Blue Reflection Sun ended service on the 30th of May, 2024.But a kind and talented anon was able to build an offline version of the game thus saving it from becoming lost media since the official app and official YouTube videos were deleted.You can download the offline version from the Google Drive link of this snapshot:https://web.archive.org/web/20241002175258/https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueReflection/comments/1cx8bfj/unofficial_blue_reflection_sun_offline_version/MAKE SURE TO CORRECTLY FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION STEPS LISTED IN THE READ ME FILE Blue Reflection fans, you better grab it because this is probably going to be last time we'll see something related to Blue Reflection.
Why was the last thread archived early?
>>1770709>this is probably going to be last time we'll see something related to Blue Reflection.No...They'll make one more game that will get super popular and revive the franchise...surely...
Reposting this from the last thread:https://www.sittingonclouds.net/album/4764Disc 6 includes all new songs from Blue Reflection Sun (except the rap song used for raid battles)
>>1770727If only, but it seems like they mismanaged the franchise badly.>BR2 doubled down on the yuri, which the fanbase loved but alienated everyone else>BRS alienated those remaining fans by having a male MCIt's like they weren't sure who exactly to pander to, as each attempt at pandering backfired towards a particular group.
Has the offline version been uploaded anywhere else? Maybe it needs multiple links like the Internet Archive.I really don't understand why the BR sub doesn't want to advertise the offline version, it's like they want the game to stay dead. Yes, I know it's piracy, but still.
>>1770709Oh this is nice. Another perfect harem coming up.
How can I translate the game?
>>1771424I didn't, because I don't know good places. Internet Archive is an interesting option but I don't know how exactly it works in that way - I have seen quite a bit of questionable (in legal sense) stuff uploaded there but I suspect you can't upload just anything. Dunno, maybe at least original resources could be uploaded there (which takes most of the storage) and have a few extra mirrors with just patch and server?**Same. Like, I could understand if they offered some compromise (like, at least let have a post about the project itself so people could search for it elsewhere) but from very quick discussion with them, it doesn't seem they want to have anything with it at all.**>>1771478There were two sorta options. First, it was possible to use auto-translation plugin for bepinex. I didn't try it but I heard it was a reasonable option. One thing though, at some point the game switched from Assembly-CSharp.dll to GameAssembly.dll and it broke the plugin, but probably it was fixed since then and might work again.Second option was actually translating text in assets directly. There was a translation project at some point but it didn't progress too far. It was just a few chapters/cases, you probably still can find it on discord server.
>>1771573Have you tried DM'ing the mods or asking if they are really fine with the game being lost media or something, or at least being unplayable forever?
>>1770735>It's like they weren't sure who exactly to pander toThe writer/s basically sacrificing Shiho to the yuriniggers at the last part of Sun's story kinda proves they still do not know who to choose as their target audience desu.
>>1771576I DM'd them at least twice, once about the reason of deleting the post, and then about a compromise to restore it. I didn't directly ask "do you realize what you are efficiently doing?" but I'm positive they are fully aware that their decision heavily affects preservation of the game/series.
>>1771594Maybe try making a post saying that an offline version exists, without directly linking to it?
>>1770735No, they just did some really stupid writer/team mesh up.The BR gacha was done by the guy behind the Ar Tonelico, Ciel and Ar Nosurge games. He's good in what he does, and did this stuff but with a BR coat.Now BR is very different from that. And it doesn't match.I like Ar Tonelico etc. I like BR. But you can't and shouldn't turn one into the other without it being retarded.Corporate decisions are weird as fuck I tell you. The anime bombing so fucking hard was also another case of writer meshup. I have no idea who was responsible for that steaming pile of shit. But yeah, it was definitely a different team/writer than BR1 or 2. Or the gacha for that matter.
>>1771599Well, I was so pissed off by that whole situation that I don't want to touch their subreddit anymore. But I don't mind if anyone else would want to give it a try.
>>1771600The funny thing is that /a/ loved the anime. In fact, it might have been one of the only places that did.
