At present, the project does the following:

• Uncaps the 720p internal resolution
  
• Removes artifacts caused by sprite smoothing
• Enhances SSAO quality
  
• Fixes bad texture coordinates on many sprites
  
• Bypasses Intel integrated GPUs on laptops
  
• Improves OpenGL performance
  
• Supports custom button icons
  
• Supports custom resolutions
  
• Adds cursor management
  
• Adds UI color customization
  
• Adds MSAA support
  
• Adds a PSN Trophy sound on achievement unlock
  
  (which can be replaced with any .wav file in OpenGL32.ini)

There are a lot of things wrong with this game on the render-end. My expertise is OpenGL and I am going to take a crack at fixing some of the render issues and adding whatever enhancements I see fit. I thoroughly enjoy this work, so expect interesting things.

Input is a different story. I am not a game developer anymore and have only a passing knowledge of input related systems as they pertain to games. I can fix some general issues (e.g. no XInput support), but understanding why the game handles input the clunky way that it does is beyond me.

Visual C++ 2015 Runtime

This mod requires the (x86) version, grab the installer here.[www.microsoft.com]

Pretty Prinny

The latest version (0.5.5) is available from GitHub (grab PrettyPrinny.zip only, not the source code):

Latest
v 0.5.5
Download from here.[github.com]


Previous
v 0.5.4
Download from here.[github.com]

I ask that you never link directly to a GitHub release page when discussing this project; it creates troubleshooting problems for me. Instead, if you could link to the Steam forum post or this guide, that would be appreciated.

1. Unzip PrettyPrinny.zip to your Disgaea PC install path (SteamApps/common/Disgaea PC)
   
   
   When you install the mod for the first time, it is suggested that you delete the Pad.cfg file to ensure maximum compatibility.

1. Delete OpenGL32.dll and PrettyPrinny.dll from your Disgaea PC install path
   
   • Delete the config files for PrettyPrinny.ini and OpenGL.ini as well as logs stored in logs/

Please Note:

Many of Pretty Prinny's features do not work when the game is running in mini-window mode.

They almost all require a "Fullscreen Window" or proper Fullscreen mode. This is because mini-window mode is locked to an even lower resolution (544p) than fullscreen (720p) and is too much of a hassle to deal with.

Suggested RTSS Settings shown to the left.

The project is rather special in that it is the first mod I have done that uses OpenGL. I expect things to be rocky at first, and would ask that any issues encountered be reported in the development thread here.

When reporting a problem, logs/PrettyPrinny.log, logs/steam_api.log and logs/OpenGL32.log are useful information for me. If you could paste those to pastebin.com and then post a link in the thread, I will do my best to track the problem down.

The Render API on the OSD will show up as UNKNOWN (it should say OpenGL) if you are using the latest version of MSI Afterburner.

I have a fix for this in my other projects but am not ready to merge it with this one yet. The problem is mostly benign and you can safely ignore it.


There were known issues with NVIDIA's 364.47 drivers. They have been resolved in later driver releases, and you are encouraged to upgrade if you have 364.xx drivers installed.


The mod is configured to enable a feature called "VRAM caching" to speed up rendering in the item world. This feature may cause the game to crash if you change between New and Old textures while the game is running.

If you need to swap between New and Old textures, edit PrettyPrinny.ini and set VRAMCaching=false to avoid potential problems.

I believe strongly in open source software and I never charge a penny for any of my work. However, these projects do take a considerable amount of my time and I like to think that has some value.

Donations are completely optional, and they permit me to buy books, tools and dedicate more of my time to these projects. See the GitHub repository[github.com] for more information.