DYSNOMIA

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

Key points

Japanese characters do not display properly on non-Japanese Unicode settings. See here for a potential solution.

This game was reprinted as DYSNOMIA ExBurst on December 30, 2009, featuring new content updates, improvements, and bugfixes.

Owners of the original DYSNOMIA can upgrade to DYSNOMIA ExBurst free of charge through patches. See Patches to upgrade the original game.

Game speed is tied frame-rate, meaning slowdowns on lower-end systems.^[1]

Poor compatibility with Windows 8 or later that causes the game to play at half speed. There is no known fix.^[2]

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Original Comiket 75 and 77 releases of DYSNOMIA and DYSNOMIA ExBurst respectively.
Developer website		Digital re-release of DYSNOMIA ExBurst via DLsite Japan (version unspecified). A trial version is also available.

Not available overseas.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches containing bugfixes, improvements, and upgrade the original DYSNOMIA to DYSNOMIA ExBurst can be downloaded below. The last official update for the game is v1.23.

Patching instructions^[3]
DYSNOMIA v1.0x to DYSNOMIA ExBurst v1.19: Download the upgrade patch here, then copy the contents of the `dysnomia_V119_from_10x.zip` to `<path-to-game>`, overwriting any files in the process. DYSNOMIA ExBurst v1.19 to v1.23: Download the final update patch here, then copy the contents of the `dysnomia_V123.zip` to `<path-to-game>`, overwriting any files in the process.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\game.cfg^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\server.cfg^{[Note 1]}

game.cfg stores game, video, audio, and remapping settings. server.cfg stores network-related settings.

Configuration files can be edited with a text editor.^[4]

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\dys.dat^{[Note 1]}

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Fixed camera perspectives. A first-person view with fixed FOV can be toggled with `F4`.
Windowed		Enabled through configuration launcher or toggled with `F1` (undocumented).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Although possible with third-party software, the game's window does not align properly to the screen.^[5]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced via GPU's control panel.^[5]
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced via GPU's control panel.^[5]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be forced via GPU's control panel.^[5]
60 FPS		Capped at either 20, 30, or 60 FPS.
120+ FPS		Game speed is tied to frame-rate. Must be capped at 60 FPS, anything higher/lower affects game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control settings.

Key remapping.

Controller remapping.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`F1` is used to toggle Windowed/Fullscreen modes, `F2` is used to change frame-rate limit, `F4` is used to change camera perspectives, `F7` and `F8` are used to decrease or increase music volume respectively, and `F9` is used to save replays from the character select screen (since v1.17). `Esc` and `Tab ↹` also cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Sensitivity values between 0-200.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Uses DirectInput. See Controller support for a workaround with XInput controllers.
Full controller support		A configuration launcher that requires keyboard and mouse opens upon launching the game, breaking full controller support. Entering your name or using Network mode menus requires also keyboard.
Controller remapping		Character movement mappings are used to interact with the menus, while looking up/down and left/right mappings simulate a mouse cursor in menus.
Controller sensitivity		Same as mouse sensitivity setting.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Set Look Up/Down to inverted mappings.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Simultaneously pulling both of the analog triggers cancel each other out.^[4]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Buttons are referenced by number, starting from Button 0 and onward.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Input device must be toggled from the Key Config menu.

Controller support

A fix is required for the game to recognize simultaneous trigger presses and D-pad on XInput-based controllers.

Use XInput Plus^[6]

Download and run XInput Plus.
Set the Target Program to dysnomia.exe.
Go to the Key Assign tab, then go to Left Stick and assign it to Multiple Key, then check Left Stick and DPAD.
Go to the DirectInput tab, then check Enable DirectInput Output.
Click Customize, then assign the following buttons:
- Left and Right Triggers as Button 7/8, respectively
- Back/View and Start/Menu buttons as Button 9/10, respectively
- Left and Right Stick buttons as Button 11/12, respectively
- And the Guide button as Button 13
Click Apply to save settings and install DLLs into the installation folder.
Configure your controller from the configuration launcher or the in-game Key Config menu, then click OK when you are done.

Notes

Re-binding the Pause button should be remapped via the configuration launcher as a later update created an inconvenience when attempting to remap the Pause button in-game.

In-game Key Config menu

Keyboard and mouse settings.
Controller settings.
Controller with mouse settings.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM, SFX, CV. Each setting can also be muted.
Surround sound
Subtitles		In-game dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Japanese				Some of the menus are shown in English.

Network

Network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	8	Versus
Online play	8	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	15000, 15001^[7]
UDP	15000, 15001^[7]

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

External server tool

Server settings.
Network game settings 1.
Network game settings 2.

Issues unresolved

Poor performance on Windows 8 or later

Despite its system requirements, the game has poor compatibility on Windows 8 or later that results in the game running at half speed, which unfortunately is tied to the game's logic. No known fix or workaround exist.^[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound-compatible hardware.
Controller	A controller with two analog sticks is recommended when playing with controller.

Windows 2000 has not be confirmed to be compatible with this game.^[8]

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

References

↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-15
Lowering the frame-rate limit also caused the game's speed to play slower than usual.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-22
This game was working earlier at full speed at the time of writing this article but recently it started playing at half speed, an issue I have encountered since Windows 8.1 years ago and was hoping it would be avoided on Windows 10, but unfortunately this horrible problem with the game still exists. I have tried various compatibility modes, GPU tweaks, and even a .dll injectors, but nothing worked. This may be an issue that sadly may never be fixed since the developers went out of business.
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-15
Patched the original v1.00 release from Comiket 75 and the game was upgraded to DYSNOMIA ExBurst v1.23 afterwards.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-14
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16
This fixed the issue of the game not registering Left and Right Triggers being held together and can allow the D-pad to be used for menus. Re-binding the Pause button however required using the configuration launcher or manually editing the config file with a text editor (e.g. Notepad++) to bind it to the Start button since an update makes the game instantly exit the Key Config menu if the "Pause" key/button is pressed.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16
Network port examples from the official website, however these ports have not been tested.
↑ A rough machine translation of the system requirements from the game's defunct website.

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[1] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-15
Lowering the frame-rate limit also caused the game's speed to play slower than usual.

[Poor_performance-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-22
This game was working earlier at full speed at the time of writing this article but recently it started playing at half speed, an issue I have encountered since Windows 8.1 years ago and was hoping it would be avoided on Windows 10, but unfortunately this horrible problem with the game still exists. I have tried various compatibility modes, GPU tweaks, and even a .dll injectors, but nothing worked. This may be an issue that sadly may never be fixed since the developers went out of business.

[3] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-15
Patched the original v1.00 release from Comiket 75 and the game was upgraded to DYSNOMIA ExBurst v1.23 afterwards.

[XInput_support-5] 4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16

[gpu_hacks-6] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-14

[XInput_Plus-7] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16
This fixed the issue of the game not registering Left and Right Triggers being held together and can allow the D-pad to be used for menus. Re-binding the Pause button however required using the configuration launcher or manually editing the config file with a text editor (e.g. Notepad++) to bind it to the Start button since an update makes the game instantly exit the Key Config menu if the "Pause" key/button is pressed.

[Network_ports-8] 7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-01-16
Network port examples from the official website, however these ports have not been tested.

[9] A rough machine translation of the system requirements from the game's defunct website.

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Developers

	2CCP
Release dates
Windows	December 29, 2008
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Cyberpunk, Sci-fi