Speed limiter!?

monkey · September 8th, 2004

WOW! I finally got 0.25a working after many ASPI/BIOS/Self-boot problems and I am blown away.

Only one problem -- it runs WAY too fast on my machine. I know that usually isn't a problem/priority for such an early version of an emulator but this is an amazing production for a second-version alpha! Power Stone 2 (the only selfboot I have so far) runs at between 75 and 100 fps (FPS display says something like "98.263/60" most of the time. Is there any way to limit that or do we have to wait for a new version?

BTW, specs are a P4 3.2ghz, 1gb RAM, 80gb HD, NVidia GeForceFX 5200 128mb.

~akujin~ · September 10th, 2004

i have the same "problem" with certain games (resident evil code veronica for example)... there is no fps limiter in the current chankast version so you/we have to wait for a new release i guess.
(but you could always try to push + or - on the numpad to change the speed of the dc processor 'till it runs at the "right" speed but it's a bit annoying because the speed obviously changes during gameplay in different scenes. oooor you could set your refresh rate to 60Hz and turn Vsync on in your video card driver....so you always have 60fps max but it flickers to much for me (and my eyes

) soooo i'll wait for the next release...)
i hope i could help!

monkey · September 10th, 2004

thanks -- after I posted that I found a thread I missed in my search that offered similar solutions. I'll play around with the vsync options, I hadn't thought of that before. Turning off the Capcom hack also helps, but usually too much since i only get 10-15fps that way (makes Power Stone 2 very easy, sort of like permanent bullet-time). After more testing it's mostly Capcom games with the hack enabled that run too fast -- Soul Calibur runs anywhere between 50% and 125% depending on what's onscreen, Ecco runs at a steady 50-70% or so all the time -- but Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Power Stone 2 both run at 125% or faster usually.

Can't complain though, this thing is more compatible than most of the N64 emulators and it's only like 6 months old. Amazing! I'm going to try to track down a DC controller adapter now.

KanedA · September 11th, 2004

did you try Chankast utilities??

~akujin~ · September 11th, 2004

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Originally Posted by KanedA

did you try Chankast utilities??

chankast utilities fps limits chankast? never tried 'em

September 8th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
monkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	Speed limiter!? WOW! I finally got 0.25a working after many ASPI/BIOS/Self-boot problems and I am blown away. Only one problem -- it runs WAY too fast on my machine. I know that usually isn't a problem/priority for such an early version of an emulator but this is an amazing production for a second-version alpha! Power Stone 2 (the only selfboot I have so far) runs at between 75 and 100 fps (FPS display says something like "98.263/60" most of the time. Is there any way to limit that or do we have to wait for a new version? BTW, specs are a P4 3.2ghz, 1gb RAM, 80gb HD, NVidia GeForceFX 5200 128mb.

September 10th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
~akujin~ I'll tear your soul apart Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 79	i have the same "problem" with certain games (resident evil code veronica for example)... there is no fps limiter in the current chankast version so you/we have to wait for a new release i guess. (but you could always try to push + or - on the numpad to change the speed of the dc processor 'till it runs at the "right" speed but it's a bit annoying because the speed obviously changes during gameplay in different scenes. oooor you could set your refresh rate to 60Hz and turn Vsync on in your video card driver....so you always have 60fps max but it flickers to much for me (and my eyes ) soooo i'll wait for the next release...) i hope i could help! __________________ specs: pc: athlon 64 X2 6400+, gigabyte nforce 5 mobo, 2048mb 800MhZ dual channel corsair ram, Radeon HD 4850 512 MB GDDR3 , sb audigy, win xp pro ps2: V9, HD enabled & FTP via Memory Card Exploit, Ethernet, 40GB Samsung HDD

September 11th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
KanedA PS2 PAL[v9] Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PolanD Posts: 5,288	did you try Chankast utilities?? __________________

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September 10th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
monkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	thanks -- after I posted that I found a thread I missed in my search that offered similar solutions. I'll play around with the vsync options, I hadn't thought of that before. Turning off the Capcom hack also helps, but usually too much since i only get 10-15fps that way (makes Power Stone 2 very easy, sort of like permanent bullet-time). After more testing it's mostly Capcom games with the hack enabled that run too fast -- Soul Calibur runs anywhere between 50% and 125% depending on what's onscreen, Ecco runs at a steady 50-70% or so all the time -- but Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Power Stone 2 both run at 125% or faster usually. Can't complain though, this thing is more compatible than most of the N64 emulators and it's only like 6 months old. Amazing! I'm going to try to track down a DC controller adapter now.