>>1771609I love the anime. Its definitely not as good as the console game but to say it's a pile of shit it's pretty disingenuous specially if you compared it to other shows that aired in that season
>>1770709Is there a dump of the 3D models somewhere?
>>1772036IIRC, I provided extracted fbx files to one of anons in previous thread and I think models worked perfectly fine for them. So I guess you can grab original assets and extract them again if needed, assets are normal unprotected unity files.
>>1771624It was so badly received they had to cancel the BD release. It IS a complete pile of shit, regardless of if you liked it or not. In particular the writing was so bad it just hurt to watch.
Thank you, really
>>1771573Alright, uploaded original client and assets to Internet Archive. Didn't add patches and server though because it would increase the risk of being taken down (not like it won't happen in current state). Far from perfect but probably better than nothing.You can find it here - https://archive.org/details/blue_reflection_sun
Huh, actually someone already uploaded the whole offline version to archive, like one year ago. Well, I'll keep my upload, just in case.
I know it's not BRS but rather Engage Kill, but does anyone know if Engage Kill's assets including its models ever got ripped? Is ripping even possible considering it EoS'd already and never got an offline version?
>>1773090If someone who played the game and still keep it installed then that's a valid option. Though the chances of finding such person are probably extremely low.
wtf wtf WTF IS THIS PERFECT SUPPLE MEGASEXUAL ULTRACUNNY SHIT WH-WHATS HAPPENIGN TO MY DICK AAAAAAAAAAAH JESUS SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Man, I miss Trinary...
>>1772343You mean the mega folder links? Afraid all of them are dead. Do you remember how do you named the folder?I think I downloaded it but I'm not sure. If I did it's definitely in one of the many piles of unorganized hard drives in my closet
>>1773678Yep, iirc I deleted them after some time to avoid cluttering the folder. Can't remember the name but most likely I kept some of original pathing which was "StandaloneWindows64/5.7/ref_assets_assets/assetbundle/graphics/models/". Unless you have tons of other similar files, you probably can find by "fbx extension", like "pc_01_e_pvt.fbx_8566550d287c7ff249475b0658949e5c.bundle". If really needed, I can reupload models again.
>>1773700I just wish someone uploaded the models to games like Engage Kill, Lapis Re:Lights, and Majofuro, as those are the ones I've been looking for.
>>1773708Well, now that's something I can't help with, and probably anyone else who comes to this thread. I have models and likes for BRS only because I worked on making the server for it.On a side note, from what I can see Majofuro is relatively new to die so you have good chances to find someone who still have it installed and can pull assets from their device.
>>1773122>No more Ayami to have post work convos with Ah, if only some of the new upcoming gachas gave the same level of interactions with a heroine that Trinary provided...
>>1773708I've found an asset dump for Lapis Re:Lights but the unity files are encoded and I'm too dumb to know how to decrypt them and the instructions are in chinese(?)https://dyykrzopotxj0.bromine0x23.xyz/
>>1773824Huh, alright, I stand corrected.I did a quick look at assets themselves and didn't spot which ones are encrypted. I don't know a thing about models but I suppose they are in `AssetBundles/assets/products/resources/actors`. I tried to open a few in AS and they seemed to be usable.
>>1773861What's AS? I've never done stuff like this before so sorry if it obvious
>>1773862AssetStudio, probably the most popular tool to check content of Unity asset files. Unfortunately it was discontinued few years ago, but it's usable for Lapis game.
>>1773863Thanks anon
>>1773824Thanks! Have you found one for Engage Kill, or was it just too unpopular?
>>1774211Only found the Lapis one. Sorry.
>>1773863AssetStudio still has maintained forks. The most modern one right now is AnimeStudio.
>>1774372Great, thanks! I tried finding updated forks a few times before but didn't spot anything.
How is Gust doing lately?
>>1771478Very carefully
>>1770709Are there any other links other than this one?
>>1786408I believe there was an anon saying that he'll set ups torrent but haven't seen any from himHere's an internet archive link >>1772654
>>1786408There is also this someone's upload which seems to be exact full copy - https://archive.org/details/BRS_Offline
>>1770709How do I install?? Can't download read me file.
