Symphonic Rain

download game and patch in mirror1
install....ok
run patch....ok
run the game....ok
the problem is no text are apearing

I have the same problem as yours.
Set everything in your PC to Japanese: formats, location, keyboard, administrative. I mean everything.
This solve in my case.SR for my bad english

I seem to be having the same problem as darkwings.
I have changed my language for non-unicode programs to japanese, i also changed my standards and formats and location to Japanese/Japan and i changed my time zone to osaka,sapporo,tokyo but it still doesn't seem to work. Do i need to change anything else? please be specific if you can.
Also when i play SR.exe i can see the japanese text but when i play SR_qc.exe(the english version)i can't see the text at all.
Any effort at all to help me will be greatly appreciated!!
please and thank you.

My problem has been resolved.
It seems like you have to change the registry information with a text editor if you don't install it in the default directory.
I am sorry if i wasted anyones time.

Hi, can anyone help me with my installation? I have intalled the game and the english patch but there are no texts coming out. Can anyone give me a detailed step by step instruction to deal with it?

I have the same problem! I've been searching for ways to solve my problem online, but, none of them worked T^T Most people got Symphonic Rain working after those... But not me... I don't know I'm useless... Or just hopeless T^T...

Try reading here... I hope it helps >O< Even if it did me no good, give it a try... T^T

http://vndb.org/t561

@MeTOo
tried it .... nope ...it didn't work for me DX

It's not working for me...

In my case, I can't even install it. I mount the image and open setup.exe, but an error message pops up saying "invalid win32 application". That happens with everything I try to open in the disc. I thought it was corrupted, but since evryone here seems to have accomplished the install, I wonder why I'm getting this error no one seems to get.

Oh... the setup started working... all of a sudden after some time... It WORKS!!! XD Sorry for 2x post.

how did u do it??

Hi guys, I had the no text problem as well, but I have it fixed. Google "Symphonic Rain no text" and go to tlwiki site. Download essai font and follow its instructions.

Hope this helps and best of luck!!

Somebody help me.

I installed the game, including the english patch.

I also experienced the same no text problem.

I tried using the method mentioned here to fix the problem.

But when I used the regedit, I can't fine the 'Borland' folder.

I might have done something wrong during the installment..I'm not sure

Somebody please help! :((

why i can't change the endingggg???
its always same ending,
how to change it with lise or fal ending?

is the eng patch full? cuz i see a BETA word there....

Hey guys just wondering do you need to have a japanese text before an english text? i tried before putting on the english patch and there was no english text whatsoever? is there anyway to fix it? so far the only thread i can find is no english text but when there is no japanese text how can the tranlation work?

Everyone seems to have no problem installing the game itself, but I just can't! The setup says I must have administrator privileges, but I do have them! Help please! TTATT

How can you run setup exe if this file doesn't even exist?

Ok I've solved the setup problem... But, even though I added the registry both through sr and manually, downloaded the font, and changed everything to Japanese, I can't see any text. It'd be even better if someone taught me how to play the Japanese version with text, but either way is fine...

I finnally got it worked after trying everthing you all write XD thanks a lot mwahahahahaha~

Sir, part 1 is dead?

Played this a long time ago, damn did it make me cry! Story seems to get more and more tragic the more routes you unlock, and you get a better picture of what's going on...

The final ending is totally worth it though...

thanksssssss u guys, u really help me

anyone can help me???
scroll up to my previous post...

Solution: FOUND
Where? Another website by anjinforever

"Okay so I've made sure to read this entire thread looking for solutions to the English Patched version not displaying text. I still can't get it to work after having tried the following:
1. Made sure the Essai font was installed
2. Made sure the SR was installed into my registry (double-click SR.reg)
3. Ran everything associated with the program (patch install, shortcut, actual executable) as admin
4. Set everything to Japanese format including my keyboard and installed -everything- listed under the Japanese keyboard

I'm running a Windows 7 laptop. I can get the original game to display the text just fine... in Japanese. It's the translated version I can't get to display anything. Other than the text display there are no problems with the game running at all. Please help if anyone can think of a solution I haven't tried yet.

Edit: Solved it! For those of you who have tried everything else that I listed here, here's the final solution: Go into your regedit, open up your software listings and look for 'Borland' which should have 'Locales' under it. That's the folder with the SR registry. Make sure the listing for the SR registry is the actual file location and rename it if not. For example in my case my copy of SR was in my Program Files (x86) folder instead of in my plain Program Files, so as soon as I added the (x86) to the listing the game started displaying the text properly. This should solve it."

