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Title: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: AaronSOLDIER on 2014-09-17 04:23:02
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http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fabula/FF13_Portal/

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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-09-17 04:47:37
Ugh I hate these games and I hate that I'll buy them anyway if they come to PC.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: DLPB_ on 2014-09-17 07:41:07
Lightning Returns... wow, how standards have dropped.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tenko Kuugen on 2014-09-17 08:55:51
The first thing I thought of was "Cool, gonna get someone to rip me some models outside the forum because who gives a shit about copyright"
The second thing "Why did I let my brother buy two of those for our PS3"
The third thing "At least that means he can get 13-3 for free and I'll get him to spend those euros on xillia 2 instead"
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-09-17 10:53:46
My first thought was "Why the hell isn't Square Enix dead. It should be dead."
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-09-17 11:23:37
@Tenko Kuugen +2 likes ("Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 24 hours.")

But it's also a way to mod the hell out of the game or use the game's engine for some reason. Like a possible fan made FFVII/VIII remake??? Tell me if something like that would be possible...
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Insight on 2014-09-17 13:52:06
One more crap game coming to pc, great. Played just the first one and I didn't like it at all.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Hellbringer616 on 2014-09-17 14:48:52
I hate that i will end up buying these terrible games, Just so Square knows that there are PC gamers out there, who would like to play JRPGs..

I suppose i should give it a chance, i only played 3 hours of XIII and shut it off because i would rather do other things haha
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-09-17 14:51:08
One more crap game coming to pc, great. Played just the first one and I didn't like it at all.

Play XIII-2... I also hated the first one. It was a game without character. But I like chono-travel related stories so I played the 2nd one to the max! :)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: dkma841 on 2014-09-17 17:10:42
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-09-17 17:51:39
I'm thinking of the modding potential they have.
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Insight on 2014-09-17 19:40:54
Play XIII-2... I also hated the first one. It was a game without character. But I like chono-travel related stories so I played the 2nd one to the max! :)

I also didn't like the battle mechanics, the game play. Not my style.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: meesbaker on 2014-09-17 23:41:22
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tenko Kuugen on 2014-09-18 03:36:49
Just because a game exists on PC does not mean it will be easily modable. Skyrim is build from the ground up with the intention of being modable. Several other games, too.
But Final Fantasy? No way in hell mods will even be sanctioned.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-09-18 03:55:04
Sanctioned? Obviously not. But FFXIII is pretty easily moddable on hacked consoles, and I can't imagine it'll be harder. At worst, it'll be about the same, but still without the hacked console requirement.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Sega Chief on 2014-09-18 18:28:36
Well, just saw it on Steam. October 9th it's saying for FF13 although it can be 'pre-ordered' for a tenner at the moment.

Edit: It should also be noted that it's not a good sign when a game is visibly lagging in it's own promotional trailer.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Shinrincole on 2014-09-18 21:16:13
Well, just saw it on Steam. October 9th it's saying for FF13 although it can be 'pre-ordered' for a tenner at the moment.

Edit: It should also be noted that it's not a good sign when a game is visibly lagging in it's own promotional trailer.

It's the same trailer as the PS3/360 version
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Sega Chief on 2014-09-18 21:28:55
I thought it was the cinematic that plays before New Game shows up but I guess not; the way that video ran made me think it was being vid-captured in-game, like a PC that can't quite get the fps steady. Odd that a trailer would run like that, but maybe it's just Steam.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: meesbaker on 2014-09-18 23:07:01
What this is actually true??
Wow, that's surprising. A console exclusive from Square coming to Steam...odd things happening these days...
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-09-18 23:49:09
...A console exclusive from Square coming to Steam...odd things happening these days...

Indeed!

New management... Reconfiguring marketing strategies... Let's hope this will lead to some more loose approach to any fanbased material by them as well in the near future.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-09-19 01:22:33
Just looks like the main XIII is on Steam. I guess they'll decide later if it's worth porting the others based on the reaction to this.
I'm still waiting for FFIX...
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Sega Chief on 2014-09-19 01:39:41
FF9 PC would be great; a smooth frame-rate for battles would sell me on that. But I wonder if they kept the original backgrounds? Another bad upscale job would tarnish it a bit.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-09-19 02:01:27
A PC port of FF9 would open up many more modding possibilities for such a great game. I would love to see FFX/XII on the PC too. And FFVI shouldn't be THAT hard to port, right? They made almost all but those into a PC port (or remake), so why not?
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Luceid on 2014-09-19 07:03:30
Awww... they should have brought FF IX instead .__.

