Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition… for Linux!

This repository officially hosts the Lutris-based Linux installer for Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition – a fan-driven third-party application automating the installation, patching, and execution of the [Réalta Nua] variant of the seminal Japanese visual novel Fate/stay night.

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This repository does not officially host Windows installers for Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition. If you are a Windows user and currently having issues under Windows, please direct bug reports to the upstream forum discussion at the Beast's Lair. Thanks – and sorry for the confusion! 😅

Downloads

Current downloads hosted at this repository include:

• Lutris-based Linux installers: ^{see installation instructions below}
  • (Recommended) One-click installer, automatically installing Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition via lutris.net browser integration.
  • Offline installer, suitable for manually installing Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition via the lutris -i command-line option.
• (Unofficial) 32-bit Windows installer.
• (Unofficial) 64-bit Windows installer.

Installation

1. Get Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua]. Sadly, all versions of Fate/stay night (including the most recent [Réalta Nua] release) are unavailable for purchase and thus constitute abandonware. Instead:
   1. Search for these exact terms: nyaa "Fate/stay night [Realta Nua] for Windows"
   2. Click on the topmost hit. ^...probably
   3. Download the 6.4GB directory "Fate stay night Realta Nua/" containing these six files:
      • Fate.rar.
      • Fate Crack.rar.
      • Heaven's Feel.7z.
      • Heaven's Feel Crack.rar.
      • Unlimited Blade Works.rar.
      • Unlimited Blade Works Crack.rar.
2. If your current platform is:

   • Windows:

     1. First, follow steps 1, 2, and 3 only of the "Fate/Stay Night VN Installation Guide VII."
     2. Then follow the official Ultimate Edition instructions.

   • Linux:

     1. Install Lutris.
     2. Install Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] Ultimate Edition with either:
        • (Recommended) Our one-click installer, automating installation by transparently downloading and running this installer under Lutris.
        • Our offline installer, manually runnable at the command line as follows:

          1. Download this file.

          2. Open a terminal to the directory containing that file.

          3. Copy-and-paste this command into that terminal:

             lutris -i fate-stay-night-realta-nua-ultimate-edition.yml
             

   • macOS is currently unsupported, as Lutris is currently Linux-specific. In theory, porting our Lutris-specific installer to PlayOnMac should be feasible but non-trivial. If someone does so, please submit an issue or pull request and we'll update these instructions accordingly.

Configuration

We strongly recommend:

• Disabling the Patch → Vita Additions → Play Vita OP in-game option. In addition to raising fatal exceptions, Vita movies also contain heavy spoilers – especially for Heaven's Feel, the final route and grand finale. (All remaining patches are spoiler-free.)
• Enabling the Display → Aspect Ratio → Standard option (i.e., the default) rather than the Wide option, which is known to be error-prone.

Usage

Lastly, note these undocumented keyboard shortcuts:

Key	Action
Space/Enter	Next line (& pause auto-read)
Down/Up Arrow	Next/Previous
A	Auto-read (toggle)
R	Review history/previous page
F	Fast skip to next scene or choice
Ctrl	Fast skip pages/scenes (hold)
S	Save menu
L	Load menu
Q	Quick Save/Load (for F1-F9)
F1-F9	Quick load specific save data slot
Esc	Menu
Backspace	Show background (hide text)
Alt+Enter	Toggle fullscreen
C	Config

FAQ

It doesn't even start, though?

Startup failures are almost always due to corrupt patch downloads. If you see any of the following at startup, the Ultimate Edition installer failed to properly download one or more patches for you:

• An untranslated GUI error message entitled with indecipherable Japanese kanji and text resembling:

  ☐☐☐☐☐☐ file://./c/program/files/fate☐stay night[realta nua] ultimate edition/patch.xp3 ☐☐ XP3 ☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐

  

• A translated GUI error message entitled "Script exception raised Read error" with text resembling:

  Script exception raised file://./c/program files/fate／stay night[realta nua] ultimate edition/patch.xp3 is not XP3 archive or unsupported.

