First timer getting online here, stuck on PSO connecting

[Hyze]

Hi guys, first post here.

First question. Am I gonna lose any of my character progress thru trying to play online? It says you have to play the same character on the same Dreamcast, but my FOmarl on PSO V2 was started on one Dreamcast and that one died, so I bought another and played it on that one. I did register both SNAKs tho.

I've got three characters with a decent amount of time on them just from playing the OG disc.

My second Dreamcast I installed a GD-EMU in it, and am playing on Aleron Ives V2.

I'm currently at the part of trying to connect online to play on PSO V2.

So the problem: I set up my settings on Quake 3, it connects just fine to see servers. Cool. I reboot the Dreamcast, load up PSO. I go to my FOmarl, hit OK, ONLINE PLAY, hit yes to connect to network, press a to enter, and I get to the "Please Register Serial Number" page.

I enter the SNAK that came with my copy of PSO V2, but it just freezes for a second and does the sound that happens when you can't feed a mag but try to anyway by pressing A on feed, and erased what I typed.

Any help?

[pcwzrd13]

It's rejecting the serial and key because it doesn't match the ones that are already saved to that Dreamcast. You need to first clear the Dreamcast's internal memory and then you can enter the new serial and key. You can erase the internal memory with the Flash Memory Eraser tool. Just keep in mind that this will also erase ISP settings so you'll need to enter these again.

[Hyze]

Will that flash eraser be okay with my GD-EMU?

My character saves will be okay? I've got 200 hours on some of them haha

[pcwzrd13]

Will that flash eraser be okay with my GD-EMU?

My character saves will be okay? I've got 200 hours on some of them haha

Yes and yes. It only erases your Dreamcast's internal memory. Your characters are saved to the VMU. As long as the serial and key you enter afterwards are the ones that you made the characters with, you'll be able to load them.

[Hyze]

So now I'm getting to connecting, it goes thru the process of dialing and dialing. Then it takes a minute to load with the green, blue, red, and yellow buttons but says "fail to connect. Server maybe going under maintenance

Update* Looks like we are set! Haven't seen the online lobbies in at least 20 years, what a trip. Thank you for the help!