Dragon Quest VII won't start

[Wolvenreign]

Hey ePSXe team, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for your work in completing Playstation 1 emulation. I hope this old leech wouldn't bother you in asking how to get Dragon Quest VII working. I tried using P.e.o.p.s soft video driver as well as all variations of Pete's plugin, but the game won't start past the all-engulfing black screen no matter what.

[jonc2006]

post your system specs., the plugins you are using and how you have them configured. are you playing from the game disc or from an image of it? if you are playing from an image state the format you made it in.

[Wolvenreign]

I'm actually using two computers to try this on. One is a desktop and one is a laptop.

Desktop specs:


Machine name: ROEHRMANPRIMARY
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: GATEWA
System Model: GM5091E
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 610MB used, 4271MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2772&SUBSYS_5055107B&REV_02
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4926 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/15/2008 13:12:06, 57344 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys
Mini VDD Date: 2/15/2008 13:12:06, 5854752 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6432-11CF-F560-5F70A3C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x2772
SubSys ID: 0x5055107B
Revision ID: 0x0002
Revision ID: 0x0002
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run



Laptop Specs:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 6/18/2008, 15:40:39
Machine name: TOM-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 1982MB RAM
Page File: 1089MB used, 3091MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: None
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA MCP67M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0531&SUBSYS_30CF103C&REV_A2
Display Memory: 554 MB
Dedicated Memory: 58 MB
Shared Memory: 495 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.0147 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/8/2007 21:57:00, 4763648 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4671-11CF-1F73-C41002C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0531
SubSys ID: 0x30CF103C
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Video Accel: ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

As for the plugins I tried, here's the list.

Pete's D3D Driver 1.77

P.E.Op.s soft Driver 1.18

Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.77

Pete's OgenGL Driver 1.77

Pete's OpenGL2 Diver 2.9

The image I'm using is ".NRG".

[jonc2006]

is this the only game that this happens in or are you getting this same issue with everything you try? i would make a new image using the game disc but this time do it in a format such as .bin/.cue or .ccd/.img/.sub.

[Wolvenreign]

This only happens with Dragon Quest 7, and I think the problem could be the .nrg file. Let me see if an iso works instead.

[jonc2006]

yeah try it in another format, preferably .bin/.cue.

[Wolvenreign]

Yeah, an iso doesn't seem to work either. Does it have to have some either files with it to work, like the .bin and .cue you mentioned?

[jonc2006]

no but when using the .bin/.cue format you need to have both files in the same directory. how did you load the image did you mount the .bin on a virtual drive or did you just do the file>run>iso from epsxe's GUI? does the game work when being run from the disc?