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The Last Remnant

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The Last Remnant
The Last Remnant cover
Developers
Square Enix
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows March 24, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 66
IGDB 57
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls Direct control, Menu-based
Genres JRPG, Strategy
Art styles Anime, Realistic
Themes Fantasy
The Last Remnant on HowLongToBeat
The Last Remnant on IGDB
The Last Remnant guide on StrategyWiki
The Last Remnant on MobyGames
The Last Remnant on Wikipedia

The Last Remnant is a singleplayer cinematic camera and third-person JRPG and strategy game.

Key points

Features a substantial host of improvements and additions over the Xbox 360 version.
Since September 4, 2018, the ability to purchase the game has been indefinitely postponed.[1]

General information

Unofficial Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Publisher website
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European Store
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit .ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open RushEngine.ini.
  3. Navigate to [FullScreenMovie] class on the bottom
  4. Write something after StartupMovies=StartupMovies=SQEX_UTECK_0
  5. Save

Decrease Texture Pop-in

Edit RushEngine.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\
  2. Copy the file RushEngine.ini to a safe location
  3. Now open the version located in its original location (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\) in a text editor
  4. Find the line [SystemSettings]
  5. Change the following lines:
    1. Change Trilinear=FALSE to Trilinear=TRUE
    2. Change bEnableHighPolyChars=FALSE to bEnableHighPolyChars=TRUE
    3. Change ParticleLODBias=0 to ParticleLODBias=-1
    4. Change MaxAnisotropy=4 to MaxAnisotropy=16
  6. Now find the line [TextureStreaming]
  7. Change the following lines:
    1. Change PoolSize=82 to PoolSize=158
    2. Change DropMipLevelsLimit=8 to DropMipLevelsLimit=16
    3. Change StopIncreasingLimit=6 to StopIncreasingLimit=12
    4. Change StopStreamingLimit=4 to StopStreamingLimit=7
    5. Change MinFudgeFactor=1 to MinFudgeFactor=0.5
    6. Change FudgeFactorIncreaseRateOfChange=0.7 to FudgeFactorIncreaseRateOfChange=0.5
    7. Change FudgeFactorDecreaseRateOfChange=-0.6 to FudgeFactorDecreaseRateOfChange=-0.4
    8. Change MinTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=2 to MinTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
    9. Change MaxTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=12 to MaxTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
    10. Change MaxTextureMipCount=13 to MaxTextureMipCount=11
  8. Save the file and open the game

Game data

In-game general settings (1/2).
In-game general settings (1/2).
In-game general settings (2/2).
In-game general settings (2/2).

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/23310/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/23310/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video/audio settings (1/2).
In-game general video/audio settings (1/2).
In-game general video/audio settings (2/2).
In-game general video/audio settings (2/2).

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Edit RushEngine.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\
  2. Copy the file RushInput.ini to a safe location
  3. Now open the version located in its original location (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\) in a text editor
  4. Find the line Engine.PlayerInput
  5. Append the following lines:
    Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="FOV 0")
    Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="FOV 75")
  6. The block should now end in the lines:
    Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_RightThumbstick",Command="")
    Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="FOV 0")
    Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="FOV 75")
  7. Save and launch the game, if something is wrong simply restore your backup copy of RushInput.ini

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

High quality AF[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open RushEngine.ini.
  3. Navigate to [SystemSettings] class
  4. Set Trilinear=TRUE and MaxAnisotropy=16
  5. Save

Vertical sync (Vsync)

How to enable Vsync[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\
  2. Copy the file RushEngine.ini to a safe location
  3. Now open the version located in its original location (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\) in a text editor
  4. Find the line [SystemSettings]
  5. Change the line UseVSync=FALSE to UseVSync=TRUE
  6. Save the file and open the game.

Notes

Do not change bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=True to bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False As the game freezes and won't respond until the value is set to True

Input settings

In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Disable mouse acceleration[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open RushInput.ini.
  3. Set bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
  4. Save changes

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Surround sound

Edit RushEngine.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config\
  2. Open RushEngine.ini.
  3. Change this part of the file:
[ALAudio.ALAudioDevice]
MaxChannels=64
UseEffectsProcessing=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
DeviceName=GenericHardware
bSurroundMode=True
to
[ALAudio.ALAudioDevice]
MaxChannels=128
UseEffectsProcessing=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
DeviceName=
bSurroundMode=True

Notes

Making changes to the in-game settings may cause DeviceName to revert to its original state upon exiting the game. If making changes to the in-game settings, consider checking RushEngine.ini for changes made to the DeviceName field and re-apply the above fix if necessary.
Use DirectSound Restoration Software[citation needed]

As an alternative to editing RushEngine.ini, follow the guide for DirectSound3D restoration software to restore surround sound functionality to The Last Remnant.

Notes

This method was tested with a Creative Labs X-Fi using the Creative ALchemy software.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Fan translation by «The Rush Team».
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game not starting on Windows 10

Replace file[citation needed]
  1. Copy the BinkW32.dll file from another game to the Binaries folder.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon X2 2.0 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/23310/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (23310) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References