Columbo
Published
The game is normally has some framerate issues and is locked to 30fps by default, this can however be changed by messing with some ini files. This also makes it possible to enable costumes normally only accessible for the special edition of the game
Locked to 40fps with screen at 40hz
Post-processing can cause a black screen when shrunk. This only happens when anti-aliasing is enabled. To fix this either turn off anti-aliasing (recommended) or post-processing in the settings. So far no further issues.
Plays perfectly fine out of the box, but performance can be improved with some ini edits.
With the controller workout (see below) the game is perfectly stable with minimal issues.
Water effects are currently broken, though not gamebreaking
The game will crash when try to play with a controller. To avoid this toggle vibration off while Keyboard & Mouse are selected in the options menu of the game. After turning vibration off switch to controller and it should be smooth sailing from there.
If you don't try to mod the game it should work out of the box. Just don't forget to lock it to 30 fps with 720p resolution.
Installed a quality of life mod
Minor audio stuttering, thankfully very rarely.
When modding the game or changing game files the game would crash on startup for me (black screen then immediate crash). Reinstalling the game still left the game broken. The solution was to completely remove the 'Valkyria Chronicles' folder from Steamapps/Common/. If you want to install a mod (graphic or rebalance mods for example) first make sure that you're save is backed up (Steam Cloud). Then install the mod and check if the game launches, if it crashes with a black screen follow these steps: Uninstall the game from steam, remove the 'Valkyria Chronicles' folder from Steamapps/Common/ in desktop mode then reinstall the game. DO NOT LAUNCH THE GAME, INSTALL THE MODS YOU WANT FIRST. Once you're done messing with game files you're free to start the game. After figuring this out I haven't experienced any instability issues. According to PCGAMINGWIKI there are a few bugs when playing with anything other than 30fps and 720p, so I'm currently playing with those settings.
Is stable as long as you play 720p/30fps and don't try to mod the game.
