Shikigami No Shiro III PC Help

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:34 pm

Hi,
When I run Shiki III on my PC it starts up fine, going through the first few logos, and arrives at the "press any key" screen without a hitch. However, when I do 'press any key', it crashes to my desktop. Is my computer good enough to run this game? Does anyone know the system specs? Is it able to run okay on XP? Any help would be deeply appreciated.

P.S.
My specs:
510 RAM
DirectX 9.0c is installed
1.6GHz AMD Processor
128 MB videocard
(ATI Radeon X700)

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:00 pm

you need applocale(get it from the MS website or just google it) and you will need to install the east asian languages pack form your XP disk.....if you need more info than that PM me and i can walk you through it when i get home from work

also just saw your specs....this is gonna run REALLY slow on that system....like unplayably slow

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:22 pm

unplayable-y slow? dang, i thought shmups were supposed to have really low requirements! maybe its time for an upgrade... Anyways, thanks so much for your help.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:32 pm

some but not all.....especially ones with graphics like shiki3.....find shiki2 and run that one(it doesnt require anything special like applocale) and you ill see......you wont even be able to run that at a reasonable framerate....and shiki3 is way more intense graphically

but considering the system you are running was outdated 8 years ago it doesnt matter much

definitely time to upgrade

rancid3000 · Post by **rancid3000** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:16 pm

I am having trouble running the game as well but I think my main problem is that I'm using Vista 64. I can install it but that's as far as I get. I try and start the program and a window flashes up then goes away instantly. I've tried changing the language and region settings to Japanese but nothing works. You can't use applocale with Vista 64. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:45 pm

wont run on vista...you need to run it on XP with either applocale or change your overall region settings to japanese

quoth09 · Post by **quoth09** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:52 pm

I have a 3400+ Athlon 64 (running XP32), with 2GB RAM, and a 7600 GT KO, and Shiki III is the most graphically intensive game out of the 3. I don't think I was able to run it that high of a res. It's been a while since I have fired it up though.

rancid3000 · Post by **rancid3000** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:12 pm

jonny5 wrote:wont run on vista...you need to run it on XP with either applocale or change your overall region settings to japanese

Ah man! Thanks for clearing that up though. All of my other roommates have XP but non of their computers will be able to run it.