FF9 crash in CD3

March 18th, 2002

First of all, I wanna thank you guys for providing me with tonloads of information here on this forum to get FF9 to work

.
I'm quite far in the game (CD3) and now suddenly I get a read error on adress ffffffff.
It's right after the cards-championship when they announce there is some bad news from Alexandria (I'm trying to steer clear from spoilers as hard as I can here

).
You see Kuja making his speech by himself when at the end the screen fades to black (and I think an fmv is coming up).
Here are some screens to clear things up:

I never seem to get the full tekst with printscr., so here it is:
"Your former master is here, Bahamut
Play a requiem for her and all of Alexandria"
then I press the x-button, it fades out ... and the following error pops up:

I'm using a blindread iso from an official CD in windows'98. The same error occurs with the original cd. The cd is brand-new and has not a single scratch on it (double-checked it

).
In windows xp I don't get an error, but the screen just stays black, so I think it's the same error.

Please help, I made it this far in the game, and this is the only way a final-fantasy freak like me can play it!

March 18th, 2002

omg, I feel like an idiot.
In all this time I didn't notice this board:
http://www.ngemu.com/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=19
could an admin please move instead of close the topic?

**Betamax** · March 18th, 2002

done

As for the problem, it looks like your cd is damaged. The only way to get past it is either to get a new copy or post a memory card and hope that someone will play past that part for you.

BTW which version is it? ie Us english, uk english, french etc...

March 19th, 2002

Today I went to the shop, said it was broken and I got a new FF9. But it still gives the same error. I've tried the cd in two drives, ran the iso in epsxe and mounted it in daemon-tools... nothing worked :/
I've bought it here in belgium, so I think it's the UK-English version (PAL).
System is: p3 450 @ 518
win98/xp (same error)
320 mb ram
40 speed cd rom/32*8*4 read-write-rewrite philips
maxtor hd
geforce2gts (creative)

on friends' pc same error while the game runs perfectly for the rest (athlon 800... totally different configuration)

Has anyone any idea what it could be?
If not: is there someone here who could play through this?

sstates.zip => Please first try to use these: the two of them are right before the error, the first of them (slot 2, I believe) would be the one with the most data of me, please try to use that one. If that doesn't work, please use my memcard saves:

memcards.zip => it is the last (the second, not the 25th

) savegame from memorycard2, you only have to go to the card-tournament and compete with cid, then sit through something to do with kuja, and then try to save after that

(and If missed something...

), please try to save with sstates so I miss as little as possible

I would be very gratefull if someone could help me out.

**Bgnome** · March 19th, 2002

are you using a patch or subchannel reading?
and afaik, it would be wise to avoid save states if you can

March 19th, 2002

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**Betamax** · March 19th, 2002

Ok as its the uk version post your memory card and I'll get you past that part

March 20th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Cobron
If that doesn't work, please use my memcard saves:

memcards.zip => it is the last (the second, not the 25th ) savegame from memorycard2, you only have to go to the card-tournament and compete with cid, then sit through something to do with kuja, and then try to save after that (and If missed something... ), please try to save with sstates so I miss as little as possible

I would be very gratefull if someone could help me out.

Thanks in advance!

**DarkAurora** · March 20th, 2002

Try using isobuster (http://www.isobuster.com) to make the ISO, that might help.

**Betamax** · March 21st, 2002

Ok I've sent a save state to your email account. Any problems, let me know.

May 13th, 2002

damn I have the same problem .. :/

March 18th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Cobron Guest Posts: n/a	FF9 crash in CD3 First of all, I wanna thank you guys for providing me with tonloads of information here on this forum to get FF9 to work . I'm quite far in the game (CD3) and now suddenly I get a read error on adress ffffffff. It's right after the cards-championship when they announce there is some bad news from Alexandria (I'm trying to steer clear from spoilers as hard as I can here ). You see Kuja making his speech by himself when at the end the screen fades to black (and I think an fmv is coming up). Here are some screens to clear things up: I never seem to get the full tekst with printscr., so here it is: "Your former master is here, Bahamut Play a requiem for her and all of Alexandria" then I press the x-button, it fades out ... and the following error pops up: I'm using a blindread iso from an official CD in windows'98. The same error occurs with the original cd. The cd is brand-new and has not a single scratch on it (double-checked it ). In windows xp I don't get an error, but the screen just stays black, so I think it's the same error. Please help, I made it this far in the game, and this is the only way a final-fantasy freak like me can play it!

March 18th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	done As for the problem, it looks like your cd is damaged. The only way to get past it is either to get a new copy or post a memory card and hope that someone will play past that part for you. BTW which version is it? ie Us english, uk english, french etc... __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product. Last edited by Betamax; March 18th, 2002 at 23:05.

March 19th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Bgnome Who Da Gnome? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: At Home Posts: 2,441	are you using a patch or subchannel reading? and afaik, it would be wise to avoid save states if you can __________________ May the Gnome™ be With You

March 19th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Ok as its the uk version post your memory card and I'll get you past that part __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

March 21st, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Ok I've sent a save state to your email account. Any problems, let me know. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

March 18th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Cobron Guest Posts: n/a	omg, I feel like an idiot. In all this time I didn't notice this board: http://www.ngemu.com/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=19 could an admin please move instead of close the topic?

March 19th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Cobron Guest Posts: n/a	Today I went to the shop, said it was broken and I got a new FF9. But it still gives the same error. I've tried the cd in two drives, ran the iso in epsxe and mounted it in daemon-tools... nothing worked :/ I've bought it here in belgium, so I think it's the UK-English version (PAL). System is: p3 450 @ 518 win98/xp (same error) 320 mb ram 40 speed cd rom/3284 read-write-rewrite philips maxtor hd geforce2gts (creative) on friends' pc same error while the game runs perfectly for the rest (athlon 800... totally different configuration) Has anyone any idea what it could be? If not: is there someone here who could play through this? sstates.zip => Please first try to use these: the two of them are right before the error, the first of them (slot 2, I believe) would be the one with the most data of me, please try to use that one. If that doesn't work, please use my memcard saves: memcards.zip => it is the last (the second, not the 25th ) savegame from memorycard2, you only have to go to the card-tournament and compete with cid, then sit through something to do with kuja, and then try to save after that (and If missed something... ), please try to save with sstates so I miss as little as possible I would be very gratefull if someone could help me out.

March 19th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Cobron Guest Posts: n/a	OpenGl plugin: Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.58 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce2 GTS/AGP/SSE Resolution/Color: - 1024x768 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [32 Bit] - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R8G8A8A8 - Filtering: 6 - Garbage collection: on - VRam size: 0 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: off - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 3 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: on [0] - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: off - Screen smoothing: off - Full vram: off - Game fixes: on [00000200] cdrom: these vary a bit based on os pete's cdr aspi/ioctl driver 1.0 enable accurate cdrom timing: off enable no cdrom param overwrite: off subchannel support: on subchannel read from cdrom: on subchannel caching to disk: on interface: w2k/xp - ioctl scsi commands read mode: be_2(atapi spec2) asinc read try to limit speed: off don't wait until ready: off try again on reading error: on show message box on reading error: on ppf patches: \patches\HLG-FF93.PPF subchannel reading: don't read subchannels

March 20th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,735	Try using isobuster (http://www.isobuster.com) to make the ISO, that might help.

May 13th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Keith Guest Posts: n/a	damn I have the same problem .. :/

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