Naval Ops Series/Kurogane no Houkou 2: Warship Commander/Technical Workarounds

Running the Game on Modern OS

• Safedisc compatibility tool, SafeDiscShim is required to run the game on Windows 10 or higher since Windows 10/11 no longer supporting Safedisc driver, which the game uses.
• In case the screen is borked or the game crashes after the opening video, DirectDraw wrapper DLLs such as CnC DDraw or dgVoodoo may fix the issue
• Setting the system locale to Japanese is required when installing the game to avoid potential Shift-JIS encoding related installation error. Switching to Japanese system locale or using Locale Emulator app is required to play the game as well.

Running the Game on Linux via Wine

• There are few reports of the game (with Extra Kit installed) being playable on Linux through Wine. The settings used is the following:
  • Wine version used: Wine 7 or Proton 7 using 32 bit prefix
  • Set to Japanese system locale (LC_ALL = ja_JP.utf8)
  • Windows Compatibility version: Windows XP
  • Dependencies installed: dmusic, dsound, dwave, ffdshow, qsf, qcap, qdvd, qedit, quartz, d3d8, ddraw (both through dgvoodoo)
• Known issue: Movie playback isn't working, but still can be skipped by left clicking the game window

Running the game Through Virtual Machine

Japanese Windows XP + VMWare Workstation Pro

• Prepare a hdd installed with Japanese version of Windows XP
• Set up a CD-ROM drive through VMWare settings or use virtual drive utility like DAEMON Tools Lite to mount the game disc image
• Install the game through setup program