• A log error message containing lines resembling:

16:22:47 ==== An exception occured at initialize.tjs(214)[(top level script) global], VM ip = 694 ====
16:22:47 -- Disassembled VM code --
16:22:47 #(214) if(Storages.isExistentStorage("Config.tjs"))
16:22:47 00000687 const %1, *70	// *70 = (string)"Config.tjs"
16:22:47 00000690 gpd %2, %-2.*71	// *71 = (string)"Storages"
16:22:47 00000694 calld %3, %2.*72(%1)	// *72 = (string)"isExistentStorage"
16:22:47 -- Register dump --
16:22:47 %-7=(object)(object 0x00FA1778:0x00FA1778)  %-6=(string)"type"  %-5=(int)28  %-4=(void)
16:22:47 %-3=(void)  %-2=(object)(object 0x0032F684:0x00000000)
16:22:47 %-1=(object)(object 0x00F800E0:0x00F800E0)  %0=(void)  %1=(string)"Config.tjs"
16:22:47 %2=(object)(object 0x00F9DB28:0x00000000)  %3=(void)
16:22:47 %4=(object)(object 0x00FA6968:0x00000000)  %5=(object)(object 0x00FAA650:0x00000000)
16:22:47 %6=(string)"Win32"  %7=(string)")"  %8=(object)(object 0x00FA6968:0x00000000)
16:22:47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

16:22:47 trace : startup.tjs(27)[(top level script) global] <-- startup

Nice magic words you wizardperson. What are these "log error messages"?

Okay. We're gonna have to take you back to the year... 1979. Apparently, people were actually alive back then. We know this, because 1979 was the year Bourne shell and thus effectively POSIX and UNIX-as-we-all-know-it-today was bourne. Get it, bourne? ^{Yes. I'll stop now.}

Because you want to know how to get Lutris logs, you're probably using the default UNIX shell under most Linux distributions: either Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) or zsh. Both historically descend from Bourne shell, which means the answer here is the same. In either case:

1. Open a command-line (CLI) terminal.

2. To log output from our online installer, copy-and-paste this command:

    lutris 2>& ohgodeverythingbroke.log
   

3. To log output from our offline installer, copy-and-paste this command:

    lutris -i fate-stay-night-realta-nua-ultimate-edition.yml 2>& ohgodeverythingbroke.log
   

Log error messages will now appear in the file ohgodeverythingbroke.log. When reporting issues to our issue tracker, please either:

• Copy-and-paste the contents of that file into your issue.
• Upload that entire file as an attachment with your issue.

Please be patient. Sakura will attend to your "needs" shortly.

Okay. I am indeed seeing this exception, I think?

Great! Well, not great – but things could be worse. You could be Shiro in any of the Dead Ends you're about to compulsively read just to collect all of the Taiga Dojo stamps just to unlock a ridiculous hot springs bath scene. ^{Totally worth it.}

So, we've confirmed the Ultimate Edition installer failed to properly download one or more patches for you. (We are shocked Pikachu face.) These patches are now locally corrupt and must be:

1. Manually redownloaded from either:
   • (Recommended) A monstrous 1.75GB password-protected Mediafire-hosted zipfile containing every patch, including patches you really didn't want but will end up enabling anyway just because you downloaded them. Yup, password-protected! Gotta keep out the riff-raff. The password is:
     • ObviouslyFate
   • Google Drive links listed under the Mandatory patches section of the original release notes for the Ultimate Edition. Google Drive links are subject to questionable download quotas and thus frequently fail, which only begs the question: "Google, y u make billions but still such a cheapskate?"
2. Manually extracted and copied into the fate-stay-night-realta-nua-ultimate-edition/drive_c/Program Files/Fate／stay night[Realta Nua] Ultimate Edition/ subdirectory to which the Ultimate Edition previously installed itself, overwriting each existing corrupt patch.

If you're unsure which corrupt patches need to be replaced, either blindly replace all of them or:

• Inspect the aforementioned subdirectory for 0-byte filenames prefixed by patch_: e.g.,

