xD Hey everyone, just coming in to say that I recently (a couple minutes ago) found out that both Narcissu and Narcissu -Second Side- are fully released, translated, and officially free =D. Apparently it has been that way for a short while now, but in any case, I am feeling quite psyched about it (haven't read it yet).

Anyways, I'm attempting to persuade anyone who would actually be dedicated to porting it over (not like me and my laziness...), because I'm definitely sure it is going to be an amazing visual novel.

This is awesome! Thanks for porting this.

You're welcome. Nice to get a thanks :)

I decided to download N1 the other day before reading N2, and somehow I get a male voice from setsumi, I thought I was getting voice from saya lol...
It seems like that voice files are played at a really slow rate, but the sounds(bgm) have no problem...anyone know a fix to this?

Well, the good news is that the creator says that reading N2 and then N1 is perfectly fine, since N2 is a prologue to N1.
As far as the N1 port audio is concerned, I didn't have anything to do with it and I'm not sure why it's screwed up now. Does it work in older versions? I'm getting the same problem, which could be from wrong frequency or multi-channel. Not sure which.

If you really want me to, it wouldn't be too hard to redo the voice files....

Well i read N1 before you port N2 over, so I have actually done that...its more a sense of collection/completeness hahah

Weird thing was I had no problem with it with the previous version(which-ever version that was(/those were), as I don't remember), voices and sounds were absolutely fine; but as I said, i don't remember what version(novel and vnds) it was.

Either way, I would definitely appreciate it if you have free time and wouldn't mind giving it a little fix =)

Once again, thank you for the assistance and hard-work.

Alright, well, were you also having a no-image problem too, where the whole game is black up top? The version of Narc1DS I downloaded had .jpg files in the backgrounds but .png in the scripts. If so, I've also included fixed scripts (simple find/replace).

Here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zeybntmj4vw

So... yeah, once I get back to porting, I'll have the first Narcissu also included in my Narc2, just like in the normal computer version. I intend to have a complete port with everything intact. Until then, I'll watch the board for any other problems. Adieu!

Lol, sounds like I missed a bit on my vacation. The Narcissu2 port seems to be going well (I'm glad I spoke out about it xD), congratz on getting as far as you have and keep it up d(>.<)b

Lovely fix, it is working fine now =)
Thank you for the fix, please keep up the good work, I am looking forward to the complete port~

So, I think I found a bug in my scripts. If you finish the last chapter on any translation/voicing, it sets my chapter counter to 19. Well.... my chapter selection if/fi block only goes to 18. It's possible that after finishing the VN you can't read it anymore.
Whoops. Sorry if that's the case! I'll have a fixed script out with the Narcissu 1 translation soon.

So, whenever I use nsaout to unpack the files for Narcissu 2, quite a few of the image files for Narcissu 1 are corrupt or something. Nothing can open them. However, they work fine in Narcissu so either the unpacker is messing them up or I'm doing something wrong.
Anybody know anything?

I say its the visual novel xD! (I haven't check the files yet, I think I extracted it already though...nvm I didn't). Worst comes to worst, you could probably unpack Narcissu and use the source images from there...although I don't know if the filenames are different (though it wouldn't be super hard to change the scripts using Notepad++ and use the other images...just troublesome).

Well, I found the problem.
Wouldn't you know, the nsaout.exe I had can't handle compressed .bmps. I had a long post about it, but instead of whining I just fixed it. Once I fixed it, the images worked just fine.
Thankfully the writer of nsaout included the source, and had commented in the section where it was supposed to be handling that. So, following his comment, I was able to modify it to work. So now I have the images.
My brain hurts now though....

And... yeah, I found a much, much worse bug in my scripts. If you read into the second page of chapters, it completely bugs out. Totally my fault, I forgot to put in the catch for stuff past 10 on the first page chapter selection...

Anyway, it screws up.
Here's the fixed script.zip:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjuommy4myz

Oh, and btw, that's part of my new line of scripts. It actually includes the Narcissu 1 Agilis translation in it and a lot of other Narcissu 1 changes. However, since you won't have all the resources to play it the thing might be very buggy. I recommend not to start it right now.
If you don't want the temptation, just switch your N2* folders with the new ones in the zip.

And yes, I am working diligently on it. Sorta. Don't have anything better to do. And it's fun for some reason.

My verification word was "feackish." What a weird word.
I'm writing too much, delirious tired. Gah.

