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Valkyria Chronicles

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Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles cover
Developers
Sega
Windows Little Stone Software
Microsoft Store Lab42
Publishers
Sega
Engines
CANVAS
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2014
Valkyria Chronicles guide on StrategyWiki
Valkyria Chronicles on Wikipedia
Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles 2014
Valkyria Chronicles 4 2018

Key points

Includes all the currently released DLC from the PS3 version.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Europe only.
Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete files in the installation folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\movie\
  2. Delete or rename files OPENING.SFD and/or SEGALOGO.SFD


Mods

Save file hacking guide
ValkyrieEdit - For character bug workaround see here.
Texture extraction/replacement tool guide

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.xml[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/294860/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savedata\<user-id>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/294860/pfx/[Note 2]
The DLC save games are separate from the main storyline save games.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

Configuration tools graphics settings.
Configuration tools graphics settings.
Configuration tool in the Microsoft Store version.
Configuration tool in the Microsoft Store version.

Template:Video settings

HBAO also available with flag 0x00000032.

SLI support

Use Nvidia Inspector[1]
  1. Change the SLI compatibility bits to 0x03402005 which works good or 0x42402405 also gave good balance
  2. Change the NVIDIA predefined SLI mode to SLI_PREDEFINED_MODE_FORCE_AFR2
  3. Click on Apply changes
Incompatible with Downsampling

Input settings

Configuration tools key rebinding and input settings.
Configuration tools key rebinding and input settings.
In-game audio & input inversion settings.
In-game audio & input inversion settings.

Template:Input settings

Make walk hold/toggle from WASD with Shift or CapsLock

Use AutoHotkey[citation needed]

Save the following as a .ahk file then compile it into an app. Place the exe in the game's directory then use it to launch the game (you could make a shortcut to it or rename Valkyria.exe to something else and name it in its place).

Click expand to view contents
RunWait, Valkyria.exe
ExitApp

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Valkyria Chronicle
#SingleInstance Ignore

+w::Up
+s::Down
+a::Left
+d::Right

$w::
If GetKeyState("Capslock","T")
Send {Up}
else
Send w
Return

$s::
If GetKeyState("Capslock","T")
Send {Down}
else
Send s
Return

$a::
If GetKeyState("Capslock","T")
Send {Left}
else
Send a
Return

$d::
If GetKeyState("Capslock","T")
Send {Right}
else
Send d
Return

To remove CapsLock toggle delete the last 4 stanzas in the script (they mention CapsLock). To remove hold Shift delete the first stanza ground that mentions wasd. To change the modifier used for walking change the pluses(+) in the first stanza to ^(Control) or !(Alt).

Audio settings

Configuration tools audio settings.
Configuration tools audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by «Alliance Team», download.

VR support

Issues fixed

Unable to get up the ramp Chapter 18a

Change video setting/resolution to 60HZ[citation needed]
  1. Press play Valkyria Chronicles
  2. Choose 'Configure Valkyria Chronicles'
  3. Change resolution to desired resolution with 60HZ

Crash in Chapter 3

Change video setting to Windowed and switch off Steam Overlay[citation needed]
  1. Press Valkyria Chronicles with the right mouse button on Steam
  2. Choose Properties
  3. Uncheck "Enable Steam Overlay while in-game"
  4. Press play Valkyria Chronicles
  5. Choose 'Configure Valkyria Chronicles'
  6. Change screen mode to Windowed

You may also need to change the launch file to run in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode.[citation needed]

Once you have returned to Book Mode without the crash you can change your settings back to normal.

Game is accepting input from nonexistant device and is infinitely scrolling up on start

Enter Windows Device Manager and disable devices[citation needed]
  1. Open Device Manager from Windows Start Menu
  2. Expand "Human Interface Devices" list
  3. Find and disable device labeled "HID-compliant vendor-defined device"

When you reopen the game after you have disabled the device, the scrolling should stop and everything should work as normal.

There may be more than one device with that label, but for me it was the first one in the list.

Desktop visible even in fullscreen (Windows 10)

Disable fullscreen optimization of Valkyria.exe[citation needed]
  1. Open Properties of <path-to-game>\Valkyria.exe
  2. In Compatibility tab check "Disable fullscreen optimization"

Framerate dies when walking through grass

Disable vsync[citation needed]

This game really doesn't like vsync (at 60 fps at least). It can also cause other types of slowdown-related bugs. You can try to alleviate screen tearing by locking fps to 58.

Nvidia's "Fast Sync" works fine, no tearing and no slowdown. You might need to enable it through the Profile Inspector if it's not in the control panel.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit only in the Microsoft Store version.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio CRI ADX2
Cutscenes CRI Sofdec2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 240

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>/294860/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (294860) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References