Touhou Gameplay Thread

Hey /jp/sies, got myself a new computer, it's recent cheap shit but it's enough for what I need to do with it.
I have tried to play the games but it won't open any except PCB. For the rest, it displays a 0xc000007b error message. The worst is that I feel I've already gone through such a problem but I don't remember how to solve it.

And yes, this shit is Win10. Sue me.

tfw the grind never pays off and always will have a garbage score

>>16644473
>0xc000007b error message
Is that the only error message? No text?
Try re-installing the newest Visual C++ redistributable, or if it asks for a certain mvsc.dll, install the corresponding Visual C++ redistributable.

>>16644751
It's not unusual for WR holders to put in thousands of hours into the games. Or you could just play MoF.

>>16644753
It roughly says "The application failed to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to exit the application."

I did as you told but no change.

>>16644805
>thousands of hours
only for some hard lunatic categories

>>16644915
In fact, the games all asked for d3dx9_43.dll to be added. I put it in the files folder but since then, it displays the error message instead.
I downloaded said file from this place: https://www.dll-files.com/d3dx9_43.dll.html

>>16644473
>And yes, this shit is Win10.
Found your problem.

>>16645005
Dude, I especially said this BECAUSE I don't want to touch this since I just bought the thing. Pointing it out won't help. Use your head a bit.

>>16645020
Okay, so the problem was that I chose the wrong version of the .dll file. Fixed.

>>16645001
>dll-files.com
Downloading dll files from non-official sources can be a security risk unless you know what you're doing, but more importantly we need to get your Touhou game running.
Your issue is probably that there's a mismatch between the dll the game wants and the one you've downloaded.

>>16644148
Just unlocked Spoiler stage in DS and completed some scenes there.

>>16645050
Yeah, my problem is that I picked the 64bit version, which was inappropriate.

>>16644473
If you have it, can you upload the non-thcrap version of PCB's english patch?

TH-Crap never works for me for some reason.

>>16645166
Probably because you suck at using DOS.

Moriya Shrine should have the games already patched with the old patches.

>>16645240
Not anon above but are there the english patches for Touhou 14 and above?

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Mami has one of the best final boss themes ever.

>>16645252
Not like the old ones. Either you use thcrap or you use the wiki.

>>16645344
Sucks that the wiki doesn't have translated endings.

There was a seperate wiki for it, but it's long since defunct.

>>16645344
I don't care, I already have thcrap for 15. It's a pain to use but anyway.

>>16644148
B-but the previous thread hasn't archived yet reeeeeeee
Congrats again anon, you are in the top now.

>>16645384
You might know it already, but you can set up a thcrap+vsync patch combo.

>>16645387
It's at the bottom of page 10. He's dead, Jim.

>>16645359
Unless you're talking about pre-Mof, u wot?

>>16645384
>>16645252
There were staticky patches on the thcrap site.

I use thcrap to launch all of my games and use the thpatch translation for everything but EoSD. It's my understanding that the thpatch ones are the most accurate available and are made up of the wiki translations plus content from the outdated static patches. Should I not be doing this?

>>16645166
https://web.archive.org/web/20160203105636/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.mitchell83/th07_english_patch_1%5b1%5d.0.exe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHxtUvzZc88

>>16645359
You can find translated endings in the thcrap site.

>>16645693
You can use whatever method you want. But it is true that the thcrap patches are the most accurate since they weren't made 10 years ago and can be (and do get) corrected at any time by any of the experienced translators we have right now (Clarste and such).

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Eiki is a huge bitch, holy shit!
Now I unlocked Extra mode but where is my Komachi? I want to play with her dammit.

>>16645861
Nevermind...

>>16645883
Don't worry. After you beat Extra with Komachi and Eiki, you'll have a nice surprise.

I'm still practicing for UFO LNB but it's going extremely slowly
My main roadblock at this point is Byakuren I guess, I can occasionally get NMNB on every other boss but my best against her is like 2-3 deaths, and that's on a good day. I sometimes die on nearly everything. This might be beyond my abilities desu

>>16645855
>You can find translated endings in the thcrap site.

Can't find them for the older games, 6-8.
Aalso, there's no pictures.

>>16645885
While it is not much of a surprise, it is indeed very nice.
I wish Komachi didn't have that retarded scope though. Am I supposed to spam charge 1 now? It's only think I can think of to deal with all the spirits at once.
Now the chart looks weird

>>16645861
How do you guys get aso many points?
I can never get the 60mil extend, and always have to fight Eiki with either 1 or 2 extra lives, which doesn't end well.

I still can't 1cc PoFV, even on normal with anyone else than Aya.

God, Medicine in PoFV Lunatic is horrifying to fight. Why did ZUN think it was a good idea to make her slowdown gas non-erasable?

>>16646626
Because it does a body bad.

>>16646626
>non-erasable

Speaking of, Marisa's lasers are bullshit.

>>16646734
Marisa's lasers are shitty too, but they're more fair. They let you see where they're going to go before they shoot and you can go through them when you're invincible. You can't get rid of the gas until it disappears by itself, the gas always slows you down and it can stack to make you move even slower.

I think the only character that can move freely in the gas is Sakuya and she sucks in general.

Book of Star Mythology is actually a really fun game with inventive patterns. If you like Touhou and don't play it, you're missing out.

>>16647128
Sakuya is so annoying, her unfocused and focused speeds are almost the same, wtf.

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I hate this card.

