Tales of Zestiria

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Tales of Zestiria

Developers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows	QLOC
Release dates
Windows	October 20, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	77
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Series	Tales

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

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. but can be capped at 60 with Tales of Zestiria "Fix".

The game speed is bound to the frame rate, meaning that any frame rate drops will force the game to slow down.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam and SecuROM 08.14.0028 DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

See this Steam Community Discussion for how to redeem and use DLC in-game.

Name	Notes
Pre-order items
Mystic Artes	Free
Free Skits Pack	Free
God Eater free offer	Free
Seaside Resort Costumes Set
School Costume Set
Idolmaster Costume Set
Evangelion Costume Set
Attachments Set
Additional Chapter: Alisha's Story
Adventure Items

Essential improvements

Tales of Zestiria "Fix"

Adds 60 FPS support, vastly improves graphics, adds aspect ratio correction and fixes multi-channel / high sample-rate audio stability.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Games\Tales of Zestiria\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351970/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\351970\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351970/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9 only. For other aspect ratios, see Ultra-widescreen.
Multi-monitor		See Ultra-widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		Arbitrary resolutions are supported. Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix" to increase post-processing resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Select desktop's resolution and enable windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Off is Point Filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, Nvidia users can force other methods by following this guide. Downsampling is also possible.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Restart the game after enabling it. Alternatively, use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
60 FPS		Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Ultra-widescreen

There are currently some minor issues with this fix

Use TZFix to change aspect ratio[citation needed]
Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix". Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Render] set AspectCorrection= to AspectCorrection=true Save the file

Improve character shadow resolution

Use TZFix to improve shadow resolution[citation needed]
Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix". Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Render] change RescaleShadows= to the desired value according to the TZF 0.5.0 release notes. Save the file

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Single button per action.
Mouse acceleration		Uses mouse smoothing, no way to disable.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput through SDL2.
Full controller support		Controller must be selected from the settings menu. Main menu can be controller with any control method.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Hackable for DualShock. See PlayStation Button Icons.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

PlayStation Button Icons

PlayStation Button icons[citation needed]
You must use Tales of Zestiria "Fix" for this to work. Download this file and extract custom_buttons.dds to the same folder as the game .exe and TZFix. Done

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, voices, sound effects, movies.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

English or Japanese Audio set on runtime. Cannot change without restarting.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op Can use 4 controllers or Mouse and Keyboard + controllers.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Sound distortion at Sample Rates higher than 44100 Hz

Change primary playback device shared mode Sample Rate to 44100 Hz[citation needed]

Right click the Speaker icon on your Desktop Taskbar and click "Playback Devices"; Or open Control Panel and click on "Sound". Double click the device with the green check mark circle on it ; or Right click "Properties"; Click on the "Advanced" Tab In the drop down box under "Default Format" select the option using your current channel and bit depth setup with 44100khz (IE: 6 channel,24-bit,44100 Hz).

Use TZFix to fix sound distortion[citation needed]
Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix". Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Audio] change "Channels=" to the maximum number of channels the game is allowed to use (Remember that a Sub Woofer ;.1; counts as a channel. So 5.1 will be 6 channels, 7.1 is 8, 2.1 is 3, 2.0 is 2) Set "EnableFix=" to "EnableFix=true" Save the file

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open TOZ.cfg. Change refreshRateHz=60 to the desired value, e.g. refreshRateHz=120.

Xbox Controller not working or partially working

Controller not working at all, or just works a few buttons, usually Back, Start, DPad.

Change Input settings in Main Menu

Sometime, just after all the initial cutscenes, in the first gameplay section you can experience that your character can't move at all, and you can't even move visual, but usually you can still use Back, Start and Dpad buttons. Go back to the Main Title Screen. Or go there just after you launch the game. Go in the "Command" option menu In the Input section, switch to "Xbox Controller", or just "Controller". That's all.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7 64-bit, 8 64-bit, 10 64-bit
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)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4830 DirectX 9.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7850
Other		Gamepad support