BTW: There won't be that much mods (besides some childish nude-replacers, lol >.>), see f.e. TLR or DE:HR. Both are on PC but there aren't that many mods.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-09-19 11:43:10
FFIX is the only FF to NOT be rereleased and remains the forgotten prodigy.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: KaidenJames on 2014-09-20 08:02:24
IX is my favorite and I would love a PC version of this game. It could be beautiful. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: dkma841 on 2014-09-20 11:16:23
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: obesebear on 2014-09-20 14:04:45
IX is my favorite and I would love a PC version of this game. It could be beautiful. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612 (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551612)
Looks like it's time for another FFIX run.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: gjoerulv on 2014-09-20 15:04:38
Is this serious... *checking* ............
Well, someone noticed the PC gaming marked. Squeeny have been real busy re-releasing for Windows lately. While I personally didn't hate the game, I most definitely is not gonna buy it on steam.

FF9 is needed on steam/pc/mac/whatever. A port with smooth frame-rate and semi-HD graphics would be most welcome.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-09-20 19:29:19
I'm pretty sure part of the reason they're doing this is to determine the viability of newer releases on PC. If you want FFXV or KH3 to come to PC, buying this will make that more likely to happen. Whether owning FFXIII is a worthwhile tradeoff for that cause is up to you.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-09-20 19:53:17
I'm pretty sure part of the reason they're doing this is to determine the viability of newer releases on PC.

This is probably the only reason I'll buy it, but not until it goes on a steam sale or something.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tenko Kuugen on 2014-09-20 19:58:30
I can see FF15 happening on PC if demand for 13 is high enough but KH3 remains very doubtful considering Squeenix isn't the sole say-so on what happens with it
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: EQ2Alyza on 2014-09-22 21:46:57
This is probably the only reason I'll buy it, but not until it goes on a steam sale or something.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/292120/

10% isn't much, but then again, $15 isn't much either :P
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-09-23 16:13:42
http://store.steampowered.com/app/292120/

10% isn't much, but then again, $15 isn't much either :P

o_o *groan* I went ahead and bought it. I've never played it and don't know if I'll regret this or not. Not as cheap as the PS3 though. :( My current laptop will probably not be up to the task of playing it, but I'm probably going to get a new machine soon.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: DLPB_ on 2014-09-23 20:21:48
I hate that i will end up buying these terrible games, Just so Square knows that there are PC gamers out there, who would like to play JRPGs..

I suppose i should give it a chance, i only played 3 hours of XIII and shut it off because i would rather do other things haha

You know as well as I do that the only message that will send to them is that it is okay to produce mediocrity because people will buy it regardless. I think it's sad what's happened to this game series...  I remember when a new FF game was a preorder and thrill just waiting for the release day.  Now I'm here modding Final Fantasy VII and playing FF VII-X because I find they still haven't been surpassed.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-09-23 21:32:12
o_o *groan* I went ahead and bought it. I've never played it and don't know if I'll regret this or not.

About the first part of the series... just judging by the character developement... I'm sorry to let you down but you will...

...and playing FF VII-X...

looool
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: dkma841 on 2014-09-23 22:38:11
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: gjoerulv on 2014-09-24 10:46:06
You know as well as I do that the only message that will send to them is that it is okay to produce mediocrity because people will buy it regardless. I think it's sad what's happened to this game series...  I remember when a new FF game was a preorder and thrill just waiting for the release day.  Now I'm here modding Final Fantasy VII and playing FF VII-X because I find they still haven't been surpassed.

We're sending a message that the current direction FF is going is, at least, ok, and will make a profit. I dunno, but I duobt the developers aim for mediocrity when making a new FF. But at the end of the day it's the sales that matters for the shareholders and the higher ups, not the quality. They have the final words, and looking at the sales, they may as well push the developers in a certain direction.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-09-24 15:55:25
An interesting thing happened earlier this year. They noticed that Bravely Default sold better in the West than either Lightning Returns or Final Fantasy XIII-2, for a fraction of the development cost. This has caused them to rethink their strategy (http://www.siliconera.com/2014/03/31/bravely-defaults-success-west-making-square-enix-rethink-jrpgs/) of attempting to appeal to non-Japanese audiences with the cinematic bullshit they think we want.

