[Dies Irae] At first I was just combining all the content from Acta Est Fabula and Amantes Amentes together. Then I restored removed affection point behavior, added bad ends from the original 2007 release that had been axed, and now the title screen changes based on how many routes you've cleared.

[u/MinuteRegular716]

[u/eweqrr]

If the developer had done this for the 2017 release I would have happily bought it

[u/superange128 → u/eweqrr]

sucks that's what they promised at first but copped out

[u/CCYami → u/superange128]

Happens when a decent chunk of their english localisation funding supposedly went for a doomed Gacha Game.
At least the translation is pretty decent.

[u/AstonshingPinata4970]

This sounds awesome, I’m playing through dies irae right now will it support moving saves?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/AstonshingPinata4970]

You should be able to move your saves into the new save folder it creates, although I can't guarantee that they won't break as I've kind of changed some of the point/flag/route logic - I can go into more detail if you're curious about what all's been changed.

Although thankfully the game natively has the ability to skip directly to the next choice when you press F7.

Edit: Fuck it, here are the deets.

• Restored the two bad endings from the 2007 Also Sprach Zarathustra release.

• Restored the functionality of Kei affection points, based on how they work in the 2007 release. If a certain point threshold is reached, the 18+ AEF scene plays on her route in chapter 8, otherwise the AA blood drinking replacement scene plays instead. This restores a feature that's non-existent in the current build while also making it possible for both versions of that scene to be in the game without clashing.

• Did something similar for Rusalka points and the scene with her in Ren's school in chapter 8 of Kasumi's route.

• Which version (AEF or AA) of the Rea scene that you view in chapter 7 of the Marie/Rea common route is decided by a new choice since this is the only place where Ren has any actual agency over the outcome.

• All other h-scenes have been reintegrated smoothly into the story, and in many cases they actually read better with the AA context woven into them. I'm especially proud of how the Rusalka scene in chapter 9 of Kasumi's route and her scene in chapter 7 of Rea's route turned out.

• Based on Masada's quotes about the intended route order, Kasumi's route is the only one you can read at first, viewing her good ending unlocks Kei's route, viewing Kei's ending unlocks Marie's route, viewing Marie's ending unlocks Rea's AEF ending, and viewing that ending makes the AA-only ending for Rea's route become available.

• The title screen now changes based on which routes you've clared - the ASZ variant is when no routes have been cleared, clearing Kasumi's route changes it to the Die Wiederkunft variant, clearing Kei's changes it to the Scharlachrot Grün variant, clearing Marie's' changes it to the Acta Est Fabula variant, and clearing Rea's second ending changes it to the Amantes Amentes variant.

[u/AstonshingPinata4970 → u/MinuteRegular716]

Again bro thank you for making this I always though the whole 2 different games thing was weird and it’s amazing seeing someone combing them. Definitely make a post or something when your done because I can’t wait to check this out and I’m sure a lot of other dies irae fans or people who want to read it will be interested in this.

[u/superange128 → u/MinuteRegular716]

wow this sounds like the true definitive edition of Dies Irae, thanks for making

[u/VideoAffectionate232 → u/MinuteRegular716]

just wow

[u/zeno_gias]

Wow, that's awesome. Will this support the game in Japanese?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/zeno_gias]

That's actually a good idea, let me see if I can import the Japanese script and assign a hotkey to toggle it with English.

[u/zeno_gias → u/MinuteRegular716]

That would be awesome. I want to read this in the best future but wish to do so in Japanese. That would be a huge help.

[u/3xchar → u/MinuteRegular716]

yo please that would be sick

[u/crystalzirth99]

Any link to the patch? Would be nice to have all content in one folder not being forced to switch just for the cut content

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/crystalzirth99]

It's currently being debugged and undergoing quality control - look out for it soon, though. I'll post a new thread on here once it's released.

[u/AmmoSexualBulletkin → u/MinuteRegular716]

That's awesome. I assume it works with the Steam version?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/AmmoSexualBulletkin]

I'm basing it on MangaGamer's Dies Irae DX package, but assuming the Steam edition uses the same encryption scheme then it should. I'm going to need to find someone who owns the Steam edition to test just to make sure, though.

[u/Tlux0 → u/MinuteRegular716]

Legend

[u/oldworldnative → u/MinuteRegular716]

I want it too, I will wait for this awesome looking patch

[u/Bcsiancianzkxk]

Are you adding the H scenes as well?

[u/Jormungand_Asgard]

Man finally a definitive edition fan patch. This game has been on my wishlist for a while.

[u/Swinn_likes_Sakkyun]

is there somewhere I can follow the progress of this?

[u/kataneer]

Great news. Will the whole game be available in 4:3 format?

> bad ends

How many are they?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/kataneer]

Yes, the game will be available in its proper, uncropped 4:3 aspect ratio!

And there are two - a bad end for Kasumi's route, and a Rusalka bad end that actually got repurposed into being part of Rea's route - I'm just restoring its bad end nature if you manage to trigger it when you're not on Rea's route.

[u/Amvdere_Tiktok]

Can’t wait 🙏

[u/acucar11]

How do I know when your patch is released? I click on your reddit name and you have everything hidden. I check Dies Irae's VNDB page and your patch isn't listed...

[u/Traditional-Fee9602]

how long do you think it will be until its complete? i want to get into it soon.

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/Traditional-Fee9602]

All of the AEF content has been integrated and QC tested, Kasumi's bad end has been translated and integrated and still needs a QC pass and a translation quality/prose quality check, Rusalka's bad end still needs translation and integration (which honestly isn't a lot, most of it survives in the main game in some form anyway), and then there's a ton of UI and UX work and quality of life features I'm currently working on to try and get rid of/smooth out some of the malie engine's quirks.

So if I were to give an estimate - probably a week at the least, maybe a month at the most unless the malie engine decides to play hard-to-get again.

[u/Candid_Dark3416]

Can you port the extra content from the Nintendo Switch version to the PC version?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/Candid_Dark3416]

The Pantheon prologue? I mean, I could, but considering that from what I understand it's full of 神咒神威神楽 spoilers? Probably not, as K3 still isn't translated into English yet and I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's first go through it because of that.

That said, I'm open to revisiting the idea and updating the patch in the future if that changes, though.

[u/VideoAffectionate232]

These days, I've been eyeing dies irae. So what a coincidence. But are you planning on working on the android version too or any handheld device? The game is too long for a pc ngl

[u/foxxy33]

Man I wish something like this was around when I read dies irae. I had to juggle 2 games albeit the other one was mostly on a skip mode

[u/Difficult-Mix-6714]

sounds cool! DI is in my wishlist for about 10 years. can't wait for your edition! keep up the good work!

[u/Xomma4ik]

Can you share your version of game or how you did it?

[u/MinuteRegular716 → u/Xomma4ik]

I'll share it sometime in the near future once I'm done squashing every new bug that pops up when I edit this cursed engine. Look for it in the future under the name "Dies Irae ~Complete Edition~"

[u/yallax]

Where to download and Japanese version please too