Character Creator Bench Mark Version 2

[Kion]

http://pso2.jp/benchmark/download/
Direct Download Link (http://download.pso2.jp/benchmark/PSO2_CC2.zip)
I was looking on twitter and noticed this. The new character create bench-marking application is out. For anyone that hasn't gotten into this game yet and is thinking about it, it's a good way to see if your pc can handle it. For everyone else, it's as good as excuse as any to test their rig.

Asus Zenbook with Intel Graphics HD 1366x768

Shaders on:
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http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/kion_01/standard_zpsb313691f.png
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Shaders off:
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http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/kion_01/simple_zpsdf18a42f.png
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[TaigaUC]

Just saw videos of it on Nico Douga. Thanks for the link.

[Manta Oyamada]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-m4Q2BJWoU&feature=youtu.be

[Z-0]

So when is this game coming out?

[SociableTyrannosaur]

hurr where do I d/l this game?

[~Aya~]

Pfft I too know how to use video editing software....

[Kazzi]

Is there actually anything new in this demo or is it just a rehash of the old one?

[SociableTyrannosaur]

The benchmark itself is new and full of lies.

[Nameh]

Is there a way to lower settings so it'll possibly run faster?
EDIT:
Because it's all in JP and all I did on the old benchmark was twiddled with some settings and it got a little better

[SociableTyrannosaur]

second option from the top at the launcher. you can turn the slider all the way down to 1(it defaults at 3)

[Tenlade]

The benchmark itself is new and full of lies.

How Sega improves gameplay in a trailer: lots of movement, faster pace, characters pulling off awesome jumps and flips to make everything more action packed.

How Sega Actually improves gameplay: change a few numbers around,make some bigger, some smaller. Good enough.

[yoshiblue]

Unless they plan to add quick time events. Or more combat cutscenes.

[Ce'Nedra]

This is Sega, don't count on it

[Requiem Aeternam]

Is there any difference between the new version and the old one besides the benchmark video?

[Renvalt]

Is there any difference between the new version and the old one besides the benchmark video?

Yeah, there is. The new one accomodates the (at the time) in-game only changes to include the small ear Newman faces, as well as allowing for duplicates of the same facial tattoo to be applied.

These are small changes, but thankfully they allow us to do this kind of thing without really making us do it in-game.

[Requiem Aeternam]

Yeah, there is. The new one accomodates the (at the time) in-game only changes to include the small ear Newman faces, as well as allowing for duplicates of the same facial tattoo to be applied.

These are small changes, but thankfully they allow us to do this kind of thing without really making us do it in-game.

Thanks ^^ Too bad they didn't add the newer outfits for us to try on. I was kind of hoping they would even if we couldn't select them for new characters. Seeing as they're updating it, they might be considering adding new races in future. Dragonkin/Dinian please.

[Zyrusticae]

Just for fun, ran it through the new benchmark:
[spoiler-box]https://ucxrag.bn1.livefilestore.com/y1pNcbsWz7PUQIzG0Mg9NndWRSGM-zP1YtC-gXefttiJjORgfKrQYY_nvYfr47s_bb1WbjofjgSi34/pso20130329_103424_000.jpg?psid=1[/spoiler-box]
And this is with 4x SGSSAA. :)

My PC is a beast, and I love it.

[TaigaUC]

Well, that was disappointing. I was hoping the new character create would include more outfits, hairstyles and accessories, especially because we can't preview many of those in-game. But no, that would be too logical.

And yeah, the benchmark is full of lies. Huge jumps, sprinting, knocking enemies off cliffs, fancy attacks, etc... lots of stuff we can't actually do. That's why I hate cutscenes in games.

[yoshiblue]

Which is why I ask if its possible for the outfits to be placed into the CC. No answer was given in the screenshot thread.

[Renvalt]

Thanks ^^ Too bad they didn't add the newer outfits for us to try on. I was kind of hoping they would even if we couldn't select them for new characters. Seeing as they're updating it, they might be considering adding new races in future. Dragonkin/Dinian please.

Kuna's mutation seems to be specific to her. I imagine it has something to do with what happened to Hadred. What that is, I can't be sure of. But it might influence Dragonkin-Human hybrids.

[SPOILER-BOX]Btw, does anyone find the fact that Casura survived his Hunar encounter almost unscathed whilst Zeno's still MIA weird? Mighty suspicious if you ask me.[/SPOILER-BOX]

[Requiem Aeternam]

Kuna's mutation seems to be specific to her. I imagine it has something to do with what happened to Hadred. What that is, I can't be sure of. But it might influence Dragonkin-Human hybrids.

