Trails in the Sky FC - Technical

This is assorted technical information for Trails in the Sky FC or the Trails in the Sky series.

Save folder

On Windows PC, the Trails in the Sky series stores its save files and configuration in the user Saved Games folder in FALCOM\. If Steam Cloud synchronization is enabled and available for the title, save files are located under the Steam install folder in userdata\<user_id>\, but configuration files are not moved. Use the table below to find the files you are looking for.

Game	Default save folder	Config file	Steam Cloud save folder
Trails in the Sky FC	ED6\	config.ini	251150\remote\FC\
Trails in the Sky SC	ED_SORA2\	ed6_win2.ini	251150\remote\SC\
Trails in the Sky the 3rd	ED_SORA3\	ed6_win3.ini	251150\remote\TC\

Configuration

The following sections and settings have been observed. Note that DirectX 9 support was added in the Windows English PC releases. As such, device-related fields have a "DX9" version and a plain version for DirectX 8. The listing below will only link to Microsoft documentation on DirectX 9 APIs, as DirectX 8 documentation is phased out and hard to find.

Section: [Video]
Setting	Value	Default
Adapter AdapterDX9	The ordinal number associated with the selected graphics card adapter. Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields.	0
Device DeviceDX9	The D3DDEVTYPE value to use. 0 ("HAL"): D3DDEVTYPE_HAL (1); which enables hardware rasterization. 1 ("REF"): D3DDEVTYPE_REF (2); which disables hardware rasterization and may require the Windows SDK to be installed (REF is used to aid in debugging). Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields. FC config only: The tool lists "HAL" and "REF" repeatedly (and maps them to values 0 through 9) which seem to work as various software rasterizers (and many of them just crash on start).	0
Mode ModeDX9 Config only	The config tools use this to decide which mode in the "Resolution" selector to select. Modes are a combination of the Width, Height, RefreshRate (FC only), and Format fields below, notably matching the D3DDISPLAYMODE structure. The config tools use the EnumAdapterModes() filtered to D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 (22, listed as "x 32" for 32-bit color, in the tool) to determine the list of supported D3DDISPLAYMODE values to display, and only tracks the refresh rate of 0 (which the OS treats as "default"). Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields.	0
Width WidthDX9 Config-set only	The games read these fields, similar to those found in the D3DDISPLAYMODE structure, to decide how to set the display (or window). The config tools only set these values on save. Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields.	0
Height HeightDX9		0
RefreshRate RefreshRateDX9 FC only		0
Format FormatDX9		22
VendorID VendorIDDX9 Config-set only	The config tools write these values on save as retrieved from GetAdapterIdentifier(). Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields.	0
DeviceID DeviceIDDX9 Config-set only		0
KeepAspect Unused	The game always renders to the given window shape, regardless of this setting. Movies are always played at their intended aspect ratio with letterboxing.	1
HardwareVertexShader HardwareVertexShaderDX9	Hardware vertex shader: Whether to process vertices with the GPU (hardware)or CPU. Separated between DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 fields.	0 (DX8) 1 (DX9)
WindowMode	Whether to display as a window (will become borderless if the resolution is the same as the desktop's).	1
