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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Windows Entertainment Support, Inc.[1]
Windows Laurel Code[2]
Optimization Tin Giant[3]
Publishers
NIS America
Release dates
Windows April 16, 2018[4]
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Key points

Includes the new English localization.[5]
The internal render resolution used is not tied to the chosen display resolution, see Widescreen resolution.

General information

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GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

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In-game general options.
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In-game HUD options.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\adjust.bin, config.bin, settings.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/579180/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savedata\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/579180/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game screen options.
In-game screen options.
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In-game graphics options.

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Widescreen resolution

The game separates the internal render resolution from the display resolution. To change the internal render resolution, use the Render mode option in the display settings.
Change the internal render resolution of the game[6]
  1. Launch the game and navigate to Display Settings (Options -> Screen).
  2. Change Render mode according to the below list:
    • Low - 1280x720 (HD Ready)
    • Medium - 1920x1080 (Full HD)
    • High - 3200x1800 (same resolution as the PlayStation 4 Pro uses)
    • Ultra - 3840x2160 (4K)
  3. Apply the changes and restart the game to allow the change to take effect.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

The game have no built-in way to configure anisotropic filtering.
Force anisotropic filtering using Special K[6]
  1. Install the latest version of Special K for the game.
  2. While running the game, press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to bring up the Special K control panel.
  3. Expand the Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana section and the subsection called Texture Management.
  4. Enable Anisotropic filtering and set Maximum Anisotropy to a desired value.
  5. Restart the game to allow the changes to take effect.

Notes

Modern GPUs can do 4x anisotropic filtering without any performance penalties.
See the glossary page for other potential workarounds.

Mipmaps

Many textures included with the game lacks mipmaps; causing textures to shimmer when in motion.
Generate mipmaps for textures using Special K[6]
  1. Install the latest version of Special K for the game.
  2. While running the game, press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to bring up the Special K control panel.
  3. Expand the Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana section and the subsection called Texture Management.
  4. Enable Generate Mipmaps and set Texture Streaming Priority to a desired value (or just use the default Balanced).
  5. Enable Cache mipmaps to Disk if you want to prevent mipmaps from being generated anew on each launch. Note that this will require approximately 5-10 GB more disk space.
  6. Restart the game to allow the changes to take effect.

Notes

Performance cost is negligible, although loading times might be slightly longer.

Shadows

The game uses a locked shadow resolution of 4096x4096 by default. This can be increased using Special K.
Shadow resolution can not be decreased.
Increase shadow resolution using Special K[6]
  1. Install the latest version of Special K for the game.
  2. While running the game, press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to bring up the Special K control panel.
  3. Expand the Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana section and the subsection called Shadows.
  4. Change Shadow Resolution according to the below list:
    • Normal - 4096x4096 (game default)
    • High - 8192x8192
    • Very High - 12288x12288
    • Ultra - 16384x16384 (only recommended for high-end machines)
  5. Apply the changes and restart the game to allow the change to take effect.

Input settings

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In-game battle options.
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In-game camera options.

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  • In-game button config for main actions.

  • In-game button config for secondary actions.

  • In-game button config for menu navigating.

  • In-game button config for skill shortcuts.

Audio settings

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In-game sound options.
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In-game localization options.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Japanese

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana.

Issues fixed

Shimmering/aliasing textures

See Mipmaps for a fix.

Blurry image

FXAA of the game is of a noticeable low quality and can hurt image quality at higher resolutions.
Disable FXAA through the in-game settings.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11.1 [3]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz AMD FX-8320 8-Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon R7 370

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/579180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (579180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References