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Final Fantasy XIII PC |OT| Lightning must not be forgotten

kevin1025

Banned
We need a Final FantaFix! Or just some Fanta, whichever. With the other two games coming by spring, I imagine there won't be significant changes from what was done here. Kind of sad.
 

galv

Unconfirmed Member
Locked 720p
No AF
Missing controller icons

Anything else?

Jesus why do some companies even bother in the first place...

Some dude on the last page fixed the AF problem. I'm pretty sure you can force AF and AA through drivers. Not ideal, but hey...

And there is an option in menu to get controller icons.
 

Durante

Member
The game was $15, hardly a massive crime all things considered.

Also to Nvidia users, please make sure to force "maximum performance" in your Control Panel for Power Management Options. I was getting 30-60fps spikes everywhere until I noticed my GTX 780 was sitting at 450Mhz (1100Mhz normally) clock speed. The GPU sits at 45C as well so this game is hardly that taxing, just make sure to force that and some AF from the control panel as well (looks a lot better).
Yeah, that's what I expected. The same thing happened with DS1.

On high-end configurations, the game is so not taxing at 720p that the GPU downclocks at default power settings.
 
Digital Foundry doesn't typically care about the PC versions.

That's unusual, I would've thought they'd care about those more than the others!

Regardless, it sounds like it's not a big upgrade on the console versions anyway.

yes , in console version only
but if you import one tiny file from the ps3 version ( around 11 kb ) you can use the arabic dub , and all menu are in arabic
My mind is blown man...

It sounds similar to how on the Japanese version of FFX HD there are English subtitles, but you can only unlock them if you have a hacked PS3.

Hopefully the fix for 1080p on this game is as simple.
 

Sentenza

Gold Member
I'm glad you guys are now feeling the regret that I felt 4 years ago.

I warned you not to buy
Well, I knew the game's reputation and it's not even exactly my cup of tea, but I paid 8€ for it so I decided to give it a chance anyway.
Still, reading what a garbage port it seems to be is making me regret supporting it at all.
 
Hit enter in your url bar to get the images to display.

I always thought the CG videos were 1080p in the PS3 version. They looked pretty darn good to me. Does this mean that the videos here are stuck at 720p too?

They are bink videos, there are plenty of bink capable players out there, just load them up and see what their res is.
 

Braag

Member
My game is still unpacking but reading this thread has me worried. I really hoped for a good port... oh well, at least it wasn't that expensive... right?
The lack of AF or AA doesn't matter much cause we can always force it from stuff like Nvidia Inspector. The forced 720p and no way to change the resolution is what hurts the most.
 

Boogybro

Member
Time, mostly. The effort required to do something like this varies massively with how the game was written.

I really can't say if this would be a 2-days-fix or a 2-years-fix (and thus, in practice, no fix at all) or anything in between until I get at least 2 hours to look at what it does. And yes, I like using the number 2 if I need an arbitrary quantity :p

I'm still unpacking for 25 minutes, so I'll have a shower now and then I'll have a look.

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for whatever reasons I decided to get the game yesterday at GMG. Got the key this morning, haven't activate yet, wonder if I still can return ;_;
 

MayMay

Banned
Hit enter in your url bar to get the images to display.

I always thought the CG videos were 1080p in the PS3 version. They looked pretty darn good to me. Does this mean that the videos here are stuck at 720p too?

Probably. Its funny, until today I didnt even know the PS3 videos were 720p because they looked that good.

But they definitely didnt rerender them, so they're most likely 720p.

Also, why is everyone in meltdown mode? We get Final Fantasy XIII with Japanese Audio and English texts without having to import it for loads of money lol Its 60fps, and the resolution might actually be fixed by the god that is Durante.
 

Goldenhen

Member
Hit enter in your url bar to get the images to display.

I always thought the CG videos were 1080p in the PS3 version. They looked pretty darn good to me. Does this mean that the videos here are stuck at 720p too?

Yes the PS3 version has 1080p but the PC has 720p downsampling from 1080p assuming.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Black bars

Do everyone have them
 

zbarron

Member
Is anyone actually playing the game lol?

Sounds like everyone's stuck on the resolution.
Everyone who was interested in this game played it 5 years ago. This version was supposed to be Graphics
Lightning
Porn for most of us.

forcing AA in driver and playing in window mode works
Nvidia? Ati? And in normal driver or specific software like Nvidia Inspector? This gives me some hope. If we can force AA, AF and it's 60fps maybe we can do more so it's at least slightly better than the PS3 version.
 

Tagyhag

Member
60fps is awesome, but no resolution option is just terrible. I do wonder how big the shitstorm would be if it was locked 30 only.

I'll wait to see what magical Durante can do but you can't blame him if he's powerless. Screw Crystal Tools.
 
The gamepad settings isn't working very well with my gamepad. :< I'm using a PlayStation 2 controller with an adapter thingy.

So I'm going to have to use Xpadder.
Final Fantasy XIII needs a lot of patching...
 

ToD_

Member
So far it seems like the only problem is the resolution. Sure, it's a pretty big one visually. But hey, the game has been out for less than an hour. Let's see what happens. The framerate will at least be above the console versions. With forced AF/AA it will also be visually superior, even if the resolution stays locked.

Anyway, just want to thank Durante for his accomplishments with other games. Regardless of it working out out for this game, I really appreciate the efforts.
 

Tenck

Member
This is so confusing to read. Isn't 60 FPS a good thing? Did it matter what the initial resolution was since everyone knows Durante can unlock it later? Geez.

Yes it matters because now Durante has to take time out of his day to fix something he shouldn't have to.

And ontop of that, we're getting a subpar product day one and have to wait for it to be fixed. Is this so difficult to understand? As a consumer I'm not willing to accept subpar products.
 

Bittercup

Member
About the video quality:
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I don't know if this is 360 quality but don't remember the PS3 version looking like that. Seems lower quality.
I try to make some comparison screens.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Guys

Black bars for everyone?
 

MayMay

Banned
About the video quality:
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ffxiiiimg2014-10-091950j0z.png

ffxiiiimg2014-10-0919ojjcl.png

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I don't know if this is 360 quality but don't remember the PS3 version looking like that. Seems lower quality.
I try to make some comparison screens.

Oh... no.. that.. there.. compression artifacts.. Square.. you.. you had one job. Why is the game so big then?
 
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