Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy: Fan-Made Patch Addresses Longstanding PC Version Issues
The modder KartinX has released FF13NovaFix, a new fan-made patch that addresses longstanding issues across the PC versions of Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The mod improves performance at high frame rates, adds graphics and controller options, and fixes various gameplay and display issues.
Lightning Returns also regains several features removed from the PC version, including its offline Snapshot mode and the ability to rename Schemata, map markers, and the White Chocobo. The latest version, 1.0.1, also adds experimental ultrawide support for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
FF13NovaFix supports only the latest Steam builds on Windows and Linux, including Steam Deck. It is not compatible with the Microsoft Store versions or with the older FF13Fix.
Full features list:
All three games
Automatic keyboard/controller prompt switching
Fast controller reconnect and XInput vibration
Correct facial animations at high frame rates
Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2
Borderless and borderless-fullscreen modes
Proper monitor selection
VSync, refresh rate, triple buffering, and frame limiting
Fixes UI clipping and alignment at resolutions above 720p
Faster UI rendering and anisotropic filtering without affecting pixel-art/UI textures
Fixes occasional bad frames during hard scene cuts
Final Fantasy XIII
Fixes field movement and Titan's route at high frame rates
Prevents the Nautilus cutscene crash at uncommon output resolutions
Final Fantasy XIII-2
High-FPS fixes for simulation timing, root motion, chain updates, and model initialization
Fixes jerky camera movement in Chocobo races at high frame rates
Fixes the prologue battle breaking at high-FPS
Fixes the one-pixel HUD sampling error above 720p
Restores alpha-tested shadow detail
Optional faster shadow rendering
Mip LOD bias control
Automatic QTE prompt switching
Fixes Steam Cloud save crashes
Reconciles newer cross-PC and externally edited saves without silently overwriting the other copy
Fixes D3D9 resource-pointer crashes
Lightning Returns
Removes the forced VSync cap
Restores offline Snapshot mode with camera controls, HUD toggle, PNG output, and Compose message
Restores Schemata renaming
Restores Map marker renaming
Restores White Chocobo renaming
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FINAL FANTASY XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse.
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