UseMipmap	Whether to use mipmaps.	1
WaitVSync	Whether to limit framerate to the display's refresh rate.	1
LowTexture	Whether to use lower quality textures.	0 1 (LQ)
TextureFilter	How to do texture filtering. 1: Uses nearest-point sampling. 2: Uses bilinear texture filtering. 3: Uses anisotropic texture filtering.	2
FpsMode	FPS mode. 0: Automatic (120 FPS limit). 1: 30 FPS limit. 2: 60 FPS limit.	0
FullAntiAlias	Whether to use anti-aliasing. Unknown values. This value is reset when the config tool is saved.	0
LowEffect	Whether to disable effects such as blur. FC config only: This setting is named "Render Target".	0
ShadowQuality	Shadow quality from 0 (low) to 2 (high).	2 0 (LQ)
HighResoText	Whether to use high-resolution fonts. Note that a crash can still occur in some locations with ultra-high display resolution (4K) and high-resolution fonts enabled, due to the missing Japanese glyphs. Notably, some bracer boards feature these glyphs.	1 0 (LQ)
ForceTextReso	Tell the game to use a specific font resolution setting. Unknown values.	0
HighResoAssets	Whether to use high-resolution assets (portraits, menu art, UI, etc).	1 0 (LQ)
BoostFont	Whether to use a larger font size.	0
MinimapMode	How to show the mini map on the screen. 0: Invisible. 1: Fixed north. 2: Rotate.	1
StatusMode	How to show the player status on the screen (outside battle). 0: Invisible. 1: Visible.	1
Menu	Whether to show the "MOVIE" menu. Usually unlocked by completing the game.	0
GlowOn the 3rd only	Whether to enable glow and reflections.	1
LogoPlayOff FC only	Whether to disable the startup logo video playback.	0
OpeningPlayOff FC only	Whether to disable the opening video playback.	0
MoviePlay SC and the 3rd only	Whether to enable all video playback.	1
UseNewOrbmentLine FC only	The appearance of orbment lines in the ORBMENT menu. Three modes are exposed by the game: UseNewOrbmentLine=0 and UseNewOrbmentLineStyle=0 is "Classic" and is how the game shipped in 2004 with no color highlights differentiating lines in the list and no glowing highlights in the orbment layout display. UseNewOrbmentLine=1 and UseNewOrbmentLineStyle=0 is "Colored Lines", an FC-faithful addition of color differentiation between lines. UseNewOrbmentLine=1 and UseNewOrbmentLineStyle=1 is "Powered Lines", a style with color differentiation and additional glow like SC and the 3rd.	1
UseNewOrbmentLineStyle FC only		1
Section: [Sound]
Setting	Value	Default
BgmOff	Whether to disable background music.	0
SeOff	Whether to disable sound effects.	0
BgmVolume	The volume for background music. 0 is quietest and 9 is loudest.	6
SeVolume	The volume for sound effects. 0 is quietest and 9 is loudest.	6
NotUseDirectSound	Whether to disable DirectSound for compatibility.	0
NotUseDirectSound3d	Whether to disable 3D sound.	0
BtVoiceOff	Whether to disable battle voices.	0
BtVoiceLang	The voice language to use. 0: Refers to English voices, located in ED6_DT1B.dat (FC)/ED6_DT38.dat (SC/the 3rd'). 1: Refers to Japanese voices, located in ED6_DT1A.dat (FC)/ED6_DT37.dat (SC/the 3rd).	0
SoftwareSoundBuffer	Whether to use the system sound buffer (software).	0
NoBeeping	Whether to disable the beep sound of dialog.	0
BtVoiceLang	The background music BGM pack to use. 0: Refers to "Original" in the BGM\ folder. #: Refers to the BGM pack in the folder named BGM#\ with the specified number.	0
Section: [Control]
Setting	Value	Default
Camera45Deg	Whether camera rotates in 45-degree steps (as opposed to freely).	1
