Difference between revisions of "Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Japanese only.
Steam		Install the latest patch to remove DRM.
GamersGate (unavailable)
GOG.com (unavailable)

Demo version available at the official site.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patch can be downloaded from the official site. GOG.com and Steam versions should be up to date (though installing the patch on the Steam version will remove the DRM).

Fancy Screen Patch for Recettear

Arbitrary resolutions of aspect-ratios at-least as wide as 4:3.

Frame interpolation for over 60 FPS.

Scale pixel sprites to integral scaling.

Restricting the width of the HUD to a subset of the game’s width.

Configure control reminders.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\recet.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70400/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save.dat^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70400/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Configuration tool.

Window settings.

This game uses a launch configuration tool for video and input settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 resolutions only (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x960). See Fancy Screen Patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Fancy Screen Patch.
4K Ultra HD		Resolution can be overridden using DgVoodoo2 (widescreen not recommended, try 1440x1080 (1080p), 1920x1440 (1440p), or 2880x2160 (4K))
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Freely resizeable with optional aspect ratio lock. Resized from selected base resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Fancy Screen Patch.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force in the graphics card control panel. Supersampling can be forced with Nvidia Profile Inspector. MSAA can also be applied with DgVoodoo2
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default. Can be forced off in the graphics card control panel. Ensure that you do not force "fast" vsync.
60 FPS		Options for 60, 30, 20, 12 or 6 FPS cap.
120+ FPS		See Fancy Screen Patch.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		All keys have to be bound at once.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used in game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only configuration utility and windowed mode buttons.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput.
Full controller support		Configuration utility can't be navigated with controller, but is separate executable. May require initial setup with mouse and keyboard.
Controller remapping		All keys have to be bound at once.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Also used for keyboard.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

General in-game settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Almost all speech is text. Actual speech is single words and expressions.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Only one language included with every version. With Steam it's possible to change version from game properties.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English version has no speech; everything is text-based.
Japanese

Issues fixed

Frame drops and stuttering on Windows 10

Disable MaximizedWindowedModeShim^{[citation needed]}
Download patched d3d8.dll. Extract `d3d8.dll` to the installation folder.

Game crashes when starting in full screen mode

Start in Windowed mode^{[citation needed]}
Start the game in windowed mode. Change to full screen mode with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.

Change desktop resolution^{[citation needed]}
Reduce your desktop resolution to 1024x768.

Game crashes on startup / No sound during gameplay

Fix only applicable to ASUS Xonar Soundcard

Changing settings^{[citation needed]}
Open Xonar Control Panel Under DSP, deactivate GX

Game crashes / Non-responsive main menu

Install update patch^{[citation needed]}
Install the update patch from the official website. This will stop freezing during certain sequences. It will also remove the DRM from the Steam version.

Using compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}
Run recettear.exe using Windows XP Compatibility mode

Disable Steam Overlay^{[citation needed]}
Go to the game's properties Disable "Steam Overlay"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1700+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB (XP) 512 MB (Vista/7)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (70400) 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (70400) 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] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (70400) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
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 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|recettear-an-item-shops-tale|76}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 |steam appid  = 70400
 |gogcom id    = 1441875624
@@ Line 30: / Line 43: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail |  | Unknown | Japanese only. | | Windows}}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-RAIST | DRM-free | Version 1.106. English only. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 70400 | Steam, DRM-Free | Install the [[#Patches|latest patch]] to remove DRM. | | Windows}}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | recettear-an-item-shops-tale | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | recettear_an_item_shops_tale | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 70400 | Steam, DRM-Free | Install the [[#Patches|latest patch]] to remove DRM. | | Windows}}
 }}
 {{ii}} Demo version available at the [http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/downloads.htm official site].
@@ Line 38: / Line 51: @@
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-{{ii}} Latest patch can be downloaded from the [http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/downloads.htm official site]. GOG.com and Steam versions should be up to date (though installing the patch on the Steam version will remove the DRM).
+{{ii}} Latest patch can be downloaded from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211106063628/http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/downloads.htm official site]. GOG.com and Steam versions should be up to date (though installing the patch on the Steam version will remove the DRM).
+===[https://github.com/just-harry/FancyScreenPatchForRecettear Fancy Screen Patch for Recettear]===
+{{++}} Arbitrary resolutions of aspect-ratios at-least as wide as 4:3.
+{{++}} Frame interpolation for over 60 FPS.
+{{++}} Scale pixel sprites to integral scaling.
+{{++}} Restricting the width of the HUD to a subset of the game’s width.
+{{++}} Configure control reminders.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 53: / Line 76: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = false
+|steam cloud               = false
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Recettear - Configuration tool.png|Configuration tool.}}
 {{Image|Recettear - Windowed.png|Window settings.}}
 {{ii}} This game uses a launch configuration tool for video and input settings.
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 79: / Line 102: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = false
+|widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Supported resolutions are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x960.
+|widescreen resolution notes= 4:3 resolutions only (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x960). See [[#Fancy_Screen_Patch_for_Recettear|Fancy Screen Patch]].
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = false
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Fancy_Screen_Patch_for_Recettear|Fancy Screen Patch]].
-|4k ultra hd                = false
+|4k ultra hd                = hackable
 |4k ultra hd notes          = Resolution can be overridden using [http://www.dege.freeweb.hu/ DgVoodoo2] (widescreen not recommended, try 1440x1080 (1080p), 1920x1440 (1440p), or 2880x2160 (4K))
 |fov                        = n/a
@@ Line 91: / Line 114: @@
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             = Freely resizeable with optional aspect ratio lock. Resized from selected base resolution.
-|borderless windowed        = false
+|borderless windowed        = hackable
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Fancy_Screen_Patch_for_Recettear|Fancy Screen Patch]].
 |anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
@@ Line 100: / Line 123: @@
 |vsync notes                = On by default. Can be forced off in the graphics card control panel. Ensure that you do not force "fast" vsync.
 |60 fps                     = true
-|60 fps notes               =
+|60 fps notes               = Options for 60, 30, 20, 12 or 6 FPS cap.
-|120 fps                    = false
+|120 fps                    = hackable
-|120 fps notes              = Options for 60, 30, 20, 12 or 6 FPS cap.
+|120 fps notes              = See [[#Fancy_Screen_Patch_for_Recettear|Fancy Screen Patch]].
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 109: / Line 132: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           = All keys have to be bound at once.
@@ Line 137: / Line 160: @@
 |xbox prompts              = false
 |xbox prompts notes        =
-|impulse triggers          = unknown
+|impulse triggers          = false
 |impulse triggers notes    =
 |dualshock 4               = unknown
@@ Line 153: / Line 176: @@
 |other controllers         = true
 |other controllers notes   =
-|other button prompts      = unknown
+|other button prompts      = Generic
-|other button prompts notes=
+|other button prompts notes= Also used for keyboard.
-|button prompts            = Generic
-|button prompts notes      = Also used for keyboard.
 |controller hotplug        = false
 |controller hotplug notes  =
@@ Line 175: / Line 196: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Recettear - General.png|General in-game settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music, sound and voice.
@@ Line 272: / Line 293: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=

Developers

	EasyGameStation
Publishers
	Carpe Fulgur
Release dates
Windows	December 2007
Reception
Metacritic	82
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase