Emulator too fast?

crumbworks · June 8th, 2004

ePSXe works fine for me, but my friend recently got it. He popped in a CD and loaded it up, but the emulator goes way too fast... the only solution I could think of was limiting the FPS to a lower number, but that didn't fix it. What else could we try?

**Chrono Archangel** · June 8th, 2004

in the Video Plugin configuration enable Frame Limit. set it to Auto or manually to 60FPS (for NTSC) 50FPS (for PAL)

crumbworks · June 9th, 2004

I appreciate your attempt to help, but if you had read my post, you would have read that I said "the only solution I could think of was limiting the FPS to a lower number, but that didn't fix it."

Anyway, the problem somehow fixed itself when he used a different video plugin...odd way to fix it, but thanks anyway.

**Kane** · June 9th, 2004

What the hell plugin were you using? Any of the current popular plugins have a fully functional framelock.

**Chrono Archangel** · June 9th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by crumbworks

I appreciate your attempt to help, but if you had read my post, you would have read that I said "the only solution I could think of was limiting the FPS to a lower number, but that didn't fix it."

Anyway, the problem somehow fixed itself when he used a different video plugin...odd way to fix it, but thanks anyway.

damm i was sure you didnt mention it....o well
glad to know it worksnow

crumbworks · June 9th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane-Sama

What the hell plugin were you using? Any of the current popular plugins have a fully functional framelock.

I don't know what plugin he was using... I never had any problems (except I didn't have an updated audio plugin for ASYNC in Valkyrie Profile)

Speed was never an issue here.

**hushypushy** · June 9th, 2004

well did you ever consider that maybe the frame limiter was never turned on?

**Kanodin** · June 10th, 2004

Hey Kane, didn't the latest release of epsxe have a problem with speeds, even if you had it set to 60 FPS didn't it still run at close to 200 FPS. I haven't messed with epsxe in a while, so I don't really recall but wasn't a bug that cabe, announced in the emulator?

**Kane** · June 10th, 2004

The only speed releated problem I recall with ePSXe 1.6.0 was that Chrono Cross had timining issues, which were fixed by the command line extension '-noauto'. If there are others, I'm unaware of them. I haven't been using emus as much recently owing to my hardware setup changing every 10-20 minutes :P

**Kanodin** · June 10th, 2004

Heh, I never have anytime for anything, I have all these games I want to play and no time to play them, there needs to be more hours in a day. I knew about the Chrono Cross one. As you stated, I dunno if there are any other speed/timing issues either. I use 1.5.2 cause it works the best for me.

**Prafull** · June 10th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanodin

Hey Kane, didn't the latest release of epsxe have a problem with speeds, even if you had it set to 60 FPS didn't it still run at close to 200 FPS. I haven't messed with epsxe in a while, so I don't really recall but wasn't a bug that cabe, announced in the emulator?

Nah, just double checked it. 60 FPS = 60 FPS.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanodin

I use 1.5.2 cause it works the best for me.

Similarly I use 1.5.0 more than 1.6.0 coz games like Dino crisis series and resident evil series run better on that version.

**Betamax** · June 10th, 2004

Actually there are two situations were the auto fps limit does not work (both of which are related).

1. If the emu's country setting is set to 'pal' but you are running an 'ntsc' game, or vice versa. The emu then incorrectly tells the gpu what speed is the default.
2. If the emu's country setting is set to 'auto' but the game you are running has had an ntsc/pal conversion patch applied to it. AFAIK the emu determines the correct region from the disks psxid string, which is not altered by patching the game. Hence the game is detected as it's original region, not the patched one. This is in turn then incorrectly passed to the gpu as before.

crumbworks · June 10th, 2004

I have 1.6.0 and I have never had speed problems, except with the aforementioned Chrono Cross, which is fine, because it works with 1.5.2 (as others have pointed out) so when I go to play that, I'll be fine.

Otherwise, yes, I checked that the frame limiter *was* enabled....it was strange, but since all is fine now, there are no complaints.

Oh, to save myself a topic, does anyone know is there are any known problems with Vagrant Story? My friend is letting me borrow it after I beat Valkyrie Profile, and I'm just wondering...?

**Kane** · June 10th, 2004

Vagrant Story worked fine for me....

June 8th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
crumbworks Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ont, Canada Posts: 12	Emulator too fast? ePSXe works fine for me, but my friend recently got it. He popped in a CD and loaded it up, but the emulator goes way too fast... the only solution I could think of was limiting the FPS to a lower number, but that didn't fix it. What else could we try?

June 8th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,219	in the Video Plugin configuration enable Frame Limit. set it to Auto or manually to 60FPS (for NTSC) 50FPS (for PAL) __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

June 9th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	What the hell plugin were you using? Any of the current popular plugins have a fully functional framelock. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	well did you ever consider that maybe the frame limiter was never turned on? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

June 10th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	The only speed releated problem I recall with ePSXe 1.6.0 was that Chrono Cross had timining issues, which were fixed by the command line extension '-noauto'. If there are others, I'm unaware of them. I haven't been using emus as much recently owing to my hardware setup changing every 10-20 minutes :P __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

June 9th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
crumbworks Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ont, Canada Posts: 12	I appreciate your attempt to help, but if you had read my post, you would have read that I said "the only solution I could think of was limiting the FPS to a lower number, but that didn't fix it." Anyway, the problem somehow fixed itself when he used a different video plugin...odd way to fix it, but thanks anyway.

June 10th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Kanodin Emu author Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dunno Posts: 666	Hey Kane, didn't the latest release of epsxe have a problem with speeds, even if you had it set to 60 FPS didn't it still run at close to 200 FPS. I haven't messed with epsxe in a while, so I don't really recall but wasn't a bug that cabe, announced in the emulator?

June 10th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
Kanodin Emu author Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dunno Posts: 666	Heh, I never have anytime for anything, I have all these games I want to play and no time to play them, there needs to be more hours in a day. I knew about the Chrono Cross one. As you stated, I dunno if there are any other speed/timing issues either. I use 1.5.2 cause it works the best for me.

June 10th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Actually there are two situations were the auto fps limit does not work (both of which are related). 1. If the emu's country setting is set to 'pal' but you are running an 'ntsc' game, or vice versa. The emu then incorrectly tells the gpu what speed is the default. 2. If the emu's country setting is set to 'auto' but the game you are running has had an ntsc/pal conversion patch applied to it. AFAIK the emu determines the correct region from the disks psxid string, which is not altered by patching the game. Hence the game is detected as it's original region, not the patched one. This is in turn then incorrectly passed to the gpu as before. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

June 10th, 2004	#13 (permalink)
crumbworks Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ont, Canada Posts: 12	I have 1.6.0 and I have never had speed problems, except with the aforementioned Chrono Cross, which is fine, because it works with 1.5.2 (as others have pointed out) so when I go to play that, I'll be fine. Otherwise, yes, I checked that the frame limiter was enabled....it was strange, but since all is fine now, there are no complaints. Oh, to save myself a topic, does anyone know is there are any known problems with Vagrant Story? My friend is letting me borrow it after I beat Valkyrie Profile, and I'm just wondering...?

June 10th, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Vagrant Story worked fine for me.... __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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