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Set-upKonasute コナステ

Setting up Konasute

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Intro

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There is a really good guide here  that talks about setting up Konasute. While some small things has changed, this takes a lot of information from there.

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For setting up e-amusement, there is a good website here  that helps you set it up. While it is for DDR, most of it still applies here.

This section will cover setting up Konasute which is the official PC port of SDVX made by Konami.

Pros

  • Uses the same engine as the arcade version
  • 120Hz support
  • Infinite quick retries
  • Quick crash out
  • Ability to see scores from arcade

Cons

  • Monthly subscription fee of 1,628 yen
  • Expensive song packs (although there are occasional 50% off sales)
  • Daily scheduled maintenance that prevents you from launching the game during that time

If you want to know what songs are included with the basic course or each song pack, you can check here . Every couple months, Konami will add new songs to the basic course.

Setup

Creating a Konami account

The first thing is setting up your Konami account. This account will let you customize your games, buy Konasute and song packs, and store all your data among other things.

First, you want to head to the My Konami  website and click register. Fill out all your information and make sure to select Japan for your region otherwise you will be locked out of purchasing Konasute. You can also change your region here  if you accidentally didn’t select Japan.

Downloading Konasute

Head to the Konasute website  and click install in the top right. If you are not logged in, you won’t see this button and instead it will be replaced by a login button. Click 同意してインストーラーをダウンロード to download the launcher.

This will start the download for the launcher. Upon opening the launcher, it will all be in Japanese. To go through it

  • Click 次へ (Next)
  • Accept the terms with the checkbox and click 次へ (Next)
  • Change the game data install or leave it as default and click 次へ (Next)
  • Click インストール (Install)
  • Click 終了 (Finish)

You can now open the game. By default it is installed at C:/Games/SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR. From there you can head to /game/modules and run sv6c.exe. You can also open the launcher by heading to this site .

The launcher will take you to a website in which you will have to login. This acts as a launcher for the game. You have to go through this website to start up Konasute. You can bookmark this website as a way to launch the game. Pressing ゲーム起動 will start the game.

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Konasute and Konami services are always down between 5 AM to 7 AM JST every day. You will be unable to launch the game or access the website during these times. Read more here


If you just recently opened the website then closed it, it might think you are opening it twice and show you a different screen. Press 起動処理を続ける to continue.

This will open the launcher. You will get a notification that you need to download the game. Click OK and you will go to another menu in which you press UPDATE to start downloading the game. If this doesn’t pop up, you can also press the button in the top right called ファイル確認 to get to the menu.

You will now install Konasute which is known to take some time as Konami limits how fast you can download.

When it is done another menu will open showing you it’s done. If you check the box in the middle and press close, the launcher will reopen. You can now start the game with GAME START but you might want to configure some options first.

Options

Pressing the SETTING button will open the options for the game. All of it is in Japanese. Here is a translation of everything.


  • Windows options, from top to bottom:

    • Fullscreen フルスクリーン
    • Fit window (borderless windowed) フイツトウインドウ
    • Windowed ウインドウ

  • Monitor: Which monitor you want the game to launch on

  • Game rotation: Choose which way you want the game rotated. If you want to play portrait and you set your monitor portrait in Windows settings, keep it on the top left option. Otherwise, select the bottom right.

  • Resolution: Resolution of the game. Note that the game will automatically scale to 1080p no matter what you choose.

  • Frame rate: 120hz and 60hz.


If you are using a FauceTwo or YuanCon, you should not touch this. It should work by default assuming you are in eAC mode (check your controller’s manual to see how to change modes). If it doesn’t press the デフォルトに戻す button.


These are the audio settings.

  • DirectSound: Highest latency. Doesn’t take over audio driver.
  • WASAPI Exclusive: Lower latency than WASAPI shared, about the same as ASIO. Takes over audio driver.
  • WASAPI Shared: Higher latency than WASAPI exclusive. Doesn’t take over audio driver
  • ASIO: The best option if available, can provide very low latency while still allowing other apps to play audio.

An important thing to note is to make sure your audio devices are set to 44.1khz sample rate.

Here  is a good guide for setting up ASIO and getting the best latency. If you don’t care too much, WASAPI shared should be good enough.

If you find your game running poorly or seem to have delay, here  is a Konasute optimisations guide.

Once you have your settings how you want them, you can press 保存 (save) and 終 了 (finish). Finally, you can press GAME START to finally launch the game.

Since you haven’t purchased the basic course, you will only have 5 songs available and are limited to one play before it kicks you out. Use this to test if the game works for you. If you encounter any problems, try to resolve them before purchasing the basic course.

Purchasing Konasute and Packs

Purchasing Basic Course

To play Konasute, you have to subscribe to the basic course of the game. This comes with around 688 default songs with more being added occasionally. You can check out the default song list here .

The recommended way to purchase the basic course is to use Paseli. You can also link it to a credit card if you want, but it’s recommended to just use Paseli since you have to use Paseli to purchase song packs. You also get points back.

Head to the Paseli website  and log in. Click the green button in the center named ここをクリックしてチャージ方法を 選択 and press クレジットカード for credit card. You can use a debit card with the credit card option.

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After, you have to add the Paseli to your account. You need a total of 1,628 円 (roughly $10.52 USD at the time of writing). Select how much Paseli you want and click the red checkmark and button at the bottom should turn green. Press it to finish your payment.

Everything will be in Japanese, so here is a rough translation of everything that you need to fill out. Press 確認 to finish.

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After that you can now purchase the basic course for Konasute. Go here  and click 了承する at the bottom. Check Paseli and click 次へ. This should start your subscription and you should now be able to play Konasute. Simply boot up the game how you did before and play!

Song packs

To get more songs, and specifically level 20 charts, you will need to buy song packs. These can be pretty expensive and it is recommended to wait for a sale where most of the packs go 50% off. These sales can happen anytime and usually last for about a week or so. To know when a sale happens, you can either follow:

To see and purchase all the song packs head to the e-amusement shop . Here is where you can see and purchase all the song packs. To know what’s in each pack, you can head to this website  and sort by song pack in the Availability (PC) dropdown, or head to here  and sort with the プレー条件 drop down.

References

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