Tales of Symphonia

Tales
Tales of Eternia Online	2006
Tales of Zestiria	2015
Tales of Symphonia	2016
Tales of Berseria	2017
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition	2019
Tales of Arise	2021

Key points

Contains bonus content from PS2 and PS3 versions.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, due to being direct port of the PlayStation 3 version, not the GameCube version.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam and SecuROM 08.14.0028 DRM.^[1]

VMProtect DRM^[2] was removed via a patch on February 29, 2016.^[3]

Essential improvements

Tales of Symphonia "Fix"

The project does the following:

Fixes Namco's bad frame rate limiter
- 30 FPS still, but no stutter
Correctly matches rendering to the selected resolution
Integrates Durante's character outline enhancement
- Improves Durante's work by outlining weapons
Supports an optional 4K texture pack
- As well as user-created mods
Fixed blurring that was added on 2/22/16
Fixed hitching on menu screens and long load times
Fixes cursor management system
Fixed Zelos' Harem Master achievement not unlocking
Added Multisample Anti-Aliasing
Allows fullscreen borderless window mode
Adds a PSN Trophy sound on achievement unlock

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.conf^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/372360/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\372360\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/372360/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Resolution settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix".
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.^[4]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix".
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS. Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix" for 60 FPS menus and world map.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Battle Controls with DualShock 3 button prompts.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only as alternatives to XInput buttons. Not possible to remap actions separately.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Battle Controls allow for remapping of 6 actions to 6 specific buttons: the face buttons, RB and right stick press. Techniques are locked to RT and LT and Party Orders is locked to LB.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 type.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Switches rapidly between controller and KB/M prompts. Prioritizes KB/M prompts.

DualShock 3/GameCube button prompts

Use optional add-ons in Tales of Symphonia "Fix"^[5]

Install Tales of Symphonia "Fix" with the automated SKIM64 installer.
From the list of optional add-ons, select PlayStation 3 Buttons or GameCube Buttons under Button Mods and install.

Notes

The button prompts can be uninstalled by running SKIM64 and choosing Manage/Repair.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Russian				Fan translation by «Temple of Tales Translations»

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op In fighting sequences.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

See Bug Reports / Feature Requests for known issues.

Crash on launch

Start game windowed^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `CustomConfig.conf`. Change `fullscreen=1` to `fullscreen=0`

Disable overlays^{[citation needed]}
MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner, Steam overlay, etc.

Install redistributables^{[citation needed]}
Located at `<Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\`.

Whitelist game executable from antivirus^{[citation needed]}

Game freezing on battles

Game seems to always freeze when there is controller rumble being used.

Disable rumble^[6]
Go into game settings. Turn rumble off.

Use controller with wire or another controller^[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9Ex

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800GT ATI Radeon HD 4830 DirectX 9.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7850
Other	Gamepad support

64-bit system is recommended.

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/372360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (372360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-12-06
ProtectionID scan of the .exe
↑ Wait, this game has DRM? :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussions
↑ THANK YOU NAMCO BANDAI! :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussion - last accessed on March 1, 2016
↑ Tales of Symphonia HD update and various fixes - Sept. 27th, 2016 :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements
↑ Tales of Symphonia "Fix" - last accessed on 2021-04-24
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2017-02-19

[gamedir-4] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/372360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (372360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-12-06
ProtectionID scan of the .exe

[2] Wait, this game has DRM? :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussions

[3] THANK YOU NAMCO BANDAI! :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussion - last accessed on March 1, 2016

[6] Tales of Symphonia HD update and various fixes - Sept. 27th, 2016 :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements

[TSFix_buttons-7] Tales of Symphonia "Fix" - last accessed on 2021-04-24

[marioysikax-8] 6.0 ^6.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2017-02-19

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Developers

	Namco Tales Studio
Windows	Other Ocean Interactive
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	February 2, 2016
Reception
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, JRPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Tales