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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Ginga Force / Natsuki Chronicles}}
 
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'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/885910/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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===Save game data location===
 
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|borderless windowed notes  = Use [[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed#Borderless Gaming|Borderless Gaming]] or [[Special K]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Fds29|date=2021-11-21}}</ref>
 
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==Issues unresolved==
 
==Issues unresolved==
 
===Unable to load replay data after viewing a replay===
 
===Unable to load replay data after viewing a replay===
{{ii}} After viewing one replay in the Replay Theater, subsequent attempts to load replays will instead display an error that the data is unable to be loaded. Restarting the game will allow one replay to be viewed before again showing an error on later attempts.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Fds29|date=2021-11-20}}</ref>
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{{Image|Gingaforce replay error.png|The error that appears after trying to view more than one replay.}}
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{{ii}} After viewing one replay in the Replay Theater, subsequent attempts to load replays will instead display an error falsely claiming that the data cannot be found or is corrupt. Restarting the game will allow one replay to be viewed before again showing an error on later attempts.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Fds29|date=2021-11-20}}</ref>
  
 
===Crashing when pausing during gameplay===
 
===Crashing when pausing during gameplay===
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==System requirements==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 27 August 2023

Ginga Force
Ginga Force cover
Developers
Qute
Publishers
Rising Star Games
Release dates
Windows September 24, 2020
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Anime
Themes Sci-fi
Series Ginga Force / Natsuki Chronicles
Ginga Force on HowLongToBeat
Ginga Force on IGDB
Ginga Force guide on StrategyWiki
Ginga Force on MobyGames
Ginga Force / Natsuki Chronicles
Ginga Force 2020
Natsuki Chronicles 2021

Ginga Force is a singleplayer top-down view and scrolling arcade and shooter game in the Ginga Force / Natsuki Chronicles series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Qute\GingaForce\display_setting.ini
%APPDATA%\Qute\GingaForce\j4w_sav.bin
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/885910/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Qute\GingaForce\j4w_sav.bin
%APPDATA%\Qute\GingaForce\j4w_storysav_###.bin
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/885910/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics options
Graphics options
Display options
Display options

Input

Audio

Sound options
Sound options

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound effects and voices.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Japanese

Issues unresolved

Unable to load replay data after viewing a replay

The error that appears after trying to view more than one replay.
The error that appears after trying to view more than one replay.
After viewing one replay in the Replay Theater, subsequent attempts to load replays will instead display an error falsely claiming that the data cannot be found or is corrupt. Restarting the game will allow one replay to be viewed before again showing an error on later attempts.[3]

Crashing when pausing during gameplay

Some players have reported that the game may crash while attempting to pause in certain stages.[4]

Issues fixed

Music not playing when a stage is loaded

Install the game to your C: drive.[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9Ex
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 2 cores, 2.0GHz or higher
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2500 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB VRAM or better
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-11-21
    3840x2160 resolution option is available on my 4K display.
  2. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2021-11-21
  3. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2021-11-20
  4. Known issues with the PC port - last accessed on 2021-11-21
  5. Music not playing unless I install game to C:\ - last accessed on 2021-11-21