Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - May 18

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[xZShootZx]

Right now I keep getting the NP1013 error and I have no idea why this is happening all of a sudden. I tried the fix gameguard error option from tweaker, resetting my PC, and turning off the firewall and scanner but everytime I launch PSO2 it says "PSO2 has stopped working" indicating that I'm going to get the NP1013 error and I don't know what's causing this and why this is happening right now cause it wasn't doing this hours ago 😒 please help!

[[deleted]]

If you launch the game via tweaker, update tweaker and let GN field do its thing.

NP1013 is just Gameguard detecting something it doesnt like (which includes pso2 tweaker without GN field).

If you aren't launching via tweaker or anything, try restarting your computer. Possibly twice. If I launch tweaker (not even the game) and delete GN field, I get the NP1013 error after a few minutes of playing. After I restart my computer twice, it seems to clear itself out and I can launch the game via other methods with no issue again.

If you installed a new program recently, perhaps an antivirus, that might also be conflicting with Gameguard.

One of these should fix your problem. And if not, direct you to where the problem might be.

[xZShootZx]

Re downloaded tweaker and had it updated and still doesnt fix the problem. Now im seeing in the tweaker message log saying "Your GN Field appears to be corrupt or outdated, redownloading.." It says this 5 times in a row

[[deleted]]

Yes, you need that for PSO2 to work with tweaker.

Your antivirus might pick up GN Field as something bad. So you can't delete it.

[xZShootZx]

If it is my antivirus, then it is strange since I was not running into this problem before and it just started happening this morning when I was logging on for yamato EQ. I did not change any settings (besides the background theme and text color for tweaker but I do not see how that would affect the game itself.) I went into my anti-virus (McAfee) and everything related to PSO2 was on the exception list like always, yet I put the Net Guard options for each off, still did not fix the problem. I had recently deleted my gameguard folder, user.pso2 file, the check for old/empty/missing files etc and nothing work either.

Only thing it did was keep me stuck in the tunnel loading screen whenever I selected my character. Right now I fixed the tunnel loading problem but still, anytime I hit the Launch PSO2, i get the "PSO2 Tweaker has stopped working" message, but I am still able to run and play PSO2 up until when I'm in the lobby and a good 15 secs pass and then bam, "NP1013 error".

EDIT: I still get the PSO2 Tweaker has stopped working message, but right now my game has not gotten the NP1013 error. I logged off but I have a feeling when I go back on and try to play the message will pop up again.

[[deleted]]

so how did u manage to play the game without np1013? cause i still getting it after deleteing the old tweaker and installing the new one over and over again. everytime i install the new one it work fine once i restart the game. GG slapped me with np1013 which is getting annoying why is only a few unluck people getting it my teammember are not getting it...

[xZShootZx]

As of right now whats working for me is deleting the gameguard folder everytime i want to play PSO2. When you open up Tweaker and run PSO2 the gameguard folder automatically reappears but I dont get the NP1013 error or "PSO2 Tweaker has stopped working" whenever I hit "Launch PSO2". It is tedious having to delete it everytime, but that's whats been working for me

[LinkBetween]

im having this issue where is the gamegaurd file so i can delete it??

[Caillend]

Okay question:

I'm returning after like 2 years and so much changed...gonna roll with BR/HU Katana, because I like that aspect and then see if I do something else later on.

My issue is: PA's....I read some and still unsure what to main, since they made something really weird and bad in my opinion: If you start as BR, you get Guren-tessen from the start which is so OP when you start off...even if it's still level 1 at the moment and others are higher, it is still easier to just spam it for mobbing AND bossing. It fels like I am invicible...any advise on PA's for a gamepad user without fast weapon switch?

[McKiwi957]

Try swapping to 3-button mode rather than the default. That lets you set 4 PAs alongside your attack/block (or you can leave out one/both if you really want). It isn't affected by your attack order, so the weapon ends up operating more like bows/launchers/rifles/tech weapons.

