Skies of Arcadia: Mount Kazai problem

justsomeguy · October 30th, 2004

Okay, I've read that SoA is completely playable with Chankast (albeit with crashes), and I'm using the Echelon version with Aika-san's patch. Right now I'm at Mount Kazai, and I'm encountering a crippling problem. Whenever I'm underwater, the screen is covered by the placeholder screen (which is wiggling back and forth, so I'm guessing there's supposed to be a 2d effect going on), which prevents me from seeing where I'm going. Did anybody else encounter this problem, and how did you solve it?

Coolsvilleman · October 30th, 2004

First of all I don't think you should talk about illegal stuff in this forum and the game you just talked about was illegal. Now let's say your using your own version then the way to get around that bug is to use the minimap at the bottom right of the screen to manuver around the screen. It's a bit hard but from personal experience I can tell you it is possible. Fighting the last 3 bosses without a crash though.... now that's tuff.

Cid Highwind · October 30th, 2004

Don't worry about the chankast version, he won't get in problem for that AFAIK

You can try enabling/disabling every graphical option to see if there are differences. Perhaps even the wireframe mode will be more clear than it is now. I haven't played the game in Chankast, but I know which scene you mean.

justsomeguy · October 30th, 2004

Given that 1)there is an entire thread dedicated to getting the Echelon version to work, and 2)I own a copy of the game, nothing I said was "illegal" under the forum rules.

As for the graphics options, I've already tried all of them. The 2 z-writes did nothing for me, and the wireframe surprisingly just added wavering horizontal black strips to the screen. I've already tried navigating using the minimap, but it was so inaccurate that I can't manage to even get out of the water.

Coolsvilleman · October 31st, 2004

Well my minimap was almost perfect for navigation. And that's the only way to do it, right now. Remeber even under water the camera can move around so you may have to move it to make it face the right direction. After awhile you'll get the hang of it.

October 30th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
justsomeguy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11	Skies of Arcadia: Mount Kazai problem Okay, I've read that SoA is completely playable with Chankast (albeit with crashes), and I'm using the Echelon version with Aika-san's patch. Right now I'm at Mount Kazai, and I'm encountering a crippling problem. Whenever I'm underwater, the screen is covered by the placeholder screen (which is wiggling back and forth, so I'm guessing there's supposed to be a 2d effect going on), which prevents me from seeing where I'm going. Did anybody else encounter this problem, and how did you solve it?

October 30th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,388	First of all I don't think you should talk about illegal stuff in this forum and the game you just talked about was illegal. Now let's say your using your own version then the way to get around that bug is to use the minimap at the bottom right of the screen to manuver around the screen. It's a bit hard but from personal experience I can tell you it is possible. Fighting the last 3 bosses without a crash though.... now that's tuff. __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

October 30th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,495	Don't worry about the chankast version, he won't get in problem for that AFAIK You can try enabling/disabling every graphical option to see if there are differences. Perhaps even the wireframe mode will be more clear than it is now. I haven't played the game in Chankast, but I know which scene you mean. __________________ Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

October 31st, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,388	Well my minimap was almost perfect for navigation. And that's the only way to do it, right now. Remeber even under water the camera can move around so you may have to move it to make it face the right direction. After awhile you'll get the hang of it. __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

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October 30th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
justsomeguy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11	Given that 1)there is an entire thread dedicated to getting the Echelon version to work, and 2)I own a copy of the game, nothing I said was "illegal" under the forum rules. As for the graphics options, I've already tried all of them. The 2 z-writes did nothing for me, and the wireframe surprisingly just added wavering horizontal black strips to the screen. I've already tried navigating using the minimap, but it was so inaccurate that I can't manage to even get out of the water.