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I finally 1cced LoLK Normal Legacy mode...with Reisen, AND FUCKING HELL, WHAT A RIDE THAT WAS, CLOWNPIECE ALMOST ENDED MY RUN, AGAIN.
I would have liked to have 1cc it with a, quote on quote, "normal" shot, like Reimu or Sanae, but I really don't care now, I'm happy as fuck.

Now, on to 1cc the hardest and most bullshit game of them all... 9.
Seriously, Aya, Komachi and Eiki are the reason I still haven't 1cced this.
Mostly Aya.

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>>16648703
>>16648710
Who shopped this, a 5yo?

>>16648742
Does it really get that dense or are you using a meme patch?

>>16648774
Meme patch. In the regular Lunatic version, there are big gaps in the arrow rings that get narrower with each wave. It does eventually get that dense, but you can clear the card before it does.

>>16648765
But Aya is easy.

>>16648765
Aya is one of the easiest opponets to fight though.
Nothing but basic streaming.

>>16648765
>Mostly Aya.

Are you an AI?

>>16648779
>>16648813
>>16648824
Not him but streaming against Aya does help, but the battle isn't just that, and it is very easy to get shot by those almost invisible little fucks with streaming Aya's shit.

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>>16648813
>Nothing but basic streaming.
Her spellcards are okay sometimes I guess, but her Extra attacks are what's always getting me.

I main Marisa, any tips on how to beat Aya?


>>16648824
>Are you an AI?
No?

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What do you guys do when you find choking a lot?
I just fucked up a hard 1cc on PoFV with Tewi, 2 Extras with Reisen and a hard 1cc on EoSD wit MarisaA.
It's getting annoying, it's like all desire to play goes away when I reach the last boss

>>16648892
I take a break, and the length depends on how much I'm tilted/chocking.
One time I took 4 day break from Touhou altogether.
It was when I played PCB, I chocked at Stage 5 and Youmu reduced my full stock of 8 lives down to 3 in a Normal run.
Needless to say, I wasn't mentally well to continue playing after that, but when I came back to it, I 1cced it in my second try.

Take a break for as long as you think it's necessary, you'll almost always feel better after it.

>>16648978
I hate it, but I'll have to do so

How to beat IN with Sakuya/Marisa solo? Reimu's ying-yangs are screwing me up badly, I always focused to avoid them with the teams.

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>>16649571
Marisa can usually destroy them before they reach you.
>Sakuya
You will have to dodge and maybe time out most of her fight anon

>>16648771
Could be worse. Could have been shopped by a shotty.

Why is Junko the easiest final boss in the series? Even her theme is shit.

>>16649762
Because she isn't and that other thing isn't right neither.
But yeah, why is Eiki so shit?

>>16649778
Because she isn't.

>>16649778
Her game sucks, her theme sucks, the plot she's involved and introduced in sucks and she's not as interesting and fun as other final bosses.

Even Utsuho has more character than she does, what the fuck.

>>16649828
How old were you when she killed your parents?

>>16649840
He still is a kid

>>16649840
Not an argument

>>16649976
Subjective ranting isn't an argument either.

Which of the .5 and .3 games do you guys recommend to someone who have only played the "main" games, so to speak?

I have no interest in the fighting games and the others kinda repelled me because of the gimmicky mechanics.

>>16650102
7.5 because suika is cute

>>16650102
12.8 is great.

Personally it's my second favorite Touhou game.

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>>16650102
Well it's ALL fighting games and gimmicky mechanics. I recommend them anyway, ISC especially (you can stubbornly ignore the gimmicks if you really want), but if you hate that stuff I don't know how they'll change your mind.

I find ISC just plain fun. I'm pretty bad at these games but even I managed to at least reach the last day after playing it a long time.

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ah come on that was fucking bullshit, the countdown noise distracted me on the worst moment ever

>>16650204
>1077/1100
If you PoC'd more, then you would've 1cc'd with that extra extend.

>>16645020
If you just got it, now is the best time of all to change to something more palatable since you aren't attached to anything in the OS out of repeated use.

>>16650516
I PoC'ed quite a bit as usual.
The real problem in this run was choking on Reisen's fight, going from 5/5 lives and bombs to 2/3.
I noticed recently, most of my serous chokes are while playing as Marisa. If she wasn't so cute and so imaginary, I would beat the hell out of her.

>>16648703
>>16648710
This is fucking embarrassing

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>>16648703
>>16648710
Whoa anon where'd you get these leaked images from???

>>16650838
You missed like 500 point items in total. Reisen's fight should be free, so hit up stage practice some more.

>>16650982
I have the stage and fight down
You just missed the point
But actually I'm just being a crybaby and trying to blame Marisa for my mistakes

>>16650994
the point was you suck at using marisa, don't poc enough and suck at reisen

so go back to stage practice, fag

>>16650994
I don't think you have the fight down if you lost three lives to her.

>>16651058
I don't think you know what chocking means anon.

>>16649571
>>16649634
Marisa shouldn't have a problem, but Sakuya will have to almost time out most of her fight, as she has to do with most boss attacks.

That reminds me of how the IN Lunatic Sakuya solo WR has three unintentional deaths in it. The run is still impressive, but unpolished.

>>16649762
>Junko
>easy
What the fuck man? Have you seen those last 2 spellcards?

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>>16649762
She's not easy, but she is probably the worst final boss in the series. I still like her as a character, though.

