Final Fantasy X - quickstart guide

[Nachbrenner]

The original japanese version SLPS-25020 has a slightly different program core causing sound issues thus not playable.

Speed has been sacrificed for compatibility in 0.9.2 - no need to report that.
Blocky and stuttering videos are a known issue - no need to report that.

- disable patches made for 0.9.1
- use "file/run CDVD", not "run/execute"
- use PEOPS CDVD driver to avoid infinite loops, install MSVC libraries (http://www.pcsx2.net/downloads.php?p=misc) if necessary
- in PEOPS SPU2 driver disable "threaded mode" (this is experimental, not for general testing)
- MTGS still might occasionally crash, if it happens retry scene w/o it, e.g. the intro before 1st savepoint

- with GSdx9 disable MTGS generally and enable FFX hack

- with zeroGS download the latest DirectX runtime libraries (http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/75838-how-make-pcsx2-recognize-new-zerogs.html)
- disable MTGS if FFX hack is not activated automatically
- press F9 to enable FFX hack manually
- only current zeroGS 0.96 supports FFX autohack
- graphics might look worse on out-dated graphics card with 16 bit floating point precision (e.g. ATI 9xxx)
- if you see checkerboard pattern, toggle anti-aliasing and/or bilinear filtering in zeroGs
- your graphics card driver must be set to application controlled anti-aliasing and filtering settings

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FFX-2 only:

I experienced a texture DMA related crash after finishing 1st mission
To pass this point enable wireframe mode in zeroGS (press SHIFT+F6)

To watch FFX-2 videos fullscreen, press F5 to toggle interlace
If you don't want to watch them, use custom skip video patch:
gametitle=Final Fantasy X-2 PAL
comment=patches by Nachbrenner
//PAL2NTSC (increase framerate by 20%)
patch=0,EE,0031e064,word,3c060002
//Deny Videos
patch=0,EE,0016bd70,word,03e00008
patch=0,EE,0016bd74,word,00000000

gametitle=Final Fantasy X-2 NTSC U/C
comment=patches by Nachbrenner
//Deny Videos
patch=0,EE,0016c198,word,03e00008
patch=0,EE,0016c19c,word,00000000

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for future MTGS support following CRC are missing
FFX-2 Spain
FFX-2 any asian version
Harvest Moon Japan
Harvest Moon PAL
so report CRC of these and corresponding SONY article number SCxS_xxx.xx
Don't annoy us with CRC from modified bootlegs :mad:

related links:
http://forums.ngemu.com/934819-post1.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/72745-ipu-freeze-fix-patch-pal-ffx-ffx-demo.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/81316-ffx-problem-pcsx2-v0-9-2-r2-solved.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/81859-ffx-2-blue-screen-battle.html

fyi - FFX hack fixes missing polygons as seen in attached picture.

[enekomh]

If i'm not much mistaken and if the CRC is what it says the MS-DOS window on PCSX2, the CRC for FFX Spain is the following: 941bb7de
I'm trying the new 0.9.2 on my computer (specs on my signature) and it seems to work quite fine with the two core system but I'm just at the beginning of the game so I'll report any crashes.

[Hector]

Hi! This is CRC for FFX Spanish version: 941BB7DE.

Thanks for your hard work.

Edit: Sorry, i didn't saw that the spanish one was already reported :P

[XForce09]

How can you increase fps in final fantasy x, i have tried different tweaking but it doesnt help i only get around 15-28 fps maximum.

I have a geforce 6600gt, AMD Athlon 64 3200+ and 1024 ram.

[Doomangel]

I had at least 30 fps at the intro with 0.9.1 In 0.9.2 i get around 8 fps at the intro(Talking about FFX) Why?

[GreenSoda]

@XForce09: Your fps a pretty normal for that kind of rig

@Doomangel: with no information on your system and plugin settings that pretty much tells us nothing...

[Doomangel]

Sure I'll give specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2,01 ghz (Clocked to 2,150 ghz)
RAM: 1gb Corsair
Graphics card: ATI Radeon x1600

Plugin specs:
ZeroGS 0.96
Interlace Disabled
Bilinear Disabled
Anti-aliasing None
and the rest is also disabled..
P.e.op's SPU2 1.61
No reverb
No interpolation

Edit: Oh and all CPU options are enabled..

Is that enough?

[Nachbrenner]

Hi! This is CRC for FFX Spanish version: 941BB7DE.

Thanks for your hard work.

Edit: Sorry, i didn't saw that the spanish one was already reported :P

That's OK, so we are sure there is no typo.

Get PCSX2 R2 ;)

[staytsame]

Holly ****! check out the R2 version I got >220 FPS sometimes with FFX :D 60FPS (bilinear filtering on) at first movie

[RetupmocSoft]

The original japanese version SLPS-25020 has a slightly different program core causing sound issues thus not playable.


Could you analysis SLPS-25050 (FFX Janapese) code to solve sound issues
I have the ELF file (SLPS_250.50, 4.32MB) if you want.

It still not playable if no patch (CRC: 6a4efe60), causing loud noise repeatly.

But still can't play thought battle system even patched with following:
patch=0,EE,00125f50,word,00000000
patch=0,EE,00125f58,word,00000000

[LeonJo]

Yes,I 'm also have the same problem as RetupmocSoft.
I've try 0.9.2 r2 .But the sond crashed problem is also living.
Now I cant go further until the first battle with the above patch.
SLPS_250.50 (J) Thx!

[Amenti]

Hi, please bare with my question, I'm new to PCSX. The prog looks great so far. :)


- to watch FFX-2 videos, press F5 to toggle interlace


Do I have to check the Interlace Enabled-Checkbox for this to work? Either way I can see no difference in the different modes. Is this normal? To which one should I toggle, when the video comes?

Thanks in advance.

[Croustibat]

Hi Nachbrenner,
With R2 versions, game works with MTGS and DC options, FFX hack autostarts. No problem here.
The sound is bad and i see artifacts when a movie is playing in FFX (see video >> http://rapidshare.com/files/3966565/zerogs-PCSX0.92R2-FFX-FRA-MTGSDC-FFXHACK.rar.html -let scripts on-)
I continue my tests
Thx for this release ;)

Sorry for my :spy: english :innocent: :heh:

PS : here >> http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/80994-0-9-2-skipping-videos-ffx.html
Maybe the crc of the french version of FFX-2 : 9AAC530A. Not sure.

[kandurex]

This game work barton processor? (0.92 rele)

[Nachbrenner]

This game work barton processor? (0.92 rele)
Your CPU does not support SSE2, therefore you are restricted with ANY game as described in the FAQ.
There is some CPU info in your language http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon

FYI i added SPU2 info in 1st post.

[Artemix]

CRC=A80F497C

SCES_504.94

This can be patched? or i'll have to wait a new version?

Edit: Argentine version

[Nachbrenner]

Update:

Instructions/patches for FFX-2

Memory card with 1st savepoints for german versions of FFX and FFX-2 attached

[alucard_985]

where to place the msvc libraries??? i need to place that somewhere to use the PEOPS CDVD driver and dont get error while doing it

[thc]

windows\system32 or PCSX2 directory.

[alucard_985]

windows\system32 or PCSX2 directory.

Thanks, i try to paste those files there, but they already exist.

And i still get the error, im using the linuzzaps iso CDVD driver 0.5.0 , the game works ok, but speed is very slow, have i to wait for future upgrade to the emulator, or there is already a way to increase speed? :bow:

[benfinkel]

Hey Guys!

Good quickstart guide, I got 'er up and running, which has made me excited.

Question for you, what speed should I expect given my rig below? I was hoping for something "close" to full speed, but I seem to be mired around 30 fps. If I should be getting better, any optimization settings?

Thanks!


Intel Core2 Duo 6300 (1.86)
2 gigs DDR2 5300 Patriot
NVidia 7600 GT 256 MB

[RPGW1ZaRD]

Sounds a bit low to me, did you enable MTGS and dual core mode in CPU settings and disable antialaising and bilinear filtering for ZeroGS plugin? You can press F6 to switch between the antialaising modes ingame and shift + F5 for bilinear filtering to see if it slows down or not while keeping an eye at the FPS meter.

Other settings that improve speed but very slightly would be using the fastest sound settings and everything unchecked and dump the game to your HDD and use linuzappz Iso CDVD plugin.

[benfinkel]

Ahh,

I missed the MTGS and Dual Core options in the CPU config. MUCH better now :). usually over 60fps, although down to 30 during the boss battle.


Thanks!


-Ben

[Fadingz]

FFX-2 international has the following CRC:
E1FD9A2D
but for japanese ps2 only
and this version does not support MTGS&DC (no auto FFXhack)

some little things to add up :)

another way to speed up the CG's is to turn MTGS&DC on and FFX hack off while watching, then swap back afterward.

If you see the following screen for any reason with speed drops all the way from full to 10 fps128210 (like I do) then just save stat, reload, press 'x', enter the equipment screen, choose a random character, exit, and enter the item panel again. this is probably some little problem with the graphic render on either PCSX-2 or your graphic card.

however, if you are getting a complete black or grey screen(or blue in some cases) during a battle, try to press shift+F6(99% it doesn't work in this case). if it doesn't work, then there are some randering problem that cannot be resolved yet, just finish the battle and you will be fine again. this problem is some times fixed on its own when you cast a special skill or spell (like holy or ultima or anything that changes the scene) when pcsx2 and your graphic card re-render the scene. save and load DOES NOT work in this case because it is PCSX-2's rendering, not your graphic card; save and load will just load you back to where you were.
If you are thirsty to see the battle but nothing helps, then restart PCSX-2 and load the save sphere in game. (might fix it but not guaranteed; don't blame me if it erases your battle; think before you do it or save slot it first)

if you are in a normal screen in an event or watching a sphere, then press F6+shift, this should work 99% of the time, but you will only see the wireframe render and not the texture render. again, load the save sphere, it might fix the problem but not guaranteed; do not blame me if it fails and you are pissed.

[Daggra]

Hi, just dl the new version and created an iso of FFx using poweriso however im getting real crappy fps 25 and under and i cant even get to the 1st save point as i hit esc to bring up the menu while in game to try and get the patch to load (no luck) then i have no sound and soon a crash occurs.

My system Spec

AMD x2 4200 @2.2ghz
2Gig memory
X1900 xt-x cat driver 6.12

ive tried toggeling off AA and the other stuff when using Zerogs gfx plugin but the fps doenst increase or decrease, have all the cpu options enabled.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[Fadingz]

are you using the TBL or the regular version?
your plugin set up should look like this (I finished international version, fighting everything including penance, with this set up and never crashed; speed varies from 160 fps to 48 from place to place, CG is around 55 fps):
128211 128212 128213 128214

(try to turn off all unnecessary program like msn or something if you are running any)

[jimdaddy]

@Fadingz,
How you can live with those fonts is beyond me :/

FFX works fine for me, hope the FMVs will be fixed in a future version, not a huge hassle anyway.

[Daggra]

Ive tried everything, last resort is to try and find a save at the very 1st save point anyone point me in the general direction were i can find 1?

[Metroid]

Ive tried everything, last resort is to try and find a save at the very 1st save point anyone point me in the general direction were i can find 1?

I have the save but it is too big to put it here.

Lets do something you get my msn. So I can give you by MSN.

[Fadingz]

@Fadingz,
How you can live with those fonts is beyond me :/

my sis changed the font of my fire fox @@" on the admin of this comp...:dead:
she already killed me lol

I have 198 saves from 1st till last part of the game if anyone needs it (international version only, I don't think it'll work with any other version).

