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Chrono Trigger

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Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger cover
Developers
Square Enix
Engines
Cocos2d
Release dates
Windows February 27, 2018
Reception
IGDB 91
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control, Menu-based
Genres JRPG, RPG
Vehicles Flight
Art styles Anime, Pixel art
Themes Sci-fi
Series Chrono
Chrono Trigger on HowLongToBeat
Chrono Trigger on IGDB
Chrono Trigger guide on StrategyWiki
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Chrono
Chrono Trigger 2018
Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition 2022

Key points

Includes most of the previously exclusive content from earlier versions of the game.[Note 1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Limited Edition Exclusive to early purchasers. Promotion ended 30th April 2018.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Chrono Trigger\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/613830/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Chrono Trigger\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/613830/pfx/[Note 2]
20 save slots available.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 and 4:3 resolutions are available. Widescreen is both Hor+ and Vert-.[1]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Fullscreen mode only.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Gamepad input settings.
Gamepad input settings.
Keyboard input settings.
Keyboard input settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
The game uses the DS translation instead of the SNES translation.

Issues fixed

Game does not launch

Add a working libEGL.dll file to the game folder[2]
  1. Download this archive.
  2. Right click on game in Steam library.
  3. Click Local Files.
  4. Click Browse local files...
  5. Extract the downloaded archive to the folder that opens.

Notes

Creating an empty text file and renaming it to libEGL.dll also seems to work, although it will cause an error message on launch.

Game does not launch with Nvidia GPU (Game close immediately without any error message)

If you have Nvidia Gforce Experience, try turning off: "in game overlay" option.
  1. Click on the Settings icon (gear) on top right.
  2. Click "GENERAL" tab and turn off "IN-GAME OVERLAY" and exit.

Low FPS in-game

Videos play at full frame rate, but gameplay (including menus) runs very slowly.
Disable Steam Overlay[citation needed]
  1. Right click on game in Steam library.
  2. Click Properties.
  3. Uncheck Enable the Steam overlay while in-game, then press Close.

Bad frame-pacing

Videos play at full frame rate, but gameplay (including menus) runs very slowly.
Disable Steam Input
  1. Right click on game in Steam library.
  2. Click Properties.
  3. Go to Controller.
  4. In Override for Chrono Trigger option select Disable Steam Input
Cap your fps to 60
  1. Use Special K or RivaTuner Statistics Server to cap your fps to 60.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 4.6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 530


Notes

  1. While most of the cutscenes from the PS1 version are included, two of them are missing. Similarly, while the game includes most of the exclusive content of the DS version, it lacks the Arena of Ages area as well.
  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>/613830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (613830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References