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Action Archaeological Ruins Exploration [ LA-MULANA ]
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Will not purchase until it’s on Steam. Sadly, it sounds like this company will be dead long before it gets on Steam…perhaps someone kind enough will buy them out if that happens and put it on the number one place for indie games.
Hi
I think the reason because saving the game works the first time but no the others is because the first time you play, after you have installed, the game runs in administrator mode, which has full privileges to accessing the computer. After that, running the game in user mode prevents the game from writing -any- file to its installed program files folder.
This is a common mistake among windows developers, and I’ve seen high profile software to crash just because they tried to write a log file.
Indeed, the proper place to save files is in My Documents, but there’s other files like user / appdata folders, etc
@Afdal
Several of the keys CAN be remapped. Weapons, sub-weapons, jump, and weapon/sub-weapon swapping can all be mapped freely. The only keys that can’t be re-mapped are the directional buttons and the keys to get into the menus.
Afdal, that’s extremely important to me too, but I followed the suggestions people had for me and downloaded AutoHotkey, and it made it a nonissue. Definitely worth it.
To those with save issues on Windows, I believe the issue is that La Mulana saves under the Program Files folder instead of under My Documents, where it should be. Windows no longer allows programs to write to their own folders. I’m not sure why the first save works and the rest don’t, but anyway… In explorer find the La Mulana folder, typically c:\Program Files (x86)\NIGORO\La-Mulana\. Right click on the folder and click properties. Click the security tab. Click edit. Click add. Type in your username. Click Ok. Grant full control to the user. Click Ok. Alternatively, just right click on the La Mulana shortcut and click ‘Run as Administrator’ (you can set up the shortcut to always do this if you want. I recommend the first method though so it doesn’t have to run as admin.
I have the same issue as Majin Wamu: The first time everything worked fine, but the second time I started the game it frezzes when I try to save. The game is unplayable for us until we find a solution for this. What could be wrong? This is really serious.
La-Mulana works natively on my W7 x64. Saving works just fine.
I can’t believe this has no key remapping. The original La-Mulana stood out among most Japanese PC games because it was one of the few with the thought actually put into consideration that some players might want to play with keyboard controls and be allowed to use them how they wanted. Is Nigoro planning on patching this in eventually? Because as it is, I don’t think I can justify spending money on this. Proper control setup is extremely important to me.
We didn’t make La-Mulana free demo.
Instead of it, you can use the tool you confirm whether La-Mulana for PC works on your system or not.
https://la-mulana.com/en/specials/download
La-Mulana runs on Windows7 64bit ver. But you need a little procedure.
Please refer to this FAQ.
https://la-mulana.com/en/blog/do-you-enjoy-exploring.html
It says : La Mulana FREE DEMO – Where is it ??? (How to download)
Also about System requirements : On Playism site says :
…”OS: Windows XP (compatible with the latest service pack) CPU: Intelยฎ Pentium 4 / 2.0GHz Memory: 1GB RAM Graphic board: Graphic board fully compatible with DirectX 9.0c, with at least 128MB of VRAM Hard disk: Hard disk with at least 500MB of free memory Sound card: Sound card fully compatible with DirectX 9.0c DirectX: DirectX 9.0c”…
What about a Windows 7 ??? (64bit to be more precise !)
@Blechy
The game doesn’t support WASD, but there’s another way to do it.
It is not the most conventional way, but you can re-map the directional keys by using an external program like AutoHotkey.
It’s very simple too. Just use the AutoHotkey script below.
w::Up
a::Left
s::Down
d::Right
@Blechy Binding directional keys to WASD is easy. For example in GlovePie it’s just one line: “Key.WASD = Key.ArrowKeys”
@Majin
Try running the game as administrator or running it in xp mode thing. You know what I mean.
(also helps to read a little as your complaint was already brought up and, as far as I know, solved – albeit temporarily)
Cheers man
hello, I am having a bit of a problem with the game and I am really hoping you could help fix it. Every time I close the game and come back to it later and re-upload it, it wont let me save my game anymore. It just freezes, the music and sounds are still playing, but a box appears and nothing else happens. Please help me. I am running the game from a windows 7 laptop that is a little over a year old. I even ran that launch checker before purchasing and it said my computer is good. Please help me with my problem.
