Character Creator download is up!

[Mike]

Grab it from the PSO2 site:
http://download.pso2.jp/PSO2_CC.zip

Or try the 4gamer mirror:
http://www.4gamer.net/games/120/G012075/20120330045/link.html?http://file.4gamer.net/demo/PSO2_Chara_Create_Trial_V1_00.zip

[Xaeris]

Oh, I was wondering what the other link was.

[D-Gold]

Time to spend hours making characters ^_^

[Griffin]

I just now got up. Awesome timing.

[Shadownami92]

Also as a side note, I stumbled upon this text on the site.

" If "2 α2 test Phantasy Star Online" has been installed, please uninstall it before installing this software."

Just in case those that were in the second Alpha test are getting this.

[rezakon]

hahaha I just finished washing dishes from dinner, nice timing.

@download
I ain't even getting anywhere near my linespeed, that thing is either capped or getting hammered.

[ARASHIKAGE]

Wooo! Lets talk about it as we make our characters!

[earthsenshi]

You do have to run a setup before using it. Just keep hitting what looks like the forward/net button. you might need to change one of the select buttons at one point.

[Mike]

I ain't even getting anywhere near my linespeed, that thing is either capped or getting hammered.
Hammered like a nail, without a doubt.

[Crystal_Shard]

*crossing fingers that there's no sign of GameGuard in the character creator*

I'm surprised the servers aren't getting hit hard yet. Seems easy enough to start the download at a decent speed from the main site.

edit: Just read the above comments. Maybe I got a lucky slot?

[Zelon]

using the mirror myself the main link totaly bogged down on me

[D-Gold]

I used the main site download I thought it was going to DL wayyyy slower than what it has been doing.

[rezakon]

edit: Just read the above comments. Maybe I got a lucky slot?

Oh I connected to it fine but being on a 100mbps line and only getting 500kbps, yeah it's getting hammered.

[Xaeris]

I'm getting about ~250 kbps on the main link. For my ghetto broadband, that's actually pretty good. I'm about halfway done. Ooo, so close, I can taste it, yet I can barely do anything to pass the time without shooting my download rate to hell.

[Shadownami92]

I only have 9 minutes left on my download :D 52% finished.

Also it seems like this is how the main option menu will look.

1. Benchmark
2. Character Creator
3. ???
4. ???

Don't know options 3 or 4, maybe it will be Settings and then a Quit option?

I'm getting 450kbps personally.

[earthsenshi]

T_T I got the demo installed, but it's so laggy for me.

[Zelon]

I'm getting about ~250 kbps on the main link. For my ghetto broadband, that's actually pretty good. I'm about halfway done. Ooo, so close, I can taste it, yet I can barely do anything to pass the time without shooting my download rate to hell.

lol i know what you mean, i want to do something else i got 26 mins left

[D-Gold]

How many characters does the demo allow you to create?
(Hoping for at least 3)

[Zelon]

T_T I got the demo installed, but it's so laggy for me.

dude that sucks, sorry to hear that

[rezakon]

T_T I got the demo installed, but it's so laggy for me.

What are you specs earth?

[NoiseHERO]

*crossing fingers that there's no sign of GameGuard in the character creator*

I'm surprised the servers aren't getting hit hard yet. Seems easy enough to start the download at a decent speed from the main site.

edit: Just read the above comments. Maybe I got a lucky slot?

Last time I checked this game did indeed use gameguard...

Yeah

There was like 60 pages of drama over that MONTHS ago.

Wonder what kind of fun hackers could have with this client...

[Mike]

How many characters does the demo allow you to create?
(Hoping for at least 3)

As many as you like. Characters are saved in files and not slots.

[Zelon]

Last time I checked this game did indeed use gameguard...

Yeah

There was like 60 pages of drama over that MONTHS ago.

Wonder what kind of fun hackers could have with this client...

God Rock I realy dont want to think about that I still cringe thinking about the old dreamcast and then gamecube days

[Shadownami92]

I personally wouldn't mind going through the game's files to see what formats they use. Just curious in terms of making high res texture packs and whatnot.

[Ark22]

Mine just finished. Gonna start it x) so excited.

[Angelo]

Grrah... at work.

This is going to make standing my post that much harder...

[D-Gold]

As many as you like. Characters are saved in files and not slots.

Great. Thanks mike.:-D

[NoiseHERO]

I meant THIS client D:

(data-mining)

Something tells me if there IS hackers, it won't be THAT bad. (Not on japanese GM's watches anyway.)