>>1787442Eh, you can download all files but readme? Do you get some error when you try to get readme or what's happening?
>>1787442Fucking how you can't download a read me file?
Is there a translation patch?
>>1788106No full one. There were at least two attempts, one on BR discord back when the game was alive but the person who was handling the text got busy and sorta disappointed with story quality. Then I spotted this one few weeks ago but I suppose it's likely abandoned as well - https://github.com/kokomif/BRSUN-EN-Patch-Project
Any updates on the 3d models being ripped?
>>1792491Eh, only >>1773678 asked about models and it seems they found files from past downloads.Well, alright, here files again. I don't know which ones files might be needed aside of fbx models so I took all of them. I didn't bother extracting because it might end up messy instead, and it should be trivial to extract files.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RiefobUb9R8ChRQsSMjDhoRvYtkHpS2L
>someone bought the domain of the Blue Reflection Sun website to run scamshttps://x.com/BRSUN_game/status/1948279680886591855
>>1794203Crazy that they weren't renewing it even if it's dead. Most of these sites just sit around forever.
>>1794203Saw it some time ago, some jp players even were coping that devs had plans to resume the game.
>>1794219That's actually relatively common, as in killing a game's official website as soon as the game dies. It happened to Sora to Umi no Aida, whose website was redirected to the developer's website immediately after it EoS'd.
>>1794862Anon was saying the DOMAIN keeps there, not the website. The redirect is what would then happen, yes. Largely so nobody can buy the domain, and do exactly THIS.
>>1794867Yeah, it seems stupid.
>>1794203Seems like it's been turned into a phishing website or serving malware because only the PC download button works and it has a betting adThat's kind of depressingWhois information says the expiration date is 2027-01-19T03:04:21Z so I guess that site is going to be serving malware for a while
>>1792496Thanks anonWish I knew what the fuck to do with these. All the 3d ripping software I tried gives me errors or says they can't import these
>>1800700Did you extract data from those files first? It's unity asset format so use something like AssetRipper, AssetStudio or some other relevant app to get the content.
>>1773824For any anons out there who is a Unity wizard, A chink tried to reimplement parts of Lapis Re:Lights on PC. Emphasis on tried.
>>1806461Damn
To whoever has access to Unity tools, could someone make a collection of all the BRS pantsu?
>>1806461>>1813960Luckily it can be seen on GitHub. Enjoy the chink-laden instructions though.https://github.com/Lostpig/Lapis_Dance_Player
>>1773122Me three
Why did they even appeal to the yuri audience in the first place
Dev was forced to change audience after being told the first game was too sexualized. Which killed the franchise since it had nothing else going for it.
>>1818761Meant for>>1817720
>>1818761I thought the first game was mostly liked by yuri fans to begin with? Maybe it's one of those "double down on the yuri fanbase, but at the expense of everyone else" cases. Sometimes it works and other times it backfires.
>>1820184The first game was more on the side of minor yuribait (with side characters) than actual yuri pandering. Basically the standard CGDCT fare.
>>1820239So they ended up appealing to yuri fans but alienated the gooners, and it turned out that the gooners made up a bigger portion of the fanbase?
>>1820254Yeah pretty much.
>>1820254No, it's the opposite which is why this game flopped and died.
>>1820360The ones that flopped and died were the second game and the anime.
>>1820364That's an interesting parallel universe you live in. I guess a third game was never given the go ahead if the previous one didn't succeed.
>>1820373If by third game you mean the gacha then yeah, going for a cheap gacha instead of a full fledged game means the second game flopped. Which it objectively did sales wise. And the anime too.
>>1820373Wasn't Sun decided on at the same time as Tie, so it was going to be made regardless of how Tie did?
The early 2020s were a bad time for mixed-media projects, or anime-promoted games it seems. Among those that launched around that time, very few are still chugging along like World Dai Star, and even that one isn't exactly doing all that hot lately.
I see that the thread killer has long left /vmg/ and has not posted in this thread.
Fuck Gust for mismanaging the franchise
>>1770709Which program/app would you recommend to translate the text? >ib4 learn japanese