[SPOILER-BOX]Btw, does anyone find the fact that Casura survived his Hunar encounter almost unscathed whilst Zeno's still MIA weird? Mighty suspicious if you ask me.[/SPOILER-BOX]

Quna's mutation? Didn't know about that. Wonder what it is? Hopefully it does hint at possible playable Dragonkin. Hadred is the Chrome Dragon right?

[TaigaUC]

Which is why I ask if its possible for the outfits to be placed into the CC. No answer was given in the screenshot thread.

If you had a way to mod the files and have the game accept the modifications. You'd need to know how to reencrypt the files with the correct encryption key.
As far as I know, only the English patch modders know how to do that, and I doubt they would share it because a large number of people would probably mod the game to make their own costumes and not waste all their money on AC scratch.
Even if they did release it, SEGA might possibly react by banning people who use modifications, or forcing some kind of check for modified data.

If I knew how to reencrypt modded files, the first thing I'd do is fix the awful colors on some of my favorite outfits, and maybe mask out some of the ugly parts. I bet some people would make a high resolution texture pack to replace the horrible faded, compressed and pixellated textures, as well as their wildly varying and inconsistent resolutions. I'm certain that'd make the game look a billion times better.

[Renvalt]

Quna's mutation? Didn't know about that. Wonder what it is? Hopefully it does hint at possible playable Dragonkin. Hadred is the Chrome Dragon right?

I don't know exactly, however, it has to do with a spoiler bit (although I don't know all the details).

[SPOILER-BOX]Basically, during your pursuit of Hadred (Chrome Dragon) in Chapter 9, Casura says something that makes Quna have a flashback of some kind. She gets all personal about it, because from what I can gather, Hadred and her were pretty close.

When referring to him, she often uses the word "uragiri mono" which I know DAMN well means "traitor" (having heard it used so much). Obviously, Hadred might have been human but suffered an Arakune-based effect (AKA lost his humanity completely) and is now in the pitiable state he is.

However, both Casura and Kuna are in that venue looking for an artifact called the "Creation Sphere" - Hadred is referred to as the "Creation Dragon" in the SQ. I'm guessing there's importance in this artifact - though why Casura of all people would want it is a mystery to me.[/SPOILER-BOX]

Oh that, reminds me, does anyone know a way to splice a sound clip to see distorted voices in their undistorted form? Looking back on Persona's voice now, and seeing some of the Events in MB9, something is bothering me, and it has to do a lot with Casura - and the fact that he's still alive, whilst Zeno is MIA.

EDIT: Forgot to add this: if you look at Quna's ponytails, you can see remnants of her Light Form's (AKA her idol or "angel" form) auburn hair.

And slightly unrelated, anyone notice during EX Chapter how there's two seemingly "out-of-place" characters? Turns out they're not so out-of-place after all - they happen to be Quna's extremely obsessive, totally cliche fat'n'ugly otaku fans.

I'm guessing they entered the Battle Royale so that they could impress Quna somehow. Though how that is possible is beyond me.

[gigawuts]

I liked the sprinting and lunging can't wait to see it ingame.

Oh...

[Renvalt]

I liked the sprinting and lunging can't wait to see it ingame.

Oh...

I so knew this was gonna happen. Sega, you killed us man. You win.

So just shut up and take our money...

[Gama]

after this cc, i guess allot of jp players will ask for a sprinting skill of some sort. no?

[gigawuts]

after this cc, i guess allot of jp players will ask for a sprinting skill of some sort. no?

That's my hope. Maybe they're testing to see the player reactions. I'm sure there will be a lot of requests for it, the only question is if they'll listen.

[Angry_Ryudo]

I want to throw the enemies out of the islands too!!

[Renvalt]

I want to throw the enemies out of the islands too!!

B-But, if you do that.... then you have to make it so that WE can be tossed over as well.

How exactly would you make that work? Especially considering we never saw where those dragon dudes landed.

I mean, D. Saber Fighters lack the skill that the HUCast used in the Volcano portion of the fight (not to mention FONewm's skyborne talis move).



Oh yeah, and one thing: your character will use a Gunslash no matter what class you throw him as. This was tested and confirmed by me.

[Angry_Ryudo]

B-But, if you do that.... then you have to make it so that WE can be tossed over as well.

How exactly would you make that work? Especially considering we never saw where those dragon dudes landed.

I mean, D. Saber Fighters lack the skill that the HUCast used in the Volcano portion of the fight (not to mention FONewm's skyborne talis move).



Oh yeah, and one thing: your character will use a Gunslash no matter what class you throw him as. This was tested and confirmed by me.

(it'd be very annoying to play, yes I know xD)

Well, we fall to the volcano and have to find a jumping pad (after fighting the enemies that fell before) using the sprint move.

[gigawuts]

If techer got that comboed mirage escape it would be really fucking cool.

I see a lot of good actiony stuff in that video, but probably the most amusing part is only the ranger and gunner function as displayed.

