Tutorial: How to start Perfect Dark v0.992

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[silverado]

Perfect Dark is a new file sharing program in Japan and possibly the successor to Share and Winny.

1) Download Perfect Dark version 0.992
Starting with version 0.992 Perfect Dark uses an English interface.

<a href="http://www.hiderefer.com/?http://www.divshare.com/download/3438184-093" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.divshare.com/download/3438184-093</a>

2.1) Start "perfect dark.exe"



3) Configuration





Create a nickname



4) Go to http://www.hayasoft.com/syumi/dark/ and copy the nodes. It should look like this



5) Navigation

IMPORTANT:
"perfect dark is offline" indicates that it's offline.
"perfect dark is online" in BLUE LETTERS: normal mode.
"perfect dark is online" in RED LETTERS indicates that it can't open the port.
*Try Port: 25975 if you have port problems.



6) Adding Files



7) Rating Files

In order to rate a file and to give it a postive or negative feedback, click on the ?? tab. Right-click a file and choose
(G) for high-quality
(N) for average
(B) for fake/mislabeled/virus-infected
 Everyone's feedback translates into a positive or negative integer in the ?? column on the search and download tabs.

8) Other Perfect Dark Tutorials
http://members.shaw.ca/aw-sp/PD/Perfect_Dark_-_Setup_Guide.pdf

Here is a Perfect Dark video tutorial by Harun
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U9CFHYRJ

Japanese download & tutorial:
http://www21.atwiki.jp/botubotubotubotu/

Error Messages: (register to read)

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

So the program interface is completely in Japanese ?

[silverado]

Yes, it's quite popular in Japan und you can leech like hell

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

lol sound interesting and might be fun to learn

Edit: wheres the settings? i forgot to tell where the files to go
NVM ill look b4 i speak =D

[winterknight]

Is it possible to use a smaller cache size? Like if i want to run it of a laptop?

[silverado]

You can run Perfect Dark without 20 GB but the longer you use it, the bigger becomes the cache folder.

[Zfate]

Umm, i thought you were talking about the n64's perfect dark :P

[winterknight]

So whats the minimum?

[yal]

works now :P

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

why dose my online status look deferant? could it be i have to give the program port promissions?

[yal]

yes you have to :S

[silverado]

1) Minimum is still 20 GB but as long as you delete your cache folder regularly you can run it below 20 GB.
2) Red status means it got port problems.

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

apparently it already has promision from the firewall.
damit now i have to brake my head over this crap -.-'

[mysticangel]

*sigh* i will just have to wait till i got new hard drive then will try to use it

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

*sigh* i will just have to wait till i got new hard drive then will try to use it

Why is that? because of the 20gig cache? its like it takes it all cache builds up over time.
And like sliver siad. if you delete it once in a while it wont take up space.

[mysticangel]

yep...i only have like 2.5gig left in mind labtop that why i'm have to wait untill i can try it out

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

o,0 and i thought i had it bad with my 19gs

[mysticangel]

lol, it alright i can wait and this the reason why i can't download or torrent that much of anime anymore too

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

this will count as spam 
Try getting something like that for you collection =)

[yal]

well I had to make a static IP so I could directly tell my router to open that particular port~ otherwise it didnt work. So might try that :)

[KSking]

To open the port for download programs, first make sure what the port is and then go to your router's site. On the router's site you add the port and BAM, you can download at ease. I had to do that with alot of programs because ROUTERS ARE THE BIGGEST PAIN EVER!

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

yes thats what i thought of doing but since my ip changes so much even in my own home it would be pointless settting the port open for the pacific ip.
To many computers leaching on that router

[KSking]

yes thats what i thought of doing but since my ip changes so much even in my own home it would be pointless settting the port open for the pacific ip.
To many computers leaching on that router

I don't have a static IP and I inserted the port. I did that and never had to do it again.

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

Well idk when i go to do a port it ask me in witch ip i want to allow this port to be used with.
And since there like 3 laptops that walk in and out our ips change and everytime they hook up that xbox i have to rest the damn router -.-'

[mrpagercao]

hey, how do you know what ports to open, i mean in the router homepage, for specific programs?

[KSking]

I can't tell you where the router's homepage is since every company's router has different homepage for it. it's not even a internet site, it's like YOUR router's site or something. So everything there is only related to settings of your router. I asked my friends help when inserting ports. They knew alot.

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

then maybe you can shed some light over here cuz i hardly know anything about ports 

[KSking]

then maybe you can shed some light over here cuz i hardly know anything about ports 

If I could access the page then I would probably read down the ports I've added but I forgot the road. I think I had to take my IP and put it to my firefox or something but I forgot how. But I've some random ports too like the ones that might be a bit wrong for something or the ones for games. Not too many ports probably. Around 10 or less.

[yal]

You can decide that on your own (I think) just go to options and change the port or so~

[ï ® têh ©få©ê]

yes i know that stuff but how do i set it up for it to apply to all my ips on my router?

[Goongrave]

Hey what about that minum 100kb/s upload requirement?

If u cannot up@100kb/s u can't use the program??? :-/

[silverado]

you still can use it.

[cf09]

if you write ipconfig in the dosconsole it should give you the ip you need to acces to the router
usually 192.168.1.1 or something like that

the nodes need to be actualized often?

[silverado]

Probably not, not sure though because I dont see the nodelist.

[Biene]

Share Ex2 isnt downloading but its connected to nodes 

Perfect Dark is working perfect on my Vista OS and its downloading files 

BUT 

I think that Perfect Dark hasnt got so much Stuff to download or am i wrong? eventually because its new? or the nodes?

[silverado]

That's right, but it makes that fact up with quality results

[Biene]

is there just one node site?

because everthing iam searching for except AV Video Stuff  hasnt got much search results

[deathwisher]

Node list is just a collection of starter connection addresses. The node list will grow and change depending upon your search and the results that the Perfect Dark gets. Unless you have not used the program for ages, it is not required to re-input any nodes. Same goes with winny and share.
BTW here is a PDF file of the setup guide.
http://members.shaw.ca/aw-sp/PD/Perfect_Dark_-_Setup_Guide.pdf

the GUI translation stuff will come later.

[Darkio]

hi all !
I'm new here. I'm truing to use perfect dark, but the fonts are too small ! 
Can you help me, please ?

[silverado]

Buy a bigger display!

[Darkio]

lol
my screen are 19"

[ebonyhand2]

Can someone help me?  I did all the steps to the perfect dark tutorial, but after pasting the nodes and clicking apply, all the node numbers disappear and when I click exit (the japanese button the right of apply), nothing happens and perfect dark is still offline!  What i going on? Can someone help me to get it to work??   

[Majin]

I want that icon where do I get it or a program that will allow me to change it?

[silverado]

Get the .ICO plugin for Photoshop, paste the screenshot in Photoshop and save it as .ICO file.

[Majin]

Thanks it worked, although I couldn't get the same quality.

[silverado]

here's a better version 

[Washio]

Hi,



   
That error is this?

thanks.

[silverado]

This comes when a new version of Perfect Dark appears.
Posted on: 22 May 2007, 23:56:51I added File rating :)

[3shiro]

hello can any one copy the nods for me cuz i cant  go the site it cannot be opened.

[silverado]

click here