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Key points
- Also known as Hour of Darkness. Content previously only available with PSP version of the game, Afternoon of Darkness, is included in the game.
- While the PC version is much cheaper, it lacks the enhancements that are in the newer PS4 and Switch version and even newer mobile version, like HD character sprites and auto-battle.
General information
- Official site for game series.
- Official forum, not PC-specific.
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Version differences
- Digital Deluxe Dood Edition was only available in pre-order period and contained artbook and soundtrack. Soundtrack is currently unavailable because of licencing issues and will contain 10 remastered tracks instead of 32 original ones.[1]
- Digital Dood Edition contains artbook.
- Deluxe Dood Edition was limited physical version which was purchasable either with or without digital Steam key. It contained hard covered physical artbook and soundtrack as CD with all 32 original tracks.
Essential improvements
- Official Steam discussion thread and GitHub repository.
- Mod is still under development, so new features and fixes are still being added.
- Adds proper VSYNC support
- Uncaps the 720p internal resolution
- Removes artifacts caused by sprite smoothing
- Enhances SSAO quality
- Fixes bad texture coordinates on many sprites
- Bypasses Intel integrated GPUs on laptops
- Improves OpenGL performance
- Supports custom button icons
- Supports custom resolutions
- Adds cursor management
- Adds UI color customization
- Adds MSAA support
- Adds support for Steam Controllers
- Adds a PSN Trophy sound on achievement unlock (can be replaced with any .wav file in OpenGL32.ini)
Install the Pretty Prinny mod[citation needed]
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- Download and extract the mod files.
- Copy and paste the files excluding
pad.* files into <path-to-game>.
- Open the
PrettyPrinny.ini with preferred text editor and edit settings.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Graphics settings. Full Screen Window option isn't visible if game is set to Fullscreen mode.
- For 2D sprites, character filter option which toggles scaling between nearest neighbor and bilinear filtering. Use Pretty Prinny to fix issues with bilinear filtering.
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Audio toggleable in game. |
Japanese |
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Audio toggleable in game. |
Korean |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Issues fixed
- Known issues thread and bug reporting.
Not launching
- Can include error message of MSVCP120.dll being missing.
- Game suddenly fails to launch after working previously.
Delete game.cfg
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- Find where the game is installed to and delete the game.cfg file in the directory/folder.
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Crashing
Low FPS
- Most of the issues with optimization, hardware utilizing and controller querying should be fixed with patch 03-02-16.[3]
Unsubscribe from Steam's Beta client[4]
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Use dedicated GPU (laptops)[citation needed]
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- Force use of dedicated GPU through either Nvidia control panel or AMD Catalyst Control Center, either globally or game-specific profile.
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- Should be fixed as latest patches include native XInput support.[5]
- This is most likely caused by game detecting some of computers devices as controller and picking it up as primary/only one. This can mean physical devices like mouse and webcams[6] to virtual and physical unused controllers.
- People with Steam Link and Controller seem to be having major issues with this, see further below for solution.
Remove unused controllers[citation needed]
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- Push ⊞ Win+R and type joy.cpl then push OK.
- From Advanced settings... set your used controller as primary one and then push OK.
- Locate all unused controllers listed and either unplug them physically, disable them from device manager or with virtual controllers uninstall from control panel.
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Steam Controller and Link
Use Pretty Prinny[citation needed]
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- Use customized
pad.cfg that comes with the mod.
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Analog stick acts as 8-directional digital input
- Update to the game in March 17, 2016 added native XInput 1.4 support into the game, however it altered the input so that analog movement doesn't work anymore. It also made Steam controller and link work with the game, but at the same time introduced issues with XInput devices especially with windows version of 7 and earlier.
Use Pretty Prinny[citation needed]
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- Use
dis1_st.exe that comes with the mod, which is game executable before the patch.
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Black/missing textures with Pretty Prinny
Set ForceMipmaps to false in PrettyPrinny.ini [7]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
OpenGL |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
OpenAL |
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Input |
WinMM |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.60 GHz
| Intel Core i5-2500 3.30 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5450 OpenGL 3.0 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5750 |
Sound (audio device) |
Onboard | |
Notes
References