Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ B L A D E

Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ WRITTEN

BY

WARLO RD BLADE

Version 1.0.

Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ INTRODUCTION This Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ is simply created with the intent to solve the problems and issues relating to the game itself and NOT the gameplay (the exception of this is the “IV. Help to: c) Finding the game’s manual” and “IV. Help to: d) Learning advanced controls” sections). This FAQ is intended to be and best read linear (from start to finish) although it can be read in pieces (including reading the references, that is, SEE “xxxx” section[s]) that only relates to your problem(s) and still make sense.

IMPORTANT NOTE 1: This document is copyrighted to Warlord Blade. SEE “XVII. Copyright, usage & disclaimer of liability information” section for the ALLOWED and proper usage of this document concerning its sharing and other Do’s and Don’ts rules. WARNING 1: Do NOT try to print this PDF, it is meant and made to ONLY be viewed on a computer’s monitor, best viewed at a screen resolution of 1280x1024 or higher.

I assume that you understand English, your OS, Steam and game is set to English as well. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: The scene release group mentioned numerous times in this FAQ is of RELOADED (the version recommended by the Resident Evil & Tunngle Wiki and the release I personally used); the Blackbox version will work too and possibly other release versions too should work (but NO guarantee is given that some of the things covered in this FAQ will work or be accurate for those releases for technical reasons).

My software recommendation to read this PDF is Foxit (PDF) Reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/ I N I T IA L D AT E OF P UB L I CA T I ON : 15 N O V EM BE R 2 013

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OF THE GAME : A) B)

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED

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II. AN INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR THE GAME (RELOADED SCENE RELEASE VERSION)

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III. HOW TO: A)

TURN USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) OFF B) PLAY RESIDENT EVIL/BIOHAZARD & ONLINE (FOR FREE) C) RECOVER YOUR OLD SAVE GAME FILE AFTER INSTALLING AN UPDATE AND/OR DLC D) RECOVER YOUR OLD SAVE GAME FILE AFTER INSTALLING THE MP-FIX V6 ONLINE CRACK E) PATCH YOUR OLD SAVE GAME FILE TO WORK WITH THE MP-FIX V6 ONLINE CRACK F) INVITE PLAYERS USING A FREE STEAM ACCOUNT

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IV. HELP TO: A)

HOST AN ONLINE CO-OP CAMPAIGN GAME B) JOIN AN ONLINE CO-OP CAMPAIGN GAME C) FINDING THE GAME S MANUAL D) LEARNING ADVANCED CONTROLS

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V. SOLUTIONS TO : A)

CAN NOT ACCESS AND/OR COPY & IS STEAM_API.DLL INFECTED? B) THE GAME CRASHES WHEN YOU OPEN IT C) IF YOU HAVE THE ERROR: AILED TO INITIALIZE STEAM D) IF YOU DO NOT FIND MANY OR ANY PLAYERS ONLINE E) IF YOU GET AN ERROR: AILED TO JOIN GAME SESSION F) IF YOU HAVE THE ENDING RECORDS DATA PROBLEM G) THE GAME IS NOT SAVING PROBLEM H) IF THE GAME WILL NOT LET YOU SAVE BECAUSE THE SAVE GAME FILE IS DAMAGED I) HERE IS NO MAIN MENU PROBLEM J) IF YOU HAVE THIS BUG: INSTANT DEATH AFTER CUTSCENE K) IF YOU WANT TO DISABLE THE OTHER PLAYERS VOICE IN THE GAME L) IF YOU WANT TO DISABLE YOUR VOICE CHAT IN THE GAME M) IF YOU WANT TO EASILY UNLOCK HE MERCENARIES MODE N) IF YOU WANT TO EASILY UNLOCK THE ETRO COSTUMES

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VI. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING: A)

A GENERAL FIX FOR IF YOU HAVE A BLACK SCREEN AFTER STARTING THE GAME B) A GENERAL FIX TO MISSING FILES ERROR C) A GENERAL FIX TO MOST PROBLEMS, BUGS AND GLITCHES IN THE GAME D) DID YOU INSTALL THE UPDATE 5 CORRECTLY? E) WHAT ARE THE ARAMETERS TO START THE GAME (IN TUNNGLE)? F) DO YOU WANT TO REDUCE/PREVENT LAG ONLINE? & HAVE YOU GOT LAG IN AN ONLINE GAME?

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VII. WORKAROUND FOR : A)

THE MOUSE CURSOR DISAPPEARING BUG B) THE GAME DISCONNECTING PROBLEM C) IS THERE ANY WAY TO TEXT CHAT WITHIN THE GAME?

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VIII. SAVE GAME FILE LOCATION(S)

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IX. WHY DOES IT APPEAR TO BE SO LITTLE GAMES BEING HOSTED IN THE GAME ?

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X. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: A)

DO YOU HAVE A SKIDROW RELEASED VERSION? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEAM AND TUNNGLE C) THE IMPORTANCE OF USING TUNNGLE TOO! D) DO YOU NEED TO INSTALL GREENLUMA? E) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR STEAM ACCOUNT ID AND B)

ICKNAME

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XI. DLCS DOWNLOAD LINK AND INFORMATION

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XII. RESIDENT EVIL/BIOHAZARD & WALLPAPER SET DOWNLOAD LINK

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XIII. ALL THE GAME S UPDATES

CHANGELOGS :

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UPDATE 1 UPDATE 2 C) UPDATE 3 D) UPDATE 4 E) UPDATE 5 F) UPDATE 6 B)

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XIV. T HE REASON FOR THIS FAQ

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XV. SOFTWARE UTILIZED

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XVI. CREDITS

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XVII. COPYRIGHT, USAGE & DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY INFORMATION

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© 2013 Warlord Blade

® Some Rights Reserved

Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ

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I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OF THE GAME: A) M INIMUM

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OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or better, AMD AthlonTM X2 2.8 GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 16 GB HD space Sound: Standard audio device Other requirements: Broadband internet connection

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/app/221040/

B) RECOMMENDED

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OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad 2.7 GHz or better, AMD PhenomTM II X4 3 GHz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 or better DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 16 GB HD space Sound: Standard audio device Other requirements: Broadband internet connection

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/app/221040/

II. AN INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR THE GAME (RELOADED SCENE RELEASE VERSION) NOTE 1: SEE “I. System requirements of the game: a) Minimum” section to verify your computer is minimally capable of playing this game. 0. Extract the files from within the .rar archives, if applicable 1. Mount the “rld-re6.iso” to a virtual drive 2. Install the game using “setup.exe” 3. Crack the game: in the .iso, “Crack” folder, copy the files “steam_api.dll” and “steam_rld.ini” then paste into the game’s install folder*, when asked if to merge and over-write existing file(s), click “Yes” NOTE 2: SEE ‘V. Solutions to: a) Can NOT access and/or copy & is “steam_api.dll” infected?’ section for addition information and help on this step especially if you are having problems trying to crack the game.

* Default game install path:  32-bit: C:\Program Files\Resident Evil 6  64-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Resident Evil 6 4. Play the game. NOTE 3: SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for instructions on how to play the game online. NOTE 4: The Blackbox repack version (they have used RELOADED’s NO Steam crack in their release, they publically gave RELOADED due credit in their .nfo) has been confirmed to work online by many users (although I have NOT personally tested it nor will I).

III. HOW TO: A) TURN

USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) OFF

For the people that harbour the following feelings towards the UAC prompt:     

Annoyance Frustration Hindered Troubled Hatred

This is HIGHLY recommended to solve strange and/or unknown problems and crashes that arise from invisible (does NOT present a prompt) UAC conflicts that affects games and software which frequently happens. Some of the symptoms of these conflicts are the game is NOT saving, NO sound is played in-game, trouble installing/updating (usually with .bat files) a game and when you open the game, it CRASHES when the MP-Fix is installed.

Solution: Click the link below and follow the guide to turn it OFF: For Windows Vista/7/8: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disableuser-account-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/

B) PLAY

< Drag and set the slider to “Never notify” (Windows 7 and 8), click “OK” and restart your computer so that the new setting can be applied, a guide by The Geek (Lowell Heddings).

As for software and Operating System (OS) advantages, is simply NOT having to continuously having to click “OK” at those ANNOYING and UNNECESSARY prompts.