UseGamaPad	Whether to enable reading gamepad input (DirectInput or XInput). Yes it's spelled "gama" in all games.	1
KeyboardUseDI	Whether to enable reading keyboard input (DirectInput).	1
MouseUseDI	Whether to enable reading mouse input (DirectInput).	1
DefaultRun	Whether to run without needing to hold the button. If enabled, holding the button is for walking.	0
ChrTrans	Whether to enable character transparency.	0
Analog	Whether to use analog-stick intensity (distance from center) for movement speed.	1
RightCamera	Whether to allow the right stick to rotate the camera.	1
InvertCamera	Whether to invert camera rotation direction.	0
LastAccessFile	Which save file was last accessed, for where the LOAD/SAVE menu cursor is placed on next open.	0
ButtonMode	How to display the menu buttons at the bottom right of the screen. 0: Off. 1: Clickable. 2: Double clickable.	1
Keyboard	The keyboard key binding map. Each key is a pair of hexadecimal digits corresponding to a virtual key code. What follows is each key binding in the map. Default: 20111b41585a2628252742434d10564e12
	1. OK/Talk	20 (Space)
	2. Cancel/Camp	11 (Ctrl)
	3. Cancel (hidden)	1b (Esc)
	4. Walk/Run	41 (A)
	5. Rotate Right	58 (X)
	6. Rotate Left	5a (Z)
	7. Up	26 (Up)
	8. Down	28 (Down)
	9. Left	25 (Left)
	10. Right	27 (Right)
	11. Notebook	42 (B)
	12. Recipes	43 (C)
	13. World Map (FC and SC)/Guidestone (the 3rd)	4d (M)
	14. Show Location (all)/Party (the 3rd)	10 (Shift)
	15. Zoom Minimap	56 (V)
	16. Monster Guide	4e (N)
	17. Turbo	12 (Alt)
GamePad	The gamepad button binding map. Each button is a pair of hexadecimal digits corresponding to the DirectInput button index (a zero-based array, displayed as plus one in config tools). XInput controller digital buttons map the same way as Microsoft's XInput-to-DirectInput map with the addition of "Left Trigger" -> "Button 11" and "Right Trigger" -> "Button 12". What follows is each button binding in the map (DirectInput/XInput). Default: 000108050403020907060a0b
	1. OK/Talk	00 (1/A)
	2. Cancel/Camp	01 (2/B)
	3. Walk/Run	08 (9/LSB)
	4. Rotate Right	05 (6/RB)
	5. Rotate Left	04 (5/LB)
	6. Notebook	03 (4/Y)
	7. Recipes	02 (3/X)
	8. World Map (FC and SC)/Guidestone (the 3rd)	09 (10/RSB)
	9. Show Location (all)/Party (the 3rd)	07 (8/START)
	10. Zoom Minimap	06 (7/BACK)
	11. Monster Guide	0a (11/LT)
	12. Turbo	0b (12/RT)
PadDeviceNo	The gamepad device index.	0
PadSensitivity	The gamepad analog sensitivity. Between 0 and 100.	60
Mouse	The mouse button binding map. Each button is a pair of hexadecimal digits corresponding to a virtual key code. What follows is each button binding in the map. Default:0102
	1. OK/Move	01 (LMB)
	2. Cancel/Talk	02 (RMB)
UseWheel	Whether to enable reading mouse wheel input.	1
WheelReverse	Whether to invert the mouse wheel control direction.	0
RetryOffset	Whether to allow retrying at a lower difficulty.	0
TurboLvField	The turbo factor on the field. Between 0 (disabled) and 6 (6×), 1 is 1.5×.	2
TurboLvBattle	The turbo factor in battle. Between 0 (disabled) and 6 (6×), 1 is 1.5×.	4
Section: [Mg05] (the 3rd only)
Setting	Value	Default
MG05InversY Unused	Whether vertical controls are reversed in Sun Door 1: "Capua Express Delivery Service". These settings can be set in the minigame's menu, but do not appear to be loaded or saved here.	0
MG05Sensitive Unused	The sensitivity of controls in Sun Door 1: "Capua Express Delivery Service". These settings can be set in the minigame's menu, but do not appear to be loaded or saved here.	0

