Running FF9

Garnet · December 27th, 2001

Hi,

I am running on a Pentium II 350 with a Riva TNT card. I am having trouble getting FF9 even to start. Can anyone here suggest me options and plugins i should take note of and maybe a configuration guide on which settings are appropriate for the game.

Mr.t · December 27th, 2001

I'm not sure but I think u shoud use petes opengl if you got a tnt card anyway here is what I'm using
Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.55
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: 3dfx Voodoo3

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Textures:
- Default
- Filtering: 6
- Caching: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: none

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [special ff9 fix]

I dont know alot about opengl settings but I think these settengs shoud work for u

**Zephon** · December 27th, 2001

Which version of FF9 are you trying to play? If it's the PAL version, you will need a patch to make it work. You can get it at Aldo's homepage. Do some search in the forum if you don't know how to apply the patch.

If that's not your problem, please give us more info so we can help you(specs, OS, plugins, bios)

**fivefeet8** · December 27th, 2001

With your cpu, the software gpu's may run faster.. Try the soft gpu pluggins.. You won't get any hardware special effects but atleast it will run fast and not crawl..

Garnet · December 28th, 2001

Thanks guys for the replies. I have managed to start FF9, but the problem now is, the video and sound are not in sync. Below are the settings which i used.

Video: Pete's Soft Driver 1.54

Use FPs skipping, Use frame skipping, Auto detect FPS
Scanline mode: Scanlines enabled (double blittering- nViDia fix)

Sound: ePSEx SPU core 1.4.0 , Enable Sound/ Enable CDDA Sound are enabled only.

CDROM: Petes CDR ASPI Driver 1.80, none of the options below are ticked.

I have tried the default CDROM driver but thats even worst. Is there anymore settings and stuff i should take note of ?

**Ryos** · December 28th, 2001

You'll probably find D3D or OpenGL filtered to be faster, but I don't know. The biggest thing you need to change is the SPU. Iori's SPU is the best SPU to use with your configuration, as it has better quality music and has less of a hit on performance than many of the other SPUs. Playing the game from an ISO might also not be a bad idea, although I suspect your hard drive might not like that as much.

December 27th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
Garnet Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2	Running FF9 Hi, I am running on a Pentium II 350 with a Riva TNT card. I am having trouble getting FF9 even to start. Can anyone here suggest me options and plugins i should take note of and maybe a configuration guide on which settings are appropriate for the game.

December 27th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Mr.t Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 24	I'm not sure but I think u shoud use petes opengl if you got a tnt card anyway here is what I'm using Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.55 Author: Pete Bernert GFX card: 3dfx Voodoo3 Resolution/Color: - 1024x768 Fullscreen - [16 Bit] Textures: - Default - Filtering: 6 - Caching: 2 Framerate: - FPS limit: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: none Misc: - Scanlines: off [0] - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: off - Full vram: off - Game fixes: on [special ff9 fix] I dont know alot about opengl settings but I think these settengs shoud work for u __________________ the weak always strive to be weaker (magus from chrono trigger)

December 27th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	Which version of FF9 are you trying to play? If it's the PAL version, you will need a patch to make it work. You can get it at Aldo's homepage. Do some search in the forum if you don't know how to apply the patch. If that's not your problem, please give us more info so we can help you(specs, OS, plugins, bios) __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

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fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,587	With your cpu, the software gpu's may run faster.. Try the soft gpu pluggins.. You won't get any hardware special effects but atleast it will run fast and not crawl.. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

December 28th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	You'll probably find D3D or OpenGL filtered to be faster, but I don't know. The biggest thing you need to change is the SPU. Iori's SPU is the best SPU to use with your configuration, as it has better quality music and has less of a hit on performance than many of the other SPUs. Playing the game from an ISO might also not be a bad idea, although I suspect your hard drive might not like that as much. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

December 28th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
Garnet Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2	Thanks guys for the replies. I have managed to start FF9, but the problem now is, the video and sound are not in sync. Below are the settings which i used. Video: Pete's Soft Driver 1.54 Use FPs skipping, Use frame skipping, Auto detect FPS Scanline mode: Scanlines enabled (double blittering- nViDia fix) Sound: ePSEx SPU core 1.4.0 , Enable Sound/ Enable CDDA Sound are enabled only. CDROM: Petes CDR ASPI Driver 1.80, none of the options below are ticked. I have tried the default CDROM driver but thats even worst. Is there anymore settings and stuff i should take note of ?

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