RESIDENT EVIL/B IOHAZARD & ONLINE ( FOR FREE)

0. Register an account, download and install Tunngle (if you have NOT already): http://www.tunngle.net/index.php?l=en&pg=downloads IMPORTANT NOTE 3: SEE “X. Common misconceptions: c) The IMPORTANCE of USING Tunngle too!” section to explain WHY it is IMPORTANT to ALWAYS use Tunngle. 1. READ THE WHOLE FIRST POST on the link below THEN download “RE_BH 6 AIO (Update 5 + MP-Fix V6 + DLCs + MORE) [W.B].exe” (on the Wiki the link to this post is on the text “Update 5 + MP-Fix V6 + DLCs + more”): http://www.tunngle.net/community/topic/163331-resident-evilbiohazard-6-aio-update5-mp-fix-v6-dlcs-more-wb/page__view__findpost__p__1301171 2. Open the AIO installer, “RE_BH 6 AIO (Update 5 + MP-Fix V6 + DLCs + MORE) [W.B].exe”, IF required to change the install path, click the “Browse…” button and select the game’s install folder* then click “Install” * Default game install path: 32-bit: C:\Program Files\Resident Evil 6 64-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Resident Evil 6 3. Download and install the Steam client (if you do NOT have it installed already): http://cdn.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.msi WARNING 2: Do NOT use a LEGIT account (have bought games) to play pirated games online; make a NEW FREE account, to avoid the possibility of being banned (this was NOT tested by me to verify accuracy of being banned, nor will I test it). OPTIONAL STEP 3.5: Download “GreenLuma-2.7.8-Steam006.rar” (GreenLuma), IF there is an update (higher version number than “2.7.8”) to the software in the first post on the link below, download the LATEST version available (ALWAYS UPDATE GreenLuma when the Steam client automatically updates itself!): http://cs.rin.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=814809&sid=46d4cd627d65635397e83340f0a0 8e45#p814809 Extract ALL the contents of “GreenLuma-2.7.8-Steam006.rar” (GreenLuma) to your Steam’s install folder**, if asked to merge and over-write existing file(s), click “Yes” for ALL


** Default Steam install path: 32-bit: C:\Program Files\Steam 64-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Make a shortcut for “GreenLuma.exe” on your desktop (GreenLuma will open Steam) 4. Open Tunngle, log in, search for and join the “Resident Evil 6” network in Tunngle’s main window, left column 5. Start Steam/GreenLuma (you MUST open GreenLuma TWICE for it to work, IF you installed it for the first time) and login OPTIONAL STEP 5.5: Join the Resident Evil & Tunngle Steam community group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RE6Tunngle/ 6. If you already have a save game file, patch your OLD save game file, SEE “III. How to: d) Recover your OLD save game file after installing the MP-Fix V6 online crack” section for an EASY how-to, step-by-step guide 7. Login to Tunngle’s forum, go to my “Resident Evil/Biohazard 6 AIO (Update 5 + MP-Fix V6 + DLCs + MORE) [W.B]” thread to write a “Thank you” reply and raise my reputation (click on the GREEN thumb in the lower right corner of my first post), this is the MINIMUM you can do to show your appreciation for ALL the work and time I have invested into helping you (for FREE!), SEE “XVI. Credits” section for my name (Warlord Blade) for details 8. SEE “IV. Help to: a) Host an online co-op campaign game” and “b) Join an online co-op campaign game” sections for BOTH the instructions and the CORRECT settings to use to play online 9. Open the game, start/continue playing Resident Evil & online. Enjoy... Reference: http://www.tunngle.net/wiki/Network:Resident_Evil_6#HOW_TO_PLAY IMPORTANT NOTE 4: If the links here in this PDF are DEAD, go to the Resident Evil & Tunngle Wiki (the link above) for the current links, if the links are dead on the Wiki, then keep checking the Wiki again periodically for an update or go to the Tunngle forum >“Resident Evil Series” section to make a NEW thread to request it to be fixed.


Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ C) RECOVER YOUR

OLD SAVE GAME FILE AFTER INSTALLING AN UPDATE AND/OR DLC

For the people that installed an update and/or DLC and their save game file is now “deleted”: For those that DID CHANGE the UserName in steam_rld.ini, below is my save game file location (for reference, I am running x64 Microsoft® Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1): Windows Vista/7/8: C:\ProgramData\Steam\Warlord Blade\221040\storage The folder “Warlord Blade” is where my save game files are inside because in my UserName in steam_rld.ini is “Warlord Blade” (without quotes). IMPORTANT NOTE 5: AVOID changing your UserName in steam_rld.ini to prevent UNNECESSARY problems with save game files being “deleted”. When you update the game and install new DLCs, the save game files are NOT deleted it just appears that way from the game’s view, read on below for the explanation (to prevent this from happening in the future) and then the FIX. This happens with EVERY update and DLC released (steam_rld.ini have the DLC numbers in it to activate the DLCs in the game, without these number codes the game would NOT activate the DLC content even though the new content files were correctly installed), has a NEW and DIFFERENT steam_rld.ini that NEEDS to be installed (by copying and overwriting the OLD steam_rld.ini) with it. The NEW UPDATED steam_rld.ini has this line in it: UserName=RLD! by default. Here is an example; the OLD UserName was Warlord Blade before the update and/or DLC. This UserName NEEDS to be changed back to EXACTLY what it was before (and before you start the game after the update and/or DLC) in the OLD steam_rld.ini for the game can let you continue playing with your save game file.

D) RECOVER YOUR

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If you do NOT do that the game would NOT be able to load your save game file, making the ILLUSION that your save game file was “deleted”, it is NOT deleted instead it will ask to make a NEW one. The save game file is STILL there and safe in the Warlord Blade (OLD UserName, this is the save game file you want to load) folder. The reason this happens is the UserName is different now (RLD!) to what it was before (Warlord Blade), that means the game creates a brand new save file (in ANOTHER folder called “RLD!” it does NOT delete/overwrite your old save game file in the Warlord Blade folder) since you have a different UserName (RLD!). Simply to FIX this: open the NEW steam_rld.ini and change the UserName back to what it was in the OLD steam_rld.ini. Eg. The UserName=RLD! is changed to UserName=Warlord Blade Then the game will load the OLD save game file in the Warlord Blade folder. NOTE 5: The UserName and the folder name in “Steam” folder is exactly the same so you can copy the name you had before if you do NOT remember what it was or are having problems and paste it into UserName in the steam_rld.ini. NOTE 6: For DIFFERENT cracks the save game file may NOT be compatible with one another (to make it work, you will have to hex edit the values in the save game file, though it may NOT always work for every crack and game), SEE “III. How to: d) Recover your OLD save game file after installing the MP-Fix V6 online crack” section. NOTE 7: This ALSO applies to other RELOADED game releases and their cracks (including all those game repack groups that use RELOADED’s cracks in their repacked releases, unless they manually changed the save game file location in “steam_api.dll” file to somewhere else, like nosTEAM did).

OLD SAVE GAME FILE AFTER INSTALLING THE MP-FIX V6 ONLINE CRACK

After installing the MP-Fix V6 online crack, your save game file is “deleted”:

BOTH of these problems CAN be fixed.

The RELOADED save game file is NOT deleted; it still exists there in the path mentioned in the above section. The MP-Fix V6 online crack, however CHANGES where the game accesses and saves the save game file, creating this “deleted” save game file problem. It also creates a superficial save game file capability problem too, between the RELOADED crack save game file and the MP-Fix V6 online crack save game file.

Solution:

E) PATCH YOUR

Patch the OLD (RELOADED crack) save game file (instructions are in the next section below).

OLD SAVE GAME FILE TO WORK WITH THE MP-F IX V6 ONLINE CRACK

How to PATCH save game file between RELOADED and the MP-Fix V6 online crack: NOTE 8: SEE “VIII. Save game file location(s)”, “III. How to: c) Recover your OLD save game file after installing an update and/or DLC” and “III. How to: d) Recover your OLD save game file after installing the MP-Fix V6 online crack” sections for addition information about where to find all the save game file location(s). RELOADED default save game path: C:\ProgramData\Steam\RLD!\221040\storage MP-Fix V6 online crack save game path: in the game’s install folder, inside the “save” folder. The RELOADED save file and MP-Fix V6 online crack save game files are NOT the same. Meaning if you simply just swap your RELOADED save game file with the MP-Fix V6 online crack save game file, when the game is trying to load the save game file data, it will say the save game file is “damaged”.