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>>16649762
>Even her theme is shit

>>16651817
What the fuck is this shit about Reisen being the target of Junko's unsuppressed lust and "affection"?

Which Toho game has the hardest patterns?

>>16652186
>ISC
>GFW
>LOLK
Pick whichever you want.

>>16652197
What about the photography games?

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>>16652150
Simple as any seemingly random ship. In Reisen's extra, Junko is talking about how she's done with her grudge (for now), and is explaining things when she trails off (presumably giving Reisen a look because--)

Hecatia notices somethings up and remarks that it seems Junko has taken an interest in Reisen, who awkwardly conveys her honor.

The rest is zany fan interpretation. Junko is obsessive, Reisen gets nervous easily, ipso facto

>>16652319
a big reason those are hard is the gameplay rather than the patterns, or at least that was my impression from getting my ass handed to me

>>16652186
GFW no ice :^)

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>>16649762
>even her theme is shit

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Am I supposed to be happy?
This is the second time I play this or something and I'm just a Normal shitter who's currently looking into the Hard territory.

>>16653970
Oh yeah, the slowdowns. The game is telling me that I can't be judged due to the amount of slowdowns.
What kind of emulator can I pick to counter this shit? I have NEXT right now.

>>16653974
Anex86 just werks for me

>>16653976
How do you config Anex to play in a window?
I don't want full screen.

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Holy shit, I got hit with my last life against Eiki and Tewi's ability activated, and just right after that, Eiki got hit giving me my first hard 1cc on PoFV.
I love this lucky bunny!

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>>16654051
Umm I don't know, it's been so long since I had to configure it. But here's what my window config screen looks like.

>>16654061
Congrats.

>>16653974
There's Neko Project II as well.

Has anyone tried HARD UFO or HARDDC?
They are the Ultra Patches done right.

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>>16654591
>HARD UFO
Don't remind me.

>>16654591
Not me.
But I did watch the "trailers".

So I'm playing ISC again and there's this annoying bug where the music doesn't change and the dialogue doesn't show up if you chose "next scene" for the next day.

Is it normal?

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I've died to Astronomical Entombing twice tonight, ending a 1cc run. I still haven't 1cc'd normal IN. Why is that card so hard?

>>16657884
Try killing some of the familiars and start on one of the sides.

Does somebody knows the names Extra stage spellcards from ULiL?

>>16654087
How can I link NP2 to the Touhou Launcher? I've read the readme but the 'Create Shortcut' button is no longer here.

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>>16658673
There is a easier way to do that.
Just make 5 copies of your neko project emulator folder after configuring it, rename them th01 to 05.
Then make a shortcut of each neko like this

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>>16657884
1. Pick Magic Team.
2. Position yourself at the bottom left/right unfocused and slowly start killing all the familiars while moving to the other side.
3. Laugh.

>>16655230
Those trailers are horrible.
Maybe the mods would have been more popular if the names were more original and the trailers better.

>>16658906
Thanks, it works. This is great.

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>>16657884
holy shit I did it
such a bad clear but for my first one I'm happy I was just able to do it FUCK yes I'm happy

Am I the only one who's getting massive slowdowns at times playing the Moriya Shrine version of DDC (patched)? I never had this trouble with the Nyaa version of unpatched DDC.

>>16659153
Your first 1cc? Congrats anon!

What is the best Danmakufu fangame?

>>16659261
Wait there is a non THCRAP translation for DDC?

>>16659153
congrats anon

>>16659261
Oh wait, I just tried with the older version and the lag is also present during the same parts (mostly stage 4). It's just my computer
That's odd because I have no problem with LoLK

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Oh hey, I never made it this far before
Kinda wish I didn't just give a stock with all bombs to Eirin but this is great

Can someone upload the English patched PC98 .hdi images somewhere? I can't into patching them myself.

>>16659418
Is that Yuyuko Solo, or with Youmu?

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>>16659448
Solo

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>>16659469
A man after my own heart.

>>16659442
Moriya Shrine has them pre-patched.

>>16652197
DDC and UFO also have a good amount of hard patterns.

>>16659775
>DDC
>UFO

"Patterns" are usually more than just flooding the screen under a barrage of random bullets just because the game doesn't want you to abuse the gimmick.

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>>16659790

>>16659790
Except the game systems are still easily abuse able even if you have half a brain an an ounce of practice. The "flooding the screen" bullets don't make a difference. Also, you can't "abuse" those gimmicks during bosses.

Also. The stages themselves in Touhou are usually pretty stale overall. The boss fights are where the action is. And I would agree that UFO and DDC have some pretty good amount of hard patterns. Just fight Shou or Byakuren or Kagerou or Seija.

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Cool error I just got.
I presses esc just after losing my last life

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wtf

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And it keeps going wow

>>16660054
>>16660058
>>16660069
Why the fuck are you playing a 4:3 game in 16:9?

>>16660146
How the fuck is 640x480 a 16:9 format?

>>16660146
640 / 480 = 1.333

>>16660161
>>16660159
So is 4:3, not 16:9
Holy shit where did you get your education?

I beat IN in my 8th try or something. I'm sure EoSD and PCB took at least 3x times more than that. Is it that easier? Or the fact that I died at the last spell card means I did not beat it?

Question for the PCB people- having just got my first bad end clear of the game which is the first step to a 1cc, is it just me or are yuyuko and youmu kinda front loaded in their difficulty?

