New ePSXe 1.6.0 released

[_Demo_]

We have released a new version of ePSXe.

See www.epsxe.com

_Demo_

[Metalmurphy]

Damn... 3 posts :D _Demo_ don't worry posting! Some one else will do (as they did :))

Nice work and congrats ;)

[scottlc]

Yes, excellent work. Thank you very much!

[didamangi]

Great job and congrats!
I thank all of the ePSXe team from the bottom of my heart.

[turbofan]

Excellent work, thanks guys!

[Oten]

great work !!
i too excited to say more...!!!

[Galway no Sora]

/me downloading ...

Any words from me? GREAT and NICE JOB, ePSXe team! It's been long time waiting, and finally it comes true. Awesome.

[Nigazallucard_]

thanks for epsxe team!!!
yessssssssssssssss
OBRIGADO!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[Mr. Killjoy]

One thing:

Woohoo!!!!
:thewave:

Oh, nice work ;)
And it's good surprise compraed to what I saw in the -unreleased- 1.5.3 :p

[veritron]

To begin, hats off to the emulation improvements themselves. I'm definitely seeing improvements in how the games run, etc. I especially like how the problems I was seeing with uploads vanished with this release.

I see two flaws though:

One, ePSXe doesn't close right. When I close the window, the program keeps running in the background with sound until I click on the close box. I'm running Windows XP / 1 gig RAM / Athlon XP 2000+ (My old powersupply nuked my old 2700+ so I had to swap in a new mobo+processor) / Radeon 9700+. It MIGHT be plug-in related but I dunno. I'm using Pete's OGL2 with the built-in sound and Moody's CD-R plugin and I think I'm using the built-in input, too.

Two, "Configurating?" WTF? Con-fig-ur-ating? I didn't see that in the old version of ePSXe, was that there before?

[veritron]

Sorry, I meant I manually had to close it with the task manager. It's annoying to no end.

[hushypushy]

ok veritron here is what you do. you have 2 choices. one, when you are done playing, press Escape and close the blue ePSXe window. or, go to Run and Enable Logs and make sure it's enabled. when you want to close it, it will only close if:

1. you close the blue window (not when game is running)
2. you close the DOS window

[ohmybaby]

BAD !!!! MEMCARD not worked . It reported memcard cannot save . >_<

[Yeloazndevil]

are u sure u picked your mem cards in the emulator?

[hushypushy]

that happened when i loaded up 1.5.2 and 1.6.0 the first time....it said my memory cards weren't saved. so i just switched them to other memory cards and switched back and things have been fine since

[GKort]

well...you guys know my comp specs...so if i dl this new ver of epsxe would i have to redo all of my video settings? where are the video settings saved to? reg or files besides the actual plugin...?

[Zero MH]

When I upgraded from 1.5.2 to 1.6.0, my settings got erased on the emulator, but since I have epsxecutor, my settings are saved.

In other words: your settings are probably safe.:heh:

[hushypushy]

the plugin settings are saved in the plugin. i simply copied all the files from all of my 1.5.2 directories and everything was saved and perfect.

[veritron]

Lol, I had enable logs on so before, I always used to close it through that. Thank god you don't need to restart ePSXe anymore when you change plug-in settings.

Still, I think next version, if you don't have logs enabled and you click the close box on the emulation screen, the emu should display the blue box/ actually close, not keep the emulation running in the background with no way short of the task manager to stop it.

[hushypushy]

Thank god you don't need to restart ePSXe anymore when you change plug-in settings.

yeah, that's what i thought, however, look at my thread here (http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=40190)

[cybervaldez]

Yay! :)

[hushypushy]

yeah, i was so pissed when Lord Kane said that you never had to restart in the first place! i couldnt believe i'd been doing it the whole time

[Galway no Sora]

Its DAMN COOL !!! I can finished my beloved Lenneth till the end without crashing, even one ! Nice job, and it really worth waiting, I'm sure of it. Thanks.