When a company like EA talks about treating customers right, you know they're full of it because they're making good money even when Consumerist votes them worst company of the year twice in a row. But Square Enix said what they did based on actual numbers, not just a misguided attempt to repair a destroyed reputation, so I'm more apt to believe them. They don't even need to care about customers; they've seen good games bring in money, they are more likely to bring in good games.

So to everyone who bought Bravely Default, thank you for voting with your wallet. Square Enix's reaction to those figures proved it works. In the end, that's why I'm going to buy FFXIII (and as many future Square Enix games as possible) on PC: to vote with my wallet and send a message that I want PC versions of their games.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2014-10-08 18:19:45
I bought Bravely because it's about the closest thing to an actual FF game we've had since FFX.

Still not finished it, no where near it actually got Project X Zone and Fire Emblem to finish off too, kinda left my 3DS sitting for a while right up until Smash Bros came out the other day.


Nabbed XIII from Green Man Gaming for just under £8, gonna take a peek at what's under the hood if I can.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-08 21:09:46
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Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2014-10-08 22:53:21
Probably should link to GMG as you can get it a little cheaper than Steam there, keys go out at some point tomorrow(9th)

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/rpgs/final-fantasy-xiii/

VBHGBM-JS2VN9-0J5OFM for 20% off rather than Steam's 10%
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: meesbaker on 2014-10-09 09:50:15
What I hate about ff13 is the story and even more the characters and their pointless overacted dialogues but I found the gameplay quite interesting actually. The fact that everyone's class determines the base damage multiplier actually allowed for some cool strategies requiring good timing and planning when to shift without cancelling turns.

For example Long Gui bashing in about 2 mins using Army of One in Cerberus paradigm was quite fun. I farmed the best weapons and crests for my main team and slain Vercingetorix, quite an time consuming effort for someone claiming how strawberries the game is :D

Edit: Seriously guys? Strawberries? :D
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-10-09 11:48:35
I'm more concerned with that 49.4 GB size footprint. I get that this game was on a Blu-ray, but that's a huge download.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-10-09 15:33:52
Edit: Seriously guys? Strawberries? :D
Seriously

I'm more concerned with that 49.4 GB size footprint. I get that this game was on a Blu-ray, but that's a huge download.
If you don't like a 49.4GB install, then you're in luck! The Steam version requires 60GB!

(http://i.imgur.com/46nRenR.jpg)

On the plus side, it looks like it runs at 60fps. Not quite the uncapped I was hoping for (I've got a 144Hz monitor), but better than the 30fps I was expecting.

On the strawberries side, I can't tell if this is saying fullscreen has a MINIMUM 1280x720, or literally only runs at that resolution. One of these is fine, the other is awful.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2014-10-09 16:09:42
49.4GB according to my Steam download.

The size listed in the specs is an estimate, usually to allow for a possible size increase after release due to patches/DLC.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-10-09 16:54:05
49.4GB according to my Steam download.

The size listed in the specs is an estimate, usually to allow for a possible size increase after release due to patches/DLC.

The download is compressed. The required size is size including an average number of saves.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Sega Chief on 2014-10-09 18:17:22
On the strawberries side, I can't tell if this is saying fullscreen has a MINIMUM 1280x720, or literally only runs at that resolution. One of these is fine, the other is awful.

I was watching a stream of it, and as far as the guy can tell the resolution is fixed. There's no in-game option to change it at any rate. Maybe it can be changed in the steam files manually, but if not then I'm sure the first mod will be something along those lines. Maybe.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-10-09 20:23:54
Durante is on the case (http://abload.de/img/dump067_framedump_posr1oua.jpg). For those of you who don't know, he's the guy who fixed the port of Dark Souls. I give it 48 hours tops before this game runs properly at 1080p.

