Patching Instructions
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WINDOWS:

Drag your clean (i.e unhacked and unpatched) Fire Emblem 12: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Shadow~ [Shin Monshou no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu~] (Japanese) ROM onto the file called "DRAG CLEAN ROM HERE".

Then wait for it to patch and close the command prompt window when it's done. A new file with the suffix '-patched.nds' will be created in the folder of the original ROM. This file is the patched English ROM.

MACINTOSH:

Download MultiPatch from this web address: http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/746/

The patch file is "FE12_v3_01.delta" and you must specify the location of both the original ROM and the output ROM.

OTHER:

The Heroes of Shadow don't have any experience here. Please borrow a Windows or Mac computer.

Notes on the ROM
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The clean ROM should be 128MB (134,217,728 bytes). If it's significantly smaller (eg. 60 MB), it may be compressed--in which case, use 7zip or another suitable program to extract it.

There might be a trimmed 84MB ROM floating around. This patch isn't designed for that ROM.

For technical wizards, the compatible ROM should have a CRC32 checksum of: B6AF36B5

We can't supply the ROM for you. Don't ask us for it.

Troubleshooting
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MSVCR100.DLL ERROR:

If you get an error where MSVCR100.dll cannot be found, direct your internet browser to this useful blog post: http://www.heroesofshadow.net/2012/11/the-patch-is-already-out-what-are-you.html

WINDOWS XP/WINDOWS 7 64-BIT:

Windows XP users *may* have issues patching. If this occurs, please download xdelta for Windows XP. Then replace the xdelta we've provided with the one you downloaded. You can find xdelta for Windows XP on the official xdelta website or at http://www.feshrine.net/fe12/xdelta.exe. This may also fix issues with users running the Windows 7 64-bit OS.

XDELTA UI:

If you want to use a program with UI (User Interface), try xdelta UI: http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/

FLASHCART USERS:

If you're using TTMenu/YSMenu, make sure you have the latest version, found here: http://forum.romulation.net/index.php?topic=43121.3150. Doing this should get rid of "Error Code -4". It's possible that version 3.01 of the English translation isn't supported upon its release. In this scenario, please wait for/ask somebody to update the files.

NO$GBA SAVE ERROR:

If you get a save error upon startup, change the "NDS Cartridge Backup Media" to "FLASH 256KBytes".

GAME NOT RUNNING PROPERLY IN DESMUME:

Make sure you have the latest version of DeSmuME.

MISSING/CRACKLY SOUND:

Try fiddling with your emulator's audio settings. In DeSmuME, switch "Interpolation" to "Cosine" and set the "Synchronization Mode" to "Synchronous". There probably isn't a fix for NO$GBA, sadly.

PERFORMANCE ISSUES:

If you encounter sluggish gameplay with DeSmuME, we recommend using NO$GBA instead. If the game's still running slow with NO$GBA, try increasing the number of skipped frames.

Nothing works!
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Please visit this link and see if anyone can help you:

http://www.heroesofshadow.net/2012/12/help-with-patching-v301.html