Final Steps

Gameplay instructions and a few tips before you start.

P3F Community Enhancement Pack was retired on 05 January 2024.

The pack still works, but it will no longer receive updates or support. Information on this page may be outdated.

See the End of Life FAQ for more information.

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.

Your save data is stored in the P3F Mods\Files\memcards folder.

We recommend backing up this folder regularly!

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

Keyboard

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

Xbox

Movement and Camera

• L1: LB

• R1: RB

Face Buttons

• × Cross: A

• ○ Circle: B

• □ Square: X

• △ Triangle: Y

System

• Start: Menu

PCSX2

• Turbo speed (hold): RT

• Toggle windowed / fullscreen: View

PlayStation

Movement and Camera

• L1: L1

• R1: R1

Face Buttons

• × Cross: × Cross

• ○ Circle: ○ Circle

• □ Square: □ Square

• △ Triangle: △ Triangle

System

• Start: Options

PCSX2

• Turbo speed (hold): R2

• Toggle windowed / fullscreen: Create / Share

Nintendo

Movement and Camera

• L1: L

• R1: R

Face Buttons

• × Cross: A

• ○ Circle: B

• □ Square: X

• △ Triangle: Y

System

• Start: + Plus

PCSX2

• Turbo speed (hold): ZR

• Toggle windowed / fullscreen: – Minus

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:

Launch from Aemulus

• In Aemulus, click 🚀 Launch Persona 3 FES to launch P3F in PCSX2.

Launch from P3F Mods Folder

• Use one of the two shortcuts in your P3F Mods folder to launch PCSX2:

  • Launch P3F Fullscreen.bat

  • Launch P3F Windowed.bat

What are "The Journey" and "The Answer?"

• The Journey is the core Persona 3 game. Play this one first!

• The Answer is the FES-exclusive epilogue to Persona 3.

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.