Psx emulator help

[pirates dc]

Ok i have epsxe emulator or summpin like that(supposedly the best 1) and i cant get games to run all i want to know is what files do i need to play the games and if i can d/l psx games can i use those and if so how do i load them

ps if this seems a lil gargled its cuz im drinkin so plz help me

[AKUMA™]

Okay now, PAY ATTENTION! Typically ePSXe uses BIN and CUE files, so for instance a PSX game rip will have 2 files which look like this:

Street Fighter Alpha 3.bin
Street Fighter Alpha 3.cue

You don't need the cue sheet if you are just going to run the game on the emulator, just use the RUN ISO option with ePSXe and load the BIN file, but if you are going to burn the game to a cd-rom, or attempt to mount the image using Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120% you will definitely need that cue sheet.

[Valholy]

your epsxe will run more kind of image files like .iso,.bin maybe others if you want to get a burned game runing in your comp just configure your cd rom plugin ,in my case it has the option to choose wich drive is the one thatll read the cds for playing them in your emulator ,in my case i have 2 drives so i always select the f: drive to play my cds,if you want just to run your image files like bin and iso just click file>run iso then just browse your computer for the file and youll start playing it,if you have problems like the sound on fmvs not listening just go to your sound plugin and check all the checkboxes after that the sound will be fine,if you have problems with the speed of the game like runing to fast and all that go to the video plugin and click the button at the bottom of the page that says nice the label of that part is default settings then behing it its the option i mentioned and other that says fast,after that everything should be fine ,you may need especific configuration to run some kind of games so if you need help just post so that the experts here can help you.

[pirates dc]

Ohh i knew that (not really) iight guys thanks for the help

[pirates dc]

ok question number 2 i got the games running but they are going way to fast and also i dont hear any sound how do i fix this?

[AKUMA™]

In the video plugin configuration, checkmark the "Use FPS limit" option and set the FPS limit to 60 for USA games, and 50 for European games. For the sound, go to the sound plugin configuration and checkmark "Enable XA playing" and "Change XA speed".

[pirates dc]

ok hold on i thought the game was working but as soon as the fmv intro finishes the screen just stays black and the music plays

[Valholy]

your epsxe will run more kind of image files like .iso,.bin maybe others if you want to get a burned game runing in your comp just configure your cd rom plugin ,in my case it has the option to choose wich drive is the one thatll read the cds for playing them in your emulator ,in my case i have 2 drives so i always select the f: drive to play my cds,if you want just to run your image files like bin and iso just click file>run iso then just browse your computer for the file and youll start playing it,if you have problems like the sound on fmvs not listening just go to your sound plugin and check all the checkboxes after that the sound will be fine,if you have problems with the speed of the game like runing to fast and all that go to the video plugin and click the button at the bottom of the page that says nice the label of that part is default settings then behing it its the option i mentioned and other that says fast,after that everything should be fine ,you may need especific configuration to run some kind of games so if you need help just post so that the experts here can help you.

i think i already posted the solutions to your problems in my other post ,regarding the fmv and the screen staying black i think its your iso,it hapens sometimes with some games you may need special configuration to play it

[MegaVolt]

...or need other version of emulator cause some games
works better on ePSXe 1.6.0 and other on ePSXe 1.5.2.

Some of games need also to add some parameters to the emu
shortcut to run the game properly.
Check out ePSXe Configuration Handbook for list of parameters.

[pirates dc]

your were right it was just the iso i downloaded but now problem number one thousand seven hundred and twenty one ...the game starts to play but every thing has a transparent look to it i think it might be the plug in im using so if you guys can suggest what a good plug in to use im pretty sure i will have no need to post in this thread again

[MegaVolt]

The best way to start with "P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.16".
I use it for most of my games and it works fine.

[GODJonez]

As marcos_20 posted above, the handbook by fireblaster has quite nice thing about recommended plug-ins and their settings. Shortly: Try Pete's D3D, Pete's OpenGL and Peops soft plug-ins for graphics.

[pirates dc]

thnx its working great now

[pirates dc]

One more problem...well its not really a problem but more of a question.. in some of my games (iso's and original psx disc) some of the sounds such as music or certain sound effects dont work is this because of the plugins im usin or is it some thing else

[fireblaster_lyz]

Yes. It is the plugin you are using.
Look thru my guide (I know its messy) and find the answer.

If not, post your problem here.