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{{Fixbox|description=Block Easy Anti Cheat from starting with the game|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Tamodolo|date=2020-07-11|comment=Changed the name of the actual Launch_Game.exe to Launch_Game1.exe. This is enough for keeping it from start.}}</ref>|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Block Easy Anti Cheat from starting with the game|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Tamodolo|date=2020-07-11|comment=Changed the name of the actual Launch_Game.exe to Launch_Game1.exe. This is enough for keeping it from start.}}</ref>|fix= | ||
* Go into the <code>{{P|game}}</code> folder. Change the "'''sao_al.exe'''" name to "'''Launch_Game.exe'''". | * Go into the <code>{{P|game}}</code> folder. Change the "'''sao_al.exe'''" name to "'''Launch_Game.exe'''". | ||
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Revision as of 18:47, 2 April 2021
Developers | |
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Aquria | |
Publishers | |
Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
Engines | |
PhyreEngine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 9, 2020 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic, Currency, Loot box |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG, Open world, JRPG, Visual novel |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Sword Art Online |
Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person ARPG, open world, JRPG and visual novel game in the Sword Art Online series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Deluxe Month 1 Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Month 1 Edition also available. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Premium Pass | ||
Warmaid Outfit | Only available on the Bandai Namco website. | |
Design Contest Costumes | Only available as part of the Month 1 Edition. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Skins, Emotes and Weapon skins for the characters. |
Currency | SAO coins. |
Loot box | "Cube" System working as a Loot box. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\sao_al\userdata\GRPCFG.bin |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1009290/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1009290\remote |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1009290/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | [2] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed to 16:9. Stretched on non-16:9 resolutions when "Maintain Aspect Ratio" is set to "Off".[3] |
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4K Ultra HD | [4] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Referred to as "Camera Range" in Camera Settings. Limited to three presets that cannot be adjusted. |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Exclusive fullscreen also supported. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Off, x2, x4, x8 and x16 available. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | On/Off toggle only. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabling both vsync and exclusive fullscreen forces a 60 FPS cap regardless of the display refresh rate.[5] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | An optional 30 FPS cap is also available. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Referred to as "Camera Rotation Speed" in Camera Settings. Limited to three presets that cannot be adjusted. |
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Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for BGM, SFX, Event Voice, Voice SFX and Movie Volume as well as Environmental Sounds. Event BGM Volume is limited to three presets that cannot be adjusted. |
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Surround sound | Stereo only.[6] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | Co-op |
Issues unresolved
Misaligned bloom effect
The bloom effect may cause a misaligned phantom green residual image of the bloom effect. No known solution is available.[7]
Issues resolved
There are two ways to avoid this problem:
Block Easy Anti Cheat from starting with the game[8] |
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Keep EAC from using too much resourse[9] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Criware | |
Cutscenes | Criware | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | Can be disabled by changing the game's .exe name. Update 1.21 added the option on Steam to start the game without EAC at the cost of online functionality. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7-4790 | Intel Core i7-9700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA Geforce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7950 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/1009290/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1009290) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-07-16
- Using Special K and its thread widget reveals a bunch of PhyreEngineWorkerThread threads being used.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-07-10
- Tested at 5760x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-07-10
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-07-10
- Tested at 3840x2060 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-07-10
- Tested with a custom 1080p resolution with 50 Hz. Borderless windowed does Vsync correctly to the set refresh rate.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2020-07-10
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ Verified by User:Tamodolo on 2020-07-11
- Tested in native 1440p resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Tamodolo on 2020-07-11
- Changed the name of the actual Launch_Game.exe to Launch_Game1.exe. This is enough for keeping it from start.
- ↑ Verified by User:Tamodolo on 2020-07-11
- This solution can still cause some fps drops but is fairly better than doing nothing.