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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.

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:

  1. 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!
  2. It is suggested you launch the game once, to let Steam or other launcher perform any first-time setup
  3. Close the game, and close Steam or the launcher
  4. 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 the LOCAL FILES tab and click on Browse local files...)
      • On Steam: open your Steam library, choose the game from the list, right click on it and click on Properties. Switch to the LOCAL FILES tab and click on Browse local files...)
      • If you just see an icon called HigurashiEpXX (where X is the chapter number), you may need to right click it, then click "Show Package Contents" to show the Contents folder
      • The game folder (called Contents) should contain some folders like Resources, MacOS, Plugins, Frameworks, and others - we will only be modifying the Resources folder
  5. 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 clear-compiled-scripts
  6. 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 the HigurashiEP05 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.
  7. 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 theCompiledUpdateScripts folder, then try restarting the game compiling-scripts-frozen
  8. 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.