[Unaccountable_X]

Whenever I start a game, it makes it to the sony entertainment of america screen and freezes. I've waited for a about 30 mins for the screen to change, but had no luck. Any help would be appreciated

epsxe: 1.7.0
Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.77
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: none

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

 

[jonc2006]

http://forums.ngemu.com/problems-games/65247-troubleshooting-faq-read-first-before-you-post.html

 

[Unaccountable_X]

I did. About 3 times actually. Nothing about freezing at the sony entertainment of America screen

 

[jonc2006]

well in the future make sure you say that in your initial post so you are not linked to the FAQ right away. anyway have you tried finding out if the problem is stemming from a damaged disc or badly-ripped image (depending on which you are playing from)?

 

[Unaccountable_X]

Of course. I've been working on the config for epsxe for about three days now. I was able to run Austin Powers Pinball (For all that's worth) and have been working to run legend of the dragoon ever since. I either get a black screen or "Sony Entertainment of America Presents" screen every time.

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

use D3D6 plugin.

 

[Rockfire]

I've just tried legend of dragon on 1.70, it works perfectly here, so it rules out the possibility of 1.70 being the problem.

Anyway as Jonc said which format are you playing it from? An Image or CD?

 

[Unaccountable_X]

I'm trying to run it from an image file. I'm guessing it's broken because no matter what config or plugins I use, it's always a black screen now.

 

[jonc2006]

right but what format is that image in? .bin/.cue, .ccd/.img/.sub, .iso, etc.etc.?

 

[Unaccountable_X]

.bin

 

[jonc2006]

either make a new one in a format like .ccd/.img/.sub or see if the game disc itself does the same thing or not. if the game disc works fine, then make a new image like i said earlier, if it does not work either, then you could be looking at a damaged disc. any images made from one could have the same problems (not always though, its just a possibility in some cases, usually revolves around how extensive the damage is).

 

[Unaccountable_X]

wow. What a fix. The problem was actually my sound config. (Go figure). It's running now with the consequence of no sound after New Game is selected, meaning that there is no sound whatsoever in-game. Weird.....

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

try a different SPU plugin.