As midboss youmu was ridiculus, while I wasn't having as much panicbomb spam on her later stages, and I had an easier time on some of yuyukos later phases as well.

>>16661087
The last card is a last word. It's an optional challenge.

>>16661090
I think Youmu is a bit like Reisen. There's an unusual mechanic to her fight that isn't as much of a problem when you get used to it.

>>16661087

You've probably just gotten better at the genre after beating two other games already.

>>16661114
It's not just that, it's like the bullet patterns are easier as well- I still have no idea where the safe path is to start weaving through the patterns on her midboss spell, but her boss spells I can usually see how they work and where the patterns break in a way to get through them.

>>16661114
Last spell, not last word, sorry. There's a difference.

>>16661087
It's easier to 1cc just from how long the deathbomb windows are and how generous the game is resource-wise. You probably have also gotten better, though.

>>16659276
It's my second 1cc, I've only ever 1cc'd normal PCB before this, and it took alot of practice for both but I can feel myself becoming better. Soon I will become an alien who is immune to bullshit.

Just lost on Nue's last spell when she was exploding.
Fuck.

>>16661508
...and then you'll lose to an alien in a game that bullshits you

Am I a bad person for skipping midboss Orin? Catwalk is ridiculous!

>>16661087
Depends on what difficulty you're on. No matter what, EoSD is the hardest of the three.

On Normal I'd say they're pretty close, but if you're not used to shmups yet, IN might be easier for the deathbomb window.

On Lunatic PCB is MUCH easier than IN.

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Does Touhou 12 need me using the vsync patch ?

>>16664542
Only EoSD suffers from noticeable input delay, but the vsync patch always helps. All the files for the specific games are usually bundled in a single package anyway, except for DDC (and ISC), which don't have a vsync patch, as far as I know.

>>16664542
If your concern is input lag then you only need to use them for EoSD, PCB, IN and PoFV

ZUN remade his engine for StB and he fixed the input lag issue so the newer games don't suffer from it

>>16658673
That dev really needs to fix the random button.

Is it generally accepted to cheese mokou with malice cannon as the best strategy for a clear?

Man, FUCK Sakuya and her shitty knives.

Does anyone know where to get the games unpatched? (´・ω・｀)

>>16665415
Sounds like almost more trouble than it's worth. You can't just stay under her for a lot of the spellcards. But any team will work really. I don't know, try it.

>>16665469
I've heard that the damage allows you to basically skip her final spell with some tricky maneuvering, and from what I saw in a replay the spell itself does look pretty challenging and I'm still pretty new to touhou games but I guess with practice anything's possible. So far I've been using border team for getting the trash done without a hassle and it seems alot easier than using magic team

Why is Satori's version of Mercury Poison so much harder than Patchouli's?

>>16667050
Did the original give you a lot of trouble? That could be it! Based off nightmares and memory, after all.

>>16667272
I found the original pretty easy, actually. Satori's feels really different, thiugh. A lot tighter and faster.

>>16667303
of course its harder with SA marisa hitbox/speed

>>16664593
This, but the vsync patch does have a few extras in it that you may want. Plus using it won't make anything worse.

>>16665464

Most of the time when you download the games from somewhere like Moriya Shrine they'll come with the original Japanese .exe file so you can just use that. 東方に興味があるの？

>>16663497
I really feel for you anon

What are the easiest/hardest games on hard? Does the order stay about the same or does it shift around considerably?

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I feel very proud of myself even though this spell is mostly an rng nightmare.
I can finally keep going in ISC now!

>>16668038
Congrats.
Best of luck on 10-4 and 10-7.

>>16668038
Really jelly. I'm missing Remilia, Kanako and that one.

>>16667891
Thanks.
However, I finally managed to beat Nue and I even captured Grudge Bow! Now I'm only missing GFW Marisa.

>>16665469
Border team is easiest team for me, because you'll get your ass raped in Fujiwara Volcano with Malice.

>>16670587
For me Marisa is the easieast Extra and the only one I can clear consistently everytime.

>>16658062
Please

I can't believe this. The memes about Hard Clownpiece being easier than Normal Clownpiece are actually true.
>>16670878
You can find them on the Wiki, in the "Spell cards" section of the ULiL page.

I was feeling like doing a Normal SA run to have some fun for the evening and I was really feeling it (being a daredevil here and there). I ended up piling up lives for the first 4 stages, with 8 lives. But then, this stupid cat had to ruin it all and I even died to Youkai Blazing Wheel, which destroyed my idea of uploading the replay here. Still finished with 3 extra lives left and a new record for Marisa A so I feel pretty good about it.

I guess I should really train more for Hard mode.

SA best game.

>>16671213
Well said, anon, well said. Good luck with Hard mode, I assume you already beat Extra?

>>16671231
Dude, I'm doing better at SA than, let's say, IN because SA is such a blast to play that I've played it over and over again. I've only cleared one Extra so far and it's Ran. I'm not even able to clear Suwako while abusing the Marisa B bug so it should tell you something about my ability to clear what's considered one of the hardest Touhou Extras.

How to deal with Yoshika's last spellcard without Trance?

>>16671262
If you are too casual to capture it then just time it out. It's all about timing and is almost impossible to capture it consistently on Lunatic.

