WARNING: If you download the Game (COM3D2 INM) from the Main Page, NEVER use it in context with the extras beneath! These are for the other version (CM3D2), the version this thread was opened for at first!
EDIT:
As I was curious, what we are talking about, I downloaded this version and extracted for myself.
What I could see at once:
1) After you extracted finally to the folder, the path name will be a bit long. So first advice:
After extracting, rename the folder to something obviously shorter. then move it more to the directory root, so that the game has something like
d:\kiss\com3d2_en
And here it is essentially important to
remove the read-only flag from the whole folder
2) The game is obviously mixed up with the japanese version and heavily modded. But what it misses is the REGISTRY entry....
I attached a file (set_install_directory_com3d2_en.zip) you can use to set this entries correct.... Extract this to game folder, execute & voila....
Before you start the game the first time,
delete the config.xml file, the game will create a new one. The delivered one has a strange resolution with more then 2100 pixel...... (gaming & big screens)
3) As soon as you patch the game to the newest version..... boom - only black screen anymore. This is caused by the modding actions. When you start without patching, game has version 1.0 and the starting screen has been changed. That shows that the game has "not only mods but has been hacked.... Such things cause problems when installing updates...
What can be done is to clean up the game now..... I cannot get why an english version needs translation, but this comes, because the game is screwed with japanese dlc..... Than it will run again, BUT I dont see the sense. It is really better to start with a clean version from the other thread .... It is possible to clean from the mods, but NOT the game folders. Nevertheless, you can give this a try and see how far it will go.
4) You have 2 choices:
4.1) Install at it is, remove read-only flag, use a short directory path & and execute the set_install_directory script. Delete the config.xml because it has a very strange resolution with more than 2000 pixel...., that could cause trouble, if your screen does not support this. It will be created by the game itself. But dont touch anything more!
4.2) Do the steps from 4.1 & clean all the mods up, then you have an almost fresh installation except the japanese dlc which might cause extra trouble. But you can update & install further dlc.
And you can use CMI to mod your game again! This will bring uncensor and other functions back and are supported today!
I give you a screenshot, how a clean directory looks like. You can move all unwanted stuff in an extra folder, then it should go ( I did so)
The folder all that stuff went to is marked in blue, Extra Stuff. Really all other stuff has to go!
Much luck!
Nevertheless, I do not recommend this version!