Alright, so to make a promise and get my butt in gear a bit the next release will have all of Narcissu 1 and 2, which is 5 different translations.
This is to be released before, or on the day of, the 4th of July. Be looking forward to it. If I really work hard, I might also have the extra Epilogue, and the different notes. I don't promise them though, just the main stuff. So there, now I have to get it done by then.
July 4th.

Because I want to keep myself on-schedule, I'll release a small progress report: Everything is done.
Yes, everything. If it was in the computer version, it's in my VNDS version. Narcissu 1+2 with the 5 different translations (2 for 1, 3 for 2), the notes, extra music page, and epilogue. Bar a few errors and places to patch up to look/run better, it's pretty much done. I even went through the 1.1 script and updated mine with the relevant changes.

Also, I started getting errors on a couple of images I was using, so I deleted the cache folder on my card and they magically started working again....

Anyway, I'm on schedule to have a complete port in nearly every way possible bar some impossible-to-replicate commands (like the movie). Editing and error-checking all this stuff is going to be hell.

Well, I got the translations backward up there. 2 trans. for Narc 2, 3 trans for Narc 1.

Ok, I've begun uploading Revision 2, which has everything like I said in #62, plus one little extra note from me that opens up at the same time the final epilogue opens up. The port also has completely redone menus that are modified versions of the computer ones (looks much nicer), along with the music info that pops up when you start a song. It is all still kinda rough, but I don't know much about fine image making so it'll have to do for now.

One factoid: Setsumi ISN'T the only person voiced in Narcissu 1. Her mom actually get's about 4~6 lines of speech too.

Oh, and the final epilogue is great. Just read it about 2 hours ago. I'm still kinda teary from finishing Narcissu 2 and reading it. Such a wonderful story. I hope somebody eventually translates Narcissu 3.

Anyway, now all I have to do is wait for the upload to finish. Ciao!

Here it is:
Narcissu 2 Release 2 (No Sound):
http://www.mediafire.com/?tyzwdmzzw2l
Sound (No Voices):
http://www.mediafire.com/?dl4ymrycqoh
Sound (With Voices):
http://www.mediafire.com/?i41d2zizojd

Barring bad audio files somewhere (I don't think there is any, I've listened to all of them, but you never know) this should be the last sound I'll ever have to make.

[Edit] Good thing I did one last check of the easy stuff (menus and the like). I caught a small problem with the musicbox page and a few small other things. Nothing that broke things, cosmetic, but better than clipped-off images and stuff.

So I'm guessing that this is pretty much the final release of Narcissu2 xD. Now you just need someone to come up with a better icon (so we can burn the placeholder icon). Or you could just use the Narcissu icon (since the port does contain both anyways).

Here's the original icon for the Windows version of Narcissu 2 in the icon.png 32x32 version for VNDS. I don't think you can get much better than this. It should do.
I intend to eventually finish up with a bugfix final, but I'll only have to re-release the "No Sound" file with the backgrounds/foregrounds/scripts. So you don't have to worry about redownloading the sound files again.
However, who knows when I'll get around to it.

I did a really quick thumbnail (the Narcissu1 port's image gave me the idea) and even though it was a cheap job, I still like how it turned out (its definitely better than the currently resized image at least).

I also did a small tweak to the icon so that it doesn't have the white background: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3933/iconnl.png

I might just do a little bit of tweaking on the musicbox page after you have finished up all of the bugfixing(though it might take a couple of extra images) so it matches the original visual novel more. On the notes.scr you could use "text @" and a delay or two so you don't have to have two parenthesized pieces.

If I end up finding anything that could be made better cosmetically, then I'll probably give you the tweaked files so you can include them if you want (I feel I should at least do something since I DID request the visual novel xD).

That's fine, do whatever. Actually, once of the last major things I wanted to do was re-convert the images to .jpg format instead of .png (so they were smaller and looked better) and then subtitle the images that were impossible to read due to the scaling.
Right now, a lot of the images look crappy, and dithering didn't seem to want to work.

Thanks for the port guys. And I see you have a captcha. Sweet upgrades man.

There were six lines in the scripts with *.wav instead of *.aac. I've fixed those. Just put this zip file straight into the VN's folder on the DS, overwriting the current file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?d8kr2229fwhdht4

Nice!

Using my new script checker, I found a whole lot of lines that were screwed-up/wrong, so here's the fixed version of the scripts:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m2qidkbfuffqg8d

I 7zip'ed this one, so make sure to take it out of the .7z file first before sticking it in the novel folder on the DS.