[dj4monie]

To begin, hats off to the emulation improvements themselves. I'm definitely seeing improvements in how the games run, etc. I especially like how the problems I was seeing with uploads vanished with this release.

I see two flaws though:

One, ePSXe doesn't close right. When I close the window, the program keeps running in the background with sound until I click on the close box. I'm running Windows XP / 1 gig RAM / Athlon XP 2000+ (My old powersupply nuked my old 2700+ so I had to swap in a new mobo+processor) / Radeon 9700+. It MIGHT be plug-in related but I dunno. I'm using Pete's OGL2 with the built-in sound and Moody's CD-R plugin and I think I'm using the built-in input, too.

Two, "Configurating?" WTF? Con-fig-ur-ating? I didn't see that in the old version of ePSXe, was that there before?

I was having the same problem. I'd close the window I was playing in and the music would still be playing in the background and very choppy.

I enabled the Log and that fixed it. I guess that's something they can fix with the next update.

[hushypushy]

dude...you are an idiot.

[DaveKap]

Vib Ribbon is still broken...

:cuss2:

[Homestar]

Hello there everyone! Is anyone else getting a problem that version 1.60 isn't reconizing the bios or plugins? I copyed the folders for both from version 1.52 and it won't pick them up.

[Galway no Sora]

Have you check if your bios is real or fake? And, make sure that bios [neither scph1001.bin or scph7502.bin] in the bios folder, and plugins in the plugins folder.

[Homestar]

Well, I am pretty sure the bios is real as it did work with the earlier version. And yes I have the plugins and bios in the correct folders.

[Galway no Sora]

I think its better to delete the 1.5.2 files [but make sure you back up first, such as savestates, memcard, bios and plugins], clean the ePSXe registry and re-install the 1.6.0. Afterwards, put that plugins, bios and memcard into the appropiate folder.

[mr arcade]

I 've not had any problems.. Well I hope that my Parasite Eve 2 is fixed . hehe

[eagle1]

THanks for another great release!!!

[Bopig!]

You know, in the readme, they said that Umjammer Lammy was fixed, but it still doesn't work. What's the story? Also, where is this "fix" version they said was gonna be released?

[Omen]

I hope in the next version coming out soon that Vigilante 8 will work. On 1.6.0 and earlier versions the game freezes then crashes when you are killed.

[RF]

I hope in the next version coming out soon that Vigilante 8 will work. On 1.6.0 and earlier versions the game freezes then crashes when you are killed.

Have you tryed psxeven?

[Bopig!]

Does Umjammer Lammy and Vigilante 8 work with that emulator?

[RF]

Does Umjammer Lammy and Vigilante 8 work with that emulator?

Go try them and see. :)

[Bopig!]

Bah, that's too much work. Setting up emulators is annoying. You have to move BIOS files, and plugins, and redirect the folder locations, etc etc. Someone else can do it. :D

[gigaX]

hey! gran turismo 2 works in the new release! 15 cheers!!

[Kane]

Bah, that's too much work. Setting up emulators is annoying. You have to move BIOS files, and plugins, and redirect the folder locations, etc etc. Someone else can do it. :D
Yeah, but once you have the emu set up, only small changes need to be made.

[eagle1]

hey! gran turismo 2 works in the new release! 15 cheers!!

Hi gigaX!
I think Gran Turismo 2 was working in older versions. At least it was working for me with ePsXe 1.52!

[Kane]

GT2 has some CD reading problems in 1.5.2 which were fixed in 1.6.0

[neural-shock]

Vib Ribbon is still broken...

:cuss2:

And I thought I was going to finally play it in an emulator... :(

[Bopig!]