File layout

Voices

Voice file layout in the Trails in the Sky series are described in detail below.

Voice lines are stored in the uncompressed .wav format inside of the archive for all PC releases, and the proprietary .vag audio format for all PlayStation releases. They are all files named in the format ED6T1###.WAV ("T" files). In the Japanese PC releases of SC and The 3rd, they share their archive with sound effect files, named ED6SE###.WAV ("SE" files).

The Japanese PC releases of FC and SC contained no voices and an incomplete set of voices respectively. The 3rd for Japanese PC was the first to contain all of the voices found in the games today. After which, all versions of FC and SC (all versions on PSP/PS3 and the English PC releases) contain every relevant section of voices.

Specific character "sections" can be found at specific regular intervals, always ending in "0" (so the voice ID of the first line for any section is a multiple of 10). Between many characters are the dummy audio files, which contain the same "blip" noise. These 1826-byte files were likely used as a way of debugging missing or misaligned voice IDs by playing an audible sound that is clearly incorrect if the game encounters them.

All voices in the series are added on in each entry (except for a special case). As such, all of the voices in FC can be found in the same place in SC along with several added sections, and all of the voices in FC and SC can be found in the same place in The 3rd along with several added sections.

Game	Release	Voice language	Sections	Location	Format
FC	Japanese PC	Japanese	0	—	—
	Japanese PSP/PS3	Japanese	16	data/se/	.vag
	English PC	English	16	ED6_DT1B.dir (T)	.wav
		Japanese	16	ED6_DT1A.dir (T)	.wav
	English PSP	English	16	data/se/	.vag
SC	Japanese PC	Japanese	16	ED6_DT28.dir (SE+T)	.wav
	Japanese PSP/PS3	Japanese	22+	data/se/	.vag
	English PC	English	22+	ED6_DT38.dir (T)	.wav
		Japanese	22+	ED6_DT37.dir (T)	.wav
	English PSP	English	22+	data/se/	.vag
The 3rd	Japanese PC	Japanese	28	ED6_DT28.dir (SE+T)	.wav
	Japanese PSP/PS3	Japanese	28	data/se/	.vag
	English PC	English	28	ED6_DT38.dir (T)	.wav
		Japanese	28	ED6_DT37.dir (T)	.wav

Dual audio in English PC releases

While not officially supported, the English PC games' executables support the ability to change voice language in the in-game settings. When both archives are present (ED6_DT1A.dir and ED6_DT1B.dir in FC, and ED6_DT37.dir and ED6_DT28.dir in SC and The 3rd), the in-game settings menu changes, replacing the "On"/"Off" voice toggle with "English"/"Japanese"/"Off". The needed archives are different between the three games, as they require the exact same set of voice sections, which is a "subset" of The 3rd's set for each entry in the series.

Layout of sections

Section start	Character	Count	Dummy count	FC	SC	3rd
ED6T1000	Estelle Bright	35	5	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1040	Joshua Bright (FC)	30	10	✔	✖	✖
ED6T1040	Joshua Bright (SC & The 3rd)	27	13	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1080	Scherazard Harvey	19	21	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1120	Olivert Reise Arnor	17	23	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1160	Klaudia von Auslese	28	2	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1190	Agate Crosner	28	2	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1220	Tita Russell	20	10	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1250	Zin Vathek	28	2	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1280	Kevin Graham	18	12	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1310	Anelace Elfead	25	15	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1350	Josette Capua	18	12	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1380	Kurt Nardin	24	6	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1410	Julia Schwarz	19	11	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1440	Leonhardt	15	5	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1460	Georg Weissmann	14	6	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1480	Alan Richard	28	2	✔	✔	✔
ED6T1510	Kevin Graham (alternate)	35	15	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1560	Ries Argent	30	10	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1600	Renne Hayworth	33	17	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1650	Mueller Vander	23	7	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1680	Leonhardt (alternate)	26	4	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1710	Cassius Bright	25	5	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1740	Bleublanc	21	9	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1770	Walter	22	8	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1800	Luciola	21	9	✖	✔	✔
ED6T1830	Kilika Rouran	20	10	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1860	Phillip Runall	21	9	✖	✖	✔
ED6T1890	Gilbert Stein	48	3	✖	✔	✔