Other Mods¶
This page contains Higurashi mods which are not by the 07th-mod team.
GIN BGM and SE Restoration Patch (WITHOUT 07th-mod)¶
This patch restores the BGM and SE to the original Japanese release and/or Pre April Update versions, to be used on the unmodded game (for example, a freshly installed game from Steam).
It is a standalone version of the "GIN's BGM/SE" option in the main 07th-mod Higurashi mod.
For details on the exact changes made, refer to the BGM/SE FAQ.
GIN BGM and SE Download Link¶
Please download the archive from Github: GIN BGM-SE for Vanilla Higurashi.7z
GIN BGM and SE Install Instructions (all platfoms)¶
These instructions should work on all platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS), assuming you can replace files in the game folder.
Full Instructions:
- Install the game (for example Higurashi Ch.1) from Steam/GOG/Mangagamer
- NOTE: You will need to repeat this process once for each Higurashi Chapter/Higurashi Game!
- It is suggested you launch the game once, to let Steam or other launcher perform any first-time setup
- Close the game, and close Steam or the launcher
-
Open the game folder, for example
Higurashi When They Cry
-
For instructions, choose your OS below:
- On Steam: open your Steam library, choose the game from the list, right click on it and click on
Properties
. Switch to theLOCAL FILES
tab and click onBrowse local files...
)
- On Steam: open your Steam library, choose the game from the list, right click on it and click on
Properties
. Switch to theLOCAL FILES
tab and click onBrowse local files...
) - If you just see an icon called
HigurashiEpXX
(whereX
is the chapter number), you may need to right click it, then click "Show Package Contents" to show theContents
folder - The game folder (called
Contents
) should contain some folders likeResources
,MacOS
,Plugins
,Frameworks
, and others - we will only be modifying theResources
folder
- On Steam: open your Steam library, choose the game from the list, right click on it and click on
-
-
For Chapters 5-8, delete the contents of the
HigurashiEpXX_Data/StreamingAssets/CompiledUpdateScripts
folder (not the folder itself).- This is only necessary on Chapters 5-8, but if you accidentally do it for other chapters, it won't break anything
- For a fresh install, this folder will only contain a
dummy.mg
file
- Inside the game folder, overwrite the
HigurashiEPXX
with the corresponding file in the provided archive.- For example, for Chapter 5, the folder is called
HigurashiEP05
. You would overwrite theHigurashiEP05
in the game folder with the one from the archive.
- MacOS and Linux Users: your
HigurashiEpXX
folder may be located deeper in the game folder than in Windows.
- For example, for Chapter 5, the folder is called
-
Boot the game, noting that on the first launch, the game will be unresponsive with a white screen for up to a couple minutes
Frozen on first launch with white screen (Compiling Scripts)
On the first launch, for Chapters 5-8, the game may appear to freeze with a white screen for up to a couple minutes, but it is actually just busy compiling scripts (or you should see a message like "Compiling Scripts".
- If the game skips this, please ensure you have deleted the contents of the
CompiledUpdateScripts
folder, then try restarting the game
- If the game skips this, please ensure you have deleted the contents of the
-
The mod should now be fully installed
- To uninstall the mod, delete the entire game folder manually, then re-install the game.
- TODO: Add instructions to verify mod was installed correctly?
Change History¶
Date | Changes |
---|---|
2025-10-12 | Initial Release created by collecting and re-packaging GIN's BGM/SE for all chapters. |
Detailed changes per each chapter¶
This section is for record keeping purposes only - you don't need to know this to use this BGM/SE patch.
However, for a detailed look at what changes are required per chapter, click below to show detailed information.
Click to Expand Detailed Changes per each chapter
Also refer to the BGM/SE FAQ.
Changes made to each chapter¶
Chapter | BGM and SE changes | Game Script Changes |
---|---|---|
Chapters 1-4 | Replace BGM/SE with Question BGM/SE | Not Required |
Chapter 5 | Replace BGM/SE with Answer BGM/SE | Apply Ch.5 Script Update |
Chapter 6 | Replace BGM/SE with Answer BGM/SE | Apply Ch.6 Script Update |
Chapter 7 | Replace BGM/SE with Answer BGM/SE | Apply Ch.7 Script Update |
Chapter 8 | Replace BGM/SE with Answer BGM/SE | Apply Ch.8 Script Update |
Chapter 9 | Replace BGM/SE with Ch.9 BGM/SE | Not Required |
Chapter 10 | Replace BGM/SE with Ch.10 (Hou+) BGM/SE | Not Required |
Why are so many files duplicated?¶
To make this mod easier to install, the files are organized per chapter, even if they are duplicated.
For example, the BGM/SE files for Chapters 1-4 are duplicated, as are the ones for Chapters 5-8.
The duplicate files do not take up extra space in the .7z due to the compression, so the archive download size is not increased despite the duplicates.