FFVIII FMV lag

[h2bomb]

Whenever FFVIII plays an FMV, it starts freezes for a split second every now and then. Nothing to stop me from playing the game but it does take away a bit of the experience. This has also happened with FF9, but only when the credits started rolling. Can anyone help me?

[Cookie Monster]

Please read this and post again:

http://www.epforums.org/things-you-s...774/index.html

[SegNin]

Also do this if you're using ePSxe.

Start ePSXe > Config > Video > Configure > Copy settings to clipboard > paste settings to your next reply.

[h2bomb]

Sorry, my bad,

(Using a laptop)
CPU: Intel Pentium Processor 1.73 GHz
Graphics: Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family 128 MB
RAM: 504 MB
OS: Windows XP

Emulator
ePSXe 1.5.2
Video: Pete's D3D driver 1.76
Sound: Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41
Cdrom: ePSXe CDR WNT/W2K core 1.5.2.
Bios: 41a
I have not tried any other Roms of this, nor any other emulators

ePSXe Video Stuff:
Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.76
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode

Textures:
- R5G5B5A1
- Filtering: 5
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 70.0

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: none

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

Help would be greatly appriciated.

[Evans]

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 70.0


Set it to 60 or 50, whether it's NTSC or PAL. And since you're using 1.5.2, go into the special fixes and enable the odd/even bit hack.

[h2bomb]

Woo! Thank you so much! Man, can't believe something as simple as the fps limit can screw so much up.

[Evans]

You're welcome. Enjoy the game.

[h2bomb]

heh, sorry, another problem. Whenever I get into a random battle, the emulator slows to a crawl and goes back to normal once the background and monsters appear. Sorry for more trouble, help would be appreciated.

[Evans]

There's a fix for this. The slow down is because there's a swirl effect. I'll check around and edit this post with the info in a few. Wait up...

EDIT: http://www.epforums.org/ff8-issues-t...l+fantasy+viii

[pkt-zer0]

heh, sorry, another problem. Whenever I get into a random battle, the emulator slows to a crawl and goes back to normal once the background and monsters appear. Sorry for more trouble, help would be appreciated.

Mess around with the framebuffer emulation settings until it displays properly and runs at a decent speed. Mind you, the latter might not be possible, depending on the power of your videocard, in which case you'd be better off disabling framebuffer emulation instead.