Surround sound issues/Start-up issues with some Windows 7 systems have been fixed (Ver.1.2)

Little Busters! English Edition

Capturing the hearts of countless fans since 2007, Little Busters! is an emotional visual novel from Key, the minds behind Angel Beats! and CLANNAD. This special English release supports touch controls and dynamic switching between English and Japanese text, and is in HD for the first time on PC.

[h1]The newest update fixes the following issues: [/h1] [b] ・Systems using surround sound configurations show an error message and the game stops running [/b] Starting the game with sound settings of 2.1 channels or above(2.1/3.1/5.1/7.1) showed the following error message: AudioClient->Initialize() code : AUDCLNT_E_UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT 88890008 This issue has been fixed and the game sound output will be in stereo (2 channels). [b] ・Although he minimum system specs are fulfilled, under some Windows 7 systems an error message shows up and the game stops running [/b] With some Windows 7 systems, that fulfill the minimum system requirements, the graphic card driver has compatibility issues and shows the error message [u]"DirectX11 initialization failed."[/u] In some cases this message showed up and the game stopped running, but this issue has been resolved. (※ 1) We apologize for the inconvenience. ※1 If even after this update the error message "DirectX11 initialization failed." shows up, this may be due to insufficient graphic cards specs; your card may not support "DirectX 11". Please follow these steps to check your graphic card's supported DirectX versions: 1. Push the Windows Key and search for "dxdiag" in the program/folder search bar. 2. When "dxdiag.exe" shows up please click the file 3. The DirectX diagnostics tool window will show up. Please click on the "Display" tab 4. On the right side of the window under "Driver" you can see the "DDI Version" that shows you the supported DirectX version of your graphic card. If it shows for example "9" your card only supports versions till "DirectX 9" and won't work under "DirectX 10". To play Little Busters! English Edition the DDI Version has to be 10 or above. (DDI Version 10 means DirectX 10 (Windows Vista generation) is supported on your graphic card). Little Busters! English Edition needs a DDI 10 or above compatible graphic card. Following specs need to be fullfilled: A graphic card supporting DirectX 10 or above / VRAM 512MB or more (GeForce 8400 or above, Radeon HD2400 or above) If you still encounter problems please send us an email to our support address: [i]vausa@product.co.jp[/i]