Enabling Developer Mode

As a reminder, you will need to enable Developer mode in Windows 10 to continue - 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!

Launching the Tweaker

You may now play the game as is by clicking on "Start PSO2". \o/ However, there are more features that the PSO2 Tweaker that you can enable and install. If you wish to configure your graphics settings, keep reading!

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Graphics Configuration

To configure the graphic settings for PSO2, click on the button labeled "PSO2 Settings".

Unlike other games, PSO2 has different preset graphics options that enable and disable certain settings. These settings do not allow you to customize them completely, except for the post-processing settings that you can enable from within the game itself.

Below are the following overview of the different settings that can be configured in the PSO2 Settings menu:

Misc Settings

Play videos on lobby screens

Displays whether the in-game video ads in the lobbies play video or not.

Disable DirectX 9EX features

Uncheck to disable advanced DirectX 9 features.

Enable Coffee Brewing

See here for demonstration.

Video Settings

Window Mode

Select whether you want Fullscreen, Virtual Fullscreen (Borderless Window), or Windowed mode.

Game Resolution

Select your preferred game resolution. Virtual Fullscreen ignores this and goes for the maximum supported resolution based on the primary screen set configured by Windows.

Max Framerate

Set your preferred max framerate as supported by your screen. You can even choose unlimited which functions the same as vsync disabled.

Graphical Settings

Text Size

This changes the scaling of the UI in-game. It's recommended that you don't touch this unless you have a smaller screen resolution lower than 1280x720. The higher the UI resolution, the smaller the UI will be. A custom setting can be selected if you manually edited the configuration file. (user.pso2)

Shader Quality

Setting enables the quality of your shaders. Simple shaders disables all post processing effects, Standard is the default setting, while High Resolution displays all post processing effects. Standard and High Quality shaders also allow for them to be toggled on/off in-game. Simple disables this ability.

Texture Quality

Selecting your texture quality determines how your in-game textures look. Compressed is good for very low end machines, Standard is the default, and High Resolution allows for a very near HD feel.

Simple Render Setting

PSO2 uses different setting presets to display different graphic configurations. To play on low settings, with everything disabled, slide the slider down to 1. Maximum settings can be set by sliding the setting to 6, while medium settings can be achieved by selecting setting 3.

Audio Settings

BGM Volume

This slider lets you set the desired volume of the in-game music and concerts.

Sound Volume

This slider lets you set the desired volume of the general sound effects.

Voice Volume

This slider lets you set the desired volume of the voices your character and other characters in-game.

Movie Volume

This slider lets you set the desired volume of the video ads in-game.

Once you have configured your desired settings, click on "Save Changes" to exit this menu.