Final Steps
Gameplay instructions and a few tips before you start.
Introduction
You're almost ready to start playing P3F with mods! Let's go over a few final things first.
A Few Tips Before Starting
Before starting the game, here are a few things to keep in mind:
Save the game often! You don't want to lose hours of progress if the emulator crashes or locks up.
The game audio might stutter or freeze while saving your data - don't worry, this is completely normal.
Use all of the save slots. You get 16 of them for a reason!
We recommend saving every night or every other night in Iwatodai Dorm.
Do not rely on save states!
Creating the occasional save state in PCSX2 is fine, but it is not a replacement for actually saving to the virtual memory card.
You can lose huge amounts of progress if you rely only on save states!
Check out this FAQ entry for how to fast-forward through event scenes or battles.
Controls
The keyboard controls have been customized for P3F with the goal of making them feel similar to P4G on PC.
Movement and Camera
Directional Pad: WASD
L1: Q
R1: E
Face Buttons
× Cross: Space
○ Circle: C
□ Square: F
△ Triangle: R
System
Start: Enter
PCSX2
Turbo speed (toggle): Tab
Toggle windowed / fullscreen: Double-click game window
Create save state: F1
Change save state slot: F2
Load save state: F3
Launching the Game
Do not use PCSX2 to emulate any other PS2 games.
The copy of PCSX2 included with P3F CEP is specially configured for Persona 3 FES.
If you'd like to get a fresh copy of the emulator for other games, PCSX2 is available for free at pcsx2.net.
There are two ways to launch P3F with mods:
In Aemulus, click 🚀 Launch Persona 3 FES to launch P3F in PCSX2.
All done!
You're all ready to play Persona 3 FES!
You can go ahead and jump in, or check out Get More Mods to discover more creations from the GameBanana community.
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