[hermanstanford]

Hi. I am having a screen problem while running a ntsc game on epsxe-1.70. The specific problem is shown in the attached screenshots - strips appear on the right hand side of the screen. The same problem happens even if I switch to other emulators like psxfin. But it doesn't happen for all other games I've tried, just this particular one. Please help me out if any of you have any idea on what's going on here. My video config is the following:

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

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Window mode

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 0
- 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: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

 

[jonc2006]

what is the full name of this game? i cant make out what it is from those shots.

 

[hermanstanford]

"Sotsugyou Vacation"

 

[cooliscool]

Slightly off topic and not really helpful (sorry):

Eww, a Tokimeki Memorial clone.. if Shiori (member here) were around I'm sure he could help.

Edit: Try messing with the offscreen drawing setting?

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

screw typing it

GMA 950

The GMA 950 is Intel's second-generation Graphics Media Accelerator graphics core, which was also referred by Intel as 'Gen 3.5 Integrated Graphics Engine' in datasheets. It is used in the Intel 940GML, 945G, 945GU and 945GT system chipsets. The amount of video-decoding hardware has increased; VLD, iDCT, and dual video overlay windows are now handled in hardware<sup class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</sup> . The maximum core clock is up to 400 MHz (on Intel 945G, 945GC, 945GZ, 945GSE), boosting pixel fill-rate to a theoretical 1600 megapixels/s.
The GMA 950 shares the same architectural weakness as the GMA 900: no hardware geometry processing. Neither basic (DX7) hardware transform and lighting,<sup id="cite_ref-Xtechgmas_1-0" class="reference">[2]</sup> nor more advanced vertex shaders (DX8 and later) are handled in the GMA hardware.


use the D3D6 plugin.

Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.77
Author: Pete Bernert

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- VRam size: 64 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: on
- Game fixes: on [00003001]

 

[hermanstanford]

Thanks for the inputs, although the issue is still unresolved. I have switched to DX6 as suggested, but it seems to have no effect on the outcome. The new config I've tried is:

Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.77
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 64 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: hardware

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

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

its probably a Core issue then try Adripsx(uses plugins), or pSX(no plugins)

 

[cooliscool]

The same problem happens even if I switch to other emulators like psxfin.

Squall you're such an idiot. :thumb:

 

[jonc2006]

this might be a game that is just incompatible (for the most part at least) with all or several emulators. can you post the rest of your system specs in case they are needed later on?

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

Squall you're such an idiot. :thumb:

i thought it stopped being referred to as psxfin at version 1.12

 

[Lasnap]

nope psxfin is still psxfin in the newer 1.13 version squall

 

[hermanstanford]

this might be a game that is just incompatible (for the most part at least) with all or several emulators. can you post the rest of your system specs in case they are needed later on?

probably you're right. spec: Win XP SP3, Intel Centrino Duo [email protected], 2x1GB DDR2-800 (basically a stock inspiron 6400...)