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.anonymz.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)

[deathwisher]

Hi,



   
That error is this?

thanks.

that means there is a new version floating around. It usually just downloads by itself. but some times when there is a major upgrade, they post it on the site.

[BurningFury]

Hello there!, I'm new to the site although i've been coming here to check it often.
I'm currently using Share and Perfect Dark, and i have to say they are awsome.

However, i've been noticing that the Unity folder in Perfect Dark keeps growing and growing,
even if i'm not downloading anything at all. Is there a way to stop that or to minimize its growth?
And can some one explain the ????FLOW)?box. I see a lot of messages going thru there so i
can only imagine it could be some IRC board implementation i suppose, but you guys let me know.

Thanks for all~!

[silverado]

PD saves its cache in the unity folder. You can delete the content of the unity folder, but all incomplete downloads will also be deleted, otherwise it will grow to 20 GB (minimum cache size). I don't know which flow box you mean.

[BurningFury]

Thanks for the reply Silverado.
So basically the unity folder is the cache right?
I erased the files in the unity folder, and it went pretty good, but i kept having messages about the unity
growing up, i suppose Perfect Dark checks the unity folder periodically for any changes, and fiixes them
if it finds them.

And as of the "FLOW" box, here's a screen shot:


My only guess is that it must be some type of message board, where people post relevant messages,
like updates or the posting of new files, or just post crap.
But let me know what you think.

Also notice the new version update!!!
It was 0.910 but now it's 0.911, it keeps updating, i hope they can add the "BOARD" support this time around.

Laters

[silverado]

Read the first post and you'll know.

[Starks]

Okay guys... Massive discovery.

As I posited, Perfect Dark can be resource hacked resource hacked rather easily. (I used XN Resource Editor on perfect dark.exe)

Things I was able to change.

*Fonts
*Font size
*Languages
*Icons
*Dialogs

 

[deathwisher]

and everytime it gets updated you have to redo it...

[Starks]

and everytime it gets updated you have to redo it...

Auto-update can be disabled...


Posted on: July 14, 2007, 10:43:39 AMApparently, most of the menus are natively English without any tweaking in the resource editor and appear in Japanese only when PD is loaded.

I wonder why... 

[deathwisher]

And as of the "FLOW" box, here's a screen shot:

My only guess is that it must be some type of message board, where people post relevant messages,
like updates or the posting of new files, or just post crap.
But let me know what you think.

Flow is exactly what you said. A place to put up requests, messages to those who use PD, or comments on things you found. How to throw comments in is on the button right of the Flow button. A new window with editable text box will appear. Enter in any comment you like then press OK

[silverado]

@Starks, it'll be much appreciated if you can provide an english mod!

[Starks]

@Starks, it'll be much appreciated if you can provide an english mod!

The thing is, if I make even a single change, PD will refuse to start. I've tried this with 0.880 and 0.920...

[deathwisher]

Posted on: July 14, 2007, 10:43:39 AMApparently, most of the menus are natively English without any tweaking in the resource editor and appear in Japanese only when PD is loaded.

I wonder why... 

This is because the translation is taken from the Info_Line. If you look carefully on 109 there are the english lines and the japanese line with specific id numbers.  I can't edit these through my rebuilder...

[Starks]

What do you suggest short of decompiling and doing hex/text edits and then recompiling?

[deathwisher]

possibly... I'm not a programer so I don't know too much about these things

[genesis]

I'm having the same problem as ebony. The nodes just disappear when I press apply.

[noro]

I'm having the same problem as ebony. The nodes just disappear when I press apply.

Same here, and then if I exit out and try to search nothing happens.

[deathwisher]

Roomer says that Perfect Dark failed to be accepted at large... I'm not sure if they are considering reworking the program or trashing the project.

[jouji]

Huh, it seems that latest version(9.30) is also last.. Or does it?

Because in searches I see just files that _I'm originally sharing_ and Perfect Dark keeps having port problems/being offline...
And in "main search" it shows just small list.

[KuroKarasu]

I have a little problem using PD....I can connect and search all fine, but none of my downloads are...ya know...downloading

Any help?

[jouji]

Just wait.

(AH! It updated! 9.33 .... Its waking up! )

----
August 03, 2007:
Crap. I messed up and I had to reinstall PD from 0.880... Now it isn't connecting nor updating, even I repeat process as told and my firewall acts like well-trained dog.. -.-

[BurningFury]

Has anyone tried running Perfect Dark on Wine?
I wonder if it could be done on linux...