>>16671253
I know that feel: Koishi is actually the second Extra boss I beat (after Flandre), but since she's my favorite character, I didn't mind retrying the stage multiple times as long as it meant facing her. She is hard, however, probably the hardest after Hecatia.
If you're looking for other "easy" EX bosses who aren't Suwako, you can always try Mokou or Flandre. I'd say Yukari as well (she isn't easy per se, but you've already seen part of her tricks with Ran), but actually unlocking her is pretty bothersome.

>>16671318
I've already made it up to Mokou's survival spell and I've already captured all of her spellcards in Practice Spell up to this point so I think I should be able to go further but I'm quite busy recently.
Flandre is a real pain in the ass. Also made it up to survival spell but I'd say she's actually quite a bit more difficult than Mokou. And honestly, she's annoying.

Scrub here. Trying 06 after having played 07 and a bit of 08, all on normal.

It feels like the timer in 06 is a lot stricter. Is that just me?

>>16671519
1/35 here. That card is quite a bitch indeed.

Okay, I think the thing I need to work on next is learning the PCB early stages a little more- as I've not got them memorised to the same extent I have the eosd ones done I'm still slipping up even when I'm starting to do better at the bosses.

Still, progress is progress, and seeing everyone going for lunatic / legacy stuff is encouraging as game first normal ccs are possible.

>>16671262
You need to go through the lasers and get close enough to gather the spirits around her before she sucks them in and heals.

>>16671549
Only on a few very specific spellcards.

>>16671640
This shit is unneeded for certain shottypes if you have sufficient power. Just keep unloading and you'll be able to destroy her.

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I stoped playing for 3 years, got 3 lunatics and lost hard clears under my sleeve. Decided to play touhou 15 since I haven't played it until now and can't clear it on normal. Please laugh at me.

>>16671724
LoLK is no joke dude, that game is stupid hard without practice and preperation, and certain spell cards are actually harder on normal than they are on lunatic

As a beginner, should I lean on continues, or should I drop them now?

>>16672170
Using continues is a more efficient way to practice/get better at a game since it exposes you to more of the game in a smaller amount of time. There is no legitimate reason to not use continues, unless you clear a game and move on without 1ccing it, that is bad.

>>16672170
Only to unlock practice.

>>16672170

I don't think there's any reason not to use them when you're learning

>>16672170
Use them, of course. That's what they're for.

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Ran's second Phantasm card is killing me. I'd just bomb through it but she's immune to bombs because fuck you.

>>16672170
My policy is that if I have to continue before Stage 6, then I should better learn the preceding stages before moving on.

I will continue on Stage 6 to unlock practice though.

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>>16668043
Thank you. I just finished everything up until the end of day 9 today, with webm related being my highlight. From what I'm hearing though I don't think I'll be finishing day 10 any time soon but I'll try my best!

>>16670382
By Kanako do you mean 9-1? It helps a lot if you go look up a strategy for it, but I guess it's more rewarding if you figure it out yourself. With the right strategy the execution isn't too bad I don't think.

What the hell happened to ZUN when he decided to make LoLK? Did he step on a lego and decided to have his vengeance agaibst humanity? Although I'm kinda happy about it given how easy were TD and DDC.

>>16672852
"Let's see what happens if I try to make this kind of game."
He writes in the omake that he hated himself for developing this kind of game while developing it, in the same kind of way that you would hate yourself for playing such a game while you keep mashing restart anyways.

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>>16671519

>>16672852
He found out about IWBTG.

>>16673134
Are you still sane?

>>16673170
no

>>16673170
The light of aidoru guides him.

>>16672323
She's immune to bombs during spells because she is an extra boss, silly.

>>16673739
>Phantasm
>Ran
>boss

>>16674016
I said extra boss.

>>16674049
I know what you said.

>>16674164
Then you surely understood.

>>16673024
>He writes in the omake that he hated himself for developing this kind of game while developing it
[citation needed]

>>16674176
I understood that you called Ran an extra boss, when he's talking about Phantasm, where Ran is a midboss, not an extra boss, and therefore should not be immune to bombs.

>>16674252
Despite of being at another stage she is still the extra boss in the same game therefore immune to bombs.

>>16674252
The joke/actually possible reasoning is that Ran is immune to bombs in Phantasm because she was already immune to them as an Extra boss. Just as a 1cc unlocks Extra, which is all about "not being able to continue" (as Flandre says, breaking the fourth wall), in Phantasm even the midboss, who is among the Extra bosses (which are immune to bombs), is immune to them.

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I'M GOING TO 1cc IN with Yuyu in these days!

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>>16674920

What should I do about EoSD screen tearing in Win7? Is that consequence of the vpatch? Setting my monitor to a lower resolution and 75hz helps a lot, but that's not a very practical solution.

>>16673598
more like the light of autism

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>>16676194
the passing light of autism

Got my NBH Pointdevice clear with Reimu!

Reminder that only penultimate bosses should be playable characters.

>>16680042

Yet Cirno got her own game, and quite a good one to boot, specially after the dissapointment that came with TD and DDC.

>>16680062
DDC wasn't that bad.

Do you think ZUN will make a new engine for th16 or we stick to Modern Era 2?

>>16680236

Engine right now seems to work quite well so unless he wants to implement some feature he can't do with the current engine I doubt he will change it.

>>16680062
And then there's Aya and Hatate, who aren't stage 5 bosses either.

>>16680236
Why would he?

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I play Impossible Spell Card because I'm good at cheating, not because I'm good at actually dodging danmaku. Fuck this level, let me use my other cheat items.

>>16671724
What the hell? No.

