And a first-generation one at that, which means I get to shell out 20 invites to whomever wants them.

Commenting here might get you one, if you’re the first to find out the sikrit passphrase, which is already in your browser’s cache if you’re reading this.

And now, to test Wave and one of the myriad of bots already in existence… disregard that, embedding public waves is not as trivial as I thought.

I’m not sure what I meant with the title.

You can’t really kill that which does not exist.

amarok --play
qdbus org.kde.amarok /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.VolumeSet 100
amixer sset Master 100

Bam! Amarok alarm.

Don’t forget to leave Kalarm turned on for the night.

You may turn off your sound system, given that you have some unnecessarily intricate contraption to turn it on in time, or a programmable time switch.

Also, thanks to the guys at #amarok for pointing me to D-Bus.

The Linux executable on that page is statically linked, which drastically reduces dependencies, at the cost of being larger and… well… not being dynamically linked. But it’s better for portability.

[rest is outdated, Witch Hunt have released a new version of the patch, which makes things slightly harder for Mac users attempting this guide. Can still be used as a reference.]

v1 rev3

PREAMBLE

This how to is intended for those who want to:

• Use ONScripter-EN to play graphic novels in GNU/Linux.
• “Install” Umineko no Naku Koro ni in GNU/Linux. (With english patch)
• Make the game portable so you can play it on multiple operating systems and/or machines.

That includes Windows users who want to play in multiple Windows installations/computers.

We will be using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) as the base distro.

I personally use Linux Mint 6, which is for all matters the same.

A great deal of credit for this guide must go to NegativeZero from pinkubentobox for his post on running Umineko in Linux.

This wouldn’t be possible without:

ONScripter-EN‘s maintainer, Haeleth

The original ONScripter.

The Witch Hunt Translation Project, who take all credit for the english translation patch.

07th Expansion‘s Ryukishi07 – need I say more?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. ONscripter-EN for GNU/Linux
1.1. Satisfying dependencies
1.2. Grabbing the ONscripter-EN source code
1.3. Compiling and installing ONscripter-EN

2. Installing Umineko (without using Windows or WINE)
2.1. Grabbing the files from the disc
2.2. Grabbing the English patch
2.3. Wrapping things up

3. Making things portable
3.1. Retrieving your saved files (optional)
3.2. Creating portable launchers
3.2.1. Windows
3.2.2. GNU/Linux
3.2.3. Mac OS X
3.3. How to use it

NOTES

I am still looking into two things interesting for Debian/Ubuntu users – rolling a binary package, and the possibility of using a simple binary executable.

If you have any idea on those, let me know.

I also need help for OS X stuff.

Error reports go in the comments or to atanok@gmail.com

1.ONScripter-EN on GNU/Linux

This section covers the process of getting a native ONScripter-EN running on your GNU/Linux OS.

Remember, this is for Ubuntu 8.10, it might need adaptations for other distros.

1.1. Satisfying dependencies

We need to satisfy ONScripter-EN build dependencies if we are to compile it:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libpng12-dev libjpeg62-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libbz2-dev

If you are looking into compiling the original ONScripter, please note it has radically different dependencies.

1.2. Grabbing the ONScripter-EN source

There are two ways to go about this – either grab the last stable release, or latest ‘unstable’ code.

Choose only one of the following methods, A or B.

A – Latest code (recommended for Umineko)

This is the kind of code used in Witch Hunt’s translation patch. It implements recent features not available in the stable release, but stability is not guaranteed.

$ mkdir ~/onscripter-en_unstable

$ cd ~/onscripter-en_unstable

$ wget -e robots=off -r --no-parent -l 0 http://svn.haeleth.net/onscr/trunk -I /onscr/trunk -X /onscr/trunk/extlib,/onscr/trunk/win_dll,/onscr/trunk/macosx,/onscr/trunk/test -nH --cut-dirs=2 -Dsvn.haeleth.net

$ chmod +x config* install-sh

By now, you should have a directory in your home folder called “umineko-en_unstable” with everything we need in it.

