Grandia 2 Anniversary Edition Edit the Text File
For the original release, see Grandia II.
Developers | |
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Original game | Game Arts |
Anniversary Edition | SkyBox Labs |
HD Remaster | Sickhead Games |
Publishers | |
GungHo Online Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 24, 2015 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Grandia |
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Grandia | |
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Grandia II | 2002 |
Grandia Online | 2009 |
Grandia II Anniversary Edition | 2015 |
Grandia HD Remaster | 2019 |
Contents
- 1 Availability
- 2 Game data
- 2.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 2.2 Save game data location
- 2.3 Save game cloud syncing
- 3 Essential improvements
- 3.1 HQ Music Mod
- 3.2 HD Interface Mod
- 4 Video
- 5 Input
- 6 Audio
- 6.1 Localizations
- 6.1.1 Japanese Text
- 6.1 Localizations
- 7 Other information
- 7.1 API
- 7.2 Middleware
- 8 System requirements
- 9 Notes
- 10 References
Key points
- Updated version of Grandia II featuring improved textures, lighting and shadows, the original Japanese voice option and an additional difficulty level.
- An update was released for the Steam version on October 15, 2019 to coincide with Grandia HD Remaster, renaming the game to Grandia II HD Remaster and featuring further changes including improved interface textures, better 16:9 and gamepad support, and French, German, and Japanese language options.
- The HD Remaster update removes options present in AE, as well as removes 4:3 support entirely, crops videos to fit 16:9, performs worse, adds aliasing that isn't present in AE, does not fix major issues with Audio/Video/Animation synchronization, and the mouse cursor no longer auto hides itself.[1]
- Most updated textures are upscaled with the majority of textures untouched. Text is inconsistently updated, as some is high res and some is low res. Visual comparison here.
- Audio files are poor quality with a lower average bitrate compared to previous versions of the game. See HQ Music Mod for a fix.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability [edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com ( unavailable ) |
| Anniversary Edition. Has not been updated to Grandia II HD Remaster. Delisted on June 17, 2020 [2] |
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Humble Store |
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Steam |
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- The 2015 Anniversary Edition is available to re-download on Steam at any time.
Steam: Change to the Anniversary Edition version |
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Game data [edit]
Configuration file(s) location [edit]
Save game data location [edit]
Save game cloud syncing [edit]
Essential improvements [edit]
HQ Music Mod [edit]
HQ Music Mod[3] |
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HD Interface Mod [edit]
- No longer necessary for Grandia II HD Remaster. This is applicable to Anniversary Edition.
leandroeidi's HD Mod[4] |
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Video [edit]
Video settings (HD Remaster).
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 rendering support has been removed in HD Remaster. All video files have been cropped to 16:9. Roll back to AE for 4:3. | ||
Multi-monitor | [5] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | [6] | ||
4K Ultra HD | [7] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Launcher has a list of preset resolutions, starting from "1280x720", to as high as "3840x2160", depending on your monitor. A custom resolution of your choice can also be entered into the resolution box before startup. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Used in place of exclusive fullscreen. This causes performance problems and stuttering.[8] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Enabled by default. Can be reduced or improved through the graphics card control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA, however mipmap rendering has been changed causing texture aliasing that MSAA can't fix that didn't exist in AE. Visual comparison here (Look at the table cloth and floor boards to the left). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | The game relies on DWM for Vsync since it is borderless.[9] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Field exploration and menus are capped at 30FPS. Battles are capped at 60FPS. The option to switch the game entirely to 30FPS has been removed in HD Remaster. Roll back to AE for 30FPS option.[10] |
Input [edit]
Keyboard bindings (HD Remaster).
Controller bindings (HD Remaster).
Audio [edit]
Audio settings (HD Remaster).
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Speech, SFX, Ambience, and Footsteps. | |
Surround sound | Stereo only. | |
Subtitles | FMV sequences only. English subtitles are only displayed when playing with Japanese audio. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Can be enabled or disabled in launcher's video settings. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese |
Japanese Text [edit]
- Despite not being advertised, Japanese text is present in Grandia II HD Remaster and appears to be functional but can't be enabled in the launcher. Japanese text will be officially supported at a later date.
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Other information [edit]
API [edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware [edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | XAudio2 | |
Input | SDL2 | |
Cutscenes | MPlayer |
System requirements [edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 | Intel Pentium G4500 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 240 DirectX 11 compatible | AMD Radeon HD 7570 DirectX 12 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 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>/330390/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (330390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:BONKERS on 2019-11-08
- ↑ Grandia II Anniversary Edition delisting - last accessed on 2020-11-9
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=673761272
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/330390/discussions/0/520519112492477670/?ctp=12
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2019-10-24
- Tested on an multi-monitor setup.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2019-10-24
- Tested at 2560x1080 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2019-10-24
- Tested at 3840x2160 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:BONKERS on 2019-11-08
- ↑ Verified by User:BONKERS on 2019-11-08
- ↑ Verified by User:BONKERS on 2019-11-08
Grandia 2 Anniversary Edition Edit the Text File
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