This should fix it, just make sure to do everything and itll fix it...

This is for WINDOWS 7

I tried to search in the regedit, but I find no such thing as Borland.

How can I fix this?

Is there something wrong with the downloads? Both sites for Part 8 and 9 gets about halfway downloaded then gives the error that file cannot be read.

The game text technically works as long as you use either English (US) or Japanese.

First, you get the Essai Font in your C:/Windows/Font folder. Copy and paste it into your SR folder (which by default is C:/ProgramFiles/KOGADO)

Second, use Run under Start Menu to open Regedit.
Open up HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE
from here, you are to CREATE the Borland key by R-clicking on Software and New->Key, type in "Borland". Then under "Borland", repeat and create the key "Locales"

Now, check on your SR desktop shortcut for the target directory (R-click-->Properties-->Shortcut tab-->Target)
Copy that entire link first.
(Again by my default, it should be C:\Program Files\KOGADO\SRTE\SR_qc.exe)

Third, R-click on Locales to add New->String Value
Paste that link onto the value name. (Use rename if you need to rekey in the value) Remember to remove the "" apostrophes.

Finally double click the key to add in "MOO" as value data.

You should be running perfectly. Cheers

Does the game crash for anyone else on Fal's route on the day of Natale? Possible Spoiler below to describe where the crash occurs.

When leaving the school on Natale with Fal, Chris just mentions something about the school being different when with Fal. Fal is just responding and the game crashes...

Is there a fix for this or patch or something with the settings to be changed?

i don't know what happened to the files but i can't extract any of them. It said the files and corrupted and the error keeps popping up. Any ideas?

Where the hell is the setup.exe file? I only have the ISO file here after unpackaging everything.

So I think I got about halfway on what I assume is Torta's route, but the text suddenly disappears when I'm on her route. The text was fine for the first part of the game I played, so I'm wondering if anyone else got errors.

The game did have problems closing when I tried to exit out, so I hope the error was just one time.

Is it possible for this to be reuploaded on Mediafire or some other filesharing site?

For some reason, the game isn't displaying text for me on either the Japanese version of the game or the English patched one; I've taken care of all the registry stuff, set the locale to JP, and made sure that the font files were in Windows and the game folder.

Can anybody tell me what might be going wrong? I'm running Windows 7. Thanks.

So, after the mediafire uploading of all the files, I decided to download the game unto my new computer. After downloading the 10 parts from the site, I started to extract them. I was doing well until I was stopped and was told that I needed part 11. I was just asking if this is just a problem with my computer or if I'm missing a download.

Hello , i have a problem. I have installed the game, patched it, modified the registry, changed my unicode thingy, but the game does not start i tried reinstalling it etc, but it just seems to load into a black screen and then moves to desktop and it closes. I am running windows 7 and tried compatibility modes but it does not work,and i have enough resources to run it... and i'm running out of ideas. Does anyone has an idea about this?

Um I downloaded all the parts and when I extract anyone of them
a error or something pops up from winrar and say it's a corrupted file. Can't get the Iso out of the rar ._.

Help~~ Link no. 8 is broken... i can open the mediafire link, but when i clicked download, it said that the link's broken.. help~ i really want this vn~!

some links are dead... heelp... fix it.. pleaseeeeee

I have downloaded Part 3 four times now but when I get to extraction it keeps saying that it is corrupt. Can an admin fix the part3.rar please?

Okay, so basically I have a Windows 7 machine and couldn't get the text to be visible, and tried basically everything mentioned on this page. But I DID get it working, so if anyone is still having problems, here's how I got mine working:

Follow these instructions EXACTLY!
1. Make sure you clear your registry with CCleaner before you install.
2. Mount and install game to the default "Program Files (x86)" directory.
3. Extract the beta patch zip file manually to that folder, overwrite files as neccessary.
4. Go to that folder and edit "SR.reg" in a text editor and edit the path contained within to the "Program Files (x86)" path.
5. Run and implement "SR.reg".
6. Install the font included in the same folder, "Essai.ttf", by doubling clicking.
7. Make shortcut of "SR_qc.exe" to play with.

I have no idea which of these steps made the difference, but I suspect it was using a manual install of the patch by extracting zip, rather than the installer:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m2m2zamyo3m

thanks again admin for this novel!!!!! >.<
curiosity strikes me again!!! I hope this is a good VN!
well I really like musical with tear jerking moments! haha
anyway! THANKS IN A MILLION!!!

