PSO Questions & Answers

[Aleron Ives]

The /save and /restore commands have no effect on your bank. The only way you'd lose one ring and have two of the other kind is if you did /save when the Yellow Ring was in your inventory while the White Ring was in your bank, and then you did /restore when the White Ring was in your inventory while the Yellow Ring was in your bank. Using /restore wipes your current inventory and replaces it with whatever you had when you used /save, so you can both lose items and duplicate items that way.

As for the common bank, Sylverant still doesn't do item tracking, so it's impossible to implement a server-side bank yet.

[Tymek]

This might be a bad question but:
Does anyone know where I can download the PC version of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Ver.2?

[BlueCrab]

This might be a bad question but:
Does anyone know where I can download the PC version of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Ver.2?

Technically, discussing that is against the rules, so my standard response is that you should install it from your own retail copy of the game.

But I hear there's this awesome site called PSO Palace with all kinds of PSO-related information and tools.

[Tymek]

This might be a bad question but:
Does anyone know where I can download the PC version of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Ver.2?

Technically, discussing that is against the rules, so my standard response is that you should install it from your own retail copy of the game.

But I hear there's this awesome site called PSO Palace with all kinds of PSO-related information and tools.

Thanks!
Now I need help since PSOv2PC keeps crashing upon startup... Please help? I'm using Windows 8.1

[Aleron Ives]

Are you using window mode? If so, is your display depth set to 32-bit colour? If you have 32 as an option, you must use it. If you only have 16 and 24-bit options options, then you must use 16.

[Tymek]

Are you using window mode? If so, is your display depth set to 32-bit colour? If you have 32 as an option, you must use it. If you only have 16 and 24-bit options options, then you must use 16.

I am using window mode. And, I don't know.

[Aleron Ives]

-Bug report-

Ship tested: Altimira
Quest: Endless Nightmare 4
Server commands used: /sdrops

Issue: /sdrops command gives no badges as reward for quest completion.

This is fixed now. Thanks for the report.

[sixtenbruce]

Is Gallons shop available? If so, what do you have to complete in order to get access?

[BlueCrab]

To use the Gallon's Shop quest on Gamecube, you must be in an episode 2 team. Then, it should show up in the Shops category at the quest selection screen.

[sixtenbruce]

thx BlueCrab

[sixtenbruce]

Damn it! The screen froze and I lost my Final Impact + 50... and all of my non-equipped items... lost my 99 photon drops...

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

Backing up your save is the 1st thing you should do before doing anything really

[sixtenbruce]

How do I do that Kireek?

[Aleron Ives]

You can also shop dupe your weapons so that you have spares for after you FSOD. It's probably easier to back up your save if you use a Wii with homebrew, but I think GCARS-CS allows you to make backups on GC.

[sixtenbruce]

I have a Wii but the things you speak about Aleron is way to advanced for me =/

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

You can also use the save and restore commands on the server.
You save, do your things and if something goes wrong you can simply go to the the lobby, restore and then exit the game to save the inventory.

If you restore and then join a game, i believe the restored inventory is lost, but i'm not sure. In anycase just restore and then quit game, come back online and repeat the procedures.

/save [slot] -- Save the current character data to the server for backup purposes. [slot] is required and can be between 1 and 4 (inclusive). This command can only be executed in a default lobby, not a game lobby. This command is not valid for Blue Burst clients.

/restore [slot] -- Restore the character data from the given slot on the server (saved previously with /save). Be careful when using this command as PSOPC doesn't seem to like you restoring a character that isn't the same as the one you came on the game with. [slot] is required and can be between 1 and 4 (inclusive). This command can only be executed in a default lobby, not a game lobby. This command is not valid for Blue Burst clients.

Ignore the post as this doesn't apply to GC, that info of exclusivity for DC and PC isn't mentioned. An oversight it seems.

[Aleron Ives]

The /save and /restore commands do not work on GC, so they are useless to sixtenbruce.

[sixtenbruce]

Most of the people around do tend to play on the Dreamcast version or the original PC version (which is pretty much fully-compatible with the Dreamcast one). As has already been said though, there are Gamecube players around, but it probably would help if they knew when they'd be able to find others on the server.

As for a Broadband Adapter, you don't necessarily need one, if you have a PC with a modem (or a dialup ISP and a land-line phone) you could have your Dreamcast dial into. It's a bit of work to get it set up initially, but many people use that method (dialing into a PC, that is) to get on PSO these days. It's definitely a lot cheaper to get set up, even if you have to buy a modem for your PC.

I'm actually willing to test this version now due to the fact I hardly meet any people on Gamecube... I mean the original PC version. Can you download it here somewhere or how do get hold of that version of the game?

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

I was actually unsure if they worked, because sadly i couldn't find any info on the faq about it, i probably missed it.
There seems to be options of command only for PSO PC, but no info about what works or not for GC.

As trivial as this may sound, adding what works or not for GC would be recommended, one cannot guess.
I'm actually suprised someone knew if this worked or not for GC and yet, didn't tell anyone to update or add that info to the faq.

[BlueCrab]

I was actually unsure if they worked, because sadly i couldn't find any info on the faq about it, i probably missed it.
There seems to be options of command only for PSO PC, but no info about what works or not for GC.

As trivial as this may sound, adding what works or not for GC would be recommended, one cannot guess.
I'm actually suprised someone knew if this worked or not for GC and yet, didn't tell anyone to update or add that info to the faq.

I thought it was already up on the command list, to be honest, considering it is pretty public knowledge. I'll add it.

By the way, the reason it doesn't work is nothing to do with the server itself, but rather that the Gamecube versions of the game prevent against reloading/overwriting character data in the lobby, which makes the process that is used to do the /restore non-functional. Technically, /save does work, just /restore doesn't (so there's no real reason to use /save).

EDIT: Added.