/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Damn thank you sir. I was waiting for this to start playing

>>3929104

You're awesome

Wow, that was really fast, I didn't expect this until next week or so...

Thanks anon!

>>3929104

You are a god.

You are awesome.

A-A-A-A-A-A-AWESOME

>>3929152
Connected fine to me.

>The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.

like I've told you before THX A BUNCH

Thanks very much, I'd been waiting for this.

I refuse to download this until it gets Derek's seal of approval.

Reported for being helpful.

archive this shit

Hurray, let's enjoy the blandness of the PS2 sprites!

I refuse to download this until it gets Ryukishi 07's seal of approval.

Awesome, now I know how I'm going to waste my weekend. Thanks bro.

>>3929104
WHAT HAPPENED WHY ARE THEY ALL SLIM!?

>>3929164

Not everyone loves sausage fingers and ultra shiny photoshop effects.

HAHAHA, the holiday just keeps getting better and better.

>>3929164
I'll take bland over boxing gloves

I'm not going to play this until all the patching is complete, but I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you putting in the effort to do this. ♡

>>3929104
File temporarily unavailable?
I have a sad.

>The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.

Fuck you Megaupload I will shank you I swear to god.

Pig disgusting PS2 sprites.

Awwwww snap no marshmallow satoko?

Anyway cheers to the guy that drew this.

>>3929173
What patches are you waiting for?

I remember some anon saying that the music would be a pain in the ass to put in, and the voices would be nearly impossible.

I love you OP. I really do.

Thanks a lot!

>>3929179
That's why I love my premium hurr durr

>>3929104
I was wondering for a while, why the fuck did they remove Shion's ASG?

>>3929186
Hell, the original sound effects are about the only thing I can think of that I'd want to restore from 07th Expansion's original version.

Some people still want the PS2 music too.

>>3929104
Aha, after refreshing a few times, it works!

>Now we need someone for a PS2 music patch,
I will start working on this tomorrow (I'd rather do it right now but unfortunately I'll be busy). I'm going to download Higurashi Matsuri's ISO, play the game with an emulator and make a list with the correspondence between ps2 and PC songs (the OSTs are absolutely different so this may be a bit difficult, but whatever).

>>3929202
>Download limit exceeded

>>3929161
I don't know, it indeed looks suspicious to me. Why would someone do something good for the community without any selfish ulterior reasons? It definitely has to be a virus without a doubt.
I can tell from that link, and and from seeing quite a few viruses in my time.

Why is /jp/ so awesome?

>>3929104
god bless anon!

>>3929209
Thanks Derek. I knew this was too good to be true.

My dick is so hard right now.

>>3929204
You will be awesome, anon

this is good enough for me /jp/
hell getting the game for free was good enough for me
many thanks for all your shit /jp/

I don't care what other anons say, this board is the most productive in all of 4chan.

So, does this VN cover all of the Higurashi arcs?

>>3929222
Only 4 (question arcs)
Also, good triples

>>3929104
It seems to me a CG patch shouldn't be THAT hard, with some minor modifications to the script. Just, dunno if any anon will bother.

>>3929222
It's sad how shameless newfags are nowadays. At least lurk a little before shitting up our board.

>>3929209
Just as I thought. Thanks Derek.

>>3929222
The first four, up to ep14 of the first season, the question arcs

>>3929225
What the f*ck is a question arc. Stop making up words.

>>3929222
Higurashi, yeah. Higurashi Kai, no, hell no.

>>3929222
It covers the first four. The four answer arcs will be released in a few months, I think.

>>3929230
Posts like >>3929222 are a million times better than yours, "oldfag".

>>3929226

I'm not sure about this, but if we can access the script, then we might as well just dump the script somewhere and patch the NScripter version, right?

Awesome. Probably gonna actually buy the game so we get Kai in a few months and MG doesn't get all pissy with us.

Does Mion look like she's not wearing a bra in all her sprites?

>>3929230

>shame
>4chan

You must be new here.

>The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.

Re-upload elsewhere? ;_;

Higurashi, 100% Disney.

