more help with ff8

totoro · May 24th, 2002

the music is really chopy. everything else works great!!

Cless · May 24th, 2002

give us your settings and what plugin you are using then we can help you.

totoro · May 24th, 2002

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.56
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: RIVA TNT2/AGP/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 320x200 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 6
- Caching: 2

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: off

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000281]

**Betamax** · May 24th, 2002

Choppy sound can usualy be tracked to 3 things:

1: Enabling 2 spu irq options. You only need one (use the plugins instead of the emus)

2: Having to low a sound buffer. Increase it.

3: Bad cd drive performance. Make an iso.

BTW It appears that your gpu is quite out of date. The latest is 1.61.

**DarkAurora** · May 24th, 2002

Make sure you have ePSXe 1.5.2 also

BloodRaevynn · October 5th, 2002

Don't use Auto-detect for the FPS; try setting it to 60 or 65.

F-3582 · October 5th, 2002

One question: Why is the FPS-limit autodetection not recommended? It only checks, if you inserted a PAL or NTSC CD and sets the limit to 50 or 60, doesn't it?

BloodRaevynn · October 7th, 2002

Well, I am by no means an authority on the subject but, in my experiance, it isn't very reliable; there hasn't been _one_ case of sound choppiness or echoing that I've encountered thus far that I couldn't fix by manually setting the FPS; though I'll admit that I've only encountered 3 such problems, as I've had ePSXe for just a couple months and only played 7 games with it.

**fivefeet8** · October 7th, 2002

Most problems with Auto FPS limit and Autodetection are with PAL games.. All of my NTSC games have never had problems with those options..

**Betamax** · October 7th, 2002

Sometimes there are issues with ppf patches also, eg the ppf file for ff9 has a few issues and as a result I find it works best at 55fps.

May 24th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
totoro Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas... bleh :p Posts: 25	more help with ff8 the music is really chopy. everything else works great!!

May 24th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
totoro Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas... bleh :p Posts: 25	my config Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.56 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: RIVA TNT2/AGP/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 320x200 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit] - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R4G4B4A4 - Filtering: 6 - Caching: 2 Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: on - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 3 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: off Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: on - Dithering: off - Full vram: off - Game fixes: off [00000281]

May 24th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Choppy sound can usualy be tracked to 3 things: 1: Enabling 2 spu irq options. You only need one (use the plugins instead of the emus) 2: Having to low a sound buffer. Increase it. 3: Bad cd drive performance. Make an iso. BTW It appears that your gpu is quite out of date. The latest is 1.61. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

October 5th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
BloodRaevynn Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4	Don't use Auto-detect for the FPS; try setting it to 60 or 65. __________________ "The only thing we know for sure [about life], is that none of us are getting out of this _alive_!" ~Hank Wesselman

October 5th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	One question: Why is the FPS-limit autodetection not recommended? It only checks, if you inserted a PAL or NTSC CD and sets the limit to 50 or 60, doesn't it? __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

May 24th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Cless Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809	give us your settings and what plugin you are using then we can help you.

May 24th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,735	Make sure you have ePSXe 1.5.2 also

October 7th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
BloodRaevynn Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4	Well, I am by no means an authority on the subject but, in my experiance, it isn't very reliable; there hasn't been _one_ case of sound choppiness or echoing that I've encountered thus far that I couldn't fix by manually setting the FPS; though I'll admit that I've only encountered 3 such problems, as I've had ePSXe for just a couple months and only played 7 games with it. __________________ "The only thing we know for sure [about life], is that none of us are getting out of this _alive_!" ~Hank Wesselman

October 7th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,587	Most problems with Auto FPS limit and Autodetection are with PAL games.. All of my NTSC games have never had problems with those options.. __________________ 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\|\|

October 7th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Sometimes there are issues with ppf patches also, eg the ppf file for ff9 has a few issues and as a result I find it works best at 55fps. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

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