Very nice job on the game Nigoro! I’m enjoying the hell out of it. It’s totally been worth the wait. Seriously. Thank you for the amazing game!
I don’t suppose there’s a way to map directional keys to WASD :[
You weren’t kidding about it being moddable! I’ve already started working on some custom masks for the sides in widescreen mode!
Downloading now, I’m sure it’ll be worth the wait!
Great game, really enjoyed the first hour so far! For everyone who wants to use an USB gamepad with less than 14 buttons: You can use GlovePie and write a script to map controller buttons / combinations to keyboard keys. I’m using a SNES gamepad and have no problems at all ๐
Bought it in the first ten minutes of launch. Despite the hiccups, the charge and the download went through beautifully.
So far the game runs great on XP! Barring some USB pad detection issues i’m circumventing with x360ce.
Haven’t run into the save file thing yet. Maybe it’s an anti-virus software blocking the file operation?
Ah man, all that trouble with the saving, and all it took a was a simple right click. Oh well, thanks for the help Sylux!
Really excited about this, such a shame that Playism has so many errors. Been trying all day but I still can’t download the game.
Can you skip over key mappings in the USB gamepad configuration menu? I’m trying to leave “Next Sub.” and “Prev Sub.” undefined, but I can’t manage to skip over them (and I can’t even set it to a button I’ve already used.) Any help here? Other than “get a gamepad with more buttons”, I mean.
I have silently lurked until now, but I wanted to say from the bottom of my heart, that you guys are collectively a wonderful and inspiring company. Not only do you produce fun games, you also keep in good communication with your fans despite the language gap, and you truly put all of your effort into what you do. I am so grateful that you have continued to to find a way to bring this to us fans overseas, even though it seemed like the videogame industry at large challenged your efforts. Nigoro will always be a name I remember for being a stand-up, respectable, and admirable company.
Don’t ever stop the fantastic work that you do.
Just wanted to sincerely thank you all for persisting with the game. I’m having loads of fun with it! (even if the traps keep crushing me left and right)
So far haven’t encountered any bugs. I’ve installed the game as an admin and the game saves just fine. The saving issue must be related to user permission, as has already been mentioned here…
Anyway, enough chat. I’ve got some skeletons to bust =D
Okay, the bosses seem to be harder… I had a hard time against Sakit (Did he have a second form in the original ? i don’t remember…)
Thanks again Nigoro, you’re great ! ๐
*ka-ching*
Thank you for buying La-Mulana.
If you find bugs of La-Mulana, please contact PLAYISM at “contact@playism-games.com”
Thank you Nigoro! Thank you Playism!
I hope you all get LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY!
Alright, I’ve encountered the saving problem as well. I played through nearly all of Guidance Gate and took a break, and upon coming back it stuck with a save I had at the very beginning of the game. I was angry but it was only an hour’s worth of gameplay so I looked past it, but upon collecting some coins and testing this out again the same thing happened: it didn’t save.
To elaborate, when I save, it sort of freezes as the “would you like to overwrite this file” message begins to minimise, leaving a small square with the message box border that I can only get rid of by minimising and then maximising, which then makes it continue the animation to say it was a successful save, but it doesn’t seem to overwrite the file at all. It seems that the game is freezing as it overwrites the old save.
I’m using Windows 7, 32 bit.
Man, I hope someone ports this to Mac.
First off, I’d just like to say I’m absolutely loving what i’ve played so far, you guys have really done a fantastic job on this game! Unfortunately, I seem to have had a bit of a run in with what I can only presume is a glitch, wherein the game refuses to save. Whenever I make an attempt to save, the game either freezes up, or claims to have saved, when in reality nothing has been recorded. Kinda bizarre really, as it was working just fine until I loaded up the game a second time! Can anyone shed some light on this little predicament?
Absolutely fantastic… Thank you so much for not giving up with this remake.
The game is worth every euro paid.
