P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver can't change resolution?

Randy Sledge · January 28th, 2007

Hi! After having alot of trouble with both FF7 and 9, I thought i'd try P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.17 instead. And no lag at all!

Anyways, I can't change the resolution. Is it supposed to be like that? Why are there options for changing resolution if it can't be changed?
Meaning, I get fullscreen and everything, but the characters are still in native psx resolution.

Mr. Killjoy · January 28th, 2007

GPU plugin settings, top part of the panel...

Randy Sledge · January 28th, 2007

Top part of the panel where? In the Soft Driver configurations? If that's what you mean, then yeah, that's what I'm saying. It doesn't do anything. I set the resolution to whatever and it's still native psx resolution.

Like this:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3332/inhujn2.jpg

Mr. Killjoy · January 28th, 2007

Oh yeah, well, that's because it's supposed to mimic real PSX graphics closely. If you want to get rid of these restrictions, switch to a D3D/OGL plugin, or even better OGL2. If your graphic card is good enough of course...

Randy Sledge · January 28th, 2007

Ahh! D3D/OGL OLG2 doesn't work right for me. It doesn't run as smooth as the soft driver at all. And I've done ALOT of tweaking and testing. With OGL, I get slowdowns and sound lag in the transitions when switching screens, which get very annoying. And the Soft driver seemed to run much smoother and now I can't even change resolution!

Mr. Killjoy · January 28th, 2007

Your problem is simple, don't take it personally but... your PC sucks. It's time for an upgrade

PS: you can still post your specs, just in case I may be wrong (although I really doubt it)

Randy Sledge · January 28th, 2007

Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300E / 1.83 GHz ( Dual-Core )
Cache-memory: 2 MB - L2 Cache
RAM: 1024 MB DDR2
Harddrive: 70 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 opm
Graphics controller: Intel GMA 950

Now, this is the computer I'm at right now. This one is slightly better than the other one, but the problems are the same with the slowdowns. I don't think it's got anything to do with hardware. Just seems like these graphic chips or something doesn't like these plugins or something.

Mr. Killjoy · January 28th, 2007

It's quite ok, except for graphics, integrated always suck, especially Intel's...
buy a real graphic card. Also, the FF battle swirls often tend to be a bit slow, even on good computers (lots more if the plugin isn't correctly configured). Those swirls aren't important, so either you deal with it, or you just find good settings that may make them look bad but faster.
OGL2 does everything ok IMO, but it requires a decent card

Randy Sledge · January 28th, 2007

Ah ok, these are both laptops btw. But this game runs alot of other much newer games much better than this emulation though. I had no problems like these when using my Radeon 9700 at my last computer. But the other laptop has a GeForce Go 6150. Is that really bad too?

Edit: Isn't it possible since the Soft Driver runs great, to just set up the resolution a bit more? Isn't this open source or something? I know nothing about coding, but would that be extremely hard to do? Just setting up the resolution slightly?

Dynamo · January 29th, 2007

What are the settings you are using for pete's ogl 1.76? You should be able to get a steady 60 frames with that laptop. I get higher fps with ogl 1.76 then P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.17. That is most likely my cpu holding me back on the soft driver though.

Randy Sledge · January 29th, 2007

I've tried everything I can with the olg1.76 driver and it seems impossible to avoid sound and a slight framerate drop when switching screens.
Btw: http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4637/braub9.png

RedLion · January 29th, 2007

Ok...With Pete's OGL1.Lower the resolution to 640*480.Disable scanlines (Personally I don't see the necessity with the resolution I gave you). Put framebuffer textures to Emulated VRam and framebuffer access to 4. You won't be able to see the battle swirls but the speed will be increased.

Randy Sledge · January 29th, 2007

Naa, I still get lag when using those settings. It's a little better though. But not good enough. The only good thing about the Ogl1 driver on this computer is the fact that I can get a better resolution. But the backgrounds look worse, lag when switching screens and no battle swirl. Seems to me like the Soft driver is still the best way to go. You don't know any way to increase the resolution with the soft driver then? Or would that mean rewriting the code?

RedLion · January 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy Sledge

Or would that mean rewriting the code?

There you go.....