[yoshiblue]

If you had a way to mod the files and have the game accept the modifications. You'd need to know how to reencrypt the files with the correct encryption key.
As far as I know, only the English patch modders know how to do that, and I doubt they would share it because a large number of people would probably mod the game to make their own costumes and not waste all their money on AC scratch.
Even if they did release it, SEGA might possibly react by banning people who use modifications, or forcing some kind of check for modified data.

If I knew how to reencrypt modded files, the first thing I'd do is fix the awful colors on some of my favorite outfits, and maybe mask out some of the ugly parts. I bet some people would make a high resolution texture pack to replace the horrible faded, compressed and pixellated textures, as well as their wildly varying and inconsistent resolutions. I'm certain that'd make the game look a billion times better.

Many thanks for the info.

[blace]

Did the test a few times last night, saw a varying difference in score, did it again just now, and I can confirm that if you create a character with, say, more hair movement, will lower your score.

From top to bottom, top using the tiwn pigtail hair model, long ponytail model and standard wolf model.
[spoiler-box]http://imageshack.us/a/img812/2899/pso20130329121552000.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img4/5609/pso20130329122430001.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img832/6890/pso20130329123431000.jpg

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In short, if you want a higher score, use clothes and hair with less movement.

[Kilich]

The new boss is kinda cool. I almost feel for him though, since he'll be killed in under 20 sec by a Fo, or a Ra.

[Z-0]

Nah, FO won't manage it, but FI and RA (or GU) might.

Depends how they design him. If they give him special SE weaknesses which increase damage and you' re able to stunlock (like Quartz), FI and RA (GU) have the upper hand, rather than FO, who can do it quickly, but takes longer.

[DreXxiN]

All of my hardware is near 3-4 years old and I scored 12k with everything maxed out -- I really love how well optimized this game is compared to SEGA's previous titles.

[Kilich]

Well, I shouldn't be so pessimistic. If it indeed shows that class mechanics will be updated and characters will have more options for mobility, offense and defense.
And I kinda want to see why did the forum, that shouldn't be named, said that Katana PAs are crazy complex.

[Gama]

max settings 50 fps lowest framerate i got during the test

[SPOILER-box]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8169566/pso20130329_180856_003.jpg[/SPOILER-box]


also i wish we got to each area falling like a meteor like they do, wouldnt that be allot better? :D

[xTKanade]

Max Settings
[spoiler-box]http://i.imgur.com/udt0Sga.jpg[/spoiler-box]

[EvilMag]

Max settings. 1280x720
[spoiler-box]http://imageshack.us/a/img820/9145/pso20130329042350000.jpg[/spoiler-box]

[jiasu73]

Virtual Full Screen at max settings. Score was so much higher then the last benchmark but i guess that's due to this one being longer?
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/srzvovB.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

[Kion]

I thought the whole point was because they made several improvements to how the game runs and wanted to release a new benchmark that more accurately portrayed how well the game runs.

[Lostbob117]

More like advertise the game.

[Z-0]

False advertising.

[RadiantLegend]

And yet we can't still "kick" things.

[Sparzyle]

Hmm tried this thing out with my crappy PC ww

Lv1 Config Windowed 800x600 (best performance)
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_010914_021_zps7abf6b1e.jpg

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_010851_017_zps8c8a8fd3.jpg

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_010122_003_zpse8ce1506.jpg
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Lv3 Config Windowed 800x600 (best quality)
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_005712_046_zpsfa62364a.jpg

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_005631_045_zps84784530.jpg

http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_003214_003_zpscb626556.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]
Somehow this benchmark also features that glitch which shows only the head and weapon of your chara like this (must be something related with F.Continent)
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q143/rudehi/PSO2%20Marzo%202013/pso20130308_233421_010.jpg
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Also screenshoted this accidentaly
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_004259_025_zps22739dbf.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

[blace]

Also screenshoted this accidentaly
[spoiler-box]http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/sparzyle/pso20130330_004259_025_zps22739dbf.jpg[/spoiler-box]
Huh, if my caseal can fight without having legs, I'd probably do that.

[A. Zerran]

I tried a few tricks with the Character Creator. I didn't touch it for a really long time, but now that I re-downloaded it, check out what I did.

RAcast stand-in with a large body:
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/4Qh6XmL.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]
Final benchmark results: (Note: I was using Preposterous Rhino's SweetFX setup, plus custom Anti Aliasing with Nvidia Inspector, namely MSAA + Supersamplng x4 and with Anisotropic Filtering at x16. Resolution of 1920 x 1200 and with Simple Rendering at setting 5.)
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/kFwEYgF.png[/SPOILER-BOX]
Just for fun, I took an extra picture of Quna here with the settings above:
[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/saCwAYk.png[/SPOILER-BOX]