128215

[Nachbrenner]

Hi, just dl the new version and created an iso of FFx using poweriso however im getting real crappy fps 25 and under and i cant even get to the 1st save point as i hit esc to bring up the menu while in game to try and get the patch to load (no luck) then i have no sound and soon a crash occurs...
Did you actually read the 1st post?
"- use PEOPS CDVD driver to avoid infinite loops"

[Daggra]

Did you actually read the 1st post?
"- use PEOPS CDVD driver to avoid infinite loops"


Yes i did and like i said i tried everything and the peops cdvd just made it worse in fact

[chickenchaser]

hi! can someone help me with my problem? i get to play the game smoothly but it always crashes on the part on the beginning when tidus just escaped from the stadium and auron told him to look up into the sky. at first, i was playing using a game disc so i made an iso in my hard drive but i still got the same result. i used different graphical settings and even different cdvdrom settings but i got the same result. the game is smooth, running at around 40-60 fps on the average but it always crashes at that certain point.

btw here are my specs:
Core 2 Duo E6300
7600Gt
1GB Dual channel RAM

*edit*
i used fadingz's memcards so i managed to load into the first save point and so far so good. thanks dude!

[Saberfang]

I have this pc configuration:

Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz (MMX, SSE, SSE2)
Ati Radeon 9800XT 256mb
1GB Ram

Well i start FFX and everything works fine (even the hack to get the missing texture) but is really slow, around 8FPS. I can't belive that is the best i can get from my pc especially when i saw this movie on youtube:

YouTube - FFX (pcsx2 0.9.2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIG7CsRfqW4)

He have a worst configuration than mine but look at that speed. That are 30fps at least. I don't know what to do plz help me. (One last thing i have italian version of the game)

[chickenchaser]

fadingz, what kind of sphere did you pick? the normal one or the international one?

[StriderVM]

Actually in the comments section of that video the author says his actual speed actually runs in the range from 15 to 40 FPS. Which is natural. I think his average FPS would be 15 something. 40 only happens when there is basically nothing in the screen.

As for the recording being full speed, it's because when ZeroGS records a movie it will play back at full speed regardless on how fast your computer is. So say, you computer specs allow FFX to run at 120FPS, the resulting movie will still run at 60FPS.

[Saberfang]

Actually in the comments section of that video the author says his actual speed actually runs in the range from 15 to 40 FPS. Which is natural. I think his average FPS would be 15 something. 40 only happens when there is basically nothing in the screen.

As for the recording being full speed, it's because when ZeroGS records a movie it will play back at full speed regardless on how fast your computer is. So say, you computer specs allow FFX to run at 120FPS, the resulting movie will still run at 60FPS.

Oh I didn't know that. Anyway is 8FPS the best i can take from my pc?? If the one in the video manage 15 to 40 FPS with a configuration similar at mine than i should reach the same FPS. Any ideas?

I put my configuration and some information about how I have set the plugins:

Video Plugin: ZeroGS KOSMOS 0.96.0

Interlace Enable
No Anti-Aliasing
640x480 resolution (windowed)

Sound Plugin P.E.Op.S SPU2 Dsound Driver 1.6.0

No Reverb
Cubic interpolation
(No other options set)

DVD plugin Linuzappz Iso CDVD Driver 0.5.0

CPU Settings

EERec - EE/IOP recompiler
VU Recompilers (both enabled)
Multi threaded G5 mode enabled
Frame Limiting Normal

[Fadingz]

fadingz, what kind of sphere did you pick? the normal one or the international one?

your welcome dude~
I used International sphere with english subtitle;)
hf

Oh I didn't know that. Anyway is 8FPS the best i can take from my pc?? If the one in the video manage 15 to 40 FPS with a configuration similar at mine than i should reach the same FPS. Any ideas?

I put my configuration and some information about how I have set the plugins:

Video Plugin: ZeroGS KOSMOS 0.96.0

Interlace Enable
No Anti-Aliasing
640x480 resolution (windowed)

Sound Plugin P.E.Op.S SPU2 Dsound Driver 1.6.0

No Reverb
Cubic interpolation
(No other options set)

DVD plugin Linuzappz Iso CDVD Driver 0.5.0

CPU Settings

EERec - EE/IOP recompiler
VU Recompilers (both enabled)
Multi threaded G5 mode enabled
Frame Limiting Normal

well, ps2 doesn't run on pentium 4 very well, you will need a duo or 2 duo for better or best result(2 duo especially). I get perfect 60+ to 200(charac screen) on my comp.
If it runs smoothly and without any gliches, then it probably is the best your comp can do.
btw, use my set up as in my previous reply(turn your sound setting down! your probably not gonna hear any sound difference anyway, but saves hella of speed ;))

[Saberfang]

By turning sound setting down i now reach 18-20FPS average that is pretty good (at least it work better than the one in the movie on youtube ;) ). I Think this is the best i can take from my pc and what really make the difference are dual core CPUs actually.

[Jensen]

Please help.
I can not play in FF-X and FF-X2 Russian, because some graphic are missing in this game and autohack is not included automatically.
Final Fantasy X (CRC=aec495cc SLUS_203.12 ) ;
Final Fantasy X-2 (CRC=ee97db5b SLUS_206.72 ).
As possible fixed this bug ???

(Sorry for my English.)

[Shiek927]

I have the game on my computer(not on a disc). These are my specs:

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHZ
1022 RAM
RADEON 9800 XT

What do you think? How should I set it up and what kind of FPS do you think I'll get? I have yet too actually play and see for myself.

[wisebuny]

Thank for the all the effort.

My FFX doesn't work in DC mode.

CRC = 3866ca7e / SLPM_675.13 / FFX International Version

it worked nice in DC mode in 0.9.1 version at the same setting.
thank you.

Computer Spec.
X2 4200/ 7600 GS / 1G ram / Xp SP2

[Shiek927]

Alright, I tested it out and I'm getting I got about 25FPS which quickly crawled down too about 15. From my specs, any advice too grab a few more frames?

[Vlado]

In the sound plugin configuration turn it up to the lowest *I use peops null plugin :D* that should add a nifty little 8-15 fps...but you are not gonna get more than 40 on that rig....

[Shiek927]

That's ok, I'm aware getting over that is pushing my luck, but i DO want too at least make it too 30(And not for a sec or 2).

Do you know where I can find that sound plugin?

[Vlado]

It's on the pcsx2.net site in the download section if i remember properly...

[Shiek927]

But the only thing there that's NULL is the CDDVD and according to the main site: "PEOPS CDVD plugin must be used!". I'm also using ZeroGS COSMO as my graphic plugin.

[Krizayor83]

Hello everyone! I'm new here but not the emulation domain ;)

for my first post in this great board I just want to ask if my specs are enough to get FFX (french version) to go faster than just an average 25 frames ingame (the fps counter goes mad in the 2D menus reaching 200fps!) using 0.9.2 pcsx2 (VM version)

Pentium D Processor 805 2.66 Ghz 533mhz Fsb 2x1mb Cache Lga775
i865G intel chipset based Motherboard
512 MB DDR Dual channel RAM at 400mhz.
250 GB SATA2 western digital.
sapphire radeon 9600XT 500mhz GPU / 128MB 300mhz memory.
Crystal soundfusion PCI sound card.

I'm using a game ISO with daemon tools
zeroGS 0.96 (all options off)
PEOPS SPU2 1.6.0 (all options min/off)
PEOPS CD/DVD 1.2.0 (IOCTL scsi commands, virtual d-tools drive, caching mode none, other options all off)
USA v01.60 bios
All CPU features enabled and and normal frame speed (when i use the simple frameskip option the animation becomes laggy)
no patches enabled.

well I think that's all i can report for my specs and emu config so if there's a solution please fell free to reply :)

[master_p]

Sorry? but I cannot for some reason download these files! Cold you give me another link?

Hi! I tried to download your memcards. but it downloads some web page. could you give me another link? (@MAIL.RU: ïî÷òà, íîâîñòè, ðàáîòà, ðàññûëêè, ðàçâëå÷åíèÿ. Ïî÷òà @MAIL.RU - áåñïëàòíàÿ ïî÷òà #1 (http://www.master_p@inbox.ru))

[Fadingz]

Hello everyone! I'm new here but not the emulation domain ;)

for my first post in this great board I just want to ask if my specs are enough to get FFX (french version) to go faster than just an average 25 frames ingame (the fps counter goes mad in the 2D menus reaching 200fps!) using 0.9.2 pcsx2 (VM version)

Pentium D Processor 805 2.66 Ghz 533mhz Fsb 2x1mb Cache Lga775
i865G intel chipset based Motherboard
512 MB DDR Dual channel RAM at 400mhz.
250 GB SATA2 western digital.
sapphire radeon 9600XT 500mhz GPU / 128MB 300mhz memory.
Crystal soundfusion PCI sound card.

I'm using a game ISO with daemon tools
zeroGS 0.96 (all options off)
PEOPS SPU2 1.6.0 (all options min/off)
PEOPS CD/DVD 1.2.0 (IOCTL scsi commands, virtual d-tools drive, caching mode none, other options all off)
USA v01.60 bios
All CPU features enabled and and normal frame speed (when i use the simple frameskip option the animation becomes laggy)
no patches enabled.

well I think that's all i can report for my specs and emu config so if there's a solution please fell free to reply :)

try to use linuzapps DVD plugin and just load the game from ISO; also, close any other running applications (like msn and etc.).
do u have the FFX DVD?

Thank for the all the effort.

My FFX doesn't work in DC mode.

CRC = 3866ca7e / SLPM_675.13 / FFX International Version

it worked nice in DC mode in 0.9.1 version at the same setting.
thank you.

Computer Spec.
X2 4200/ 7600 GS / 1G ram / Xp SP2

work fine in mine on 0.9.2 ;) i own the same game
what's ur pcsx2 setting? do u have MTGS enabled?

[Krizayor83]

do u have the FFX DVD?

yes i have it, why is that? i created myself the ISO image I'm using with nero7. (nrg format)

you think my specs are up to it for FFX? cause i tried Capcom VS SNK 2 (NTSC) and it works at full speed all the time. if i had to change something in my PC wich can it be? the CPU or the graphic card?

[Fadingz]

then u dun need daemon tool, use iso plugin and play from iso straight, likelinuzapps ISO
choose the directory of where you created the iso
if you wanna change ur comp, i'd say graphic card since it's cheaper
CPU will cost a fortune if you really want to, like Core2duo 2.40 ghz

[Krizayor83]

Thx for the tips Fadingz ;)

about the linuzapps plugin it doesn't seem to work for me, i used different DVD image forms (iso, nrg...) but the emulator tells me "there was an error loading xxx.iso or xxx.nrg"...

i did gain some frames when disabling antivirus and other background softs and it's now about 30 frames overall. The slowdown generally occurs in speech scenes (about 20/25 frames) and the game goes at full speed (40/50 frames) in the playing/combat scenes and 2D backgrounds.

[Fadingz]

^^ anytime
also, if u really want more fps, you can try to overclock ur gfx card, though quite risky. I got more than 10fps by overclocking mine(an extra 36mb memory boost and some core boost:D) just search the forum a bit, you'll find guides to do so, or just google it.

[Zwickie]

I have a little problem with FF-X and i hope it hasn't bin solved somewhere because i couldn't find anything with "the search".
My Problem:
the Graphik is realy good (about 25-35 fps) but I am unbreakable :)
My HP and Mana is always on 9999, and i got unlimeted Money (verx much nines) and i don't know what i have done?
I think i have never entered a Cheat or sth.

I hope you could help me with my Problem

[TieSKey]

Hi guys I have something odd to report.

After applying a patch created with this guide http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/72745-ipu-freeze-fix-patch-pal-ffx-ffx-demo.html for FF X (SLPS_250.26 - CRC: BB3D833A) the "Blocky and stuttering videos" problem was "solved". Instead I get some frames lost (almost none) and intermitent playback.

[nucleo]

The original japanese version SLPS-25020 has a slightly different program core causing sound issues thus not playable.