That game's something else. The first time I watched it I thought I was studying a normal playthrough but it was on easy.

>>16682354

So is non-Reisen LoLK run (becauses lol 3 extra lives per bomb) the hardest touhou in history?

>>16681808
The game lets you use extra lives on a spellcard you should be able to capture without getting hit anyway and you're still complaining?

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>>16680062
>the dissapointment that came with TD and DDC.

Looks like I have REALLY hit a wall with Hard mode. Youmu, I hate you.

>>16682381
Her bomb is not as good as people make it out to be. No damage and no iframes after being hit can result in you getting taken out of 2 or even all of your shields by a single laser, you dealt no damage for using it and your hitbox got bigger.

>>16683497
Stop kidding yourself, there is only mental walls.

1 miss 10-7 in ISC. Fuck.
This shit feels like trying to win 8-10 coin flips in a row.

>>16658906
About Neko Project II, I can't seem to get 60 fps, I only reach 56,5. Is it normal?

>>16684913
Maybe? I don't know man, despite having it set up for ThLauncher, I can't really play any of them because of toaster.

What's the better emu?
NEXT or NKPII?

>>16680062
DDC was a pretty good game, dude. I totally understand being disappointed with TD but what's wrong with DDC?

Damn, failing at the last spellcard is always frustrating.

>>16684963
Arguably the worst OST composed by ZUN. Even the PC-98 had better music. Shit gimmick that's a bad excuse for covering the screen with random shots. Started the recent doll-like art and it's bad. B-type shots are ridiculously underpowered and a pain to play as.

But most of all, that FUCKING note-shaped shot that's behaves erratically and essentially renders pattern-reading useless.

>>16685063

Is this bait?

>>16685063
>Arguably the worst OST composed by ZUN
The music is really well composed, mind sharing what's wrong with it?

>Shit gimmick that's a bad excuse for covering the screen with random shots.
What? The gimmick has nothing to do with the bullets on screen and it doesn't break the pace of the game unlike UFO or LoLK

>Started the recent doll-like art and it's bad
What?

>B-type shots are ridiculously underpowered and a pain to play as.
ReimuB is pretty balanced and
MarisaB was pretty broken last time I checked

>that FUCKING note-shaped shot that's behaves erratically and essentially renders pattern-reading useless.
So this is bait huh

>>16685072
>>16685078
>b-bait
Fuck off.

>>16685150

What you posted is so out of my view of how the game is that I can't help but wonder if you are just simply baiting people. And the funny thing is that I'm this anon. >>16680062

>>16685072
It sounds like he's mad because Yatsuhasi's last card keeps kicking his ass. I don't blame him, that attack is bullshit on Lunatic.

>>16684954
Neko

>>16685317
Miko

>>16685568
Reimu

>>16683652
there is also the genetic wall

>>16674181
In case you somehow don't have the omake.txt,
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Legacy_of_Lunatic_Kingdom/Translation/Afterword

>作ってみた感想。
>「いやー、もうこういうアイワナ的ゲーム作るの嫌だわー（笑）」
>延々と避けられるかどうかも判らない開発途中の弾幕に挑戦し続ける毎日。
"My thoughts when making the game."
"Maaan, I really hate making this kind of IWBTG-like game (laugh)"
"The everyday experience of endlessly continuing to face your mid-development danmaku that you don't know whether or not will be dodgeable."
[more about how the experience of balancing is different from playing the final product etc]

>>16686467
It's ironic how several people have already NMNB'd LoLK Lunatic while nobody has done the same with a B-shot in DDC. Even if all the LoLK clears were with Reimu, all the danmaku is still the same unlike in DDC.

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>>16686932
Actually...

>>16687335
Where can I find more NMNB Lunatic replays?
This thread seems to be out dated,
https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,15845.0.html

>>16687548
This thread is very up to date in terms of LNN(N)s: http://eientei.boards.net/thread/527/touhou-lnn-lnnn-thread

Use this instead.

>>16686932
>all the danmaku is still the same unlike in DDC
It's less the danmaku than it is the shot types being totally unbalanced. A couple of very silly difficult patterns do not make LNNs infeasible.

>>16687553
This is what I was looking for, thanks.

I don't know why the wiki doesn't just link to this one instead.

What the fuck is this bullshit?
I cant even clear Orin in normal so that I can practice her stage.
Seriously what the fuck.
And even parsee has two bullshit attacks Im guaranteed to lose my life on.

>>16687829
What are those two attacks?

>>16687817
Mino started on shrinemaiden, hence the wiki link to there, but was refused a sticky. Later on eientei he got a sticky and so just decided to only update there. Presumably. The wiki can be edited.

>>16687829
Orin isn't that bad. Most of her stuff can either be cheezed or memorized, the penultimate spell is the most threatening thing she has to offer. I struggle with Satori a lot more, personally.

>>16687874
Which Satori ?

>>16687860
The one where she goes around left and right and throws bubbles which leave a trail of flowers, and the one where she gets the body double..

>>16687907
>bubbles which leave a trail of flowers
That one is bad for everyone except ReimuA because she can gap to the other side of the screen easily.
>the one where she gets the body double
There's a trick to this one.

>>16687904
The ReimuA one, I don't often use other shots.

>>16687907
For the first one, stay under her at all times and follow her movements. Try to squeeze between flowers. If you can't, try to work around by using the top of the screen. NEVER stay around the same spot.

