NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Guide

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FAQ and standard set up for NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139

Overview

FAQ and standard set up for NieR Replicant

Pre-Purchase bonus

Q: Where is the pre-purchase bonus?

A: It’s in game installed folder.

ex) C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonNieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139

Contents:
+—Mini Soundtrack
| 01 Hills of Radiant Winds (Another Edit Version).mp3
| 02 Kaine (Another Edit Version).mp3
| 03 Song of the Ancients (Another Edit Version).mp3
|
—Wallpaper Collection
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Controller settings

General note

Connect controller before game launch.
Otherwise game may not recognize controller.

Q: PS5 controller (DualSense) does not work.

A: Disable Steam Input as it is supported by built in
(Info is from forum)

Q: Does PS3 controller work?

A: As I tried personally, I could not make it work both with Steam Input enabled and disabled. I’m not sure if there’s some driver to help.

Verified working

* Astro C40TR (Steam Input disabled)
* Hori FPS+ (Steam Input disabled)
* Logitech GamePad F310 (XInput mode – Steam Input disabled)
* PlayStation 4 controller DualShock4 (Steam Input disabled)
* Switch Pro controller (Steam Input needs to be enabled)
* XBox Series X/S controller (Steam Input disabled)
* XBox One controller (Steam Input disabled)
Note: These are personally verified.

General Controller settings

1. Disable Steam Input
It’s faster response and less bugs involved.
2. If it does not work, try with Steam Input enabled.
3. If newer device is not supported, try Steam Client beta.

Switch Pro Controller setting

Following setting has verified working with Steam Input enabled for this game.

Graphics settings

Special-K

If you have 60Hz monitor, you may need Special-K to have 60fps flat.
Other wise, you may get about 55-58fps (about 5-10% frame drop) with laggy screen.

If you have high frequency monitor and running faster than 60fps is OK, you may not need Special-K. My systems runs 85-95 fps on 1440p/144Hz, it is about 10-15% faster than normal game. But I like it.

But any how GeForce Experience was causing laggy screen, so I’ve set GeForce Experience as manual run and play this game without it.

Special K setting for 60fps flat cap

* Sleepless Render
* Sleepless Window
* Light Sleep Mode
* 60 FPS Limit
Ref. [link]

Recommendation settings

1) FPS on priority.

2) Lower graphics quality to be around 60 fps for 60Hz monitor.

3) If you have high frequency monitor and higher performance graphics card, it’s up to you for balance (fps, resolution, graphics quality)

Q: Can Vsyc to be OFF?

Yes, you can.

There is no Vsync setting in game, but NVidia control panel can disable.

I would recommend only if you are using high frequency monitor (100+Hz).
With 60Hz, screen tearing is very obvious.

Personally I turns off VSync for earing faster response for fighting games. Usually about 40ms different. But I don’t recommend for 60Hz monitor.

Following setting is overwriting for all apps, but you can specify by apps.

By global setting:

By game specific setting:

Language settings

You can choose Japanese voice and text independently with subtitle options.


Performance and improvement

Q: How much fps makes?

Case 1: 80-100fps on 1440p with RTX2080Ti – Gen9 i9 (High quality)
Case 2: 55-60fps on 1080p with RTX2070 – Gen4 i7 (Low quality)
Case 3: 55-60fps on 4K with RTX2070 – Gen4 i7 (Low quality same as Case 2 machine)

Note: There are FPS cap and higher FPS cause faster game speed issue on first release.
But some people including me likes 80-90fps with 10-20% speed up.

Sound settings

Automata OST

It was announce that free options for replacing NieR Automata’s OST.

Currently I don’t know how to configure.

So I think after first ending, it will be unlocked.

Steam specific features

Steam Point Shop

9 items are available.
[link]

Trading Cards

10 trading cards are available.
You can get up to 5 from game play.
To get all 10, you’ll need to trade or buy from market.
Once you completed, you can convert to badge.

Save data / Manual back up and restore

If you get corrupted save data

When it happens, I think better to do followings:

If game shows problem on writing file, I think better to do following.
1) Don’t quit game (If you do, Steam Cloud Sync runs)
2) Manual back up current save data (just in case)
3) Download and back up from Steam Cloud Sync (last time game quit data)
[link]

Save data location

It is under “Document” folder.
%USERPROFILE%DocumentsMy GamesNieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139

Note1: The folder has Steam folder, Microsoft Store version may be different folder.
Note2: Folder contains Steam ID for different account.

If you want back up manually, back up above folder.

Manual back up and restore

Back up:
1) Close game
2) Copy above save data to other location (preferred to different drive)
3) Start game

Restore:
1) Close game
2) (Optional: current data back up) Copy above save data to other location (preferred to different drive)
3) Copy from backup location to save data location.
Note: In general removing folder first and copy freshly is preferred instead of folder merge.
4) Start game to verify

Steam Cloud Sync location

If you need to access to Cloud Sync, following is direct link:

[link]
Back up batch file

Following batch file makes back up to different drive (H drive as is) with random number in postfix.

_backup_docs_my_games.bat
===
rem Change drive letter before run: current: H drive is back up location
set TMP_BackUp_DST=H:_Backup_GameSaveDataDocuments_MyGame_backup_%random%

md %TMP_BackUp_DST%
xcopy /E /V /Y “%USERPROFILE%DocumentsMy Games*.*” %TMP_BackUp_DST%
===

Mod

I’m not recommending to use mods, but if you do make sure back up your save data first manually (don’t rely on Steam Cloud Sync).

NexusMods
[link]
  • PlayStation Button Replacer: [link]

Special K

I personally don’t use and not sure recommendable, but Special K is supported.

You can get proper Special K version as following
1) [link]
2) Click “Discord” on top of page of 1)
3) Scroll down left pane for #nier-replicant channel
4) Get download link from 2nd post (04/23/2021)
Instruction is there too

Misc FAQ

Q: What version number means?

A. It’s square root of 1.5

Q: Spoiler free guide to getting all the endings?

A: I think following forum thread is good.
[link]

DLC

Q: Is free DLC available on Family Sharing Account?

A: No.

Is is defined as not sharable.
[link]
> Exclude from game library sharing (exfgls) Yes

As I contacted Square-Enix, they did not set for unshareable.
So I think it is Steam Client side issue and not publisher’s setting.

It is known issue on Steam and other platform (PS and Xbox) does not have same issue.

Following workaround does not work on this game as well.

Family Sharing Free DLC Restriction
[link]
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CHANGE.ORG PETITION
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[link]

Support contact

Publisher Square-Enix

English: [link]
Japanese: [link]

Developer: Toy Logic

English: [link]
Japanese: [link]

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