[Crystal_Shard]

Last time I checked this game did indeed use gameguard...

In the Alpha and the Beta, yeah. In a character creator without stats involved... there's always that chance it doesn't have it.

Anyway it seems like a few guys have installed it already. Does it start with GameGuard?

[Shadownami92]

Just finished mine :D

[rezakon]

Yeah don't need to worry like I thought, 50k score, 236 minimum FPS... love it.

On High: 10268
Minimum FPS: 92

On Low: 50k
Minimum FPS: 236

AMD 1090T x6
480GTX Nvidia
8GB DDR3 1600 CL7
Asus Crosshair IV Formula MB
Installed on SSD.

[pikachief]

Yeah don't need to worry like I thought, 50k score, 236 minimum FPS... love it.

On High: 10268
Minimum FPS: 92

On Low: 50k
Minimum FPS: 236

AMD 1090T x6
480GTX Nvidia
8GB DDR3 1600 CL7
Asus Crosshair IV Formula MB
Installed on SSD.

My score was somewhere in the 300's OH YEA!! lol

[Shadownami92]

My score was 3364, I was sad at first when it was switching scenes, and then its like "ITS NOT OVER!!! RAPPIESSS!!!!!!!"

My average was about 60 to 70 FPS

[Zelon]

My score was somewhere in the 300's OH YEA!! lol

i just hope that my new lappy can run it if not going to be a bit depressed

[landman]

Man I cant wait to see a thread with people showing their e-pen... benchmark score :wacko:

Downloading ^^

[Griffin]

295 Score. I really hate laptops. lmao

[rezakon]

My score was somewhere in the 300's OH YEA!! lol

When it first installs it auto set to high.

Click to icon on the destop, second option down.

Then third/fourth tab on the top.

You see a box with three options and next to it a box with two options.

Top in the First Box is High, After it's Medium, Bottom is Low.

Try the lowest and see what you get, has to be done before launching the game.

----------------------
Second/Third Tab is Window Settings

First Box is Window Mode or Full Screen.

The drop boxes are pretty self-explanatory.

-----------------------------------------
Fourth/Fifth Tab is Audio Options.

-------------------------
Still working out the other stuff.

[Angelo]

Does the file run independently or does it need to be installed?

I might just run it off the shit computer at work.

[earthsenshi]

ummm, you guys are getting the numbers from the first option, right?
no wonder it's laggy for me. the FPS is hovering around 5 for some reason.
I just got this laptop a little more than a year ago.

[Griffin]

When it first installs it auto set to high.

Click to icon on the destop, second option down.

Then third/fourth tab on the top.

You see a box with three options and next to it a box with two options.

Top in the First Box is High, After it's Medium, Bottom is Low.

Try the lowest and see what you get, has to be done before launching the game.

----------------------
Second/Third Tab is Window Settings

First Box is Window Mode or Full Screen.

The drop boxes are pretty self-explanatory.

-----------------------------------------
Fourth/Fifth Tab is Audio Options.

-------------------------
Still working out the other stuff.

Ah I can kiss ya, buddy. Score is racking now!

Somebody give this guy a sticky.

[rezakon]

ummm, you guys are getting the numbers from the first option, right?
no wonder it's laggy for me. the FPS is hovering around 5 for some reason.
I just got this laptop a little more than a year ago.

The first option set when installed is high, try on the other settings and at different resolutions.

edit: ok I'm actually going to create a character afk for 20 minutes (alt tab in fullscreen crashes the client if your wondering).

[Merumeru]

Sweet XD good thing I hung in there, now to wait for this slowbutt download to finish XP

[Zelon]

Sweet XD good thing I hung in there, now to wait for this slowbutt download to finish XP

yeah im finaly down to 7 mins

[Xaeris]

2.6k on High. Haven't tried other settings yet. I'm happy with that, I guess. Though I'm not sure what part of my system is the bottleneck. The processor's probably the oldest component, but it's still decent for what it is.

I think I grossly underestimated how much an obstacle the moonrunes would be in using the character creator. I'm sooo confused, and I'm loving every minute of it.

[BIG OLAF]

So, I made my character, but when i try to enter a name (I guess that's what it is), it like...doesn't accept the entry. I'm probably doing something wrong.

[Ark22]

I got the saving and everything down, but how do I make him appear on the benchmark is the question.

