YNFG/RPG Maker game troubleshooting

Have you been having trouble running Yume Nikki? Perhaps you couldn't run that fangame you saw on /fg/?

Or perhaps you just wanted to play a japanese RPGMaker game such as Ib?

All the solutions to your troubles are in this article!

1. First of all, change your System Locale to Japanese.
This can be done by going into the Control Panel and going into Region & Language,

clicking on the Administrative tab, and changing "Current Language for non-Unicode programs" into Japanese or 日本語.

Then, simply restart your PC and the changes should be in effect.

Changing your System Locale doesn't change your language to Japanese. Your Start Menu and other relevant programs will all still be in your language. When installing some programs, they *may* rarely assume it's a Japanese PC and have Japanese as it's default language (e.g; Skype), but you can change that easily.

Still, if for some reason you don't want to change your System Locale or can't (no admin rights), then use a Locale Emulator. Do be aware that there are various hoops to it and you may run into some trouble you otherwise wouldn't had if you changed your System Locale.

https://pooi.moe/Locale-Emulator/

2. Install 7zip.
Do NOT use WinRAR or other archive utilities when extracting a game. They mess up the game's encoding and can cause errors in the long run. If you're using a Locale Emulator, make sure you launch 7zip with it every single time.

3. Install the RPGMaker RTP's for your specific game
-> https://tkool.jp/assets/files/2000rtp.zip

-> https://tkool.jp/assets/files/2003rtp.zip

-> https://tkool.jp/assets/files/xp_rtp103.zip

-> https://tkool.jp/assets/files/vx_rtp202.zip

-> https://tkool.jp/assets/files/vxace_rtp100.zip

Most fangames are made with RPGMaker 2000/2003, so you *should* be fine with just these two. Some western fangames apparently aren't compatible with the Japanese RTP packs, so if you do run into issues, then go here and download the one you need:

-> https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/download/additional/run-time-packages

RPGMaker 2000 didn't have a western release, so if a western game made in RPG2000 does use RTP, it's probably the Japanese RTP you need.

Install the Japanese RTP's with LocaleEmulator if you chose to go that route.

4. Unpack your game
If you're running LocaleEmulator, then make sure the folder path to the .exe is in alphanumeric characters (e.g no Japanese/scrambled mojibake)

If for some reason, the game doesn't have an executable inside the folders (what an asshole, dev!), download the following RPG_RT (https://mega.nz/#!aughxaYI!g3m3Ghwc7ERdXclILAnTbqh-LT-XSXXUXi8M-sTlspE) and put it on your game folder, it should be compatible with RPG2000/2003.

5. Run the game
If you still got shit and errors, go to the CharSet folder inside your folder,

and copy and paste ANY .png you find there and rename the copy into 乗り物.