Be Nice - I'm new to this...

alexanderfc · October 13th, 2009

...well, sort of.

I am trying to play Final Fantasy VIII. I have attempted with my PlayStation disc and with a copy I have downloaded. I cannot get either to work.

I have tried different variations of plugins, but I am now at a stand still; I'm not sure how to configure it correctly, what plug ins to use. All I know is that as I reside in the UK I will need PAL compatible plugins, I'm not sure about the file I downloaded though, I'm guessing it's from the US thus require NTSC plugins.

My system specifications are as follows:

LaptopSpecs.png

(I could not get them to paste correctly, hence the screen shot)

Any help will be tremendous.

**Hard core Rikki** · October 13th, 2009

Region has no relevance to plugins, the emulator will switch to the required mode by itself.
Your hardware specs are fine. For plugins, if you use epsxe 1.7.0 , getting Pete's OpenGL2 GPU plugin, extract to the plugins folder and in espxe's options set it on the 'nice' settings should display fine, for a reference (the usual recommended starting point for newbies, till further tweaking if desired). Reading the help manual and section stickies shouldve done the trick.

Use of actual game discs or homemade rips of yours is recommended so as to ensure disc images are properly made ones and there wouldnt be issues caused by such improperly made disc images.
The moral? Stick with discs. CDR plugins feature efficient caching, so its possible a signficant difference wouldnt be noticeable.

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alexanderfc · October 13th, 2009

I still cannot get it to work, I have used the video plugin you have suggested and becasue the sound plugin was not working I have used Eternal's SPU plugin v1.41 with the setting for FF and Square games. When I clicked on Run CDROM it comes up with a blank screen with Analogue 1 Off in the top right corner, then if the window is minimized, then maximized, Epsxe crashes.

Switching my system display to 16-bit has caused the top right corner to read Analogue 1 On, but still does not load the disc.

Scrap that, it's not doing anything now, the disc in the drive doesn't even sound as if it's being read. In the meanwhile I have set up my PlayStation controller.

Last edited by alexanderfc; October 13th, 2009 at 12:40..

masta.g.86 · October 13th, 2009

Some CD/DVD drives have difficulty reading subchannel data on the fly. Since you are in a PAL region, that may be your problem.

Download CloneCD and use it to make disc images while utilizing its "game" ripping profile.

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Squall-Leonhart · October 13th, 2009

use alcoholer, select playstation, click load clonecd.

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alexanderfc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England Posts: 2	Be Nice - I'm new to this... ...well, sort of. I am trying to play Final Fantasy VIII. I have attempted with my PlayStation disc and with a copy I have downloaded. I cannot get either to work. I have tried different variations of plugins, but I am now at a stand still; I'm not sure how to configure it correctly, what plug ins to use. All I know is that as I reside in the UK I will need PAL compatible plugins, I'm not sure about the file I downloaded though, I'm guessing it's from the US thus require NTSC plugins. My system specifications are as follows: LaptopSpecs.png (I could not get them to paste correctly, hence the screen shot) Any help will be tremendous.

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October 13th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
alexanderfc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England Posts: 2	I still cannot get it to work, I have used the video plugin you have suggested and becasue the sound plugin was not working I have used Eternal's SPU plugin v1.41 with the setting for FF and Square games. When I clicked on Run CDROM it comes up with a blank screen with Analogue 1 Off in the top right corner, then if the window is minimized, then maximized, Epsxe crashes. Switching my system display to 16-bit has caused the top right corner to read Analogue 1 On, but still does not load the disc. Scrap that, it's not doing anything now, the disc in the drive doesn't even sound as if it's being read. In the meanwhile I have set up my PlayStation controller. Last edited by alexanderfc; October 13th, 2009 at 12:40..

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,832	use alcoholer, select playstation, click load clonecd. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.