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MagusDraco
Nov 11, 2011

even speedwagon was trolled

StrixNebulosa posted:

I wish I hadn't spoiled myself on the "little girl" but oh well, I am loving how this plot is going full-throttle now. And worried!

edit: SHE HAS A GUNDAM?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!


RevolverDivider posted:

SC is a significantly better game then FC.

Yeah this is definitely true.



Also tempted to use that CS2 NG+ save even if it may possibly break things?

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Terper
Jun 26, 2012


Happy Valentine's, may you find yourself someone as canon as this

https://twitter.com/huri_kiseki/status/963833079096737792

Mordecai
May 18, 2003

Known throughout the world! Chop people's head off to the ground! Angry eyes that frighten people! Dragon among humans, king of dragons... Manchurian Derp Deity, Ha Che'er.
Oh hey, it's $10 less at the Humble Sto-- oh, it won't launch.

I think I'm done with DRM-free from Humble.

Mordecai fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Feb 14, 2018

Taran
Nov 2, 2002

What? I don't get to yell "I'LL FINISH THIS" anymore?



Grimey Drawer

havenwaters posted:

Also tempted to use that CS2 NG+ save even if it may possibly break things?

I'm hoping/assuming that even if that particular save is weird because of hex-editing, that subsequent saves would create normally and it'll all be fine.

Billzasilver
Nov 8, 2016

I lift my drink and sing a song

for who knows if life is short or long?


Man's life is like the morning dew

past days many, future days few

SWEET MERCIFUL AIDIOS

https://twitter.com/xseedgames/status/963866466033569793

Billzasilver
Nov 8, 2016

I lift my drink and sing a song

for who knows if life is short or long?


Man's life is like the morning dew

past days many, future days few

Really Pants posted:

I've forgotten too. When does this happen?

Early on in the chapter, you travel around town looking for red exclamation points for suspicious looking terrorist spots.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

"LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"
It should be mentioned that the Cold Steel drama CD is required reading for CS2; the game assumes you're familiar with the events because they're mentioned half a dozen times in the prologue.

http://www.trailsofcoldsteel.com/cs2/memoirs1.html

Last Celebration
Mar 30, 2010

Terper posted:

Happy Valentine's, may you find yourself someone as canon as this

https://twitter.com/huri_kiseki/status/963833079096737792

But that’s not Rean x Towa at all! Or even Rean x nobody!

Sivek
Nov 12, 2012

nevermind

Sivek fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Feb 14, 2018

BrightWing
Apr 27, 2012

Yes, he is quite mad.

Some Numbers posted:

It should be mentioned that the Cold Steel drama CD is required reading for CS2; the game assumes you're familiar with the events because they're mentioned half a dozen times in the prologue.

http://www.trailsofcoldsteel.com/cs2/memoirs1.html

I thought it was weird they glossed over this whole event in game. Thanks.

E:

MY TURN!

BrightWing fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Feb 15, 2018

xylo
Feb 21, 2007
<img src="https://forumimages.somethingawful.com/images/newbie.gif" border=0>

Game is a bit broken on 144Hz Gsync monitors if you turn off v-sync and leave it at uncapped framerate -- super fast menu cycling, delayed sfx at time, etc. Enabling 60fps lock and v-sync on seems to fix the issue.

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


MagusDraco
Nov 11, 2011

even speedwagon was trolled

xylo posted:

Game is a bit broken on 144Hz Gsync monitors if you turn off v-sync and leave it at uncapped framerate -- super fast menu cycling, delayed sfx at time, etc. Enabling 60fps lock and v-sync on seems to fix the issue.

Same thing happened with CS1 and durante eventually fixed the fast menu cycling but things were still kinda busted in other ways.

Also I tend to turn g-sync off for falcom games in general since map transitions stutter sometimes when the refresh rate wildly swings from 60 to 12 to back to 60 (or in trails in the sky's case, 125 to 20 to back to 125)

BrightWing
Apr 27, 2012

Yes, he is quite mad.
Oh wow, animations got another once over I see.

Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

"LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

BrightWing posted:

Oh wow, animations got another once over I see.

Yeah, all the animations got upgraded and the look so goddamn smooth.

All the battle lines got rerecorded too.

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


Yeah, in the first game, voice clips in battle couldn't be longer than the Japanese versions, so sometimes the characters hadtosaythingsreallyfast. For 2, XSEED managed to get Falcom to get that bit of programming done so the actors could set their own pace.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
I'LLBACKYOUUP

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


YOURENDISSURE

Detheros
Apr 11, 2010

I want to die.



Whatawaseoftimelet'sgo

xylo
Feb 21, 2007
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Game is great so far.

Anyone able to bind turbo to right trigger using an xbox controller? I can't seem to get it working but it does seem to work on other buttons like right stick click.

Admiral H. Curtiss
May 11, 2010

I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.
Just make sure every action is uniquely assigned to a button, that should be all there is to it.

Mysticblade
Oct 22, 2012

You can remap things, it's in the config menu before you open the game. I've set Turbo to R2 on my Dualshock 3.

Also game is still good even if it's not as optimised and I had to drop to console quality.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

the CS2 taskbar icon is a picture of Tio, Zero/Ao confirmed

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)

Really Pants posted:

the CS2 taskbar icon is a picture of Tio, Zero/Ao confirmed

It's a basic icon Falcom included as a placeholder. Durante said he'll be replacing it in an update just to avoid people getting the wrong idea.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

replacing it to conceal the truth, you mean

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender
Okay I finished the prologue of Cold Steel II. Unfortunately, I failed to find the book chapter which I'm SURE should be here. I talked to everyone twice at both opportunities, and I just did it again to make doubly sure. Maybe there isn't one?

- Vita showed up? Well, so long Valimar, I guess. No way will they just leave that lying around for long now that they know where it is, and there's no chance it recovers in time.
- Things were already really dire, and now they're even worse! That was faster than I expected.
- No Rean, I think now probably ISN'T as good a time as any to ask - you're kinda in the middle of something really important right now!
- Actually I think that now IS a great time to lose one's self to anger.
- What use would that woman have for Rean's forgiveness? EDIT: Oh a distraction, that makes sense.
- Wait, there's TWO of them? One was bad enough! On the other hand, she is doing us a favor by removing some annoying characters from center stage for a while, so I already like her better than the first one.
- Vulcan said it best. That's a SHITLOAD of bosses.
- Wait, "Horned Lions"? Looks like The Thors staff and students are being enough trouble that they get their own guerrilla group nickname!
- I really like the image from the opening movie where Machias and Elliot are in a room and he's cleaning his gun. It really paints a great picture of a rag-tag bunch of rebels fighting a near-hopeless cause.

Questions:
1) DID I miss a book in Ymir?
2) There are accessories with "part of a set". Do those work in the same way as in CS 1, or is the part of a set thing only because they also show up in the trading stores? (Where you can trade the whole set for a new item.)

Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Feb 15, 2018

Terper
Jun 26, 2012


Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

- No Rean, I think now probably ISN'T as good a time as any to ask - you're kinda in the middle of something really important right now!

It is quite a poor choice of words, but Elise needed a minute to rest, so they didn't stop for absolutely no reason.

Erpy
Jan 30, 2015
(insert title here)

Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

Questions:
1) DID I miss a book in Ymir?
2) There are accessories with "part of a set". Do those work in the same way as in CS 1, or is the part of a set thing only because they also show up in the trading stores? (Where you can trade the whole set for a new item.)

