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So, I decided to boot up Sengoku Rance after not having played it for years. Pretty much as soon as I got to the action select screen on turn 1, there was this odd beeping noise. I looked multiple places online and couldn't find anything about it. I tested it and was able to narrow down that it is NOT an ingame sound, because if I mute the bgm and sfx the sound still plays. I also figured out that it has something to do with me moving the mouse when the auto move mouse cursor is on. Specifically, if I move the mouse from its path when it is travelling to whatever option it autos to. The easy solution would be to turn off auto move mouse cursor, I know... but I've played this game on and off for 7 years now, and I'm extremely used to having that option on. It feels alien to turn it off! Does anyone know what this might be? The beeps are short and not that loud, and it never beeps more than twice no matter how much I move my mouse. I don't hear these beeps in anything else that I play, but this is the only game/vn I have (that I can think of) with a slow travelling auto cursor option. The issue didn't used to occur, and I have tried the basic troubleshooting solutions like resetting my PC, unplugging and plugging back in my mouse, restarting the game, etc. Anyone got any ideas? I'm stumped.

Yeah, I've noticed nobody mentioned that I brought up ToHeart 2.... Hopefully that's just because it's totally different from the other 2? ha...ha... Damnit, I'll read it no matter what! Thanks for your thoughts. I'm already a little lost on Subahibi, it makes me feel like an idiot.

Ha, that's true. I just want something good to read that I can get absorbed into. I'm enjoying Subahibi alright, and I've wanted to read ToHeart 2 since I was 13 (10 years ago). I saw the anime trailer on an old OnDemand type service, and when I looked into it I discovered visual novels for the first time. Might not be worth a 10 year wait, but hey, it's about time. As for Dies Irae, I've hear great things before the translation, and I'm excited to read something in a genre I don't have much experience with.

You've convinced me. I love pretentiousness (does that make me pretentious as well? Ha!) and I'm sure if I like the story and characters enough I would go back to it later. I'll start playing it tomorrow. I've been itching for a new chuuni (haven't quite started reading Japanese language VNs yet) and 11 Eyes wasn't really doing it for me.

Ah, so a date was never set in the first place. At least officially? Hmm. Would you say that it is worth reading without the H content and the trimmed CGs? Or should I just read Subahibi and To Heart 2 while I wait?

It seems a lot of people around here saw this VN as a letdown but I still want to try it. I have been waiting for the 18+ patch and still haven't heard anything about it, except for a 2017-9 sate that is nearly passed. Hoping someone has miraculously heard news on the status of it that VNDB hasn't gotten wind of yet?

Yeah I agree, I've been using Tae Kim's guide.

Nah, don't worry about it. It was a pretty good idea, I thought for sure it would work haha

Unfortunately it seems that the snapshots only saved the html code and the "Are you over 18" blog page, but thanks for the idea

Hey everyone! I've been playing through the early Rance games and found out that there is a pretty big bug in Rance 3 that requires you to save after every battle. In the walkthrough on the Alicesoft wiki I saw that the English patch was re-released with a fix for that bug, but the links I've found for it lead to the old Rance translation team's blog, and that doesn't exist anymore. Anyone know where I can find this patch?

Surprised no one has mentioned Ayakashibito, so I'll add that one to the list.

I know frontwing is going to stream on twitch, maybe the other companies are as well?

Day made.

Ah, I see. I actually didn't know about that distinction. I still have a lot to learn as far as visual novel companies go.

I was looking at the first post Sekai Project announcements and they all said all ages (for the most part), but I suppose that is subject to change. Fingers crossed.

Damn. Figures pretty much all (possibly literally all?) of the Sekai Project Novels are going to be all ages. I was really hoping Nanairo wouldn't be, as the art direction seems pretty awesome.

Zakamutt saved my life, you should all worship Zakamutt. We got it figured out, but chiitrans probably would have been my next step. I absolutely plan on learning kanji as I go, but I wanted to be able to make faster progress (because I'm impatient). Thank you both for the help, problem solved.

Alright, so I finally decided to start learning Japanese through the ITH method. I downloaded it, followed some guides, got everything I needed installed, and hyped the hell out of myself. I was SO ready to get started. Then I get some crackpot error and ITH can't attach to any visual novel I own. I looked into the issue and saw it was because of a .net framework update or something like that. So I followed instructions and disabled/uninstalled that update. Still doesn't work. I tried using ITHVNR, AGTH, and even the translation aggregator's internal hook, none of them can attach to anything. So obviously text hook is out of the question for me. Does this mean that I will need to learn to read Japanese the correct way, and learn each kanji? I was trying to avoid doing that because who knows if I'll even be reading visual novels in a few years time when I learn enough Kanji to actually read a VN? Anyone know of any other method?

Uh... you posted that 4 times lol Idk I like loli's too much so when i saw that title was all ages I never looked at it again.....

Island's Diary and Ninja Girl will probably end up being all ages since sekai project had their paws in them from the beginning. Especially Ninja Girl. Something about it reeks of all ages. I don't really mind all ages as long as the story is focused and good. Ninja Girl should have some promise either way. Island's Diary though.... I don't really see the point in an all ages lolige. Maybe that's just me haha. The other titles look great, as long as they aren't censored!

I like you.

Is anyone else not even remotely interested in the JAST announcements? I'd go so far as to say I dread the announcements, since they never release anything anymore and keep snatching up the licenses to a lot of VNs I want to play sometime in the next century.

I've been extremely interested in that title as well. From the way it looks, I wouldn't be surprised if we see almost all of Moonstone's VNs from Imouto Paradise onward (except maybe Eroge Bu which I don't really care about anyways) kind of seems like they are just working down the list at this point with the order of releases. I don't think i would mind too much if they skipped Demon Busters (though the pervert in me says otherwise) and announced Natsu Nostalgia some time next year as the next Moonstone release. In an ideal world they would skip Ojou-sama and go straight to Sakura no Mori Dreamers after that. I imagine they most likely won't skip Ojou-sama though... I could be way off base with that announcement order of course

I'd be happy to join as well. Music isn't my favorite theme, but that's what we're here for right? To read new stuff and branch out? I'll cast my vote for Deardrops!

I use most of the Kara no Shojo soundtrack as as a kind of lullaby when I'm going to sleep, but the main menu theme in particular relaxes me after an awful work day like nothing else can!