The King of Fighters XIII

The King of Fighters XIII

Developers
	SNK Playmore
Release dates
Windows	September 13, 2013
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Fighting
Art styles	Anime, Pixel art
Series	The King of Fighters

Key points

Released well after the arcade and console versions. As a result, it combines the additional features and content of the console versions with the previously arcade-exclusive adjustments of the final arcade revision, The King of Fighters XIII: Climax.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for all SNK games

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

The intro logos will still appear.

Delete/rename opening.wmv[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\video\ Delete or rename opening.wmv.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/222940/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/222940/remote/kofxiii/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/222940/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Multiple resolution options available, however games assets are done for 1280x720.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Maximum resolution is 2560x1440.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		In-game setting or using -w parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled.
60 FPS		Pre-rendered scenes are locked to 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Game speed bound to frame rate. Cap frame rate to 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Key rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse not used at all.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Via key rebinding.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
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
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Listed under system options.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Language and rumble under system options.

Sound options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, ambience, voice, effects and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	2 controllers or 1 controller vs keyboard
LAN play
Online play		2	Custom and ranked modes. 4 latency levels to choose, from Bad ("lvl 1") to Best ("lvl 4") ping.

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27014 to 27050
UDP	27000 to 27030, 4379 to 4380 and 3478 to 3478

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

Issues fixed

Graphical artifacts/glitches

This issue only appears with AMD Radeon cards, updating to the latest driver might fix it.

Game runs too fast

Game is designed to run with 60 Hz monitor running 60 FPS with vsync. With higher refresh rates this means game will run faster.

Sometimes simply playing with fullscreen mode fixes the issue.

Either cap frame rate to 60 FPS externally or use games internal capper.

Activate cap with launch parameter[citation needed]
Right click on the game in the Steam Library to open the context menu, and select "Properties". Click on the "SET LAUNCH OPTIONS..." button. Type -r in the text field and click "OK".

FPS issues/slow gameplay

• Using the "Fixed" frame rate method will activate frame skips which will allow the game to run at regular speed. Online play is always rendered using the Fixed frame rate method.
• Setting backgrounds to "Static" will drastically reduce processing, thus increasing FPS.
• Try running the game in windowed mode.

Launch option[citation needed]
Right click on the game in the Steam Library to open the context menu, and select "Properties". Click on the "SET LAUNCH OPTIONS..." button. Type -w in the text field and click "OK".

Game crash after intro logos

Official Microsoft Windows Media Player codecs are required to run the videos in KOFXIIISE.

Enable/install Windows Media Player[citation needed]
Windows XP or N/KN versions: install Windows Media Player. Relaunch the game. If problems persist, ensure Windows Media Player is enabled: Vista and later: open the Start screen/Start menu, type OptionalFeatures.exe and press ↵ Enter. Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R, type appwiz.cpl and press ↵ Enter, choose Add/Remove Windows Components. If problems persist, try the -v method below.

Disable hardware acceleration for WMV files[citation needed]
This may cause performance issues when watching WMV videos Open Windows Media Player In the Tools menu, select Options (if you don't see the menu bar, press Alt and select the Tools menu in the menu that appears) Select the Performance tab Untick Turn on DirectX Video Acceleration for WMV files Click Ok and close Windows Media Player

-v launch parameter
This will remove all videos from the game. Right click on the game in the Steam Library to open the context menu, and select "Properties". Click on the "SET LAUNCH OPTIONS..." button. Type -v in the text field and click "OK". Notes This will disable all videos from game.

Game hangs on initial loading screen

Force windowed mode
Notes This workaround might not fix this problem, a future patch will address this issue. Right click on the game in the Steam Library to open the context menu, and select "Properties". Click on the "SET LAUNCH OPTIONS..." button. Type -w in the text field and click "OK". Start the game. Press [ALT]+[Enter] to switch back to exclusive full screen mode.

Game getting stuck in a loading loop

Install on smaller partition
This game has issues with hard drive partitions larger than 2 TB; install on a smaller partition.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform
Multiplayer	GOG Galaxy, Steamworks

Enable Aero features

This game by default disables Aero features while playing.

-a[citation needed]
Right-click on the game in your Steam library and select Properties. Select Set Launch Options and enter: -a. Press OK and launch the game.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz	Intel Core i5 2300
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512 MB of VRAM