[Chiitrans throwing exceptions of the type ChiitransLite.settings.Settings]

I've gotten the same error a few days back. Reinstalling chiitrans to a different location fixed the issue somehow. 

[What Light Novel are you reading right now?]

3 hours ago, Rooke said:

Going by that sample, apart from maybe that last line I will say this - the fan translation is utter trash. Consider buying the localisation.

Fuck me sideways, the shit people will promote as 'good'.

Damn, my English must be worse than I thought since I actually preferred the fan translation to the localisation (based on the screenshot alone). 

4 hours ago, Rooke said:

EDIT: Rule of thumb - most light novel fan-translations are horrible.

I have to agree with this though. It has gotten to the point where I'd rather read something at a slow pace in Japanese than read an exsiting fan translation 

[Need some halp to extract a game]

Look under the "xp3tools Method" header. Seems to me that you're running the executable by double clicking on it. Again, it's a command line tool so you're going to have to run it via the command prompt. 

xp3tools should also come with a Readme, or at least some form of documentation, which should be helpful.

[Need some halp to extract a game]

xp3tools is a command line tool. Look through the Data Extraction thread if you haven't already. 

[What Light Novel are you reading right now?]

On 5/12/2016 at 3:35 AM, Nosebleed said:

Compared to fan translation levels I personally think it's better. I've been enjoying reading it and haven't seen any issues with the English, which leads me to believe the  localization process was properly done.
Perhaps people are salty over the fact a lot of the typical Japanese stuff you see in fan translations has been left out (e.g Shiro calls Sora "brother" instead of "Nii"), but as far as I can see it's been accurately translated for an English audience.

I'd need to see some actual examples people point out as bad translations to properly comment, though, but so far I don't see any reason to complain honestly.

Huh, I didn't buy the books because people were saying that the translations were horrible. I remember reading a post that compared the fan translation to YenPress' release. I can't seem to find the particular post, but I do have a screenshot saved:

 

YenPress:

Fan translators:

I guess I shouldn't judge the entire translation just based on that alone, but YP messed up pretty bad there. If the rest of the novel isn't as butchered as that, I might pick it up and give it a shot when I drop by the bookstore to get the sweet Overlord hardcover release next week.

[any yoyo player / penspinner / any other kind of juggler here?]

I used to dabble in penspinning a few years back when I was in secondary school, though I'm pretty rusty now.

Pen modding was pretty fun, and modded pens can be sold for quite a sum (~$50). 

[Island - Front Wing]

The trial was pretty damn amazing. Can't wait for the full release.

[What do you think goes into making a good VN user-interface?]

A "skip to next choice" button would be great. Scene jumps/backlog jumps are essential, IMO.

[The history of Japan]

 

[Sneaky Background Characters]

Ruri from Tenshin Ranman can be seen on the right side of the image @Eclipsed posted. Sana and Aoi (also from Tenshin Ranman) can also be scene in the background CG of the school hallway in Noble Works too. 

[VN bundle]

5 minutes ago, Deep Blue said:

Dies irae

[Need a (few) banners for the beta site]

A little contribution from me:

[The Real Places in VNs]

Higurashi is based on a village of Shirakawa-go

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I know that Key also tend to base their stuff off real life locations.

Rewrite:

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Kanon:

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InvertMouse also made a post a while back showing the landmarks of Narcissu.

[Help! Sharin no Kuni Himawari no Shoujo error]

Make sure that you have Japanese locale. Also check that you don't have the file attribute set to "read-only".

[LinovaA and Fuwanovel -- Why Am I So Dead?]

Good luck and may the Tenko be with you [' . W . ']

[Akihabara Virtual Tours]

I remembered taking the tour with Nyanko and it was great. Glad to see that you're bringing it back!

[Suggest a Figurine to OriginalRen]

Although I have yet to watch Black Rock Shooter nor own any figurines, I've always wanted to own one of these Good Smile BRS figurines.

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/2872/Black+Rock+Shooter+animation+version.html

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/2362/BLACK+ROCK+SHOOTER.html

[Rabi-Ribi]

Bought it on release but only got to play it for ~2 hours since I'm really busy. Even though the characters and story seem to be really bland and uninteresting, it has really a satisfying gameplay. The bullet hell-esque boss battles along with the fast-paced and responsive combat made it a blast to play. Would definitely recommend this game.

[Mangagamer's new licensing survey]

Just now, Maxel said:

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who did that 

[Filling Cups Forever]

Anything bigger than A is out of my strike zone.

[Monster Girl Quest Review]

Even after reading the review, I still probably won't read it because of the bad art. I'm way too spoiled 

[KoiChoco AutoClose]

 

 

[Need help with extracting script from KoiShiyo]

I think exfp3 is a command line tool, and I believe you need both the .pack and .fkey files. Also, doesn't .pack files contain CGs...? I'm not too knowledgeable on that though.

[A desperate cry for help from your favorite moderator (!)]

Here's a couple more from me:

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[A desperate cry for help from your favorite moderator (!)]

I'll just post a bunch of images and hopefully you'll find one to your liking:

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