ff8 freez

[firewolf]

i just started ff8 and it always freezes in the middle of a battle. i just stops the music keeps playinf and the animation is still there but nothing happens. also after defet the big spider thing in the communication tower the first time and i get the exp sreen it turns black and it freezes to. plz help me,

[Yeloazndevil]

what are your plug-in setting and pc specs?
is the cd scratched?
what plug-ins are u using?

[firewolf]

the cd is not scrached but my pc suckes but the speed is good and sound to so i have no clue why it just stops but i still have sound

my pc specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer 00101450 6630
System Model 03929400050074
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 5 GenuineIntel ~498 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix 3.07, 9/17/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)"
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 88.43 MB
Total Virtual Memory 784.27 MB
Available Virtual Memory 356.43 MB
Page File Space 529.79 MB
hard drive space c: (9.53GB) free: 5.74
hard drive space d: (19.0GB) free: 3.72
Operationg System location D:\Windows

my video specs:

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.66
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller

Resolution/Color:
- 320x240 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: off
- Palettized tex windows: off
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 4 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limit: off
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: none

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

[Yeloazndevil]

try enabling FPS Limit

[firewolf]

well it doesn't seem to crash in the middle of a battle anymore but sill after i escape the spider by communication tower the first time it still freezes and i have black but there is still music.

[Yeloazndevil]

are u using savestates? they F*** up sometimes use memorycards and make sure SPU IRQ is disabled

[firewolf]

no i use the ff8 savegames not the slots but i have no clue what spu irq is

[Yeloazndevil]

its in Sound Menu

[Yeloazndevil]

go here http://www.lordkane.gametribe.net/ it might help u to configure FF8

[firewolf]

ya its off

[Yeloazndevil]

try using a soft GPU plug-in

[firewolf]

do u know where i can get one?

[Yeloazndevil]

here's one

[firewolf]

nope doesn't work plus its way to slow

[Yeloazndevil]

hmmm try making an ISO

[firewolf]

i tryed with winiso but it did not work, do u have a better program?

[RF]

iso buster. I would like to see you hack on a winblows box tho

[firewolf]

i have isobuster but that did not work also it says it cant read the iso file

[firewolf]

if u guys have any othere ideas plz tell me otherwise ill be in cs

[firewolf]

well i finaly got an iso to run but it did not work it also crashed after the first run from the spider IM GONA CRY