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[[File:Main_Page_Starting_Out.jpg|thumb|[[Vasque]], a Little Wing mercenary acting as a tutor for new recruits, including you!]]

'''Welcome to Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity!'''

This page serves as a guide to get you set up playing the game on a system of your choice, along with instructions on how to install various patches, install the downloadable content, setup multiplayer, and where to begin once you start playing the game.

Please note that currently, while online multiplayer is possible from a PSP or PS Vita, it is not consistently possible to play with players on PPSSPP, and therefore we do not recommend attempting to play online multiplayer on official hardware. As such, there will be no guides on how to connect online with your consoles, and we recommend transferring your savefile to another system temporarily whenever you wish to play multiplayer.

==Installing the game==
: ''Main article: [[Installation]]''

The above article will go into how to install the English Patch if desired, along with setting up the game on your system of choice.

==Downloadable content==
: ''Main article: [[Downloadable content]]

''Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity'' features official downloadable content that was released after the game's official release. These include:

* Extra missions with unique objectives and rewards
* Extra Infinity Missions with maps and bosses not obtainable through regular mission disks
* Equipment from PlayStation Network, with various weapons, visual modules, costumes/parts, and room decorations, both free and paid.

The above article will provide a download to all downloadable content, how to install it, access it, and a list of all downloadable content.

==Modifications==
: ''Main article: [[Modifications]]''

The ''Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity'' community has provided various enhancements and edits to improve the gameplay experience, ranging from 60 FPS patches, the ability to play online-only missions in ad hoc multiplayer, improved high-definition textures, and more. Note that many of these enhancements are done through cheat codes to modify the game's memory, however, none of these cheats will impact the game negatively. The wiki will never provide tools or codes to impact the gameplay directly.

==Setting up multiplayer==
While the ''Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity'' infrastructure servers are long gone, it is still people to play online with others through P2P networking through emulators. Currently, the ''PSP2i Wiki'' recommends multiplayer through PPSSPP rather than official hardware (PSP and PS Vita), as a majority of players play on emulators now. It is very difficult to crossplay with emulators and hardware at the moment.

Due to this, we will only be recommending methods that are easy to set up on PPSSPP and can easily crossplay with PPSSPP.

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'''Windows PC'''
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* [https://download.zerotier.com/dist/ZeroTier%20One.msi Zero Tier One] - Zero Tier One is a virtual network management program, similar to Hamachi. It allows people to join a network and connect to each other seamlessly without requiring router setups, port forwarding, or other such confiruations. We recommend this program currently as it is free and has crossplay with mobile devices running PPSSPP.
# Install '''Zero Tier One''' on your system.
# The program will be in the system tray in the bottom right; right click it and click '''Open Control Panel'''.
# In the window that comes up, enter the string '''b6079f73c6cd58c5''' in the bottom box and click '''Join Network'''.
# You should now see the '''PSP2i''' network come up -- click it and you will see a lot of extra information, including '''Managed IPs'''.

Now that you are connected to the PSP2i network, you will need to do some setup in PPSSPP:

# In PPSSPP, click '''Game settings''' → '''More settings''' → '''Networking'''.
# Change your settings on the page to the following:
::: '''Enable networking/WLAN''': On
::: '''Change MAC Address''': Make sure to click this at least once to get a random MAC Address
::: '''Enable built-in PRO ad hoc server''': On

You are now fully setup to play multiplayer with other players! When going to play with other players, follow the below steps:

# Decide who will host the game.
# In PPSSPP networking settings, all players must set '''Change PRO ad hoc server IP address''' to the Zero Tier Managed IP of the host (without the /16).
# Make sure that all players are using the same '''port offset''' as well; 1100 is recommended for compatibility with mobile devices.
# Restart PPSSPP to make sure the settings change.
# In-game, go to '''Multi Mode''' and form/join party as necessary, and you should all be good to go!
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==Beginner guides==

Coming soon. In the meantime, it is recommended that you get familiar with the game by playing [[Story Mode]] and clearing both Episode 1 and 2. This will unlock all the missions for you, grant full access to Clad 6's shop wares, and give you a solid foot hold on the game with decent progress to boot!

{{Getting Started}}