Key points
- Includes the "Easy" mode from Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International version of the game.
- Ability to run at resolutions higher than 720p, and at 60fps.
- English and Japanese audio voice overs are included in most of the steam region versions of the game except for the Asian steam region version.
- Unfavorable than the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions in areas such as:
- Pre rendered cutscenes are re encoded a bit different resulting in it having some compression artifacts and washed out colors compared to the PS3 version.[1][2][3]
- Shadow rendering is a bit different compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, producing shadows that do not look good in most cases.
- No Controller vibration.
- Issues specific to the PC version:
- Display resolutions other than 1280×720 causes certain graphical effects and a portion of the text on scanning an enemy to not render.
- 60fps is inconsistent and the game regularly dips to the low 40's or locks itself to 30.
- Constant stuttering in game.
- Lack of audio volume sliders, which makes it unable to adjust the volume of different in game audio elements.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Essential improvements
- Mod that fixes low framerates on capable machines, and uncaps framerates. How this works:
- Removes aggressive frame pacer (works like a proper triple buffer implementation).
- Disables constant checks for input devices.
- Uncaps framerate, also properly utilizes the display's refresh rate.
- Fixes the slowdown when 2D elements are drawn in the HUD
- Fixes missing text on enemy scans.
- Enables vibration support.
- Works around the screen glitches when using 2560x1440 resolution
- This fix is NOT compatible with GeDoSaTo.
Remove unused cutscenes to free up space
- Features dual audio English and Japanese for the ROW release. Removing the cutscene files for either language frees about 20 GB of space.[4]
- Verification and updating by Steam will redownload the files.[5]
Remove English or Japanese cutscene files[4]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>/white_data/movie/
- Arrange list by file size making biggest files to show up first. Ignore the 1KB files.
- To remove the Japanese cutscenes, delete the 18 files without the
us prefix.
- To remove the English cutscenes, delete the 18 files with the
us prefix.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- All in-game configurations are stored directly in the saved game data. Changes made while in the title screen are not preserved after loading a saved game.
Save game data location
- The Steam folder is used when Steam Cloud is enabled; otherwise, the Windows folder is used.[6]
System |
Native |
Notes |
Steam Cloud |
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Up to 100 save files (29.3 MB) can be synced. |
Video
Launcher options in ROW version.
Force windowed[citation needed]
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- Install FF13Fix.
- Open
FF13Fix.ini .
- Change
ForceWindowedMode = false to ForceWindowedMode = true .
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Force Vsync off[citation needed]
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- Install FF13Fix.
- Open
FF13Fix.ini .
- Change
PresentationInterval = 1 to PresentationInterval = -1 .
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Input
In-game options in ROW version.
- The game comes only with grey Xbox button prompts, without differentiating colors. This mod restores PlayStation and colored Xbox prompts.
- By default only Asian version of the game has this option available. By patching the launcher, it can be unlocked for all versions of the game.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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See audio volume is low. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 5.1. No in-game option. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Loses focus by minimizing in windowed mode. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Worldwide (audio not available in Asia) |
English |
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Mod which restores English subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Traditional Chinese |
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Asia only |
Traditional Chinese |
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Mod which restores Traditional Chinese subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
French |
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Not available in Asia |
French |
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Mod which restores French subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
German |
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Not available in Asia |
German |
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Mod which restores German subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Italian |
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Not available in Asia |
Italian |
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Mod which restores Italian subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Japanese |
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Worldwide (UI and subtitles only available in Asia) |
Japanese |
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Mod which restores Japanese subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Korean |
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Asia only |
Korean |
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Mod which restores Korean subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Spanish |
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Not available in Asia |
Spanish |
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Mod which restores Spanish subtitles to any version of the game. Download here. |
Polish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Russian |
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Fan translation by «FFRTT.ru» |
Issues fixed
Missing effects and text at resolutions higher than 1280x720
- Display resolutions other than 1280x720 can cause certain UI effects and the notes portion of the text after scanning an enemy to not render.
Inconsistent 60 FPS
- While there are several workarounds and fixes for inconsistent FPS (an issue not entirely unique to the PC port[12][13]), this may be due to issues within the game engine itself.[14][15]
- As the game was originally designed for the PlayStation 3's Cell processor, this port incorrectly processes all game logic on a single thread, making single-core responsiveness imperative.
- The engine's resource management could be broken, leaving the CPU and GPU either underutilized or utilized in an improper way.[16]
- The game also uses a custom frame rate pacer that locks the frame rate to refresh rate intervals similarly to Vertical Sync, but much more aggressively.[17]
Use FF13Fix to immensely improve the frame rate
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In the GPU control panel set the power management mode to prefer maximum performance. Also Set triple buffering to on as well. this is required if you are using or not using the FF13Fix
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- If not using the FF13Fix then do the following:
Turn off the mini-map in-game
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The mini-map can drop the frame rate up to 10-20FPS depending on the area in game. You can toggle the mini-map off in-game to improve the performance.
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Constant stuttering in game
- This issue is the game's controller hot plugging function constantly searching if a controller is connected or not and timing out, thereby causing the stutters. It fires the event every one second.
- Follow this below if you are not using FF13Fix
Play the game with a controller instead of mouse/keyboard, or fake using one with vjoy[18]
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Shadows appear pixelated, jagged and blocky
Example of pixelated and jagged shadows at lower shadow resolution.
