Linearskillz
Member
I've heard you can fix crashing after battles by setting it compatibility to Windows XP SP3. I haven't had problems so I can't confirm, worth a shot at least.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 hits Steam January 28th, $14.99, Dual Audio, 900p
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If you use my interceptor dll you can set any rendering resolution you want and the game will use it.
(I tested 400x300 -- it's not pretty
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Avallon
Member
I played this game back in its original form back when it was first released for PS3, but was never able to finish the game. It was too much of an obtuse, grindy mess. The changes that IF have made to this game are just astounding. The combat is fun now! The world map isn't a chore to navigate! Everything just feels better.
So, now that the game is working as intended, I would just like to say "thank you IF" for bringing such a fun and unique game to the PC platform. I have a Vita and PS4 as well, and I will continue to support you on each platform.
Great job Iffy!
So, now that the game is working as intended, I would just like to say "thank you IF" for bringing such a fun and unique game to the PC platform. I have a Vita and PS4 as well, and I will continue to support you on each platform.
Great job Iffy!
Yes. You can use bilinear downsampling without any issue up to 4x your resolution simply by setting it in the .ini, the game does the rest.
Alternatively (or on top of that), because it unlocks arbitrary resolutions, you can use it in combination with driver-level downsampling (e.g. DSR), but you need to set your desktop resolution to the downsampling resolution before starting the game.
Noice.
Though it seems that using this causes framerate problems, mainly during battles. It's not the downsampling, setting it to just about any resolution causes hitching. I guess that's why it's version oh-point-one. :v
Azure Phoenix
Member
Sadly the fix seems to tank my framerate right down the toilet during battles even if I set the render resolution to 1080p, and that fuzziness on the character models when not fully zoomed in sticks out heavily, so I'll stick with the default resolution.
I guess these framerate issues some people see might actually be CPU limitations. I don't know how heavy the whole glintercept machinery is in terms of additional CPU load (and on my Haswell E I wouldn't notice
That looks like what's happening on my end, my CPU usage is going from about ~75% usage to getting capped out with the mod. Guess a 3770k just doesn't cut it for Vita port gaming anymore!
Out of curiosity, are you using an AMD or Nvidia GPU?
Linearskillz
Member
I've noticed increased CPU usage as well by just having GLIntercept around. It's not that noticeable in game since it smooths out fairly quickly but it's particularly bad at the start of battles. Seems like a single threaded bottleneck.
I'm on i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz and a GTX 970.
I'm on i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz and a GTX 970.
AMD
Funny, I have a 3570k and a GTX 970, and I'm getting framerate problems. Weird.
I think the game itself had this problem on release for me, but it seemed to get fixed by a patch.
BuckRobotron
Member
Was always curious about the series but never bothered until this PC Rebirth version and cheap price. Enjoyable with fun battles and colorful look. The warning against integrated cards is apparently overcautious, although this is an i5-4460 w/8gb ram. Runs smooth and fast as is, no crashes yet, DLC seems to be working, etc.
I switched to full-screen 1080p(-ish?) lol but here's an earlier shot with a dlc character:
I switched to full-screen 1080p(-ish?) lol but here's an earlier shot with a dlc character:
S-same here. I wondered why I people were curious over this game, and now I can see its just because of their "waifus".
When I full-screen, the movies will either be completely black or only have a few tearing lines shown. Sound is fine. When windowed, the movies play normally. As mentioned earlier, it seems related to various codecs. Bit of a hassle to fix that just for full-screen Neptunia, so I'll just stick to windowed for now.
Rubbish, you dont need to buy into the whole "waifu" meme (and I certainly dont) to enjoy the game, its amusingly enough written with a solid if unexceptional combat system and nice looking art. There are plenty of legitimate avenues for criticism of the game without constructing stuff like this out of whole cloth.
Sylverstone14
Member
Praise be to you, game looks much better.
Only thing I'm confused by is it doesn't seem to matter what resolution I set it to (tested 1080p to 2160p), I always get 35-45 FPS using this method.
If it is a CPU issue, I don't think I should have problems, but I guess it's possible. I have an i7-3960X which is a bit old at this point, but still a pretty beastly processor.
JoeyJungle
Banned
If you use my interceptor dll you can set any rendering resolution you want and the game will use it.
(I tested 400x300 -- it's not pretty
Woohoo! Thanks Durante, just purchased the game.
Linearskillz
Member
I noticed that the included OpenGL32.dll is quite large compared to normal. Even with the hooking code I wasn't sure it was supposed to be that large. Durante, is it possible you bundled the debug DLL? The DLL included with GLIntercept's manual install is 865KB whereas the one in your download is 2,699KB.
