Muv Luv DOES Run on Windows 8 - Here's How

[threepwood007]

Halloo

 

So, after a number of minutes troubleshooting this and scouring the Internet, I have arrived at a semi-solid solution for the Muv Luv crashing problems faced when running the game on a Windows 8 platform.

 

I'm posting this year at the risk of repeating the information elsewhere because I nearly tore my hair out trying to find it.

 

The crash purportedly occurs in two places:

 

 - on Sumika's date following the food contest

 - on Sumika's route at the ending credits

 

Obviously, this poses a game-breaking obstacle to unlocking Unlimited.

 

Here are the steps I took to get the game working on multiple machines:

 

0. Prepare your save just before the crash.

 

1. Navigate to the Muv Luv Plugins folder.

ex. C:\age\マブラヴ11\Plugins

 

2. Move the mlhookv2.rpo file (cut, no copying) to another location; say, the Desktop.

 

3. Return to the C:\age\マブラヴ11\ directory and rightclick on the マブラヴ11.exe application, then navigate to the Compatibility tab.

 

4. Set the following options:

 - Run in Compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3

 - Disable display scaling on high DPI settings

 - Reduced color mode, and set to 16-bit (65536 color)

 

5. Run the game - it will be in Japanese now. Fret not. Select the second option from the top, and load your save.

 

6. You might crash occasionially. This is somewhat expected. Fight on until you navigate to the scene when Takeru, Sumika, and the snot-nosed kid watch the power rangers show at the amusement park.

 

7. You should be able to navigate successfully past the part where the camera pans upwards to see the fighters standing on the sign. YOU MAY HAVE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

 - set it to auto

 - CTRL-skip

 - simply click

 

8. STOP advancing the story once the power rangers appear and save the game.

 

9. Replace the mlhookv2.rpo back in the Plugins folder.

 

10. Restart the game (returned to English) and load your latest save.

 

11. Voila! You may proceed.

 

It is very reasonable to say that this fix will also prevent the game from crashing as Sumika's credits roll, allowing the game to save the completion data.

 

If anyone has problems with this or is also successful, post a reply. I'm curious to see if anyone still can't get past the scene using this ugly trick.

[Nosebleed]

Nice! Thank you for putting up with the trouble of finding how to fix this

I'll add this guide to the FAQs and replaced the old "doesn't work on Windows 8"

[Funyarinpa]

I like this! But to be honest, when MLE crashed on me I simply said "screw it" and downloaded an Unlimited save. Cannot say I really regret anything

[threepwood007]

Haha yeah. I actually don't like Muv Luv Extra at all, but I'm a huge proponent of reading Extra and Unlimited before diving into the superior and ultimately satisfying Alternative.

[Heizei_koukousei]

I wish that more people did things like this for the community, if so we would have an extensive list of solutions rather than a list of problems

[Deep Blue]

I freaking hate win 8 but this really helps a lot, thank you very much

[threepwood007]

Heh heh I attempted to do the same for Duel Savior 'cause I freakin' love that game but Windows 8 was like lol nah.

[RinXD]

Windows 8 hates everything sadly :/ but this guide is awesome

[Kenegro]

This worked for me with the amusement park, but no luck on credits. Really don't want to steal a new save after all this time.

[TehRealOne]

A comment, so I can come back to this thread later

[Ruber]

It's stil crashed in the ending, can you help me?

 

 

[Deep Blue]

It's stil crashed in the ending, can you help me?

 

 

there is no fix for that yet, same thing happens with sumika's ending. you can try to use my guide (if you have a lot A LOT of free time and you really really want to see the ending) http://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/9234-how-to-run-vns-on-win-8/

[douggle]

Thanks for the tip, usually I just recommend people use an XP virtual machine

[Ruber]

there is no fix for that yet, same thing happens with sumika's ending. you can try to use my guide (if you have a lot A LOT of free time and you really really want to see the ending) http://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/9234-how-to-run-vns-on-win-8/

 

I use a save file from another guys, i hope he don't do the same thing whit Muv luv unlimited 

[Bencat07]

I think there's a problem...... your possesed by Geass xD no jk the Problem is it also crashes on windows 10.... (All hate to Microsoft) But your tip worked fine now i can get past tha amusement park... one problem is you really have to save it like 10 pictures before the crash because the japanese version will crash as Sumika's raging before they go on the rollercoster (SUMIKA CAN CRASH THE GAME!) i'm lucky that i found this instantly because many people reviewed this. Anyways Thanks I'll now enjoy This And Facepalm myself for not knowing that that plugin Existed xD

 

[MuffinWalker]

This is my first time on these forums and i just made an account here to simply say god fucking bless you mate you just saved the sumika route for me thank you!