Difference between revisions of "Grandia II Anniversary Edition"

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Grandia
Grandia II	2002
Grandia Online	2009
Grandia II Anniversary Edition	2015
Grandia HD Remaster	2019

For the original release, see Grandia II.

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.

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Anniversary Edition. Has not been updated to Grandia II HD Remaster.
Humble Store
Steam

The 2015 Anniversary Edition is available to re-download on Steam at any time.

Steam: Change to the Anniversary Edition version
Launch Steam. Select the game, `Right-click` on it and select Properties. Open the Betas tab. Change Select the beta you would like to opt into to `anniversary_edition` and click Close. Launch the game after the download has finished.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\saves\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/330390/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\saves\grandia2_###.VMS^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/330390/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Essential improvements

HQ Music Mod

HQ Music Mod^[1]

Download the mod here
If playing with English audio, files will belong in <path-to-game>/Data/Sound
If playing with Japanese audio, files will belong in <path-to-game>/Data/Sound_n
Backup the entire /Sound or /Sound_n folder somewhere. You don't have to, if you need to revert the entire thing, you can just re-verify the files.
Drag and drop the contents of the OGG folder to the /Sound or /Sound_n folder
Refer to the ReadME or download page for additional instructions for noted optional files.

HD Interface Mod

No longer necessary for Grandia II HD Remaster. This is applicable to Anniversary Edition.

leandroeidi's HD Mod^[2]
Download the mod here Make a backup of your `<path-to-game>\data\afs` folder. This mod will overwrite many files in there and you should keep a backup to make it possible to undo everything. Copy the `data` folder to `<path-to-game>`

Video settings

Video settings (HD Remaster).

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Keyboard bindings (HD Remaster).

Controller bindings (HD Remaster).

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings (HD Remaster).

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Japanese

Japanese Text

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.


Go to <path-to-game>\data\saves\ Open `config.ini` Navigate to `text_language` and set it to `1` Launch Grandia II HD Remaster directly through the executable and not through the launcher. The launcher will change the language back to a non-Japanese option.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	XAudio2
Input	SDL2
Cutscenes	MPlayer

System requirements

Windows
	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
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>/330390/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (330390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/330390/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (330390) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/330390/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (330390) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] ttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=673761272

[4] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/330390/discussions/0/520519112492477670/?ctp=12

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 98: / Line 98: @@
 <!-- Do the Helix Mod hacks still work with the HD Remaster update? -->
 <!-- If yes, replace with the commented-out entries -->
+{{Image|Grandia II HD Video Settings.png.png|Video settings (''HD Remaster'').}}
 {{Video settings
 |wsgf link                  =
@@ Line 131: / Line 132: @@
 |vsync notes                = Always enabled.
 |60 fps                     = false
-|60 fps notes               = Field exploration is capped at 30fps. Battles are capped at 60fps.
+|60 fps notes               = Field exploration and menus are capped at 30fps. Battles are capped at 60fps.
 |120 fps                    = false
 |120 fps notes              =
@@ Line 141: / Line 142: @@
 ==Input settings==
+{{Image|Grandia II HD Keyboard Bindings.png|Keyboard bindings (''HD Remaster'').}}
+{{Image|Grandia II HD Controller Bindings.png|Controller bindings (''HD Remaster'').}}
 {{Input settings
 |key remap                 = true
@@ Line 205: / Line 208: @@
 ==Audio settings==
+{{Image|Grandia II HD Audio Settings.png|Audio settings (''HD Remaster'').}}
 {{Audio settings
 |separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    = Music, Speech, Sound Effects, Footsteps, Ambience
+|separate volume notes    = Music, Speech, SFX, Ambience, and Footsteps.
 |surround sound           = true
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = true
-|subtitles notes          =
+|subtitles notes          = FMV sequences only. English subtitles are only displayed when playing with Japanese audio.
 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
-|mute on focus lost notes =
+|mute on focus lost notes = Can be enabled or disabled in launcher's video settings.
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes        =

Developers

Original game	Game Arts
Anniversary Edition	SkyBox Labs
HD Remaster	Sickhead Games
Publishers
	GungHo Online Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	August 24, 2015