You should also be in that directory for the next step, so don’t move away from it.

B – Stable code

This is supposed to provide a more stable program, but it does not implement some special effects and possibly other features used in Umineko.

$ cd ~

$ wget http://dev.haeleth.net/onscripter/onscripter-en-20080823-src.tar.bz2

$ tar -xvvzf onscripter-en-20080823-src.tar.bz2

$ cd onscripter-en-20080823

By now, you should have a directory in your home folder called “umineko-en-20080823″ with everything we need in it.

You should also be in that directory for the next step, so don’t move away from it.

1.3. Compiling and installing ONScripter-EN

I’m assuming you’re still in the directory from the last step as I told you.

$ ./configure

$ make

If it doesn’t end on an error, keep going. Otherwise, we have a problem…

$ sudo make install

If everything went right, you can now use the command ‘onscripter-en’ anywhere.

Want to make sure it’s there? Try $ onscripter-en --version

2. Installing Umineko

If you already installed before or have a Windows installation, you can just copy the installation folder, or even use it as-is, depending on the situation.

2.1. Grabbing the files from the disc

This assumes you have the CD mounted at /media/cdrom

If it’s mounted somewhere else, you will have to adapt the code to your particular location.

If you don’t have a CD reader (eg. netbooks) or otherwise need to rely on a disc image, use the following example as a base to mount the CD:

$ mkdir /tmp/cdrom

$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop -o utf8 path/to/Umineko.iso /tmp/cdrom

Got .mdf .mds files instead of an .iso? Use the .mdf file in place of the .iso in the line above.

Use $ sudo umount /tmp/cdrom when you are done.

Replace the purple text with your CD mount location. (default: /media/cdrom)

Replace the orange text with the path of your choice. This is where the game will be placed. (default: ~/umineko4)

$ mkdir ~/umineko4
$ cd /media/cdrom
$ cp -r BGM ME movie screenshot SE sys_se  ~/umineko4
$ cp fullsrc/* ~/umineko4

You should now have the game ‘installed’ in the orange location, ~/umineko4 by default.

2.2. Grabbing the English patch

The english patch we will be using was created by The Witch Hunt Translation Project – all credit goes to them.

Head over to http://witch-hunt.com/stage.html and grab the patch:

For GNU/Linux, any will do.

If you also use Mac OSX or Windows, choose accordingly.

If you use both Mac OSX and Windows, grab this instead: http://www.mediafire.com/?npyt01tymyb

Place the file in the game folder (default: ~/umineko4), then change to it…

$ cd ~/umineko4

If you got your patch from The Witch Hunt:

$ sudo apt-get install unrar

If you got the Windows patch:

$ unrar -x _WH__Umineko_4_v4.1.rar

If you got the OS X patch:

$ unrar -x _WH__Umineko_4_v4.1_for_Mac_OSX.rar

If you got the patch for both Windows and OSX:

$ tar --lzma -xvvf _WH__Umineko_4_v4.1_dual.tar.lzma

You should now have a “[WH] Umineko English” directory in the main game directory.

Let us test it:

$ cd \[WH\]\ Umineko\ English

$ onscripter-en

The game should start, but close it for now.

2.3. Wrapping things up

Rename the english patch folder to something easy

$ cd ~/umineko4

$ mv \[WH\]\ Umineko\ English english

Create a folder for the upcoming section

$ mkdir english/saves

3. Making things portable

Right now, you can put the game folder in a portable drive and use it wherever you want, but your save files will stay in the computers you used.

Let’s take care of that.

3.1. Retrieving your saved files

If you don’t mind starting anew or have never played, skip this section.

