final-fantasy-13
In Final Fantasy XIII, most enemy units have protection and/or weakness against certain damage types.
Is there any way for me to view this information during a battle? Are there any symbols on the edge of the screen I can learn to decode that show this information?
I know it can be viewed in the Data Log menu outside of battles, but I don't have the energy to try and remember such things.
Yes, there's text supposed to be there. Here's what Odin's entry looks like for me:
I've taken the screenshot from the current Steam version of the game using 1280x720 with default settings and English language in windowed mode.
As to ways to "defeat" Eidolons: When the fight start, you should see a help/hint line on the top of the screen that will tell you what to do; you don't have to use Libra for this nor do you have to read the Datalog entry (which you can't at those points anyway).
The checkmarks in Datalog entries just show you the entries you've read (or at least opened) before.
Edit: According to Steam Community the missing text might be related to the screen resolution you've picked. This is obviously a bug. Have you tried playing using a different resolution (probably one with a different aspect ratio)?
I'm not familiar with the Xbox saving system, but I once read about exporting Skyrim stuff between 360 and PC.
Here's the reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/mfgrp/psa_you_can_transfer_skyrim_savegame_files_from/
A search about FFXIII save files yields this: http://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/comments/2jew4y/where_are_ffxiii_pc_save_files/ and this: (see comment for link, not enough rep)
So I'm positive you should only have to retrieve the "ff13-00.dat" file from the Xbox using that "Modio" program and place it in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXIII\save
For Modio usage, (taken from the first link): Copy the x360 save file from your Xbox to your 360 Formatted USB Drive. Open with Modio. Click open from device locate the save file and open it. Click the file contents tab. Extract ff13-00.dat.
Best Answer
Simple. Press R1. That will give you any information you've gleaned on the current enemies. You can cycle through your current enemies by pressing R1 or L1. If you don't have anything on them, cast Libra on them, and then press R1. That will do the trick.