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===[https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371 4gb Patch]=== | ===[https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371 4gb Patch]=== | ||
{{++}} Enables support for 4GB LAA, this should allow for smoother gameplay, faster loading times, better fps and less frequent crashes | {{++}} Enables support for 4GB LAA, this should allow for smoother gameplay, faster loading times, better fps and less frequent crashes | ||
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− | # Apply the patch to <code>{{p|game}}\alba_data\prog\win\bin\ | + | # Apply the patch to <code>{{p|game}}\alba_data\prog\win\bin\ffxiii2img.exe</code>. |
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Revision as of 15:29, 9 September 2022
Developers | |
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Square Enix | |
tri-Ace | |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Engines | |
Crystal Tools | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 11, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
IGDB | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Continuous turn-based |
Perspectives | Third-person, Cinematic camera |
Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
Genres | JRPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Final Fantasy |
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a singleplayer third-person and cinematic camera JRPG game in the Final Fantasy series.
Final Fantasy XIII is a JRPG that was released on PC in 2014. It was developed and published by Square Enix.
The game was released in 2011 on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game was made to adress some of the criticisms of the first game by refining the combact system and the exploration mechanics and by adding time traveling. The PC version offers a Japanese-exclusive easy mode.
The game has some visual glitches on resolutions higher than 720p and framerate could be unstable on less powerful hardware. Also Some dlcs also didn't make it to the pc version and some of them are still officially japanese exclusives. All of those problems could be alleviated with mods.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Only sold in bundle with Final Fantasy XIII. | |||
Publisher website | European store. | |||
Publisher website | North American store. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. The avaiable dlcs are included and cannot be purchased separately. Missinng dlcs can be restored with this mod. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | The game has no microtransactions. |
Essential improvements
FF13Fix
- Mod that fixes low framerates on capable machines, and uncaps framerates. How this works:
- Removes aggressive frame pacer (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.
4gb Patch
- Enables support for 4GB LAA, this should allow for smoother gameplay, faster loading times, better fps and less frequent crashes
Use the 4gb Patch |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\setup.xml[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292140/pfx/[Note 2] |
- All in-game configuration is stored in the save game data. The title screen configuration is not preserved between sessions.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXIII-2\save |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/292140/remote/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292140/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Up to 50 save files (886.92 MB) can be synced. | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
- No graphics options in-game, all video settings must be changed from the launcher. If the launcher has been disabled, it can be started manually from
<path-to-game>\FFXiii2Launcher.exe
.
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set in launcher or see Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Unknown level. Can be improved up to 16x through the GPU control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. Can't be disabled, 2x MSAA is the minimum setting. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Default on. See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | Pre-rendered cutscenes and some menus (e.g. the Equipment menu) are capped at 30 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. Uncapping the frame rate causes facial animation bugs during in-game cutscenes.[1] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Windowed
Force windowed mode |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Force borderless mode |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Force Vsync off |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Movement and camera orientation keys are not remappable.[2] | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | No cursor. Left click acts as Confirm, right click acts as Cancel. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse input. Keyboard is required to exit the game. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Manual toggle through the On-screen Button Explanations setting. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See DualShock 4. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | Use Console Button Prompts mod. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Generic DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Use FF13Fix. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Only stereo and 6 channels modes function correctly, see Broken surround sound. No in-game option. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- Languages are region locked. French, German, Italian and Spanish text is not available in Asia while Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean text is only available in Asia. English audio is not available in Asia. A mod which allows for text in any language in any version of the game is available here.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «FFRTT.ru». | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Inconsistent 60 FPS
- The section on this issue for Final Fantasy XIII applies to this game as well. This game further complicates this issue with additional post-processing effects and framepacer, which locks the framerate to 30 most of the time.
In the GPU control panel, set the power management mode to Prefer Maximum Performance. This is required even if you are not using FF13Fix. Set triple buffering to "On" as well. |
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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. |
Broken surround sound
- This issue occurs when not in stereo (2 channels) or 6 channel mode due to the game incorrectly filling audio buffers, causing buzzing audio and incorrect voice positioning.[3][4]
Doing any of the following steps can fix the issue
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Issues unresolved
Incorrect Shadow calculation for models with alpha channel
- On Console versions, whatever model shape that the alpha channel has created is taken into account when shadows are cast. In the PC version, the model shape generated by the alpha channel is not considered for shadow calculation and instead the model shape without the alpha channel is taken into account and shadows of that are cast.[6]
No fix as of now. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Crystal Tools | |
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Mods
Console Content Patch
- Restores all DLC normally unavailable in-game due to copyright and licensing issues.
- This patch has to be installed first before installing any of the mods and patches listed below.
Install patch[7] |
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Leviathan's Tears Mod
- Fixes broken translucency of the rain effect which is due to Square Enix adding an unnecessary additional alpha texture for the PC port. This mod replaces the texture file entirely with the one from the PlayStation 3 version.
- this mod requires Console Content Patch
Install mod[8] |
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FF XIII-2 HD
- Improves the quality of some of the textures and increases the polygon count of the characters models.
Better quality audio for pre-rendered cutscenes
- Adds higher quality audio from the PlayStation 3 version to the PC version's pre-rendered cutscenes.
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) | 1.5 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8 series ATI Radeon HD 4000 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5870 |
Other | XInput controller |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/292140/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (292140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ FF13Fix: Performance and bug fixes for the PC versions of FF13 and FF13-2 - Uncaps the frame rate (optional)
- ↑ Game's manual on Steam
- ↑ FFXIII Series Outside Developer POV
- ↑ Sound problem. :: FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 General Discussions
- ↑ Audio workaround on NeoGAF
- ↑ Shadows and alpha textures
- ↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2022-08-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2022-08-11
- The original mod from the author's official download page doesn't work anymore due to a tiny error in the script. The version of the mod uploaded on PCGW is fixed and works as intended.