$ ls -l $HOME/Games/fate-stay-night-realta-nua-ultimate-edition/drive_c/Program Files/Fate／stay
night[Realta Nua] Ultimate Edition/
total 4.8G
drwxr-xr-x  3 leycec leycec 4.0K Feb 14 01:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 leycec leycec 4.0K Feb 14 00:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 leycec leycec 4.0K Feb 14 01:23 savedata
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 940M Feb 14 01:02 bgimage.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 137M Feb 14 01:03 bgm.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  200 Feb 14 01:17 config.ksc
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 4.8M Feb 14 01:03 data.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  13M Feb 14 01:03 etc.xp3
-rwxr-xr-x  1 leycec leycec 4.3M Feb 14 01:17 Fate.exe
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 300M Feb 14 01:03 fgimage.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  18M Feb 14 01:17 Flowchart.pdf
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  51M Feb 14 01:03 image.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec    0 Feb 14 01:01 patch_decensor.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 1.3K Feb 14 01:32 patches.json
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 167M Feb 14 01:01 patch_h.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  15M Feb 14 00:55 patch_lang_english.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 120M Feb 14 00:55 patch.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  49K Feb 14 01:17 README-patch.html
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 8.1M Feb 14 01:03 rule.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 344M Feb 14 01:04 sound.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  23K Feb 14 01:17 supported_games.png
-rwxr-xr-x  1 leycec leycec  37M Feb 14 01:17 uninstall.exe
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec  77M Feb 14 01:05 video.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 2.6G Feb 14 01:17 voice.xp3
-rw-r--r--  1 leycec leycec 1.1K Feb 14 01:17 xp3filter.tjs

• Run Fate/stay night from the command line and search for text in the terminal buffer resembling:

01:36:36 (info) Trying to read XP3 virtual file system information from : file://./c/program files/fate^stay night[realta nua] ultimate edition/patch_decensor.xp3
01:36:36 (info) Failed.
01:36:36 ==== An exception occured at initialize.tjs(197)[(function) KAGLoadScript], VM ip = 16 ====

In both cases, the decensor patch (i.e., patch_decensor.xp3) is corrupt and must be manually redownloaded. It would be the decensor patch, wouldn't it?

That's also not what I'm seeing.

…that's not even a question. You can tell because there's no question mark.

I'm seeing an error at "initialize.tjs(245)"?

Are you receiving an error resembling "==== An exception occured at initialize.tjs(245)[(top level script) global], VM ip = 840 ===="? If yes, then we're all on the same page, which is nice.

Did you also install the optional Vita patch? If:

• Yes, then please reinstall without that patch.
• No, then continue to the next question.

I see something about Vulkan and dxvk in those logs and a black screen on startup, I think?

Do you see log errors resembling the following?

info: Game: Fate.exe
info: DXVK: v1.7.1-2-g743f309
info: Built-in extension providers:
info: Win32 WSI
info: OpenVR
warn: OpenVR: Failed to locate module
info: Required Vulkan extension VK_KHR_surface not supported
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'dxvk :: DxvkError'
Game is considered exited.
Initial process has exited.
All monitored processes have exited.
Exit with returncode 768

No? Then how about these:

info:  Game: Fate.exe
info:  DXVK: v1.7.3-4-g03f11baf
info:  Built-in extension providers:
info:    Win32 WSI
info:    OpenVR
warn:  OpenVR: Failed to locate module
info:  Enabled instance extensions:
info:    VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2
info:    VK_KHR_surface
info:    VK_KHR_win32_surface
warn:  Skipping Vulkan 1.0 adapter: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.0, 256 bits)
warn:  DXVK: No adapters found. Please check your device filter settings and Vulkan setup.

If so, great! Well, not great – but things could be worse. You could always be running Windows, which is like a real-life Dead End you inflict on yourself.

First, let's refresh your faded memories of obscure APIs and acronyms:

• Vulkan is the official replacement for OpenGL, a popular cross-platform GPU-accelerated 3D rendering API. So, Vulkan = OpenGL 2.0. Sorta. Close enough.
• DXVK is a Vulkan-based Linux-specific translation layer that internally converts Windows-specific DirectX 9, 10, and 11 GPU logic into equivalent Vulkan logic.

Next, let's inspect the warnings and errors in the above error message:

• The "warn: OpenVR: Failed to locate module" line is safely ignorable. That just means you don't have a virtual reality (VR) headset connected, which is fine. VR's nice and all, but that's not really what we're going for here.
• The "info: Required Vulkan extension VK_KHR_surface not supported" and "warn: DXVK: No adapters found. Please check your device filter settings and Vulkan setup." lines are where your troubles start. Your Vulkan and/or DXVK installation is broken. That's bad, because it means you won't be able to run any GPU-accelerated Vulkan games. Thankfully, Fate/stay night is so old that it runs on decades-old potato PCs manufactured by RadioShack; it doesn't really benefit from GPU acceleration. Still, your system has an unresolved "oh shit" issue that will needlessly complicate your life until you finally fix it.