January 28th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver can't change resolution? Hi! After having alot of trouble with both FF7 and 9, I thought i'd try P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.17 instead. And no lag at all! Anyways, I can't change the resolution. Is it supposed to be like that? Why are there options for changing resolution if it can't be changed? Meaning, I get fullscreen and everything, but the characters are still in native psx resolution. Last edited by Randy Sledge; January 28th, 2007 at 22:27.

January 28th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	GPU plugin settings, top part of the panel... __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 28th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	Top part of the panel where? In the Soft Driver configurations? If that's what you mean, then yeah, that's what I'm saying. It doesn't do anything. I set the resolution to whatever and it's still native psx resolution. Like this: http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3332/inhujn2.jpg Last edited by Randy Sledge; January 28th, 2007 at 22:51.

January 28th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	Oh yeah, well, that's because it's supposed to mimic real PSX graphics closely. If you want to get rid of these restrictions, switch to a D3D/OGL plugin, or even better OGL2. If your graphic card is good enough of course... __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 28th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	Your problem is simple, don't take it personally but... your PC sucks. It's time for an upgrade PS: you can still post your specs, just in case I may be wrong (although I really doubt it) __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 28th, 2007	#5 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	Ahh! D3D/OGL OLG2 doesn't work right for me. It doesn't run as smooth as the soft driver at all. And I've done ALOT of tweaking and testing. With OGL, I get slowdowns and sound lag in the transitions when switching screens, which get very annoying. And the Soft driver seemed to run much smoother and now I can't even change resolution!

January 28th, 2007	#7 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300E / 1.83 GHz ( Dual-Core ) Cache-memory: 2 MB - L2 Cache RAM: 1024 MB DDR2 Harddrive: 70 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 opm Graphics controller: Intel GMA 950 Now, this is the computer I'm at right now. This one is slightly better than the other one, but the problems are the same with the slowdowns. I don't think it's got anything to do with hardware. Just seems like these graphic chips or something doesn't like these plugins or something.

January 28th, 2007	#8 (permalink)
Mr. Killjoy [Suggest a custom title] Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,753	It's quite ok, except for graphics, integrated always suck, especially Intel's... buy a real graphic card. Also, the FF battle swirls often tend to be a bit slow, even on good computers (lots more if the plugin isn't correctly configured). Those swirls aren't important, so either you deal with it, or you just find good settings that may make them look bad but faster. OGL2 does everything ok IMO, but it requires a decent card __________________ Leader of "The Pessimists' Club" CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3GHz - RAM: 2GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF8800GTS 512MB OC - Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec Trio 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - WindowsXP-Pro SP2 --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

January 28th, 2007	#9 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	Ah ok, these are both laptops btw. But this game runs alot of other much newer games much better than this emulation though. I had no problems like these when using my Radeon 9700 at my last computer. But the other laptop has a GeForce Go 6150. Is that really bad too? Edit: Isn't it possible since the Soft Driver runs great, to just set up the resolution a bit more? Isn't this open source or something? I know nothing about coding, but would that be extremely hard to do? Just setting up the resolution slightly?

January 29th, 2007	#10 (permalink)
Dynamo RPG Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 204	What are the settings you are using for pete's ogl 1.76? You should be able to get a steady 60 frames with that laptop. I get higher fps with ogl 1.76 then P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.17. That is most likely my cpu holding me back on the soft driver though.

January 29th, 2007	#11 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	I've tried everything I can with the olg1.76 driver and it seems impossible to avoid sound and a slight framerate drop when switching screens. Btw: http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4637/braub9.png

January 29th, 2007	#12 (permalink)
RedLion Strong side of the Force Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Urban Jungle Posts: 1,665	Ok...With Pete's OGL1.Lower the resolution to 640*480.Disable scanlines (Personally I don't see the necessity with the resolution I gave you). Put framebuffer textures to Emulated VRam and framebuffer access to 4. You won't be able to see the battle swirls but the speed will be increased. __________________

January 29th, 2007	#13 (permalink)
Randy Sledge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 15	Naa, I still get lag when using those settings. It's a little better though. But not good enough. The only good thing about the Ogl1 driver on this computer is the fact that I can get a better resolution. But the backgrounds look worse, lag when switching screens and no battle swirl. Seems to me like the Soft driver is still the best way to go. You don't know any way to increase the resolution with the soft driver then? Or would that mean rewriting the code?

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