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Tencent Game’s wuxia MMORPG Moonlight Blade is coming Westward, someday. If you can't wait you can play on the Chinese servers, but installing the non-English game can be a daunting task. In a previous guide I explained how to make a QQ account, a requirement for all China-based games. Now that you should, hopefully, have your QQ account number saved you can proceed to download and play the martial arts MMORPG.
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Edit: January 15, 2018:
Tencent has re-designed their game launcher and rebranded it as WeGame, so the guide below will be out of date. To install Moonlight Blade through the WeGame launcher, simply launch it, go to the second menu at the top (shown below):
then on the search bar copy and paste this text and hit search: 天涯明月刀
Then select the one game that shows up (it'll be Moonlight Blade). Once one the game page just click on the big blue button shown below to install the game:
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(the instructions below are outdated, but kept for archival purposes)
1. Proceed to download Moonlight Blade, but not directly. We're going to download TGP (stands for Tencent Game Platform). It's Tencent's version of Steam and makes installing the game easy. Just click the button with the down arrow and "TGP" to begin downloading. It will open a new page and ask you where you want to save the installer.
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2. You should have an icon somewhere—I typically choose my desktop—that looks like this. Or, it will be in your downloads folder (C:/Users/[Your Username]/Download) if you haven't enabled "choose where to save" in your browser.
Double click the installer.
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3. You can choose where to install the platform by clicking the gear in the bottom right corner, marked with the box. Then click the button to the right of the path to choose where you want to install it and click the OK button. Click the bottom right button to return to the installer. And press the fat blue icon in the middle to begin installing.
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4. The install is pretty quick, and you'll see a few boxes pop up as TGP installs all its software. Once it's done you'll be prompted to log in. This is where you need to enter your QQ number so I hope you have it saved. Press the fat blue button to log in and you'll be prompted to solve a captcha to proceed.
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5. You've made it to the TGP interface. So many icons. But we only need to worry about the sword on the middle-left, which takes us to the Moonlight Blade installation page.
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6. Just press that big blue button in the bottom right to start the installation. You'll be prompted to choose a directory, for both the download and then the installation. It's a big file, make sure you have over 60 gigs of free space. Once you're set press the center button, and get ready to wait—browse MMOs.com in the meantime.
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6.A Of course if you don't have the icon it's easy enough to add Moonlight Blade to TGP. Make sure you click the diamond-with-a-box-in-the-middle icon near the top-left of TGP as shown in the image above. Then select the "MMORPG" box in the middle of TGP.
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6.B Now we can see a whole bunch of games, all of Tencent's offerings. Moonlight Blade should be in the fourth row from the top (barring any more games are added). You can use the screenshot above to find the right one. Click that image.
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6.C You should be on the Moonlight Blade splash page. Just click the fat blue button on the right side of your screen to begin installing.
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7.Back to business. ...Now you can take the time to teach your computer to read Chinese. Otherwise, when you enter the game it crashes. So we head to Control Panel and find Language, ordinarily located under Clock, Language, Region. Click "Add a Language" and from the list that’s drawn up pick Chinese (simplified).
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8. Underneath your language tab you should now see both English and Chinese (simplified).
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9. But we’re not done yet. Now we have to head to the Region tab. Clicking Region will pull up a window, but we’re only interested in the tab that says Administrative. From the Administrative tab click "Change System Locale" and change it from English (United States) to Chinese (Simplified).
You will have to restart your computer after this step. But make sure you’re not still installing when you do. And in case you're worried, changing the language to Chinese will not change your desktop icons and panels to Chinese (simplified).
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10. You finished installing? Great, now you get to patch. Press that blue button again and go back to browsing MMOs.com.
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11. Once you're done patching, press that blue button again and... Congratulations, you're ready to play Moonlight Blade.
A few things to note. The TGP installs some annoying, but evidently harmless, software: optimization shenanigans that you don't need. When you exit the game they'll continue to run but you can shut them off from your Task Manager: just turn off anything that's written in Chinese.
Now that China is an explosive powerhouse in the gaming industry the country is host to numerous titles that take their time gracing Western shores. And players can test foreign releases from South Korea and Japan that premiere in China prior to North America and Europe. But in order to play non-region locked Chinese games eager players have to register an account with Tencent’s QQ service. Players with a QQ account will be able to play games such as Blade & Soul and Moonlight Blade on Chinese servers.
The first step is to register a QQ account. It’s a service as a result of China's Internet Management regulations, to ensure that players under the age of 18 aren’t exposed to explicit content. How age verification is enforced is another story. Of course no one would go on the internet and lie, but just in case, the People’s Republic has ensured no one can confuse Buster Baxter.
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1. Visit the official QQ Account Registration Page (It’s in English so no worries, yet). Fill in your information, and you'll be taken to a page asking you to enter in your mobile number. Unfortunately, there's no way around using a phone number. I used my own and haven't add any issues.
You do need to press the blue text that says "select you country/region" and change it to your own country or region, e.g. mine is the United States so in region box it says "United Stats 001."
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Known Issues:
You may hit a brick wall at this stage. Some users report that when they enter their phone number and hit "Submit," they receive the error message "Servers are busy" or "Please try again... due to high volume of setups from your IP." I only received this error when I tried to use the same phone number to sign up for a second account. Although, other members of the MMOs.com team have had the same issue with never before used numbers.
If you have this issue my suggestion is to try a different number or wait a few hours before trying again: it is possible that the servers are overloaded.
If you're successful, you'll be given your QQ number, which you want to save somewhere safe, like in a Notepad document. Your QQ number is your account number. It's how you'll log in to a game like Moonlight Blade.
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2. Next, head to the Identity Verification Page, and click the blue button on the left side of your screen. Login with your account information.
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3. You’ll then be taken to the page above. If, like me, you weren’t automatically redirected refresh the page or re-click the Identity Verification link. You’ll click the blue text at the bottom that says “*使用其他有效身份证注册。” or roughly in English: “Use other valid ID to register." Clicking here will take us to a verification page that asks for your passport number.
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4. In this page there 4 parameters to worry about:
真实姓名 or “Actual Name”
有效证件 or “Valid Documents”
There are three choices from a drop-down menu and you want to pick the third one that says “Passport.” You don’t have to use a real passport number but you will want to use a number you can remember. It will be used to reset your password in the event you forget it or your account is hacked. Passports are nine digits long.
出生日期 or “Date of Birth”
It’s listed Year, Month, Day. As long as you ensure that your birthday places you above the age of 18 you won’t have any issues. You give your actual birthday on the internet right?
联络地址 or “Address,”
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And then click the blue button on the left, that says “Confirm”
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5. And that’s it you're done. The fourth sentence from the top should say 年龄:已满18岁, meaning you're at least 18 years of age. Congratulations on universally being recognized as an adult, and your ability to play foreign games.
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