This CAN be fixed, so you can continue with your already made progress (contained in the RELOADED save game file), instead of having to start over the game (because of the MP-Fix V6 online crack). To make the RELOADED save game file COMPATIBLE with the MP-Fix V6 online crack, you need to manually edit some raw data inside the save game file by hex editing it. It is NOT as difficult as it sounds, it actually easy. WARNING 3: DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE 10 – 17 RANGE, if you do you REALLY WILL CORRUPT the save game file (with NO way to repair it, this is why I am going to instruct you to make and work on the COPIES rather than the originals). NOTE 9: The values in the 10 – 17 range found in the MP-Fix V6 online crack save game file are DIFFERENT for EVERYONE so do NOT try to use my values in my screenshot and think it will work for you, it will NOT. NOTE 10: If you ALREADY have a working (loading) save game file made by the MPFix V6 online crack or ANY MP-Fix version, you can skip steps 2 and 3 and instead continue on to step 4.

Follow the step by step guide below (screenshots included, where necessary): Solution: 0. Download and install HxD Hex Editor: ftp://wa651f2:[email protected]/HxDSetupEN.zip Reference: http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD 1. Open the RELOADED save game file path, copy the “storage” folder (this holds the RELOADED save game file) to your desktop Screenshot for steps 1, 4 and 18 > 2. Open the game that has the MP-Fix V6 online crack already installed and make a new save game file when asked 3. After the save has been completed, continue to where the game asks for the graphics setting and forcibly close the game (press ALT+F4 together) 4. Open the game’s install folder, copy the “save” folder (this holds the MP-Fix V6 online crack save game file) to your desktop 5. Open HxD, click “File” > “Open” then open the MP-Fix V6 online crack save game file (“savedata.bin” inside the “save” folder on desktop) 6. Where it says “16” (Bytes per row) change it to “32” or higher < Screenshot for steps 6-9 7. Look at the top row where it says “10” in blue, the paired numbers and/or letters combination DIRECTLY under the “10” is its value, find “17” too 8. Click and drag to highlight the values DIRECTLY under 10 – 17 range 9. Right click on the highlighted values and click “Copy” 10. Click “File” and “Close” 11. Click “File” > “Open” then open the RELOADED save game file (“savedata.bin” inside the “storage” folder on desktop)




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12. Look at the top row where it says “10” in blue, the paired numbers and/or letters combination DIRECTLY under the “10” is its value, find “17” too Screenshot for steps 12-14 > 13. Click and drag to highlight the values DIRECTLY under 10 – 17 range 14. Right click on the highlighted values and click “Paste write” 15. Click “File,” “Save” and “Exit” 16. In Windows, copy the PATCHED RELOADED save game file (ONLY the “savedata.bin” file inside the “storage” folder on desktop) 17. Paste it into the game’s install folder, inside the “save” folder, when asked if to over-write existing file, click “Yes” 18. Delete the “save” and “storage” folders on your desktop and uninstall “HxD Hex Editor” 19. Read the last three paragraphs and NOTE 11 below THEN start the game and continue playing with your former progress retained. Enjoy...

This method of patching the RELOADED save game file worked perfectly for me, so it DOES work. The reason for the save game file being treated as “damaged” is simply because the values between 10 – 17 range in the save game files are different (each NO Steam’s “steam_api.dll” crack has its own SPECIFIC value that it writes into the save file data to identify it so that it can tell which particular “steam_api.dll” crack made the save game file), creating this compatibility problem between different “steam_api.dll” cracks. If the “steam_api.dll” crack’s value is different from what the save game file has in it, the game says the save game file is “damaged”. By simply changing ONLY the values in 10 – 17 range in the RELOADED save game file to the same values of the MP-Fix V6 online crack (“steam_api.dll” file) has, fixes this problem.

F) INVITE PLAYERS USING A

IF you followed my instructions PRECISELY and ACCURATELY then there will be NO problems and the game will load the patched RELOADED save game file automatically with NO complaints (NO “damage”). This method can also be used to make the MP-Fix V6 online crack (“steam_api.dll” file) save game file compatible with RELOADED’s NO Steam’s “steam_api.dll” crack. NOTE 11: I do NOT know if this method would work for other NO Steam’s “steam_api.dll” cracks too, it should work but I have NOT tested any other NO Steam’s “steam_api.dll” cracks (than the ones I mentioned in my guide above) nor will I.

FREE S TEAM ACCOUNT

Instructions for the HOST: open your Steam client, look to the top of the window, right of the envelope icon, that is your Steam Account ID, click on it, click “View Profile”, right click on your Steam profile web-page, click “Copy Page URL” and paste this link into Tunngle’s chat. Instructions for the player(s) that want to JOIN: copy the link given by the host, the game must be open already, open the Steam overlay, click “WEB BROWSER”, paste the URL into the address bar, press enter and click the GREEN “Join Game” button on the host’s profile.

IV. HELP TO: A) HOST AN ONLINE CO- OP CAMPAIGN GAME

B) JOIN AN ONLINE CO-OP CAMPAIGN GAME

Click “PLAY GAME” -> “CAMPAIGN” -> “CHAPTER SELECT”, use these “SYSTEM SETTINGS” to HOST a PUBLIC co-op campaign online game:

Click “PLAY GAME” -> “CAMPAIGN” -> “JOIN GAME”, use these settings to SEARCH FOR and JOIN a PUBLIC co-op campaign online game:

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 “DIFFICULTY”: (Does NOT filter, in “CUSTOM MATCH” menu it DOES work)  “LOCATION SETTINGS”: “WORLDWIDE” (ALWAYS use this for ANY mode)

“NETWORK SELECTION”: “PARTNER JOIN”: “LOCATION SETTINGS”: “OBJECTIVE SETTINGS”: “ATTACK REACTION”: “INFINITE AMMO”: “AGENT HUNT SETTINGS”:

“ONLINE” “ALLOW” “WORLDWIDE” (ALWAYS use this for ANY mode) (You choose for yourself) (You choose for yourself, recommended is “ALLOW”) (You choose for yourself, recommended is “ALLOW”) (You choose for yourself)

Click “START GAME” to move to the “CO-OP LOBBY” room (you can invite someone using Steam here) or start the game and play, someone can STILL join in your game as you play the game normally. If you try to host a game online and you are stuck at the “Creating game session...” screen, SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the solution.

Click “QUICK MATCH” then in the “SESSION LIST” (game’s browser) select a game to join. IF you have done a search and you have not found any games online at this time, use the “SYSTEM SETTINGS” in the left column to HOST a PUBLIC co-op campaign online game instead and advertise your game in Tunngle’s chat. If you are a random player, ALWAYS try to JOIN existing games before hosting your own (if NONE are available). If you try to join a game online and you are stuck at the “Searching for a game session to join...” screen, SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the solution.

If while playing online you accidentally pressed the “Esc” key when it appeared (thinking it was a Quick Time Event (QTE), it is NOT a QTE, it is a prompt asking if you want to skip the cutscene) instead of quitting the online session immediately and hosting another game just to re-watch the cutscene, continue playing and skipping cutscenes (if you do NOT mind, read below for explanation why). You can ALWAYS watch the cutscenes again from the main menu (“SPECIAL FEATURES” -> “CUTSCENES”). The other player is most likely an experienced player and have re-watched all the game’s cutscenes forcibly many times already (when they play with new players of the game) to the point that some just leave after a while when the cutscenes (especially since most of the cutscenes length are long) are NOT skipped. The benefit of skipping the cutscenes (to keep them playing with you) are they know more about the game than you do, so you can learn from them. They know where most or all of the emblems locations are, they know where ALL the different enemies’ weak spots are, their experience with the game will possible save you from dying (protect and even heal you when you are dying), their inventory is better than yours (more weapons, skills equipped and health items), they know ALL the level layouts, and can do those mini-game things (eg. to open the door in Chapter 4 Chris campaign before the AI controlled Leon and Helena in the other room, next to yours) with high success rates.

C) FINDING THE GAME S MANUAL

D) LEARNING ADVANCED CONTROLS

Here is a link to the OFFICIAL online manuals (Languages: English, French [Canadian], Portuguese [Brazil] and Spanish) of the game:

Here is a link to another online manual, Resident Evil & Advanced Controls Guide by Neiteio, (Language: English ONLY) to help learn the advanced controls of the game (NOTE 12 to the left applies to this manual as well):

http://www.capcom.com/manuals/re6/ http://issuu.com/gtsurgeons/docs/resident_evil_6_advanced_controls_guide_ NOTE 12: There is NO FULL PC version of the manual for this game, so you need to substitute those controls mentioned in the manual with the PC version of those controls in the game’s keyboard/controller settings.

V. SOLUTIONS TO: A) CAN

NOT ACCESS AND/OR COPY & IS

STEAM_API.DLL INFECTED?