- Shadow rendering is a bit different compared to the console versions, and they appear pixelated and jagged at lower shadow resolutions and blocky at higher shadow resolutions.[19]
Increase the shadow resolution in the game launcher
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This helps in mitigating the issue to an extent and makes them less pixelated and jagged, but causes them to render quite blocky. The optimal shadow resolution recommended is 4096x4096.
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Artifacts on character hair
- This is a bug that can occur on certain Nvidia cards where small black artifacts will keep flashing at some parts of the character's hair.
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tagOn certain PC's the option is disabled from the driver side, resulting in this bug.
In the Nvidia Control Panel ensure "Antialiasing - Mode" is not set to "Off" in "Manage 3D settings"
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In the AMD Catalyst Control Panel ensure "Anti-Aliasing Samples" is not set to "None" in "3D Application Settings"
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Game uses incorrect refresh rate
- By default the game forces a 60 Hz refresh rate in full screen mode.
Use FF13Fix
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- You can edit
FF13Fix.ini to specify a custom refresh rate.
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Force exclusive fullscreen
Use FF13Fix
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- Install FF13Fix.
- Set
Borderless = true in FF13Fix.ini .
- Set windowed mode and the internal resolution you want to use in the launcher.
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- Use this if you are not using the FF13Fix
Pixelated screen bug when using 2560x1440 resolution
- 2560x1440 resolution breaks the game, making it look more pixelated than it should.[20]
Use FF13Fix
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- The internal resolution is reduced to 2559x1440 to workaround the issue.
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Audio volume is low
- The game has a low volume level that is about half as loud as a typical game, and there are no in-game volume options. The only thing a player can do is crank up their speaker volume.
Controller vibration doesn't work
- The game lacks the controller vibration support found in the console versions entirely.
Mouse cursor stays on screen
- The mouse cursor may appear on program launch and will not disappear.[22]
Use FF13Fix[citation needed]
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- Install FF13Fix.
- Open
FF13Fix.ini .
- Change
HideCursor = false to HideCursor = true .
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Crash to desktop on Chapter 8: City of Dreams (Nautilus)
- If not using the FF13Fix then do the following:
Change resolution temporarily[23]
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- Set the game to run in windowed mode, or a lower resolution full-screen mode.
- Run through where the crash occurs and watch the cutscene
- save the game and change it back to your regular settings
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Launcher doesn't launch
Bypass the launcher and run the program directly[24]
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Run <path-to-game>\white_data\prog\win\bin\ffxiiiimg.exe with the desired command line arguments:[11]
-Width=1920 and -Height=1080 control the width and height of the display resolution.
-Shadow=512 controls the shadow resolution (512, 1024, 2048, 4096, or 8192).
-Msaa=4 controls the MSAA amount (2, 4, 8, or 16).
-FullScreenMode=Force runs in full screen mode. -Fullscreen=window-mode forces windowed mode.
-VoiceJPMode runs the game with Japanese audio. Without this the game has English audio.
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Other Issues that can arise
Could not secure sufficient VRAM
- This issue occurs when launching the game due to the inability to allocate the required VRAM.[25]
- Check if you meet the system requirements through Steam. It can be done directly by entering
steam://checksysreqs/292120
in a web browser. There are additional checks such as Can You RUN it available.[25]
- Run "dxdiag.exe" and ensure at least 256 MB is shown under "Approx. Total Memory" under the "Display" tab.[25]
Close other applications and services using VRAM[citation needed]
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Assign more RAM to the GPU[25]
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This is a method for just one particular setup. Other setups may vary.
- Restart and enter the BIOS configuration when starting up, typically by pressing one of the F1-F12 or DEL keys.
- Under "Peripherals" then "GFX Configs" ensure the "Graphic Interface" is set to "Force".
- An option to assign RAM should appear. Select the a sufficient higher value from the list such as 2 GB.
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- Symptoms of this issue include continuous cursor cycling through menu entries as if the user was pressing a directional button.
Disable offending HIDs in Device Manager[26]
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Go into Device Manager and start disabling your Human Interface Devices (HIDs) one by one until you find which one is causing the issue. It's been reported that redundant HID-compliant gaming controllers are usually the issue, often created by third party accessories such as DolphinBar.
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Crashes when saving
- The game can crash on certain configs when saving with Steam Cloud synchronization active. This can also result in corrupted save files.
Disable Steam Cloud synchronization for the game[citation needed]
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- Right-click the game in your Steam library and select "Properties".
- Uncheck/deselect "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for FINAL FANTASY XIII" under "Steam Cloud" in the "Updates" tab.
- You'll have to copy your saved data from Steam Cloud to
%LOCALAPPDATA%\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXIII\save\ .
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- This issue seems to happen when using the controller in wireless mode.
Try using the controller plugged in via USB
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Additional mods
FF XIII HD Full Motion Video
- This mod aims to improve the visual quality of the pre rendered cutscenes through modern image upscaling techniques. More information about it can be found on the nexus page of the mods.
The mod has to be downloaded in parts from the pages
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- If you are playing with English audio, then download it from here
- If playing with Japanese audio, then download from here
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- This mod is a texture pack that improves the overall texture quality of the game.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2 |
Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz dual core
| Intel Core 2 Quad (2.66 GHz) AMD Phenom II X4 (2.8 GHz) |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
60 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8 Series ATI Radeon HD 2000 series 256 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5870 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9.0c compatible |
DirectX 11 compatible |
Other |
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XInput controller (map DirectInput controllers using drivers)[28] |
Notes
References