For the second, the small bullets target you. Anticipate the switch and move right before thé fake disappears.

>>16687907
If you're playing on ReimuA its easy as wraping around the other side of the screen.

>>16687914
Yeah, she's probably the toughest. Keep moving during the butterflies and redirect. However, there's no trick for Border of Wave and Particle. Just focus on open paths.

>>16687948
>there's no trick for Border of Wave and Particle
the safespot tho

>>16687952
Mind explaining?

>>16687955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIZ-n-ObbhI
Skip to 0:40, works for all difficulties.

>>16687907
The real Parsee can be identified by having a hexagram around her, while the fake one can be spotted by not having the hexagram, and also only shooting the bubble bullets.

>>16687965
Why would you even use these?
Like, what's the point of even playing a danmaku game if you're gonna exploit safespots instead of dodging bullets in a game about bullet dodging?
Understandable in score runs though.

>>16687907
>the one where she gets the body double

Stop shooting, wait for them to appear and position yourself under the real one (the one that fires smaller pellets) and only then start shooting again.
After they disappar stop shooting again, rinse and repeat.

Why are all the bombs in SA so suck?

>>16688009
so that you can't press x every second and still 1cc like in mof ;)

>>16688009
What the fuck are you on about? SA bombs are pretty nice because they are well balanced and each has a very different effect.

>>16688055
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=21714

>>16687335
Ooh, nice.

>>16687600
Never said they were unfeasible, but both reasons are contributing factors to why it took so long for it to happen. MarisaB also happens to be the best B-shot in the game for survival thanks to her shot's power.

If you're from the retarded discord server I keep hearing about, you have to go back

>>16688096
???

Now that someone mentions it. What happened to the Rizon IRC people from this thread used to frequent?

>>16688368
You mean #pofv? It's been inactive for years now.

>>16688395
I think he means #kusoplay

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Do you consider Highly Responsive to Prayers to be a Touhou game?

Obviously, it bears the name "Touhou", but should it really be considered part of the series?

>>16688468
To me that's like asking if the music CDs should be considered part of the series even though they don't take place in Gensokyo.

>>16688502
You mean the doujin remixes?

Well, they aren't part of the series. They're fan works based on the music of the series.

>>16688531
No, I meant ZUN's music collection with Renko and Maribel.
I suppose you could differentiate between the games series itself and the franchise as a whole and say that non-canon games (Gold Rush and possibly HRtP), print work and music falls in "franchise" while only mainline games fall in "series".

>>16688442

Yes, that one. I just wrote something but it looks pretty ded

>>16688368
Some of them are still here making high quality posts such as >>16686294

>>16688585

It's ok. Shmups are dead so it's not like those are useful genes

>>16688624
tfw nigger genes on all levels except physical

I'm looking for a touhou anime short. It shows Yukari helping Reimu make the barrier and also cuts to Maribel on a train toward the end.

PLEASE THIS IS KILLING ME. IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT FULLY.

>>16688804
aikatsu

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>>16687965
>stretched

>>16688096
Please not the reddit discord.

Question- is it a good sign or a bad sign that I've started seeing danmaku patterns when I close my eyes?

>>16689049
Do you have any "good" lunatic scores? If yes, then yes. If no, then no, you have no talent and should stop wasting your time.

>>16689049
It happens to some people.
Never happened to me though, even when I play nothing but shmups for several hours before going to sleep.

It did happen when I was playing a lot of Tetris though.
It was really annoying. Even when I closed my eyes I could see those goddamn blocks falling down.
I had to stop playing because of it.

>>16688585
Is this >>16689064 one of those posts as well?

>>16689049
Let them be with you, anon.

>>16689102
>>16689107
I've been thinking that if I play more, I might get it to the point where I dont just see them when I close my eyes, I can start practicing when I close them.

>>16689139
You should be visualizing your routes when not playing already, and during play as well.

>>16688468
The PC-98 games as a whole are taken with a grain of salt at best in modern canon, but I'd say they're still Touhou games. HRtP was really experimental, none of the characters besides Reimu and Mima ever show up again, and the endings are completely disconnected from the rest of the games so there's no plot to speak of other than "youkai are invading, fuck 'em up!" but you still have the same main character, same Yin Yang Orb, and the game still has bullet hell elements to it, even if they're spliced into a completely different genre.

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>>16688585
hell no dude i aint from that shithole

>>16689942
o-ok dude

>>16689214
Slightly unrelated but I totally would not mind another game in the style of HRtP

>>16688556
This kind of guess just makes me think you haven't really read much of the official works if you're lumping together non-canon stuff with the books.

Playing SA Lunatic is fun. Can't get very far but I might learn. I'm also getting better at capturing cards, at the price of getting ridiculed by a game.

>>16687553
WTF.

I'm seriously disturbed by this, please explain. I've downloaded the replay file for th14 Marisa B NMNB:

>Frozaple - MarisaB - 741,882,600

But the guy just die all his lives in the beginning of the boss battle in stage 2. The replay ends there, but I can watch other stages if I skip stage 2.

What is this witchery?

>>16691115
Sounds like replay desync. It happens for various reasons in various games. Usually it's fixed by starting on a previous stage or not fast forwarding or something like that.

>>16691136
I started on stage one and didn't fast forwarded anything. I tried it two times like this, and three times by starting at stage 2 (then, actually I fforwarded.)

Thanks for your reply, I was thinking there was something fucked up with my game. My own replays never did that.