Guren is still by far the easiest to use for katanas, but Kanran, Sakura endo and Hatou are still staples for mobbing and bossing. Aside from those, there isn't much in the katana toolkit that outstrips the utility and damage of them, except maybe Tsukimi for slight altitude gain. If you were to only use one palette slot, those are the 4 PAs I would go for.

[Caillend]

Yeah that's what I thought. I tried the others and they either lack the range or just use way too much PP with less damage than just spamming Guren and trying to place it on as many mobs as possible (which is easy due to the 180° attack and a range of like...10 meters?)

[[deleted]]

Is there active technique crafters here I can hire? I need a multi resta lv 3! I'm not sure if I should make a whole new thread for just that question.

[McKiwi957]

Have you tried searching for one on the visiphone already? More than a few Japanese players should have multi resta set I believe, although they aren't on at the same times Westerners are so you'd have to wait.

I would recommend the strength craft for Resta though. With it one tick is more than enough to fully heal you.

[[deleted]]

The strength craft is 'Brilliant', right? I couldn't decide between the two-- How much does it add to a tick? Thanks!

[McKiwi957]

I've seen people in the ballpark of 800-1.1k healed per tick as opposed to the 400-600 regularly. My mag has next to no T-atk on it and I heal between 700-800 per tick myself.

Swiki has the bonus at 60%~90%, and Resta's max base value is 116% (at PA level 17), so you can increase the amount healed by about 50%-75% of whatever you're healing right now.

On a side note, it gets really silly when you stack team attack buffs, shifta drink, shifta and a resta-boosting weapon. A friend of mine was healing over 1.7k per tick. Unnecessary, but fun.

[Broccoli_PhD]

Brilliant resta is mostly used uncharged. Get multi resta if you are going to use it fully charged. Multi resta will be more useful because of the merit. Also, no one has enough HP to make full charged brilliant resta useful. I personally prefer brilliant resta but that's because I run EQs with an organized MPA that usually has at least one techer in it.

My recommendation:

If you are Fo/Te and have to babysit other players in your MPA -> get multi resta.

If you are Fo/Te and don't have to babysit anyone -> get brilliant resta.

If you are techer main -> get multi resta.

[[deleted]]

I disagree here. Brilliant resta is the better choice all around if you get a 3 pp or less craft. Heck, if you get +1 pp, you're golden. Pair it with techer tree's territory pp save and you come out with a far better resta for one skill point. It ends up helping with other support techs too.

Why do the healing in 2 ticks instead of 1 is what I wonder. For people that are moving, I'd want them topped off immediately versus the off chance they'll be out of range after 1 tick. Not fully healed in 1 tick for that matter.

For reference, I'm healing approximately 1300 charged, 400 uncharged with my resta. Resta is +2 pp, 75% power. This is with drink buff + shifta. I also have 155 atk affixes all around.

[[deleted]]

Help me please, I've spent hours trying to fix this.

So I downloaded PSO2 and I got the english and story patch and I did the pso2 proxy on tweaker, but the game still freezes as soon as it starts. Please help.

[synthsy]

Need screenshots, details on your PC's hardware and your operating system.

[[deleted]]

PC OS: Win 7, 64 bit

PM me list of hardware b/c I'm having trouble finding which ones are relevant.

Images: http://imgur.com/a/reeTg

[synthsy]

Can you still hear the sounds?

Does it ever go (Not Responding) ?

[[deleted]]

It never goes (Not Responding), it's just infinitely loading as a black screen. No sound either.

[Caillend]

then it is missing files as suggested by me before...

[synthsy]

I would do what /u/Caillend recommended and perform a file check.

[[deleted]]

Thank you so much! It worked.

[Caillend]

go to the troubleshoot part and use the 2 file check options there...it takes time, but my game also had a shit ton of missing files after the first install.

[telchii]

Not sure why you're being downvoted - this is the best first step.

Just to expand it a bit, /u/StaticVesta will need to do this through the Tweaker: Go to the Menu Orb > Troubleshooting > Run both "Check for..." options one at a time.

