Jade Cocoon health/mana/exp bar issue

I'm using epsxe 1.7, but no matter what gpu plugin or settings I try, this issue won't go away...

The health, mana, and EXP bars in the game all extend past the area they're supposed to, to be about twice as long. So when you're health's at 50%, the bar looks about full.

I search the forums for this, and there was a thread from years ago but the question was never answered and no one ever followed up on it.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Thanks.

ps. I noticed when I close epsxe in some places during the game, the window closes but the sound keeps going and I need to terminate the process. Is that a Jade Cocoon issue or a general issue?