Final Fantasy XIII Tips

For some reason, FFXIII defaults to 5.1 Surround Sound audio. If you're using standard 2-channel stereo speakers, you won't be able to hear audio from the missing channels, which is most noticeable in cut scenes — the character voices are in the centre audio channel, which you can't hear! Alas, there are no speaker settings available in-game, but you can fix the problem by overriding some audio drivers (copy-pasted from this reddit comment):

1. Crossover > Control Panels > Wine Configuration > Applications
2. "Add Applicaton" and select "ffxiiiimg.exe" in "\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIII\white_data\prog\win\bin\ffxiiiimg.exe"
3. Select "ffxiiiimg.exe" in "Applications" and then switch to the "Libraries" tab.
4. Click the drop down menu next to "New override for library" and type in "xaudio2_6" and click "Add" and then do the same for "xaudio2_7".
5. Click on them when they are added and select "Edit"
6. Set both of then to "Native (Windows)".
7. Click "OK" and Launch the game! You may need to restart the bottle.

Unfortunately, this can introduce some weird clipping and crackling. To fix it, open the macOS "Audio MIDI Setup" app, select the speakers you're using, and in the dropdown labelled "format", select 96,000Hz.