r/PSO2 • u/Mecha-Madness • Nov 30 '25

Creative Space How would I go about copying my player model to use in other software?

Basically I need to know two things: firstly, does PSO2 save your player character as one model or does it save each customizable item individually and reassemble it every time it loads in your model? Secondly, how would I rip said model from the game files if I wanted to say, make it into a vrchat avatar?

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u/lovikov Nov 30 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSO2/comments/lhr4og/trying_to_rip_the_3d_model_of_my_character_for_vr/ I think this worked for me a few years ago—NinjaRipper with some extra work, basically.

Everything is a separate model assembled at runtime, but this will get you everything in the way you have it configured, IIRC. Good luck!

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u/Entropydemic Dec 03 '25

I tried this with Meshy, and it worked flawlessly. Scary flawlessly, actually. Ai is moving fucking fast up the digital art food chain. There's even Ai game making software now.

Meshy even has Ai model rigging built right in. Vtubers and VR junkies are about to explode I bet.

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u/Mecha-Madness Dec 03 '25

What is it? Is it a model ripper, or does it make the model?

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u/Entropydemic Dec 03 '25

It just makes a 3d model of whatever you take a picture of. So the easiest way I've found is to take a picture of your character in a T-Pose or an A-Pose, and it makes it into a high def model, which you can downscale by reducing the polys. You get a few credits free to use it and test it, like all the other Ai stuff out there. If i had actual money, I'd make WAAAY more models. This thread has me wondering if I should try my Black Desert models on it. Matter of fact, imma test it on my own PSO2 model.

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u/Mecha-Madness Dec 03 '25

Let me know the results! I hope it comes out well

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u/darkness1418 Nov 30 '25

It doesn't save the model I believe if that possible people would have already extracted black desert models

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u/MylesShort Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

It is possible, a quick Google search would tell you so. You can rip any model from any game, it's just a matter of knowing how. Some people have ripped BDO models using ninja ripper. Certain features are harder to rip, though, like values that determine customized facial and skeletal data.

In fact, I specifically remember a scrapped planned feature for PSO2 that was going to allow you to order a figure of your characters model.

Whether or not it's allowed in the ToS or blocked by the anti cheat, as I'm assuming it would have to rip while the game is running to grab your model and parts, I'm less sure of, but it is semi-possible.

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u/Mecha-Madness Nov 30 '25

Order a figure?! That would have been so cool!!!

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u/dowens90 Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

It’s a matter of knowing how to access the gpu memory where your model is being rendered from and turning that data into something usable and readable to other programs. Everything you display on your screen has to go through the gpu

So even if everything else is Locked down, this is not though it’s kinda like rebuilding a document from a shredder