This is a lab mem story that could have been.

Welcome to the Delta Attractor Field! Here, you’ll get to enjoy some good time with the STEINS;GATE cast and explore many possibilities.

Just like Phenogram, My Darling’s Embrace is a very similar game to the original STEINS;GATE, so it also shares features with it. On the language side, it had a better base than Phenogram, but it still needed a full-on check, especially its terminology.

Now, go ahead and adjust the divergence to any value you’d like.

Download link and instructions are ↓ below.

Join us on Discord for fun, shitposting and support.

Screenshots

Typography - before
Typography - before
Typography - after
Typography - after
Subtitles
Subtitles
Translated CGs
Translated CGs

Features

Script fixes

A full translation check of the game has been completed, fixing mistranslations, terminology, grammatical issues, typos, and wording issues.

Bug fixes

Fixed two bugs related to the phone: one where an interactive email’s hitbox ran too long, and another where the phone would pop in and pop out every few lines during a video call.

Translated CGs

Translated a number of CGs and BGs; also fixed some terminology and typesetting errors present in other images.

Better typography

Adds word wrapping to phone text and displays story text in a nicer font.

Karaoke subtitles

Adds styled karaoke subtitles to openings and endings.

Guides

Installation instructions

  1. ↓ Download the installer. You want SGMDEPatch-v<version>-Setup.zip, not the source code.
  2. Extract the archive somewhere on your hard drive, not in your game directory.
  3. Go to the newly created SGMDEPatch-v<version>-Setup folder and run SGMDEPatch-Installer.exe. Warning: Has sound.
  • If the installer quits with an error about MSVCP140_1.dll, install Visual C++ Redistributable (32-bit version, vc_redist.x86.exe - regardless of your system) and try again.
  1. After you click Finish and the installer closes, you can delete the SGMDEPatch-v<version>-Setup folder.

Troubleshooting

If you’re having a problem not covered here, please ask us on Discord about it.

Note: The game requires the latest DirectX 9.0c redistributable (having a higher version of DirectX installed is not sufficient). If the game fails to run for you, install DirectX 9. (Steam should take care of this for you, but we’re leaving it here just in case.)

Game/launcher fails to start from Steam

You can try starting the launcher from the desktop/start menu shortcut (if you created one during the installation) or by directly running LauncherC0.exe from the game directory (right click STEINS;GATE: My Darling’s Embrace in your Steam library, Properties → Local Files → Browse Local Files…). Make sure you’re logged into Steam, though.

Phantom inputs make the game impossible to control (menu selections automatically go up)

On some systems, the game detects false controller inputs (mostly on Linux, but we’ve heard this from Windows users as well).

In the launcher, click More Settings if you haven’t already, go to the Controller tab, select a different controller if you get multiple options, or just disable controller input altogether by unchecking Enable.

Game shows an error about mgs::Audio::CPlayer::InitializeXaudio()

XAudio2 error

Install DirectX 9.0c and try again.

Installer shows an error about MSVCP140_1.dll

MSVCP140.dll error

Install Visual C++ Redistributable (32-bit version, vc_redist.x86.exe - regardless of your system) and try again.

Installer shows an error about api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

UCRT error

Update Windows. You may need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable again afterwards (file above) - use “Repair” when prompted.

Credits

  • Image editing: Enorovan, Bloody, Choccy
  • Hacking: JoseJL, Enorovan, Dextinfire, PringlesGang, SomeAnon, daxxy, MrComputerRevo
  • QC: PringlesGang, ItsRigs
  • Translation Check: Enorovan, ItsRigs
  • Subtitles: zahj
  • Video editing: Enorovan
  • Additional Assets: Kumin
  • Special Thanks: fl4t_is_justice, Jake

Special thanks to grechnik for contributing to our open-source repository!

This project includes a number of third-party components. See this page for attribution.

See our other patches