Ys Origin

Ys Origin

Developers
	Nihon Falcom
Publishers
English	XSEED
Release dates
Windows	December 21, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, JRPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Ys

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Japanese only. Can run without the disc inserted.
Developer website (unavailable)		Japanese retail release.
Publisher website		English only.
GOG.com		English only.
Humble Store		English only.
Steam		English only.

Japanese digital release available on DLSite.

Simplified Chinese digital release available on CubeJoy. CubeJoy client requires internet access upon game boot.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\yso_win\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\FALCOM\yso_win\yso_*.bin
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/207350/remote/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Not supported by Japanese retail releases.
Multi-monitor			Mouse cursor not captured to screen
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use windowed mode with native resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Key rebinding.

Controller settings.

In-game prompts only show default keys.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Uses OS cursor
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Configuration utility needs mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping		Controller remapping can be done via Configurator ultility, however: XInput bindings partially mapped incorrectly. Crucial Game Actions (such as Menu and Switch) requires Keyboard/Mouse Inputs, changing the button remapping via yso_win.ini file (see #Configuration file(s) location) or using Xidi's Virtual Controller.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		Will be seen as a DirectInput controller, with broken mappings.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		DirectInput Controllers are suppoorted. Nintendo Switch controllers will be seen as be seen as a DirectInput controller, with broken mapping.
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		DirectInput is not supported when hotplugging. For Xinput: it requires Xidi's Virtual Controller, must be assigned first via Configuration Ultilities..
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		DirectInput only. Xinput usage requires Xidi 4.0 or later.
Digital movement support
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game settings. Few settings related to audio and input which are also available through configuration utility.

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound		When EAX enabled.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2.0
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English release only.
Simplified Chinese				Chinese release only. Fan translation, based on the official Chinese text, for the steam version. However, due to the update on December 8, 2023, the patch has become invalid. Please refer to this guide to roll back the version before the update.
French				Steam release only. A fan translation by Nanami is also available for GOG (and Steam).
German				Steam release only.
Italian				Steam release only.
Japanese				Retail release only. The XSEED release can be modified to play in Japanese by renaming files and running the game in Japanese locale.
Korean				Download here.
Russian				Fan translation by «The Miracle».
Spanish				Steam release only.

Steam/GOG Ver. japanese text guide

main guide
Navigate to the release directory within the game directory. Backup files that have data* in their filenames to prevent disruption in the next step. Rename files named data.* to data_us.*. Rename files named data_us.* to data.*. Run the game in a Japanese system environment.

In non-Japanese system environments, Japanese text is used

Download this pack, then extract the LocaleEmulator folder to the root of the game directory. Create a new text document, enter the following code: ".\LocaleEmulator\LEProc.exe" -run "yso_win.exe", save it, and then rename the text file to launch.bat, and place it in the root of the game directory. In Steam, go to the properties interface and fill in the launch options with: launch %command%, then close it. (In the future, if you need to use config.exe, you'll need to remove this command first.) Start the game on Steam or run launch.bat for the GOG version. The first run will prompt you to configure Locale Emulator, set it to Japanese and timezone +9:00 Tokyo, then save. Run the game again, and it should work correctly this time.

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D			Dual-View Rendering Use Geo-11 fix in 3D Fix Manager for SBS, TAB, Interleaved and Anaglyph. Or Geo-11 fix with 3D Game Bridge GUI for Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays.
Nvidia 3D Vision			Dual-View Rendering Use Geo-11 fix for Frame Sequential or Row Interleaved displays.

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch

This can be caused by incorrect or incompatible DirectShow filters installed or configured on the system.

Disable movie playback
Launch Steam. Select the game, Right-click on it and select Launch Configuration Tool. In the configuration tool, enable Disable all movie playback and click Play. The game should now be playable although movies (intros, anime-style opening, story prologue) will not play.

Game crashes when opening menu in-game

On modern systems the game may crash when the in-game menu is opened. Using LLA to patch the .exe solves the crashing.

Disable movie playback
Download Large Address Aware here In LLA select yso_win.exe Enable the Large Address Aware Flag and patch the game

Cutscenes not playing in WINE

Cutscenes do not play due to missing codecs. Installing and configuring Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) can fix the cutscenes.

Install and configure Combined Community Codec Pack
Download Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP) here Install CCCP into the game's prefix and select 'configure' at the end of the install. Select 'CCCP System Settings' Check the box next to 'MPEG-PS' and hit 'OK'

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP		64-bit XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III/1 GHz		Intel Pentium 4/1.3 GHz or higher
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible