Bayonetta

Bayonetta

Developers
	PlatinumGames
Windows	Little Stone Software
Publishers
	Sega
Engines
	Platinum Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 11, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	90
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	91
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Hack and slash
Series	Bayonetta

Bayonetta
8-Bit Bayonetta	2017
Bayonetta	2017

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a sampler of the game's soundtrack, a digital artbook, some wallpapers, and avatars, which can be found in <path-to-game>\Extras. This version of the game was available only until April 25, 2017.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip startup movies
Go to <path-to-game>\data\movie. Delete or rename B_US_0000.sfd, PlatinumGames.sfd, and syukyaku_A.sfd. Criware logo does not have its own separate file and as such cannot be skipped.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Bayonetta\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460790/pfx/

The configuration file, system_data, is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\460790\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460790/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General display settings.

Graphics settings, top portion.

Graphics settings, bottom portion.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Native anamorphic support (16:9 letterboxed). See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 16x MSAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for improved Anti-aliasing on Nvidia cards.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Cutscenes run at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. Forces 60Hz screen refresh rate with exclusive fullscreen.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Rendered image uses SDR color space. HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

Widescreen resolution

Remove black bars for all aspect ratios
Go to <path-to-game>\Apsect Unlock\. Double-click on DisableAspectLock.reg to remove the black bars. Use jackfuste's fix to center the HUD for wide aspect ratios. Notes Certain UI elements will be distorted with this lock disabled; for example, the book that appears before boss fights may appear off-center, etc. Double-click on EnableAspectLock.reg to re-enable the 16:9 lock.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Set AA with Nvidia Profile Inspector

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Add a profile for the game. Set Antialiasing compatibility to one of the following: 0x00001241 for MSAA 0x000012C1 for SGSSAA, OGSSAA or HSAA 0x000032C5 for a higher quality 4x SGSSAA that may require more performance. If using either SGSSAA option, set Antialiasing fix to On Set Antialiasing - Mode to the desired option. If only applying MSAA, do not set anything in the Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling field with this flag; it will either break shadows or make the image very blurry. For SGSSAA the same field must instead be set to the corresponding SGSSAA option to work. Click Apply to save your changes. Notes For the high quality 4x SGSSAA, it's important to disable SSAO in game for this. Otherwise the image is blurry and performance tanks.

Input settings

Camera settings.

Controller settings.

Controller layout.

Keyboard and mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Two keys per action. Keymapping might be broken for some people. It will not let you rebind one set of keys even though both are blank. You either have to rebind both sets or hit the Home key to reset the defaults.[citation needed]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Third-person and first-person camera can be configured separately. Both also feature X-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Third-person and first-person camera can be configured separately. Both also feature X-axis inversion. The Y-axis for the minigame in chapter 14 and the weapon in chapter 15 can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		360 variations.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Button prompts		See DualShock button prompts.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Switches rapidly between controller and KB/M prompts. Prioritizes controller button prompts.

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  Full keyboard/mouse mappings (not default).

DualShock button prompts

DualShock 4 button prompts
Download DualShock 4 button prompts Extract the mod into <path-to-game>\data\

DualShock 3 button prompts
Download PS3 Button Prompt Mod

Audio settings

Sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound effects.
Surround sound		Tested with 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian				Fan translation by «Alliance Team» link #1 #2.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Bayonetta.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Game defaults the monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz. This can result in screen tearing on high refresh rate monitors using G-Sync or FreeSync.

Set screen refresh rate
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Bayonetta\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	Uses D3D9Ex, old versions of SweetFX will not work with the game. ReShade does work, but will break forced AA on Nvidia cards.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel Core i5-4460
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 6950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 768 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible