Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

NTSC-U cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20151 SLUS-28004 (Trade Demo) Release date: July 25, 2001 CRCs: 2F56CBC9 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SCES-50354 Release date: November 9, 2001 CRCs: 7EBEEBBD Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25033 SLPS-73404 (PlayStation 2 the Best) SLPM-60138 (Trial) Release date: March 22, 2001 June 27, 2002 (PlayStation 2 the Best) CRCs: 1645DE53 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Namco
Publisher(s): Namco (JP, US), SCEE (EU)
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 91/100
Game description: Klonoa, a long-eared creature, has stumbled on yet another mystical adventure. In Klonoa 2, a dark kingdom threatens the enchanted realm of Lunatea. Now it's up to Klonoa and his friends, Lolo and Popka, to prevent evil forces from bringing monsters and sickness into their world. Help Klonoa through 24 magical stages featuring hover-board gliding, perceptual changes, and new treacherous foes. On your adventure, you'll drop off waterfalls, get shot into the air by cannon, and gain special abilities from your defeated enemies.
The sequel to 1997's sleeper platformer hit "Klonoa: Door to Phantomile" finds our floppy-eared, baseball cap-wearing hero collecting dream stones and over-inflating his enemies with air bullets while protecting the dream world of Lunatea in this "2-D style" action game.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	Intel Pentium E5400 @ 3.60 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	0.9.7 stable r3878	GSdx r3673	SPU2-X r3702 LilyPad r3878	BIOS: USA v02.00. Broken in 0.9.8 due to it crashing in the Volk City part which works in 0.9.7 just fine. 60/60FPS	Machina
PAL	Windows	AMD Phenom II X4 965BE @ 4.10 GHz / Intel Core i3-370M VTX ATI HD 6870 / Intel HD Graphics	1.0.0	GSdx	ZeroSPU2/SPU2-X ?	EE/VU Clamp: tried both Normal/Normal or E+P/E+P, tried both OFF/recommended (1/0), Auto = enable manual game fix (not ticked)	Metagondria
NTSC-U/J	Windows	Intel Core i5-3330 AMD Radeon HD 6850	1.3 r5932 SVN	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), No bugs.	DESTRUIDOR
NTSC	Windows 8.1	AMD Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.20 GHz (Unlocked 4th core) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	1.3.0 20140731161737	GSdx 0.1.16 20140731161737	SPU2-X 2.0.0 20140731161737 LilyPad 0.11.0 20140731161737	BIOS: USA v02.20, •Set Audio latency on SPU2-X to around 3MS Set in game audio to stereo •Some fire effects do not appear with or without game fixes •Water and other effects Graphically bugged with Automatic game fixes.	Daemyn
PAL	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.20 GHz (Unlocked 4th core) AMD Radeon R290 (Driver version 16.1)	1.4.0	GSdx 0.1.19 20160105132032	SPU2-X 2.0.0 20151231175709 LilyPad 0.11.0 20151231175709	BIOS: Europe v02.00, •No previous game fix patches seem to work for the PAL version of this game in pcsx2 1.4.0 in 50Hz or 60Hz. Either it will crash at volk or in 60Hz mode's case I get an assertion failed error. •Set Audio latency on SPU2-X to around 3MS Set in game audio to stereo •Some fire effects do not appear with or without game fixes •Water and other effects Graphically bugged with Automatic game fixes.	Daemyn

Trivia

• Original names: 風のクロノア2〜世界が望んだ忘れもの〜 (SLPS-25033) & (SLPS-73404), Kaze no Klonoa 2: Sekai ga Nozonda Wasuremono in Japan

Known Issues

Missing fire effects

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Fire effects do not display in Volk Inferno and Joilant(see screenshots).
• Workaround: No known fix yet.

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Volk City hang

• Status: Active
• Type: Major
• Description: When moving to one of the parts in the Volk City vision you get just a black screen with sound.
• Workaround: Currently needs the following patches.

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2F56CBC9.pnach
    comment=patches by nachbrenner
    //Skip sceIpuSync
    patch=0,EE,00305b90,word,03e00008

7EBEEBBD.pnach
    gametitle= Klonoa 2 - Lunatea's Veil [SCES 50354] (E) [7EBEEBBD]
    comment=Patch By CKemu
    //Skips IUP blitz
    patch=0,EE,003078F4,word,00000000

1645DE53.pnach
    comment=Patch by Shadow Lady
    //For hang in Volk City
    //Skip sceIpuSync
    patch=0,EE,003047D0,word,03e00008

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Missing Sound

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Some areas have no music and sound effects are missing completely.
• Workaround: Go to Config > Audio (SPU2) > Plugin Settings, and set latency to 3 ms. This can cause skipping, so set Synchronizing Mode to "TimeStretch"(start the game with "Async Mix", then switch to "TimeStretch" on the title screen).

Required objects missing

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Some objects needed to progress further don't appear where they should.
• Workaround: This is automatically resolved as long as Automatic Gamefixes is enabled on the System tab. You can manually enable the fix by going to Config > Emulation Settings > EE/IOP tab, and setting Clamping Mode to "Full".

Bugged reflections

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Reflections on some objects like cannons and the wind ring are bugged(see screenshots).
• Workaround: Go to Config > Emulation Settings > VUs tab, and set Clamping Mode to "Extra".

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Bad graphics

• Type: Note (not an issue)
• Description: Missing floor textures or bad colors as a side effect from the patches(see screenshots). Volk City, Volkan Inferno And Dark Sea of Tears are the most likely to crash without the patch. Other Levels may load and be completely playable.
• Workaround: Go to System tab of PCSX2 and disable "Automatic Gamefixes", and re-enable it whenever a level needs it.

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	Kaze no Klonoa 2 - Sekai ga Nozonda Wasuremono (SLPS 25033) (J) Klonoa 2 - Lunatea's Veil (SLUS 20151) (U) Klonoa 2 - Lunatea's Veil (SCES 50354) (E)