Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are extremely unstable at the moment, this is including the 0.8.1 release and 0.9 beta (CVS / sub-CVS).
The games have the following issues:
- SPU2 issues with SOUND INIT and VOICE INIT which break on a regular basis. Leading to the game hanging whenever someone speaks (random).
- SIF COPY or Pipeline issues. Causing missing terrain areas (the enviroments have many holes).
- Whilst IPU playback was working for a period of time it is broken at the moment, causing the game to hang on any streaming cutscene.
- Timing and sync issues which cause the game to enter an infinite loop. EG: You kill the last monster in a battle, your character jumps back to start the victory pose, but remains stood there, the victory pose / music never occurs.
From Memcard Save
Final Fantasy X is playable for very short periods of time, if you have no-encounters on you can walk around some areas, or with battles you
MAY get through 1 to 3 battles before encountering a de-sync, and the need to restart.
From 'New Game'
The furthest I have ever achieved is to the blitzball stadium, this was pre-IPU fixes, and thus I could not get further, the furthest I and other testers can get currently, is talking to the girls who want his autograph, and thus entering Tidus's name.
The game is tricky thus I recommend you wait till the 0.9 release, as these stability issues, are being worked on. with regards to FPS, use the CPU option 'vuREC' to get up to 20-30 FPS (MAX) in game, assuming your rig is along similiar specs to mine.
Shots of 'how far' we can get currently are below, first 14 from starting a new game, and the last 5 from using a memory card: