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Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro Common Problems/Tips

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Changing the Language

Nijiiro supports changing the language from the test menu. The officially supported languages are:

  • Japanese (Default)
  • English
  • Chinese (zh-TW)
  • Korean

An unofficial mod allows you to change the language to Chinese (simplified), this can be found on the Discord.

Using F1, the arrow keys and Enter, navigate to OTHERS -> LANGUAGE

My game takes a long time to boot

First boot after connecting to a network will be very long (>90s)

The game files for Nijiiro consists of thousands of small .bin files and Windows Defender is known to spend a long time scanning through them during game boot up.

One way to massively speed up boot times is to add the entire game folder as a Windows Defender Exception.

Doing this will prevent Defender from scanning your game folder for viruses.

Only do this if you trust the source of your data!

  • Open Virus & threat protection.
  • Under Virus & threat protection settings click the Manage Settings button.
  • Scroll down to Exclusions and click on Add or remove exclusions.
  • Click the Add an exclusion button, select the folder option, navigate to the root of your game installation and click Select Folder.

My game is running crazy fast/slow

The game needs to be ran at 120 FPS or things will break.

If you have a display that supports 120hz or higher
  • Set your display to 120hz. You may need to make a custom resolution.
  • In config.toml set vsync = to true.
If you have a display that is less than 120hz
  • In config.toml set vsync = to false and windowed = to true.
  • Limit the FPS for Taiko.exe using your GPU settings or RTSS

My game is not connected to a network but I set one up

Disable shop close time or you won't always be able to connect to the network

Using F1 arrow keys and Enter navigate to GAME OPTIONS -> CLOCK/CLOSE TIME SETTING -> SCHEDULE TYPE.

If you are still unable to connect that means you have incorrectly configured your config.toml or your server.

Game modes are missing

This will happen if you didn't correctly apply the unlock game modes mod or didn't card in.

You can download the mod on the Discord.

You can card in by pressing P by default.

My game is still too big/small after setting the resolution in config.toml

This will happen if you incorrectly set your resolution or scale.

You can check your display resolution by right clicking your desktop and selecting Display settings.

You can set your scale to 100% right above where it says your resolution.

My controller is dropping inputs / I can't hit good drumrolls

This a common issue on some controllers.

In config.toml increase wait_period = by 1, then test it in-game and repeat until it feels correct.

Best settings for Nvidia GPUs

This will help with latency and other issues

In NVIDIA Control Panel set the following settings for Taiko.exe.

  • Low Latency Mode Ultra
  • Max Frame Rate 120 FPS
  • Power management mode Prefer maximum performance
  • Vertical sync Fast

Audio

By default the game will use WASAPI Shared

To use WASAPI exclusive:

  • Inside config.toml, set wasapi_shared = true to false

To use ASIO in combination with FlexASIO:

  • Inside config.toml, set wasapi_shared = true to false and set asio = false to true.
  • Change asio_driver = "" to asio_driver = "FlexASIO"

To change FlexASIO settings refer to this.