Olaf to save your character, the 2nd to last sub topic, the first one is to save, you have to enter a name and the one underneath that choice is to load, you have to click on the name.

[Mikedot]

For anyone that cares: Footage of the benchmark test


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7CD-dJEgZ4&hd=1

[celestria]

lol i hit 7900 on my bench on hd

[Soul Guardian]

I changed nothing but setting the graphics to medium, and got 4186 on the benchmark w/70 - 100 FPS. Is that good? (for a laptop)

[Dark Emerald EXE]

Unsure what I just pressed but i was watching some video and said i have a score of 159 o.0
No idea what that is or means but since my laptop old im sure it's bad lol

[Shadownami92]

Ok so somehow I managed how to switch to a super small resolution and don't know how to change back, any help would be grand!

[Zaix]

My 4 year old desktop pulls 52k on min and 3k on max.
My 2 year old laptop pulls 35k on min and 400 (lol) on max.

i played the alpha on my laptop on the same settings...it actually played really well most of the time for a score of 400 which is below the 2000 recommended.

[Mike]

1534 with everything maxed out. Time to turn it down a notch.

[Dark Emerald EXE]

What does the score mean? and in ranges what's bad and what's good?

[celestria]

if u want mega smooth u want over 5k on HD settings

[Ark22]

When you go click the EXE hit the 2nd option to go to settings.

Look at the tabs on top

3rd tab is for resolution, gotta be dumb not to see the numbers haha. 1st box is for TOP windows and bottom for FULL screen, the 2nd is resolution while the third is an independent resolution I guess, ALL I CAN SAY is use the 2nd box to change window size.

4th tab has two boxes, I assume the one on the right, top is HD and bottom is not HD. The box on the right going from top to bottom is High, med and low. Still looks awesome without the HD.

5th box is audio

I got 7000 on high settings no hd, hd and high settings I got 648 xD

Max settings at the most absolute low reso is 2000 for me.

[Dark Emerald EXE]

oh haha maybe i should try this when i get a new laptop which is the plan anyway hopefully by the time game comes out....

[Shadownami92]

Thanks a lot! Got it working again :D

[Yueri]

Ah, what a surprise... It does not work for me. Crashes after the intel and Windows 7 logos.

No PS title, from online and upwards, has ever worked like a charm for me - always something that has to get in the way. I should be far more bitter on this series than I am.
Shit computer is shit... And I would rather place my money on a Vita than new computer components for this game.

[Soul Guardian]

I understand this a little better now, so...
running Medium graphics with HD on gets me 4100ish in windowed mode and 2100ish in full screen

running High with HD turned off gets me like...20k

[Fox2Tails]

First go: 202. I feel special lol

Edit: 1357 now

[Ark22]

HD looks cool but, I rather have Gameplay>Graphics, plus it really doesn't look bad with no HD. Plus I could run it HD in the full game once I can turn off the shadows.

[rezakon]

For Peeps Confused.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/reniji/desktoplauncher.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/reniji/MainPage.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/reniji/reso.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/reniji/graphics.jpg

[Shadownami92]

Dang! That HD option really makes a difference. I'm guessing all it really does it turn off the complex shaders and whatnot.

[rezakon]

Dang! That HD option really makes a difference. I'm guessing all it really does it turn off the complex shaders and whatnot.

From what I can tell it changes the resolution of the textures, not shaders.

[Shadownami92]

From what I can tell it practically gets rid of all the fancy shaders. This includes the ripples from the ship's exhaust and most of the normal mapping. Looks like it's pretty much just flat shaded in SD mode. I'm sure it drops the texture resolution too, but that's the main think I noticed. It also looks like the specular maps aren't used in lots of the models for SD mode.

[Tetsaru]

After running the benchmark a few times, here's what I got:

Default settings: 33286

1680x1050 resolution, HD, shaders at 3 (medium), windowed mode: 15831

1680x1050 resolution, HD, shaders at 5 (max), windowed mode: 10313

I love my new PC. :D I'd run it at 1080p, but my monitor doesn't support it, sadly...

[Mikedot]

My scores on the benchmark

LOW: 99999 (PERFECT LOL!)
MID: 20567
HIGH: 14080

All at a resolution of 1920x1080

Specs:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), OC'd @ ~3.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM ( 8GB )
2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 running in SLi
Western Digital Caviler Black HDD 1TB

But really if you can get anything above 5000, you're golden. This game's engine isn't pushing any limits.

