Getting Started

Requirements and initial setup.

P3F Community Enhancement Pack was finalized on 05 January 2024.

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 Information on these pages may be outdated.

See the Final Release FAQ for more information.

p3f.cep.one will go offline on 31 December 2027.

P3F CEP will still be available for download on GameBanana. A complete archive of this site is now included with the project.

This page is for users setting up P3F CEP for the first time.

If you are using P3F CEP v4.0 or newer, we do not recommend upgrading. See the Final Release FAQ for more information.

If you are upgrading from P3F CEP v3.x or older, you can follow the upgrade instructions, but we strongly recommend reading the Final Release FAQ to learn about your other options.

Required

PC Stuff

• A registered installation of 64-bit Windows 11 or Windows 10

• At least 14 GB of free space on your hard drive

• At least 4 GB of system memory (RAM)

• A CPU that meets the minimum specs for PCSX2:

  • At least 2 cores / 4 threads

  • Scores at least 1600 on PassMark Single Thread

  • Supports AVX2 instructions

All AMD Ryzen CPUs support AVX2 instructions. Most Intel Core CPUs launched after 2016 support AVX2 instructions.

To check your Intel CPU, use Intel's Processor Specification Search tool.

The following platforms are not supported at this time:

• Console releases of P3 or P3F

• Any non-Windows OS (including Steam Deck)

PCs with specs below the minimum may not be able to run the game at full speed.

PS2 Stuff

We do not provide support for pirated game or BIOS files.

You must provide your own P3F game disc and PS2 console. We will go through how to dump the game files to your PC as part of the setup process.

Please don't ask for these files on the support server - we cannot give them to you.

• A North American PlayStation 2 console with a working controller

• A North American (NTSC-U) retail DVD copy of Persona 3 FES for PS2

Your game DVD must be the North American release of Persona 3 FES.

Modified discs, DVDs from other regions, and vanilla Persona 3 will NOT work.

• A DVD or BD drive connected to your PC (internal or portable)

• A USB flash drive (any size, formatted as FAT32)

A USB 2.0 flash drive is recommended.

Some USB 3.0+ flash drives will not work with the PS2 console.

Recommended

• 8 GB+ of system memory (RAM)

• A CPU that meets the recommended specs for PCSX2:

  • At least 4 physical cores

  • Scores at least 2100 on PassMark Single Thread

• A dedicated graphics card

• A supported controller

Show File Extensions

By default, Windows Explorer hides the extensions of file types it recognizes (.EXE, .PNG, etc.).

It's important that these be visible when setting up mods or asking for support, so we will make sure Windows always shows file extensions for all file types.

Windows 11

• Open a File Explorer window (it doesn't matter where).

• Click the View button at the top of the window.

• Click Show > File name extensions.

Windows 10

• Open a File Explorer window (it doesn't matter where).

• Click the View tab at the top of the window.

• Check the box labelled File name extensions.