AS DMM Launcher guide

AS DMM Launcher guide.
Do you want smooth gameplay? Tired of emulator crashes? Then this is for you.

1) Go to dmg.alchemystars.jp

2) Click the big "GAME開始" in the middle

3) Click right side orange button which says DMM GAME PLAYER, which will download the installer.

4) Install the DMM games launcher. I don't have a screenshot of it here, but if I remember it right, some of the checkboxes in japanese are asking if you want to start DMM launcher with PC etc, when in doubt just google translate or cancel first. I unchecked mine.

5) After it's done, start up the launcher and you should see this page - https://i.imgur.com/tujqGIu.png
- click the icon I circled in red, it means free account registration

6) Next page begin your sign up, top box is the login email address for your DMM games account, bottom box is your new password. Uncheck checkbox below if you don't want to receive newsletter from them, then click the Yellow button to send verification email. Fill in the 6 digit code you receive in that email on the next page, and click right orange button to confirm.

7) Now you'll see this page - https://i.imgur.com/8Iw3JRD.png
just fill in as I've written. Next page is a summary of what you filled in, again press orange button to confirm.

8) Now you're a registered DMM user, and in my case 2 things happened. A webpage on chrome popup saying registration complete, and the DMM app itself also has a green tick page similarly confirming registration done. Click the Blue button, which is "Start".

9) The DMM Launcher will now start, and you'll see this popup - https://i.imgur.com/mm8Mux3.png
Just uncheck both and click the Yellow button. It's basically a "do you want to receive push notifications on R18 and other games etc. DON'T START ALCHEMY STARS HERE YET(you can't, unless if you somehow already have the game installed.
If mis-linked - https://i.imgur.com/lblwE5K.png - you will need to repeat all above steps again).

10) Now is the important & careful step - On your MOBILE Alchemy Stars, make sure you've updated to the newest version through your respective Appstore. You'll know it's correct when you go to the in-game settings via the cogwheel icon on the left homepage, there is a "LINK ACCOUNT" button below. Before I did not update via playstore, there was no such button. Once you click DMM and link, the warning will pop up, click confirm and right here a special japanese browser page will pop up. Top box your previously DMM registered Email, bottom box your password, and link. If done correctly, a quick popup will tell you so, and log you out of your game. You can immediately relog and continue your day(the LINK ACCOUNT button is also now gone means you've done it correctly) as if none of the above 10 steps happened, but you are now linked to your DMM games. What it basically meant is, you have another option of playing AS, that is on your PC via DMM. It doesn't lock you out from anywhere, as the warning message may have worded it weirdly to sound misunderstanding.

(If you tried linking to a DMM account which already has an AS account linked, you will be bugged out and have to reinstall AS due to the constant rewarning with no way to log out of said DMM account on that special Japanese browser. Nothing is wrong with your AS account though, so no worries.)

11) Now go back to dmg.alchemystars.com. Again click "GAME開始" in the middle, this time, click the Left BLUE button instead, which means play now. It should automatically tab to your DMM Launcher, and ask you to install Alchemy Stars app on DMM, about 4.5GB. Pretty straightforward here, just a next and ok type of thing.

12) Once it's done, you'll see this - https://i.imgur.com/ZAhMIsi.png
So from now on, you can launch AS from your desktop either via DMM shortcut, or the AS shortcut itself. You'll only need to care for those 2 buttons, "My games" and AS itself. Below button is "My Community" which is not available outside JP iirc.

Now you can start AS via DMM and receive your gifts in the mail. - https://i.imgur.com/Xp0mQGI.png
First startup you'll be presented with the warning I showed above in step 9, but since you've already confirmed link on your mobile, you can now safely click "LINKED" and log in.

COMMON ERRORS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action failed 0 = your isp, prob gateway stuff idk, need vpn
Action failed 2000 = acc not created via dmm desktop client
Action failed 1265 = you haven't linked your mobile account yet, but you insist on opening the pc client
Binding failed 1403 = AS account existS already on that particular DMM account, create a new one

Extremely slow launch?
The launcher is verifying your files. Speed it up by excluding Alchemy Stars installation folder in Windows Defender.
If that doesn't work then try downloading the DMM beta client. This client should load faster than the stable version
https://www.dmm.com/netgame/top/guide/player_beta_html/=/ch_navi=/
-login as usual