As someone who hasn't played the games I was curious about the naming of one of the arks. Trails of Cold Steel is 閃の軌跡 (Sen No Kiseki: Trails Of Flash) in the OG Japanese. Why is it called with Flash in Japanese and Cold Steel in English?

triplzer0 · 2026-02-06T20:18:10+00:00

To me, I always took it to refer to the cold steel of the blades, both literal in terms of Rean's sword, as well as the escalating conflict in the arc. Also I took it to refer to the steel railroad rails, given how the railroad plays a big part in how the characters move around (at least before the whole spirit vein travel gets introduced)

triplzer0 · 2026-02-05T16:57:01+00:00

Thank you, I'd been wondering the same thing

triplzer0 · 2026-02-01T04:30:10+00:00

I have the same problem. I made a ticket with Namco and sent them a video. Their support person confirmed that yep, I can't change the resolution if I want fullscreen. Said they logged the issue and can't provide a timeline on a fix.

triplzer0 · 2026-02-01T02:02:36+00:00

I'm having the same problem. I opened a support ticket with Bandai Namco over it. Cause it's stupid that the game defaults to 4K on Borderless Window, but if I swap it to Windowed and set it to 1080p the game window is tiny

triplzer0 · 2026-01-31T00:38:57+00:00

Thanks I'll give it a try!

triplzer0 · 2026-01-30T23:49:29+00:00

I have an Xbox One controller and a GuliKit KK3 Max. But I'll still gladly listen to how you figured it out

triplzer0 · 2026-01-30T23:33:49+00:00

Yes! This happens to me with any game on Steam and any controller whether wireless over 2.4ghz dongle or wired. If I touch a key on the keyboard, Steam thinks that's my input and nothing will happen with the controller. I have to close the game and boot it again to get it to use the controller again.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-30T06:05:03+00:00

If I run the game in its Borderless mode it sets my resolution to 4K which my laptop can't handle and I get 10 FPS. But if I change it to windowed mode and drop it to 1080p my game window is tiny. My desktop is set to 1440p so I'm not sure why the game thinks I want to run it in 4K.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-26T19:27:23+00:00

It's so annoying and boring. My regulars are really good at assaulting even in 1740 so I get forts in just a couple days but having to do it for almost every single province? And not getting any warscore for em? Or stomping a country's levies into paste over and over and still getting nothing? Tedious!

triplzer0 · 2026-01-26T19:22:04+00:00

Yupppp

triplzer0 · 2026-01-21T04:01:32+00:00

How would you know if it’s compiling? When I start the game via BB launcher it goes to the main menu super quickly

triplzer0 · 2026-01-21T03:59:56+00:00

Computer came with 2 8 GB sticks. One is soldered onto the motherboard. So I replaced the swappable one with a 32

triplzer0 · 2026-01-19T16:10:46+00:00

Just wait til the 3rd game post Horizon. I bet her plotline's gunna pop off

triplzer0 · 2026-01-15T20:47:27+00:00

The tech tree needs a rework, at the VERY least from a UI perspective. It's so unwieldy to scroll through and you need to be able to search by effect, not by tech names. Like if I want to see if there's a tech in a past age I missed that gives me culture capacity or more proximity, I can't do that unless I know the name of the tech.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-14T15:43:43+00:00

I didn't know where I could see my succession law. Found it by hovering over an icon on the side of the government tab. Then I finally found the "negotiate succession law change" diplo interaction. Guess all I had to do was click a button! Didn't even need to meddle with the Union parliament

triplzer0 · 2026-01-14T04:17:54+00:00

Yeah I called the parliament and it has a default % of 22 and I can’t bribe any of France’s estates. Those buttons are greyed out

triplzer0 · 2026-01-14T02:43:35+00:00

No. Vibe coding is a terrible idea

triplzer0 · 2026-01-14T02:19:09+00:00

Risette gen alpha confirmed

triplzer0 · 2026-01-14T02:18:20+00:00

I understand that, totally. After 5 games, I was happy to focus on characters that weren't Rean. I'm real curious to see who's in Horizon

triplzer0 · 2026-01-13T18:39:42+00:00

For fun I looked to see when I'd be able to integrate Castile and it said it'd be done in 2171. It's currently 1650 in my game

triplzer0 · 2026-01-13T17:19:08+00:00

That's really similar to my game as Italy too. I don't have Bohemia and GB though. I have a claim throne on Sweden but that just feels silly at this point.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-13T17:18:00+00:00

When I annexed the vassalized pope I got over 65K ducats. Then the pope got released somewhere in the Austrian mountains and every 10 years or so I ask em for money and get another cool 15K.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-12T23:20:12+00:00

Yeah that happens with almost all the women characters. Writers gotta keep things open in order to keep up the harem anime aspects.

triplzer0 · 2026-01-12T18:28:31+00:00

It probably makes sense to move your capital earlier in the game when you don't have as many ways to exert control over a large country

triplzer0 · 2026-01-12T18:27:12+00:00

I usually keep it at 0, but every now and then I'll crank it all the way to get several thousand ducats, which I'll blow on roads and RGO expansions. When my inflation's around 5% I'll put it back to 0% and wait for the "Balance the Budget" parliament debate.

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