Laters

[silverado]

Here's the latest version of Perfect Dark v.9.33

http://www.mediafire.com/?3z0yc0zxznz

silv

[analogman]

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??   

Same problem. Can you help me? D:

[jouji]

Thanks, silverado.

But, I'm thinking that PD suffers from something called "CPU hogging". It slows my computer insanely, jamming browser and all. I must restart it about each fifteen minutes, even it wasn't connected at all...

[silverado]

I have a AMD XP 3000+ here and it takes about 5% CPU. So not really that much.

[jouji]

Intel 2.60 GHz here. Maybe it just doesn't like other programs that I'm running... -.-

[legoman]

I got this message, when I open Perfect Dark 0.940



I wonder is that critical or something? Because I haven't been able to download anything, even there reads "perfect dark is online". Could somebody translate that for me? Or tell meaning of it?

[burea1124]

it's not a warning ... it says that cache will automatically be downloaded until 2000 MB and download will be easier if unity (cache) is greater than 2000.
It also says that to help the network please don't delete the files in the unity folder.

my question .. I did everything. mine says I'm online. I can search everything but I just can't download.
when I click on the searches and they go to the download screen, they just stay there and stop at 0%.
I've tried this with files that have 100+ counts and good green reviews on the left.
Why is this?

[silverado]

It takes time to find an open pear, but then it will download with highspeed.

[jouji]

Abbout that CPU hogging.. When my computer is in lagging-point, PD has taken 146, 000 kt from memory. -.-

[legoman]

It takes time to find an open pear, but then it will download with highspeed.

How much it usually takes time? I still haven't be able to download anything.

[silverado]

The concept of p2p is based on 99% luck and 1% good search terms.

[LastLagoon]

I'm not entirely sure how to search in Perfect Dark. Are there clusters and/or triggers? Are you supposed to first search for a category and then the file you want within that category so it branches? Or do you just search for the file you want and leave it there even if it initially returns 0 results? Does it continually search for it if you don't remove the query?

[BurningFury]

I found a way to run Perfect Dark under Wine in Linux. :P

I'll post a how-to when i have time guys.

Laters :P

[Zycle]

Hi guys. I´ve got a problem. I can´t downlaod anything.

The files I want to download are always 0%. It doesn´t start.
I added some files to upload but I´m not sure whether it uploads.

Here´s a screenshot:
Maybe you can find the mistake.



Hope you can help me.

[silverado]

Add some files to share and be patient. You need a broadband connection (50+ KB/s upload) in order to use perfect dark.

[LastLagoon]

Can someone please answer my questions?

[Demon Eyes]

Hi there.

I followed the tutorial to the T but when I search...I get zero results.

I tried ??? for Dennon Coil and got back only one result!

The tried the few examples I've seen here and yet I recieve (0) results again!

Help meeee. Am I doin' it wrong?!!

ScreenShot:

[silverado]

You can try to use a new version of perfect dark. It looks like you're connected to only very few nodes. Since you got no download or upload.

[Demon Eyes]

Thanks silverado.

I got the newest one and reset everything but it is worse now than before.

I don't know what is wrong.

Everything looks fine but searches return nothing.

Sigh

And now I got this RED(BAD) message

[silverado]

it says it's outdated. use a new version!

[Killian]

I've been getting the "unity" 2000 mb popup as above, hasn't happened before. Since it started happening, I haven't downloaded a bit of anything. 0% on all downloads. I have left it on for several days before (this has been happening about a month) and lately I left it on all week. Still 0% on anything. Something is wrong. Sure that "unity" 2000 mb message doesn't mean anything? My unity file is set to like 40 gigs. . .

[keijiro]

I fail at this




it just stays at 0%. I always get that 2000mb unity message. I tried setting it up at 20gb but it automaticly reverts back to 40.

[ar-a-mach]

  for those who can search and select a dl but the DL won't start 

i had the problem and it now works after a re instal 

i love the search on PD but can we have more than 1000 result ???

when it download there are no speed showing for each dl  ::see later screenshot::

and well it's not that fast actually i have better speed on share 817k/s Vs 185k/s

[rocknard]

what means this in english?

[silverado]

It's a http port.

[UFO888]

do i have to add some files to upload before i can download anything?

[Niko^]

English translator ;)



http://www.madjoki.com/tiedostot/PefectTranslation.rar

 

[Sosodo]

THANK YOU!
Posted on: September 01, 2007, 02:09:34 PMbut I cant get it to work past the settings screen (translator) , any thoughts?

[Niko^]

it doesn't yet work on main window due to limit of windows api

Updated file, should not lag anymore