>>3929237
>>3929232
>>3929225

/jp/ - Spoonfeeding/NOEXCEPTIONS
>implying

>>3929241
Same here. I plan to buy the game this January and support MG for doing this.

>>3929244
I lurked my two years before even thinking about actively posting. You must be new here.

>>3929233
But everybody knows what Question Arc means when talking about Higurashi!

>>3929241
I never even thought of this. It would be sort of funny if they got pissed and cancelled Kai because of all this piracy.

Also, does anyone know if they'll be translating Rei?

hooray

>The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.
BECAUSE 500 PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DOWNLOAD IT ALL AT ONCE

SCREW YOU AAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL

All of the PS2 sprites are pretty okay except Rika's her's suck ass.

Don't worry anon, my download's almost done. One of you will surely get a spot after this

I just downloaded this, IT'S LEGIT, NO VIRUS.

So, 3 cheers for the awesome anon!

Share's being slow as fuck. Links to download the ps2 game?

You know, I actually like the old backgrounds.
Their vagueness leaves part of the images up to the imagination.

>>3929259
The important arc of Rei (saikoroshi) already has a patch, so there's no need to wait

thanks for the passwords OP, i came lots

>>3929283
Why do you want it? Are you going to make a patch for something?

Why do you have problems, my ended 5 min ago at top speed

>>3929259
Technically these patches aren't piracy, one could use them with legit copies of the game.

If anything, they're helping increasing exposure of the game.

It works perfectly. Thank you op.

IT LOOKS HELLA FUCKING BETTER!

>>3929266
I think she looks fine.

>>3929295
Technically, the OP doesn't own the sprites and so this is piracy in a way, but you're right that it doesn't really harm mangagamer.

>>3929290
See >>3929204

Sorry for my selfishness and asking links for that but today is like the busiest day of my life.

>>3929104
>if anon-kun manages to figure out the script
Nagato is a true NEET expert hacker hero, I'm sure he will.

THANKS OP, PLEASE HAVE MY CHILDREN

I'm glad I pointed out the fact OP was using the wrong iso for a day or two.

I wonder how long it would've taken him to realize that.

>>3929333
>Nagato is a true NEET expert hacker hero, I'm sure he will.

>>3929348
That may have been my fault... I was the one who googled it, and posted those megaupload links to the wrong version, when all there was was that slow torrent with two seeds. Yeah... Sorry, anons!

Reupload this shit to other hosting, please.

Uploading to rapidshare. (Personally I prefer megaupload, but whatever, if you're having trouble with the megaupload link, maybe this will help.)

Upload speed: 708 KB/Sec, Time remaining: 3:56 minutes

>>3929351
I dunno who's actually behind hacking BGI's anus, I just assumed Nagato because he often helps /jp/ out with this stuff.

Could be some other expert hacker from that IRC channel that shall go unnamed, though,

>Uploading to rapidshare
Another shit. Use http://sendspace.com/

>>3929407
fine. rapidshare mirror is almost done, but I'll upload there too

good job, /jp/, youve gone and done it. you have destroyed higurashi

>>3929409
Thanks.

>>3929427
we are not deen, fuck you

I'm just hoping for a voice patch.

I like the original art. It's cute.

>File description: PS2 srites

LOOKS LEGIT

>>3929442
you are right, this shit is even worse than deen's artwork

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kosm0q

Here, sendspace mirror. For some reason it wouldn't let me add the rapidshare one to my account, and I didn't want it to disappear after 10 downloads, so fuck it.

>It's cute.

Whoops, wonder why I typed Umineko sprite patch... Ah well, it should be obvious what it is anyway.

>>3929427
Get out, doujin devs.

What about the original SFX? Why did MG change them?

was there a voice in other versions?

Why are people complaining about an optional patch? Jesus christ, /jp/.

>>3929463
Did you even read their statement?

>>3929459
how about we rplace all the tsukihime sprites with sperior fsn sprites? id beat that be awesome

>>3929476
Except... FSN isn't a remake of Tsukihime?

>>3929476

>>3929455
You are a huge faggot asking to be raped.