The game by default saves your progress in a folder named “Umineko4final”, which is  in different places for the various operating systems:

Windows (example):

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Umineko4final

Wine on GNU/Linux (example):

~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Application Data/Umineko4final

GNU/Linux:

~/.Umineko4final

Mac OSX:

Unknown. (please comment or email me if you know)

Copy the content of that directory to the one we prepared earlier inside “english”, named “saves”

3.2. Creating portable launchers

We will be creating simple scripts to launch the game with the option “-s ./saves”. This tells the game to use the “saves” directory as the place to store your progress.

3.2.1 GNU/Linux

Assuming you are in the “english” folder:

$ echo ‘#! /bin/sh’ > umineko.sh

$ echo ‘onscripter-en -s ./saves’ >> umineko.sh

$ chmod +x umineko.sh

You now have an executable bash script named “umineko.sh”.

Run it to start the game.

Note that this still requires you to have onscripter-en installed on the system.

3.2.2 Windows

You can do it on GNU/Linux:

$ echo ‘onscripter-en.exe -s .\saves’ > umineko.bat

But if you are on windows, just create a .bat file (eg.: umineko.bat) with the following line in it:

onscripter-en.exe -s .\saves

Run the .bat file to start the game.

3.2.3 Mac OS X

Unfortunately, I don’t have a system to test this on right now.

It should be the similar to the GNU/Linux method.

If you find out, let me know and I will include it here.

3.3. How to use it

Remember that directory where we placed all the game files, english patch and save files?

The one marked orange, ~/umineko4 by default.

You can now move it around as much as you want.

You can take it into a USB flash drive/SD card/external HDD/whatever and run it from there.

As long as you use the launchers we created in 3.2 and the place is writeable, you should be able to seamlessly carry it from one computer to another.

Enjoy.

In my defense, all I can say is that I was trying to overflow it.

I wish my worthy opponent the best of luck.

The video was first posted by me at Encyclopedia Dramatica’s own Touhou page, and then picked up by some guy who started the aforementioned thread with it.

I found about the thread thanks to youtube’s video statistics, which shows referrers and embed locations.

The post:

I failed to beat the final boss in Uwabami Breakers again, so I went and vented my slight frustration by doing a transcript of the whole damned video, for your enjoyment.

I stuck to typing everything correctly, despite any wrong pronunciation. Because it’s just that more fun this way.

Plain text, no formatting.

Best read in synchrony with the video.

Ok so guys uh
just as uh- as I promised twenty seconds ago
well, I’m still uploading the video up on youtube
I’m gonna show you this anime game
I have a couple anime games
like Haruhi Suzumiya a couple
I’m gonna show you… a doujinshi anime called touhou
ok, hum
let me tell you about doujinshi
doujinshi is a fan made manga, in Tokyo
specifically it’s made in a town called akihabara in Japan, if you heard of it
so, uh the point is to sell doujinshis just like you sell manga
for people who can’t actually form a uh, actual manga… *vibration sound* company
aw shit that’s my cellphone
let me just get it – wait
uh
oh fucking hell
fuck you
ok, so I’m back uh
where were we?
yeah, doujinshi
so yeah
uh…
and there’s this one doujinshi anime called Touhou
these are some of the characters, in the doujinshi game
now, the game
it’s an STG, RPG/STG game
STG stands for… shooting game… I think
so
shooting game.
bullet curtains.
it’s a- it’s a shooting game
yeah, just think of it that way
so yeah here we go
you might not hear my voice but
the heck with it
wait let me
I- I know a thing uh
let me just lower the volume in the game
ok so uh here we go
uh
I can put this in fullscreen
but I’m gonna avoid it any chances of uh failed recording
so I have to redo the whole fucking thing over again
no, I’m not gonna do that, I’m not gonna risk that chance
so here we go
The game’s…
ok, here we go
ok, it’s kind of slow because I’m recording it
I’m audio recording and screen recording it
so..
just give a minute
*phone vibrates*
fucking hell
I’m on easy mode
I- I have been on Lunatic mode
which is the hardest level
uh
next to uh Hard level
ok, there’s these creatures
and uh the uh boss
should come any minute
the game is called Touhou Mountain of Faith
It’s a Japanese game of course because it’s a doujinshi game
I’m not sure if this is all gonna come up right or not
and I have cleared this game- this whole game
so yeah
that’s how the game is
I only show you a preview because in my actually-
when I’m actually gonna show you the actual game in full screen
I’m gonna… well I’m gonna make the video separate
this is just a review on the anime- doujin anime called Touhou
you can download these games off of doujin style dot com
I think it was dot com
just google it
go to google and type in doujin
doujin hyphen style dot com
if it wasn’t that URL just google it
type in doujin – D-O-U… G-I-N… hyphen.. style.. S-T-Y-L-E dot com
and
sooner or later you’re gonna find a download link for it
there’s about ten games
from that anime
so have fun
it’s a really good game
it takes about- it took me about five hours to clear the whole game on normal level
normal level
and it’s pretty difficult if you don’t have any- you know fast reactions
good reactions
so you’re gonna need common sense and reactions
and of course have fun to play the fun game
this is zk43a
on the next video I’ll show you the actual preview without me talking in it
playing the… game
so yeah, sorry about that… confusion
so… I guess I’ll see ya.

