. Storage just puts it away for later use (i.e. you can pull the items back out if you need to).
When a Storehouse Gap is full, do you have to keep it for the items to be sent to the shrine or can I throw it away to free some space?The Storehouse Gap works immediately, there's no need to hold on to the gap after you put the items in. So you can immediately drop it for extra space, or sell it to a shop and the items that you put in would still be at the Shrine.
But... if Storehouse gaps are what keep your items, is there any point in giving up?
Giving up makes certain things quicker. Better than wasting a few turns dying or if you're spamming restarts to start off with that really powerful and valuable sword.
Minoriko ate my gap with all the cool gear I was going to craft ;_;Wait wait wait, how is that even possible? Last I checked Minoriko couldn't even eat up (my) gaps when I was dancing around her to change my bad food into better food. And for the record, I was holding about 8 Storage Gaps and none of those were converted into food. This calls for a version check. 1.15 is the latest.
Not sure if you guys knew, eating while full will enlarge your hunger meter. Large bean cake increases by 4 units, small increases by 2.Very good to know. I'll have to keep this in mind next time I fire this up for another run.
Wait wait wait, how is that even possible? Last I checked Minoriko couldn't even eat up (my) gaps when I was dancing around her to change my bad food into better food. And for the record, I was holding about 8 Storage Gaps and none of those were converted into food. This calls for a version check. 1.15 is the latest.
That said, I finally managed (after going through a really ridiculous number of Change[not an accurate translation] Gaps) to get a Hakurei Amulet (5). Now to actually do synthesis and decide which 5 amulets I should combine together. The only problem is, I don't know what all the amulets do; just most of them.
EDIT: Compiling list seeing as I have the time to today.
I'm on 1.15 It was a Minoriko v3 that ate it. Ran v3 can kick your gear off the level.Ah.
I don't think you can combine pendants. That would be all sorts of broken.It would. But I had to go through several dozen gaps of cramming items in just to get it. According to the wiki, the Hakurei Amulet can have anywhere from 2-5 slots for Synthesis. And furthermore, it's only the Hakurei Amulet that can be used as the base for Synthesis. Might as well run a preliminary test with one (or two) of my spare "rare" amulets and see if the ability carries over.
Btw, don't craft anything with an Onbashira, the chance to break carries over too.So I realized :V
A very useful feature I will dub the Strategic Ragequit can save you those items. If you screw up a snythesis or get shafted real bad, just Alt+F4 quit before you die. The game autosaves whenever you enter a new floor. The Strategic Ragequit doesn't give the game a chance to overwrite your progress. You can just restart the game at the beginning of the floor.
I was called a cheater because of that. :V
As for weapon effects, Udonge's ears and the Judgement Stick have some extra-damage against certain enemies as well, it's in the item description. I'll try to translate it and post it here.I left a Bonus Damage category.
I left a Bonus Damage category.Oops, didn't see it. >_<
Cirno attacked me and did something to one of my items (Meiling's Hat). The text is blue now and the icon changed. What does it mean?It thaws eventually.
I thought it was ability seal but it's still active. Did she freeze my armor and will it melt eventually?
EDIT : Wearing "Frog and Snake Hair Ornaments" will sometimes give you back the item you just used. I don't know if it can recycle every item, but I've had it happen with Water and a Distance Tag.Noted.
Rinnosuke Trap
Okay, that's the final straw, I think I'll play it again.Hook, line and sinker.
If it's an equipped item, the item stays equipped (when frozen by Cirno).Just pointing out that this is technically a bug according to the wiki. It doesn't affect gameplay that much though.
Best places? That varies actually. Sometimes, projects start here (normally in this (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?board=5.0) sub-forum), other times they start on gensokyo.org, or pooshlmer, etc.
AFAIK we're all connected one way or another, so the news spreads around quickly most of the time.
The patch-making varies a bit as well, but it goes a little something like this:
- Interest rises (this is an important step to the patching process; people don't want to spend time on something that nobody really cares about)
- Some person codes up a data unpacker-repacker (or uses an existing one) and / or various people start translating the text; may happen simultaneously
- Quality Control / Testing / Release / etc.
You don't need a lot of moonrune-reading ability to play this :V
Though, it does help to have the sheet out at times. The only reason why that sheet exists is because I don't have the tools to make a patch. That, and I'm normally busy keeping my skill up (and improving it) in Touhou and work.
Also, waiting until April.
Sea-cucumber-chan is moe~Yeah she is cute, problem is she only appears in the higher levels of the underground hakurei dungeon (around 80+)
Makes me want to play the game again, just to get to her :V
Err...sorry but what's the significance of April?
As for this game's translation patch, as far as I know it's basically on hold for an unspecified length of time.
I never knew more playthroughs were in order :ohdear:It gets easier in a way.
(around 80+)FFFFFFFFFFF-
I THINK the shield and weapon only appear on rooms filled with a special kind of enemy type (the one that kinda looks like a sea cucumber girl), you know, the kind of room wherein you enter it and the background music changes.Normally, people would call this a "vault" by convention of... other Roguelikes.
And well, that's a given. You can't assume that every translator / hacker will workfor food24/7. Well, it might help to get some more of this text out of the way.