Tutorial:Bluestacks

Bluestacks is a free Android Emulator platform which enables you to run Android applications on your computer. While we are not in any way affiliated with Bluestacks nor do we officially support there product, enough of our community members use the software to allow them to play Blood Brothers on their computer. To that end, this page will help you with some of the regularly encounted issues with the program in an attempt to provide a documentation of the most successful resolutions to those problems.
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Installation

Download the program from the official source: Bluestack.com

I suggest you download the win8 optimized version, regardless of your operating system I have found that this works smoother.

If you already have a different version installed, then follow the Uninstallation instructions below. After download, follow the standard installation procedure for the program.

If you want bluestacks to be a bit faster you can go to the Improving Bluestacks Performance part.

Uninstallation

Uninstall Bluestacks Player

In Control Panel, locate the programs control panel (Either Add/Remove Program or Programs)

Select "Blue Stacks Player" and select Uninstall

Uninstall Bluestacks Notification Center

In Control Panel, locate the programs control panel

Select "Notification Center" and select Uninstall

Locate all residual files

C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks

C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks or C:\Program Files\BlueStacks

C:\Users\ \AppData\Local\BlueStacks

Locate and remove all residual registry entries

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks

Shut Down Bluestacks

Simply clicking on the 'x' will close the Bluestacks player, but not the entire suite.

Shut down bluestacks player

click on the 'x' to close the player and wait for the program to exit fully

Shut down the Notification Center

Right-click on the Bluestacks icon in the system tray (row of icons by the clock, bottom right hand corner of desktop)

Select "Shutdown"

Wait for icon to disappear

Changing GUID

Retrieve a new GUID

Generate a new GUID. You may use Online GUID Generator to create a random GUID

Locate the current GUID

Shut Down Bluestacks following the instructions given above.

Launch Regedit

Locate the following two keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\USER_GUID

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\BootParameters

ONLY REPLACE THE STRING OF CHARACTERS THAT FOLLOWS "guid=", NOTHING ELSE.

Replace the existing GUID with the one you generated online.

Launch Bluestacks

Improving Bluestacks Performance

Change the Bluestacks Windowsize

This will increase bluestacks performance.

Shut down Bluestacks following the instructions given above.

Launch Regedit

Press Windows and "R" Button simultaneously.

type regedit and press Enter.

Locate the following two keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\FrameBuffer\0\Height

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\FrameBuffer\0\Width

Open the keys and set value to DECIMAL !

Change the decimal value to your liking, keep in mind, a ration of 3:2

Suggested ratio for blood brothers: 900:600 or 750:500 or 600:400

Note that when you have no games installed it is best to set ratio to 1:1

This means you make the Width the same as your preferred Height, after installing a game you can change it back to whatever you like.

Other games might have a different optimal ratio, example Tablet games might need a ratio of 1:2 or 2:3 you will need to play with this yourself so it is to your satisfaction.

Changing amount of memory accessible by Bluestacks.

Locate the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\Memory

Open the key and set value to DECIMAL !

keep in mind that you NEVER set the value higher then 50% of your physical RAM. 1024 = 1GB of Ram.

Suggested size is 1024, but for systems with less then 4GB of ram leave it at the default setting.

Troubleshooting

Bluestacks' orientation is sideways and won't rotate.

By the clock on your desktop is an Icon for Blustacks. Right click on the icon and select Shutdown.

Follow the uninstall procedures exactly and reinstall Bluestacks.

Bluestacks' says "Bluestacks" is already installed on this machine.

Review the uninstall procedures and make sure no residual elements of the program were left behind.