edit: video (http://www.gamersyde.com/thqstream_first_working_run_of_ff13_gedosato_plugin-zqllcqGKENBBKi6p_en.html)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-09 20:49:17
1280x720???
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-09 22:07:07
Alex Kazai is streaming it right now!!! http://www.twitch.tv/alex_kazai
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-10-09 23:13:48
And whadd'ya know, Durante's already got a preliminary fix (http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=618) that lets the game run up to 4k. Still some bugs to work out, but definitely not bad for six hours after the game's release. It goes to show how lazy the port is, though, if higher resolutions could be supported this quickly through modding alone.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-10 00:20:20
This guy is amazing but higher resolution on my TV screen always seem to be rendered too slowly... I thing that I can live with 1080p atm. I remember trying his mod for DS2. But I prefer using the sweetfx enhancement due to performance reasons mostly.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: cmh175 on 2014-10-10 00:46:53
I don't think the series is going to pick up. Some how I missed that this four year old game is 60gb and only plays at 720p. Why the hell is this game so big!? I'm installing Middle Earth Shadows of Mordor now with the 4k HD pack and even that is almost half as big. This will just end up as a one and done game, not likely to keep installed nor redownload for a foreseeable future.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: EQ2Alyza on 2014-10-10 02:53:00
It supports both English and Japanese voice acting, so I think that bloats the file size a bit.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-10-10 03:28:04
Both the voice acting (Japanese version is MUCH smaller) and high quality FMVs do a lot for bloat. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if all the FMVs are in there twice rather than just having multiple language tracks, too.

edit: Also, someone I know and can confirm as a good inside source has said that the main reason the game came to PC was for the sake of that streaming service they announced, and that a Steam version was only done because it was almost no extra effort at that point.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-10-11 18:00:29
The movies and the voices are duplicated, so there's one for English and one for Japanese. They could have just let you download the English one and get the Japanese one as a free DLC, but no...

Deleting the Japanese FMV's would save 19.8 GB.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-11 18:51:09
What does the file architecture even look like? Seems like the movies are in a separate folder, but what about the rest? I wonder how much modding would be possible with this game.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Covarr on 2014-10-11 20:07:05
What does the file architecture even look like? Seems like the movies are in a separate folder, but what about the rest? I wonder how much modding would be possible with this game.

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I cut out all the CommonRedist stuff because who cares, but the rest of the game's file structure is intact. I haven't looked into the moddability of the various filetypes, but the ".bin" extension doesn't really say much.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-10-11 20:40:45
I'm still downloading, but I think it's just the ps3 version.

Audio will be replaced easily, since they are just LAME MP3 in a fancy file with an easy format :p Textures are just DDS files as well.

It's just a case of unpack/repack of the white_img files.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Rukenu on 2014-10-11 20:54:52
Guys, seems like the fps issues are from the hud, there are some screenshots with the minimap enabled and disabled, and the difference its too huge, this would explain the 30 fps drop on battles,


With hud:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xpe77vbphso213/ffxiiiimg%202014-10-11%2021-08-16-63.jpg?dl=0
Without Hud:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zutxfq801ck1y39/ffxiiiimg%202014-10-11%2021-08-24-13.jpg?dl=0

You can disable the minimap atleast, but there isnt any solution for the in-game hud for the moment.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: cmh175 on 2014-10-11 22:51:53
The movies and the voices are duplicated, so there's one for English and one for Japanese. They could have just let you download the English one and get the Japanese one as a free DLC, but no...

Deleting the Japanese FMV's would save 19.8 GB.

Good to know thanks man. That's an easy 20 GB I can free up. Agreed, this really should have been a dlc option.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-11 23:05:39
Well, I, should I be getting the game, will use the Japanese voices and videos with English subtitles, since the voices are always better (I mean, look at Type-0, the English voices are beyond awfulness).
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: nfitc1 on 2014-10-12 01:25:39
...the ".bin" extension doesn't really say much.

.bin is possibly the second least descriptive extension (no extension being the least). By nature, all files are binary files and could be titled as such.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: EQ2Alyza on 2014-10-12 01:35:42
Well, I, should I be getting the game, will use the Japanese voices and videos with English subtitles, since the voices are always better (I mean, look at Type-0, the English voices are beyond awfulness).