Speed has been sacrificed for compatibility in 0.9.2 - no need to report that.
Blocky and stuttering videos are a known issue - no need to report that.

- disable patches made for 0.9.1
- use "file/run CDVD", not "run/execute"
- use PEOPS CDVD driver to avoid infinite loops, install MSVC libraries (http://www.pcsx2.net/downloads.php?p=misc) if necessary
- in PEOPS SPU2 driver disable "threaded mode" (this is experimental, not for general testing)
- MTGS still might occasionally crash, if it happens retry scene w/o it, e.g. the intro before 1st savepoint

- with GSdx9 disable MTGS generally and enable FFX hack

- with zeroGS download the latest DirectX runtime libraries (http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/75838-how-make-pcsx2-recognize-new-zerogs.html)
- disable MTGS if FFX hack is not activated automatically
- press F9 to enable FFX hack manually
- only current zeroGS 0.96 supports FFX autohack
- graphics might look worse on out-dated graphics card with 16 bit floating point precision (e.g. ATI 9xxx)
- if you see checkerboard pattern, toggle anti-aliasing and/or bilinear filtering in zeroGs
- your graphics card driver must be set to application controlled anti-aliasing and filtering settings

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FFX-2 only:

I experienced a texture DMA related crash after finishing 1st mission
To pass this point enable wireframe mode in zeroGS (press SHIFT+F6)

To watch FFX-2 videos fullscreen, press F5 to toggle interlace
If you don't want to watch them, use custom skip video patch:
gametitle=Final Fantasy X-2 PAL
comment=patches by Nachbrenner
//PAL2NTSC (increase framerate by 20%)
patch=0,EE,0031e064,word,3c060002
//Deny Videos
patch=0,EE,0016bd70,word,03e00008
patch=0,EE,0016bd74,word,00000000

gametitle=Final Fantasy X-2 NTSC U/C
comment=patches by Nachbrenner
//Deny Videos
patch=0,EE,0016c198,word,03e00008
patch=0,EE,0016c19c,word,00000000

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for future MTGS support following CRC are missing
FFX-2 Spain
FFX-2 any asian version
Harvest Moon Japan
Harvest Moon PAL
so report CRC of these and corresponding SONY article number SCxS_xxx.xx
Don't annoy us with CRC from modified bootlegs :mad:

related links:
http://forums.ngemu.com/934819-post1.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/72745-ipu-freeze-fix-patch-pal-ffx-ffx-demo.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/81316-ffx-problem-pcsx2-v0-9-2-r2-solved.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/81859-ffx-2-blue-screen-battle.html

fyi - FFX hack fixes missing polygons as seen in attached picture.



Thank you for this piece of info. However would you mind explaining once more in plain simple english what settings to apply and what should and shouldn't be ticked?

The only reason i am asking this is because upon following your instructions, i haven't been able to find a way of using the zeroGS graphics plugin while also using the FFX hack feature, since it only exists in the GSdx9 plugin.

Furthermore, i am only using this emulator strictly for FFX, FFX-2. I have not tried running X but have tried with X-2. Everything works well until the intro, then suddenly my screen appears to be split horizontaly in 2, while displaying the same picture, some of the image resembles to a checkers board. But doesn't resemble so bad.

Could you please help?

I am on a AMD athlon x2, 4200+; 2GB ram; 512mb 6600 Geforce.
Operating system is a Windows XP Pro x64.

(I am not sure if it is because of my x64 operating system)

[jimdaddy]

Everything works well until the intro, then suddenly my screen appears to be split horizontaly in 2, while displaying the same picture, some of the image resembles to a checkers board. But doesn't resemble so bad.

Press F5 to disable interlace mode and it will fix the videos, however the sound still stutters (probably due to my ~20fps in the FMVs however).

[TieSKey]

The only reason i am asking this is because upon following your instructions, i haven't been able to find a way of using the zeroGS graphics plugin while also using the FFX hack feature, since it only exists in the GSdx9 plugin.


On the lastest zero gs plug-in (0.96 i think) the FFX hack is automatically enabled when playing FFX. Anyway u can activate/deactivate it using F9.

[wisebuny]

work fine in mine on 0.9.2 ;) i own the same game
what's ur pcsx2 setting? do u have MTGS enabled?

Are the CRC and Serial match with mine?
Then it is really weird. FFx autohack doesn’t start automatically so I have to press F9 to enable FFX hack but the game crash in MTGS mode

My setting goes

- PCSX2 VM mode 0.9.2
- Direct x 9.0c latest
- dual core optimizer/ AMD driver installed/ MS dual core patch installed
- OS : win xpsp2 English.
- Graphic plugin : ZeroGS 0.96 default setting (No BF/AA)
- CD plugin: PE.OPs CDVD plug in IOCTL/ thread mode
- I dumped ISO IMAGE and loading with DAEMON TOOL
- Sound plugin– PE.ops SPU2 default / low quality setting
- Pad 1,2 plugin: SSSPSX PAD (I am using a game pad called Cyvox)
- Bios USA /Japan version

Computer spec:
CPU - AMD 64 X2 4200
M.B : DFI Lanparty Expert SLI
RAM Samsung DDR 3200 256X4
VGA gigabyte 7600GS (450/ 800)
HDD : Samsung SATA2 80G HDD
ODD : LG DVD combo. 52 x

Welcome your feed back.

[dashboardy]

Bios USA /Japan version

I wasn't aware they made a USA/Japan version of the BIOS. Do you have more than 1 BIOS?

[wisebuny]

I wasn't aware they made a USA/Japan version of the BIOS. Do you have more than 1 BIOS?

Yes, I have serveral version of bios put in a same directory and the pcsx recognize all of them. (USA, Japan, EU version)
To solve the compatibility issue, I tried several version of bios but
I didn't notice the difference at all.

BTW nice rig you got.

[Barius]

So you downloaded the BIOS?

[TieSKey]

If u are not conserned of the "legal" issue, there are torrents with several bios...

Are the CRC and Serial match with mine?
Then it is really weird. FFx autohack doesn’t start automatically so I have to press F9 to enable FFX hack but the game crash in MTGS mode


U are playing X or X-2. In X-2 I have to enable it manualy every time I restart and before loading a game or it crashes. Also u can't load any saved game while using MTGS on X-2, don't know why.

[dashboardy]

Yes, I have serveral version of bios put in a same directory

Message flagged... no support for illegal BIOS dl's

[Fadingz]

If u are not conserned of the "legal" issue, there are torrents with several bios...

Please don't give suggestion or support for any piracy or piracy attempt, or you might get banned as well...read the FAQ before replying plz.
and yes we do consider the legal issue since it is serious and important for the emulator and the game/console suppliers

[General Plot]

Yes, I have serveral version of bios put in a same directory and the pcsx recognize all of them. (USA, Japan, EU version)
To solve the compatibility issue, I tried several version of bios but
I didn't notice the difference at all.
If u are not conserned of the "legal" issue, there are torrents with several bios...
You people had better lay off the warez talk or you're going to find yourself with warnings.:rolleyes:

[TieSKey]

OK ok, I just said "they" are in the internet beacuse he asked how someone could have diferent BIOS, but I understand the legal stuff and the risks for the whole proyect.

[bmreyna]

if you understand then why did you post about it in the forums? ANYWAYS
i got a question about a processor comparison real quick which is better


E4300
or
E6300

i heard they overclock about the same....

im also having a problem with X-2 with MTGS enabled... but it works fine without it. ^^

[Barius]

The E4300 is basically an E6300 without the virtualization feature, and with an FSB limit of 800Mhz (the FSB for E6300 is 1066). Since virtualization isn't something a home user, or a gamer, is likely to ever use it's pretty much a write off. The bus speed is the only significant difference IMHO.

I've read benchmarks showing that the E4300 is basically just as good at overclocking as the E6300, so you can still get very good performance out of it. So, my 2 cents is that if you are budget conscious the E4300 and a cheaper mobo (lower FSB) are going to be a very good option.

[dashboardy]

The thing is, right now the processors are about the same price +/- 10 bucks usually. As mentioned the E4300 has a lower FSB speed, which in theory should make it more overclockable with 800 MHz DDR2 ram. (i.e. you don't have to go to 1066 RAM). I'll agree with Barius - both an overclocked E4300 and E6300 can outperform a (stock) X6800 - with the E6300 being more able to match it because of L2 cache and Bus speed. but, you can save probably 200 bucks in RAM and Mobo by going to the E4300 and STILL outperform a stock X6800. man I love core 2.

[Fadingz]

for the MTGS&DC, you have to disale it for FFX to enable FFX-hack. just hope they mix ix it in the next version ;) ut the game is still near 40fps anyway so it shouldn't matter that much.

[UNoTCooLikeMe]

Hey, my FFX lags pretty bad, is there any way to resolve the problem? i have athlon 64 processer 994MHz, 512 RAM. Is it cuz of my computer or theres some plugins tat i should turn off?

[dashboardy]

994 MHz? you're kidding buddy, there's no such thing as a 994 mhz athlon 64. also read the faq at the beginning of this thread.

[UNoTCooLikeMe]

my bad, it's 1.99GHz lol. so should i get a better video card? it runs at about 20-30fps in the game, how fast should it run to aquire normal speed? 50fps?

[dashboardy]

download this (http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-138.zip) - there are several Athlon 64 at 2 GHz. This will ID which one.
Video card not as important as CPU - This (http://www.cpuid.org/download/pcw2007_v172.exe) is a utility that can also ID other hardware, and can say what motherboard you have, to see if you can upgrade to dual core.

[Solidussnake]

Hello

I've got the pcsx2 version 0.9.2 R2
I only can play with the programm without VM.
But in the game i only get 4-5 Fps
Its kinda slow i think because my spec isn't too bad.

My spec:
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-7VAX
Chipset: VIA KT400
Processor: AMD Athlon XP @ 2 GHz
Ram: 1,5 GB
Video card: ATI Radeon X800 GT

Somebody know something to help?

[StriderVM]

Solidussnake : Since it's an Athlon XP, and not an Athlon64 X2, That speed will be normal.

[Blackhawk42]

Hey guys, i got everything working fine but the only problem im facing is Lulu's overdrive. I dont know how to move the right analog stick. If there is a way to fix this, please tell me.

[Fadingz]

u need a different controler plugin like twinpad; however even with that, it's still quite hard to use.
the best way is just plug ur ps2 controller to ur pc

[Bertel]

Hi all
I just insallted PCX2 at my computer to play FFX at it. I read this guide and now FFX runs. But as i expected, its very slowly. I get only 8 to 15 fps. Now i want to make it al little bit faster. Thats my PC-system:
AMD Athlon XP 3100+
ATI Radeon 9200 256MB
1 GB RAM

I just tried to turn the sound off, but i couldn´t manage to do this. I copied the "SPU2null.dll" file to my plugin folder, but it isn´t displayed in the configuration dropdown list. So i continued using Peops Sound 1.6. There i set all options to its lowest value and unchecked all checkboxes. But i can still hear this bloody sound :cry: . So how can i turn the sound off to get a boost?
Are there any other tips you can give me to raise the performance?

Bertel

[Guaraná]

Well i dont want to open a new thread for a stupid question, so, please, let me use this one.

First of all, my game runs around 30fps all the time. i believe that's ok with y rig (athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.4ghz and 7600GT)

But I would like to understand one thing about the FPS and slowmotion-like performace. The FFX on the PS2 runs at 30fps constantly. Square-Enix at the time said that (actually most of the PS2 games runs at 30fps) . But you don't get that slow motion feeling that you get when playing with the emulator. Why not? is there a way to fix this? I tryed the frame skip but the frames gets jumping and it's even worst than in slowmotion.

