[cloudsBro]

i know this topic has been stressed a lot but i just cant get the battle swirl to appear properly with opengl. i am using epsxe 1.5.2
windows 98se
nvidia graphics card
600mhz processor speed
direct x 9.0
128mb ram

 

[cloudsBro]

yeh i am using petes soft gpu at the moment with everything but the graphics are a bit distorted, the new fix with this plugin doesnt seem to work for me. but why is it that the swirl does not appear with opengl even with the fix activated and offscreen drawing on 3??

 

[cloudsBro]

hmm these settings cause a crash for me at the sony computer entertainment europe presents screen. it normally does take long for this screen to pass anyway

 

[cloudsBro]

thanx for the settings lord zedeck, there are the best combo so far but i just dont think opengl will work anymore with my comp. somehow it ran perfectly before i formatted my comp/ i think ill use soft gpu from now. thanx

 

[cloudsBro]

the d3d plugins crash if i enable color dithering and small speed up with mdecs. in game tho, they are more faster than opengl but the grwaphics are lower quality and there appears to be some green lines on the edge of the graphics.

 

[cloudsBro]

ive updated my graphics card drivers and soundcard drivers but its still not working smoothly. i tried petes d3d and dx6 d3d plugin and they dont bring the choppy sounds as open gl does.
i tried the windows98 troubleshooter to find out why i have choppy sounds and it said make sure direct x is installe dproperly and it is.

 

[cloudsBro]

these are my opengl settings

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: RIVA TNT2/AGP/SSE

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [16 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- Default
- 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: off

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: on
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: on
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00001000]

also do windows codecs have any effect on the choppy sounds that i am getting in ff7

 

[cloudsBro]

ok i am using eternal spu plugin 1.41
enabled sound, cdda sound, xa sound and spu irq hack.
usind directsound with buffersize 32, spuasync (smooth), cache VAG decode
i also have ticked 'update before accessign register for square games.

The choppy sound now appears only when aeris cast healing wind and the screen
zooms out to show everyone being healed by the spell.

my cd plugin is cdrsapu
cdrom drive name: MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4824TIB
interface type: aspi
read mode : autodetect
cahcing level: 3
cache size: 32
track iso 9660 file system enabled

 

[cloudsBro]

ok after a bit of experimenting, i have finally reduced the problem. if i play the game in a window (800*600), the game plays faster when i use d3d plugins.
But the soft gpu is the best for me. no problems with choppy sound or slowdown, its just the graphics are serrated. does anyone know how to improve graphics on a soft driver?
here are my soft gpu settings
Plugin: P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.1.16
Author: Pete Bernert and the P.E.Op.S. team

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
Stretch mode: 2
Dither mode: 1

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

Misc:
- Scanlines: disabled
- Game fixes: off [00000100]

 

[cloudsBro]

soft gpu certainly needs to produce better graphics. the visuals on mine are a bit serrated
by thw way lord zedeck, i do get slowdown only when the game switches between screens.

 

[cloudsBro]

oh and by the way, does anyone experience a purplish screen when the screen switches in ff7. this onyl happens when i use d3d or open gl lplugins

 

[cloudsBro]

no luck, it looks better but slightly slower. the purple screen fade between screen switching remains. this has only ever ben removed by me using a soft gpu. must be some compatibility issue

 

[cloudsBro]

no im not talking bout battle transitions. im talking bout when u enter a new screen when u are moving about. soft gpu fades the screen out but opengl and d3d turn the screen a transparent purple/pink colour then switch to the next screen, if u know what i mean.

yes ive accepted the battles cannot be emulated close to perfect anymore.

by the way, how do i post pictures. it says enter the text to be formatted???

 

[cloudsBro]

wat sites can i use to host images?

 

[cloudsBro]

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: MSI MS-8808 (Nvidia TNT2 M64)

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Window mode

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 4
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limit: 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: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: on
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [00000003]

 

[cloudsBro]

ive used nearly the same settings i used for d3d with opengl, and opengl is still slower. ive tried usind different drivers and no change.

 

[cloudsBro]

no, the sound is still as choppy as ever. ur solutions shud actually solve it but they dont seem to. opengl causes the most problems with me, overall.