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oran confirm, yes drops UR

White confirmed! xD

I got PSO V2 on the DC as a gift many years ago, but I didn't have a credit card, so I called it "Phantasy Star Offline". I spent months grinding through the main campaign as a pudgy RAcast, but I simply couldn't beat the game meant for four players. To this day this remains one of my favorite games, and I never got to fully experience it. I was reminiscing the other day, and a few google searches brought me here and I'm so happy! Now I have some questions I'm hoping you can answer. Do you think this game can be played casually? I have a job and a family now, I can't devote so much energy to it. I'm talking go in, fight for a while, sell loot, keep what looks best, feed the mag whatever seems to be working, and sign off. Do you think this will sincerely affect the endghame results? Will I end up with a broken character, or only a slight disadvantage, if I use common sense instead of a step-by-step walk-through? If not, could you recommend a good guide? I searched for a while and there's a lot, and there are many PSO versions out now... What's a good place to start for a Lv 1 character? I noticed many guild missionjs have been added, and I'm not sure in which order I should tackle them. Is voice chat strictly necessary? I'd rather use the in-game comms. Any advice for a DC veteran from more than 10 years ago? Thanks!

Solved.

As I noticed several bugs coming back quite often, I decided to make a general topic covering the symptoms and the solutions if known. IMPORTANT: Take pictures of the bugs if you want to make a topic about them. Here's the list of the common bugs : - Error 908 - Error 903 (can't log in) - Items turned into '???' - Unsealing bugs | SOLVED - Ghost items - NPC glitch - Can't type username/password - Joining party error - Error 100 (DC-ing while doing stuff ) - Messed up title screen/graphics - Game won't launch - Lag - Antivirus detects PSOBB as harmful - Launcher is unable to download updates - Merge-swapped | SOLVED - 1/2 drops never drop | SOLVED - Mag evolution messed up - Huge amount of stackable items/meseta - Forum doesn't load - Banked items, dc and 'lost' them - Can't invite new team member - Error code 2 - Game starts up after pressing start, but closes in a split second - Game patches over and over - Invisible walls and floor More info for each bug : Name: Error 908 Cause: Something is blocking the connection to the server Solutions: Check that "Test server" is disabled in the Launcher options. Turn DEP off for psobb. https://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukbsdt1/sln288643/what-is-data-execution-prevention-dep-?lang=en Whitelist the Ultima PSOBB folder so that your antivirus doesn't see it as harmful. Add it as a firewall exception or turn your firewall off. Set the launcher application to run as an administrator. This will allow you do download updates correctly. Restart your computer and then launch the game via the Launcher application. Change your DNS settings to Google’s on the Protocol Version 4 https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10 Re-download the game and latest update https://www.phantasystaronline.net/forum/index.php?/downloads/ --- Name: Error 903 Cause: The login server is down or the server is under maintenance. (or you have no internet access) Symptoms: Unable to log in, people who are still online from before the login being down, will lose all their progress from the moment the login went down. Solution: Log out, try again later, check the forums for info. --- Name: Items turned into '???' Cause: Mostly occurs in the common bank/inventory. Symptoms: Some items will turn into '???' items and disconnect you. Solution: If its only one item, take it out of your bank and drop it, log out, login and bank all your items, then relog again. If this doesn't help, ask a GM. --- Name: Unsealing bugs | SOLVED Cause: The item you try to unseal has been found before the unsealing fix. Symptoms: Mags will turn back to level 5, weapons will lose their % or even go into negatives and the kills will randomly be 0 again. Solution: Bank your weapons with % and mags in your bank, take snapshots of the killcount (/killcount command). For the kills showing 0, drop the item and pick it up again. The place in your inventory affects the killcount command. Else ask a GM for help. Don't forget, on ultima unsealing weapons takes more kills to unseal then other servers. For ex. Limiters will need 4K more kills to show the 'use' option to unseal it. --- Name: Ghost items/players Cause: Error in the created game/lagg Symptoms: Dropped items will not be seen by other players, or will still be on the floor after being picked up. Solution: Take the items you can, and recreate a fresh room. --- Name: NPC glitch Cause: You took an unexisting NPC. Symptoms: Your character wont load and you won't be able to move in the lobby. Solution: Go in the dressing room (at the character selection screen) and change apearance to default. Type NPC/0 to be normal again. --- Name: Can't type username or password Cause: Wrong keyboard settings Symptoms: You won't be able to type anything at all at the login screen. Solution: http://www.phantasys...rd-to-chattype/ --- Name: Error at joining party Cause: Mostly caused by a connection error/program error Symptoms: You will get a message 'PSBB.exe has stopped working' and PSOBB will close. Or you see the city from a topview and can't do a thing. Solution: Hold 'alt' + 'backspace' to reset PSOBB, ask for the room to be recreated. --- Name: Error 100 Cause: Mostly caused by a bugged/hacked item. Might also be in common bank. Symptoms: You will get disconnected while doing stuff like, feeding a mag, unequipping an itemtake out an item from the bank, pick up your 30th item,... Solution: Browse trough your items to look for bugged ones, and follow the steps above to get rid of it. --- Name: Messed up title screen/graphics Cause: Wrong patch update. (like updating an old version with a new patch) http://img502.images...11812391246.png Solution: http://www.phantasys...