Even with PC games, when the FPS gets around 30 I can feel the difference, but I still can play it nicely. Not as smoth as if it was 60fps, but still no slowmotion and no "jumping frames".

sorry for my band english.

[Smasher]

Well i dont want to open a new thread for a stupid question, so, please, let me use this one.

First of all, my game runs around 30fps all the time. i believe that's ok with y rig (athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.4ghz and 7600GT)

But I would like to understand one thing about the FPS and slowmotion-like performace. The FFX on the PS2 runs at 30fps constantly. Square-Enix at the time said that (actually most of the PS2 games runs at 30fps) . But you don't get that slow motion feeling that you get when playing with the emulator. Why not? is there a way to fix this? I tryed the frame skip but the frames gets jumping and it's even worst than in slowmotion.

Even with PC games, when the FPS gets around 30 I can feel the difference, but I still can play it nicely. Not as smoth as if it was 60fps, but still no slowmotion and no "jumping frames".

sorry for my band english.
50 FPS is the actual speed of the PS2 Games(knew this from GSDX9 displayin 100% @50 FPS)IF u still feel pcsx2 is slow then blame u'r Feelings.:rotflmao:

[Guaraná]

on the emulator might be, but the game ON THE PS2 runs at 30fps. And on the PS2 i don't feel the slomotion sensation that i see on the emulator. How to solve that problem.

[Smasher]

on the emulator might be, but the game ON THE PS2 runs at 30fps. And on the PS2 i don't feel the slomotion sensation that i see on the emulator. How to solve that problem.
How can u tell that it runs @ 30 FPS :???:

[Thief^]

on the emulator might be, but the game ON THE PS2 runs at 30fps. And on the PS2 i don't feel the slomotion sensation that i see on the emulator. How to solve that problem.

The game might only run at 30fps, but the ps2 still runs at 50/60 fps, it just has to display the same image two frames in a row. The fps quoted by pcsx2 is the ps2 fps not the game fps. Basically saying the game runs at 30fps just means that it only updates it's graphics every 2nd frame, so with pcsx2 running at 30fps the game would be running at ~15fps, make sense?

[Guaraná]

@Thief^, thanks, that make sense.

@Smasher, IGN, gamespot, Square-Enix, Famitsu... told that for me. :)

So the only way to solve the slowmotion is upgrading my PC. Ok hehehe.

[Tudhalyas]

Hi guys! :D

First of all, my computer specs:
AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+
2 GBs of RAM
GeForce 7950 GT (512 MBs of VRAM on-board)

I've just managed to install PCSX2 0.9.2 and to try Final Fantasy X on it, with these settings:
ZeroGS KOSMOS 0.96.0: Interlace Enabled, no Bilinear Filtering, no AA, resolution @ 1024x768
PEOpS SPU2 1.61.0
SSSPSX Pad Plugin 1.7.0
PEOpS CDVD Driver 1.2.0: W2K/XP IOCTL, Read-Ahead, 4x speed (I'm using it along with Daemon Tools)
BIOS: v2.00, European version.

Since I have a dual core CPU I've tried to enable MTGS and dual core mode in the CPU settings, but if I run the game and I activate the FFX Hack using F9, as soon as the intro of FFX appears, the video output window "goes crazy" showing artifacts everywhere, while the DOS console shows a bunch of lines saying "Transfer1 - 2". oO
If I deactivate MTGS and dual core mode, the game just runs fine, but it's very, very slow for my kind of machine (around 24 FPS during the introduction). :cry:

Can someone help me?? Thank you so much! :bow: :bow: :bow:

[Fadingz]

this problem isn't fixed in this version...you'll need to wait for the next one to come out
it's a known issue

[Tudhalyas]

this problem isn't fixed in this version...you'll need to wait for the next one to come out
it's a known issue
Ok, thanks for your reply ;)

[Bertel]

Hi all
I just insallted PCX2 at my computer to play FFX at it. I read this guide and now FFX runs. But as i expected, its very slowly. I get only 8 to 15 fps. Now i want to make it al little bit faster. Thats my PC-system:
AMD Athlon XP 3100+
ATI Radeon 9200 256MB
1 GB RAM

I just tried to turn the sound off, but i couldn´t manage to do this. I copied the "SPU2null.dll" file to my plugin folder, but it isn´t displayed in the configuration dropdown list. So i continued using Peops Sound 1.6. There i set all options to its lowest value and unchecked all checkboxes. But i can still hear this bloody sound :cry: . So how can i turn the sound off to get a boost?
Are there any other tips you can give me to raise the performance?

Bertel

It seems that nobody has recognised my post.
Is anyone here who can help me?

Bertel

[Fadingz]

have you tried the 256 color setting for gfx?
seems like your gfx is what's limiting the speed the most, not your sound

[Bertel]

Thank you for the answer.
But i couldn´t find anything where i can change the color settings.
I use GSdx9(MSVC 14.00, SSE2) 0.9.0

[Vokail]

Hello for everybody.
I seen in this quickstart guide a screnshot of FFX on PCSX2 that show what is happening on my pc

see my screenshot:


http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/5069/ffxps2emuhc9.th.png (http://img483.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ffxps2emuhc9.png)



i have amd64 3000 and Geforce 6600 GT.. how i can solve this problem?

i use this plug-in:

ZeroGS 0.96
PEOPS SPU2 1.6.0
SSSPSX PAD 1.7.0
Linuzappz Iso CDVD Driver 0.5.0
Bios: Europe 01.60(4/10/2001)


anyone can help me?

Thank you!

[Barius]

@Bertel,

It's a Windows setting, not PCSX2. Right-Click on pcsx2(t).exe and select 'properties'. Under the compatibility settings select 256 colour mode.

@Vokail

Press F9 while in-game.

[Vokail]

@Barius

i press F9 in the game.. but i have no result :(

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/953/ffx2ps2em2tf2.th.png (http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ffx2ps2em2tf2.png)

[Tudhalyas]

@Vokail
You should press F9 as soon as you can see the output window of ZeroGS, when you press it a line saying "FFX Hack on" should appear.

[nepsquare]

Nope, you should be able to press it indefinetly.

[Barius]

@Vokail,

Press it again until it works ;)

[Vokail]

thanks to all.. the problem is solved :D

but i have only 20fps .. and FFX is not playable at this frame rate.. how i can solve this problem?

[Thief^]

thanks to all.. the problem is solved :D

but i have only 20fps .. and FFX is not playable at this frame rate.. how i can solve this problem?
i have amd64 3000 and Geforce 6600 GT.. how i can solve this problem?
You can't, your pc is too slow. Play it on your ps2 instead or upgrade your pc. If you have a socket 939 or AM2 cpu then you could fairly easily upgrade to an Athlon 64 X2, but you still might not get full speed. An Intel core 2 duo is recommended at the moment, the better ones get full speed in FFX most of the time.

[cakster]

Ok, my PC

Athlon64 X2 3800+
NF550 chipset
7600GT

Same problem as other X2 user. MTGS with FFXHack results with crash of the PCSX2. Transfer1 - 2 is all i see in console. Tudhalyas, i also get 24fps min in scenes but your CPU has more power. Hmm... same settings as yours.

[pika8387]

Been playing around with the different settings with the "Graphics" and "Cdvdrom" for FFX..
:laugh:

It seems that for my particular system (see my specs in my signature), it's ONLY able to load the PS2 disc (playable condition) when:
Graphics: GSdx9
Cdvd: EFP polling 0.4.0
**Other than this two settings, my system will NOT work for me at all.. Lolz...**
MTGS / DC NOT enabled, cos it crash my program...


Blocky video is a thing that's not fixed in PCSX2, hmmm... but the background of the games are really in bad shape!! :rotflmao:
Tried how to ON the FFhack but not sure how to.. Pressed F9 during the games load, but nothing happen.. Maybe need to install something..? :laugh:
Nice character but with all checkers background though..
:lol:



Well, with the above settings, my game started off with a constant 78fps for the beginning. When the scenery starts, it drops to 9fps the more i waited (before pressing start button), the fps value decrease... until around 3fps.. :rotflmao:
Hmmmm... *ponders*
That's not all.. After pressing start, the main screen appears and fps shot up to 60fps..
BUT entering 'new game' cost the fps to drop and drop again...... :lol:


I have to use "End Task" when it's in windowed form before i can close it sucessfully..



Any kind person is able to help me?? Thanks!! :bow:

[Fadingz]

Have you tried to burn the image into an ISO file? and you comp is a bit too slow for PCSX2 I'm afraid :/ you probably need a desktop
and I'm not so sure if tablet PC is supported

[pika8387]

Lolz.. ^-^ll
My Desktop is Worst...
Hmmm... So...
Which specs i must change it to be better?
and...

How to burn the image into an ISO file? lolz..

[hsk]

Hi , everyone , I'm a gamer from vietnam .
You said FFX with Gsdx9 is better , but with ZeroGS .096 , my FPS is better . about 10FPS :D .
My current with Zero is 15-50 FPS , menu is ~70-80FPS .

My specs PIV 3.0 -> 3,45ghz . RAM 512mb bus 400 . ATI 9550GE 256mb-128 bit ...

Ah, Do you think if i take ATI x1650Pro-512mb or 6600GT , I can play FF X with FPS = ? ...
Thanks everyone :)

[Eternal Calm]

x1650pro is better, if you can, take a 7900gs, it'll cost you ~30-40$ more than x1650pro in VietNam

[hsk]

x1650pro is better, if you can, take a 7900gs, it'll cost you ~30-40$ more than x1650pro in VietNam

Hah , Do you know price of hardware in vietnam , hope you're vietnamese :D .
Thanks You , silver . I will take a look .;)

[pika8387]

Blocky video is a thing that's not fixed in PCSX2, hmmm... but the background of the games are really in bad shape!! :rotflmao:
Tried how to ON the FFhack but not sure how to.. Pressed F9 during the games load, but nothing happen.. Maybe need to install something..? :laugh:
Nice character but with all checkers background though..
:lol:



Well, i fixed the "Nice character but with all checkers background" by checking the "NLOOP 0 hack" should be the FFhack i assume.. Lolz..
Now then i find out..

Hmmm...
How to burn the image into an ISO file? lolz..

*fainted*

Still, it's running slow.. :lol:

[Wraithan]

Howdy, lets start off with CPU specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4GHz 4MB L2 Cache)
GFX: GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
RAM: 1GB of DDR2 667MHz

I first attempted to use the FFX CD directly using the PEOPS CDVD plugin, but the game didn't feel like loading. Then I tried making a ISO and using Linuzappz ISO CDVD plugin, and experienced a couple crashes before I got to the movie where Tidas plays Blitzball and Sin arrives. So now I am using an ISO running via Daemon Tools and using the PEOPs plugin and I am able to play.

With most options maxed out I get 40-70FPS, but if any movies come on I have to turn AA off, or else it is distorted beyond any sort of recognition aside from the general color of the scene. Is there any way to resolve this, or do I have to watch all the movies in lower quality?

[Fadingz]

AA does not change the quality of CG any wayb/c in FFX, all CG are made into PSS files (2D media files rather).

[Wraithan]

Well they look blocky/crappy I assumed it was because it wasn't being AA'd, what other options could up the quality?

[Zurbo]

Hi,
I just tried to play FF X with the PCSX 2 v0.9.2 and it worked a bit, but not good enough. I have FPS around 35 (at intro and the first playable scene) and this sucks. AND: After the intro I do not have any sound.

My system configuration:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @1.86GHz
GeForce 7900 GS
1GB DDR-2 Ram

Isnt this enough to play FF X with 50 FPS or do I have any wrong configurations?

I hope you can help me!

[Zurbo]

Just overclocked my CPU a bit and it seem to work much better now, but I still got no sound after the intro. Is there any solution for this problem?

[Fadingz]

What's your sound setting?

