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Hey all


used to play ff7 this past fall with epsxe 1.6.0. Haven't touched it in forever.

I upgraded to 1.7.0 and also Pete's new OpenGL plugins. I get the Sony Computer Entertainment Presents screen but then nothing. No video or images come up after that and I've tried three different graphics plugins. Any ideas?


Comp Specs:

2.66 Conroe Core2Duo
MSI 8600GTS Gforce
2gb ram
 
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madcyantist said:
Hey all


used to play ff7 this past fall with epsxe 1.6.0. Haven't touched it in forever.

I upgraded to 1.7.0 and also Pete's new OpenGL plugins. I get the Sony Computer Entertainment Presents screen but then nothing. No video or images come up after that and I've tried three different graphics plugins. Any ideas?


Comp Specs:

2.66 Conroe Core2Duo
MSI 8600GTS Gforce
2gb ram
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have you tried playing the game from both the disc and an image?
 
Discussion starter · #6 ·
3x3cUt0r said:
I tested again FF7 with 1.7.0 with no problems, can you tell me the plugins you're using right now?
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ePSXe 1.7.0
Note: Both load the 'Sony Computer Entertainment Presents' screen but nothing follows.

Video Plugin:

Pete's D3D 1.77 Config

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.77
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 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: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- 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: on [00000001]


Pete's OpenGL2 2.9 Config:

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce 8600 GTS/PCI/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
- Internal X resolution: 2
- Internal Y resolution: 2
- Keep psx aspect ratio:
- No render-to-texture: off

- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- TexWin pixel shader: off
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 63.0

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer effects: 3
- Framebuffer uploads: 1

Misc:
- Scanlines: on [0]
- Mdec filter: on
- Screen filtering: on
- Shader effects: 1/3
- Flicker-fix border size: 255
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: on [00000002]



ePSXe 1.6.0

Have only tried D3D 1.77 with the same config as above and loads fine.
Nothing loads with the OpenGL2 2.9 plugin. Just a black screen.
 
#7 ·
what drivers are you using for your videocard? btw you need to set the render mode to 2 when using those internal resolution settings. i would also use a 2-2-1 or 2-3-2 compatibility setup as well as setting the texture filtering to 4 or 0.
 
#10 ·
The problem is in the GPU settings,

you can't use
- No render-to-texture: off

and

- Framebuffer effects: 3

the highest you can go is 2
Since your video card supports Framebuffer objects, set render to texture, to 2.
 
Discussion starter · #11 ·
OK. I have tried implementing the advice above and here are the results..


ePSXe 1.7.0 - FF7 loads with D3D 1.77 but NOT OpenGL2 2.9


Here is my 2.9 config:

Code: 
Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce 8600 GTS/PCI/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
- Internal X resolution: 2
- Internal Y resolution: 2
- Keep psx aspect ratio: on 
- No render-to-texture: W

- Filtering: 4
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- TexWin pixel shader: off
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer effects: 2
- Framebuffer uploads: 1

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Mdec filter: on 
- Screen filtering: on 
- Shader effects: 1/3
- Flicker-fix border size: 255
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: off [00000002]
 
#12 ·
disable antialiasing in the nvidia control panel globally.
 
#14 ·
try turning the flicker border fix down to 2.
 
#15 ·
I got no problems at all in FF7 with Epsx 1.7.0 + OpenGL2 2.9. I just turns Nice settings and that was it :).

Try changing your CDROM plugin that might be the problem...
 
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