You have two options here:

• (Recommended) Disable Vulkan for Fate/stay night. This is the easy way:
  1. Run Lutris.
  2. Right-click the Fate/stay night entry.
  3. Click the Configure menu item.
  4. Click the Runner options tab.
  5. Disable the Enable DXVK/VKD3D setting.
  6. Click Save.
  7. You're done. Praise Ilya!
• Fix your broken Vulkan and DXVK installation. This is the hard way, but you probably want to do this eventually anyway, because something has gone super-hyper-mega wrong on your system. Do this (in order):
  1. Reinstall your video drivers. This should always be the first thing you do when hitting Vulkan and DXVK issues.
  2. Reinstall Vulkan and DXVK. Although instructions for installing, configuring, and enabling Vulkan and DXVK in Lutris vary by platform, the workflow always remains the same:

     1. Verify your hardware supports Vulkan and DXVK.

     2. Install Vulkan drivers.

     3. Download DXVK. Note that DXVK 1.9.1 has been verified to work with Fate/stay night. If you prefer dangerously experimenting with other DXVK versions, download either:

        • (Recommended) The precompiled release binary tarball of your choice (e.g., dxvk-1.9.1.tar.gz for DXVK 1.9.1).
        • The uncompiled source code tarball of your choice. Unless you use a bleeding-edge rolling-released source-friendly Linux distribution like Arch or Gentoo Linux, ^{...which you don't, because you're reading this} you do not want to walk this dark road. To quote @kaasknak: "You could also compile the binaries yourself if you want to but I didn't feel like installing a gigabyte worth of dependencies for that." You were warned but you're still doing this anyway, aren't you!?!?

     4. Extract the DXVK tarball you just downloaded into your user-specific Lutris DXVK subdirectory (defaulting to ~/.local/share/lutris/runtime/dxvk): e.g.,

        tar -xvzf dxvk-1.9.1.tar.gz -C ~/.local/share/lutris/runtime/dxvk
        

     5. Run Lutris.

     6. Right-click Fate/stay night.

     7. Click Configure.

     8. Click the Runner Options tab.

     9. Check the Show advanced options checkbox at the lower left.

     10. Enter the basename of the directory you just extracted (e.g., dxvk-1.9.1 for DXVK 1.9.1) into the edit box to the right of the DXVK version label, replacing the prior contents of that box if any.

     11. Click Save.

     12. Rejoice as your CPU and GPU fans run as quiet as Sakura on a bad night out at the Shirou's.

When in doubt, just disable Vulkan and DXVK.

I see a white screen but hear music playing on startup, maybe?

Do you see a log error resembling the following?

13:39:14 (info) Changing screen mode succeeded
13:39:14 ==== An exception occured at mainwindow.tjs(1029)[(property setter) fullScreen], VM ip = 837 ====
13:39:14 -- Disassembled VM code --
13:39:14 #(1029) 			windowSizeMenu.enabled	= !fullScreen;	//	EBhETCY̐ݒ̓EBhE\̂Ƃ̂
13:39:14 00000831 gpd %1, %-2.*97	// *97 = (string)"fullScreen"
13:39:14 00000835 lnot %1
13:39:14 00000837 gpd %2, %-2.*98	// *98 = (string)"windowSizeMenu"
13:39:14 -- Register dump --
13:39:14 %-6=(int)1  %-5=(int)-1  %-4=(void)  %-3=(int)1  %-2=(object)(object 0x009EE4E0:0x00000000)
13:39:14 %-1=(object)(object 0x059CC2B0:0x059CC2B0)  %0=(void)  %1=(int)0
13:39:14 %2=(object)(object 0x04E5F4B0:0x04E5F4B0)  %3=(int)0  %4=(int)1080
13:39:14 %5=(object)(object 0x04E5F4B0:0x04E5F4B0)  %6=(real)644  %7=(real)644
13:39:14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13:39:14 tXN[[hɈڍsł܂ł : Member "windowSizeMenu" does not exist

If so, wonderful! Well, not wonderful – but things could be worse. You could always be using a decades-old AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240 CPU like @leycec, which is like a real-life Bad End the chip shortage inflicts on you.

Unfortunately, you probably need to disable Vulkan and DXVK in Lutris. See the prior FAQ entry for detailed instructions, please.

I'm seeing the game freeze whenever I use the menu bar, I guess?

That's horrible. But you're not alone. So, that's great. I guess?