@ Wraith:
Nothing for CG atm setting wise; all you can do is get a decent GPU

[Zurbo]

Thats it...

[Wraithan]

Fadingz: I hope that a GeForce 8800GTS 640m is counted as a decent GPU! I had to save up for a couple months to get it.
So no way to up the quality though? I will have to try a couple ideas and get back to you guys. =/

[GreenSoda]

"Blocky" movies are a known bug of the current PCSX2 version -you really can´t do anything about it. (GPU has *nothing* to do with it.)

[Zurbo]

Nobody got an answer to my sound problem?

[Intergalactic]

In my case (about Final Fantasy X-2) I only see some dots after I start a new game, it doesn't continue, doesn't start or make any noise. The intro works fine though. Any ideas on how to make it work?

[ctf1969]

My settings and average FPS in case any one wants to know or use my settings :

Pentium D 805 over clocked at 2.99 ghz cooled with freezer pro 7 , HIS ATI RADEON x1650 PRO IceQ AGP 512mb GDDR2 stock speed ( over clocked it and did not see a difference in FPS ). Windows XP Professional SP2 (5.1.2600) , 1024mb pc 3200 ram.


Settings:
Visual effects in windows set to best performance ( not that I know if it does a difference... , but I read it does in another thread ). Pcsx2 0.92 Watermoose running with 256 color and disabled visual themes compability .

ZeroGS KOSMOS 0.96.0 : Tried Interlace( disabled/ mode 0 / mode1 ), did not see any graphical difference and it did not change my FPS.
Bilinear Filtering lowered my FPS so I turned it off.
Anti-aliasing : 4x during game play ( doesn't affect my FPS at all but improves graphic quality) Off during videos ( videos become scrambled if AA is on ).
Wireframe : off
Default Window size ; 1280x960 ( didn't see a FPS impact at lower resolutions).

Sound: P.E.Op S. SPU2 1.6.0 : no reverb , no interpolation , all other settings off , I had trouble with SPU2 Irq on , it would cause distortion in certain frequencies. Tried adding NULL sound plug-in but I couldn't get 0.9.2 to recognize it ( it did in 0.9.1 )

EFP Iso CDVD driver 0.6.0 with SLUS_203.12.

Cpu : All settings on , Frame limiting ( or else menus are like at 150-250 FPS and moving around is a pain ).

As for my FPS , it depends where I am , I get 25-35 in the huge places with lots of people ( walking feels like you're in slow motion ). In most places I get 35-45 FPS , In fast places I get 45-64. Videos are usually slower at 20-30 , And battles around the same ( summoning AEONS slows down also ).

I find the speed is pretty good for such an outdated system, its sluggish but really playable.

Hope this helps anyone :)

[Intergalactic]

In my case (about Final Fantasy X-2) I only see some dots after I start a new game, it doesn't continue, doesn't start or make any noise. The intro works fine though. Any ideas on how to make it work?

Please, it's urgent! =(

[Thief^]

In my case (about Final Fantasy X-2) I only see some dots after I start a new game, it doesn't continue, doesn't start or make any noise. The intro works fine though. Any ideas on how to make it work?
Please, it's urgent! =(

It can't be THAT urgent. As you legally need a ps2 to use pcsx2, if something doesn't work on pcsx2 just play it on your ps2 instead.

[Intergalactic]

Sounds nice from someone called "Thief^". No, I don't have a PS2, I've got everything from my friend. I have only like two days to play the game, but I can't run it. So instead of not being helpful, let someone who knows it help.

[Thief^]

Congrats, you are going to get yourself banned. You legally need to OWN a ps2 to use pcsx2 (from a friend isn't good enough). Piracy isn't supported on this forum, so just wait for a moderator to come along...

[Intergalactic]

Right, it's my half-brother, it's brought from our parents, it's legally mine too. You really are a helpful one.

[The Magic Hobo]

Why did you say friend and not half-brother in the first place?

[Fadingz]

"Blocky" movies are a known bug of the current PCSX2 version -you really can´t do anything about it. (GPU has *nothing* to do with it.)

I said there is no way to improve it already oO. GPU helps the preformance...
Try to run the CG with Radeon >X series, I doubt there wouldn't a difference...
The block bug has been mensioned thousand times already, so I guess I do not need to repeat that again.

@Intergalactic
Read the rules and stickies before you post.

[Intergalactic]

Why did you say friend and not half-brother in the first place?
It's none of your business (I guess it's not that obvious), that's why I just said it's some friend. And in the end nobody actually said anything about my real question.

[The Magic Hobo]

Hey no disrespect I just wondered is all!

[Intergalactic]

That's okay (not with the theif guy though).

So anyways, anyone know why FFX2 won't run after the menu? It plays really good, after I click New Game it crashes, shows only many dots (as you described) but instead of actually playing a movie it freezes...

[The Magic Hobo]

Do you mean that it freezes before it starts playing the intro movie? If it does you could try making a skip video patch for it.

[Intergalactic]

Yup, it starts right when the video's supposed to start. Can you tell me how to activate the patch?

[although I'd love to see the videos too but since there's no other way...]

[The Magic Hobo]

You have to put the patch in the patches folder in the pcsx2 directory, and then in pcsx2 click on misc, and then enable patches. I remeber seeing a skip video patch over in the user patches thread, you should give that a go.

(Or is that the one your using? Damn my inability to read things properly!)

[Intergalactic]

Thanks, it works now. Lags alot though, and the patches disable most of the sound :[

[Fadingz]

You two...
do you understand what PIRACY IS NOT SUPPORTED/ALLOWED HERE?
It is not written is Shakespearean English, hence piracy DOES matter.
Also, if you wanna help people who pirate, then this is not the place for you either.

[Intergalactic]

Who's pirating?

[Fadingz]

No, I don't have a PS2, I've got everything from my friend.

I don't know, but he is the one ^:thumb: ^

[Intergalactic]

Read all of the posts before embrassing yourself.

[Thief^]

I only assumed you were pirating because you explicitly said that you didn't have a ps2, and "got everything from a friend". No offence, but there is no way that that doesn't sound dodgy.

And btw, if it's slow or buggy it's because pcsx 2 isn't finished, and isn't supposed to be a substitute for playing games on a real ps2, just something to muck around with.

Although I must say I'm amazed that it is capable of emulating FFX at full speed on my pc already.

[Intergalactic]

Yup... it runs almost perfectly fast, but it's still pretty unplayable :/

[amaasbier]

hi! can someone help me with my problem? i get to play the game smoothly but it always crashes on the part on the beginning when tidus just escaped from the stadium and auron told him to look up into the sky. at first, i was playing using a game disc so i made an iso in my hard drive but i still got the same result. i used different graphical settings and even different cdvdrom settings but i got the same result. the game is smooth, running at around 40-60 fps on the average but it always crashes at that certain point.

btw here are my specs:
[...]

*edit*
i used fadingz's memcards so i managed to load into the first save point and so far so good. thanks dude!

hi there...
got the same problem as chickenchaser. i already d/led fadingz memcards, but though each file has the size of ~8MB it still doesnt display any states neither when i try loading them ingame nor when i try accessing them via "Config -> Patches" in the emulator. i already reselected them via "Select Mcd" and tried "Reload Mcd" but nothing happens.
i'm using the PAL version of the game and, as chickenchaser did, i as well used different settings for video-/cpu-/dvd- and sound-plugins but still it doesnt get beyond this point and crashes. i think that the bios im using (Europe v02.00 (14/06/2004)) should be applicable to the ISO ive got.
im running mad... thanks for any help :D


*edit*

my specs:
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 4,8GHz
7600GT
2GB Dual channel RAM

my (current) settings:
gfx: ZeroGS v0.96.0
sfx: PEOpS v1.6.0
dvd: EFP Iso v0.6.0
bios: Europe v02.00 (14/06/2004)

i'd be happy if someone could send me any working memcard, because the one from fadingz apparently doesn't work for me.
kindest regardz0rz

ps:
this is my first post and i didnt mention it. whatever - hi to all of you, etc.

[The Magic Hobo]

Just one question, is there a particular reason you quoted the date in the BIOS name? I may be wrong but BIOS's that you download illegally usually incorporate the date they were dumped into the file name, is this the case?Or have I jumped to conclusions? I do that sometimes!(And if anyones wondering how I know, It's not because I downloaded any BIOS's but if you want the explanaiton I will post it! It just would make this post very long)

[amaasbier]

no, i don't have a special reason for posting the date along with the bios version. just take it as additional info. :)

[The Magic Hobo]

Ok, if you did dump your own BIOS it's ok, Piracy isn't supproted here! As it happens I have the exact same problem you do, I did have one completely random, shot in the dark idea, about using G3dx9 instead of zerogs, I would have tried it myself but my bedroom is a ****hole and I cant find the ff-X disc! As soon as I find it I'll try it though, and if you try it tell me how it goes!Like I said, it might not work at all though.

Oh and sorry for taking so long to reply, my crappy pc crapped out on me and I had to wait for it to cool down(literally, overclocked AMD durons dont work very well for longer than about five seconds!)

[amaasbier]

do always make backups from your original games, so you can put them into your shiny collection-cupboard xD

i just tried G3dx9... but still the emulator crashes when im leaving the scene southwards. i find it interesting though that pcsx2 now fails loading the savestate i made via emu. as well i can't start a new game anymore and the game crashes.
but now that i've switched back to zerogs, it works again fine.

i'm sorry to tell - this doesn't bring me/us any further.

[The Magic Hobo]

Oh well, it might have worked! And as for backing up games, I do, It's just I only have a 200 GB HDD, with 54 games to backup, so not all get backuped, I have to decide which ones are more important! And it already has windows, a few pc games and a couple of movies saved on it, not to mention my ENTIRE psone game collection!(42, If your interseted!) And I know where the original disc is, its in a cupboard behind a vertical standing freezer(the room the freezer was in was demolished!It was made of wood and was starting to rot!:dead: ) I meant I didn't know where the copy I made of it is, I dont fancy moving a freezer thats bigger than me for one game:lol: But I suppose I should go and get it to see if I can find another soultion, and order that terabyte hard drive I was eyeing up in my local computer shop:lol:

[WkoD]

hi,
i'm playing FFX-2 now, because i'm through FFX, but sometimes it crashes randomly (i think because the dual-core options are enabled).

Also there is this bluescreen sometimes in battles. It's playable with it, but i wondered if this problem is solved up to now...

And the Cutscenes are running at 26-32 FPS while the game itself has 60 and above. Is this normal?

Specs:
C2D E6600@3060Ghz
1Gb RAM
Radeon X1950XTX

[The Magic Hobo]

Ok, I had another idea(that didn't work, but made a tiny, miniscule bit of progress!)I tried using pcsx2t instead and instead of the program crashing, it just hangs, this isn't the advancement of the century, but it's something. I cant think of anything else to try so Im gonna wait for the next release and hope it helps, and if it doenst then, I dont know!

@ WKoD, what is your plugin config? Like are you using ZeroGS(more likely!)or G3DX9(not likely, but still, you didn't say!) and are you using an ISO or the actual disc? And the blue screens and random crashes, I dont know,cus I dont have FFX-2. But the framerates your getting I would say are about right, you should check the screenshots thread to see what other people get if you still aren't sure. Oh and you could try playing without the dual core options on, it will reduce your framerates but it might not crash(as much!).

[WkoD]

the crashing stopped after i disabled the dual core options, so this problem is solved.
in the sreenshot thread someone get low FPS in the cutscenes too, so this seems to be a general problem

some people got random bluescreens during the battle too, but i wondered, if there is a fix now

and i use zerogs and made an iso of the game

[The Magic Hobo]

If your framerates are low now you've turned off the dual core options you could try enabling 256 colour mode if you haven't already, it might help a little bit.