Okay easiest way to fix the no text issue:
donload http://www.mediafire.com/?m2m2zamyo3m Essai font
extract it to C:/windows/fonts, and to your game directory

Next, in your game directory there's a SR.reg file
right click, click "Edit". Change the path according to where the game is installed. For me this is "C:\\VN\\SRTE\\SR_qc.exe"="MOO" since I never install to program files.

Part 1 and Part 7 come back as corrupt - CRC check failed.
Part 1 is 94 MB instead of approx 200 MB.
Part 7 is 180 MB instead of approx 200 MB.
Repost?

i follow all instructions above
but i still can't open SR
HELP ME

I have a different problem. I can't start the game at all. It says this error when I start it up: ???? BGM\Track01.bgm ??????. Anyone have a solution for this? I can't even check if the game would show text because I can't even open it.

Does anyone know how to get the extra songs that appear in the online rankings? I've been looking for a song pack or something but not even google helps me, I can't even find info about those songs, it's quite a mistery.

Same problem as Yeah214, when starting the game it says ???? BGM\Track01.bgm ??????. Odd thing is the game was working before but when I reinstalled it I started to get this error.

Is it just me or is part 8 not downloading? I tried 3(or was it 4...) times now. Still not downloading

Oh, and now when Im playing Fal's route. When she says "I'm going to think aloud, and I want you to transcribe it." Chris is helping her with the lecture thing. After I press enter/space/click, it crashes. Anyone know how to fix that?

I tried that SRhack.zip thing, doesn't help at all

why there is no voice

Guys I don't know what are you all talking about because when I installed the game and run the patch plus using the registry entry, the english text appeared and my PC has no Japanese language installed.

how can i run this game

Ahiru-Sama's method is the one that worked for me. Genius.

I'm having trouble trying to install this VN.

After double-clicking setup.exe and choosing the directory(I kept it default), a window with Japanese characters shows up offering two choices (OK and Cancel), but then I click OK repeatedly and this window remains there. How can I solve it?

when i install and play there no text in there.how i can fix this problem?please i need to play this game

Um, the 1-click one doesn't work for non-premium users. :/ Upload the game somewhere else?

I get a batch of errors after trying to run the game right after installation. It's all japanese so I can't write it out, but it has something like 640x480... then it's all japanese gibberish. Anyone got the same problem?

Ack. This game worked fine for me through Lise and Fal's routes, then suddenly stopped showing text in Torta's. Anyone else have this problem?

I downloaded every part and did all the instructions, I played the game and there wasn't ANY text at ALL. Help?

For anyone with the no-text bug: I followed all the instructions and still had no text. When I opened the reg file I realized it was setting the key to "Program Files", but since I'm on 64-bit Windows 7, the program had been installed into "Program Files (x86)". I moved the install directory to "Program Files" and it worked. Theoretically you could also edit the registry or reg file to add " (x86)", but I haven't tried it.

Possibly one of the most thrilling stories I have gone through, Though almost appropriate for all ages(this is just my opinion). Each story builds on one another leaving you wondering what is the intentional(secret) ending? (Small Spoilers) It makes you wonder the entire time will Chris's love wake up? Will she pass away? I recommend doing Torta's route last as it's an important piece before unlocking Al Fine's Route. If you like a love story, Enjoy a well rounded story? with some game interaction too? Then you'll enjoy this novel. If nothing else please enjoy the amazing music composed by the late Ritsuko Okazaki whom passed away before the games release, The company even released a CD with her singing each of the songs showed in this beautiful and one of a kind novel. Don't believe me? Just play a single route and find out for yourself! I promise you if you love a good love story then... This ending will have you in tears as it's not what you'd expect! Even I have personally replayed this novel because of the music alone and just wanting to enjoy each story.

amazing game

Abt the no-text bug:
Double clicking on SR.reg in the game folder establishes the registry entry, which might need modification to the proper folder. It doesn't get established by default installation, and I wasted a bit of time looking.

Also, skill at the minigame seems to affect the story(?). All I know is that using autoplay kinda... helped things along.

Are you going to upload the Steam version or it's mostly the same as this one?

heard that most of the members of the team were leaving in the dirt. one of the writers owed several months of rent of a shitty appartment. quite sad if you ask me.
please, BUY if you like.