Nice!

hey, can someone upload the first Narcissu for VNDS? ive tried downloading it but the link is broken. thanks in advance!

The first Narcissu is also included in the Narcissu2 port (it was in the PC version as well), so you can just download the Narcissu2 port and use that.

oh thanks alot ^^. But where can i download Narcissu 2? i couldve sworn i saw the links for it on this thread a couple days ago. sorry for being so noob >>. greatly appreciate it!

You can get the latest one together by downloading from >>65 and >>73...and you can get the icon and thumbnail from >>68.

Latest links for Narcissu 2:

--No sound (required to play, has scripts/images):
http://www.mediafire.com/?tyzwdmzzw2l

--Newest updated Scripts (required, fixes some bugs/errors):
http://www.mediafire.com/?m2qidkbfuffqg8d

--Sound "No Voices" (sound.zip without voices, not required):
http://www.mediafire.com/?dl4ymrycqoh

--Sound "With Voices" (sound.zip with voices, not required):
http://www.mediafire.com/?i41d2zizojd

--Better Icon and Thumbnail image:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3933/iconnl.png
http://www.digital-haze.net/ch/vnds/src/1278665483755.png

Note, none of these links are new. If you've already downloaded all the things outlined in >>78 , you're fine. This is just for ease of finding everything for new people.

Can somebody upload them to a different site? mediafire doesn't seem to work for me. :(

What works for you? I don't own an account anywhere, so it'd have to be a place that allows either anonymous or free-account uploading.

Rapidshare or Megaupload works for me. Thanks in advance. ^^

Megaupload Mirrors for Narcissu 2:

--Base (required to play, no sound):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MB3EBR3I

--Sound "No Voices" (sound.zip with everything but voices, not required):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TQL5HF1P

--Sound "With Voices" (sound.zip with everything, not required):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KJBS8D1H

This is slightly superior to the Mediafire links, as the updated scripts and nicer icon/thumbnail are already included in the Base download (I hope, I think they're the newest stuff).

Thanks!^^

um, i've been having some trouble with the voices and things
i keep hearing this annoying low sort of clicking in the right ear, but i can hear voice and some sounds, i don't know if i should be hearing music...

the clicking happens after text appears, so it seems like some sound file is trying to play but for some reason it just does the clicking thing

i have a folder within the novels folders with the nosound .7z file so that there are multiple .zip files in the folder, and in that folder i have the sound.zip

can anybody help me?

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I'm not sure I'm completely understanding the setup you're describing so I'm sorry if I'm mistaken, but did you say you basically have a folder for Narcissu inside your novels folder, but there are multiple zips in it?

First off, be sure you have the version with sound. Within that zip, there are probably other zips for foreground, background, sound, scripts, etc. What you need to do is unzip the sound version of the game into your novels folder. Then, go into the directory you just unzipped (it's probably just called "Narcissu") and unzip everything in there as well, so you have folders for all that stuff above (sound, scripts, etc). If you have "sound" still zipped, the sound won't work correctly.

So in a nutshell, when you said "in that folder I have the sound.zip", just...unzip it :)

Just download Narcissu 2, it comes with the original and it doesn't have that buzzing sound.

so i unzip everything in the sound folder that i unzip

do i have to unzip the files in the base?

and i have the narcissu 2 files from the megaupload post

Geh, I'd remember this better if I were at home right now and remembered how the narcissu downloads were bundled. Shin's got a point...just getting Narcissu 2 will give you both of them, though I never had a buzzing sound problem when I was just playing the first one. The .zip you downloaded probably contains something like this:

narcissu.zip
--sound.zip
--background.zip
--foreground.zip
--scripts.zip
--several other unzipped files

When you add it to your novels folder on your DS, you should unzip everything so that you have this:

narcissu (folder)
--sound (folder)
--background (folder)
--foreground (folder)
--scripts (folder)
--the same several other unzipped files as above

See if that helps.

You actually don't have to unzip most of it...It is supposed to be able to use the novel even with some zipped up folders (less of a copying hassle anyways).

narcissu.zip
--sound.zip
--background.zip
--foreground.zip
--scripts.zip
--several other unzipped files

narcissu (folder)
--sound.zip
--background.zip
--foreground.zip
--scripts.zip
--several other unzipped files

Ah. See, I didn't know that. Better to ask the bigwigs XD

It is problematic using VNDS 1.5.1 regardless of all else. Use vndsx1.4.9

yeah, it was the version after all, thanks!