[WkoD]

256 color mode didn't bring anything, but my FPS are still acceptable

[The Magic Hobo]

Out of interest, what do you get with the dual core options off?

[Thunderhit]

Anyone that knows a way how to solve that problem with the beginning where auron gave tidus the sword, walks out of the scene and reappears, but then nothing happens, the fps change, though, but nothing... tried every possible setting, but no solution. Could anyone give a save from the first savepoint? Since i couldnt find one anywhere :-(

[WkoD]

Out of interest, what do you get with the dual core options off?

stable >60 FPS with Framelimit

sometimes down to 50 when the viewpoint is to far away.
also the battle-begin-animation runs a little slow, but that was with dual-core options enabled too

[Fadingz]

Anyone that knows a way how to solve that problem with the beginning where auron gave tidus the sword, walks out of the scene and reappears, but then nothing happens, the fps change, though, but nothing... tried every possible setting, but no solution. Could anyone give a save from the first savepoint? Since i couldnt find one anywhere :-(

which version do ou have? I have international uploaded in this thread already if that's what you need. Elitegamer has other uploaded in other threads I believe. (search FFX underhis username)

[Thunderhit]

Using 0.9.2 on Vista 64bit, if you mean my ffx version, its the german one. Found your saves, was able to load em because they found a way to do so somewhere in this post through a patch :-)
Well, used your first savegame. Did you start with the profi-sphere board or what it is called? or with the standard one?

[Fadingz]

Using 0.9.2 on Vista 64bit, if you mean my ffx version, its the german one. Found your saves, was able to load em because they found a way to do so somewhere in this post through a patch :-)
Well, used your first savegame. Did you start with the profi-sphere board or what it is called? or with the standard one?

I use the international sphere, not the japanese shere cuz it is larger and has more empty slots :D

[MrLavender]

hi there...
got the same problem as chickenchaser. i already d/led fadingz memcards, but though each file has the size of ~8MB it still doesnt display any states neither when i try loading them ingame nor when i try accessing them via "Config -> Patches" in the emulator. i already reselected them via "Select Mcd" and tried "Reload Mcd" but nothing happens.
i'm using the PAL version of the game and, as chickenchaser did, i as well used different settings for video-/cpu-/dvd- and sound-plugins but still it doesnt get beyond this point and crashes. i think that the bios im using (Europe v02.00 (14/06/2004)) should be applicable to the ISO ive got.
im running mad... thanks for any help :D


*edit*

my specs:
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 4,8GHz
7600GT
2GB Dual channel RAM

my (current) settings:
gfx: ZeroGS v0.96.0
sfx: PEOpS v1.6.0
dvd: EFP Iso v0.6.0
bios: Europe v02.00 (14/06/2004)

i'd be happy if someone could send me any working memcard, because the one from fadingz apparently doesn't work for me.
kindest regardz0rz

ps:
this is my first post and i didnt mention it. whatever - hi to all of you, etc.

When you say it "crashes" do you mean the emulator actually crashes with a program error, or it just appears to freeze?

Reason I ask is that I've seen both that Auron bug, and the one when Yuna becomes a summoner in Besaid, and all I had to do was wait 2-3 minutes and it eventually carried on. I knew it wasn't totally frozen because the frame rate was still changing.

I'm also running the PAL version of the game with the v2.0 bios. Same setup as you except I'm using the Linuzappz Iso CDVD Driver 0.5.0.

[Fadingz]

have you tried to use the TBL version to skip? It helped when I had the same problem in 0.9.1. (I never have the problem again in 0.9.2):
sphere save in VM, load it in TBL then pass that part.

[XoRDy]

I have a problem with Final Fantasy X spnish edition and PCSX 0.9.3 under linux

My computer has an ubuntu 7.04 with drivers 9631 installed, a Geforce 7600GT, 1'5GB of RAM, and an C2D E6400

See the attached image please.

Is it the famous video bug, or is an bug that only affects me?
PD: This should be the blitzball video

By the way: the snapshots that captures pcsx 0.9.3 are BMP with jpg extension, I had to rename, open and compress the file.

[chudmo]

hi guys im bought final fintasy x-II and when i tryed to play at my pc there are some major graphic problems :(, dont know why, the speed its good but the are so many graphic problems, my pc its:

intel e6600, evga 680i motherboad, for the momment 512 mbs 533mhz, and a asus/ati x1900xt, so it should be enough to run the game perfect right?

well i updated the libaries of directx and the graphics looks better now :)

[MrLavender]

XoRDy: If you have AA enabled press F6 to turn it off during FMVs.

[BirdFuzz]

I have a problem with Final Fantasy X spnish edition and PCSX 0.9.3 under linux

My computer has an ubuntu 7.04 with drivers 9631 installed, a Geforce 7600GT, 1'5GB of RAM, and an C2D E6400

See the attached image please.

Is it the famous video bug, or is an bug that only affects me?
PD: This should be the blitzball video

By the way: the snapshots that captures pcsx 0.9.3 are BMP with jpg extension, I had to rename, open and compress the file.

Seeing the same thing on 0.9.3/Linux, with a GeForce 7100 (more accurately known as 6200),and 9755.
I -think- it's not the same classic "blocky videos" bug --- there was a clip of that earlier in this thread, post #13 and that was mostly watchable, and not just giant blocks with occassional flashes of corrupted content..

And no, interlace and AA settings don't make a diff for this..

P.S. do you get stuff upside down in many battles, too?

Edit: http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/84780-final-fantasy-x-video-problem.html?highlight=blocky+videos

has nice screenshots of the infamous bug, too. Seems very different from this one..

[chudmo]

btw does anyone have a memory card that can share with me, im stucked at the blitzball game! and i wanna win but i suck :P does anyone have a memory card of their final fantasy with that game won :D so it could shared it :) btw excellent job pcsx2 team!:D

[Fadingz]

you can use mine, already uploaded in this thread ;)

[chudmo]

you can use mine, already uploaded in this thread ;)

thx man :D i was gettind mad! with that blitzball game!:lol:

[Fadingz]

thx man :D i was gettind mad! with that blitzball game!:lol:

XD I used phaste to make tidus and wakka lvl 99 with all type of shots :D on the second round (which is the first time on pcsx2, cheat is one advantage of pcsx2 over ps2 hoho!)
I hate that mini game too :x

[chudmo]

XD I used phaste to make tidus and wakka lvl 99 with all type of shots :D on the second round (which is the first time on pcsx2, cheat is one advantage of pcsx2 over ps2 hoho!)
I hate that mini game too :x

didnt worked :( your version its the international right? :(

[Fadingz]

yeah :p
try this then.
http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-official-forum/82440-ffx-ffx-2-ffxii-saves.html
and use the link I gave you to convert into your version if you are not using USA


EDIT: use this link from Elitegamer:
he has all the versions http://forums.ngemu.com/misc-ps2-discussion/86457-ffx-saved-games.html?highlight=game+saves

[chudmo]

thx dude, the 2nd link memcard worked but he is tooooooo far xD 96 hours played i was at 4 hours xD i guess i will have to learn that blitzball thing :lol:

[silver_strider]

I'm having some issues with the sound in FF X.

Some one mentioned this problem a few pages back, but I couldn't find a reply to it. I apologize if this is a standard problem which everyone gets, but I couldn't find any evidence of that in the quickstart guide, and I've read that the game is 'fully playable' (I would assume that this includes sound).

The problem is that I'm not getting sound after the intro. I got a bit in the very beginning (like the intro movie and in-game before the first blitzball video where sin arrives), but then after that nothing.

I get some occasional sound effects (like rushing water, and some weirdly distorted explosion sounds), but otherwise nothing. No music, effects or dialogue. The weird thing is that I do get sound in the cinematic cut scenes.

Other than that the game seems to run fine, I'm averaging about ~20-30 fps, and the cinematic fmv sequences are running fine (they're blocky, but I can live with that, I enjoyed them on my plasma TV when I first played the game :) ). It feels a bit sluggish, but not too badly.

I'm running the game from an .nrg file of my PAL version of FF X that I made with nero. (hard disk access is faster than DVD drive) I'm using pcsx2 0.9.2 under windows XP SP 2. Obviously the PEOPs SPU2 plugin (since 0.9.2 won't allow anything else)

For the settings of the plugin:

volume: medium
reverb: no reverb
interpolation: none
none of the misc options enabled.

And my sound comes from the on-board of my ASUS P5ND2 SLI-deluxe motherboard.

Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance.

[Fadingz]

what's your system spec?

[silver_strider]

Specs are:

Motherboard: ASUS P5ND2 SLI Deluxe
CPU: Pentium 4, 3.00GHz with Hyperthreading
Graphics Card: nvidia GeForce 6600GT (128mb)
RAM: 1Gig (not sure of exact details, are they important?)
Windows XP SP 2
On-board sound

Oh, nothing is overclocked by the way.

Oh, nothing is overclocked by the way.

[PolejTeqile]

I've got problem with loading patch. Can anybody help me ? My PCSX can't load patches/ default.xml - it is saying that document is empty. what should i do? Movies in final fantasy X 2 running reaaally slow, i dont know how to patch it :* sorry for my english

[Fadingz]

I've got problem with loading patch. Can anybody help me ? My PCSX can't load patches/ default.xml - it is saying that document is empty. what should i do?
That's is normal and it is just there to prevent errors when no patch is needed. ;)

Movies in final fantasy X 2 running reaaally slow, i dont know how to patch it :* sorry for my english

What's your PC spec?

[okeee]

Has this sound issue for Japanese FFX already been fixed, by a patch or anything?


Could you analysis SLPS-25050 (FFX Janapese) code to solve sound issues
I have the ELF file (SLPS_250.50, 4.32MB) if you want.

It still not playable if no patch (CRC: 6a4efe60), causing loud noise repeatly.

But still can't play thought battle system even patched with following:
patch=0,EE,00125f50,word,00000000
patch=0,EE,00125f58,word,00000000

[Fadingz]

That's from Old November 18th, 2006, 23:42, hence PCSX2 0.9.1; there's no more problems in 0.9.2 that can impede you from playing supposedly ;)

[okeee]

But I use PCSX2 0.9.2 as well, and I have exact the same problems as described. (no sound, no battles).

[Fadingz]

What's your system spec?

[okeee]

AMD atlon 3500+, Geforce 7900gt, 1gb ram, win xp. Also, I'm using Japanese FFX, not English FFX.

[jmad]

Hello there, its my first post, and of course it has to do with a problem. PCSX2 crashes in the beginning of the game, after I sign some balls and walk the huge walkway. In the end of the way, when I change screen, everything collapses (sometimes I manage to see for some secs the stadium entrance from high-above). No matter what combination I tried in the plugins, nothing happened. I also deactivated everything in the CPU options, but still...

My system is Intel Core Duo 6600, 2 GB RAM, Geforce 8800GTS, and running Windows Vista 64bit. Any help with this?

[Darkplayer]

#182

Disable the DualCore options (MTGS and the other)!

With setting are you using!?

[jmad]

Unfortunately I already have tried those Dual-Core options, but still the same. When you say setting, you mean the plugins? Well, actually the problem persists using ANY graphics, sound, or dvd plugin (ok, I didn't try another sound plugin cos there is only one in the package). I also tried any BIOS I could find, from European to Japanese... Too bad, cos the emulator runs great until that -early- point. I'll try using another sound plugin and I will post the results here.

Update: Hmmm... There is no other sound plugin as I see...

[Alan_Brito]

I also tried any BIOS I could find, from European to Japanese... Too bad

oO !!!??? Sorry.... We Don't support piracy here

[jmad]

I never said that I don't own the consoles (actually I was one of the very first to import the Japanase version the next week it was released, back in the beginning of the century). Anyway, nothing seems to work...