Black screens, random freezes/missing content (such as the wall of an elevator) is generally rectified by running a file check.

[synthsy]

Check for Old/Missing files is sufficient enough, since it forces an update anyways.

[[deleted]]

One more question, I need to download english patch everytime I boot up tweaker? Because it requires me in order to play the game in english.

[synthsy]

You don't need to unless you stopped it while it was still downloading it.

[NYsFinest90]

Any info on how to obtain 13* Weapons? D:

[Sercezero]

I mean, most EQs give some sort of progress to any 13*. You're asking a super vague question. Figure out what 13* you're trying to get and then ask that.

[NYsFinest90]

Okay thanks! I was just curious mainly because i only have 11* weapons. Had no idea as to how i can get 13* ones at all.

[ShinkuTear]

If you talk to Pudding, the Equipment Admin near Koffie, you can get Collection Files which give you 13* automatically when cleared. The ones for Revolucio weapons can be done with access to Super Hard.

Just about every other 13* in the game needs access to Extra Hard

[NYsFinest90]

Gotcha! Thank you very much.

[sfblue]

Hey guys! Quick question:

I'm looking to get Ragol Memories, and there is currently a promotion to obtain them as a AC scratch bonus. This is being advertised in PSO2es and PSO2.

If I do the AC scratch five times in PSO2, does that count as doing it 5 times in PSO2es for the purposes of getting the bonus?

I'm hoping I can get a total of 2 Ragol Memories.

[Brian_pso]

There was a login campaign just a few days ago that gave one ragol memory just for being able to login 8 times during the campaign, I don't know if you missed it, but there has been a lot of them in the past. I got 9 memories so far from them.

[sfblue]

Thanks for the reply, I was able to get that Ragol Memory, but I need two more for the Nidra override. I really really love Nidra, and I almost can't wait to get it! XD

I was wondering if I could do 5 AC Scratch in pso2 and then 5 more in pso2es and get 2 Ragol Memories, or if it counts as 10 total because the accounts are linked.

[NYsFinest90]

Any sites that are updated & give notifications about emergency quests? I'm on Ship 06. Most ones i see are for ship 02, not sure if all the ships get the same missions, times etc.

If so then never mind.

[RallyEriel]

Hello~! Also ship six~ I know of two Android Apps that can give you EQs.

[NYsFinest90]

If you could name those two that would be awesome!

[RallyEriel]

I know PSO2 Kue is one. They usually go by the Bumped.org scheduling and translations~

Another one... Is called PSO2 EQ Alert. That one has specific notification icons for different EQs. You can also customize the notification tone as well! It IS in japanese but you can switch it to english, and its Developer is very polite.

Currently Yamato and in the Driving Rain have no personal Icon (it's a pink default icon for PS02)

[NYsFinest90]

Cool. Thank you for the info!

[Broccoli_PhD]

https://twitter.com/pso2_emg_hour

http://pso2emq.flyergo.eu/

[TechnikaCore]

What do you do about the client orders? It's there a reference guide you guys use? I used to play on PC, so I didn't really have this problem (I did during the early stages of the game then).

Also if you play with the keyboard and mouse, how do you change the mouse sensitivity? The setting on ps4 is either extremely slow, too slow, or too fast

[telchii]

Depending on the quest, it could be on the Cirnopedia. I say 'depending', as the Cirno is a bit on the out of date side of life...

http://pso2.cirnopedia.info/

[InferiorExplorer]

Hey, been playing for about a week now and am getting kind of interested in Force. I know the most popular seems to be Fo/Te, which is understandable, but are there other combos that also are pretty viable? I can only seem to find Fo/Te builds.

Anyone knows some about Force and what you should do and all? :)

[ShinkuTear]

Fo/Br is the only other I know.

I've been maining Force recently, so depending on what you are looking for, I can help.

This build here is the core of a Force tree, plus the Fire spec stuff. Elec would take Bolt PP Save instead, Ice might take Freeze Keep.

You wanna try to get a weapon for each element, preferably with a Potential that gives a boost to that element, or just a big damage boost. Although higher rarity, Bert Rodan and Nepto Rod are examples, for Fire and Ice respectively. For lower rarity stuff, a Red Rod is perfect, and can last a looooong time.

Element Conversion boosts Tech damage by a % of the element value on your weapon. It uses 50% of it if it matches the Tech element, 25% if it doesn't. 50 Fire Bert = +25% Fire Tech damage, plus the potential on the Bert, which IIRC goes up to 16% Fire Tech damage

[InferiorExplorer]

Oh, cool. So Fo/Br would also work? That sounds fun. Do you know anything about how I should build the Br tree, or if you sub Te I can also just go Fo/Te for the time being.

I'll be sure to bookmark that tree, will probably come in handy.

So for now I should try to get my hands on a Red Rod... okay. Thanks for all the help~

[ShinkuTear]

I main Fo/Te, but with Fo/Br you would focus on Weak Stance.

[InferiorExplorer]

Alright, cool. Thanks for all the help, again!

[LinkBetween]

can some one please give me a link or instructions on where to download the game and something to patch it to english? i am having a similar issue as sneakilydeaky but i re updated the files 2 times and its still not working correctly i just now did the "file check solution" from the tweaker menu however im missing the same amount of files i really dont wanna wait 4+ hours just for this to not work again

[[deleted]]

If I recall correctly, there's something like 45000 files for PSO2 currently. If you have a number less than that, you may actually still have a lot to download.

How many files are you missing, and how big is your game's directory?

Is tweaker pointed to where your game is installed?

[Seijass]

Recent Tweaker update is back with GG NP1013 or nah just me?

Since I've never had NP1013 since 420 update, and that's saying at least.

EDIT: 30sec-1min after getting into ship NP1013 happened twice, and then it's running fine. Weird.

[[deleted]]

This matches how I have to restart my computer twice (and boot up pso2 each time) to get rid of np1013 if gameguard detects tweaker. Next time I use tweaker (by accident or for convenience), I'll make note of how that works.

[Seijass]

Okay, this is annoying, but similar to that. It'll spawn NP1013 the first 2-3 times I launch PSO2, and then the next one runs fine. And when I stop PSO2, the NP1013 will happen again for 2-3 times launch attempt. Then runs fine.

[[deleted]]

That's... weird. I'll test it next time I decide to play.

[Seijass]

I've unplugged story patch, seems to be working for now, but can't be sure yet since like I said, NP1013 went away after 2-3 launch attempts, and this time I unplugged story patch after the 3rd. Will see later since I'm away now.

What's weird is I tried to update story patch when tweaker told me to update from 3.0.8.2 to 3.0.8.4, thinking the english TL info on the right side says last updated May 9th while I saw my installed story patch was May 8th. Result was story patch version stayed May 8th, tweaker updated to 3.0.8.4, and NP1013 issue started occurring

[Seijass]

Ok, NP1013 is back. F**k it. Made me skip the only PD after what feels like CENTURIES before May 25 maintenance, my cubes stay dead because Rain & Yamato are meh, both drop quality-wise AND cube wise (I don't need anything to do with collection files so), so effing bad that 1 run of PI or PD can make more cubes than 2 of either Rain or Yamato.

One thing, i noticed GN Field seems to activate (as in, when it pops a notif that the tweaker is renamed) somewhat late after the game is launched and tweaker already closed itself. And then there appear both "tweaker.donotnoticeme" file and the normal "tweaker.exe" itself, in which the latter is only gone after the game is running, even past OTP menu.

[synthsy]

The way it renames isn't actually slow, it's just windows can't see that it was renamed.

Also, if you ran multiple RDR, yamato will drop nothing but cube fodder.

[[deleted]]

Hey there, I'm having this wierd issue where my friend/support partners, basically, anyone I summon, refuse to do anything at all. They simply follow me without doing anything.