[Rizen]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k54/RizenForce/Phantasy%20Star%20Online%202/pso22012-04-0505-23-09-08.jpg
My results.

[FreakingWesley]

Ugh, even the Sega and Nvidia logo stutter like crazy for me. Completely unplayable. Not sure what the issue is as it can't be my specs.

i7 2500k
GTX 570
8GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

Really annoying. I was looking forward to it so much :[

[rezakon]

Ugh, even the Sega and Nvidia logo stutter like crazy for me. Completely unplayable. Not sure what the issue is as it can't be my specs.

i7 2500k
GTX 570
8GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

Really annoying. I was looking forward to it so much :[

Updated Drivers?

[FreakingWesley]

Updated Drivers?

Wow, not sure why, but my one-month-old drivers were the cause. Runs perfect now. Thank you <3

[rezakon]

Wow, not sure why, but my one-month-old drivers were the cause. Runs perfect now. Thank you <3
Could have accidentally grabbed beta drivers, happened to me on a couple occasions and more recently with ME3.

Seems to be the best I can do on max settings with tweaks (safely anyway).
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/reniji/score.jpg

[Ark22]

I got 1000 max settings 3 shader and 1366x780 resolution....I think it will run about 30-40

[kazuuya]

Uhm wow, either I'm doing everything wrong or my Laptop is sure not suited for the Game. Lol. On low settings the best I got was 622. <__< (It ran constantly only on 20~30 fps. T___T)
I looked if I can update my Drivers, but it said they're up to date. (I'm not really good with computers anyway, excuse my noobishness...)
Is there something I can still try or can I take this as my end score? (Which really isn't good. *sobsobsob*)

[rezakon]

Start>Run>dxdiag

Should hold your computer information, PM the information (images or info is fine) and I'll tell you if your laptops are just shit house and can't play it.

I can also tell if your drivers are up to date that way.

[rather be honest to help people upgrade if they want to play]

[Xaton]

is there option to change langauge like switch it to english after it installs?

[Shadownami92]

I don't think so! But on these recent threads someone posted some good info on navigating through the Japanese.

[soulpimpwizzurd]

pretty sure you'll be able to play the game on lowest settings if you also make sure you go like 640x400 or whatever the smallest resolution is. ofc playing in that resolution on window mode is difficult but most games and i'm sure pso2 will do this, allow you to play 640x400 full screen.

having such a small resolution takes -loads- of pressure off the computer.

btw, the character customization of this game is blowing my mind.

MY FAVORITE PART IS HOW ACCESSORIES STACK OVER ACCESSORIES AKA YOU CAN HAVE THREE SUNGLASSES ON OR MULTIPLE HATS

and seriously the comedic characters you can create using this is hilaaaaaaaaaarious, it's reaching the level of super mario 64 faces.

i can't stop laughing i really cant

[Totori]

My score!

Everything low I get: 11079

[Akiyama]

So.. it's been mentioned, but how do you go about inserting your created char into the benchmark?>.>

[Saotome Kaneda]

So.. it's been mentioned, but how do you go about inserting your created char into the benchmark?>.>
read next post i'm an idiot

[Rizen]

So.. it's been mentioned, but how do you go about inserting your created char into the benchmark?>.>
You have to completely finish making your character.

Make sure you hit this button.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k54/RizenForce/FinishCharacter.png

Put in your name.
Edit: Brought to my attention by Mike, you are actually putting the name of the file present in, so make sure to use a different one each time.
The files are located at "[User]\Documents\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k54/RizenForce/pso22012-04-0507-10-10-95.jpg"

Then you are done! Run the benchmark and it will be your character!

[Mike]

Just remember that finishing the character creator will count as saving your character so you'll have to use a different name to get it to save properly.

[Akiyama]

Thanks a ton!

[rezakon]

Just remember that finishing the character creator will count as saving your character so you'll have to use a different name to get it to save properly.

Load it, Save it under Another Name.

Exit

Delete Original Character Name out of Sega Documents Folder (keep the random name version).

Reload Client>Reload Character under Random Name.

Tweak with them>Save under Original Name Again.

I've been tweaking renka for a while trying to give her some decent hips without the crazy ass :P

I doubt the crazy process will matter come closed beta, it'll probably just load teh character and let you name them before finalizing.

[Akiyama]

Gave Keecha (my Ramarl I recreated) some bazoombas and a bit of ass. :> It's so cool to be able to mod all that.