__10#entry33853 or this : http://www.phantasys...itchy-graphics/ --- Name: Game won't launch Cause: The source folder is corrupted or files are missing (not in the same folder) Symptoms: The game won't launch, sometimes giving you an error. Solution: Redownload the source folder and make sure everything is in the correct map. You can always use a shortcut for the .exe. --- Name: Lag Cause: An issue with your internet connection/speed. Also caused by fog. Symptoms: The game will run very slow at several episodes/quests Solution: Check your internet connection, lower the resolution and game quality. Download an anti-fog skin. --- Name: Antivirus/firewall issue Cause: Antivirus/firewall acknowledges PSOBB.exe as a virus. Symptoms: Game won't run. Solution: http://www.phantasys...with-installer/ --- Name: Launcher unable to download updates Cause: Antivirus/firewall blocks the launcher's internet connection. Symptoms: The launcher fails to download an update with an error along the lines: "The underlying connection was closed" Solution: Whitelist the launcher under your firewall or antivirus that has any type of network scanning capabilities. You can also download the latest updates manually from the downloads page. --- Name: Merge swapped | SOLVED Cause: Common bank doesn't like merges lol Symptoms: Any merge put into the common bank has a chance to be replaced by another, mostly razonde merge. Solution: Take pictures of your merge and trade it back with a GM. --- Name: 1/2 drop never drops | SOLVED Cause: When a droprising event is going on, all drops who go higher then 1/1 won't drop. Example : a 3X event on a 1/2 drop = 3/2 so it won't drop. Symptoms: Rare monsters won't drop their 1/2 drops. Solution: Wait to hunt those after events, they are still 'easy' to get, as the appearance rate of rare monsters is high on ultima. --- Name: Mag evolution messed up Cause: Wrong character/ID reference from the mag Symptoms: http://www.phantasys...2804#entry32804 Solution : Log in and out, has a slight chance to resolve the problem. Needs to be resolved in the binaries. This will normally prevent the bug from happening : http://www.phantasys...8132#entry48132 --- Name: Huge amount of stackable items/meseta Cause: The common bank bugs these things Symptoms: Meseta, monomates, PDs and such will be multiplied by a very high number. ex. 2344523X Monomates Solution : Get the items that are valuable to you out of the bank, and make a topic for a request for a bankswipe. Remeber, bug abuse can get you banned. --- Name: Forum inaccessible Cause: Error with the SQL database | Queries not executed correctly or no connection to SQL database. Symptoms: U will get this image : http://img7.imagesha...40/sqlerror.png Solution : Refresh the page, try again later. More info here : http://www.phantasys...__10#entry35992 --- Name: Banked items, dc and 'lost' them Cause: bad sync between client and server (bad connection ? ) Makes the storing pointer messing up. Symptoms: While banking several items, your game will dc and when you log back in, the items are 'gone'. Solution: Look in your bank, u will have stored the first items of your invent instead of the items you wanted. Else there might have been a rollback and then, nothing you can do about it. --- Name: Can't invite new team member Cause: Player is writing a message/ looking at something with f12 Symptoms: You will 'fail' at the inviting Solution: Let him close all his menus, and try again. Reloading blocks could also help. --- Name: - ERROR CODE 2 Cause: Missing files/blocked patcher by antivirus/firewall Symptoms: You'll get an error message upon starting the game (Error 2) Solution: Disable your antivirus while downloading/updating the client and installer. More info here : http://www.phantasystaronline.net/forum/index.php?/topic/6760-error-code-2/?hl=error --- Name: Game starts up after pressing start, but closes in a split second Cause: A wrong resolution is selected in the game options. Symptoms: The game will try to draw the game rectangle but will crash cause the resolution is too far off. Solution: In the launcher, go to >options>resolutions and try to change it to one that is supported for you. --- Name: Game patches over and over Cause: You're not using the online.exe or not as administrator mode Symptoms: Your game will keep patching over and over and create a .pat file in your PSOBB root folder. Solution: Run online.exe as administrator and/or rename the PsoBB.exe to PsoBBbackup.exe and the PsoBB.pat to PsoBB.exe --- Name: Invisible walls and floor Cause: You probably have a software like Raptr or part of AMD Catalyst software that will interfere with PSO's graphics Symptoms: You walls and floor will be almost invisible Solution: Disable the software described in the cause Still have a problem? I hope this helps you solving your problem, else you can always post a new topic to get specific info. Post a topic by these rules : http://www.phantasys...rollback-topic/ This topic will be updated whenever we discover a new common bug/solution.