The file “steam_api.dll” (RELOADED’s version, the NO Steam crack) may be reported as a malicious file by your anti-virus/internet security suite/anti-malware software, preventing/blocking you from accessing and copying this file to your game’s install folder to crack the game.


This file is CLEAN; this is a false positive alert, temporary turn off your anti-virus (NOT your firewall) to copy the file to crack the game, in your security program’s exception list add the game’s install folder then turn your anti-virus back on. If you do NOT copy the file to crack the game successfully, you will NOT be able to start and play the game.


Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ B) THE GAME

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CRASHES WHEN YOU OPEN IT

Solution: SEE “III. How to: a) Turn User Account Control (UAC) OFF” section for the instructions to fix this problem.

C) IF YOU HAVE THE ERROR:

AILED TO INITIALIZE

S TEAM

If you installed the MP-Fix V6 online crack, you WILL need to install, open Steam and be logged in BEFORE opening the game for the game to start, otherwise you will receive the error: “Failed to initialize Steam.” The MP-Fix V6 online crack utilizes Steam’s infrastructure and can NOT run without Steam installed and already open and logged in (Steam is needed to play online) unlike a NO Steam crack (by scene release groups) that do NOT require Steam to even be installed and does NOT utilize Steam at all. The “steam_api.dll” (NO Steam crack) is DIFFERENT from the MP-Fix’s version (this has been modified to permit playing online via Steam). To start the game AND play online, you need to ALWAYS have the MP-Fix V6 online crack version of the file present.

D) IF YOU DO

Some people make the mistake of doing this: they download and install another version of update 5 OTHER than the one provided on the Wiki. Do NOT do this! This is to AVOID possible problems with the currently installed MP-Fix V6 online crack’s being overwritten automatically with another “steam_api.dll” (NO Steam crack) by that update 5. The RELOADED update 5 that was on the Wiki has NO “steam_api.dll” (NO Steam crack) in it; I personally have confirmed this is true. The RELOADED update 5 has been REPLACED by my All-In-One installer. My All-In-One installer has a “steam_api.dll” that it installs automatically, this version is a part and the MOST important of the MP-Fix V6 online crack’s files and it is NOT a NO Steam crack. If you did what I said above and it still did NOT make the game start, SEE “III. How to: a) Turn User Account Control (UAC) OFF” section for the instructions to fix this problem.

NOT FIND MANY OR ANY PLAYERS ONLINE

If you are playing online make sure that you have update 5 (using my All-In-One installer) for this game installed. If you do NOT have this update 5 installed then you will NOT see many players hosting online or find certain players’ games.

 1.0.4 = 1.0.4.151 = Update 4 (Outdated, install update 5)  1.0.5 = 1.0.5.153 = Update 5 (Everyone should have update 5 installed to play online)  1.0.6 = 1.0.6.165 = Update 6 (Do NOT install update 6 – you might get VAC banned)

To check to see if your game version is 1.0.5, look on the Title screen (where it says “Press any key”) in the bottom right corner of the screen, there you will see the game version number. It MUST say: “Version: 1.0.5” to play online.

The reason for this: ONLY players with the SAME “BH6.exe” VERSION can connect to each other and play. ALWAYS UPDATE to the LATEST, OFFICIAL MP-Fix online crack.

IMPORTANT NOTE 6: If you followed the instructions above to find the game’s version number and still do NOT see it, do the following. Close the game -> go to the game’s install folder -> right click “BH6.exe” -> click “Properties” -> click the “Details” tab -> look at the “File version” field for the game’s version number and compare it to the game version numbers below to know which you currently have installed. Shortened version number (in game) = Full version number string (in “BH6.exe” properties) = Update number currently installed (My recommendation)    

1.0.0 = 0.0.0.123 = NO update installed (Install update 5) 1.0.1 = 1.0.1.130 = Update 1 (Outdated, install update 5) 1.0.2 = 1.0.2.134 = Update 2 (Outdated, install update 5) 1.0.3 = 1.0.3.140 = Update 3 (Outdated, install update 5) E) IF YOU GET AN ERROR :

If you did the above and still can NOT play online, go to your firewall settings and find/add “BH6.exe” to its listing and allow it thru the firewall to have unrestricted access to the internet. While you are there make sure that the Steam client is allowed too. As most firewalls and internet security suites people use are decent, they would have automatically allowed the game thru the firewall and NOT cause this problem for most players. Some would undoubtedly have this problem though for various reasons so I included it. If that does NOT work, in Steam client make sure “Offline” is NOT on, also check the bottom panel to see if you have an ACTIVE connection to Steam’s servers. Also SEE “IX. Why does it appear to be so little games being hosted in the game?” section for more IMPORTANT information.

AILED TO JOIN GAME SESSION

If you are trying to connect to a friend/someone/random player and the game says “Failed to join game session.” especially after you restarted Steam and the game and then tried many times to invite them to your game thru Steam.

Ask that player what game version number they have installed and then tell them yours to compare the game version numbers. This is a problem that happens when two players are using different game version numbers to connect and play with one another. As long as both of your game version numbers are DIFFERENT you will NOT be able to connect and play with that player, SEE “V. Solutions to: d) If you do NOT find many or ANY players online” section for information and instructions on how to fix the problem.

F) IF YOU HAVE THE

ENDING RECORDS DATA PROBLEM

For the people that have the game stuck at “Sending records data” screen at the end of ANY map in The Mercenaries mode: Solution: SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the instructions to fix this problem. IMPORTANT NOTE 7: This is the ONLY way (that I have found) to remove the “Sending records data” problem at present (15 November 2013), so if you do NOT want or care to play online and just want to play ALONE, you still HAVE to do the instructions in II. (a) then choose to play the mode in the “Solo” option.

G) T HE GAME IS

This happens because the game (even though you are using a NO Steam crack) expects the Steam client to be running already so the developers decided to upload your results (mandatory) to the leaderboards online, if the game can NOT do this then the screen is stuck permanently (it does NOT timeout) at “Sending records data” at the end of a stage (map) in The Mercenaries mode, there is NO button and/or way to cancel the upload process, as the developers did NOT want this action to be stopped, creating this “Sending records data” problem. This is why pirated copies of the game ONLY (without the MP-Fix V6 online crack installed) have this problem. This is also NOT a bug, so NO patch will be released to fix it from Capcom, a fix MUST be released from RELOADED IF it possible to remove (via debugging) but I do NOT think they will make a fix for it since the group have NOT already. I have NOT tested this solution on an OFFLINE (NO internet access) computer, though I guess it will NOT work (since Steam needs to be online for the upload to be sent) but you are welcome to try it anyway.

NOT SAVING PROBLEM

For the people that have save problems, specifically “the game is not saving”: Solution: 1. SEE “III. How to: a) Turn User Account Control (UAC) OFF” section for the instructions to fix this problem. 2. Continue playing the game. IMPORTANT NOTE 8: If you tried that and it still did NOT save and load (at the checkpoints) is simply because the game IS DESIGNED this way purposely. This is NOT a problem because of a bug in the game, the crack used or the scene release group (RELOADED).

The game ONLY saves (the game ACTUALLY tells you when the game is being saved in real-time at the top left corner of the screen and at the end of levels, to the save game file and can be loaded again) at PREDETERMINED spots and NOT every time you reach a checkpoint! The checkpoint system is ONLY is you die/fail/retry a mission, you will respawn there and it does NOT actually save the game there. This is also NOT a bug, so NO patch will be released to fix it from Capcom. If you do NOT like it and want to complain to someone or appeal for a “fix” for it: go to Capcom’s OFFICIAL website and complain there (obviously, do NOT mention that you did NOT buy the game and/or that you have the “Sending records data” problem).

H) IF THE GAME WILL NOT LET YOU SAVE BECAUSE THE SAVE GAME FILE IS DAMAGED

If the game says, when loading your save game file, that it is “damaged” and you ALREADY tried what I said above (SEE “III. How to: e) PATCH your OLD save game file to work with the MP-Fix V6 online crack” section) and it was NOT able to solve the problem. Make a COPY of the “save” folder to somewhere safe and try this: reinstall the MP-Fix V6 online crack and try to load the save game file again, if that does NOT work reinstall the NO Steam crack ONLY (from the game’s install .iso file) and try to load the save game file again, if that works then it was created by the RELOADED NO Steam crack and it is being loaded from the RELOADED save path. Check the save game file’s progress to verify if it is the save game file you want. If it is, in which case you may have copied the UNPATCHED RELOADED save game file into the “save” folder before in an attempt to load your previous progress and forgot that you did, delete the “save” folder, reinstall the MP-Fix V6 online crack and make a NEW save game file and follow my guide to patch it then delete the copy of the “save” folder you made earlier (as a backup). If BOTH of those methods failed to work then the only way to make the game save again is to delete the “save” folder and let the game create a NEW one (using the MP-Fix V6 online crack) and delete the copy of the “save” folder you made earlier (the backup). If you do NOT then the game will NOT let you save and/or make a new save.



Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ I)

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HERE IS NO MAIN MENU PROBLEM

As for the “There is no main menu” problem:

The video below contains SPOILERS (just one short vague cut scene IF you just watch from the time I chose):

NOTE 13: SEE “V. Solutions to: g) The game is NOT saving problem” section if you have UAC in Windows Vista/7/8 on. There IS in fact a main menu for the game. You just need to play through and COMPLETE the “Prologue” (the start of the game, takes about 15 minutes, if you do NOT die); to unlock the main menu and the game ACTUALLY saves at the end of the Prologue (so you do NOT have to play it again after exiting the game).

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VdkJ3kSOpCU#t=886s This play through video by LnDProductions referenced above is NOT mine, affiliated with me and NOT made by/for me, it is used for educational purposes.

J) IF YOU HAVE THIS BUG: INSTANT DEATH AFTER CUTSCENE

For the people that have their main character(s) instantly die after a cut scene (in chapter 4), follow the instructions below to fix this known bug (the game was OFFICIALLY released on Steam with this gameplay breaking bug).

NOTE 14: SEE “V. Solutions to: d) If you do NOT find many or ANY players online” and “XIII. All the game’s updates’ changelogs:” section for more information.

Solution: SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the instructions to fix this major bug.

K) IF YOU WANT TO DISABLE THE

OTHER PLAYERS

VOICE

L) IF YOU WANT TO DISABLE

YOUR VOICE CHAT IN THE GAME

IN THE GAME

If there is someone in the game that has a microphone enabled and you want to disable THEIR voice chat so that you do NOT hear it, open the game’s pause menu -> select “Change the game’s settings.” -> “Change sound settings.” -> “Adjust voice chat speaker volume.” -> lower it to “0”, close the pause menu and continue playing. This can also be changed from the main menu, “OPTIONS” -> “AUDIO” -> “CHAT VOLUME” -> lower it to “0”.

M) I F YOU WANT TO

EASILY UNLOCK

HE MERCENARIES MODE

Ordinarily to unlock BOTH “The Mercenaries” modes (if you are playing with the RELOADED “BH6.exe”) is to complete ALL the campaigns first. While a legit Steam copy and the 3DM version of the “BH6.exe” already has it unlocked by default. To EASILY unlock BOTH “The Mercenaries” modes, install my All-In-One installer to get the modified 3DM’s “BH6.exe” (SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the link)

If you have a microphone and you want to disable YOUR voice in the game’s built in voice chat, follow the instructions for “Method 5” on this webpage: http://www.tunngle.net/wiki/Network:Resident_Evil_6#HOW_TO:_DISABLE_YOUR_MIC ROPHONE_.28WORKAROUND.29

N) IF YOU WANT TO

EASILY UNLOCK THE

ETRO COSTUMES

To EASILY unlock the “Retro costumes”, download the Resident Evil & Save Editor by Mr.NightmareTM and use it to edit your save game file to unlock the costumes. http://z6.invisionfree.com/Resident_Evil_4_PC/index.php?showtopic=24224 NOTE 15: SEE “XI. DLCs download link and information” section for more information.

VI. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING: A) A GENERAL FIX FOR IF YOU HAVE A BLACK SCREEN

B) A GENERAL FIX TO MISSING FILES ERROR

AFTER STARTING THE GAME

ALWAYS update your graphics card drivers to the LATEST stable version and (re)install the latest DirectX, SEE “VI. General troubleshooting: b) A general fix to missing files error” section for download link. This is a common problem that MOSTLY affects the AMD ATI graphic cards brand, as far as I know there is NO easy fix for it. You just have to manually install DIFFERENT versions of the graphic card drivers to try to fix it.

C) A GENERAL FIX TO MOST PROBLEMS , BUGS AND GLITCHES

If when you start the game and an error message pops up saying (a) file(s) is/are missing, try install/reinstall the latest DirectX: http://www.filehippo.com/download_directx/ <- DirectX 9.0c (June 2010).

D) DID YOU INSTALL THE UPDATE

5 CORRECTLY?

IN THE GAME

If there are problems, bugs and glitches in the game, update the game using update 5 (using my All-In-One installer) as that solves most problems.

Another problem I have seen is people “installing” the RELOADED update 5 wrong. How do they install the update 5? They extract the *.exe (update installer itself) and put it in the game’s install folder, expecting it to somehow update the game. This is NOT how to CORRECTLY install update 5!

Solution: SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the instructions to fix this problem. NOTE 16: SEE “V. Solutions to: d) If you do NOT find many or ANY players online” and “XIII. All the game’s updates’ changelogs:” section for more information.

E) WHAT ARE THE

ARAMETERS TO START THE GAME ( IN

If anyone else or I ask them what update they have installed, they say that they installed “update 5” when they really do NOT have that update installed/game version number, creating a problem of NOT finding many or ANY players online. This is why I ALWAYS instruct people to go and look at the “BH6.exe” version number and tell me it rather than believing that they “installed” update 5 correctly. This problem sometimes used to happen when people were using the RELOADED update 5 installer, now it has been fixed by using my All-In-One installer instead.

TUNNGLE )?

If you clicked the orange arrow (called the “Game Launcher”) to the right of the “Send” button and selected “BH6.exe” and it asks for “Parameters”, leave it BLANK (empty) and click “OK”. The orange arrow once pointed to the .exe that launches the game, will open the game the next time it is clicked after it has been configured, SEE ‘V. Solutions to: c) If you have the error: “Failed to initialize Steam.”’ section. This “Parameters” setting also applies to all games too. This “Parameters” field is meant for TWO purposes: for games that natively have built-in command line parameters (eg. Grand Theft Auto IV) and to host a DEDICATED server for certain (that supports dedicated server setups) multiplayer type games (eg. Team Fortress 2).

F)

DO YOU WANT TO REDUCE/PREVENT LAG ONLINE? & HAVE YOU GOT LAG IN AN ONLINE GAME ?

If you are playing the co-op (humans vs. AI enemies) and multiplayer (human vs. human) modes, stop and exit all downloading/uploading/streaming software to help reduce and PREVENT lag for the other players and yourself when playing online. If you are hosting a game online, do the instructions above as it is good and proper protocol to do when playing ANY game online. If you join a game and notice that there is more lag (bullets hit the body already but there is a delay for the shots you fire to register and do damage/knock back animation to the AI/human enemy) then you can ask everyone in the match/game to do the instructions above, including yourself.


Other than the steps above there is NO other way to reduce and/or prevent lag when playing ANY game online (other than geographically moving closer to the host/dedicated server, the closer the better) because of the sheer distance around the world the game’s data needs to travel between all players while remaining synchronized in a short period of time. This is natural lag and can NOT be avoided. In short, this problem will continue as it is caused by the current limitation/standards of technology used globally and NOT achievable as yet. This game, however is built VERY GOOD (in how it processes and syncs the timing and placement of your shots in relation to where your opponent is when you fired the gun, in other words, it works properly) compared to some others I play online (eg. Gears of War – just plain awful and unfair the way this game is built to deal with lag online in multiplayer on both PC and XBOX 360, in this game lag is applied to the your bullets and NOT your movement, it is REALLY SENSELESS design/flaw).



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VII. WORKAROUND FOR: A) THE MOUSE CURSOR DISAPPEARING BUG

If you notice that your cursor disappears (NOT visible anywhere in game) in the main menu, pause menu, inventory overlay, this is a bug in the game. This happens when you window switch (ALT+TAB) out of the game back to windows and back to the game, the cursor usually will disappear after doing this several times.

There is currently NO fix for this bug, NOT even update 5 fixes it. As a workaround use your arrow keys to navigate around options in the main menu/pause menu. The arrow keys do NOT scroll (work) in the inventory overlay because of the game’s design but you can STILL scroll with the mouse wheel over the slots to highlight/select items. The only (temporary, if you constantly window switch back and forth) fix is to restart the game. This problem used to happen to me a LOT because I constantly window switched between Tunngle and the game, when I was frequently playing this game.

