[emusnicker]

If I try to access the status menu, the game freezes. Is there a work around for this? Also, what settings do you recommend with this game?

ePSXe 1.5.2.
Radeon 9700 Pro

 

[Kane]

Have you tried enabling the 'Odd even bit hack' special game fix in the video plugin and special game fixes?

 

[emusnicker]

I should've mentioned that I use Pete's OpenGL2.6. I don't see an odd/even bit hack. I remeber getting the game to work with this plugin a long time ago though.

 

[hushypushy]

it's under special game fixes.

also, change your offscreen drawing settings.

 

[emusnicker]

Odd/Even Special Fix is ON
Offscreen Drawing is 0


Anyone have any other ideas?

 

[Kyuuketsuki]

This happened to me too, I don't know what it is. Are you using the -noauto command line? Because I am not sure if I did it correctly. I typed -noauto at the end of the epsxe target line, but it is outside of the quotes and I am not sure if it is supposed to be in the quotes. The compatibility list on this site says you must use -noauto.

 

[emusnicker]

It still does this with -noauto. I tried lowering all the graphics settings. For some reason, this game worked a long time ago I remeber. Darn

 

[hushypushy]

im guessing you're using OGL? try OGL2.

 

[WindHydra]

He said he's using OGL2.6!
Try changing both Frame Buffer things... When I used OGL1, certain frame buffer settings will cause the menu to greatly drop the frame rate, making it seems crashed.

 

[emusnicker]

I'm positive the emulator crashes (the FPS from fraps shows a constant 60, I left it there for a minute).

I tried using ePSXe 1.6.0. in combination with the OpenGl 1.75 plugin and now it works somehow, although the performance is still really slow in certain scenes even without framebuffer effects.

 

[WindHydra]

Slow with 9700pro? oO Did you install the newest driver? Or maybe you should try the DirectX version since OGL works better with nvidia cards.

 

[emusnicker]

The game runs at a steady framerate, but there are noticeable slowdowns with certain effects on the screen (with both the D3D and OpenGL plugins).

An example of this early in the game: start a new game several times until you get the blue mermaid. Then walk around in the first area of the game. I think that 2D animation on her tail is what causes the slowdown. This is true for all effects in the game that are similar (and there are a lot of those).

 

[WindHydra]

Are you talking about Irenes? I don't remember 2D effects...oO What resolution are you running at (and did you install the catalyst driver)? It worked fine when I used OGL with 800MHz PIII and Geforce3TI200 at 640x480.

Hope it's not the cpu... 9700pro with <800MHz cpu? :heh:

 

[emusnicker]

Are you talking about Irenes? I don't remember 2D effects...oO What resolution are you running at (and did you install the catalyst driver)? It worked fine when I used OGL with 800MHz PIII and Geforce3TI200 at 640x480.

Hope it's not the cpu... 9700pro with <800MHz cpu? :heh:

The mermaid (Irenes) has a purple glittering effect at the end of her fin which I believe is causing the slow down, as are certain other effects like fire.

 

[messiahgov]

Solution:
http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62679

hf