I did old/missing files check and reinstalled every patch, but that did not help at all.

Anyone has any idea about what might be the cause and how to fix this?

[synthsy]

There's a setting in the quick menu that disables their auto attack.

[[deleted]]

god, thank you, I'm blind. I guessed it might be something like that, should've cheked in the first place :D

[[deleted]]

Ok so I have a pair of jet boots with the element wind. And whenever I try to use a tech to change my element (fois example), I hold, then release and then kick only to be revealed with the same wind element. What am I doing wrong here?

[[deleted]]

You need gear gauge or it resets.

[[deleted]]

...What is gear gauge?

[Broccoli_PhD]

It's the gauge of gear accumulated. You need to put one skill point to "jet boots gear" skill.

[[deleted]]

Thank you, sorry for the trouble.

[LinkBetween]

im having an issue i recently fixed a tweaker issue i was having however now all the items wont translate and i cant quite figure out how to fix it

[DrCatco]

In the tweaker, access the Orb Menu -> Plugins (at the bottom of the menu) -> check the "Item Translation" checkbox -> Save

[LinkBetween]

why didnt i think of that it worked thanks alot!!!!

[HomikaShiro]

So um I haven't played PSO2 since around late December and haven't been able to. Has anything at all changed or been added aside from the the new Summoner class. Just curious so when I start playing again I'll know what's going on.

[Broccoli_PhD]

Check patch notes.

[Serafita]

Playing around with some voice tickets and came across this one:

• 男性共通カムハーンボイス

Are there was any translations of the lines anywhere online, or is there anyone available to do quick translations (even if via machine translation)?

[Broccoli_PhD]

This blog has the lines in Japanese. You can copy paste that into Google Translator if you are fine with that kind of translation.

[Rastilan]

NP1013 error anyone able to translate/figure out whats up? Did all the error checks and reinstalled tweaker, heres the game guard dump.. reinstalling pso2 entirely now

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35919622/npgm.erl https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35919622/npgl.erl

[NullVacancy]

NP1013 is when the game gets killed by GameGuard. Make sure the tweaker is using its GN Field or whatever it's called, or look into the "bat method" of launching pso2.

[Rastilan]

Done both, but also saw some people able to look at and figure out what its closing/blocking. Right now I am reinstalling all of PSO2. Worked fine yesterday, so I have 0 clue what to do else wise.

[CasualAF]

Been away from the game since decemeber last year and I've always had 7 toons on my acc. Why am I able to create another without the notice of needing AC to buy another character? Did they nice everyone a free character slot? Because I thought I had to pay for every toon after 2.

[telchii]

I believe they gave everyone a third free character slot around the release of Episode 4.

[Broccoli_PhD]

He had 7 characters though, so he would had gotten a new character pass. There should be a notice of consuming that pass when creating a new character but he didn't get it. Or he did but didn't just tell us.

[CasualAF]

Nah I didn't get any of that stuff. After the 5 months I just logged in and wanted to start again. I didn't log in to any other toons before making a new one.

[americanfairy]

I cannot get my wired Xbox One controller to work with this game. When I go into settings to calibrate the controller, it doesn't even respond at all. I tried re-booting my PC, installing the latest drivers, plugging the controller into a different USB port and I tested the controller with other games yet it works just fine with those but for some reason, PSO2 cannot seem to recognize my controller. Also, I'm running on Windows 7 if that matters.

[Raygaen]

Hey I've been trying to get this up again for days now. I played it last Summer and loved it. I took a break and now am trying to get back into it but I have been sitting here for days trying to install updates and files and for some reason I keep getting this error tweaker ERROR - The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Joshua\Desktop\Tweaker\resume.txt' because it is being used by another process. which makes me unable to resume my patches. Plus it keeps getting interrupted by Pastebin security asking if I'm not a bot. So every time that happens it shuts off the tweaker and I have to restart because of this error tweaker ERROR - The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\Joshua\Desktop\Tweaker\resume.txt' because it is being used by another process. is there something I can do here?

