Release Notes for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

Graphics Quality Improvements - Arbitrary main rendering resolution, better anti-aliasing, higher-quality post-processing effects, and a high-end super-sampling option
Better Framerates - Greater gameplay smoothness with more accurate timing and animation sync at all framerates, improved frame-pacing, and high refresh rate support
High-Quality Shadows - Complete shadowing revamp featuring improved standard shadow filtering without performance loss; new, higher quality filter options; resolution options; and even additional shadow casters
More Depth in Environments - Implemented HBAO+ ambient occlusion as an alternative higher-quality SSAO option, providing more depth and plasticity to all scenes
Improved Draw Distance - Added a draw distance setting which applies to grass/clutter, monsters, and NPCs, completely eliminating pop-in on the highest settings
High-Quality Textures - Added high-quality texture pack (generated from original sources, partially with AI upsampling, and full mipmaps)

Mouse Control Redone - Improved camera mouse controls, replacing joystick emulation with direct 1:1 control
Individual Key Bindings - Movement keys are now individually bindable, and added a keybinding for walking (slow movement) with keyboard/mouse controls
Natural Control - Changed default bindings to fit common usage by PC gamers

Now 64-bit - Switched to 64-bit build to address space fragmentation issues in long sessions
Save VRAM - Fixed multiple video memory leaks
Crash Fix - Fixed potential crash when switching between languages
More Crash Fix - Improved render thread synchronization to prevent specific types of race condition crashes
Faster I/O - Removed superfluous asset encryption
Optimized Shadows - Improved shadow rendering performance by preventing unnecessary memory traffic

100% Achievement on KB/M Control - Fixed the unlocking of some achievements when playing with keyboard/mouse controls
Typo Fixes - Fixed several typos and dialogue/text issues throughout the game
Cloud Save Data - Fixed slightly-too-low cloud save limit when using a very large number of saves

Lighting in caves, dungeons
Fixed issues when different controllers connected (occurred with specific combination of controllers and PCs)
Fixed a brief freeze when talking to NPCs

Button prompts in tutorials should now display the appropriate input method
Fixed a bug that was causing the current screen resolution to not display if the window was manually adjusted
Using Stun Gong in Intercept Battles now no longer causes text to scroll unusually fast
General text fixes

Improved joystick control (now true analog rather than 8-directional)
General text fixes
Fixed an issue that was causing the OP movie video and audio to stutter
Fixed an issue that was causing the touchpad/tablet service to interrupt the game roughly every 15 minutes