Grandia II
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This page is for the original 2002 release. For the 2015 version, see Grandia II Anniversary Edition.
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| Developers | |
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| Game Arts | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 10, 2002 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Grandia |
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| Grandia | |
|---|---|
| Grandia II | 2002 |
| Grandia Online | 2009 |
| Grandia II Anniversary Edition | 2015 |
| Grandia HD Remaster | 2019 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
Grandia II is a game in the Grandia series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SafeDisc 2.5 DRM[Note 1] (disk 2 only). Taiwan and some German releases have no protection. |
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- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).
- Not available via digital distribution.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Move/Rename vGA_LOGO.avi and vubi.avi in <path-to-game>\VISUAL\
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Config.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\GRANDIA2_*.sav[Note 2] |
Video
Available resolution settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Stretches from 4:3. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | No native support. See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Forceable through your GPU control panel (OGSSAA works well). | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS in battles, 30 FPS elsewhere. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed
| Run in borderless fullscreen windowed[citation needed] |
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Input
Configuration.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | No controller navigation support in configuration. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
Can't view cutscenes
Run GMCONFIG.exe from the installation folder every time you run the game[citation needed]
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The game can corrupt its own config file every time is it run on modern versions of Windows.[citation needed] |
Run Grandia2.exe in Windows XP compatibility mode
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Required for modern versions of Windows to view in-game cutscenes. |
| Press F9 to skip the cutscene |
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Game crashes due to music
| Replace corrupt .vms music tracks[citation needed] |
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The last nine music tracks on the CD are corrupt. These are |
Millenia never casts Zap
| Don't talk to any tutorial givers at any point[citation needed] |
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Talking to the tutorial guy permanently changes the AI. Load a save before you talk to the tutorial guy, or start a new game. Then, don't talk to any tutorial givers at any point. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000, XP | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium III, AMD Athlon | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 850 MB (available) | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB texture memory, 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 16 MB texture memory, 32 MB of VRAM | ||
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8 compatible | |||
| Other | 8X CD-ROM | 16X CD-ROM, DirectX-compatible game pad | ||
Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16