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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation

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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation cover
Developers
Idea Factory
Compile Heart
Felistella
Publishers
Idea Factory International
Release dates
Windows May 29, 2015
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Key points

Offers some improvements over Re;Birth 1, including native borderless windowed mode, fix for analog sticks axial direction lock and fixed issues with cutscenes.
Many fixes available for the Re;Birth 1 should work with Re;Birth 2, including Hyperresolution Neptunia mod.
Games resolution option is for windowed mode only and game doesn't feature any other graphical settings. Use Hyperresolution Neptunia to increase either performance or visuals.
Has pretty widespread issue, where FPS drops when Guard break is performed in combat.[1]

General information

Official site
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

DLC and expansion packs

Free DLC is already included with base installation[2] and can be toggled from main menu before starting the game.
Some DLC (Anime Collaboration Set, Histy's Rescue Plans and Nepgear's Beam Zapper ZERO) are known to break games leveling curve, by giving items that far surpass stats of the normal game items from the very start.
Name Notes
DLC Pack GOG.com only. Includes all the DLC.
Windows
Histy's Rehabilitation Package Free DLC.
Windows
Histy's Beginner Package Free DLC.
Windows
Believe in Pippin Set Free DLC.
Windows
Nepgear's 『Nepgear Eye Mask』 Free DLC.
Windows
Anime Collaboration Set Free DLC.
Windows
Additional Content Pack 1
Windows
Additional Content Pack 2
Windows
Additional Content Pack 3
Windows
Histy's Rescue Plans
Windows
Nepgear's Beam Zapper ZERO
Windows

Essential improvements

Hyperresolution Neptunia

Game's resolution options only go up to 1920x1080. With fullscreen game always uses desktop's resolution despite selected resolution option and resolution overall does not go above roughly 1080p.[3][4] This may become problematic for low end machines as resolution is only graphical option to get more performance and high end will get blurry visuals.
With this mod it's possible to force games renderer to use specific resolution. This means it's possible to improve performance with lower values, get better visuals when using desktop's native resolution and use it for downsampling as when using higher resolutions.
This mod may cause certain objects, such as tutorial images, to fail to render on some hardware.[5]
Install the mod[citation needed]
  1. Download archive and extract it into <path-to-game>.
  2. Open gliConfig.ini with preferred text editor.
  3. Change values renderWidth and renderHeight at the top of the file to desired values.
  4. Save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Neptune2.ini[Note 1]
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\351710\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\351710\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Input settings

Controller prompts are always used.
Device select.
Device select.
Keyboard and controller rebinding.
Keyboard and controller rebinding.

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Audio settings

Audio and camera settings.
Audio and camera settings.
Some cutscenes completely lack voice acting and lipsyncing, including in Japanese.
Even though audio sliders are provided, audio mixing is somewhat inconsistent. Most notable example is overworld map music, which much higher constant volume.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Lipsyncing is done for japanese audio.
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team», text + textures or text.

Issues unresolved

Severe FPS drop with Guard Break

This seems to have been the problem since closed beta state and is occurring even on higher end machines. Using Hyperresolution to lower rendering resolution and playing from SSD doesn't fix the issue,[1] but will make the drop last much less.[6]

Game crashing in certain parts

In game parts include entering the "LAN castle" for the first time.
Codecs and codec packs (CCCP, KCP, K-Lite) may be causing issues with the game.[citation needed]
Uninstall all third party codecs[citation needed]
  1. Uninstall all third party codecs.
    • Try to resolve if there's any codec conflicts (e.g. with Microsoft Fixit Codec tool, Codec Tweak tool, InstalledCodec, etc.) and clean registry from possible leftover values (e.g. with CCleaner).
  2. Reboot the machine and try out the game.

Notes

You may also try resetting codec packs settings to defaults.
For some users, this issue seems to be related to some DLC. Playing without DLC solves the issue.[citation needed]

Rainbow textures in dungeons on recent AMD drivers

The developers claim this issue has been resolved as of the 18.2.1 AMD driver release.[7]
Recent AMD drivers break textures in dungeons on most AMD hardware.[8] Driver version 17.7.2 is known to work with re;birth 2.[9]
Downgrading to Radeon Software 17.7.2
  1. Uninstall current graphics drivers if needed.
  2. Install Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2 or older.
  3. Reboot if rainbow textures persist.
Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2 is old enough to cause compatibility problems with other games like Overwatch.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 9
OpenGL 3.3
Shader Model support 4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics E-mote

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.3 compatible
DirectX 10 compatible
Shader model 4 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5xxx, 1 GB 5000 series may not work properly with this game.

Notes

  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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/351710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (351710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guard Break fps drop :: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation General Discussion
  2. Timeline photos - Idea Factory International, Inc. - Facebook - "DLC is not 50% off, BUT the free ones are already included in the game so you don't need to download them separately. :)"
  3. Steam community :: Group announcements :: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 - 1080p windowed support! Note: If you have your in-game video settings set to Fullscreen Mode, the game will automatically adjust to your monitor's resolution.
  4. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 hits Steam January 28th, $14.99, Dual Audio, 900p - FWIW, it's rendering at 1920x1088 on my system, when set to "Fullscreen" [...]
  5. Example of a tutorial image failing to display because of Hyperresolution Neptunia. - last accessed on 2017-12-25
  6. Verified by User:Marioysikax on 17 August 2015
  7. Developer statement - last accessed on 2018-02-21
  8. AMD rainbow textures bug - last accessed on 2017-12-25
  9. Thread discussing AMD driver downgrading - last accessed on 2017-12-25