I’m planning to adapt this script into subtitles, and perhaps cleaned and pronunciation-accurate versions.

But I’m simply not wasting more time on this right now.

I have a fake black barman that needs to be taken care of.

note: transcript released under the WTF Public License

So, it’s time for some randomness.

The following transcript occurred in the sequence of this post:

<atanok> 9. ↓-2 (7) : Naruto 43 – Viz Shonen Jump, [608.2] ::
<atanok> according to rocketboomer.com, Naruto is a graphic novel
<bbot> it… is?
<atanok> *rocketbomber
<bbot> why, is it not supposed to be
<bbot> question mark?
<atanok> I believed not
<atanok> but how to resolve such a dispute?
<bbot> I’d call manga a subset of graphic novels
<atanok> with absolute accurate universal truth
<atanok> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel
<bbot> and apparently the rocketbomber sales chart holds the same posistion
<bbot> atanok: reload that page
<atanok> OH NOES
<atanok> MY FACE IS NOW UGLY
<bbot> in b4 edit war

This rapidly culminated with me editing the article’s first image in GIMP, in an attempt to further improve the flawless collection of all human knowledge that is wikipedia.

Only after completing this edit did I notice that unregistered wikepedians had no way to upload files.

;_;

Having lost my timely opportunity, the file was left unused.

I posted this on good ol’ loli.pant.su, holder of the Guinness Book of Records’ title for “best URL evar”, in the post where they officially announce that the place wasn’t so loli after all.

They decided to drop the loli and just be pant.su because they had begun posting regular stuff and that was confusing users and admins alike.

But where did the .su domain come from anyways?
Oh, that’s right.

Well, after some due whining from its user base, they decided to keep the loved loli.pant.su, and just redirect it to the loli category of the main site.

But enough introduction, here’s my post:

I don’t have much to say about this… I came looking for loli and bookmarked it because I was pretty satisfied with the quantity and selection.

I started coming here more often after the scanlators I followed either stopped releasing or started doing crapfloods of MILF titles… because this remained a safe haven tucked away from the userbase of the ZOMG HORNY UHEG TITS N ASS from the scanlators’ sites, and the AIDS-infected *chans which had their loli boards constantly flooded with either random requests or fugly “daddy” photo-realistic 3D CGI.

The only problem I have with the nonloli content being thrown in, is that it could potentially attract that kind of users, and make this place into the shithole the others have become.
You see, because it’ll attract people who only seek that kind of stuff, and then they’ll infest the rest of the material.
“What is this shit? You disgusting pedophiles!”
“Haha, you know, where I come from theres this thing called BOOBS”
“Why is this here? Please remove this, it’s nothing like the other good ones.”
“Yo whats dis shit, I came here lookin for some nice ASS!”
etc…

In essence, I believe it has the potential to fag up the place a lot, and that’s what concerns me.

