FAQs

This page contains frequently asked questions concerning the Perfect Works Build.

Q) What is this?

A) This is a romhack of Xenogears which aims to offer a number of optional patches to improve the game in a number of ways. You will download a patcher which can apply your choice of changes to the game, from a list of Quality of Life options, Rebalancing, Retranslation, and more.

Q) This will be my first time playing Xenogears. Should I use this hack?

A) We are obviously a bit biased, but yes. Even if you're seeking a Xenogears experience that is true to the original, this project offers a number of optional patches, meaning you can apply as many or as few changes as you'd like to tailor the experence to your preferences.

Q) If I started playing with an unpatched rom, can I patch my game, but keep my Save File?

A) Yup! The only place it could reasonably cause some issues would be with the party rebalance patch, but even then, it's fully playable.

Q) What emulator should I use?

A) As long as you regenerate your game after patching, it should run fine on most emulators. That said, we recommend Duckstation.

Q) Does this project restore any of the cut content from Disc 2?

A) No. Sadly, it's impossible to implement this cut content with the hardware and knowledge limitations. The goal of this project is to make the Xenogears we got the best version of itself it can be.

Q) Can I use texture replacement with this?

A) Yes! Since this is a direct modification of the gamefile, while the texture replacements are run through emulator, they don't interfere with one another. We recommend checking out Lyn's texture mod, which you can find here.

Q) Is the Perfect Works Build compatible with the undub patch?

A) Unfortunately no. This is due to differences with the file table in the undub patch which is difficult for xenoiso to interpret.

Q) Can the Japanese control scheme patch be used with the Perfect Works Build?

A) Yes it can.

Q) Are any of the patches mandatory?

A) No. You can pick what patches you wish to apply via the patcher.

Q) Where should I download the Xenogears: Perfect Works Build?

A) See the link at the top of the README for the latest release.

Q) The patcher displays an error stating that a directory cannot be found.

A) Make sure the patcher is in the same directory as gamefiles, patches, xdelta and xenoiso.

Q) Is the Perfect Works Build compatible with the No Battle Flashes patch?

A) Unfortunately, it is not, though there is a battle flashes option available on the patcher.

Q) Can the patch be played on real PlayStation hardware?

A) Yes. The patch is routinely tested on PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP and PS Vita, and provided you have patched a clean rom, there should be no compatibility issues.

Q) When I press patch, an empty command prompt briefly shown up, and the file sizes for the ROMs are only 0-1 KB.

A) This is most likely a result of using the patcher inside OneDrive. Two ways to go about this are to move the patcher and its associated files to a directory outside of OneDrive, or pause file synching when patching.

Q) When I press patch, the patcher crashes entirely.

A) This is most likely a result of using the patcher inside the Public directory. Move the patcher and any Xenogears ROMs to another location.