[Rizen]

Gave Keecha (my Ramarl I recreated) some bazoombas and a bit of ass. :> It's so cool to be able to mod all that.

...What type of "bazoombas" are we talking bout here?

[February]

Oh that's so cool. I realized there were some things I didn't like about my character and was able to go fix her then reran the benchmark. Thanks for posting that!

[Rizen]

Oh that's so cool. I realized there were some things I didn't like about my character and was able to go fix her then reran the benchmark. Thanks for posting that!
Make sure you let me see her when you are finished fixing! :P

Also, for those who accidently hit the Random button, there is an undo button at the bottom right of the screen.

[Akiyama]

...What type of "bazoombas" are we talking bout here?

[spoiler-box]http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4917/pso20120405064325000.jpg[/spoiler-box]

:3 Bazoombas. This is taken at 1920x1080, (5) quality, max texture, etc.

[Sylpheed]

Tried downloading it three times now. Every time it gets progressively further then comes up with an interrupted message and stops downloading.

[rezakon]

Tried downloading it three times now. Every time it gets progressively further then comes up with an interrupted message and stops downloading.

Try a download manager like orbit or internet download manager.

If your on wireless however it could just be a signal issue.

[Micro]

Tried creating a character but it crashes my system after about 5 minutes of playing around in it, was able to run the benchmark though and got a 13k score(low settings). No idea what's causing it.

[Gama]

well sine my screen isnt hd, disabling that is a good idea, also got a good performance making the shaders go to 1, anyway with shaders on 1 i get like 6000 with shaders on max i get 800
halfway i get 1000, so in my case the shaders are the ones to blame for performance i guess.

[Wayu]

Ugh, due to my school requiring us to get Macs (meaning I got a "new laptop" two years ago), my parents won't let me buy a new computer, even with my own money.

What I'm using right now is a 4-year old Vaio C-series. Its specs are fine, but the lack of a NVidia card is killing just about every game I try to play. Google says upgrading the graphics card is like performing heart surgery. Ugh. :/

Edit: Whoa, wrong topic. xD Whatever.

-Wayu

[Tetsaru]

Tried creating a character but it crashes my system after about 5 minutes of playing around in it, was able to run the benchmark though and got a 13k score(low settings). No idea what's causing it.

I noticed that the program crashed on me a few times in the character creator. I remember one time it happened when I was trying to move the window around, but I have no idea if that's the cause. :confused:

[Mike]

Also, for those who accidently hit the Random button, there is an undo button at the bottom right of the screen.
Ctrl + Z also works.

Kind of off topic? Updating my drivers gave me an 800 point boost on the highest settings. Wow.

[Akiyama]

Ctrl + Z also works.

Kind of off topic? Updating my drivers gave me an 800 point boost on the highest settings. Wow.

I'm still using 260.99 NVidia drivers as they're the most stable, but I"ll probably look into some other ones as we get closer to release.

[landman]

The full screen mode crashes when you click outside of it (on a secondary screen for example), I remember this NOT happening on the second alpha. It will crash on my TV too, unlike in the alpha as well, but in my monitor it works like a charm. Anyway it's strange because it crashes on the PC of a friend of mine on full screen, and I believe this is an error that was not present on the alpha test.

[Aumi]

Damn it, why did they replace the great semi-fullscreen mode with the old one that doesn't allow you to do anything without instantly causing an error?

[Gama]

Ugh, due to my school requiring us to get Macs (meaning I got a "new laptop" two years ago), my parents won't let me buy a new computer, even with my own money.

What I'm using right now is a 4-year old Vaio C-series. Its specs are fine, but the lack of a NVidia card is killing just about every game I try to play. Google says upgrading the graphics card is like performing heart surgery. Ugh. :/

Edit: Whoa, wrong topic. xD Whatever.

-Wayu


ill be blunt, your money right? unless its needed for something else thats actualy important. use it, its yours, but get a destop youll get a decent machine for allot cheaper.

[Micro]

I noticed that the program crashed on me a few times in the character creator. I remember one time it happened when I was trying to move the window around, but I have no idea if that's the cause. :confused:

Nah wasn't clicking out of the window or anything and it crashes my pc entirely, not just the creator.

[Xenobia]

Short character creator guide. (http://bumped.org/psublog/pso2-the-character-creator-demo-is-up-plus-mini-guide/)

Those who dont like to click forum download links:
The character creator is located at the news link on information: http://pso2.jp/
Then it goes straight to the http://pso2.jp/benchmark/ Dowload is at 3. window.