True True. Well I'll set it up and try umjammer lammy, but I'm gonna be pretty dissapointed when it doesn't work. I'll let you folks know if it does though.
Ok, I just tested it out on PSXEven and just as expected. It doesn't work. Umjammer Lammy as usual, freezes at the loading screen prior to the actual game. Typical. I've only found one emulator that works with this game (adrPSX) and even then, it doesn't play well. (Too fast, can't hear guitar sounds" so, blah i say, and where is this new Epsxe version with the fixes I read of on there website?

[alex26gc]

I am not sure if someone already posted this, but, does ePSxe works for PS2 disk???, Great Job with the new release guys!!! have a high five

[alex26gc]

To the others, check well how you install the new version or your hardware, because I never had any kind of problems with the old version and certenly I have none with the new one

[Bopig!]

Ok, well first, to answer your question, NO ePSXe only emulates the PSone. Look elsewhere for a PS2 emulator.
As for your comment regarding, reinstalling the program or checking my hardware; uh..yea that's it.
Here's some info for ya, certain games that sony released have something on them called "anti-mod" protection. These games are protected from being played on anything but a PSone. Currently, all emulators have problems running games that are protected by this. Sony is winning you could say. Fortunatly, emulators are starting to find ways to deal with these annoyances, and epsxe is one of them. The most recent release claims in the readme, that certain games "namly, Umjammer Lammy" have been fixed and should work now. Well, the readme lies, as I've tested this game and have had no success. A "fix" version as they call it (See the website) has been annouced which I'm assuming will address this issue as well as a few others.
So, there you have it. That's the problem here, and your humourous solutions arn't gonna do the trick. :onthepull

[Mr. Killjoy]

>> These games are protected from being played on anything but a PSone

Not at all, it's done to prevent playing on a PSX with a modchip

[Bopig!]

oO Well, either way, they're still a pain in the ass. :cuss2:

[alex26gc]

Chill out Bopig!, looks like I strike a nerv, I was just making a commnet about my own experience, if you felt that in some way I insulted you well TOO BAD. But the truth is all the games that were reported with troubles here I can play them when ever I want

[Bopig!]

"But the truth is all the games that were reported with troubles here I can play them when ever I want"
Are you saying that you've figured out a way to play these games on your emulator such as umjammer jammy? feel free to explain. :onthepull

[BoogieMan]

whats broken with this version that they have to release an update so fast (on the ePSXe web site it says an update will be released soon)?

[BoogieMan]

or maybe i'm wrong?

[Bopig!]

Read my post above regarding "anti-mod" protection for your answer.

[alex26gc]

feel free to explain. :onthepull
Well let me correct my affirmattion, Maybe not all the PSx Games because I don't own every game ever made, because I don't have that much cash, but for example GT2 runs really well in my PC, mabe is just sheer luck or my system config, I am not the ePSXe in the latest PC, it has a Celeron 800MHz with 256MB, I have noticed how many games hang up with newest PCs, I also have run GT2 with ePSXe 1.6 in my office PC, with a bigger and better config than the one at home, and it hangs

Got my point?

[Bopig!]

Ya, I got your point. You can confirm that one game works. Nice. Really. Funny how that wasn't the games we were having trouble with. I was talking about games with anti-mod protection. GT2 doesn't have that obviously.

[dstg_ll]

Hmmm, i just checked the new version and Chrono Cross is FINALLY playing without any sound/graphics glitches... but my question is : Where's the "Cheats" option in the menu ?! Was it removed ?

thx...


PS: newbie ! ;)

[dstg_ll]

Well, i found a workaround... I downloaded the Emucheater (http://www.emucheater.com) thing and it's setting them automatically for me. Goodie :D

... but still, i wonder why the option is not there... Hmm.

[Mr. Killjoy]

Well FYI, the cheat menu was just a debbug option... only made to fix some bugs in certain games... i guess it's not useful anymore

[deathnutz]

There is a bug in 1.6.0 that is not in 1.5.2 In Final Fantasy IX there has been problems with the video sequence when the cargo ship leaves for that "L" city.. anyways.. in 1.6.0 the video freezes and will not continue. However in 1.5.2 it woks fine. And from what I have been reading around the net is that it froze in all versions before 1.5.2. Just thought I'd let you guys know. Let me know if any of this info helps.. Thanks

[Bopig!]

