BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

BlazBlue
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger	2010
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend	2014
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend	2016
BlazBlue Centralfiction	2017
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle	2018

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Character - Blake	Free
Character Pack Vol.1 - Platinum/Kanji/Orie	Free until July 6, 2018
Character Pack Vol.2 - Jubei/Aegis/Carmine
Character Pack Vol.3 - Hakumen/Naoto Shirogane/Vatista
Character - Yang	Free
Character Pack Vol.4 - Izayoi/Mitsuru/Merkava
Character Pack Vol.5 - Mai/Akihiko/Yuzuriha
Character Pack Vol.6 - Nine/Labrys/Mika
Color Pack 1
Color Pack 2
Color Pack 3
Character Pack Vol.7 - Naoto Kurogane/Teddie/Seth/Heart
Ver. 2.0 Expansion Pack

Essential improvements[edit]

BBTAGIM[edit]

Add support for resolutions higher than 1080p, additional performance options, stops the switching button prompts, removes the region locks from online multiplayer and allows players to add custom character color palettes.

Install BBTAGIM

Download the latest version of BBTAGIM.
Extract the contents of the zip file into the installation folder.
Edit settings.ini to change performance, resolution and online settings.
Edit palettes.ini to add custom color palettes.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/702890/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/702890/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Only available options are 1280x720, 1600x900 and 1920x1080. Use BBTAGIM to render at higher resolutions.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		`Alt`+`↵ Enter` in windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Off, 2x, 4x. Separate options for fullscreen and windowed.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Steam controller prompts are used, and prompts alternate between Xbox and keyboard. Use BBTAGIM to disable the alternating prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired only

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Controllers are detected once, at startup.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, BGM, Voice, System Voice, Sound Effect, BG Sound Effect
Surround sound
Subtitles		Cutscenes, pre-fight intros and post-fight outros.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Only RWBY English cast are credited.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Korean

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon R7 250 DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	Requires a 16:9 resolution monitor for optimal performance

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^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>/702890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (702890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-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>/702890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (702890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Arc System Works
Release dates
Windows	June 5, 2018