Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32072804-20180209165324/@comment-26091666-20180217143008

I just downloaded that swf file from the link you provided earlier and did MD5sum on it from my end. I have the same result as your friend: $ md5sum cayfwlehtvgj.swf e448c592a429d8c3a19c61151aa75ad6 cayfwlehtvgj.swf So this leads to two possibilities: $ ls -al cayfwlehtvgj.swf -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 391435 Feb 17 23:42 cayfwlehtvgj.swf Albeit this is easily viewable under *nix platforms, under windows or other OS it should work out to roughly 383k: $ ls -alh cayfwlehtvgj.swf -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 383K Feb 17 23:42 cayfwlehtvgj.swf $ file cayfwlehtvgj.swf cayfwlehtvgj.swf: Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 17 Again, under windows there is probably no such native command named. If your windows OS is running on 64bit you could try downloading the precompiled and zipped variant of file from this Github project. Just make sure that once you have downloaded and extracted it, place the downloaded swf file (or a copy of it) into that folder, change your working directory (or folder) into where you extracted the zip file along with the moved/pasted version of the swf (under command prompt) and run  against it.
 * The filesizes that you got probably does not match with the  as provided in the header:
 * The contents of the file that you got probably contains other forms of data:

In all cases a simpler workaround that I personally recommend is for you to use VPN. If you are going to avoid paid VPN services the risk of middle-man attacks are potentially greater but for safety sake you should probably: Again I must stress that testing against less than five VPN providers (and it does not necessarily all need to be based in Japan but having a Japanese VPN provider is ideal) before giving up when they all freeze on trying to obtain Chiyoda asset and that the MD5sum comes up as identical to what you have on hand (and that is incorrect to both your friend's, がか as well as mine) is not a way to be fully be able to debunk the actual root cause of this issue. Failing that, hopefully your internet provider/country does not run a DPI set up or there may be no way to run forever around that unless you change provider/country.
 * Make your KC3 Kai be allowed to access incognito pages. This can be done under the URL:
 * Change your password to your DMM account to a temporary (but keep the strength of the password strong, using alphanumeric forms that is) before you start using a public VPN
 * Make sure to choose a Japanese host esp. if using SoftEther VPN and preferrably the one that is hosted by University of Tsukuba. The VPN hosted by University of Tsukuba rarely shows on my end so you may run a chance of not seeing it. If that happens, fall back to choosing a Japanese host if possible.
 * Open a new incognito window and make sure you have KC3 Kai icon there, from there log into DMM with VPN and with your temporary password.
 * Once logged in on one incognito tab, within the same window click on KC3 Kai and choose "Customize DMM Website" under "Play Kantai Collection". If you prefer to play KC with KC3 Kai via DMM on Frame you can do so as well but ideally you should avoid "Play via API Link".
 * From there, you can check to see if Chiyoda asset is being blocked or not. If the asset is still blocked you can try downloading the swf file within the incognito window and then running  on it.

As with what your friend said in clearing cache, you can also workaround it by running KC3 Kai in incognito mode. The process is almost the same as above for going through with VPN but you do not need to change your password, use VPN or be restricted from playing via API link.