BOF4, pls help

[gwennel]

hi!

im a newbie and i need help with breath of fire 4. i manage to get the game running with the help of the suggestions in this board. now ive encountered a problem i can't find a solution to.

heres my prob: after i entered the cave in the cliff area (near the beginning of the game) my computer just freezes or i get an error message and i exit to windows. from what ive gathered (after trying other games), this only happens before a cutscene/movie although the intro movie played but had no sound.

im using the epsxe 1.52 and the recent plug-in pack (petesOGL 1.68, etc.). particularly im using the OGL for video, spu core for sound, the iso i made using blindwrite and bios is scph7502.

my system: intel 667MHz, 256SDRAM, geForce 2MX 64 Mb windows 98 second ed.

heres my video config:

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.68
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 4
- Hi-Res textures: off
- Palettized tex windows: off
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: off

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

any help would be appreciated. thanks and merry christmas.

[Vahid]

well my guess is its just windows 98, because i run the game fine on my machine

[gwennel]

so my OS could be a problem? that seems extreme Vahid ...

any word from other windows 98 users?

[kenmasters1983]

yeah its win98 causing the problems...lol just configure the settings right use lord kanes final fantasys settings they work ON EVERY GAME I PLAY!!

[gwennel]

thanks! i'll try it out. im assuming its in the compatibility list section? ill go and see. thanks again!

i cant seem to find it, kenmasters1983. could you post the configuration, please? thanks.

[gwennel]

i seem to read somewhere that theres a way to skip the cutscenes/movies ... is it a command/configuration?

[Badaro]

Originally posted by gwennel
heres my prob: after i entered the cave in the cliff area (near the beginning of the game) my computer just freezes or i get an error message and i exit to windows.

Sounds like something else in your system is causing problems with ePSXe. Here are some things you can try:

* Close all programs from the system tray before entering the game
* Update your video and sound drivers to the newer versions
* If you have a VIA-based motherboard, install the latest 4-in-1 drivers from http://www.viaarena.com
* Reinstall DirectX

Originally posted by gwennel
this only happens before a cutscene/movie although the intro movie played but had no sound.


Go to Config -> Sound, and make sure you have both "Enable Sound" and "Enable XA Sound" checked. Also, make sure you DO NOT have "Enable SPU IRQ Hack" checked, as this causes problems with some games.

[]s Badaro

[gwennel]

thanks badaro! i'll give it a shot.

[wasp]

are you use cheat from epsxe pack? All 3 times i play this game, it help. Every time before crash, after battle.
You may need change snd plugin too(maybe).