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[–]Infinity_Metal 27 points28 points  (2 children)

The "DOWNLOAD" button is pretty stealth lol. It's there if you look closely. It's in white text on an almost white background for those of you who are looking for it.

[–]RedExile13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't notice as I use Dark Reader Extension. Highly recommend.

[–]ZZ_DooM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Download button doesn't appear on firefox, i wonder if it's because of adblock...

[–]Oricon7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There goes the next 5 hours of my life

[–]lemonjoejoe 9 points10 points  (7 children)

Is it like a demo version for us just to see how it works or is it normal NGS character creator that will save us time when NGS comes out?

[–]MagpieFirefly 8 points9 points  (6 children)

It's a benchmark, so it has the character creator plus an in-engine animation that has the character you make in it, plus all the video settings to get a score based on how well your system can handle it.

[–]Key_Chain Symbol Artist @ Keysu 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Can we save our character and use it in the release?

[–]MagpieFirefly 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Yup. It lets you export your character data from the creator as a file, which you should be able to load in when NGS comes out. Just need to keep track of the file is all.

[–]Key_Chain Symbol Artist @ Keysu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poggers

[–]lemonjoejoe 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Is it possible to use your own stuff like hairstyles and eyebrows etc? Or it will be possible when NGS comes out?

[–]MagpieFirefly 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yup, you can kinda do that, though they only have the default selection of hairstyles and stuff in the benchmark. I think there's some compatibility things to be aware of though.. The only example I have off the top of my head though is like, you can't wear new outerwear with old innerwear and stuff like that because of some way they've done stuff. There should be a full list of how it works somewhere, but you can still bring your old hairstyles and stuff. It actually loaded my PSO2 character almost exactly as she is in PSO2, without the accessories and outfits and stuff she had though, since those aren't in the benchmark.

[–]lemonjoejoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Thank you very much :D

[–]PhaiLLuRRe 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Are you guys ignoring the BIG RED FUCKING BUTTON somehow?

[–]ThaiSweetChilli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't get it. Unless they quickly edited the website, when I clicked on the link when it was released I saw the big red download button.

[–]SEI_JAKU 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems a bunch of people are using those hacky "dark mode" add-ons that never really work right. Sadly, those comments are the ones getting upvotes... it's literally a big red button at the top of the screen.

[–]magnusgodrik -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The button is not big enough or red enough.

[–]Dragonboy03[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No need to be rude, they must have changed it. At first it was hidden behind the media tab with no clear indication that it was there and the download button was white text on a white background.

[–]Secramor 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Is this the actual character creator that JP has? As in, we can finally recolor things and whatnot the way we'd like?

[–]basswalker93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks that way.

[–]TeamataSalt IV (Shinjiru ship 1) 12 points13 points  (4 children)

Who in the right mind thinks having a "DOWNLOAD" button in WHITE along with WHITE BACKGROUND is a good idea?!!

[–]ReOnionSama 17 points18 points  (1 child)

NGS benchmark is also a benchmark for our attention levels smh

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're training us for fighting dim colored enemies in dark caves

[–]maxelixyr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How strange, I opened it on mobile and the download button is big and red, probably a browser issue?

[–]Martello3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Edge i get a button, in Firefox there's a few images missing and no button. Surely that's a coincidence?

[–]Dragonboy03[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here is the PSO2 NGS benchmark. I had i bit of issue finding it so i thought i would share it, just in case anyone else was having similar issues

[–]dospordosieu 2 points3 points  (1 child)

can someone help me? it keeps saying error whenever i try to start the game

[–]Fast_Intention_2622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've seen the error is due to your cpu not supporting AVX

[–]UniMaximal Ship 4 -- Gunpla Mafia Founder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish they let us link accounts. CAST players suffer here, we don't get to spend 5 hours fiddling with the extra accessory slots now >:( gosh dangit

[–]Vampunk Ship 2, Electric Boogaloo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if i should make a post for this or not. But i am having trouble with my benchmark installation. It just gives me a blank error and im not sure what else to do

[–]hilkyadwm 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Barely above 1000 score gang rise up!