Now sorry, but i have to whip away some bats… ๐
It’s always amazing to me that people will complain about every minute thing. So, you can’t play the game at 2 in the morning (EST). Here’s some advice: Go get a job. The site is up and working after a momentary hiccup due to a large influx of traffic, which is to be expected. All you crying children compaining about the service should remember that Diablo III did the exact same thing. The same AAA title with a billion dollar budget. Anyway, I want to say congratulations to the fine gentlemen over at NIGORO. I’ve been following this title since you first released it. It’s amazing to see what you’ve accomplished, despite the nonsense you’ve had to put up with. I’ll still be a little bit of a douche and say that in regards to launching it on the PC; “I told you so!” Anyway, thanks for all your efforts, the original game is one of my favorite games of all time, and I’m sure I shall enjoy this redition more than the original.
I encountered a really strange glitch on the back door of Guidance Gate(the door that leads to Gate of Illusion). For some reason, Lemza would remain in the Guidance Gate and all the music would stop. I warped to Gate of Illusion and tried using the backdoor in vise versa. The same thing happened.
From there I used the backdoor in Molosuem of Giants(nothing happened, and it worked normally) then checked the Guidance Gate again to see if it would happen agian. I didn’t, and it seemed to have fixed the problem.
Not sure if you understand what I’m saying, but I’m just reporting any strange activity. Great game guys. I’m about 1/3rd done with the game.
It seems the resolution problem is a Windows 7 issue. I resolved it by checking Windows XP Compatibility and administrator privilege.
Nice remake Nigoro ! I enjoyed the original, I surely enjoy the remake !
Thank you, Professor! Watch your step!
If it helps anyone I also had problems switching the resolution and setting buttons for my pad (it crashes the game) launching the game with admin right solved those problem (right click on the LaMulana icon and select “run as admin”)
Back to the Mausoleum of the giant for me!
At last it came overseas!!!
Launched the game, but I can’t change screen resolution of switch on Fullscreen, it freezes the game but the music continues…
Thank you for reporting a bug.
I’d like you to contact PLAYISM at “contact@playism-games.com”
Woke up, half an hour later am playing. So far quite good. Spotted a few grammar errors — proper usage of thee/thou/thine in particular is spotty.
Yes, Thank you for never giving up on releasing it overseas.
My game is downloading ๐ !
Slowly, but surely. ๐
Downloading… Slow, but downloading. ๐
For inquiries about payment, please contact PLAYISM at “contact@playism-games.com”
I just paid $60 for a game that should cost $15 that I cannot play. This is completely unacceptable.
Downloading now. It was a battle but It will be worth it!! Thanks!!!
@Rilaku:
Because getting a game on Steam is easy, especially with a language barrier. It’s been established already why its not on there. On the other hand, vote for La-Mulana when Greenlight comes on.
My copy is downloading right now! I can’t wait to play it!
now i get it, there was no cart sign…. playism, very funny… NOT!
Downloading now! Here we go!
Congratulations guys. I hope the sales exceed everyone’s expectations.
I put it in the cart, and then???
One does not simply download La.MuLANA under heavy traffic.
I got to Paypal and upon clicking continue to finish the transaction:
500 Internal Server Error
THE RAGE OF A THOUSAND SUNS BURNS THROUGH MY VEINS
Stupid paypal dont acept my credit card ,well a least the old version is free
the login button isn’t working ๐
I cant buy it! I’m trying to “add to cart” but it says I must sign in, but I keep signing in and nothing happens!
There’s too much traffic lol. I can’t even log in to buy it! I’ll just wait until later in the morning…it’s 3 AM here XD. I stayed up to try to be the first purchase, but it just isn’t going to happen. But at least it’s finally out. Thanks a bunch!
-TamerKoh AKA Dlbrooks33
The website doesn’t even work. Awesome. So glad you went with a low-budget alternative instead of a reliable delivery service like Steam.
503 Service Unavailable #LaMulana
Downloading as I type this.
So excited =D
Congratulations on the US debut! Hopefully soon I’ll be able to check it out, I can’t wait!
YES!! Finally! Thank you so very much!
(first!)
Woo! I love you guys. :’DD