ePSXe Stalling

NoblePeasant · July 1st, 2004

In every game I've tried so far, ePSXe stalls at certain points, most often when I enter or exit a menu. (Also happens at the beginning of battles for Tactics Ogre and FFT)

The game freezes at a black screen, but frame rates stay the same. I managed to bypass this by turning off FPS limit. After a couple seconds at 300 f/s, it goes on. I have no idea what this is, so please help.

Current Video Plugin:
Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.4
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON 9700 PRO x86/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
- Internal X resolution: 1
- Internal Y resolution: 1
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- TexWin pixel shader: on
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer effects: 3
- Framebuffer uploads: 1

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Mdec filter: on
- Screen filtering: on
- Shader effects: 0/1
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

Also an unrelated problem, when I test sound and cd plugins, there is never a response. The sound usually cuts out after I load a savestate. This doesn't really matter, since I usually play with no sound and run isos, but I'm still wondering. I'm using the ePSXe base for those.

**Kane** · July 2nd, 2004

The sound problems are due to the fact that if you have sound off when you load a save state, it stays off.
Your stalling issues may be caused by savestates too. They can cause numerous issues

NoblePeasant · July 3rd, 2004

It's not the savestates, since the stalling problem remains without using them.

It really gets annoying when you have to remove the FPS limit every 5 minutes and put it back on.

**Kane** · July 3rd, 2004

Well that's probably loading time then... have you tried running from an ISO, and if you are already, have you tried defragging?

**hushypushy** · July 3rd, 2004

Quote:

TexWin pixel shader: on

try turning that off.

NoblePeasant · July 3rd, 2004

Hm...

It works if I put only a few units on the map, but if I want to deploy all of them, there still is a stall period.

Guess I'll just have to stick with the frame unlimiter.

July 1st, 2004	#1 (permalink)
NoblePeasant Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3	ePSXe Stalling In every game I've tried so far, ePSXe stalls at certain points, most often when I enter or exit a menu. (Also happens at the beginning of battles for Tactics Ogre and FFT) The game freezes at a black screen, but frame rates stay the same. I managed to bypass this by turning off FPS limit. After a couple seconds at 300 f/s, it goes on. I have no idea what this is, so please help. Current Video Plugin: Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.4 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. GFX card: RADEON 9700 PRO x86/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 640x480 Window mode - Internal X resolution: 1 - Internal Y resolution: 1 - Keep psx aspect ratio: off - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: 1 - TexWin pixel shader: on - VRam size: 0 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: on - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer effects: 3 - Framebuffer uploads: 1 Misc: - Scanlines: off - Mdec filter: on - Screen filtering: on - Shader effects: 0/1 - GF4/XP crash fix: off - Game fixes: off [00000000] Also an unrelated problem, when I test sound and cd plugins, there is never a response. The sound usually cuts out after I load a savestate. This doesn't really matter, since I usually play with no sound and run isos, but I'm still wondering. I'm using the ePSXe base for those.

July 2nd, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	The sound problems are due to the fact that if you have sound off when you load a save state, it stays off. Your stalling issues may be caused by savestates too. They can cause numerous issues __________________ >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

July 3rd, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Well that's probably loading time then... have you tried running from an ISO, and if you are already, have you tried defragging? __________________ >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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July 3rd, 2004	#3 (permalink)
NoblePeasant Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3	It's not the savestates, since the stalling problem remains without using them. It really gets annoying when you have to remove the FPS limit every 5 minutes and put it back on.

July 3rd, 2004	#6 (permalink)
NoblePeasant Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3	Hm... It works if I put only a few units on the map, but if I want to deploy all of them, there still is a stall period. Guess I'll just have to stick with the frame unlimiter.