On another note, the .dlc files, being the mixture of annoyance and convenience that they are, have been troubling me a bit for the fact that they have no mime-type associated to them, and that kind of makes it hard to tell the browser what to do.

.dlc is a pretty obscure format as of now, so your web server probably treats it as a random binary file and sends application/octet-stream as the type…
Now, I’ve tried looking around for an “official” subtype for .dlc, but I haven’t found any so I’ll just suggest one:

application/prs.pant.su-dlc

based on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_type

prs. because it’s a personally-made type
pant.su it’s for this domain only, after all (for now)
-dlc defines the type of the file (you could add other nonstandard types someday if you need)

Doing this should be extremely simple, and while it adds new functionality, users who don’t want to take advantage of this would be unaffected.

An example of how to do it with Apache:
http://bignosebird.com/apache/a1.shtml

@loli.pant.su

If you’re wondering what the heck is a .dlc, hold your google horses and just follow this link.
It’s simply a bunch of URLs encrypted into place to avoid e-crusaders who scourge the tubes reporting everything not resembling a MILF.

I intended to make firefox launch the annoyingly bloated little program automagically, but I came to the quick (and probably wrong) conclusion that I’m depending on a correct mime type being sent to do it.
But for now, the only way I see is delicious mime.
That, or using Windows and a hackjob some guy must have released.
Which will also add a new toolbar for your convenience.
Probably.

On another note, I’d like to confess that I’ve never run a web server in my life.

Edit: here’ s a picture showing the 4 browsers I tested handling a dlc from pant.su.

Clockwise, from the top-left:
- Opera decided that the mime type was probably a fuckup and, while right, did a fuckup by itself by guessing it as plain text.
- Firefox thinks “not this shit again” and says it’s a “BIN” file, not giving an option to “open with” because the type is (wrongly) used for fucking everything.
- Elinks running on gnome-terminal, showing the header sent for the dlc file. Oh… OH GOD WHAT
- Konqueror is being a pretty cool guy by being the perfect example of a good behavior: don’t guess, don’t discriminate. Also true for elinks.

Both parts were uploaded to youtube 3 days ago and I made the final adjustments today to make them public, so here they are:

Part 1:
@youtube

Part 2:
@youtube

I put the links for those who loathe flash and rather go to the source page to downloads the videos as mp4. Using greasemonkey, of course.

_{Note: for performance and bandwidth purposes, be aware that there is no difference in the audio from HQ to HD. In case you were using HD for higher audio quality.}

Screenshots look more awesome than moving images.

It’s about the same thing as Crysis, only better in about every way.

Still far from being a masterpiece, Warhead makes quite a few improvements from its parent title – specially in what it comes to storytelling.
The faceless soldier gets replaced by Psycho, the likable British comrade we fought alongside before. He does a pretty better job as lead character, showing some (still somewhat cheap) emotions and some character development.
He also gets a nice nemesis, NKA’s Colonel Lee, who displays gratuitous sadism whenever possible, and a mixed-feelings-background-story old friend, O’Neill. Both more memorable than Nomad (main character) from the original Crysis.

The weapons are about the same, with a few additions that don’t really change much.
The suit’s power capacity and recovery times were apparently fine-tuned for the better (I think…).
AI is still a bit erratic, but more balanced and consistent.

As for the difficulty, it’s still a walk in the park on the hardest setting. The differences between difficulty levels is still small, and most changes are things like disabling grenade warnings, no ammo auto pickup, enemies speak Korean, no crosshairs, etc…

Ok, so let’s wrap it up:
Crysis Warhead was an improvement over Crysis, it makes for some enjoyable gaming, while still not being a marking title.
Multiplayer was left out because I don’t.