I uploaded the one from GLIntercept if people want to try and see if it improves their performance: https://mega.co.nz/#!vZUS1IDD!1Di050IlmXqa2TrJOedcmlWSk550pgx2hJnpexv45FM
I uploaded the one from GLIntercept if people want to try and see if it improves their performance: https://mega.co.nz/#!vZUS1IDD!1Di050IlmXqa2TrJOedcmlWSk550pgx2hJnpexv45FM
Ah yes, this seems to work much better. Thanks.
ambientmystic
Member
Bingo. I was having framerate issues with Hyperresolution on my i5-4690k (@4.3 GHz)/GTX 760 combo until I used this OpenGL32.dll file.
Thanks for this mate, it makes perfect sense that the debug OpenGL32.dll file would have atrocious CPU overhead and subsequently max out a CPU core completely.
I did. And also a debug build of the plugin dll. I'll fix that tomorrow.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Well Durante I'm 100% serious if I say, because of you I'll triple-dip for sure on Monday now! Your works should come bundled with every Windows version in case of gaming, they are essential! Thanks for the great work!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well great.
Crashing on startup.
Crashing on startup.
Linearskillz
Member
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Thank you. Let's see if it works.
edit: nope.
edit: nope.
Linearskillz
Member
Boo. If you try running the executable directly does it give you any error? There was also some mention about video codecs causing trouble and something about setting the game to an ignore directory... but I honestly don't know what the steps to fix that were.
You could also try setting it to Windows XP SP3 compatibility.
Lostconfused
Member
Nevermind. Seems like it just gets more pronounced at higher resolutions.
ThatRandomCliff
Member
I bought the game, I am enjoying it. Battles are alot more fun then I thought they would be.
Monado Blade
Member
Bought it on a whim last night knowing only that the franchise was some weird moe sendup on the gaming industry. Installed and started playing it today. I... I am at a lost for words. Nothing could have prepared me.
I kind of like this stupid little game.
I kind of like this stupid little game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hmm, alright, hopefully it works.
edit: yep, works now. Thanks for your help!
So weird though. Why do I need to run this in Windows XP compatibility.
I did some minor cleanup and built both .dlls in release mode:
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=691
Now, I have an actual gameplay question!
With mouse/kb, in battle, you can hold the right mouse button to change a character's orientation without moving them. This is incredibly useful to line up attacks to hit multiple enemies. Is there a way to do this on gamepad?
http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=691
Now, I have an actual gameplay question!
With mouse/kb, in battle, you can hold the right mouse button to change a character's orientation without moving them. This is incredibly useful to line up attacks to hit multiple enemies. Is there a way to do this on gamepad?
With the d-pad.
... that makes sense.
Not as precise as a mouse, but much better than nothing. Thanks!
Linearskillz
Member
Sweet thanks man. I might be interested in the source though I doubt I would do anything with it. I like to leave work at work though I'm currently on forced vacation
Yep. Shame the character portraits aren't.
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
Great work from Durante as always, huge thanks for all your efforts.
I'm playing on a 16:10 monitor, which seems to be the cause of the 'sky' bars shown in my screenshot:
Bars themselves aren't the issue, rather the sky image used on them which I find really distracting. Is there any way to force black bars, or am I stuck with this?
I'm playing on a 16:10 monitor, which seems to be the cause of the 'sky' bars shown in my screenshot:
Bars themselves aren't the issue, rather the sky image used on them which I find really distracting. Is there any way to force black bars, or am I stuck with this?
Don't be silly.
Linearskillz
Member
It seems they're not clearing the buffer after playing the intro movie and you get whatever's leftover in the letterboxed spaces. I can think of an annoying way to get it the way you want and it's to use a custom resolution with GPU scaling. Here's a handy visual guide (hopefully you use nvidia otherwise you're on your own):
Step 1: Use GPU scaling and override scaling mode
Step 2: Go to your resolution panel and click Customize...
Step 3: Select Create Custom Resolution...
Step 4: Finally, create a resolution of 1920x1080,
Then before playing change your desktop resolution to 1920x1080. You will have black bars.
Note that you don't need to use 1920x1080 as your custom resolution. Any 16:9 will do, feel free to pick the closest to your actual resolution. There's a list here. If you find the screen is too blurry or small, you can use "no scaling" mode instead of "aspect-ratio" along with a resolution that is vertically smaller than your resolution. To calculate this take you horizontal resolution and multiple by 9/16. Example: 1680 * 9 / 16 = 945. Then use this custom vertical height with your regular width, which would be 1680x945 in this example.
Lostconfused
Member
What?
http://abload.de/img/neptuniarebirth1_2015q3au5.png Looking at Durante's screenshots and those from others. The character portraits are clearly high res. Its the UI art assets like button icons, borders/frames, and font that don't scale well.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I think he means the animated portraits in the VN scenes. They're noticeably lower res then the static ones they show at the start of the game.
Linearskillz
Member
He means during the dialog sequences. They're noticeably lower resolution. (edit: beaten)
Lostconfused
Member
Ah well, they'd probably have to re-animate all of them with original higher resolution art assets.