Well still downloading it... just woke up.


Why should the lack of a Nvidia card do anything worse? A AMD card can do just as well, although in the mind of most JP devs only Nvidia does exist. Min requirement Nvidia card... recommended Nvidia card... where is AMD? XD...

[Angelo]

New full screen sucks.

[Mike]

Anybody else see Rapico (the rare-ish, big headed rappy) in the second part of the benchmark?

[landman]

Is it suposed to be random? I'm not sure if it had the flower in the head thou lol

[Gama]

i'm in love!

:D

[Mike]

Is it suposed to be random? I'm not sure if it had the flower in the head thou lol
Well, flower or no, I think it may be random. Unless I just wasn't seeing it before.


Damn it, why did they replace the great semi-fullscreen mode with the old one that doesn't allow you to do anything without instantly causing an error?
Because that's what people wanted.

[Aumi]

Why would people want that? I don't get it...

By the way, can anyone tell me how to get my character into the benchmark? I cannot quite figure it out...

[Golto]

Man I can't get fullscreen to work, refresh rate is too high. Anyone know what the fullscreen res is?

[Purple Lamplight]

http://i.imgur.com/nzd2j.jpg
I think my computer did really good on that benchmark test :3

[metatime]

Uhm wow, either I'm doing everything wrong or my Laptop is sure not suited for the Game. Lol. On low settings the best I got was 622. <__< (It ran constantly only on 20~30 fps. T___T)
I looked if I can update my Drivers, but it said they're up to date. (I'm not really good with computers anyway, excuse my noobishness...)
Is there something I can still try or can I take this as my end score? (Which really isn't good. *sobsobsob*)

Yeah most laptops aren't made for graphics like gaming. You need at least a discrete gfx card in your laptop to do med-high in most games.

Desktop are easier to upgrade and cheaper too by almost 50% to get the similar performance from a laptop.

[Faiyez]

Only max settings benchmarks count.

[Fayorei]

Thanks! I'll have to grab this. It'll be amazingly helpful for making art.:D

[blotherman]

I only get a very small difference when i change from low-high settings. HD also is at 367 for me at max, but then turned off i get 8000. Is it supposed to be like this?

[Purple Lamplight]

Only max settings benchmarks count.

Lowest settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/sy6NN.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Medium settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/4rY9Z.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Max settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/JuacB.jpg[/spoiler-box]

[MelancholyWitch]

Why would people want that? I don't get it...

By the way, can anyone tell me how to get my character into the benchmark? I cannot quite figure it out...

Yeah you need to create your character, then run the benchmark, if you exit the game the character reverts back to pre set one, I think it basically works on the last character you created. so If you want to run the benchmark again with your first character, then just load that character's preset and just name it something else, then run benchmark you can always go back to your folder and delete any duplicate characters.

[landman]

I also don't understand why would people want the game to crash when exiting full screen, so now if you want to use other programs while running pso2, you can only do it in windowed mode.

[raigalcc]

1576

buhuhuT^T my score sucked

[AnnabellaRenee87]

Man I can't get fullscreen to work, refresh rate is too high. Anyone know what the fullscreen res is?

I haven't got to play with it yet, (will after work) try hitting Alt+Enter, that usually works on 99% of games in the world.

EDIT: For full screen that is.

for the resolution if its anything like the alpha client you can select the resolution in the settings.

[Visions]

Hello In new here and I cant run this! when I click in the exe I only get this screen

http://i41.tinypic.com/zkqtg2.jpg

Really I dont know whats wrong my OS is Windows XP SP3 and of course I can run new games.

I guess the squares are japanese letters.

[NoiseHERO]

So serious question, ignore it and I'll ask it multiple times in other threads.

I notice that even if I get a low score on the benchmarking, the "game" still seems to fun fine (a number of different settings.) Extremely low settings and I'm like UP there, I flick on HD and I can barely make 2000.

But the question is... if I'm playing the full game (or alpha/beta whatever) What would be the real punishment of playing this game on settings that don't reach past 2000 regardless of the benchmark score?

Is it like really a bad idea? Or is it just recommended? Or both... either way, why?

[Sylpheed]

I manage to load up the creator just fine but if I try to enter the character creation the game just gives me an error message saying it can no longer run. I'm on a laptop but its pretty much brand new minus a few months.

