will legend of kartia work properly...

[treos]

on epsxe 1.9.0 or is that game still unplayable entirely? if it'll run now then i'd like to give it a try.

[Warrior]

Thats news to me, I recall it being entirely playable, it also runs fine in pSXfin 1.13.

[Zorlon]

recommended settings

Emulator ePSXe v.1.9.0
Video Plugin Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 53, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin ePSXe SPU Core v.1.9.0
CD-ROM Plugin ePSXe Cdrom plugin

taken from http://www.psxdatacenter.com/

[treos]

iirc it would work to a certain point then hang (much like how some people will say The Misadventures of Tron Bonne will run fine. it will until you reach any cutscene, then it gets stuck meaning it does not run fine ). lemme download and test it (20-30 minutes) and i'll edit this post as to whether or not it'll play.

[Zorlon]

Provide more info so it can be tested, plus upload the memcard with a save as close to the point it crashes, (not a save state as that is pointless as upon loading a save state after changing settings just reverts the changes).

P.S. working to a certain point is totally different to unplayable entirely that kinda says it will not even boot up or at the very least say you can control the game from the start, that would be understandable if you had analog on as that game only supports digital pad mode

[treos]

got my answer, it does work now. iirc there was a part near the beginning before the 1st battle where it'd always hang up. i guess something they changed in the past 1-3 updates of epsxe fixed the problem.

as for that psx datacenter stuff you pasted above, zorlon. not that i run it in full screen (i typically use this emulator in windowed mode) but that particular plugin gives the following errors when i try using it with this game:

Missing render-texture extension and no pixel format available, then it crashes.

works fine with my usual video plugin choice, Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.77, though. i guess whatever the problem was it got fixed with one of the emulator updates.

[Zaladane]

Yeah Opengl 2.9 won't work with older cards and integrated chips. Generally 1.7 will work though. But in the case of lets say laptops from just a few years ago it is best to use the d3d plugins.

In your case 2.9 sounds like it simply isn't supported by your gpu.

Just throwing that out there.

[Zorlon]

As Zal spotted your graphics chip set simply does not support OpenGL2

You can still use PSX datacenter as a guide line but use lower end plugins like the original OpenGL or D3D, or even Software if that will run the game smoother
Software does have totally different settings though, in general is more compatable than any of the 3D plugins though and psx datacenter can help with the other plugin settings (sound CD ect..)

OpenGL and D3D should both work but OpenGL2 requires a good graphics chip set with support for the OpenGL2 render-texture extension to work

Software should also work that is mostly good for none 3D games or very low end comps, I would be testing with software though if it came to that

ePSXe 1.7.0 uses a totally revamped core compared with 1.6.0 and older (asides from smaller fixes there is very little difference between 1.7.0 to 1.9.0)

as a hint though some games stopped working when the core was changed so a few games work in 1.5.2 & 1.6.0 that don't work in the newer builds

[treos]

(off topic here somewhat but related to my hardware ) funny, this laptop is only a couple years old (2012 i think? not sure at the moment) and yet when i log onto the game Marvel Heroes (the game DOES run but the framerate is crappy as all heck to varying lvls depending on how many players/NPC's/mobs are on my screen at the same time) it says my chipset has drivers from 6/3/2009 so i own a laptop from 2012 that came with 2009 video drivers which can't be updated at all...wtf? getting real tired of this bs laptop and all the problems that come with it.

yes, laptops are convenient in that they are portable but if your a gamer then they come with a slew of problems like video drivers that CANNOT BE UPDATED. that alone has blocked me from numerous games and continues to tick me off to no end.

[Zorlon]

depends on the hardware it comes with just because you get a laptop at X date is not to say that machine is up to date or on par with other laptops of the time

Zal just made a mistake saying older hardware when it should of said lower end hardware

Even some of todays laptops will not work with OpenGL2 due to lack of hardware (You can't update the driver and make the hardware work with OpenGL2 either)

Laptops are great for gamers but only if you get a very very good one general every day use laptops are not ment for gamers

My Laptop is a good one but it's not for games due to the low end graphics chip set, as it happens I use it to mod games and play them on real consoles or even emulated but on other consoles

You might as well say Cars are no good for racing, it depends on the Car

[treos]

i guess so. well, i guess this thread could be closed now if you want, probably just need to tell others to get the latest version of this emulator (if using epsxe) and the game should run fine and no longer hang up anywhere.