Einhander freezes at the "Wait" screen

[rave]

I've viewed the ePSXe compatibility list, and it's either the game runs perfect, or it hangs at the "Wait" screen. In my case, it's the latter.

Any thoughts on this? I tried a number of graphics plug-ins and the results are the same. Specifically, I tried PEOpS, Kazzuya's and Pete's DX6 D3D plug-ins.

For the people who got the game to run fine, were there any special settings that needed to be enabled?

Thanks...

[Badaro]

I play this game all the time, without ever needing any special settings. You have the NTSC version, right? I'll post my settings here later, when I get home.

[]s Badaro

I didnt need any special settings...
try a different cdrom drive or ISO...

[rave]

Hmmm, could it be the BIOS? I have scph1001. I understand that scph7502 is more popular among the users here...

i use sphc1001

[Gamer-X]

there is no problem with Einhander w/ ePSXe 1.5.1
my pc are below but it runs fine (maybe slower sometimes)

[parotaku]

I've got the japanese NTSC version...
Works fine with both scph1001 and scph7502. No special settings needed for me...
Sorry... don't know how to help you...

[Angel3D]

Hey !
What's your version an NTSC one ? Because there's two version of Einhander, the american one and the japanese one.
I've the japanese one and it works perfectly, another squaresoft legend !!!

mine is NTSC/J as well.
Perhaps the american version doesnt work?

[Badaro]

Nope, I have the NTSC/US version and it works.

[]s Badaro

Here's my config:

Lewpy's Glide³ Plugin Configuration Information v1.35
-----------------------------------------------------

Computer Information
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (v5.1 Build 2600)
DirectX : DirectX 8.1 installed
Processor : AMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, 807Mhz (1 off) (00/0642)
64kb L1-I, 64kb L1-D, 256kb L2 (on-chip)
Memory : 256Mb

Core Emulator
ePSXe : D:\EPSXE\EPSXECUTORTOOL.DLL
: 09/03/2002 19:47, 98304 bytes

*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| Type | Name | Version | Date |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*
| BIOS | SCPH7502.BIN | | 17/07/2000 22:28 |
| CDR | W2KCDRCORE | 0.0 | Plugin Not Found |
| GPU | gpuLewGlide.dll | 1.35 | 01/08/2001 20:05 |
| SPU | spuEternal.dll | 1.20 | 06/02/2002 21:11 |
*------*----------------------*---------*------------------*

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| ePSXe Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Sound Enabled | Yes |
| CDDA Enabled | Yes |
| XA Enabled | Yes |
| XA Read Enabled | Yes |
| SPU IRQ Hack | No |
| CDROM Drive Letter | I |
| CDROM Accurate Timing | No |
| Disable CDROM Status | No |
| SIO IRQ Always Enabled | No |
| Country | AutoDetect |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Glide³
Board : Voodoo3 (tm)
Version : 3.20.00.1006
File : C:\WINDOWS\System32\glide3x.dll
: 28/12/2001 04:59, 303104 bytes

*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Plugin Configuration Item | Current Setting |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*
| Active Configuration | 1 |
| Active 3dfx Card | 1 |
| Enable HotKeys | No |
| Resolution | 640x480 |
| Refresh Rate | 60Hz |
| Emulate MASK Bit | No |
| Dynamic Texture Caching | Yes |
| Custom FrameCap | 200Hz |
| On-Screen Display | Off |
| Frame Skip | Disabled |
| FrameRate Limit | Auto |
| System Type | NTSC |
| FrameCap Method | New |
| Draw Method | Bright |
| Alpha Blending Mode | Advanced |
| Bilinear Filtering | Enabled |
| Alpha Testing | Normal |
| FrameBuffer Access | Write |
| Off-Screen Drawing | Basic |
| Polygon Mode | Textured |
| Texture Windows | Enabled |
| VSync | Enabled |
| Banshee Code | Enabled |
| MDEC Format | Texture |
| Experimental Flipping | Off |
| Experimental Screen Sizing | Off |
| FrontBuffer Rendering Fix | Off |
| FF7 TextureWindow Fix | Off |
| DMAChain Fix | Long |
*-----------------------------*---------------------*

Eternal SPU:
- Sound Buffer Size: 10
- Audio Out Method: Another Thread
- Move VAG Position Method: New
- Only the "Wait for XA Buffer is Free" checkbox is maked.

CDR:
- Running from ISO

[liquid]

yeah I have the US version also...and no problems here either with the default epsxe settings...also I'm using SCPH1001
BTW NextGL 1.9 frigg'n rules with this game...it totally has the water effect down pat in level 3.
Anyways..try disabling accurate cdrom timing in the CDROM dialog box...that might help.

[rave]

Solved. Seems like you need to turn off "Accurate CDROM Timing".