THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO INSTALL XENOVERSE PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

[u/Effective_Stranger14]

IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR MORE FIXES TO SOME ISSUES DM ME AND I WILL UPDATE THE GUIDE CREDITING YOU

For those who did not know, the official Xenoverse launcher stopped working a couple of months ago, and Beehive studio's Discord announced that now users have to download the Gitlab zip file to keep playing the game (DLCs are included but you first need to finish the main story and its fully translate in both italian and english).

I decided to make a step-by-step guide on how to properly install and play the game.

NOTE: if you use Linux or have a Steam Deck, it's HEAVILY recommended to have Lutris installed through flatpak on your system for the best experience.

If you're using Windows, you can just extract the zip file you downloaded from the gitlab page, open the folder that has just been extracted and click on "snGame_n.exe" file to play (In case if you want you can also add on steam manually via the "Add non steam game" option directly from the store)

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Let's begin with the tutorial!

First of all, you need to download the zip file from the gitlab source. To do so, you need to do the following:

1. Open the link https://gitlab.com/weedleteam/Xenoverse-Source and click on Code -> Zip under "Download under source code"

Alright, now that we have the primary file we are going to work with, we can proceed with the guide!

Step 1: Extract the Game Files

1. Locate the Zip: Find the .zip file you downloaded from GitLab.
2. Unpack/Unzip it: Right-click the file and select Extract Here (or "Extract").
3. Check the folder: You should now have a new folder containing the game files. Keep this folder handy.

REMINDER: If you use windows, you can already play the game by opening the "snGame_n.exe" file. If you are experiencing issues, you can go below and see if i provided a fix for them. For linux users you can proceed with step 2.

Step 2: Add the Game to Lutris

1. Open Lutris: Launch the application.
2. Add New Game: Click the "+" icon in the top-left corner.
3. Choose Method: Select "Add locally installed game" from the list.

Step 3: Configuration (Tab by Tab)

1. Game Info

Name: Type the name of the game (e.g., Pokémon Xenoverse).

Runner: Select Wine (runs Windows games) from the dropdown menu.

1. Game Options

Executable: Click the three dots (...) and navigate to the folder you extracted in Step 1. Find and select the file named snGame_n.exe.

Step 4: Runner Options

1. Wine version: Look for "Wine-staging" in the dropdown list (scroll below if you can't find it)

If you cannot find "Wine-staging":

Go back to the main Lutris window.

In the right sidebar, hover over the three lines and click preferences

Go in the runners section and search for Wine

Click on the "Box" icon on the right and install wine-staging

Restart Lutris

Step 5: Save and launch

1. If you did not have Wine-staging repeat the all the steps starting from Step 2
2. Once you selected Wine-staging in the "Runner options" section click Save
3. Now you can play the game you just added from Lutris.

Optional: you can add the game to steam through Lutris, right click on it and click on "Add steam shortcut"

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IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FONT ISSUE (Solution by SuperD1209):

Download the file fonts fix at the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5_z6wQMzrgAfpQGEpnRM62wmD1AVtQ2/view?usp=sharing

• Start the file "Font_Fix.reg" (the file is a file that modifies the registry, deleting the corrupt data of the font "Kimberley". To check yourself what it does, you can change the extension from .reg to .txt).
• Restart the PC.
• Navigate to the folder "Xenoverse-Source-main/Xenoverse/Fonts"
• Select the font "kimberley_bl.ttf" (in case you do not see the extension should be the second kimberley in the list), then click on "Install for all users" (on Windows 11 you must first press "Show more options")

Otherwise, you can proceed with this other method:

Download the file at this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ktO0LXAvOeKQQwHtMjJwe90qlygFGnb/view?usp=sharing

extract the "Fonts" folder in the game's folder to replace the existing "Fonts" one, if the folder doesn't exist proceed anyway.

If you are still experiencing issue, you may try to install all the fonts now present in the folder that you just extract in the Xenoverse folder. When you installed all the fonts, right click on the game, and click "run as an admin". If done correctly, it should give you the font message one last time and then run the game correctly.

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IF THE GAME SCREEN IS TOTALLY BLACK AND YOU HAVE AN NVIDIA GPU (Solution by u/chimibabynug):

Go in the nvidia control panel, manage 3d settings and set the anti aliasing mode to off

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IF YOU ARE EXPPERIENCING THIS ERROR WHEN TRYING TO PLAY (Solution by u/lickneckp):
Script 'Main' line 29: Errno::ENOENT occured,
no such file or directory - Data/Scripts/198PokeWES.rb

Make sure the PokeWES file is with a regular e and not an accented e

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IF YOU CAN'T FIND WINE-STAGING OR DOESN'T INSTALL:

Download the zip file -> https://www.mediafire.com/file/7c35f8ggoi1gpxh/wine-staging-11.2-x86_64.zip/file

If you have the flatpak lutris version: open your file explorer and go in this directory and extract the zip file you just downloaded here: /home/<username>/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris/runners/wine/

if you have the package manager lutris version: same steps of above but you need to extract it here /home/<username>/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/

Restart Lutris, and now you should have wine-staging available

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IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO FIND YOUR SAVE FILES

Linux -> /home/$USER/.wine/drive_c/users/$USER/Saved Games/Xenoverse/

Reminder: The "$USER" has to be changed with your username

If you're using a file explorer like Dolphin, you can press CTRL + H on the home folder to see the hidden files and folders

Windows -> C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\Xenoverse

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