>>3929467
Probably one guy hamfistedly "trolling".

>>3929481
its not, but the charactes are just copypastas

>>3929483
But I fucked your mom

>>3929485
Replace it with Kara no Kyoukai sprites then. Those are closer, right?

looks like its time for me to start reading this vn. now that it actually nicer to look at.

>>3929348
I probably would have given up and waited for another person to do it. I really thought I was doing something wrong with the extraction.

>>3929397
Yeah, this guy is awesome. He helped me out several times even though he wasn't the least interested in the PS2 sprites.

>>3929284
You're not the first who makes that remark. I might as well do a "sprites-only" patch while I still have the files. Expect it in less than an hour.

All this talk about ham is making me hungry.

Stop it right now.

>>3929451
Thanks.

And is it just me, or does "Higurashi When They Cry" not making any fucking sense as a title? "When The Cicadas Cry" has a nice ring to it, but I guess no one calls it that.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hag4ug

Reuploaded because I felt like fixing my typo in the description.

And, rapidshare, in case someone happens to have a premium account there or something.

http://rapidshare.com/files/322688646/Higurashi_PS2_Sprites_BGs_Patch.rar

this this patch works on all episodes?

>>3929501

Higurash, When They Cry

Now it makes sense.

anyone got the megaupload link to dl the full game?

>>3929496
>I probably would have given up

Lucky I tried it out myself then, I suppose.

They phrased it like that because they wanted to keep "When they cry" (the title for the series, that includes Higurashi and Umineko) intact. Sounds awkward, but I think it was intentional.

Here's a better looking ico file for those who are anal retentive about that.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ztzmewwi23w

>Anal Rape, When They Find
Fixed, dude.

>>3929519
Thanks, Anon.

>>3929531
I love anal rape. I'm jacking off, while imagining ramming my cock into your ass right now, to be perfectly honest.

>>3929501
It's more like Higurashi-When they cry
>>3929519
THX

>>3929451

Thank you and thank you OP.

>>3929515

i need it as well

The PC sprites feel overall much better, dunno why you people like the PS2 ones so much ~_~ Boodehoo sausage fingers.

>>3929555
> ~_~
How did you get in here?

I'll reupload full game to sendspace, if you like. Just give me a minute to rar it up.

>>3929515
>>3929550
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VYH0HUQE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AQ64FJET
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=154PYB0R

>>3929568
temporarily unavailable.
Will wait though.

Sendspace mirror, just uploaded it. (For full game)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cmmkwt

>>3929104
Why do people still refer to PS version as a Good art - compared to other visual novels its really indiferent, simple and unoriginal. Also it doesnt carry the emotions as well as the original art.

>>3929587
Because opinions

>>3929587
Well I'd certainly say compared to Sausage Fingers, it looks good. I mean, yeah, if you're used to the old art style, you probably wouldn't care, but man... It's ugly. There's just no getting around that it is ugly. If this helps some people enjoy it better, then why not?

Most of the people who are bitching about the PS2 art are probably just used to the old art, so they don't like the fact that it's changed. Seriously, how many people will look at this, next to a screenshot of the old art, and say the old stuff looks better, having never seen either before? I don't think many would.

This thread was posted in /a/, and they like the original art better it seems. /a/ has better taste than /jp/?

>>3929617
No, they do not.
Even the anime QUALITY designs of higurashi is better than the original blobs.

>>3929476
O, so FSN is superior to Tsukihime now! Well, iichan.ru dosend thinks this!

Much faster than I expected.

>>3929476
Yes, replace every instance of Kohaku with Kotomine sprites.
And Akiha with Besrerker.
And Hisui with Bazette.
That would make sense.

>>3929591
Again - one art is ugly, other is good - as if it was a fact. If you write "I think original art is ugly" its okey, but if you write "Original art is ugly" its just bullshit. That also apply for PS art. Its not bad, but its not better than original. It may be more expensive or more difficult to draw, but it has LOT of flaws, the worst one for me is that it doesnt carry right emotions and characteristics of charcters.

