Chaos;Head

Chaos;Head

Developers
	5pb.
	Nitroplus
Publishers
	Nitroplus
Engines
	N2System
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2008
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Japan, Supernatural
Series	Science Adventure

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).

Key points

Original 2008 release. Does not include the graphical improvements and additional character routes from Chaos;Head NoAH.

General information

Visual Novel Database article

Kiri Kiri Basara - An English fan site and news resource for the Science Adventure series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Japan only.

A guide for purchasing Chaos;Head outside of Japan can be found here.

Essential improvements

English translation

Use Chaotic;Head

The currently recommended English fan translation patch that includes the fixes from the obsolete Di-Patch on top of some additional improvements, including removing the requirement to use Locale Emulator and adding multiple alternative text font options. The patch's webpage also includes instructions for installing the Lingerie Conversion System fanservice DLC. Most of the TIPs list has been left untranslated. Extract the contents of the downloaded zip folder. Run Chaotic_1.30.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Nitroplus\CHAOS;HEAD

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Nitroplus\CHAOS;HEAD

Folder name changes to CHAOTIC;HEAD when using the Chaotic;Head patch.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolution is locked to 800x600.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle in menu or with F.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for voices, music and sound effects with additional sliders for each individual character's voices.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				See English translation.
Japanese

Issues fixed

Game freezes/no rain during the prologue

Install the Basic version of the K-Lite Codec Pack.

Poor performance on Windows 10

Use Compatibility Mode
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon XP 1500+	Intel Pentium 4
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	Minimum resolution of 800x600