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Revision as of 23:17, 17 January 2020

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Windows Entertainment Support, Inc.[1]
Windows Laurel Code[2]
Optimization Tin Giant[3]
Publishers
NIS America
Release dates
Windows April 16, 2018[4]
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA on MobyGames
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA on Wikipedia
⤏ Go to series page
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Ys II Special 1994
Ys Eternal 1998
Ys II Eternal 2000
Ys I II Complete 2001
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand 2003
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim 2003
Ys: The Oath in Felghana 2005
Ys Origin 2006
Ys Online: The Call of Solum 2009
Ys I & II Chronicles+ 2009
Ys Seven 2012
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA 2018
Ys: Memories of Celceta 2018
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox 2021
Ys X: Nordics 2024

Key points

Includes the new English localization.[5]
A major update was released for the game in early 2020 bringing with it many improvements to the PC version, including an experimental 2-player co-op mode.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

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In-game general options.
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In-game HUD options.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\adjust.bin, config.bin, settings.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/579180/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savedata\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/579180/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game screen options.
In-game screen options.
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In-game graphics options.

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Input settings

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In-game battle options.
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In-game camera options.

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  • In-game button config for main actions.

  • In-game button config for secondary actions.

  • In-game button config for menu navigating.

  • In-game button config for skill shortcuts.

Audio settings

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In-game sound options.
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In-game localization options.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Japanese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Not officially supported. Use the --coop command line argument and press ⊞ Win on the second controller in-game to enable.[6]
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana.

Issues fixed

Frequent crashes

Download the community made fan patch: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ro304u4vnf2h7gz/YsVIIIModWIP.7z/file

Shimmering/aliasing textures

See Mipmaps.

Blurry image

See Anti-aliasing (AA).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11.1 [3]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz AMD FX-8320 8-Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
DirectX 11 compatible 		AMD Radeon R7 370
A 64-bit operating system is required.

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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References