I have a massive list of drivers to update on the laptops manufacturer website but I'm not sure which ones i actually need to run it if any at all.

[Mike]

Is it like really a bad idea? Or is it just recommended? Or both... either way, why?
Honestly, a score in the 1500s will probably work perfectly fine. I played the second alpha with the graphics turned up and didn't really have any graphical lag. When I ran the benchmark, I originally had 1530 or so. But I suppose you should fine tune your settings as needed.

[Macman]

Blurgh, I knew this would come out while I was asleep.
Downloading now, but I don't have time to mess with it right away, class. D:

I'll post my (pitiful?) results when I come back.

[Zelon]

so re-downloading this. im getting an error when i run it i cant even get the benchmark to launch, i can set it up to run but when it trys to start basball bat with the word error on it to the face

[Akiyama]

So serious question, ignore it and I'll ask it multiple times in other threads.

I notice that even if I get a low score on the benchmarking, the "game" still seems to fun fine (a number of different settings.) Extremely low settings and I'm like UP there, I flick on HD and I can barely make 2000.

But the question is... if I'm playing the full game (or alpha/beta whatever) What would be the real punishment of playing this game on settings that don't reach past 2000 regardless of the benchmark score?

Is it like really a bad idea? Or is it just recommended? Or both... either way, why?

You'll probably be fine. Generally, benchmarks are there to just push yours system hardcore so the you can see if you can run the game in it's most extreme setting (notice how the frames were shot.. the heavy rain/fmv-like scenes.. a lot of crap going on in the scenes at once, etc) so it stresses it on purpose. 1500-2000 will probably be fine.

[SStrikerR]

Even with the settings down at 2, I'm only getting like 8-10 fps. Guess my laptop is shittier than I thought. It's laggy as hell.
When the test finishes I'll let you all know my score, so you can laugh.

107.
One hundred and seven.

This just in, with a smaller resolution and with settings at 1, I'm getting 45-55 frames. This is progress at least.

[Akiyama]

Even with the settings down at 2, I'm only getting like 8-10 fps. Guess my laptop is shittier than I thought.
When the test finishes I'll let you all know my score, so you can laugh.

Try dropping the slider to 1, and then going to the 4th tab and switch both of those selections to the bottom (for simple textures/etc)

[SStrikerR]

[spoiler-box]http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g400/Vanguard3/pso2.jpg[/spoiler-box]

This is with the slider at 1.
Looking back at that picture, I don't know a ton about computers but it looks like I don't really have much RAM. Might that be my problem?

I went and deleted a few memory-hog files, and my score went up to 2550. This is annoying

[Tycho]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/Tycho01/pso20120405_230259_000.jpg
I like how people got scores of 50k for medium, I got 41 on my laptop. :b

[Merumeru]

XD We really need a benchmark topic or something, because I would really like to see what I need to upgrade to <3

This is the best I can get right now on lowest and highest

Oh, and Merumeru XD since she's buried in one of these threads

[NoiseHERO]

You'll probably be fine. Generally, benchmarks are there to just push yours system hardcore so the you can see if you can run the game in it's most extreme setting (notice how the frames were shot.. the heavy rain/fmv-like scenes.. a lot of crap going on in the scenes at once, etc) so it stresses it on purpose. 1500-2000 will probably be fine.

Seems legit, guess I won't worry too much about it...

I seem to be fine with default.

[youcantcatchtheblue]

My scores:
4637 (default, windowed 1280x720)
1592 (slider max, fullscreen 1280x720)
1057 (slider max, fullscreen 1920x1080)
4278 (slider max, windowed 1024x576)
2795 (slider max, windowed 1280x720)
2509 (slider max, windowed 1920x1080)

Real "full screen" is bothering me a lot... big performance hit when switching from windowed to full screen.

Now I wish they kept the fake "full screen" that they had in Alpha-2... I hope there will be some option to toggle this, but it doesn't look like it. We need to send some suggestions to bring it back!!

[Merumeru]

My scores:
4637 (default, windowed 1280x720)
1592 (slider max, fullscreen 1280x720)
1057 (slider max, fullscreen 1920x1080)
4278 (slider max, windowed 1024x576)
2795 (slider max, windowed 1280x720)
2509 (slider max, windowed 1920x1080)

Real "full screen" is bothering me a lot... big performance hit when switching from windowed to full screen.

