You can test functionality by mounting DISK1. Drag and drop the contents of edit to your AA2 Maker directory, also overwriting. For the pre-order, there are two sets of these in two separate moonrune folders make sure you find both.ĭrag and drop the contents of main to your AA2 game installation directory, overwriting. When prompted choose a temporary directory to extract the contents to. Now that the game is installed, you'll be wanting the DLC and updates next. Use Daemon Tools Lite or equivalent to do so, again cancelling autorun if applicable, then click the button on installer to proceed. As before, choose a nice, simple install path with no Japanese characters. When that's finished, click the fourth button on the install menu to install the game. Your choice whether you want to install it in a separate directory from the main game, it causes me no problems installing it in the same folder.ĭisclaimer: The maker may not run properly in windowed mode if you install to the same folder. Explore the mounted disk, right-click to use Applocale to launch Startup. Open the game archive and extract the three multiple-gigabyte. If it shows Japanese anywhere, or you know it is of Japanese origin, use Applocale.

Run almost everything with Applocale - installer, update files, maker and game executables, translated maker loader, etc. This goes for utilities like Wizzard as well. Don'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. Don't install anything to the default Japanese-named folders, edit every install directory to something readable. This guide will serve to counsel new users on installation of the essential components needed to run AA2 in English. Likewise, I don't recommend installing via this method then going to harass Hongfire for support. If you already installed HF patch and want to use this guide, uninstall and wipe your game installation folder, then reinstall from scratch using the directions below. This is for installing manually, in the event that you don't want to wait for HF patch to get updated, or you want finer control over mods you install. Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Upit unlocks many cool features! This install guide is not for you.

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