FFIX Problems #1&2

[DeViOuS]

Hey all, I tried playing FFIX on the expsxe 1.52 or whatever it was, and it crashed for some reason, near the begining sometime after the ship crashed, plus i didn't like the window it loaded in, there wasn't an easy way to load or save, besides the f1/f3 buttons. BTWI downloaded all the files for disc 1 from this site). Anywho, I picked up the psx v1.10, since i heard it plays the older FF games a lot easier, and without all the annoying configs and stuff. it's playing right now, and all looks good, although the sound is a bit messed up. What are good settings to make it sound perfect, if at all possible? I love the sound to this game and it'd be a shame if it sounded like this through out the game. It's a scratchy and almost echoey sound.

Thanks in advance everyone, looking forward to your replies!
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Hmm, actually...upon playing the first battle, not only is the sound slow, but the movement and gameplay is slow. Any help please? [

[Evans]

Video config window, enable FPS limit and set it to 60 (or 50 for PAL games).

EDIT: Don't double post, use the edit button, and the above is for ePSXe.

[DeViOuS]

For psx 1.10 though?

[Evans]

Yeah, I read that wrong. My bad.

Can't help you with pSX, it runs like crap for me. My PC's way too old, it seems.

Anyhow, that usually doesn't happen in ePSXe 1.5.2, but it does in the 1.6.0 version. Make sure which one you used.

[DeViOuS]

Yeah i used the 1.5.2 one, and it actually worked really well, sound and display, but i couldn't easily get in and out of it, like the window mode was really weird, and it crashed for me early in the begining, so i tried the psx one. 'Cept it's so slow and kinda choppy =/

[Evans]

What do you mean, you "couldn't easily get in and out of it? What about the window mode?

[DeViOuS]

Well, the only way to save it was the f1 key, and I couldn't get into any configs or anything, so it was difficult to fix things or get into internet explorer. Plus if it was windowed, it's become choppy and slow and basically unplayable, unless it was in full screen. Then it crashed. SO i said the hell with it. =/

[Evans]

You can save via memcards, in-game. To create one, open the emu, go to config>memory card, select a location, and click Open. Then, the file will be created as soon as you save while playing.

Yeah, you can't change settings once the game has started.

If you can't navigate and play windowed at the same time, I have to ask what kind of computer you have. Specs?
Anyhow, you can always put it on stand-by by pressing Esc. Then, play again, you select continue from the menu.

What plugins are you using, btw?

[DeViOuS]

vid - pete's open gl 1.76
sound - eternal spu plugin 1.41
cd - epsxe cdr (not that it matter because i'm using an iso image)

i run a windows xp home edition sp2, direct x9, nvidia geforce fx go5600

[Evans]

How much RAM?

[DeViOuS]

510mb it says

[Evans]

That should be alright.

Oh wait, you didn't mention the CPU either.

[DeViOuS]

ah my bad, it's intel pent 4 CPU: 2.80ghz

[Evans]

Strange, your rig should be able to handle a windowed ePSXe nicely.

Go to the video config window, click on the "copy settings to clipboard" button, and ctrl+v in your next post.

[DeViOuS]

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.76
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce FX Go5600/AGP/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
[32 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]