Now I wish they kept the fake "full screen" that they had in Alpha-2... I hope there will be some option to toggle this, but it doesn't look like it. We need to send some suggestions to bring it back!!Yeah, I much more prefer having full window over screen, especially when FPS on my low-medium machine takes a huge hit XP

[Golto]

Has anyone figured out was res fullscreen is set to?

[Kazzi]

How do you load your own character into the benchmark test?

Nevermind, got it.

[Ezodagrom]

Now I wish they kept the fake "full screen" that they had in Alpha-2... I hope there will be some option to toggle this, but it doesn't look like it. We need to send some suggestions to bring it back!!
While the performance for me is the same at full screen or window mode (max settings, 1440x900), I also wish they kept the fake full screen from the alpha 2, since now alt-tabbing while in full screen crashes the game, like PSU... ._.

[Neo Flint]

The absolute BARE minimum: 251

My laptop looks pretty weeeak. Looks like I'll have to wait for the Vita version after all.

[SPOILER-BOX]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i336/Crim_Mars/Untitled.png[/SPOILER-BOX]

Edit: Oops. Did I post this in the wrong thread? ._.

[pikachief]

When it first installs it auto set to high.

Click to icon on the destop, second option down.

Then third/fourth tab on the top.

You see a box with three options and next to it a box with two options.

Top in the First Box is High, After it's Medium, Bottom is Low.

Try the lowest and see what you get, has to be done before launching the game.

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Second/Third Tab is Window Settings

First Box is Window Mode or Full Screen.

The drop boxes are pretty self-explanatory.

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Fourth/Fifth Tab is Audio Options.

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Still working out the other stuff.

oh yea I know, I did that. That's how i got 300-ish lol. lets see what i get on high! lol

[Kazzi]

I threw up a very quick guide to the options, it might be of use to some people until Ricardo finishes translating it. idk I did it for my friend who knows nothing of Japanese. The link is in my sig.

Also I seem to get a way higher score on windowed mode than I do on fullscreen, despite the window size being the same size and more processes being in use while in windowed :/ I'm not very computer savvy so I don't understand this. Can anyone explain?

[Link1275]

I threw up a very quick guide to the options, it might be of use to some people until Ricardo finishes translating it. idk I did it for my friend who knows nothing of Japanese. The link is in my sig.

Also I seem to get a way higher score on windowed mode than I do on fullscreen, despite the window size being the same size and more processes being in use while in windowed :/ I'm not very computer savvy so I don't understand this. Can anyone explain?
Simple, it's not doing as much on your Graphics Card in windows mode compared to full screen mode.

[Kazzi]

Simple, it's not doing as much on your Graphics Card in windows mode compared to full screen mode.

Really? I've never had a problem with other games in full screen mode, it only seems to be PSO2 that won't load. I think i might consider investing in a new card.

[Link1275]

Really? I've never had a problem with other games in full screen mode, it only seems to be PSO2 that won't load. I think i might consider investing in a new card.
Some games prefer some cards and do well with them, while others hate them. That is the most probable reason you're having problems, unless it's an Nvidia(or whatever it is that this one prefers).

[LoveRappy]

does the demo have gameguard on it? wouldnt make sence for it to, since its an offline demo thing, but am just checking.

[raigalcc]

The absolute BARE minimum: 251

My laptop looks pretty weeeak. Looks like I'll have to wait for the Vita version after all.

[SPOILER-BOX]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i336/Crim_Mars/Untitled.png[/SPOILER-BOX]

Edit: Oops. Did I post this in the wrong thread? ._.

you got higher score than me in laptop specs T_T;

[lostinseganet]

I can't hear anything. gonna reinstall direct x. any other suggestions....

Edit
I solved my problem when I reinstalled my direct x

[Faiyez]

Only max settings benchmarks count.


Lowest settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/sy6NN.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Medium settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/4rY9Z.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Max settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/JuacB.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Nice!

I also wanted to let you know that my message was directed to everybody, not just you.

[Griffin]

Lowest settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/sy6NN.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Medium settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/4rY9Z.jpg[/spoiler-box]

Max settings:
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/JuacB.jpg[/spoiler-box]

You troll. I hate you so much.

[Jinketsu]

Seems legit, guess I won't worry too much about it...

I seem to be fine with default.

From what I've experienced on weak machines and MMOs is that it can play the game just fine, but if you're in a heavily congested area (with other players) you're going to get a ton of lag, and a framerate low enough to keep the game playable but still annoy the piss out of you :P