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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Syberia Saves\Config.dat}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/Syberia/}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/Syberia/}}
 
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==Video==
 
==Video==
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{{Image|Syberia-settings.jpg|General settings.}}
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===Irregular game speed and desynchronized sound===
 
===Irregular game speed and desynchronized sound===
 
{{ii}} Certain animations, such as mouth movement, are tied to frame rate. Consequently, at high frame rates, animations appear erratic and sound may become desynchronized.
 
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Select a 60 Hz screen mode or use a [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|frame-rate-capping method]].
 
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|minCPU  = Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
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Revision as of 12:05, 14 November 2022

Not to be confused with Cyberia.

Syberia
Syberia cover
Developers
Microids
Publishers
The Adventure Company
Anuman Interactive
Russia 1C Company
Digital Microids
Engines
Virtools
Release dates
Windows January 9, 2002
macOS (OS X) February 27, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 82
IGDB 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Europe, Eastern Europe
Series Syberia
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Syberia on HowLongToBeat
Syberia on IGDB
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Syberia on MobyGames
Syberia on Wikipedia
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Syberia
Syberia 2002
Syberia II 2004
Syberia 3 2017
Syberia: The World Before 2022

Syberia is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Syberia series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace the video file with an empty file[3]
Requires the showing of file extensions to be enabled.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Video\.
  2. Delete or rename the intro_microids.syb file.
  3. Create a new text document.
  4. Rename the newly created text file to intro_microids.syb.
Might cause the game to be stuck in a black screen and refuse to startup.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Syberia Saves\Config.dat
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Syberia/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46500/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Syberia Saves\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Containers/com.microids.syberia.univ/Data/Library/Application Support/Syberia/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46500/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Options menu
Options menu

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
See 4K Ultra HD. Work in Windows 10. Also 1080p and 1440p.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Can be forced with dgVoodoo2. If forced, texture filtering may cause visual artifacts in the form of black lines around 2D elements.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Does not have any effect.[citation needed] Can be forced with dgVoodoo2 or through the video driver.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
See Irregular game speed and desynchronized sound.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Create a .ini file[4]
  1. Create a file named player.ini in the installation folder with the following content:
    800 600 16 0 BaseCMO.cmo
  2. Save the file
  3. Start the game.

Notes

The only value you should ever edit in the ini is the 4th integer (0=windowed mode, 1=full-screen mode). The first three values (Horizontal resolution, vertical resolution, bit depth) are hardcoded so they will be ignored anyway, the last one (name of the main game file) should be left alone.

4K Ultra HD

Possible with dgVoodoo2.
  1. First (game support only 4:3 resolution) create a custom 2160p 4:3 resolution (2880x2160) in nVidia/AMD/Intel panel. Optional change aspect ratio 1:1 scaling in nVidia/AMD/Intel panel.
  2. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
  3. Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe to game folder.
  4. Open the MS\x86 folder and copy all files to game folder.
  5. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe in game folder and set DirectX resolution (2880x2160).
  6. Unmark DirectX dgVoodoo Watermark
  7. Run game

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Irregular game speed and desynchronized sound

Certain animations, such as mouth movement, are tied to frame rate. Consequently, at high frame rates, animations appear erratic and sound may become desynchronized.
Limit frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]

Select a 60 Hz screen mode or use a frame-rate-capping method.

Problems launching game on Windows 10

Enable the following compatibility settings for the Game.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 3)), Reduced color mode (8-bit (256) color), Run in 640x480 screen resolution, and Run this program as an administrator[5][6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 350 MHz Intel Pentium II 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.4
10.6 (Steam)
Processor (CPU) 600 MHz (Intel only)
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB


Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References