[project]

Even so those who not know you may think that you have warez, so deal with you concience before telling it that way, say ive dumped my 3 ps2 bioses...(has you tell that way someone will lock this tread in moments, or not...). And dont revive old threads the last post was in June and if you are using pcsx2 0.93 on windows 64 you will get no support

[Thief^]

This forum should automatically deny anyone except moderators posting to threads who's last post was more than a few months ago.

It can't be that hard to implement?

[Thunderhit]

You know, this is only a subforum of emuforums and if the admins wanted to do that, they would've done it already if they thought it would make sense ;-)

[PrinzMegaherz]

Hi guys,

sorry if I act as a thread necromancer, but I think creating a new topic for my question would be even worse :).

Anyway, here is my problem with the german version of FFX:

I can't see the cutscenes using the ZeroGS graphics plugin. I'm not sure if this is the blocky cutscenes bug you guys are talking about ( because I certainly see a lot of blocks here, but no cutscene). It works with gsdx9, in which case I can actually see the cutscene, but at around 7 fps because I have to deactivate MTGS and DC.

So, option 1 (ZeroGS) let's me play the game, but I can't watch (and can't skip) the cutscenes. Option 2 (gsdx9) let's me see the cutscenes, but everything is unplayable slow. Option 3 (with ZeroGS) using activated patches allows me to skip the cutscenes, but then I have unlimited HP, MP and money, which takes the fun out of the game.

Is there a fourth option I missed?

My system:

Core duo E6750
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB Ram
2 gig ram

Again I'm sorry if this question has already been answered in the thread, but I might have overlooked it within all those postings.

Thank you in advance
pm

[Andrets]

I can't see the cutscenes using the ZeroGS graphics plugin. I'm not sure if this is the blocky cutscenes bug you guys are talking about ( because I certainly see a lot of blocks here, but no cutscene). It works with gsdx9, in which case I can actually see the cutscene, but at around 7 fps because I have to deactivate MTGS and DC. Try disabling AA. (F6 w/ZeroGS)

So, option 1 (ZeroGS) let's me play the game, but I can't watch (and can't skip) the cutscenes. Option 2 (gsdx9) let's me see the cutscenes, but everything is unplayable slow. Option 3 (with ZeroGS) using activated patches allows me to skip the cutscenes, but then I have unlimited HP, MP and money, which takes the fun out of the game. Get the CRC for your version of FFX and comment out the cheats from the patch that you are using.

[PrinzMegaherz]

Try disabling AA. (F6 w/ZeroGS)


Thank you, that helped!

[frantasm]

FFX-2 is very playable with mine, but I do get a blank blue screen in both Besaid and Mi'hen Highroad (I am assuming they use roughly the same code thing as I don't seem to get it elsewhere).

Mind you, I haven't got that far through it yet, so I'm expecting it to explode should I get to say Chac in the Via Infinto.

Just thought I'd let you know. Not expecting a pnatch to work with the battle moment.

[PrinzMegaherz]

Sorry to bother you again, but a new problem has appeared:

After beating Lord Ochu, the screen turns black but the victory music keeps playing, even though it seems to me that it might be caught in a loop. I have the FFX fix activated.

Any ideas on this one?

Specs:

ZeroGS with bilinear filtering activated
MTGS and DC activated

Core duo E6750
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB Ram
2 gig ram

Thank you!

[Elusive]

Sorry to bother you again, but a new problem has appeared:

After beating Lord Ochu, the screen turns black but the victory music keeps playing, even though it seems to me that it might be caught in a loop. I have the FFX fix activated.

Any ideas on this one?

Specs:

ZeroGS with bilinear filtering activated
MTGS and DC activated

Core duo E6750
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB Ram
2 gig ram

Thank you!

Just turn of DC and try again. FFX just hangs sometimes without reason. Turning DC of usually works for me in cases like that. At least i've succesfull beated the game on pcsx2 :)

[nestorvie]

hi all,

dunno if this thread is still alive or not, but i'm new in PS2 simulation and having trouble to reach 50fps for FFX

my specs:
Athlon64 X2 4000+ @ 2.3GHz
2GHz DDR2 667MHz
ATI X1950 Pro 512MB

there's a lot video plugins and I don't know what's the best. can someone please give me a recommended configuration for FFX? and how many fps do you think my computer can reach.

I did minimize the sound setting, no AA, just turn the Bilinear filtering on because I cannot stand the quality when it is off (even when turning on Bilinear Filtering, it's still quite ugly with no AA).

thanks a lot.

[Darkplayer]

Well the problem seems to be your CPU! It´s just to weak!

Bu i would say MAX 35-40 FPS!

PS: Use the newest Gsdx9 0.1.1!

And make a ISO and so you can run it from your computer! do you have the dualcore options enabled?

And are you using 0.9.5 or 0.9.4?

[Shadow Lady]

use GSdx 0.1.2 be sure u have enabled the MTGS and Dual-Core options in the cpu options of the emulator, enable logZ and disable alpha correction in the GSdx settings, u can increase the internal resolution there at your discretion but even the default 1024x1024 is ok enable texture filtering too for best quality, use P.E.Op.S 1.9.0 sound plugin for best sound it may go out of sync in slow cutscenes thou, if u dont like that use ZeroSPU instead

still with your cpu it may be difficult to get full speed all the time but it's good enough :P

the intro scene one is know to goo very slow, most cutscenes are slow but rest of the game should be good enough speed (almost full speed most of the time ingame)

there might be some glitches here and there but this should be the best quality/speed settings :P

[Icelus]

I just started using PCSX2 yesterday, and started trying to emulate FFX. But something really weird happens just after I find the kid in the bridge and talk to Auron. Just when he yells "Look" and Tidus looks, they like, merge, and the game halts. Whay may be happening? (At first PCSX2 crashed, but then I deactivated MTGS and DC and the game only halts).

My rig: E6750@2,66ghz, 2GB DDR2 RAM@800, nVidia GeFore 8600 GT 256 mb, Win XP SP2.

Tried with both ZeroGS and GSdx9.

Hey, Shadow Lady, que bueno ver una compatriota por aqui.

[nestorvie]

where can I find Gsdx9 0.1.2 (on pcsx2.net is 10.0-2) and P.E.Op.S 1.9.0 (on pcsx2.net is 1.6.0)

I am using 0.9.4. Is the beta version better?

[Shadow Lady]

GSdx (http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-questions-troubleshooting/97657-gsdx-new-post.html)

P.E.Op.S 1.9.0 comes with the files of PCSX2 0.9.4

the beta implements some new things, fixes some bugs, best way to find out is trying urself, u can have both just rename the .exe that come with the beta to something else (like pcsx2095.exe and pcsx2t095.exe) and put them in the same folder of 0.9.4 you shouldnt face any problem with it

[rhodric]

Sup guys,

quick question here. Should I be getting more fps from my spec?

Pentium Dual-Core 2.6Hz, 8800GTS 640mb, 4GB DDR RAM, XP

PCSX2 config: ZeroGS 0.97.0 with AA 4x, Bilinear filtering normal, 1280x720


I usually get 60fps with slight dips here and there, but I'm experiencing a noticeable drop in fps on Mi'ihen Highroad, down to 45ish. Should I been lagging so much?

I tried using GSdx, but it looks a lot worse than ZeroGS for some reason.

[Qaddafi]

actually that's good fps. Do u have MTGS and dual core enabled. If u do then that's the highest u can get. If not then u should be getting more with those enabled. Also enable frame skip. With all of that u should get full speed everywhere.

[rhodric]

I have MTGS and DC enabled, but the 45ish fps is pretty annoying right now. I don't know if it will get better once im past Mi'ihen Highroad.

[Qaddafi]

yes it will that's one of the slowest areas. But if u have frame skip on then u should get full speed everywhere.

[wongmsm]

Hi, i am a newbie here. And i am not familiar with computer specs and this emulator, i am just a normal gamer who wish to play FFX in computer.

After i inserted my FFX international DVD and run the emulator, everything starts fine with the Sony Computer entertainment logo and select laguange, but then instead of starting the game, it continue to the memory card menu with "Browser" and "System configuration" option. Am i miss something there? what to do next? Thanks
:bow:

The configure i run is this GSdx9, SSSPSX PAD, Linuzaooz Iso CDVD, USBnull Driver, P.E.Op.S. SPU2.

[nmeisels]

hi,
playing FFX works great.. international
i cant beat overdriveSin. i need a patch (even rith overdrivepatch and HP+MP overdrive behumut i die because I cant beat him on time). need more damage or something....
can anyobe help?

[Mkilbride2588]

Get Anima. Every OD I did with her did about 88K damage to Sin, and melee attacks did 45K ish, that was with an under-powered Yuna, too.

[Fadingz]

Read game guide to beat him...
That has nothing related to emulation :p

[Qaddafi]

For wongmsm (http://forums.ngemu.com/../member.php?u=121952) u are probably Going to Run Execute. Remember u have to select Peops cdvd plugin set the drive in which your dvd is in and go to File Run Cdvd.

[heavymental]

I have problem with Final Fantasy X-2 NTSC-U. I dont have sound. I try few plugin.

.. and I dont have movies - it is normal in X-2?

[rainbow]

I have problem with Final Fantasy X-2 NTSC-U. I dont have sound. I try few plugin.

Disable patches in 'misc' menu.

[heavymental]

Thanks! Is't work... but I have another problem - movie (intro) have many bugs and after few seconds crash emulator.
It can be fixed?

[rainbow]

Try it with latest GSDX (http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-questions-troubleshooting/97657-gsdx.html) <set NLOOP to auto <grey>, log z on> or use ZeroGS. But FMVs might look bad with it <changing interlacing modes might help - hit F5 while ingame>.

[heavymental]

Hell Yeah Its work! Thank you!

eh.. I have one another problem. In "menu" ... in some submenu's emulator crash -.-

In console:
"failed to create feedback"

[Fadingz]

Are you using Save-Stat?
If you are, then you should avoid it and use shere save, Save-Stat crashes the emu 50% of the time.

[gerich]

Hi,
My PC is:
AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+
(pc3200) 2gb RAM
512Ati Radeon 1900xtx

Runnin on 0.9.4 (2.0 EU bios)

Can't get more than 45 FPS (without AA, but With MTGS), and also havin troubles with sound: effects and speech is normalm but music goes all wrong it lags, or it's too fast or too slow

My plugins:
Video - ZGS 0.97.1
Sound - PEOpS SPU2 1.9.0
CDvD - Linuzappz 0.7.0

I can write settings if needed.

So is so bad performance is normal or i could improve it?

[The Midnighter]

My game doesn't seem like it should be running as slow as it is.
My frames is okay, generally between 25-40. I'm running an Amd Athlon 2500+ with 2 gigs of ram.

Settings are pretty much default, though I have messed around a bunch with it trying to figure out methods to get FFX to work.

The character is just running really, really slow. I'm not sure as to whyyyyy =/
Any ideas?

[Mkilbride2588]

Athlon 2500? It's not Dual Core, so that's normal.

[malmern]

I'm having trouble with FFX,
Without framelimiting,
I have 120 fps in the menu,
but only 26 fps in the intro,
and with limiting,
42 fps in the menu,
and 11 fps >_< in the intro.

Here's my comp specs.

AMD Athlon X2 3600+
2 GB ram 533 mhz
ATI Radeon X800GT 256 mb PCI-E
Windows xp pro x64

Any ideas on how to increase my overall fps?

[Fadingz]

Haha, I had the same GFX, that is normal for the intro XD
get a new GFX and OC/get new CPU :]

[chariot]

Hi, I'm having problems on ffx [SCES_504.94], when i enter a battle the caracters appear upside-down.
I tried on pcsxe 2_0.9.4 & 0.9.5, but still same problem. I'm using the zerogGS plugin, my hard is: Intel Core 2 Duo E5500 @2.2Ghz, 1Gb RAM, & nvidia geforce 7300gs 512Mb, i got 40-60 fps or so.

