Grandia II
This page is for the original 2002 release. For the 2015 version, see Grandia II Anniversary Edition.
Developers | |
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Game Arts | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 10, 2002 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Grandia |
Grandia | |
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Grandia II | 2002 |
Grandia Online | 2009 |
Grandia II Anniversary Edition | 2015 |
Grandia HD Remaster | 2019 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS outside of battles.
General information
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Not available via digital distribution.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Move/Rename vGA_LOGO.avi and vubi.avi in <path-to-game>\VISUAL\
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Config.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GRANDIA2_*.sav[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretches from 4:3. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | No native support. See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Forceable through your GPU control panel (OGSSAA works well). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS in battles, 30 FPS elsewhere. |
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Run in borderless fullscreen windowed[citation needed] |
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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 | No controller navigation support in configuration. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Can't view cutscenes
Run GMCONFIG.exe from the installation folder every time you run the game[citation needed]
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The game can corrupt its own config file every time is it run on modern versions of Windows.[citation needed] |
Run Grandia2.exe in Windows XP compatibility mode
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Required for modern versions of Windows to view in-game cutscenes. |
Press F9 to skip the cutscene |
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Game crashes due to music
Replace corrupt .vms music tracks[citation needed] |
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The last nine music tracks on the CD are corrupt. These are |
Millenia never casts Zap
Don't talk to any tutorial givers at any point[citation needed] |
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Talking to the tutorial guy permanently changes the AI. Load a save before you talk to the tutorial guy, or start a new game. Then, don't talk to any tutorial givers at any point. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium III, AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 850 MB (available) | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB texture memory, 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 16 MB texture memory, 32 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8 compatible | |
Other | 8X CD-ROM | 16X CD-ROM, DirectX-compatible game pad |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16