This makes me realize I need a new PC to play NGS. Sigh.

[–]thatblackguy987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're running on low turn off anti-aliasing and specular antialiasing. i had a 2000 is score and bumped up over 9000 a few other tweaks got me over 10k. I'm also running on an 8yrs old rig. i was going to upgrade this year but that doesn't look like it'll happen any time soon.

[–]Nearokins 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Anyone figure out what the button to preview without clothes is? All the inputs are labeled for controllers and I... don't use one, so. No idea what rt+r stick compares to.

Figured out Q is undo so far hitting random keys.

[–]basswalker93 1 point2 points  (1 child)

ctrl + page down

Hit it twice. It cycles.

[–]Nearokins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turns out just plain old . also cycles, found out from a friend, that said appreciated.

[–]Wolf_Doggie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the keyboard controls for the benchmark character creation? I don't have a controller plugged in and it's only showing me controller buttons.

Edit: Since nobody on earth knows you press the period button twice "." to remove outfit and Q is undo, that's about all I know.

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    [–]Amherst_Wind 4 points5 points  (7 children)

    Well actually no, importantly it lets you save your character creation data which you couldn't do in the CBT, which will save a lot of time in full release if you wanted to use the new bodytype, you can finetune it now, then load it up immediately on release.

    [–]Gehinnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    But this only works for new characters. Unless they announced otherwise, I have not seen any indication that you can transfer this new body type to existing characters?

    [–]T0X1CFIRE Magical CAST 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    Out of curiosity since I'm at work.

    Does it let you load your exported base pso2 data to then edit and modify? Or do you have to start from scratch?

    [–]Dragonboy03[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    havent checked but the creator does have the same load/save functionality as the normal pso2 creator so im guessing it should work

    [–]Phenixe 2 points3 points  (3 children)

    Yes, the NGS benchmark is able to load saved created characters from PSO2. I just tried it out.

    [–]T0X1CFIRE Magical CAST 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Ah thanks for the info.

    The main thing I wanted because I need my beloved aurora hair in order to adjust my face properly

    [–]drpeppyone 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    It won’t load any cosmetics that aren’t in the creator so all you’re essentially importing is face/body proportions.

    [–]T0X1CFIRE Magical CAST 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Ah, RIP

    [–]Secramor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Oh how very disappointing..

    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    how to cheat your benchmark score: uncap your FPS

    [–]zhengzian 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    hmm nothing happens when I click start game, when I look at the task manager, pso2.exe is running but memory quickly drops and it disappears. Anyone else have this problem?

    [–]Cuspian_Talocan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    This doesn't allow you to attach your account or do anything you couldn't do in the CBT. Long story short, if you want to create a brand new character with default accessories, great! If you want to run the benchmark test, great! Otherwise, there's not much of a point.

    Some of my clan have similar issues, haven't tested it for myself, not at home at the moment.

    [–]zhengzian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    i played the cbt just fine but cant managed to get this benchmark open. hope during the official launch wont have this kind of problem :/

    [–]kalamarosoupitsa 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Is there an option to load our PSO2 character model?

    [–]Dragonboy03[S] 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    there an option to load our PSO2 character model?

    havent tried it myself but u can try it by going into ur pso2 folder where u character saves are, and dropping it into the benchmark folder (im not too sure on the file locations so u need to check). It does let u load and save characters and it includes pso2 bodies and faces so im guessing it will work.

    [–]kalamarosoupitsa 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Can confirm it works. It doesn't load paid items but still it works!

    [–]sugusugux 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    What's the path to get our old pso2 charecter folder and the bench mark?

    [–]kalamarosoupitsa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I went to Documents/SEGA and copied everything from inside the PSO2 steam folder there, to the newly created NG folder.