B) THE GAME DISCONNECTING PROBLEM

The MAIN reason this happens is when players are using DIFFERENT scene release “BH6.exe” (even though they are the same VERSION number) to play online together. The RELOADED and 3DM “BH6.exe” versions disconnect in certain modes and parts of the game, especially very frequently in “The Mercenaries No Mercy” mode. Everyone needs to download my All-In-One installer and install it to fix this problem, as all players NEED the “BH6.exe” inside of it to be the SAME scene release and file version number. If you window switch (ALT-TAB) out of the game when it is loading in an online co-op session for more than 50 seconds (the maximum amount is 60), when you window switch back to the game and it finishes loading you will be disconnected from the other player. The game will say “Due to network communication error the connection may have been lost” in the upper right corner of the screen to both players. Actual situation: the game loads, I window switch to read the chat in Tunngle and help people if anyone needs it and the when the game finished loading the connection to the other player was lost (we are both disconnected from each other). I am sure this is supposed to happen because your loading screen shows a count down from 60 seconds when the other player uses window switch and both of have to wait a much longer load time.

The reason the load times are much longer is because your game and theirs need to be synchronized before the game loads the stage, their game is NO longer in focus (uses less CPU utilization: the CPU thinks there is NO rush to load the game anymore when it is out of focus) and just suspends (pauses) the loading. Also if the other player does NOT window switch back into the game with enough time to have their game completely load the level, the 60 second limit is reached and both games disconnect from each other. From a design stand point, this automatic timeout period (60 second limit) makes sense: to prevent excessively long wait times for a player (in my example above, this would be you) because of the other player’s window switching (suspending the loading of the game’s level). The ONLY solution to this is to AVOID window switching when the game is loading a level in co-op games and modes. A workaround is to wait for a (long) cutscene to start playing (do NOT press “Esc” key, forcing the other player to watch the cutscene too, to buy you time) then to window switch, do want you need to in Windows and return to the game again before the cutscene ends (you can still hear the audio playing from the game), if you return sooner, press the “Esc” key (if they pressed the “Esc” key too then the cutscene will be skipped).

C) IS THERE ANY WAY TO TEXT CHAT WITHIN THE GAME?

Unfortunately there is NO built in text chat system for the game. As a workaround, open the Steam overlay to send the player a friend request, if they accept, you can now text chat on the Steam overlay (and Windows too).

VIII. SAVE GAME FILE LOCATION(S) For the people that want to know where the save game file(s) is (are) located: IMPORTANT NOTE 9: By default Windows HIDES the “ProgramData” folder, to show and access this folder follow the guide(s) below: Solution:

The RELOADED NO Steam crack (Blackbox has used RELOADED’s NO Steam crack in their release) save game file(s) is (are) located in these folders: Windows Vista/7/8: C:\ProgramData\Steam\(UserName from steam_rld.ini)\221040\storage

Click the link(s) below and follow the guide(s) to show the “ProgramData” folder:

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Steam\(UserName from steam_rld.ini)\221040\storage

For Windows Vista/7/8: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/394-hidden-filesfolders-show-hide.html

^ NOTE 17: SEE “III. How to: c) Recover your OLD save game file after installing an update and/or DLC” section for addition information and help on these paths.

^ Use “OPTION ONE” method in this guide, ONLY step 1 and 2 are needed, a guide by (Shawn) Brink.

Default UserName in steam_rld.ini is “RLD!” so for most people (those who DID NOT change the UserName in steam_rld.ini):

For Windows XP: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/display-hidden-foldersin-xp/

Windows Vista/7/8: C:\ProgramData\Steam\RLD!\221040\storage

^ The last section concerning “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” is NOT needed, a guide by The Geek (Lowell Heddings).

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Steam\RLD!\221040\storage For the people that have installed the MP-Fix V6 online crack, the NEW location is:

The actual save game file location(s) for the RELOADED and Blackbox releases of Resident Evil &, updates, DLCs and NO Steam cracks in the right side column >

In the game’s install folder, inside the “save” folder.

IX. WHY DOES IT APPEAR TO BE SO LITTLE GAMES BEING HOSTED IN THE GAME? Do you wonder why Tunngle and Tunngle’s Steam community group says that there are many players in the game’s network but in the game’s browser you do NOT see at least half that amount making a large list in ANY mode? The MAJOR and STILL current reason, for several months now, is there are MANY players who do NOT use Tunngle and they ignore and/or do NOT realize that this is a BAD thing to do and/or just do NOT know about the OFFICIAL MP-Fix V6 on the Tunngle Wiki and instead use the “Gotham City Impostors: Free To Play” (GCI: FtP) AppID. DO NOT USE THE GCI: FtP APPID! ALWAYS use the OFFICIAL MP-Fix that is on the Wiki to play online. This is why the online player base is so BADLY fragmented. The MP-Fix V6 uses the “Spacewar” AppID. Do NOT switch from the Spacewar AppID to GCI: FtP! If someone on your Steam friend list tells you to switch to ANY OTHER AppID other than the OFFICIAL MP-Fix V6 AppID (Spacewar), tell them to download and install the MP-Fix V6 instead to play with you. Tell them to USE Tunngle too! Send them the link to this FAQ and tell them to READ this section AND the following for WHY it is IMPORTANT: “X. Common misconceptions: c) The IMPORTANCE of USING Tunngle too!” HEAVILY PROMOTE the OFFICIAL MP-Fix V6 (Spacewar) AND Tunngle to everyone to get MORE players online to play with and to fix this problem once and for ALL! The co-op campaign, both Mercenaries modes has a maximum of two players (co-op, if NOT using a mod to increase the amount of players in-game) and more can join in a campaign game (as enemies) if Agent Hunt is turned on and multiplayers modes have a maximum of six players.


Now this explanation is assuming you have update 5 installed (using my All-In-One installer) and you can play online: The games that are FULL are NOT listed in the game browser and are invisible to everyone who is NOT in that game session. If the game browser is empty after a search, then there are NO available games to join, it does NOT mean that NO one is online playing in the game. This also applies to most other games that are Peer-to-Peer (P2P) based servers (like Resident Evil & is) and NOT dedicated servers (eg. Team Fortress 2). However, there is somewhat of an easy reliable way to figure out if there are ANY games being hosted at all, check the length of time the browser takes to search for games. If the browser takes less than a second to search and says there are NO games then there really is NO games being hosted, if it takes longer but still says there are NO games found, then all the available games are full. Either HOST an online game or refresh the browser until you see a game to join. Another FREQUENT contributor of this problem is the fact that many players are on DIFFERENT game version numbers still. This causes the existing player base to be split oddly in number between SEVEN different versions. Unfortunately this problem continues now and will continue to persist as long as people follow MISLEADING and OUTDATED text and video tutorials that do NOT say to update and especially do NOT give a link back to the Wiki (where they got the instructions from in the first place), instead writing their own instructions causing this UNNECESSARY confusion.



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X. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: A)

DO YOU HAVE A SKIDROW

RELEASED VERSION ?

There is NO OFFICIAL Skidrow released version of this game! Everyone who visits and downloads from “Skidrow’s” websites is being misled into thinking those are his websites. These websites do NOT belong to the real Skidrow scene release group. The REAL Skidrow scene release group can NOT have websites SIMPLY because it will make it much easier for the member(s) to be tracked and caught by law agencies.

B) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

STEAM AND TUNNGLE

New players to both Tunngle and Steam seem to think that the game (online play) is using the Tunngle software and network, it is NOT. All the game’s data traffic (online play) is transferred over the Steam network to their servers. This is the reason you NEED to install the Steam client, register an account, install the MP-Fix, open Steam and login to play the game online.

C) THE

Most people ASSUME that ALL the releases on these websites are released by Skidrow, it is NOT. If you bothered to read the title of the posts for each game you will actually see whose scene release it actually is, although some of these posts and/or websites purposely remove which scene released the game or do NOT think it is important or plainly have NO idea who released it or worse are purposely committing a GRAVE OFFENCE by to the scene and/or group by trying to REBRAND another scene releases group’s content as their own (without permission) or worse - to remove the RIGHTFUL credit to the scene release group altogether.

Tunngle is designed and used for games that have built in Local Area Network (LAN) support (mostly OLD games). While most (if not all) games NOW (especially Steam based games) are made WITHOUT LAN support as it is intended to be played on Steam’s network. READ the next section below.

IMPORTANCE OF USING TUNNGLE TOO!

