Comments on: Silver Chaos

By: Lella

Lella — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:51:09 +0000

Finally got it running in English. I was able to install it in Japanese just fine (Windows 7 32 bit, set with Japanese locale), but couldn’t get the update setup to run. I restarted the PC in safe mode, and then tried to run the update installer and it actually worked. As mentioned above, make sure the update installs to the game folder (and don’t get turned upside-down and choose the original ‘extracted files’ folder like I did.) After that, installing the english patch went fine. I restarted the PC out of safe mode, and clicked to run the game. As expected, it ran into trouble at the opening movie. I renamed the file “open.avi” to “opening.avi”. The movie doesn’t actually play (unlike when I ran the JP version), but the game doesn’t crash now and will advance to the next line.

By: Lella

Lella — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:29:52 +0000

In reply to MythosU'tider88. ok I just got a step in the right direction thanks to reading the comments here for the tenth time. I noticed suggestions to delete opening.avi. I tried that, and it didn't help. Then I noticed for some reason my file was actually named open.avi. I renamed it to opening.avi and now the game plays the movie and the next lines of text after that. Now I just need to try to get the update and english patch to install...

By: Lella

Lella — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:01:32 +0000

In reply to MythosU’tider88.

*sigh* I have the same problem. In addition, I can’t even get the 1.2 patch to install, which means I can’t even attempt to install the english patch after that. I’m using my old windows 7 desktop, japanese locale, but nope. the patch setup doesn’t even let me click any pop-ups, it just kind of …attempts to run and then nothing.

By: MythosU'tider88

MythosU'tider88 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 02:29:12 +0000

I’ve tried several different things, the game will load, everything is in english, I guess that after the first five lines/screens of text, a movie is supposed to play. At this point my computer says that ‘MainSystem.exe has stopped working’ in problem details it states that Movie.mod is/was at fault.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? Or if somebody has a save file from right after the opening movie that I could (have, borrow, steal) that would be great. (In this scenario I would need some instructions on where to place it though.)
Thanks

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 11 May 2018 14:35:46 +0000

Help! I have no idea what I’m doing and I’ve never done this before. I tried fallowing one of the comments but when I tried to click the installer I just go a lot of question marks. Can anyone walk me through this or tell me where I can find an explanation?

By: Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:01:29 +0000

I should mention when it created the shortcut on my desktop, I moved the icon to the folder with Installation.exe and ran in through there. I’m unsure if that helped, but I didn’t need to run it as administrator when doing it this way.

By: Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 21:59:22 +0000

What this person said to do really helped a bunch! I followed the exact directions and made the game work. It seems my initial error was not installing the game in full because I don’t have a Japanese text translator, so I didn’t know I wasn’t installing it correctly.

– Unpack all the archives (game; game patch; english patch) each to a different folder.
– In game’s folder, run ‘instaler.exe’
Now I did as \liz\ said: \click the top option to the left which translated says “install\. Now you will see a bar with options above. CHOOSE THE SECOND OPTION FROM THE DROPDOWN, it says 600MB. This will install the full game on the PC, so you do not need the CD to play. Then choose where you want to install the game (by default, it stayed at \My Documents/Vivid Color/Silver Chaos\. Click the right button to accept. After the installation is finished, click the button at the bottom right to “Close”.
– In game’s patch folder, run the executable file then press next twice and close (if you’ve chosen another location for the game to be installed, you might need to browse it in order for the patch to be installed in the right place {the game’s folder}.
– In english patch’s folder, run the executable file as well, patch and then close the window.

^^^^^^ This saved me. I was seconds away from giving up for good.

By: Goddess1357

Goddess1357 — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:22:45 +0000

In reply to Whatchamacallit. thanks so muck im going to enjoy my game now

By: Paulo Silva

Paulo Silva — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:08:03 +0000

In reply to liz. It worked perfectly. Thank you very much!!

By: Whatchamacallit

Whatchamacallit — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:04:17 +0000

I got the game working, despite all the complaints.
In case it can be of any help, here’s what I did:

First off, I have Windows 7 and I also have my system locale set to Japanese (but I don’t know if that’s influenced anything; if you want to change it too, google it and fear not!, you can always return your locale settings to whatever language you had before at any moment).

– Unpack all the archives (game; game patch; english patch) each to a different folder.
– In game’s folder, run ‘instaler.exe’
Now I did as \liz\ said: \click the top option to the left which translated says “install\. Now you will see a bar with options above. Choose the second option, it says 600MB. This will install the full game on the PC, so you do not need the CD to play. Then choose where you want to install the game (by default, it stayed at \My Documents/Vivid Color/Silver Chaos\. Click the right button to accept. After the installation is finished, click the button at the bottom right to “Close”.
– In game’s patch folder, run the executable file then press next twice and close (if you’ve chosen another location for the game to be installed, you might need to browse it in order for the patch to be installed in the right place {the game’s folder}.
– In english patch’s folder, run the executable file as well, patch and then close the window.
– Now, I ran the game as administrator, but I don’t know if that actually helped in anything, so, if you want to try, do so.

After all that jazz, the game worked just fine; no crashes, no nothing. Just one reminder, though. Since the menu is a bit medieval, you’ll notice there’s no save or load option. So, in order to save and load, right click the game screen.

As for the game itself…
What a huge waste of bandwidth. For me, at least.

Toodles!

By: Candace

Candace — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 10:23:35 +0000

In reply to liz. Thank you so much! I've installed the game and patches successfully. :)

By: SHL

SHL — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:29:40 +0000

Thank you very much, I forgot about this amazing game and now I can have it again. Thank you!

By: marls

marls — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:49:13 +0000

In reply to liz. I cannot install the patch 1.2 .. can you help me ?

By: siumai

siumai — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:42:34 +0000

Please go to Aarinfantasy if you guys are having trouble (which seems like a lot of people are).

Aarinfantasy specializes in BL so there is already a thread that serves as an FAQ for Silver Chaos.

By: siumai

siumai — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:41:39 +0000

In reply to Mello. The game can run on Win 7. Just gotta use compatibility mode.

By: yami

yami — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:51:12 +0000

I need help!
The game works for me, however the background images are missing. T^T
How do I solve this?

By: teal

teal — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:03:13 +0000

In reply to Pak-kun. thanks this works for me too :D

By: Mello

Mello — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:04:45 +0000

Nevermind, I figured it out xD

By: Mello

Mello — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:49:49 +0000

In reply to siumai. So, I can't run the game in Win 7?

By: Mello

Mello — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:37:57 +0000

I didn’t have problems while installing or patching the game. But it keeps crashing after the first lines. What .avi file do I need to delete (there are a lot of .avi files in the \module\ folder)?
I’m kind of clumsy with tecnology xD