Best settings for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO's announcement created plenty of hype among Dragon Ball fans, including me. I grew up watching the Dragon Ball Z anime TV series, so you can imagine my excitement for this game, which is all set to release on October 11, 2024.
It is currently available via early access for players who bought the Deluxe or Ultimate edition. However, even if you have purchased these editions, you will not have a great experience playing Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO without the right settings.
That's why I've prepared a list of some of the best game settings to help you achieve the best performance and experience.
Note: Many aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions. Also, some settings are user-dependent, so choose accordingly.
What are the best graphics settings for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO?
The Controls, Camera, Graphics, and Accessibility settings will have the most impact in Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO. Some of these settings will directly affect your gameplay, while others will affect the visuals and performance of the game. The following are the settings under their respective category.
Controls and Camera
The Controls and Camera settings have the highest impact on the gameplay and the kind of experience you will have in this game. They not only impact your fighting style but also determine whether or not you emerge victorious.
Apply the following settings for the best gameplay experience:
- Move Camera Left: Left Arrow
- Move Camera Right: Right Arrow
- Pause: Tab
- Move Forward: W
- Move Backward: S
- Move Left: A
- Move Right: D
- Ascend/Jump: Space Bar
- Descend: Left Ctrl
- Ki Charge: Right Shift
- Guard: ;
- Revenge Counter: E
- Melee: J
- Ki Blast/Rush Chain: K
- Super Perception: Q
- Short Dash/Step: F
- Vanishing Assault: L
- Skill 1: 1
- Skill 2: 2
- Blast 1: 3
- Blast 2: 4
- Ultimate Blast: 5
- Show/Hide Transformation/Fusion panel: Z
- Transformation/Fusion Panel 1: N
- Transformation/Fusion Panel 2: M
- Transformation/Fusion Panel 3: ,
- Transformation/Fusion Panel 4: .
- Move Transformation/Fusion Switch Left: Space Bar
- Move Transformation/Fusion Switch Right: E
- Show/Hide Switch Panel: X
- Switch Panel 1: P
- Switch Panel 2: [
- Switch Panel 3: ]
- Switch Panel 4: \
Most of these settings should suit the majority of users.
Graphics
Graphics settings determine what kind of visuals and performance you will have. The Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO system requirements are not too forgiving; however, there's nothing to worry about as the following settings will provide the best balance between visuals and performance:
- Battle Screen Type: 1 Screen Battle
- Windowed Mode: Borderless
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Screen Number (Borderless): 1
- Resolution Scale: 100
- V-Sync: Off
- Anti-Aliasing Quality: Medium
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Texture Quality: High
- Post-processing Quality: Medium
- Effect Quality: High
- Depth of Field: Off
- LOD Quality: Medium
- Grass Quality: High
- Motion Blur Quality: Off
- Camera Shake: Medium
- Destruction Effect Quality: High
With a mix of Medium and High settings, you should be able to achieve 60 FPS with fantastic visuals on most modern systems. However, if you have a low-end system, change the above settings to Low.
I chose 1080p as the resolution, but you may choose 1440p or even 4K if you have a supported display.
I've turned off V-sync since I have a Freesync display, but you should turn it on if you don't have a Freesync/G-sync compatible display.
Accessibility
In case you find the difficulty of Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO to be too high, so Bandai Namco has implemented some accessibility settings to help.
Apply the following settings to make the game a bit easier:
- Player Control Settings: Player 1
- Battle Assist: Semiautomatic
- Combo Assist: Off
- Follow-Up Attack Assist: Off
- Dragon Dash Assist: Off
- Dragon Dash Attack Assist: Off
- Guard Assist: On
- Recovery Assist: On
- Revenge Counter Assist: Off
- Left-handed Mode: Off
We decided to turn on Aim Assist for Guard and Recovery but left the rest off, or else the game may feel a bit too easy.
This concludes the list of the best settings for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO. The settings provided above have been hand-selected to provide the best result. However, some settings depend on the user's preference, so you may want to change those settings manually.