Now after reading the above sub-point, you should now ask why do you need Tunngle if you play the game online using ONLY Steam? The answer is simple to ask questions about the game and ask for help about game related content, ask for technical support, get the latest information about the online status of the game (if the current MP-Fix still works and/or if there is a NEW version) advertise a game you are hosting to get MORE players to join or just to chat with random players with the other players in the Tunngle network lobby.

Maybe they are playing using another AppID or maybe they really are playing that particular game, for example “Team Fortress 2” is free-to-play, while there are many OTHER games that use this AppID to play online, including the RE/BH & MP-Fix V5) in the “IN-GAME” count. As you can see, it is confusing trying to find players who really are playing same the game you are, without Tunngle and especially when you do NOT have the ability to add friends in Steam to add them and ask what game they really are playing.

Yet another and better reason is simply to have a better estimate of the count of the amount of players in-game and playing Resident Evil & online. Unlike the Resident Evil & Tunngle Steam community group which does NOT show an accurate amount of players actually playing Resident Evil & ONLY but instead includes members who are playing OTHER games.

This is why it IS RECOMMENDED to also log into Tunngle too as the Wiki rightfully instructs. While the Steam chat for the Resident Evil & Tunngle Steam community group is usually empty although there are many players playing the game online, who can NOT be bothered with joining the public chat, at the very least if they are NOT using Tunngle too (as a substitute of Tunngle’s main lobby chat) but will STILL NOT give an accurate number of players online. Given ALL of these points, you can now see why it is VERY stupid NOT to log in to and utilize Tunngle too. The bottom line: Do NOT ONLY use Steam and the MP-Fix to play online – USE Tunngle too!

D) DO YOU NEED TO INSTALL

GREENLUMA?

No, you do NOT NEED to install and use GreenLuma to play the game online; this is why it is labelled as “Optional”.

E) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR

STEAM ACCOUNT ID AND

ICKNAME

If someone asks you what your name is in Steam, so they can send you a friend request, do NOT tell them your “Nickname” (“Profile name”, that you put in Steam’s settings, “FRIENDS” tab). Tell them your Steam Account ID (the name you use to login to Steam with) instead, to find your Steam Account ID, open your Steam client, look to the top of the window, right of the envelope icon, that is your Steam Account ID, tell them that name.

This will make it so much easier and faster for them to find your profile to send you the friend request because there will be only one account shown (yours), compared to the unnecessarily long list that would have been shown if they searched for it using your “Nickname” (as many DIFFERENT accounts can have the SAME nickname on them). WARNING 4: DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD TOO!

XI. DLCS DOWNLOAD LINK AND INFORMATION For those who want all the game’s DLCs: Solution: SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the instructions. IMPORTANT NOTE 10: The DLCs are packaged TOGETHER with the PREVIOUS updates also contained in this 5th update. All you need is update 5 (using my All-In-One installer), NO others before it (ALWAYS read the .nfo file to confirm this is true for any future updates from the scene, SEE “XIII. All the game’s updates’ changelogs:” section). The DLCs included are: Adds Left 4 Dead 2 characters: “Capcom's free DLC pack for Resident Evil 6, exclusive to the PC version, is available now and adds L4D2 characters Coach, Nick, Ellis and Rochelle to the playable roster in the game's PC-only 'The Mercenaries No Mercy' mode, along with L4D2 Special Infected, the Witch and a 'Mini Tank' as enemies to tackle.” A quote from here: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/399594/free-left-4-dead2-themed-dlc-hits-resident-evil-6-today/

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Siege: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six-4.html Onslaught: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six-5.html Predator: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six-6.html Survivors: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six-7.html

Three NEW stages for The Mercenaries mode and other “EXTRA CONTENT” modes: High Seas Fortress, Rail Yard and The Catacombs. Source: http://residentevil.wikia.com/List_of_DLC More information for the stages is found here:  High Seas Fortress, Rail Yard and The Catacombs: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlcsix-1.html  Requiem for War and Liquid Fire: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six-3.html  Rooftop Mission and Creature Workshop: http://www.residentevil.net/en/dlc-six2.html NOTE 18: I am unsure if the PC version of this game (game version number 1.0, NO updates installed) already had these stages (Requiem for War, Liquid Fire, Rooftop Mission, Creature Workshop) in it or if it is added to the game by an update. Seven NEW Retro costumes:

Four NEW modes to play online:  “Survivors: It’s a battle between agents, and only the last man standing can be the victor. This mode supports up to 6-players in individual deathmatch, or team battles.  Predator: Become the tracker Ustanak as you hunt down agents. This battle of agents versus Ustanak can be waged with up to 6 players.  Onslaught: In this one-on-one version of The Mercenaries, rack up combo points to send hordes of creatures your opponent’s way.” A quote from here: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/02/18/resident-evil-6survivors-predator-and-onslaught-dlc-modes-hit-the-psn-tomorrow-february-19th/

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/21/resident-evil-6-packs-retro-costumes-forupcoming-online-events/ NOTE 19: These “limited edition costumes” are NOT actually a DLC and NOT just available to unlock at the online events on the ResidentEvil.Net (last one was on December 28th 2012), it is content locked in the game itself, to unlock it simply edit your save game file, SEE ‘V. Solutions to: n) If you want to EASILY unlock the “Retro costumes”’ section for instructions on how to. Source: http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/resident-evil-news/modders-unlockon-disc-dlc-in-resident-evil-6/

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XII. RESIDENT EVIL/BIOHAZARD & WALLPAPER SET DOWNLOAD LINK This is the OFFICIAL Steam Resident Evil/Biohazard & Wallpaper Set assembled, named (punningly), metadata tagged, rated and released by Warlord Blade. This set contains 20 different images (wallpapers) taken from the “Source” link below, all of these images have a resolution size of 1920x1080 (HD), all are UNTOUCHED (image itself is unedited by anyone including me). The Wallpaper Set is included in my All-In-One installer, download and install it to get the Wallpaper Set (located in the game’s install folder). SEE “III. How to: b) Play Resident Evil/Biohazard & online (for free)” section for the All-In-One installer download link. Enjoy... Source: http://store.steampowered.com/app/236080/ Screenshot of release’s content:

XIII. ALL THE GAME S UPDATES A)

CHANGELOGS:

UPDATE 1

BUG FIXES: ~~~~~~~~~~  Fixed cutscene issues with endless loading  Fixed issues with playable character dying after cutscenes  Fixed subtitle display problems during split-screen play  Fixed voice chat volume problems  Fixed issue with monitor display frequency being reset for each game

D) UPDATE

NEW FEATURES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Added new options to the session search function  Improved SLI performance with NVIDIA graphics cards A number of other issues have also been fixed.

E) UPDATE B) UPDATE

5

2

NEW FEATURES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Play as the Left 4 Dead 2 characters in The Mercenaries: No Mercy mode! BUG FIX: ~~~~~~~~  Fixed the “Out of memory” error that occurred with some video cards A number of other issues have also been fixed.

C) UPDATE

4

3

BUG FIXES: ~~~~~~~~~~  Fixed responses to commands given by partners in co-op  Fixed the display issue with the “Ustanak 1” action figure in Collections  Fixed the difficulty level during the Haos battle in Chris’ campaign, chapter 5-3  Fixed the input problem when using gamepads during the J’avo car chase scene in Chris’ campaign, chapter 3-6  Fixed the issue where the player is unable to go through the door in Jake’s campaign, chapter 4-4 A number of other issues have also been fixed.

BUG FIX: ~~~~~~~~  Connection establishment problems during stage loading

F)

UPDATE 6

NEW FEATURES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Implementation of Anti-Cheating system BUG FIXES: ~~~~~~~~~~  Stability of Windows XP without WMP  Change in voice chat function in Agent Hunt Mode A number of other issues have also been fixed. Source: http://store.steampowered.com/news/?feed=steam_updates&appids=221040

For RELOADED updates and/or DLCs, this information comes standard and is found inside the .nfo file that comes with the updates and/or DLCs, ALWAYS read it. NOTE 20: To open .nfo files, right click -> “Open with” -> “Choose default program…” -> “Other Programs” -> “Notepad”

XIV. THE REASON FOR THIS FAQ The reason that prompted me to write this wide-ranging FAQ is purely: I got sick and tired of answering the SAME BASIC questions in Tunngle’s Resident Evil & network chat lobby every single day for these months May – July, for August – November I spent most of my time working on this FAQ and the related projects mentioned in this FAQ. Most of the things mentioned in this FAQ, people SHOULD already know or at the very least figure it out themselves but they are unable to. Mostly trying to help some people quickly becomes frustrating for me especially when they do NOT cooperate with my instructions and would NOT answer my questions properly, limiting my ability to help them.