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>>16691518
You forgot to stretch the game to 16:9.

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>>16691518

>>16691518
This is why nobody loves you and you should throw yourself off a bridge.

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>>16691518
fixed

>>16692220
2 posts of mine are in the Nue tier.. can I enjoy myself now?

>>16692441
Yes, you've earned it with quality lewd or cuteposting.

>>16692220
I'm Sekibanki tier.
Well...she/I can always reconsider.

>>16692220
2 of my posts are on bottom and top

kuso meme

>>16692220
it sounds like some of the posts in the first category play the game more than everyone else in that image

i give this meme a 0/10

>>16692220
But avoiding Nueposting is the reason I'm here.

>>16692629
Playing much ≠ being good, you should know this by now.

>>16692698
that doesn't apply as well here when most good ddc and pofv players aren't good at yatsuhashi's last card and medicine either

play the games more, my man

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>>16692732
suck my c ock dude

>>16692629
post ur scores nerd

Reimu B or Marissa A for UFO ? Don't you dare suggest Sanae I refuse to play as that whore !

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>>16692732
>>16692629
no dude play time doesn't matter, only talent and genetics

>>16693082
Both Sanae shots are great anon. Both Reimus are good too. Both Marisa's are SHIT.

>>16693135
But Marisa A easily destroys Nue's ufos.

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>>16692898
i got you

>>16693082
ReimuA, then MarisaA.

>>16693293
GG mate.

>>16693293
come back when you have 3b

>>16693425
Feel free to break 3b with Alice solo and report back with results.

>>16693293
Let's see the replay hotshot.

>>16693450
stop bragging about using a shot nobody cares about or plays
post your umu score (ie the only shot that matters for this stage) or fuck off retard

>>16693468
I'm not him, but feel free to post your 3b or whatever score as well.

Now I can see why someone was complaining about that Discord earlier.

>>16693490
my point is dont post a shitty category noone cares about
if youre gonna post a score post the best shot or a competitive lunatic category
its like those people that feel like they're good by sniping 5 year old easy mode WRs

>>16693501
lmao
fuck off op

>>16693501
People can post whatever score they want, get off your high horse.

>>16693528
yeah but dont go saying it means anything
i know some categories i can snipe easily but whats the point
>>16693524
i may be a nigger on the inside but i can assure you i am 0% shitskin on the outside you can trust me

>>16693528
Different guy here. You're right with what you say but that score is almost definitely fake. As it stands, this run would be world record by over 100 million by a guy who nobody knows. The screenshot was done live too which just leads me to believe they know the route, turned on invincibility and just went nuts. As long as I don't see a replay, I don't believe the score is legit.

>>16693616
I have doubts as well, but the original run was pretty unoptimized too for milking graze. When ASL posted his Yuyuko score on Twitter he said 2.2b is possible, so I can believe it with Alice.

Point is, scoring is for autists.

>>16693642
I have no doubts 2.2 is possible on all solo youkai. I also have no doubt about 3b being possible for Border team and I know for a fact that 3.2b is possible on Youmu. But these things being possible doesn't mean that they're easy goals to reach, which is why I'm skeptical. I know the stage fairly well so I know how much effort goes into a clean run. A literal nobody breaking 2.2b on solo Alice just isn't a thing until I see a replay.

>>16693616
Well duh, the hotshot posted a yuyuko score like this a whole ago ago as well but didn't post a replay when asked. The fact that he's using the english patch makes it even more obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgh4wZ4pj28
Interesting PCB Phantasm with Eyetracker.

>>16693770
Not him, what's with using english patch?

>>16695287
Royalflare won't accept IN replays that used english patch. They can tell if it's used. Whether it's intentional or not, I don't know. But that's just how it is.

>>16695308
Even if it is thcrap?

>>16695393
Check the replay after you saved it with a text editor or something. At the bottom it stores some metadata, if it's in English then obviously the English patch was used.

I decided to finally stop being a filthy secondary, so I'm trying to 1cc EoSD on Normal, but Patchouli is making it pretty hard. Any tips? Using ReimuB.

>>16695652
Make sure you use all your bombs before losing a life, till th-08 at least.

>>16695652
>Using ReimuB.

Reimu B has the toughest Patchy fight, especially on Normal.
Switch to Reimu A if you want the easiest Patchouli.

>>16695690
I'm trying, but I still haven't quite got the hang of deathbombing.

>>16696116
I know that, but I find the other bosses harder when using ReimuA due to the power difference.

byakuren is impossible and if you try to pretend you can nmnb her I can tell you're lying, fucker. be careful

>>16697170
How is it difficult besides first and second-to-last spell?

>>16697249
second non is impossible. banana lasers get me randomly. first spell and devil's recitation are also impossible. LFS is shit

>>16697258
I'm pretty sure you're talking about her 3rd non, the really fucking fast one that's impossible to keep track of.
And yeah it's impossible you either have to bomb it, or if you're doing a no bomb run like I am right now, die to it 2-3 times.

>banana lasers
>devil's recitation

These two are easy with a little bit of practice.

>LFS is shit

Yep. Especially with homing Remiu, which is what I'm using.
It takes half an hour to kill it and if you die to it once, you will die 5 more times.
I think I only managed to capure it like 7 or 8 times out of about 100.

To clarify, we're talking about normal here.
So yeah, her 3rd non and final spell is what's preventing me from getting that NB 1cc.