cant pass the tutorial need help

[NANDOXD777]

me and my friend bought the game and we cant pass the tutorial do to a save at the end i trying running as admin and still dint work anyone cant help me and my friend plz.

[Neo Typhoon Alpha]

Same here! Except that I'm playing the demo and it's stuck in a saving screen loop..

[lilisaur]

There's some threads that have rolled off to the next page or two that give instructions on various things to try.

The following seem to be recurring solutions:
* Disable Steam Overlay
* Disable Steam Cloud Save
* Ensure Steam and/or game installed to same drive as Windows OS (i.e., C drive)
* Go to the program directory and run the Asian version (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 JUMBO DEMO\DQB2_AS_TRIAL.exe for example). You'll be stuck with an unreadable four character name for a bit. Before leaving for Furrowfield, seek out the Dressing Table in a canyon at around the 2 o'clock position on the island so you can change your name back to English/European readable.
* Run the config program in same directory to turn off cutscene videos
* Manually create the save file directory structure before starting the game (somthing like C:\Users\<userid>\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS II TRIAL\Steam\76561198032351865\SD\B00\)
* Get someone else's save file and load it to the save file directory (one of those threads has a link to one.) Dressing Table can change your name and character visuals from whatever the save file gave you to whatever you desire.

Can't tell you which one(s) to do because different things seem to work for different people. Can't tell you myself because I didn't encounter this problem on either my workstation or laptop.

[Steve]

running the asian version until I passed the tutorial and then switching back worked for me

[Honor]

How long do you wait after the tutorial is done and the game runs the credits. I have to wait about 5 or more minutes. It seems like the game is running in a loop but it's probably ok after a few minutes

[lilisaur]

Sometimes its as ashort as 5-10 seconds, othertimes it can be longer. I've seen it go way over a minute on my PS4. Its clearly unpacking the movie file into memory, so if your computer is busy, or your source drive is slow (i.e., a USB backup drive rather than an inernal SATA or NVMe) it could take longer. There's a config option to turn off videos if this proves to be a problem. There's only two videos in the whole game, that one that plays after the slave ship (and again on loading game after a save file is created) and the final credits, though the intro movie has both male and female versions (so three videos if you want to get technical.)

[Joy Boy]

Here's what worked for me. Install the game on another computer. I was able to finish the tutorial there. Save to the cloud. Then switch back to your PC and load up the save.

[McFlirt]

I tried literally ALL of these solutions and still haven't gotten past it. I even added my own CMNDAT.BIN file like someone suggested. I just... I'm so close to giving up. I've spent so many hours, and so many attempts at that stupid tutorial. I found out that save files do work. I was able to load someone's completed save and play it. But I want to experience the full game not just the end game. I'm hoping someone can provide a "new game" save file right after the tutorial.

[lilisaur]

Did you see the post made in one of the other threads? Its got some earlier save states. Sadly not one immediately after the slave ship, but one that, by the filename, is maybe right upon arriving at the first island (Furrowfield 0.zip)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18jh8gXUP4tqAc_Jxivw_qgQOxGfCOA9j

The good news is this would be early enough that nearly the full game can be enjoyed, though you may need to watch a Youtube video to fill in the 20 minute gap between the slave ship taking on water (after which the save hangs) and arriving at Furrowfield. During this second half of the tutorial on Isle of Awakening you're taught to build some more simple things (like beds), repair a room, cook some food (kelp and scallywinkles), obtain the hammer, and meet the Hairy Hermit who is the game's main guide. Of course, if you've got a Switch or PS4 you can also play that part in the demo for those platforms if you want to experience it yourself. (But you'd have to do that damn slave ship first part again.)

The bad news is you're stuck with the character's name, gender, hair and eye color throughout the Furrowfield events. There's no Dressing Table at Furrowfield to change these things so you're stuck until you return to Isle of Awakening.

[Honor]

Originally posted by LiterallyZeroViewers:

I tried literally ALL of these solutions and still haven't gotten past it. I even added my own CMNDAT.BIN file like someone suggested. I just... I'm so close to giving up. I've spent so many hours, and so many attempts at that stupid tutorial. I found out that save files do work. I was able to load someone's completed save and play it. But I want to experience the full game not just the end game. I'm hoping someone can provide a "new game" save file right after the tutorial.

I have back up save files for every episode of the game. So, my save files start with an IOA save right after landing on the island from the tutorial boat and before I touched anything on the island. Is that the type of save file you're looking for? If so, I'd be willing to share it.

Also, I play on Windows 7 and don't know if the save files are the same for all versions of Windows OS.

[lilisaur]

Originally posted by sunirose4:

with an IOA save right after landing on the island from the tutorial boat and before I touched anything on the island. Is that the type of save file you're looking for?

As far as I've read, yes, that's exactly the type of save file people need.

I'd supply it myself but I only have PC demo, not full game so I'm unsure if it would be suitable. I've also heard that you might not be able to translate the steam saves from one player to another for some reason and that the save file has to come from a Switch version, but I don't know if that's true or not. (On the other hand I'm certain PS4 saves don't work due to PS4's user-level encryption, otherwise I could supply saves for 20-something different points in the game.)

I can't imagine operating system makes a difference to the save file content. (Though Steam ID may.)

[seven_legs]

from another thread,
Originally posted by Macdeath:
I got it to work. If anyone else is still stuck, try disabling steam overlay and going into program files for dragon quest, go to properties for each exe file (game launcher, DQB2, DQB2_AS, etc), go to compatibility, and check run as administrator. . What seemed to help was changing every exe to admin and disabling steam overlay. I also ran in windowed mode, network on, movies off, disabled cloud saves and installed on the same drive as my OS.

this worked for me

[zxuiji]

Try "Proton Experimental" if you're on linux, that's the only reason I can think of for why you can't get past the tutorial, you'll need to enable Steam Beta from the settings menu if you haven't already, also need to enable proton for unsupported titles since I presume DQB2 is under that category

[Malavok]

Guaranteed fix is to download a save file from online (Reddit has links); put it in the proper folder in Documents. Then when you start a new game, just overwrite that save file slot with yours. It will then work properly.

Other stuff sometimes work, but this is the guaranteed fix because it will ensure proper files are already generated in the save folder by using another post-tutorial save.

[Malavok]

And FYI when you download someone else's save you DO NOT have to use their save, just overwrite it with your own when you start a new game. It will work.