Now, I would NOT bother with editing the Wiki anymore (EXCEPT to keep the download links up, ONLY IF I still have an ACTIVE HOME internet connection) and for now, will instead point people in the direction of this FAQ instead for help, as mine will do a much better (based on my personal help in the Resident Evil & network lobby has higher success rates than the Wiki) job at helping people when they fail to understand/follow/ignore important steps of the instructions and/or have problems the Wiki currently does NOT address, while my FAQ does.

Also considering the fact that most players do NOT click the “DON’T PANIC” button in Tunngle’s main window for help because they have NO idea what it does, how it will help them and/or that it even exists in the first place. As creative as the name is, I truly believe the button should be renamed to “HELP ME!” instead as that would be more useful (simply because what it will do is more obvious to them).

There are NOT many players out of the 20+ players (count) connected daily in Tunngle’s Resident Evil & network chat lobby (it used to have more but STUPIDLY players have ABANDONED using Tunngle) that know about and can explain (accurately) what I wrote above in the FAQ (especially the method of PATCHING the save game file to work between cracks, as only a very FEW people know this and they all do NOT play the game anymore), or would be bothered to help them at all (take the time required from playing online to try to help them, or deal with language barriers in the form of very broken English, dealing with their lack of knowledge and technical incompetence).

There is a LOT of information here that SHOULD be in the Wiki (merely included in concise points and in the references section linked to this FAQ for a complete explanation) but apparently it is NOT wanted/deemed unnecessary and was edited out (undone) after I began starting adding bits of information to clarify parts of steps. This is one of the MAIN reasons I decided to write my own in depth instructions in this FAQ.

There were only a few admirable players available to help/answer questions/troubleshoot/guide them thru the instructions on the Wiki, myself included. Unfortunately ALL of these players that used to help others concerning this game have already moved on to another game and/or life. These players will be sorely missed and so far, there are NO active volunteers to replace for them... ... very soon I will move on. ... I NO longer have an ACTIVE HOME internet connection as of 22 October 2013.




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XV. SOFTWARE UTILIZED  x64 Microsoft® Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1: my computer’s Operating System (OS)

 x64 7-Zip 9.20: used primarily as my file(s) compressor into .7z archive file(s)

 x64 AVG Internet Security 2014: my OS’s primary and ONLY internet security suite  Vuze 5.1: used to download the RELOADED release of Resident Evil &

 x64 Adobe® Photoshop CS6 (13.0.1): used to create, extract and edit images to be used as the cover and background images of ALL my PDFs, my All-In-One installer’s backgrounds and to edit the screenshots used in this document

 Daemon Tools Pro Advanced 5.3: used to mount the DVD image (.iso) to a virtual drive to easily and quickly install the game

 x64 Microsoft® Word 2010 SP 2 (MSO): used to create, author and publish this document’s content, design and layout

 Internet Download Manager (IDM) 6.18: used to download the files I required

 Foxit® Reader 6.0.6: used to verify all of my PDFs published looks and works as I intended.

 Valve Steam client: used to play online (using the MP-Fix online crack) and to create the in-game screenshots of the game used in this document  Tunngle 4.5.1.3: used to connect to the Resident Evil & network lobby to help other players in-game, with technical problems and to answer most of their questions  GreenLuma 2.7.8: used to see if it works and what it does (I did NOT test to see if GreenLuma unlocks the ability to add friends on Steam because I already have a demo product activated)  HxD Hex Editor 1.7.7.0: used to PATCH my OLD (RELOADED) save game file to work with the MP-Fix online crack ALSO patched some random players’ save game files too  TechSmith Snagit® 11.2.0: used to create the screenshots of HxD Hex Editor within Windows  Mozilla Firefox 24: used to find, navigate to and save a copy of each of the images (Wallpapers) to my HDD

 NexusFile 5.3.3: used primarily as my free alternate file manager instead of Windows Explorer  Code Sector TeraCopy 2.27: used as my default (replaced native Windows) copy handler  IObit Advanced SystemCare Pro 6.4: used regularly to clean and maintain my OS  Razer Game Booster 4.0.68: used to increase my OS’s performance during games  Heaventools PE Explorer 1.99 R6 and ResEdit 1.5.11: used to edit the “BH6.exe” file  Caphyon Advanced Installer 10.6: used to create my All-In-One installer which contains update 5 (RELOADED), the MP-Fix V6 online crack, I modified the “BH6.exe” from the 3DM update 5 (BOTH “The Mercenaries” modes are unlocked by default), my Resident Evil/Biohazard & Problem Solving FAQ and my Resident Evil/Biohazard & Wallpaper Set.

XVI. CREDITS  Capcom: for making such a great ACTION game and a classic multi-platform series

 Zentoshiro: for helping me by participating in an experiment of the MP-Fix with me to better understand how it works

 RELOADED: for releasing the game first and their update 5  3DM: for their update 5’s “BH6.exe” which I modified and used in my AIO installer  piratepedia: for uploading the RELOADED release of the game which I used  Neiteio: for primarily writing the Resident Evil & Advanced Controls Guide  Royalgamer06: for creating and updating the RE/BH & MP-Fix online crack (V1 - V4) and for hosting the previous game updates and MP-Fixes on his FTP server  Everrick158: for updating the RE/BH & MP-Fix (to the OFFICIAL V5, “Team Fortress 2” version)

 Amar Resic: for helping Neiteio with the design and publishing the Resident Evil & Advanced Controls Guide  (Shawn) Brink: for writing and publishing a guide that explains how to show hidden folders on Windows Vista, 7 and 8

 REVOLT: for the current AppID I have used in the RE/BH & MP-Fix V6  mine1626: for his participation to test the “Spacewar” AppID and verify that it works online with me  Ada Wong: for suggesting I include what is stated in “WARNING 2” to the first post of my thread on Tunngle’s forum

 The Geek (Lowell Heddings): for writing and publishing these two guides that explains how to turn OFF the UAC and show hidden folders on Windows XP  Snakeyboy: for creating and updating a free font style I used in this PDF to display this symbol & called Resident Evil / Biohazard Game Font version 7.5  dylonji: for creating the rectangle styled Resident Evil/Biohazard & icon, used for AIO

 Steam006: for creating and updating GreenLuma  Blagoicons: for creating the circle styled Resident Evil/Biohazard & icon, used for .exe  machine4578: for writing a basic tutorial on how to patch the RELOADED <-> MP-Fix save game file to make it compatible between the two different cracks, which I used to write my improved version and I took the time to explain why and what happens  Mr.NightmareTM: for creating and updating the Resident Evil & Save Editor  GaaraOfTheFunk: for suggesting the solution to the black screen when game is launched is to update graphics drivers (though I personally have NOT experienced this problem so I can NOT troubleshoot it because I use a NVIDIA graphics card)

 LnDProductions: for recording his play through video of the “Prologue”  Warlord Blade: credit to myself for spending a combined 300+ hours of doing research, conducting tests, fixing (relinking) the links to download files on the Resident Evil & Tunngle Wiki, both graphically designing the look and the layout of ALL the PDFs, assembling, naming (punningly), metadata tagging, rating and releasing the Resident Evil/Biohazard & Wallpaper Set, updating the RE/BH & MP-Fix (to V6), creating the All-In-One installer and MOST importantly for writing this FAQ.

XVII. COPYRIGHT, USAGE & DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY INFORMATION

This document (“RE_BH 6 Problem Solving FAQ.pdf”) in of itself, in its ENTIRETY and including ANY part of it is COPYRIGHTED work of its author: Warlord Blade. The information presented here in this document is accurate and verified as TRUE to the best of my ability, knowledge and technical constraints. This document is for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, I am NOT liable for ANY way it is used and/or misused. ALL trademarks are registered to their respective owners.

RESTRICTIONS:

ALLOWED USAGE:

THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY AND/OR BUILT UPON AND REDISTRIBUTED AND/ OR REBRANDED AND/ OR GAIN MONETARY PROFIT FROM AND/OR MISQUOTED.

THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE REDISTRIBUTED (UNMODIFIED) AS LONG AS CREDIT TO THE AUTHOR (WARLORD BLADE) IS EXPLICITLY STATED AND A LINK IS PROVIDED THAT LEADS BACK TO THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

RE_BH 6 Problem Solving FAQ.pdf by Warlord Blade is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.



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