fun2novel Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is there a way to have two installations of the same visual novel? Some VNs on Fuwanovel don't need to be played without installing. Can anybody explain the process of doing that? Basically I want to have both the English patched version and the original Japanese versions playable at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Since Fuwa's downloads are prepatched, in most cases you should be able to download the Japanese version, install it and just have the Fuwanovel version in a different folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yeah but the thing is not all Fuwanovel games are prepatched. And there are other games that aren't on the site anyway. I want to simply have two versions installed at the same time. It doesn't have to be actually installed, I will be ok with a prepatched version in one folder and the original installed in another. I'm sure there is a way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 For games that don't require installing: Simply have both the english and the original version in different folders and run the .exe of the one you want to play. Nothing should go wrong. For games that require installing: Simply install one of the games in a different root than the other (create a folder to install it in, it doesn't have to be inside the programs folder) And then just run each .exe seperately depending on which version you want to play. It should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yeah but the thing is not all Fuwanovel games are prepatched. And there are other games that aren't on the site anyway. I want to simply have two versions installed at the same time. It doesn't have to be actually installed, I will be ok with a prepatched version in one folder and the original installed in another. I'm sure there is a way to do it. Eh, if there is a way it probably has something to do with muddling with registry entries, which I don't know much about, I'm afraid. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Eh, if there is a way it probably has something to do with muddling with registry entries, which I don't know much about, I'm afraid. :/ They said it's fine to have both versions seperately so there's no issue. Just install the games in different directories. Or if they don't require install just have both folders and run whichever you'd like. Nothing should go wrong here. At least that was the idea i got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Nosebleed, this is the first thing I tried. But pretty much every game knows that it is already installed on my computer so it doesn't let me install it again, only play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Nosebleed, this is the first thing I tried. But pretty much every game knows that it is already installed on my computer so it doesn't let me install it again, only play it. It says it's already installed without letting you chose the directory to install it in? That's weird. If it does involve change in the registry then I'm not the person to help. But i'm pretty sure it should let you install the game more than once. I have some untranslated VNs on my computer alongside their english ones and i can run them seperately. Though none of them requries install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It says it's already installed without letting you chose the directory to install it in? That's weird. If it does involve change in the registry then I'm not the person to help. But i'm pretty sure it should let you install the game more than once. I have some untranslated VNs on my computer alongside their english ones and i can run them seperately. Though none of them requries install. Yeah, that's exactly the problem. The installer for most VNs I've actually installed only lets you uninstall or run the game if it detects it. If there's no installer or it's a simpler one then there is no problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'm to try installing something again and see how it goes. One thing I also tried is to install the game then copy the director to another place. Uninstall the game and run the game from the copied directory. It sometimes works but it also creates some unexpected problems. One of these is it still thinks that the save folder is where the game was originally installed, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yeah, that's exactly the problem. The installer for most VNs I've actually installed only lets you uninstall or run the game if it detects it. If there's no installer or it's a simpler one then there is no problem at all. Then it probably does require some change in the registry but I have no clue what to do about that. And when you look at it it does make sense that you can't have the same game installed twice. After googling a bit there are some suggestions that basicly require renaming either the folder the game is installed in (so the setup doesn't detect it) or rename the folder in the actual registry entry so (again) the setup doesn't detect it. I'm not the tech guy to help with this though so maybe Luch would like to give his input. I'm to try installing something again and see how it goes. One thing I also tried is to install the game then copy the director to another place. Uninstall the game and run the game from the copied directory. It sometimes works but it also creates some unexpected problems. One of these is it still thinks that the save folder is where the game was originally installed, lol. The registry entry needs to be changed so the saves go to the new folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 How are those prepatched Fuwanovel visual novels do it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How are those prepatched Fuwanovel visual novels do it then? It depends on the novel. Wether it requires install or not. If it requires install then it'll change the registry, since the registry entries are the same as the japanese game (i'm assuming), the japanese installer detects the game as installed and won't let you install it again. For games that don't require install just have 2 separate folders for them. For the first one i'm not the person to help since i don't know how to mess with the registry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Ok, so it can work except for one thing. Even if the installed game is copies to a new directory it will still reference the same save directory (and probably other configuration files.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Ok, so it can work except for one thing. Even if the installed game is copies to a new directory it will still reference the same save directory (and probably other configuration files.) Yes, That's why you need to change in the registry the root folder for the save files (and other stuff possibly). However i don't know how to do that and i'm pretty sure you have to change each registry entry for each game so the only way to help further is to post which are the games you want and someome who's knowledgable enough can help you change the registry to the right path. Sorry i can't be of more help in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 No worries Nosebleed. But even I can't even run two versions of the same game. Once I run one version and try to run the same game from another folder it will not let me, it just thinks this game already runs so need to run it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 You can run 2 instances of an application with 2 different saves using virtual machines or sandbox systems (for example virtual windows or sandboxie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yeah but I don't think my system can handle it, lol. Well I have an even worse problem now. One of my games doesn't recognize the serial number anymore so it can't verify. I am going crazy here, is there a way to erase all the data about this game from my computer? Will my code word this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 you can install sandboxie (the cracked version) to run multiple programs with the same name at once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 sandboxie seems like a good solution. Do you know if it has some performance overhead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 no problems like that occured to me its an easy to use program and works perfectly fine (and i dont say that very often) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun2novel Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Sandboxie freaking rocks!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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