Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX
Developers | |
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Gust Co. Ltd. | |
Publishers | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Engines | |
Katana Engine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 14, 2020 |
Reception | |
OpenCritic | 76 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
Genres | JRPG |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Atelier |
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX[Note 1] is a singleplayer third-person JRPG game developed by Gust Co. Ltd. and published by Koei Tecmo. It is part of the Atelier series.
The game itself is an enhanced re-release of the console-exclusive 2016 PlayStation Vita game Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea[Note 2], which itself is an enhanced port of the original 2014 PlayStation 3 game Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea[Note 3], the third entry in the Dusk subseries.
The DX re-release includes content and gameplay additions from the Plus re-release and integrate DLC contents from prior releases into the base game. Initially released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on December 25, 2019, the PC version was released worldwide on January 14, 2020 alongside the console versions' worldwide release.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | Requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | The game has no microtransactions. |
Essential Improvements
Atelier Sync Fix
- Improves GPU utilization in D3D11-based Atelier games and can dramatically improve performance as a result.
- Adds an external configuration for anti-aliasing (MSAA and SSAA) and anisotropic filtering.
Instructions[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Setting.ini[Note 4] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1152320/pfx/[Note 5] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\Atelier Shallie DX\SAVEDATA |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1152320/pfx/[Note 5] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Only natively supports 16:9 resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Only natively supports 16:9 resolutions. See Ultra-widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Only natively supports 16:9 resolutions. See 4K Ultra HD. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Ultra-widescreen
Set custom resolution without fixed animations[3] |
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Set custom resolution with fixed animations[3] |
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Known values:
Other resolutions require different values which are not known. See the original source for more information. |
4K Ultra HD
Edit the configuration file[4] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Edit the configuration file and use a borderless fullscreen windowed tool[5] |
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The game only gives the option for 1280x720 when fullscreen is not selected and must therefore manually be changed.
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit the atfix.ini of the Atelier Sync Fix[6] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Edit the atfix.ini of the Atelier Sync Fix[7] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Basic controller buttons-based remapping. Doesn't allow for remapping individual in-game actions. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Only the launcher has mouse support. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse input. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | [8] | |
Hook input (legacy mode) | [9] | |
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | BGM, SE, Voice and Movie sliders. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Only partially voiced. | |||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Japanese | Fully voiced. |
Issues fixed
Heavy stutters without a controller
Connect or emulate a controller[10] |
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The game will stutter multiple times per second if a controller has not been detected at least once. Solutions:
The controller does not need to constantly be connected or emulated and can be removed as soon as the stutters stop, which happens almost immediately. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Only contains a 64-bit executable. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Windows Media Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.1, 10 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz | Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 |
Sound (audio device) | 16-bit stereo 48 kHz WAVE file compatible | |
Other | 1280x720 resolution Broadband Internet connection |
1920x1080 resolution |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Sharī no Atorie ~ Tasogare no Umi no Renkinjutsu-shi ~ Derakkusu (Japanese: シャリーのアトリエ ~黄昏の海の錬金術士~ DX) in Japan.
- ↑ Sharī no Atorie Purasu ~ Tasogare no Umi no Renkinjutsu-shi ~ (Japanese: シャリーのアトリエ Plus ~黄昏の海の錬金術士~) in Japan.
- ↑ Sharī no Atorie ~ Tasogare no Umi no Renkinjutsu-shi ~ (Japanese: シャリーのアトリエ ~黄昏の海の錬金術士~) in Japan.
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 5.0 5.1 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>/1152320/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1152320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-02-24
<path-to-game>\Data\x64\Shader
contains a filed namedKTGLEffect.g1s
. Checked shaders using 3Dmigoto. The vertext shader with hashb3b0f3001c33046a
contains variables namedktglViewport
andktglColorScale
.
- ↑ Atelier Sync Fix
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atelier Shallie Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX Widescreen Fix
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-03-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-03-25
- ↑ Github - Atelier Sophie edition 2023-10-22 - last accessed on 2024-03-25
- ↑ Github - Atelier Sophie edition 2023-10-22 - last accessed on 2024-03-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-02-21
- Checked with a PS4 controller. The controller layout does not support binding to game actions.
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-02-21
- Checked with a PS4 controller. The game does not respond to controller input when Steam Input is enabled.
- ↑ Verified by User:Enyufiro on 2024-03-21
- Inspected the render latency before and after connecting a controller using Special K. Huge spikes in render latency were observed multiple times per second at regular intervals when no controller had been connected or emulated. These stutters were very noticeable. Connecting a DualSense Edge controller using a USB cable, via Bluetooth, or emulating a controller using vJoy or Key2Joy made these huge spikes go away almost immediately. The regular interval stutters disappeared entirely, even when the controller was disconnected or stopped being emulated. Using Special K to emulate a controller had no effect on the amount or severity of the spikes and therefore did not decrease the stuttering.