Install and patch White Album 2 on Mac
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1: Japanese locale and fonts
Japanese locale should be enabled by default on Mac.
You can check by running:
$ locale -a | grep ja
Which should return something like this:
ja_JP
ja_JP.eucJP
ja_JP.SJIS
ja_JP.UTF-8
Japanese fonts should also be preinstalled but, alas, they don't seem to work 100% in wine.
You could install more fonts in hopes of getting one to work properly but I personally didn't bother.
2: Install wine and winetricks
Install XQuartz 2.7.9 (newer releases have font issues).
Download wine (any version you want) and run the installer.
Get the latest release of winetricks:
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
$ chmod +x winetricks
$ sudo mv winetricks /usr/local/bin
3: Create a wineprefix for the game
Run the wine application, which will launch a terminal window.
There, type the following commands:
$ export WINEARCH=win32
$ export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/wa2"
$ mkdir -p "$WINEPREFIX" && wineboot -u
Install wine-mono and wine-gecko if prompted.
4: Install the game
If you've already installed the game elsewhere:
Copy the files to the wineprefix:
(assuming you have them in your home folder)
$ cd "$WINEPREFIX"
$ mkdir "drive_c/Program Files/Leaf"
$ cp -r "$HOME/WHITE ALBUM2" "drive_c/Program Files/Leaf"
Apply a registry edit to act like the game has been installed:
$ curl -o wa2.reg https://ghostbin.com/paste/r627o/download
$ regedit wa2.reg
You can now proceed to the next step.
If you haven't installed the game before:
Mount the disks. To do that, rename both .mdf files to .iso and double click them.
Now, mount them in the wineprefix:
(assuming you have them in your home folder)
$ cd "$WINEPREFIX/dosdevices"
$ ln -s /Volumes/WHITE_ALBUM2_1 x:
$ ln -s /Volumes/WHITE_ALBUM2_2 y:
$ ln -s "$HOME/WHITE_ALBUM2_1.iso" x::
$ ln -s "$HOME/WHITE_ALBUM2_2.iso" y::
Run the setup:
$ cd /Volumes/WHITE_ALBUM2_1
$ LC_ALL=ja_JP wine setup.exe
Some glyphs will show up as squares but most will be fine.
5: Configure wine
Enable opengl:
$ winetricks settings ddr=opengl
Install requirements:
$ winetricks lucida
$ winetricks devenum
$ winetricks d3dx9
$ winetricks quartz
$ winetricks wmp10
The installation of wmp10 may hang after it's finished. You can terminate it with Ctrl + C.
6: Install the patch
Download the latest release of the installer.
Move it to the White Album 2 directory and run it:
$ cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/Leaf/WHITE ALBUM2"
$ mv "$HOME/Downloads/WA2_patch.exe" .
$ wine WA2_patch.exe
You should now be able to launch the game with this:
$ LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 wine WA2_en.exe
LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1is necessary to be able to run the game. You can set an alias for it by writingalias winegl='LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 wine'in your.bashrcfile and then run the game withwinegl WA2_en.exe.
I want to ask a stupid question...where to download the game with mdf files? Is the game in Japanese?