Can you help me?
Sorry, i'm very bad at english.

[Xaisama]

Hi, im just wondering is it normal to have 30-40 fps in some places of the game or actually very often... for me it feels like it goes uber slow mo sometimes when it hits 35 fps

Ingame battles and menus and so on are like 55 fps :P

My specs are
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2,2ghz (quite slow yes..)
2gb ram
Geforce 8800 GT 512ram etc.etc....

i followed the n00b guide on this forum and im using gsdx SSSE3 (well just as the guide says)

I'll be waiting for some answers :D

[rainbow]

Hi, im just wondering is it normal to have 30-40 fps in some places of the game or actually very often... for me it feels like it goes uber slow mo sometimes when it hits 35 fps

Ingame battles and menus and so on are like 55 fps :P

My specs are
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2,2ghz (quite slow yes..)
2gb ram
Geforce 8800 GT 512ram etc.etc....

i followed the n00b guide on this forum and im using gsdx SSSE3 (well just as the guide says)

I'll be waiting for some answers :D

Oc ur CPU to 2.8~3.0GHz and slowness should be gone in most places.

Hi, I'm having problems on ffx [SCES_504.94], when i enter a battle the caracters appear upside-down.
I tried on pcsxe 2_0.9.4 & 0.9.5, but still same problem. I'm using the zerogGS plugin, my hard is: Intel Core 2 Duo E5500 @2.2Ghz, 1Gb RAM, & nvidia geforce 7300gs 512Mb, i got 40-60 fps or so.

Can you help me?
Sorry, i'm very bad at english.

Try it with latest GSDX (http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-questions-troubleshooting/97657-gsdx.html).

[Xaisama]

Rainbow thx for the tip, i dont know how to oc my cpu though, have to look into it abit more and i heard that it might even worsen my cpu... have to see if my brother allows me to do it ^^

[chariot]

Try it with latest GSDX.

Thanks for the answer.
The problem was fixed, and now i have more fps ^^(50-70)
One more question, if i install Directx 10 there will be some improvements on gameplay?

[kuro]

I cannot seem to get past the scene in Luca where the blitzball teams are being introduced as they come off the boats. After they talk about Sin destroying Kilika, they are about to introduce the next ramp of players and the screen goes black and stays that way. The music during this time still plays, but nothing else happens.

I have another huge problem, my specs are:
- Windows XP Home SP2
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz
- 2gb ddr2-800mhz RAM
- 256mb NVidia 8600-GTS

I CANNOT enable MTGS or the DC modes.. If I do, PCSX2 refuses the load, saying "Cannot alloc GS ring buffer"... all my other programs recognize the fact I have two cores, except for this emulator for some reason. This means I get -AWFUL- framerates even with the GSDX plugin. It's super slow during most cutscenes, battles are slow, walking around is horrid especially in the Jungle. Most of the time, it'll say 40%-60% in the titlebar. With my specs, I should be getting more, right? With my specs, I should be able to enable MTGS, too... shouldn't I? This is all weird...

(As well, I'm having trouble even accessing these forums lately, keep getting server failure messages)

[Andrets]

I CANNOT enable MTGS or the DC modes.. If I do, PCSX2 refuses the load, saying "Cannot alloc GS ring buffer"... all my other programs recognize the fact I have two cores, except for this emulator for some reason. This means I get -AWFUL- framerates even with the GSDX plugin. It's super slow during most cutscenes, battles are slow, walking around is horrid especially in the Jungle. Most of the time, it'll say 40%-60% in the titlebar. With my specs, I should be getting more, right? With my specs, I should be able to enable MTGS, too... shouldn't I? This is all weird..
Make sure that you are using the latest version of GSDX (found here (http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-questions-troubleshooting/97657-gsdx.html#post1244950)), the older versions crash with MTGS/DC enabled. The % shown on the titlebar is the amount of CPU usage used by GSDX to render the graphics.

[kuro]

I'm using the latest GSDX, yes. But, the MTGS problem has nothing to do with the gfx plugin I use. No matter what my plugins are, I cannot enable MTGS without that "GS ring alloc buffer" error when starting up PCSX2. It's basically pretending I have a single core CPU and refuses to work with my dual core enabled. I have to literally wipe out my ini file every time I attempt to enable that MTGS option, because if I don't, I can never get back into PCSX2.

[Mkilbride2588]

Andrets, it's GPU usage, even though it says CPU. If it's 99%, means your GPU limited.

[rainbow]

Thanks for the answer.
The problem was fixed, and now i have more fps ^^(50-70)
One more question, if i install Directx 10 there will be some improvements on gameplay?

Unfortunately not <at least in FF X>. GSDX's DX10 renderer has a bug which causes appearing of sh**** stripes on terrain in this game.

[Andrets]

Andrets, it's GPU usage, even though it says CPU. If it's 99%, means your GPU limited.

Terribly sorry, the time stamps taken to measure that % are confusing since they don't match up all of the time with what other hardware monitoring indicates (see attached screenshot). The screenshot is with frame limiter enabled to show that the percentage shown does NOT match the actual GPU usage. I left it running for a bit to stablize GPU/CPU usage in the bios. Note that the 11% is closer to the amount used for the second core. I know for certain that it isn't the percent of CPU usage used by the emulator (for EE, VUs, etc.) like several people think upon first glance. It is still my understanding that it refers to GS usage, but it seems like we are saying the same thing?

[TLIXX]

Terribly sorry, the time stamps taken to measure that % are confusing since they don't match up all of the time with what other hardware monitoring indicates (see attached screenshot). I know for certain that it isn't the percent of CPU usage used by the emulator like several people think upon first glance. It is still my understanding that it refers to GS usage, but it seems like we are saying the same thing?

In that case (running your bios), I guess you have frame limiter enabled. That's why you won't see 100% cpu usage in windows task manager as you already are at 60fps. And the 11% in GSdx show that you are not limited by you video card.
iirc GSdx does not show the cpu usage, it indicates how much cpu power it gets besides pcsx2.
When it's at 99%, it's waiting for the video card to render. When it's under 99%, then it's waiting for pcsx2 to finish some work.

[NexXxus]

)
One more question, if i install Directx 10 there will be some improvements on gameplay?

In XP?, no.
It helps only in Vista to earn more fps in GPU limited games, since DX9 mode is slower than in XP.

[Elman]

...Where's the quickstart guide? Or is it the first post? o.O

I'm getting some problems with the savestates (No problem, I can save normally if I have to), and also the game seems to get bugged after you get the sword, since Tidus just stands there, doing nothing... Any ideas?

[Mkilbride2588]

Yeah, Save States are not recommended, if you have to use them, make sure to save normally soon afterwords.

[Elman]

Fair enough... I just got past that point by playing with no savestates. Thanks ;)

[theeyeoftyr]

hi guys,
Im wondering if anyone here has encountered a similar problem before
My FF-X runs perfectly well for the most part on the emulator, with some framerate dips here and there. But I am having a strange problem with the sphere grid. It worked fine before, but now, towards the end of the game, Im having strange white lines flicker through the grid and the FPS drops to something like 9. Is there any way to get rid of these lines and has anyone heard anything about this error before?
Thanks guys

[Elman]

I've seen those lines sometimes too, tyr (And I've just started the game). But I haven't noticed any framerate drops.

[rainbow]

hi guys,
Im wondering if anyone here has encountered a similar problem before
My FF-X runs perfectly well for the most part on the emulator, with some framerate dips here and there. But I am having a strange problem with the sphere grid. It worked fine before, but now, towards the end of the game, Im having strange white lines flicker through the grid and the FPS drops to something like 9. Is there any way to get rid of these lines and has anyone heard anything about this error before?
Thanks guys

Change camera position <L2, R2, select> to get rid of the lines.

[Elman]

By the way, I'm getting some low fps in some areas. Well, apparently the actual fps are fine (50-ish), and in fact I've been in this area before (The beach town) and it was alright; but after saving the game and then loading it, it seems a bit sluggish when you're moving around.

It's not that big a deal, it's still playable. But I'd like to know if there's any way to fix it =P

I've tried not limiting FPS, but of course that makes the game run a lot faster...

EDIT: Oh, apparently it got fixed after leaving that town and loading the game again. Well, it's a minor annoyance, but not that big a deal. I'm more worried about the game getting bugged (I had to play though the octopus "boss" twice, since the first time Rikku became invisible and the game got bugged when the fight ended (Well, the second time she was invisible again, but at least the fight ended properly).

[darksephiroth]

hi guys just need some hints

i've got an E2180@2.66ghz with 2 gb Ram and 8800gt 512 Jetway.

FFX ntsc works fine in some scenes above 70 fps but most scenes and combat and boss just works at 40 fps.i post my configuration

CPU all activated
graphics GSDX9 MVSC 15 SSE3
resolution 640x480 60hz
Renderere Direct3d9 HW
Shader:PS2
interlacing none
aspect ratio 4:3
d3d internal 640x512 (Wide monitor)
Nloop hack gray
texture filtering checked
alpha correction checked.

Cd/dvd i use an iso with linuzapps iso

SOUND
Peopes spu2
volume 2:medium
reverb:1 spu2 reverb
interpoaltion 2: gaussian interpolation

Misc:nothing checked.

thank u in advance :D

[Mkilbride2588]

And so...what is your issue?

40FPS is to be expected with your system.

Make sure you follow the guide in my signature. Get the latest GSdx and good luck, but even on mine when I was @ 3.0GHZ, had slow downs in some parts.

[darksephiroth]

it's a matter of GFX, plugins or processor?

i was thinking to upgrade my e2180 with an e8400 because my motherboard supports it. MSI p35 neo2-FR.
if overclocked at 3,4
will it boost to 60 fps?

[Mkilbride2588]

Yes, most likely, but I wouldn't push your processor that far, your current that is, a E8400 can easily hit 4.0GHZ, so 3.4 is not an issue. Just know what you're doing.

[Gatech]

Hi to all... First sorry for my English...

I have played the USA version of FFX with the FFX HACK... Its great, fast and full playable... but I got the Spanish version of this game... PAL, but it has the graphical problems like the FFX USA version without the FFX HACK...


Look:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/Gatech/ffx-2.jpg


Help.. I want to play :D


Bye.

[TLIXX]

Hi to all... First sorry for my English...

I have played the USA version of FFX with the FFX HACK... Its great, fast and full playable... but I got the Spanish version of this game... PAL, but it has the graphical problems like the FFX USA version without the FFX HACK...

Help.. I want to play :D


Bye.

Try http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-questions-troubleshooting/97657-gsdx.html

[Gatech]

No, the same problem...

Thanks for the Plugin...

[SoulSlasher]

Hi guys

sry to bother you yet again with a video issue. It's just really annoying, as I'm about to finish the game - or so I think. It happens when moving the airship to Sin, and you stand on the airship, listening to the hymn. Then the ground shakes, Tidus turns, and the game hangs. In normal pcsx2, I'm just getting an 'error in Program - needs to be closed' from windows (vista64), in threaded mode the prog throws a cpuTlbMiss exception and then toggles a breakpoint.
I already tried to disable MTGS/DC, but had no success. As the game so far ran (almost) perfectly, and I already tried some previous - and later releases, I don't really know what to do. Any suggestions?

Hope someone encountered the same problem and can offer a solution.

Thanks and greetings from Austria,
Soul

[Noir2240]

Hi, you guys seem to know a lot more about this than I do.
My system is a pretty old one - Intel Pentium 4 2GHz processor with an AMD Radeon x1650 graphics card.
I get less than 10fps usually and I was wondering wether it's hopeless with my system or perhaps you can suggest some sort of configuration for me...

- Noir