Introducing KreuzChannel, RKS HQ's Official YT Channel

I'm sure some people were wondering why the video I had uploaded to YouTube were deleted, and the reason is this! I've been working on transferring the videos over to an "official" Schwer and Schwer Alike channel called KreuzChannel.

This channel will be the one-stop YT channel for pretty much any videos that get showcased on this channel from here on. One thing to note is that I have now included a glitch showcase video (see below), and I changed the Grollschwert C72 Trial to contain all-new footage and a new translation of the opening. Some videos, such as the hidden Freudenstachel stages, mod vids, etc. will remain on my personal YouTube channel, mostly because they're annotated, and I really don't feel like doing that again.

The channel serves another purpose, though. This channel is for you guys, the Schwer readers as well. We will be accepting contributions. If you have a replay or something like that you would like to showcase, I'll record it to video and toss it up on the channel with the proper credits. Future challenge submissions or time attacks also have a place there. My intention is to create what amounts to a bulletin board of various things from the RKS community, much like how this blog is something of our public forum, since setting up an actual forum to my liking, is cumbersome for me.

Well, I hope this turns out to be something great.



2ch has started their 7th RKS thread, but it looks like discussion is pretty much dead until either Summer Comiket rolls around or some major update happens, like the web trial, so we won't be hearing much from that end for a while. In the meantime, I'll do my best to give you guys something so you don't end up bored. If anyone wants to contribute anything like fanfiction or art or whatever (AND IT'S REASONABLY WELL DONE, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE), it may give me something to put up in our downtime. We shall see.

Rosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert - C72 Trial Version

TDOMMX decided to mess around with the trial disc and discovered this amazing little jewel. There was a version of RKSG with an alternate opening and a variety of differences. He gets full credit for discovering this and providing me with a copy. We will be showcasing the other differences in the demo in a later post.

Is your copy of RKS up-to-date?

Is your copy of RosenkreuzStilette currently up-to-date? The [erka:es] duo have made a lot of changes since the creation of the game, and you owe it to yourself to make sure that you have the most recent version of RKS to gain the full experience.

How to check:

[Step 01]
Load up your copy of RosenkreuzStilette. The version number will be listed in the Window title.


The picture says it all.

[Step 02]
Not up-to-date? Not to worry. Head on over to the RosenkreuzStilette Product Page and click on the Download button on the sidebar.

[Step 03]
Many of you probably can't read Japanese. That, of course, is why I'm writing this tutorial! Now, the first section in the Download area is where the download links for the patches are. Time to figure out which one is best for you! Refer to the figure below. If your version is 1.00a (the initial release version), then you'll want to use the first download link. If you've been updating but are still running on 1.05b, then you'll want to use the second download link. If your version is neither, then the third download link, which will update the game from any version to the latest, is for you.


So many difficult Japanese words I don't understand!

[Step 04]
Once the .zip is downloaded, extract it. If you're not familiar with extracting .zip files, Windows XP users can just double-click the .zip archive folder and drag the file inside wherever they'd like. The best place for it will be inside your RosenkreuzStilette folder.


This is the patch. For the sake of this tutorial, I've downloaded the 1.05b->1.05c patch.


Toss it in your RosenkreuzStilette folder. (This step isn't necessary, but it will help you keep track of it.)

[Step 05]
Open the patch, and follow these simple instructions:


Click "Yes". Simple enough.


Here, it will ask you to locate the folder that rks.exe, the game executable, is in. Click on the Browse button as indicated.


Select the folder, and click OK. Confirm the selection at the next screen.


The patch will then install itself! Congratulations! Your copy of RKS is now up-to-date.

[Step 06]
Here, you can do one of two things: Play your newly patched RosenkreuzStilette, or step further in and download a voice update patch for Freudia. If you're like me and don't want to leave any rock unturned, continue on. If not, you really should.

[Step 07]
Scroll down the Download page until you find the "Omake Data Download" section, as pictured. Go ahead and download the only file listed there.


The link says "Freudia 'Sound Quality Improvement Edition' Voice Data".

[Step 08]
Extract the folder "ex_voice002" from the .zip, and open it. Inside you'll find two folders and a readme.txt, as pictured. Drag the "extra" folder into the "data" folder in your RosenkreuzStilette folder, and that'll do it! This voice update requires at least v1.05b, but since we patched the game already, that's not even an issue. The other folder "Omake Voice" features two .wav files of Freudia saying "RosenkreuzStilette" and "Freudenstachel". Take a listen!


The readme.txt contains the URL that redirects to Freudia's seiyuu's website.

[Step 09]
And that's it! Everything about your copy of RosenkreuzStilette is up-to-date. Now, have fun, practice, and save your replays! Eventually, I'll have a replay archive set up for everyone to use!