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Bayonetta

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Bayonetta
Bayonetta cover
Developers
Platinum Games
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Platinum Engine
Release dates
Windows April 11, 2017
Bayonetta guide on StrategyWiki
Bayonetta on Wikipedia
Bayonetta
8-Bit Bayonetta 2017
Bayonetta 2017

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a sampler of the game's soundtrack, a digital artbook, some wallpapers, and avatars, which can be found in <path-to-game>\Extras. This version of the game was available only until April 25, 2017.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip startup movies[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movie.
  2. Delete or rename B_US_0000.sfd, PlatinumGames.sfd, and syukyaku_A.sfd.
Criware logo does not have its own separate file and as such cannot be skipped.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Bayonetta\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460790/pfx/[Note 1]
The configuration file, system_data, is encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\460790\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460790/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Widescreen resolution

Remove black bars for all aspect ratios[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Apsect Unlock\.
  2. Double-click on DisableAspectLock.reg to remove the black bars.
  3. Use jackfuste's fix to center the HUD for wide aspect ratios.

Notes

Certain UI elements will be distorted with this lock disabled; for example, the book that appears before boss fights may appear off-center, etc. Double-click on EnableAspectLock.reg to re-enable the 16:9 lock.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Set AA with NVIDIA Profile Inspector[3]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Add a profile for the game.
  3. Set Antialiasing compatibility to one of the following:
    • 0x00001241 for MSAA
    • 0x000012C1 for SGSSAA, OGSSAA or HSAA
    • 0x000032C5 for a higher quality 4xSGSSAA that may require more performance.
  4. If using either SGSSAA option, set Antialiasing fix to On
  5. Set Antialiasing - Mode to the desired option.
  6. If only applying MSAA, do not set anything in the Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling field with this flag; it will either break shadows or make the image very blurry. For SGSSAA the same field must instead be set to the corresponding SGSSAA option to work.
  7. Click Apply to save your changes.

Notes

For the high quality 4xSGSSAA, it's important to disable SSAO in game for this. Otherwise the image is blurry and performance tanks.[4]

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Sound settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Japanese
Russian

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Bayonetta.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Game defaults the monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz. This can result in screen tearing on high refresh rate monitors using G-Sync or FreeSync.
Set screen refresh rate[5]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Bayonetta\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9 Uses D3D9EX, old versions of SweetFX will not work with the game. Reshade does work, but will break forced AA on Nvidia cards.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3220
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 6950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
768 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/460790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (460790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References