True in so many cases, but I think the FF13 series breaks that mold. The English voice acting is pretty good.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-12 01:53:16
Well it wasn't too bad I guess. I haven't heard the Jap so can't compare.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: EQ2Alyza on 2014-10-12 03:00:38
The Japanese is good too, so you don't lose either way :)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-10-12 12:55:29
Square must be embarrassed by this. They've removed all twitter, facebook and blog posts about it, almost like it doesn't exist.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tenko Kuugen on 2014-10-12 16:07:41
On the dub vs original voices thing
It's more relevant to the KH franchise but FF, especially 12, had some dub-over-original voice acting too
Of course there is usually at least 1-2 voices in either language that annoy the fuck out of you
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: cmh175 on 2014-10-13 13:25:27
It actually doesn't seem too bad all in all. I'm annoyed the install size is so massive, and nothing for the Japanese videos are labeled so removing them will be difficult, but otherwise it looks pretty good. Granted this is with the downsampling and custom resolution settings with the GeDoSaTo modding tool. People have mentioned issues with the controls but they must mostly be with the pc controls, controllers works just fine. To exit the game you have to go to the main menu and hit esc on the keyboard however, but otherwise I haven't found any issues. The game supposedly runs at 60 fps, but it seems closer to it's original 30 fps from the consoles. It runs smoothly though so I don't really care, and I have a few ideas to boost the frame rate a bit more anyway. This was just a technical test, I skipped all the videos and everything and went straight to the opening fights and ran around the first level a bit. Otherwise I haven't played the game so I cant say much about the dub or anything.   
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ChaosControl on 2014-10-13 15:06:58
Halfway through the game right now. Haven't seen anything gamebreaking and works fine for me out of the box. Used GeDoSaTo for higher resolution because it looks better but it wasn't bad to start with. The download size wasn't a problem for me either, Steam gave a solid 22,5 MB/s, took about 40 minutes.

I did however get a few fps drops at the weirdest moments (i.e. nothing happening, only very little to render), none of my hardware seems to be under any load at that time either, so I think it's a "port thing".

This is on a 4770K with a R9 290 btw.

Also I only play with xbox360 wireless controller on a projector. :P
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2014-10-13 15:56:55
Turn the mimimap off, instant FPS boost.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: gjoerulv on 2014-10-14 18:54:34
Turn the mimimap off, instant FPS boost.

The minimap is less than useless in this game anyway.  :P
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Tekkie.X on 2014-10-14 19:21:09
Duh, you only walk in a straight line, everything is a corridor.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-10-14 20:14:24
Remember when I said you could delete the Japanese FMVs? You can't, they will automatically re download when you launch the game.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: ultima espio on 2014-10-17 16:58:11
Finally got it. There's an unpacker and repacker just been released.

So far from what I've seen:

Audio is now in .OGG format, as opposed to LAME MP3.

Model and animation format has been altered slightly.

Models and textures can be swapped, however they will be deformed due to bone differences

Models from other versions can't be used due to format changes.

There's a file called charaspec.wdb that lists all the character IDs. Managed to get Lebreau loaded over Lightning. With it came all of Lebreau's programming.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: gjoerulv on 2014-10-18 00:45:23
I found the game slightly better if I turned off the minimap and avoided as many battles as possible. To avoid those battles is a mini-game in itself. Also with Japanese audio, the confusing, non-expositional story is not that remarkable. It just turns into another crazy anime, which I guess it tried to be in the 1st place (kinda).
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-18 01:02:55
"That's a mess is what this is" looool :D

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Q84uBteh8Y/mqdefault.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q84uBteh8Y)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-18 02:10:23
So I see modding is already possible. This makes it slightly more likely for me to buy it... when it gets better :P
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-18 20:21:02
I'm buying the whole trilogy when it comes with a nice package bargain ;)
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-18 20:49:23
I might buy Type-0 when it comes to PC.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-19 00:26:12
Yeah... that too.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: kenichi on 2014-10-19 23:34:20
ı will buy any FF games for PC. I hope FF5-6-9-12-type 0 will come Pc, I hope...
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Vgr on 2014-10-20 00:31:46
I wish they port the GOOD version of IV, not the crappy DS version that kills the game.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Gine on 2014-10-20 08:46:11
Is it possible to translate subtitle to another language?
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: kenichi on 2014-10-20 09:54:57
ı am using F310, controller working perfectly but no display. When I choose keyboard the controller display; but I when choose gamepad controller no display.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: Mkilbride2599 on 2014-10-20 19:15:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjPtT6PoDBg

FFXIII's DLC being put back in the game.
Title: Re: Final Fantasy XIII Series coming to PC?
Post by: LeonhartGR on 2014-10-20 22:44:43
That was an easy boss to beat as far as I remember... ;)