1) No.
2) No, it's like the (usually three) accessories that make part of the set can be exchanged for one new accessory that's better than the benefits of the three accessories combined.

orphean
Apr 27, 2007

beep boop bitches
my monads are fully functional
Another great XSEED release. Just need to finish up YS VIII now... oh wait... :smith:

BrightWing
Apr 27, 2012

Yes, he is quite mad.
I'm never getting over to MHW at this rate :v:

lets hang out
Jan 10, 2015

It'll still be there for you, and with even more monsters if you put it off long enough.

Ryuga Death
May 14, 2008

There's gotta be one more bell to crack
Fun Shoe
I heard of some issues with G-sync and CS 1. For CS2, should I disable it?

smenj
Oct 10, 2012

Ryuga Death posted:

I heard of some issues with G-sync and CS 1. For CS2, should I disable it?

Dunno about G-sync, but I've heard people saying high frame rates are causing issues, so you might want to change the option from unlimited to a 60fps lock until there's a patch.

BrightWing
Apr 27, 2012

Yes, he is quite mad.
Fwiw I set CS 1 to max but locked the framerate at 60 and only had issues if I got a little hasty with the turbo button, game would slowdown a bit but nothing major. And Dark Matter's suction effect wouldn't work if I skipped it :v:.

MagusDraco
Nov 11, 2011

even speedwagon was trolled

Ryuga Death posted:

I heard of some issues with G-sync and CS 1. For CS2, should I disable it?

Main issue is unlocked framerates. G-Sync (at least for me and my Acer XB271HU and GTX 1070) can cause the game to stutter during loading transitions sometimes.

Admiral H. Curtiss
May 11, 2010

I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

BrightWing posted:

And Dark Matter's suction effect wouldn't work if I skipped it :v:.

There's actually a few minor bugs related to skipping animations, which were in the original PS3/Vita version as well. For example, the Sepith Up effect doesn't seem to work right if you skip animations, though I'm not 100% sure on the details.

Ryuga Death
May 14, 2008

There's gotta be one more bell to crack
Fun Shoe

havenwaters posted:

Main issue is unlocked framerates. G-Sync (at least for me and my Acer XB271HU and GTX 1070) can cause the game to stutter during loading transitions sometimes.

Same monitor and gpu here. I've never used the unlocked framerate option so it should be fine. Thanks for the replies, guys.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
ty gods of gaming for releasing Cold Steel 2 the day before my birthday thank you thank you

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender
CS 2, Act 1 (Part 1?)

- I do appreciate when characters in-game ask the same questions I'm asking, like "if this thing is so important, why hasn't Clotilde come to steal or break Valimar?"
- Magic teleportation things? (Cold Steel 1 LP) So... Ewie was RIGHT about the freaky statues? I guess it's not too much more of a stretch, given the devices in the Old Schoolhouse.

- I realize that redoing art design to reflect changing seasons is hard work, but if this is what December looks like, seasons can't be much of a thing.
- I liked the clever puzzle map. It looks just innocuous enough that any enemy would overlook it if they aren't looking for it.
- Nice reunion scene.
- Yes, it is a good idea to disguise yourself by taking off your glasses, Machias. A better idea might be to take off your red and gold armband painting you as a member of the Horned Lions resistance forces. Just you know, throwing that idea out there.
- I am far too easily amused. I controlled Machias and deliberately walked him into doorjambs, walls and people. Because he can't see.
- I actually like the justification for doing sidequests in this game more than I the one in CS 1. It makes a great deal of sense. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any more of those plant things even though declining the "go back to town" option implied there might be more (Got to go for the bonus AP!). I'll just assume that there aren't any more to find.

- I found Black Records 2 at a shop. Does that mean I missed Black Records 1 somewhere? It can't be. I guess we just get these out of order.

Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Feb 16, 2018

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Alard
Sep 4, 2011

Stabbey_the_Clown posted:


- I found Black Records 2 at a shop. Does that mean I missed Black Records 1 somewhere? It can't be. I guess we just get these out of order.

I'm pretty sure that's the first one you can find, so no you haven't missed any.

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