For dark reasons beyond all carnal human knowledge, ^{I blame Nasu.} Fate/stay night is not playing ball with your Linux windowing system. Circumvent this by isolating the game to a windowed virtual desktop (instead of running the game full-screened):

1. Run Lutris.
2. Right-click the Fate/stay night entry.
3. Click the Configure menu item.
4. Click the Runner options tab.
5. Enable the Windowed (virtual desktop) setting.
6. Click Save.

Behold! A usable menu bar. Yes, it is beautiful. Yes, it is sad.

I'm seeing a "The file …Fate.exe could not be found" error?

Are you receiving an error resembling this dialog box:

You might also be seeing a wall of milk-curdling command-line errors like:

0024:err:module:import_dll Library advapi32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\rpcrt4.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library ucrtbase.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\rpcrt4.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setupapi.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library ucrtbase.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setupapi.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library ucrtbase.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library version.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setupapi.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library setupapi.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\user32.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library ucrtbase.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\user32.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library ucrtbase.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library version.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\user32.dll") not found
0024:err:module:import_dll Library user32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\start.exe") not found
0024:err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Importing dlls for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\start.exe" failed, status c0000135
------------------------------------------------------
warning: Note: command /home/user/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/lutris-6.10-2-x86_64/bin/wine vc_redist.x86.exe /q returned status 53. Aborting.
------------------------------------------------------
Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 256)
All monitored processes have exited.
Exit with returncode 256

You were probably trying to run our one-click installer, right? If:

• Yes, then please run our offline installer instead. While inconvenient, our offline installer is hosted directly at this repository and thus guaranteed to include bug fixes not yet accepted by Lutris moderators into our one-click installer – including the fix for this bug. The cost of convenience is indeed costly.
• No, then continue to the next question.

When starting the game I see "Your kernel is not patched for fsynch. Please get a patched kernel to use fsynch."

You are probably running with an older kernel. Run the following command:

    uname -r

If the kernel is older than version 5.16 it does not support fsynch. Update your kernel or wait for the upgrade from your distro maintainer. Until then: just deactivate fsynch.

That's also not what I'm seeing, though?

Then here's what we're going to do:

1. Run Lutris.
2. Right-click the Fate/stay night entry.
3. Click the Show logs menu item.
4. Copy the contents of the displayed log to the clipboard.
5. Paste those contents into a new issue of our issue tracker.

We'll get you sorted right out. Promise.

Authors

Authoritative credit for the Ultimate Edition and bundled patches goes entirely to the Beast's Lair fandom – notably:

• Project leads:
  • Jacktheinfinite101.
  • Quibi.
  • Kotonoha.
• The Cast:
  • Jacktheinfinite101: Lead editor, programming, some image editing.
  • Quibi: Lead programmer, installer creation.
  • Koto: Lead translator, text editing, some image editing.
  • Hintay: Additional programming.
  • Anonamous: Additional programming.
  • uyjulian: Krkrz development.
  • Waku Waku: Lead image editor, programming consultant, PS2 resources, legacy project.
  • ニサンカタンソ: Additional programming.
  • NM64: Audio editing, beta testing, media assets.
  • SmilingWolf: Upscaled image assets.
  • Hyarion: Initial translation of Fate H alts.
  • MeruP: Programming.
  • Terrafire: Script comparisons.
  • Dallas Hickan: Additional image editing.
  • GameCreater32: Custom voice replay icons, supplemental tools.
  • Commander Rase: Beta Testing.
  • Thryfe: Beta Testing.
  • Inuhanyou: Beta Testing.
  • SkitZoFrenic: Beta Testing.
  • Ownsin: Beta Testing.
  • UnlimitedBladeWorks: Beta Testing.
  • Taka-jun, ArchDemon, Tjm, and puKKa from Mirror Moon: Original translation.
  • bishopcruz and Annonymous: First H uncensor patch.
  • Himeros and Belldandy100: Second H uncensor patch.
  • /u/dumbyoyo: Keyboard shortcuts.
  • Special thanks to any other BL members who helped out.

This Linux support's for you, stalwart Nasuverse heroes.

See Also

If you enjoy this, you might also enjoy:

• Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm (Aokana)… for Linux!, a suite of Lutris installers automating patching, installation, and execution for the fan-produced native Linux port of the shounen sports chuunibyou visual novel Aokana.
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of… for Linux!, Lutris installers automating patching and execution of fully translated and voiced SoraVoice variants of the legendary Kiseki (i.e., Trails, Legend of Heroes,『英雄伝説 …の軌跡』) Japanese role-playing franchise.