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HOW TO PATCH FARLAND STORY 5
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To use this translation, you must have the Japanese version of Farland Story 5. The original Floppy Disk Image (FDI) release for this game is most commonly found, but it could be that you have the game installed on a Hard Disk Image (HDI).

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- If you don't have either:
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Stop reading.

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- If you have an FDI version of the game:
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As of FS4, I have stopped trying to support playing from floppy. Who the hell gets off switching disks every minute anyway? You CAN play it from FDI, but you will have to figure out how to yourself. You're better off just following the instructions below.

---Install to HDI

This part is slightly complicated. You will need to run the installer program for FS5. It will install the game onto the hard disk image. After that, patch the game, and more importantly, copy the memconfig files. Okay, here we go.

First, unrar the "08MB.rar" file that comes with this archive. Inside you will find an empty, formatted 8 MB HDI. Run Anex86ex (or an emulator of your choice). Insert 08MB.hdi into the first HDD slot, and insert disk B of FS4 into the first FDD slot. Make sure your emulator boots from HD before it boots from FD (in Anex, you can check the "HDD -> FDD" box to do this).

You will be given a DOS prompt. Type "B:" (without the quotes). Now type "hdinst". You will be taken to the installer. The installer is in Japanese, but don't worry. It's very simple. Press enter three times (to select B:, the drive to install from, then A:, this is the path where the game will be installed to, and finally FSM, the directory to install in. These choices are correct by default). Now it will ask you for confirmation. Select the LEFT choice.

Now the copying process will begin. Insert Disk A into the first FDD slot (DON'T exit the emulation! Just change the file wile the emulator is still running). Then press enter in the emulation window. The files from Disk A are now being copied. After a while the program prompts you for disk B. Insert disk B again to continue copying the files. Repeat this until the files from disk E have been copied.

Apparently, FS5 functions fine without himem. I'm including it to be on the safe side, though.

You are done! Rename the 08MB.hdi file if you like, remove all the FDI files from the FDD slots, and start up. Have fun!

Oh yeah. If the game stops working for you at some point and asks you to insert a disk EVEN THOUGH you successfully installed the game to HDI, you need to get a different version of the original game. My FDI version was all buggy, and the problems went away only after I got myself a fixed copy off WinMX. Anyway. IF this happens to you, you can preserve your progress by copying the SAVEnn.DAT files and the SAVEFS.IDX file from your old rom to your new one.

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- Patching the HDI version of the game:
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All you have to do is replace all the files on the HDI with the translated. They should all be located in the same directory, namely the directory where FS5 is installed. The procedure is the same as for floppy disks described above, except all the files go into the same directory. And make sure to not copy the RAR file. It isn't necessary, and won't fit into the HDI.