Difference between revisions of "The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki"

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This page is for original release. For the Steam version, see The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero.


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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.^[1]
Publisher website		Retail package, Japanese release

Japanese digital release available DRM-Free at DLSite. This build is what the Geofront translation patch requires to work.

Simplified Chinese release available at Chinese publisher website Joyoland. Requires a Joyoland account and online activation after installation.

Essential improvements

Geofront Translation

Besides translating the game in English, the fan translation offers a lot of improvements to the game like support for higher resolutions, turbo mode, increased framerate, as well as support for voice acting from the Japanese exclusive Evolution/Kai versions.

How to enable voice Acting
Download the voice files Move the talk folder in <path-to-game>\data

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savefile\^{[Note 1]}

Video

External display and sound settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Geofront fan translation only.
4K Ultra HD		Geofront fan translation only.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Option available in the Geofront fan translation. Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Options for "Point", "Bilinear" and "Anisotropic" filtering available in the Geofront fan translation.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Geofront fan translation only. MSAA (2x-8x) options are available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Disabled in original release. Toggleable in the Geofront fan translation.
60 FPS		Locked to 30 FPS in the original release. Options for 60 FPS, 120 FPS and 144 FPS are available in the Geofront fan translation.
120+ FPS		Locked to 30 FPS in the original release. Options for 60 FPS, 120 FPS and 144 FPS are available in the Geofront fan translation.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Video settings (Geofront translation)

Input

Keyboard bindings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Official release suffers from limited support for modern controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Geofront fan translation only.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Geofront fan translation only.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Options for Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and generic (referred to as "Default") presets and button prompts are available in the Geofront fan translation.

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

Gamepad settings
Keyboard bindings (Geofront translation)
Mouse bindings (Geofront translation)
Gamepad settings (Xbox One preset, Geofront translation)
Gamepad settings (DualShock 4 preset, Geofront translation)
Gamepad settings (Switch Pro preset, Geofront translation)
Gamepad settings (Generic preset, Geofront translation)

Audio

In-game audio options

In-game audio options (Geofront translation)

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for "BGM" and "SFX". In the Geofront fan translation, there's an additional slider for "Voice acting".
Surround sound		Stereo only.
Subtitles		N/A for the original release, as the game relies heavily on text boxes. The Geofront fan translation includes an option for subtitles for the opening and ending FMV sequences.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Japanese
Simplified Chinese				China release only. (Joyoland, digital or physical)
English				Fan translation. Download translation patch from this link and apply the patch to a Japanese copy of the game to play in English.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8, 7, Vista, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.3 GB

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).

References

↑ Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2021-05-01

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2021-05-01

[1]

[Note 1]

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 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Nihon Falcom}}
 {{Infobox game/row/porter|Joyoland|Windows}}
-|official site= http://www.falcom.com/zero_psp/index.html
+|official site= https://www.falcom.co.jp/zero_psp/
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Joyoland|China}}
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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 28, 2011}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | none}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===[https://mega.nz/file/uhRSQJAQ#9Nhj0UFsHoRXbiB0sv1wKAfHnwS2Tu3gSVQaqJ_sQ0A Geofront Translation]===
-{{++}} Besides translating the game in english, the fantranslation offers a lot of improvements to the game like support for higher resolutions, turbo mode, voice acting from the japanese esclusive Kai version and increased framerate
+{{++}} Besides translating the game in English, the fan translation offers a lot of improvements to the game like support for higher resolutions, turbo mode, increased framerate, as well as support for voice acting from the Japanese exclusive Evolution/Kai versions.
 {{Fixbox|description=How to enable voice Acting|fix=
 # Download [https://mega.nz/file/zxBWHJKJ#IjsNkjbjtTXBmzxMmfsf60LpEgOng8qdgjY_mpTt8WM the voice files]
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 |antialiasing               = hackable
 |antialiasing notes         = Geofront fan translation only. [[MSAA]] (2x-8x) options are available.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
 |vsync notes                = Disabled in original release. Toggleable in the Geofront fan translation.
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 |xbox prompts              = hackable
 |xbox prompts notes        = Geofront fan translation only.
-|impulse triggers          = unknown
+|impulse triggers          = false
 |impulse triggers notes    =
 |dualshock 4               = true
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 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Nihon Falcom
Windows	Joyoland
Publishers
China	Joyoland
Japan	Nihon Falcom
Release dates
Windows	August 28, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	JRPG
Sports	Fishing
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Steampunk
Series	The Legend of Heroes