>>3929637

Those H-scenes would be amazing.

I showed someone who was a big fan of the Higurashi anime this http://zip.4chan.org/jp/src/1261109925515.jpg and they were like "oh cool, Higurashi fan art!"

They shat brix when I explained that that is actually the original art...

>>3929640
Please try to be less of a hypocrite in your future posts.

>>3929640
Enjoy your ham alone.

/jp/, I am disappoint

Ham > Generic Shit

>>3929674
/jp/, I am disappoint

>>3929684
You're hungry.

Finally! Thank you! I wish I could have helped more.

Generic Shit > Ham
/thread

>>3929568
does this come with full translation aswell?

The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.

>>3929713
Refresh a few times.

>>3929688
son....

>>3929671
You seem to be obsessed with hams, you see them even where arent any...
I will gladly enjoy original art, you can complain about hams, and enjoy your Higurashi without Higurashi feel...

By the way - even that I hate Deen from the deep of my heart, their Higurashi character designs are the best. Anybody interested in making Anime CG version?

>>3929726
Finding QUALITYless characters in DEEN's HIgurashi is too difficult

>>3929726
Being original is pointless if it;s fucking bad.
Are you so desperate for 'fresh air' that you will inhale the air of a mutated ass's fart?
With this logic, people would appreciate Sonichu's art.

>Higurashi without Higurashi

>>3929773
Except the few MBs of text, of course, which is the whole fucking point.

>>3929773
>playing Umineko and Higurashi for the shit art and claiming putting better than shit art doesn't improve it

Is it possible to replace the backgrounds but not the sprites?

I find a certain charm in Ryukishi's art (opinions, opinions, opinions! one's not better than the other), but I don't like the actual-photo-through-a-blurry-filter backgrounds. Can you change one but not the other?

Someone has a megaupload link for the novel?

Also, awesome op!

>>3929787
You many not like certain kinds of bread, but it takes a very fucked up opinion to prefer fresh steamy shit over it, and it should not be taken seriously.

>>3929793
Both megaupload and sendspace links were posted in this very thread. ctrl+f

>>3929764
Sonichu? In my /jp/?

>>3929777
yes, lets print out the text and read it like a book. that sounds like fun

>>3929833
Compared to the original art, I'd rather have a book and switching tracks manually when inclined.

>>3929837
There are no words for how stupid you are.

Man... WHY are people getting so butthurt about an optional patch? Does it make you feel cool to say you like the original art better?

quit bitching about ryukishi's art you faggots, you have your alchemist fanart patch

>>3929846
Hyperbole.
Point still stands.
The focus is the story, original art is horrible, new one does not HINDER the enjoyment in any way.

>>3929854
because of the people who wouldnt even start reading it until this unholy abomination of a patch came out.

>>3929869
Look at how elitist you are.

>>3929869
That is quite the butthurt, tastes and opinions aside.

>>3929496
Done.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H4CCOS3W
This one only replaces the sprites, since a few people told me they'd rather play with the photo-like backgrounds.

>>3929787
You made me rage a bit there, anon-kun. Just a bit.
Fine, I'll upload it as well.
It's definitely the last. Don't ask me for a "RIKA SWIMSUIT ONLY" version.

>>3929860
no, the original art is there to make you like the characters. I dont see how anyone can like them looking like the ugly ps2 sprites

now for that voice patch....

>>3929885
Yes, the original art makes you love and care for the characters, while the PS2 sprites are void and death incarnate, that sap your feelings and will.
Makes perfect sense.

I think you need to recheck some of the BGs.

Unless the gamestore was also a cafe.

Anyways thanks for the sprites only patch.

>>3929899
my eyes! what have they done to rika?

>>3929885
I sure know which of the two I can take seriously.

>>3929904
They made her normal looking.

... I think?

>>3929906
>seriously
its a sn, you can't take either of them seriously. go read a real book, retard.

>>3929885

opinions, bro

>>3929904
Look like a girl.
Yes, it is quite a shock.

>>3929904
they stole a ham. Inglourious basterds.

ITT: My opinion > your opinion

>>3929924
My opinion is fight.

Are you idiots seriously arguing about which sprites are better? Goddamn /jp/.

voice patch would be nice, but thats just asking too much. Much appreciated for the sprite patch. Thanks!

let's replace rena with gss

>>3929924
There is a point, where even if you prefer something over the other, you realize it's your weird fucking fetish and makes no sense.

>>3929935
I can't stop its a very good trollbait.

How about the CGs? Is there anyway to put them in?

So how would you go about getting the voices onto the BGI engine? iirc I remember someone saying it would be rather difficult.

Which makes me think it would be better to get everything onto ONScripter. But I'm not sure so yeah.

Mion's body is absolutely perfect.

A+ Would download again.

:)

>>3929956
Also, I know you have to listen to every voice file.

>>3929942
It's /jp/, man. Think about it for a second.

That said, certain characters (like Mion) look better with the bland art, but Rika and Rena are just too adorable in Ryukishi's original art.

>>3929964
...No, they are not.
Unless /jp/ has a hunchback of Notre Dame Blob Fetish now.

HAI GAIZ SOMEONE UPLOAD IT AGAIN TO MEGAUPLOAD, MF, OR HOTFILE BECAUSE THE DL LIMIT HAS BEEN EXCEEDED.

>>3929978
Suit yourself, faggot.

Gentlemen, they both suck.

>>3929988
Of course they do.
One is still much worse than the other though.

>>3929994
yeah, the ps2 version

>>3929976
ps2 version isnt cute enough

I wonder if MangaGamer and Jast soon understand something is wrong when their customers mod the hell out of their games to get it the way they want it.

I like both.

>>3930004
>>3930012
So you have a thing for tumors.
Well, we are sick bastards, I guess it makes sense.

>>3930012
Fresh shit

Mion doesn't have her gun in the PS2 ver? That's the dealbreaker right there

>>3930014
It's not like Mangagamer could feasibly do the sprite changes (more money to get the right to use them)

>PS2 sprites and background patch for Higurashi PC

Massive failure detected

>>3930014
I wonder if Bethesda soon understand something is wrong when their customers mod the hell out of their games to get it the way they want it.

>>3930027
Why so butthurt?

>>3929976
gb2/a/

>>3930027
Yes, you're right. You, sir, is a massive failure.

the full game install requires a serial code. damn.

>>3930030
Obvious differences in scenarios, but I'm sure you're just trolling.

>>3929978
http://www.mediafire.com/?0dmymcmd51d

I wonder if we can get a patch that just does backgrounds rather than sprites as well?

>people complaining about sprite art on a fucking 07th Expansion game
Oh for fuck sake....

>>3930068
He is working on it.

>>3930039
yeah, this D:

>>3930039
That's when you start hacking, go to google sites tweaking higurashi for the rest, to hack it you need someone to pst the link to the hack

>>3930039
>>3930085
Buy the fucking thing you deadbeats.

>>3930081
Oh nice. Didn't know that.
Props to OP!

>>3930068

The backgrounds too? This is ridiculous, you might as well not call it Higurashi after you guys are done with this. It'll be a different game.

>>3930014
>blaming mangagamer for the users shit taste

>>3930096
Let's replace the script with PS2 Higurashi's too.

Then it'll be...

... Higurashi?

>>3930096
Because people read Higurashi for the art, right?

>>3930096
...You do realize that all these are not made from scratch but rather imported from a FUCKING PROPER HIGURASHI RELEASE, right?

>>It'll be a different game.
Go be fat somewhere else.

Can someone make a patch that replaces all the people with tentacle monsters? ^_^

>>3930101
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
ALL IS LOST!

>>3930105

>implying the PS2 version isn't an abomination

It's not as if the story suffers from the art being better. If the art being bad was the point you'd have a point, but it isn't. If anything, the horribad sprites detract from the story.

It's like saying we shouldn't change typos because those are part of the story.

>>3930096
Idiot. The backgrounds have already been replaced. I just want replacement backgrounds and to keep the original sprites.