What is the name of the "Now Loading" screen so that I can edit my own?? Thanks in advance!

I don't really see the problem. They have different uses, so I'd always carry both with your FO. SoF to hit groups of enemies. DMC isn't really going to be problem, since you're only using it to demon anway. BR to hit one target, with rifle range (Zus, Gi Gues, Dorphons...). However don't expect BR to be alot more accurate then SoF. For some single targets it's even better to rely on the SNS glitch with SoF – Delbiters or Ill Gills for example – then try to Demon with BR. You're not going to hit those even with 50 hit. To be honest Fomar misses so much, even with high hit, that I'd highly recommend another class anyway. Or hope for Godrics cloak to get fixed - it's not going to happen though because that would make too much sense. Also yes, you can add hit% with PC to your BR.

What's the benefits/drawbacks of SoF compared to bringer? I have a SoF but am thinking of getting a Bringer also, or just using one. I haven't played with a Bringer yet but I have with SoF. What what I can tell looking at stats and comparing the weapon type... (this is for Fomar btw) SoF - stronger than bringer (just barely, but is it needed?) - hit multiple enemies (wouldn't a single hit target be better so not to damage cancel?) - less accurate - less range - harder to get one with 50% hit (bringer can be increased with PC, correct?) - can use the SNS so ATA isn't as mandatory though Any other perks/benefites? To me it seems kinda redundant to have both and bringer seems more useful. But again, I've never used it. Just want to see if it's worth my time hunting a Bringer or another fanatic.

thanks alot for the input lads!

Because it's fun? You do have a lot of really solid classes already, but other chars can have their interesting aspects. Hucaseal is really fun as a really accurate hunter with really cool and fast weapon animations, and fomarl is a good force for more atp attack oriented style than fonewearl. You also don't need to gear each char individually fully, you can simply have a set of hunter/ranger/force gear that you move around as you need. Or you can set them up for different styles of weapons, for example my hucaseal uses a lot of daggers and doublesabers, while my humar uses big giant swords more.

33 PD. Get em quick

This can be locked. Thanks to my bud Midori

Guildcard: Character Slot: 4 Date/Time: 10/20/2015 - Server Time GMT -7 12:00 PM ish my time 3:00 PM ish Eastern TIme UTC -5 Description: I made a new pinkal RAcast. First thing i did was unequip the handgun and frame and sold them. Then I banked the starting mag. Then I transferred all my main stuff from my yellowboze Racast to the pinkal Racast. After that I alt+backspaced to save the transfer. Then I logged in to notice all of the stuff gone, except I had the handgun,frame, and mag in my inventory unequipped, with 4 monomates in my bank. Which was weird because i didn't bank the monomates, but I banked the starting mag which is now in my inventory. All the pics I took immediately before I lost items. After Pics I transferred the last of the items to the yellowboze at October 17, 1: 53 PM server time so would lose stuff if theres no save between then and Oct 20th. Comments: Lost items : I think server was messed up during my transfer as I heard this in lobby right after I lost my stuff

I currently have one Psycho Wand for sale, for 45 photon drops. You can post here or PM me. *edit* A mod can lock this topic now. All my Psycho Wands sold. Thank you to everyone that bought one.

You do of course mean Del Rappy, not Astark. 1/10 on them would be quite funny.

=O My legacyyyyyyyy!!!! (I wanted Pioneer parts)

After over 500 runs I even teared a bit xD good to know more peoples took prints of it.

wow nice work m8, that's awesome I was browsing through some of my oldest bmp's of the server and found this old beauty. It reminded me of that picture cyanide took of her seeing a red box next to the boss egg and it being a PD. No offense cyanide that made me laugh so hard back then and it made me laugh so hard now lol.

The legends were true

thats the one i have, just have to as Ricardo said, go to properties, compatibility, check box run as administrator. And have to click file start first

I'll take DAYLIGHT SCAR (0/35/0/0|20) 1pd SPREAD NEEDLE (50/0/0/25|0) 2pd

I'll do 2 PDs for the SPREAD NEEDLE (0/25/50/40|0).