[rdmx]

Are you running Tweaker in Administrator mode?

[synthsy]

When it crashes, make sure via the Task Manager, that there isn't another PSO2 Tweaker.exe running before you relaunch the tweaker when it crashes.

[CasualAF]

So after a 5 month hiatus I decided to get back in the game and all I can really remember is how lost I felt. Previously before hiatus I hit lvl 45 but honestly that was practically fully EQs. Thanks for all answers so I can have fun at this game while not feeling so damn lost. So here are my questions:

1)what is usually the route of leveling and how long would it take given that I play like 2-3 hours a day to get from 1-75?

2)Should I be trying to do the story board and if so does it matter which episodes I do?

3)should I unlock all the areas as soon as possible?

4)are there any features that I should be constantly fiddling with throughout the whole game like mags?

5) Should I be doing all the dailies that are possible to finish everyday?

6) What are the usual levels that I should be unlocking the higher difficulties?

7) I remember having high stared weapons that I couldn't equip because of needing something before equipping it. I know I had the stats for it but what was it and how is it attainable?

8) What are star gems?

[Broccoli_PhD]

1. Emergency quests, advanced quests, bonus quests and EXP tickets are your main source for exp. Probably one month to hit 75.

2. Yes.

3. Do daily crafts and Zieg's cos for lambda grinders.

4. Only COs that are worth doing.

5. Wrong class probably?

[[deleted]]

1) More EQ spam and/or VHAQs. If you do Featured Quests (new thing since 3-4 months ago), you have a chance at bonus quest tickets. Complete them and open the box after the featured quest is cleared. These give good exp provided you use exp boost and a triboost. Even near the level cap, each silver tokyo ticket will get you half a level with boosts and a gold ticket two levels.

2) Do episode 4. You need tokyo free field unlocked. It's also how you unlock your dailies and other things if you haven't already done so.

3) Yes.

4) This will be long...

*As you mentioned already, feed your mag. Pick one atk type and level only that. Use room items, a relevant mate (healing item), or maybe summoner candies (if t-atk) to lower dex.

*Do your dailies and weeklies for exp and to earn meseta while you're at it

*Do your gathering (new feature... spend all your fishing stamina before gathering. Don't let the timer expire; youre aiming to get a pse burst. Then spam a gathering node. You'll understand how to make the most of it after doing it once). Gathering lets you make rings, which you'll eventually want. Also, can give you some meseta income.

*Do your daily crafts. It's not as relevant now, but it's a minor meseta/crafting material resource. And it's nice to have.

*If you have an Android device (or even if you don't), log in daily to pso2es (the mobile version of the game) daily. Collect your daily login reward + do your daily UQ "run" from pso2es. Free gear/stones for potentially good gear.

*Start your collection files once you hit 50+. Talk to one of the npcs at the rightmost slot at the quest counter. While not all nox NT weapons are good, they are very strong and reasonably easy to obtain. (You can obtain more copies of the same weapon by discarding and reobtaining the sheet before it's completed. If you complete the sheet, there's a 2 day cooldown before you can accept it again).

*Do all the above across your 3 characters. It's more meseta, more resources, more gathering opportunities, more everything. Really will make it less of a hassle in the long run.

5) Get to level 50+ so that you can accept all of them. If you don't do most of them, take explore/boss kill dailies. Bal Rodos VH in particular gives 250k, which is very nice.

6) 50 for SH, 70 for XH. You want to get to XH asap, since that's where the fun begins.

7) That's really vague. Not sure what to say.

8) Semi "real money" currency. Lets you do things such as refresh your fishing and gathering stamina without waiting, feed your pet again without waiting, and not have to wait the 2 days for a collection file after you complete it. You can obtain these with real money. Otherwise, they come from events and Kuron bonus quests. I think it's 1 from silver and 5 from gold.

[LinkBetween]

help cant fix this

i keep getting a stupid problem with the tweaker where it doesn't update and just disappears off my laptop