Symphonic Rain

At the Scuola Comunale di Musica Piova school of music, there is a longstanding rumor. According to that rumor, a couple performing at the graduation examination will be forever bound by fate.
In a city which never seems to fall short when it comes to rain, this tale tells the story of Chris, a Fortell player in his final year, and his childhood sweetheart Arietta, with whom he has kept up weekly correspondence for nearly three years. Chris still hasn’t found a partner for his performance… Will their love wane before this trial, or conversely, will their relationship deepen, stronger than ever?

102 comments

darkwings08 Jul 2010Reply

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

JL19 Jan 2011Reply

Yea.. I didn't really give you guys a step by step... ok
so I hope you guys still check this thread.. :D

ok so suppose you have the Essai font, put that into your fonts section of your computer (in C drive => WINDOWS) and but the font in your game folder. then use Run program and run regedit. Look for H_KEY_CURRENT_USER i think then Borland, then Locales. right click to add a new string, and type your path that leads to the Symphonic Rain english .exe file. set the value as MOO .

After this I had no trouble with text. didnt start on account of exams... HOPE THIS HELPS EVERYONE!!!

cuong21 Jul 2010Reply

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

toastmuncher26 Aug 2010Reply

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.

toastmuncher26 Aug 2010Reply

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.

Difficulty27 Oct 2010Reply

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?

MeTOo30 Oct 2010Reply

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

ferniferni05 Dec 2010Reply

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

Animeight11 Dec 2010Reply

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.

Animeight11 Dec 2010Reply

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

ferniferni18 Dec 2010Reply

how did u do it??

JL19 Jan 2011Reply

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!!

J29 Jan 2011Reply

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! :((

Jones10 Feb 2011Reply

I'm have the same problem as J does anyone know what to do?

Anonymous12 Feb 2011Reply

I had this same problem as you two. It was actually very simple to solve it.
Go to the gamefile and find an archive called SR.reg
Double click it. It will create this path that did not exist before.
I didnt even need to go add the registry manually, it did it for me, and now i have the game with text.

Jones12 Feb 2011Reply

Thank you! It worked perfectly after I did that.

Luk25 Feb 2011Reply

Thanks! Worked to me as well.

Kiki05 Mar 2011Reply

Sorry to be a bother, but what exactly did you mean by 'gamefile'? I've been poking around, but I can't find any SR.reg on my computer... (And I have done all the steps that everyone else has.)

Lilsly2fly08 Jun 2011Reply

in the game directory there is a file called SR the type is registration entries. the icon is a piece of paper with i blue cube that looks like a leaf. just double click that and follow what it does.

Flandre18 Jun 2011Reply

I have the same problem... but even after i double clicked the SR.reg it still doesn't work... any other way i can solve this problem?

Steamy10 Sep 2012Reply

Go into regedit>HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Borland>Locales
You should see the path C:\Program Files\KOGADO\SRTE\SR_qc.exe
Right-click and rename this to C:\Program Files (x86)\KOGADO\SRTE\SR_qc.exe

It should work now.

Irritated-monkey27 Aug 2017Reply

Issue: no text
Further issues:
- no SR.reg file present (looked for it)
- no Borland path found under regedit
- no regadd.bat file included with ISO

- already installed Essai font. This means - can't follow any of the steps above (including those pointing to an alternate site) - any idea where to get any of the needed files (sr.reg or regadd.bat)?

sabrina el15 Feb 2011Reply

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

admin15 Feb 2011Reply

Ending you get depends on what choices you make during game.

Zero27 Feb 2011Reply

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

admin27 Feb 2011Reply

Yes, it's complete translation.

shinn14 Apr 2011Reply

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?

miruku21 Apr 2011Reply

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

anonymouse21 Apr 2011Reply

Run the game as administrator.

anonymouse22 Apr 2011Reply

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

miruku24 Apr 2011Reply

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...

NightSky10 May 2011Reply

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

Titor19 May 2011Reply

Sir, part 1 is dead?

Romeo510 Jun 2011Reply

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...

Hmen12 Jun 2011Reply

thanksssssss u guys, u really help me

Flandre19 Jun 2011Reply

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

HolySlayer19 Jul 2011Reply

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

vivi01 Jun 2012Reply

thank you! The modification of the "Program Files" to "Program Files (x86)" really worked!

Garaith15 Aug 2012Reply

You sir, you are a champ. Been a pain for the past 3 hours being a windows 7 user.

Tomo26 Aug 2012Reply

Thank you!! I spent the last hour or two trying to figure this out! LOL I was about to give up since nothing else worked--but the x86.... man! Thanks again!

AkaRequiem30 Sep 2011Reply

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

How can I fix this?

Kyon15 Oct 2011Reply

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.

Kyon17 Oct 2011Reply

Never mind somehow it is working again.

AhiruSama18 Oct 2011Reply

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

Sonoseriesfan25 Nov 2011Reply

Thank you. After much struggling I followed your instructions and now SR works ^^

ryan williams13 Feb 2012Reply

THANK YOU. you are a god and i will die for you or kill others

nyahahah30 Jul 2012Reply

Thanks! It worked!

Kyon24 Oct 2011Reply

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?

DFaker29 Nov 2011Reply

You need to repatch file called Scr_qc.pak in game directory,just type word SRHack.zip in google and download it,SRhack.zip contain file scr-qc.pak