Tweaker Install Method (2024)

You will only need to enable Developer Mode if you are planning to use the Microsoft Store version of PSO2. Otherwise, you can skip this step.

Enabling Developer Mode

You will need to enable Developer mode in Windows 10 - This is required to link the game to the Microsoft store in later steps.There's a guide on how to do it here.The Microsoft Store version of the game will not work without this!

Setting up the PSO2 Tweaker

If you haven't done so already, grab the Tweaker installer from this page located here andinstall using the setup file.

Remember where you install the Tweaker, you will need to know this for a later step!

Once installed, we will need to also set exceptions in our antivirus software. The reason for thisis that most antivirus software use heuristics to identify possible unknown viruses, using certainpatterns in behavior or how the program works. This means that the entire basis of how the Tweakerworks can get it mistaken for a virus. It's unlikely, but better safe than sorry!

The Tweaker also allows you to download fan translation patches (for the JP version), which the Tweaker adds into the game itself.It's these things that virus heuristics wrongfully assume that the Tweaker is a virus (every once in a blue moon).

Launching the Tweaker & Installing the game

Now, after setting exceptions in our antivirus software, open the Tweaker as administrator.You'll be greeted with a pop-up message similar to below, asking if you would like to open aguide on how to use the tweaker.

Click on "No" and you'll see another message asking if you have installed PSO2 already.Click on the button labeled "No", then select the "Global" version. This will start the installprocess.

A warning dialog pop-up will open, informing you where to install the game. Click on "Ok" to continue.

Now select where to install the game. In this example, I chose a folder on my E:\ drive, but you can pick whereyou wish to have the game installed. If you would want to install to your C:\ drive, you can select the C:\ driveitself and the Tweaker will create a folder named PHANTASYSTARONLINE2_NA, with the full folder path beingC:\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2_NA\.

You will then be asked to confirm your installation location. Click on "Cancel" to go back and reselect your desiredinstall location. Click on "Ok" to confirm this location.

Note: Please ensure that you have 70 GB free of storage space on the disk PSO2 is installing into.

DO NOT INSTALL PSO2 IN YOUR DOCUMENTS FOLDER, THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER, PROGRAM FILES\PROGRAM FILES (X86), OR ON THE DESKTOP.WINDOWS RESTRICTS PROGRAM PERMISSIONS IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND CAN CAUSE ISSUES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE GAME.

THE DRIVE SELECTED MUST BE FORMATTED TO NTFS. YOU CANNOT INSTALL THIS ON TO A DRIVETHAT IS FORMATTED TO FAT32 OR EXFAT.

Another pop-up will appear, telling you that the Tweaker will now begin downloading and creating the necessaryfiles and folders it needs to install the game. Click on the "Ok" button to begin the download.

Now the main Tweaker window will appear. If the upgrading process does not automatically begin, click the "Check for updates" button.. During this time, the Tweaker may appear to be unresponsive for several minutes - this is normal, it's building a huge hashlist of 93,000 files. Give it a few minutes.

A pop-up may appear, informing you that it will restart the Tweaker and begin installing the game.If you get this message, click on "OK" on this pop-up.

Another pop-up may ask you if you would like to close another instance of the Tweaker. Do so to continuethe installation process.

Now the VEDA Operating Terminal will launch and start the download process. Please sit back and do somethingelse as your PC will divert its resources to the Tweaker's download process. Do not try to interrupt this process.The speed of this installer/updater depends on your CPU speed, download speed, and how much SEGA's download serverallows you to download.

By now, the Tweaker should be done downloading (or close to it, in that case, should be a few GB left).

We're not done yet - If you leave here, your install WILL NOT WORK.
You must do the next part of this guide, or you game will not work.