>>3930117
nope, its an improvement

hahaha owow btw I will be finishing the game with orginal art now, but I appreciate the ps2 mod. Someday, I might replay the gem with superiar drawings. Anyway good job fags

>>3930110

Might as well play Saya no Uta then

I'm another person that would like original sprites and PS2 backgrounds. Thank you very much OP for doing this.

>The file you're trying to acces is currently not availible.

What?

Gentlemen, stop fighting. We shoud be making a patch that replaces all the sprites with Umineko sprites.

>>3930137
'Sup /jp/, I just finished Saya No Uta (all 3 endings), enjoyed it very much and was wondering if you guys could recommend me any visual novels similar to it. When I say similar, I mean I prefer that they have a darker and more mature storyline and be fairly short in terms of length. I had played two other visual novels before SnU but this was the first one I finished because it was short and kept me engrossed the entire way. There were never any boring parts.

>>3930141
Too many download it or the servers are bugged in general.
Refresh a few times.

>>3930141
refresh nigger, you are not the only gerfag out there

>>3930143
If Kinzo can be Satoko then I endorse this idea.

>>3930162
And we replace Oishi with Ange?

The soundtrack should be replaced with the superior Umineko music.

>>3930178
We should replace the script with Umineko's as well.

>>3930162
OH DESIRE

>>3930151
I will instead recommend that you read short fiction. Get a good Lovecraft collection and Gene Wolfe's new short story book if you are into that sort of thing.

Gene Wolfe wrote a short story about a man wandering through an ecosystem whose animals are all differently evolved humans all eating each other and each with their own distinct culture. He is really good at writing unreliable narrators, which is thematically similar to Saya no Uta and the questions it raises about perspective.

>>3930140
>>3930068
Backgrounds-only patch :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WFX4Q55C

>>3930143
Nice,
Lambda > Miyo
Bern > Rika

>>3930196
Oh fuck yea! Thanks!

>>3930196
much appreciated

You should really recheck the BGs.

Just a little bit after the gamestore bit, in the class room the BGs go from morning to the sunsetting and back.

Or I guess someone will make a thread about it eventually.

>>3930196
there's this thing with the class+window background that isn't normal, it changes a lot from afernoon to midday, could you check it?

Thanks OP. I played through the first chapter with the original sprites but some of them really bothered me so I'll try the PS2 sprites.

>>3930257
>>3929899

I just went through the bgs in the patch versus the original, and these are the ones that look off. (The "same as" number I use points to the one that looks the most correct.)

007 (same as 014), 008 (same as 015), 009 (same as 014), 016 (same as 014), 017 (same as 015), 030 (same as 031), 033 (same as 031), 046 (same as 039), 048 (same as 047), 053 (same as 043), 054 (same as 199), 064 (same as 065), 069 (same as 068), 076 (same as 074), 077 (same as 075), 088, 097, 098 (same as 099), 108, 109 (should be 110?), 110 (should be 109?), 143_re1, 143_re2, 143_re3, 144_mo1, 144_mo2, 154 (same as 155), 157, 160, 163, 166, 176, 177, 206, 213 (same as 212), 233, 240, 260

>>3930455
Thanks. I'll take a look tomorrow, I'm too tired to take care of this now.

Does the patch include the CGs from the PS2 version, or is it a simple character and background sprite replacement?

Backgrounds only? I'm going to be an ass and ask for a sprites only patch.

I'm kidding, but if something like that isn't going to be inconvenient it'd be pretty cool.

This patch rocks already.

>>3930603
It's already posted here :
>>3929882

>>3930603
see
>>3929882

How exactly does one applyt the music patch? Just drag the msys1-32 and the other few to the main Higurashi directory where the BGI, USERDATA and thr ARCS are?

>>3930621
Oops, my bad.

That's awesome.

In before someone asks for a patch with original Ryu07 designs, and PS2 backgrounds.

You
>>3929104
and you
>>3929568
love you !

>>3930823
In after you mean. He already made it by request,

How do I rip the sprites from the data.02000.arc file?

>>3930929
With magic.

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