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Updated 1.1 post with changelog, but same download link
Right I’ll be honest I’m not 100% sure how to do this, so I’ll just go about covering everything I can think of and break them into different parts.
Playing in comfort is important, and that’s why how you view the game is vital for a good experience. I strongly recommend playing in fullscreen, which you can toggle with F5, however a windowed experience is much more flexible but not as easy.
To modify your windowed experience you must first find this file in the root folder:
It should be right alongside the Game.exe used to launch the game. To work this file, you must right-click and open with notepad (or any similar program).
Once the Game.ini is open, you will see these lines. The line we want to focus on is the very last one: WindowedRatio. Modifying the number value will change the ratio of your windowed game, remember to save before closing the file.
A value of 1 is default. Value of 2 is recommended.
How you control the game is important for a good experience as well. To modify your controls, simply press F1 while in game to bring up this window:
This will allow you to modify general options, as well as control layout in the Gamepad or Keyboard tab. Unfortunately, it is quite limited and not as customizable as your average game.
The Menu is an important tool in managing your playthrough. Simply pull it up at any time with the Esc key:
Don’t mind the weird bug where Anna frowns in her hero portait
Here in the menu you can access many things to manage your playthrough. You can also see your current Gold balance at the bottom left. Starting at the top with items, this sub-menu lets you manage all the items you are carrying. Some of which may be used, consumed or equipped. Simply put your selection on any item to read its description.
Next is skills. This sub-menu lets you see all the skills that a particular character has learned. To do so, select skills, then select the character you wish to focus on. This will bring up a window like so:
Skills are separated into two categories, special and magic. Special skills require TP, which can be earned in battle (some classes like Paladin accumulate TP and carry it on to the next battle). Magic skills require mana, and are available as long as the character has sufficient mana. More on this in the next guide.
Hover your selection on any skill to read its description to understand it more. Skills that are greyed out are only available in combat, while those such as ‘Heal’ as seen above are available for use outside of combat. This means that you use these abilities whenever. For example, I can use Anna’s heal ability on another member of the party even though I am not in combat. This is useful if certain ailments or injuries are causing problems even after the fight has been won.
The next sub-menu is equipment, this allows you to see and manage each characters active gear:
Hovering over any item lets you see its description as well as its stat. Hovering over an item you have in your inventory (seen in the bottom), lets you compare it to your current equivalent item, with the stats. As you can see in the example above, the ‘Buckler’ in my inventory is very similar to the ‘Iron Shield’ I have currently equipped. Except its DEF stat is 3 points lower, as highlighted in red, and thus not a suitable replacement.
You can change each item individually, or let the game optimize for you with the optimize function. This chooses the best gear based on stats. To quickly remove all items, simply use the clear function.
Note that not all characters/classes can equip all types of items, or fill all slots. Some items themselves imposed restrictions on what other items you can have equipped at the same time. For example a large war hammer prevents you from equipping a shield simultaneously.
Quick stat rundown (stats are added on top of your base stats):
ATK: The attack power of the weapon.
DEF: The defensive bonus of the weapon
MAT: The magical attack power of the weapon.
MDF: The magical defense bonus of the weapon.
AGI: The agility bonus of the weapon.
LUK: The luck bonus of the weapon.
Other stat bonuses can be hinted in the description. For example a Holy item will deal more damage to enemies who align themselves with Dark forces. This will be further explored in a future guide.
The next sub-menu is Status:
To be honest it’s not a very useful menu. It helps that you can see everything about a character in one screen.
Onto the next sub-menu Quests:
This sub-menu lets you see all quests you are currently tracking, with additional info such as quest objectives. Quests in green have been completed. This sub-menu can be quickly accessed with ‘Q’.
Next up is the Formation sub-menu:
Simply select it, select a character, and select another character to swap their positions. This feature allows you to modify your party’s formation. You can only have 4 characters active at any given time, while the other’s will remain inactive if any combat arises. You can check on your additional members by going down the list. Strongly recommend to keep Anna in your active party.
Lastly you have Save & Game End. Save is a very important feature that I recommend you use regularly, because losing progress is not fun especially with a high likelihood of game breaking bugs. You can have multiple saves. Game End lets you quit to the main menu or quit the game entirely.
Phew that’s a lot. We’ll cover more in the next guide.
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