This is not to be confused with the console exclusive game Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Venus. This is a free to play casual volleyball management game, and lacks the volleyball gameplay or minigames of its console counterpart and has no English translation, but - at least it is on PC. For help with installing this game refer to this article (the camera mode of the Google Translate Android app may also be helpful for any steps that have changed since this article was written), and the beginners guide to understand the game itself.
Auto-Convergence
This fix uses my new auto-convergence feature (first introduced in my Life is Strange: Before the Storm fix) to automatically adjust the convergence while playing to suit the various scenes and quick camera angles changes this game does. For this game I have set it to try to keep everything inside the screen (behind the HUD), while still maximising the 3D effect in any given scene.
The auto-convergence feature replaces the traditional meaning of 3D Vision's convergence setting with a "popout" setting, which is similar to convergence, but gives better results with a wider range of camera angles, monitor sizes and viewing distances. The same keys that normally adjust the convergence will adjust the popout instead when auto-convergence is enabled, and the popout value will be displayed on screen while adjusting it.
This feature has a number of tunable parameters, which can be tweaked by editing the [Constants] section in the d3dx.ini. These tunables include things such as the initial popout, minimum and maximum allowable convergence values, thresholds for how far the convergence is allowed to get away from the target, and threshold for the anti-judder countermeasure.
Fixed
- Lights & shadows
- Water
- HUD
- Added automatic convergence
Update v1.1
- Fixed ripples
- Fixed auto-convergence popout bias changing on full screen
- Use a lower convergence preset when Burst is activated
Installing
Extract the contents of the zip file to the game directory.
In the launcher (not the game), open settings (2nd button from the top) and change everything to the left-most option (this is what I tested on - other options may or may not work).
IMPORTANT: Once the main game launches, press F7 to switch to exclusive full screen mode to engage 3D. Repeat this anytime you alt+tab out of the game to re-engage 3D.
Keys
- Mouse back button: Toggle HUD visibility
- ~: Toggle auto-convergence feature on and off
- Ctrl+F5: Reduce popout when auto-convergence is on
- Ctrl+F6: Increase popout when auto-convergence is on
Known Issues
The news and Gacha probabilities windows are blank. Alt+tab out of the game (not just disabling 3D) and they will appear, and press F7 to re-enable 3D when done, but of course it is all in Japanese anyway. Visit this site for English translations.
Side-by-Side / Top-and-Bottom Output Modes
This fix is bundled with the SBS / TAB output mode support in 3DMigoto. To enable it, edit the d3dx.ini, find the [Present] section and uncomment (remove the semicolon) the line that reads:
run = CustomShader3DVision2SBS
Then, in game press F11 to cycle output modes. If using 3D TV Play, set the nvidia control panel to output checkerboard to remove the 720p limitation.
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This mod is created with 3DMigoto (primarily written by myself, Bo3b and Chiri), and uses Flugan's Assembler. See here for a full list of contributors to 3DMigoto
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