Ya I knew about that too. I was playing FF9 when the new version came out. There is a problem with an ending movie too. The part where the main character is running away from all the roots of the tree will freeze just after he jumps off the cliff. :hdbash: It plays properly in 1.5.2 though. Hope the authors reading this, that fix version they speak of can't come soon enough. ;)

[dzone]

Wow. Front Mission 3 works on Epsxe 1.6.0. I remember when I tried playing it on 1.5.2 and it would randomly crash. Couldn't be happier guys. Keep up the good work.

*jumps for joy*

[Satori]

For ever so long I had dwelled on the beta rumours of Hokuto no Ken running in epsxe... :hdbash:


Now, at last! Ohhhhh....! THANK YOU!!!! :wub: :thumb: Great stuff!


Compatibility for All Japan Women's Pro Wresting is a bit improved in 1.6.0 also.

[Bopig!]

:heh: Your playin some pretty crazy games eh? :eyemove:

[Satori]

Well, imports, anyway. Since I never used a modchip, the emulation scene was my first opportunity to check out a lot of these games, but it seems that more of them have issues in the various emulators than Western games.

Hokuto no Ken was running in VGS, but it is greatly improved by epsxe and Pete's gpu plugins (the game is machinema driven, so it gains a lot by enhanced presentation). All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling remains unplayable on all emulators (afaik), due to copy protections, though it gets a little farther than the opening video on epsxe 1.6.0.

I've also noticed improved performince in several domestic games. For example, under 1.6.0., Tekken 3 and Ghost in the Shell both perform better, with much fewer gpu issues, and Fighter Maker seems to crash less frequently.

In all, this update is really impressive. It's so very close to 100% PSX emulation, and really a big step up from 1.5.2.

[Astxist]

I also confirm that Final Fantasy IX frezzes where deathnutz said but works fine in ePSXe 1.5.2, yes i was using an ISO and it was the PAL version. I was allmost tearing my eye's out until I searched the forums for info. All so the ISO dumped without any read errors reported is that normal?

Astxist

[PublishMAN]

Well! I have difficulty with new release of ePSXe

I have an Athlon 2100+ and the PSX games with ePSXe 1.6.0 are really very very fast, even I can not follow the games :(

I had not this problem with 1.5.2 version.

Any idea with extra speed?

[Kane]

You need to enable the FPS limit in the graphics plugin.

[Spacelord]

/e just wish epsxe was in a more "active" development :(

[Magusai]

ok, theres all those tabs on top that says file, run, config, and options...in the lil instruction manual, it says theres a cheat tab......its either im blind, or i cant find it nowhere....um.....help?

[Mr. Killjoy]

Erf, if you don't even know how to open the plugin panel config, you're doomed

Open the emu
Config > Video > Configure > Check "Use FPS Limit" and "Auto-detect ...."

[Betamax]

Regarding the "cheat" option: the manual was written for 1.2 it's been removed (basically becuase it wasn't a cheat option at all ;). If you weant to cheat you need to use a plugin called PEC, as Killjoy described above.

[Metal_GunBlade]

I seem to have a problem with memory cards support in ePsxe 1.6.0, everytime I need to select them manually and they keep on getting lost, what might be the problem, and how can I fix it? :(

[N1ghtw0lf]

I seem to have a problem with memory cards support in ePsxe 1.6.0, everytime I need to select them manually and they keep on getting lost, what might be the problem, and how can I fix it? :(
dont resserect threads...just start your own thread in the epsxe questions area of ngemu...:p...

[Metal_GunBlade]

Congratulations on your big success fellas...
ePsxe have always been my favorite PSX emulator... :thumb:
I love you guys... :wub: