RPG: FRAME skipping

DoomVega · March 8th, 2003

Greetings to you all,
I would REALLY appreciate if anyone would have the kindness and generosity to answer my question.

Is there any way to frame skip on epsxe? You see, when you were playing games like final fantasy on znes, you could frame skip and auto-fire, you could gain levels and gold ten times as fast! This is what I'm looking for in epsxe and I'm wondering if such an option exists. If so, could anyone tell me how to activate it?

For those who are wondering, I have spent quite a lot of time trying to find this option to no avail. I have also checked the other topics and threads on the forum, so it's not like I haven't tried!

Thanx a lot in advance.

Vega Valentine

**Kane** · March 8th, 2003

You can disable frame limits using the in game quick keys (Delete, Home, PGup/down....)

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DoomVega · March 8th, 2003

Thank you Kane,

I have tried that but I can't get very good results. Still, it's suprising, I have a PIII 900 mhz and a geforce2 32 mb. I guess I can't expect great frameskipping speed as in say Znes or VisualBoy... I suppose putting very low details and resolution might speed things up a little right?

**Yeloazndevil** · March 8th, 2003

yea it will speed up things if u lower the resolution to 640 X 480 and don't use FSAA

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DoomVega · March 10th, 2003

Thanx for all of your comments and answers!

I've finally managed to get a good frameskip. Is there any possible way at all to get a limit higher than 200 fps? If so, could you tell me please?

For all of you Nvidia Geforce user out there, try the openGL plugin, it works wonder!!

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HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

**Kane** · March 10th, 2003

If the limit is disabled (empty box on the ingame config), it'll go as fast as it can.

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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

DoomVega · March 12th, 2003

I see,
When you're saying that it will go as fast as it can, how fast can you get? I'm getting something like 150 FPS max. Do some of you get more than 200 fps??

Thanx

**Kane** · March 12th, 2003

I have before, but I turn up IQ so that it doesn't (4xFSAA, that sorta thing)

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Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
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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

DoomVega · March 12th, 2003

This might seem like another annoying question (and maybe it is) but I can't find what FSAA is! I've checked on your site Kane and couldn't find it either...

Vega Valentine

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**Kane** · March 12th, 2003

FSAA: Full Screen Anti Aliasing. It's a method fro removing jaggies and crawling textures. It's an option in your graphics card's advanced menu. However, the GeForce 2's FSAA is crap at best. The Supersampling algorithm produces little IQ improvement for a stupid overhead.

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>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

DoomVega · March 12th, 2003

Riiiight, Supersampling algorithm, sounds advanced. Here's a last question if you feel like answering it (I kinda get the feeling there's only two people on the forum =-) I always get big slowdown whenever there's transparency involved. What's the best way to fix it?

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**Kane** · March 12th, 2003

Well what are your current settings. It's easier that way to spot a problem.

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>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

DoomVega · March 13th, 2003

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.68
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: off
- Palettized tex windows: on
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 32 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: off
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: 200

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: off
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00000002]

I guess this is what you wanted right? BTW thanx for taking the time to answer my newbie questions,

An impressed French Canadian

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HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

**Kane** · March 13th, 2003

Enable Alpha-Multipass.

What CPU you got under the bonnet... that might be your issue.

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Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
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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

DoomVega · March 13th, 2003

You're the computer expert but it feels slower when it's on. BTW, I've noticed your posts are faster than your own shadow, do you work here or something?

I got a 933 mhz, 500 MB of RAM, 10go hard drive. Do you need anything else, oh yeah a GEFORCE2 32MB.

PS: I won't be able to post my own avatar before I have 16 posts right?

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**Kane** · March 13th, 2003

Like I said, what CPU you running?

>. BTW, I've noticed yor past are faster than your own shadow, do you work here or something?

Something

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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

DoomVega · March 13th, 2003

Sorry, just posted it...

«Something»

(scared) Mister, are you a robot?

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**Kane** · March 13th, 2003

>I got a 933 mhz, 500 MB of RAM, 10go hard drive. Do you need anything else, oh yeah a GEFORCE2 32MB.

Hmm... I'm not sure... I never run in 1024x768, but a 933 shouldbe able to handle it well... unless it's a Via or Intel Celeron....

>(scared) Mister, are you a robot?

Might explain a lot.

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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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DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	RPG: FRAME skipping Greetings to you all, I would REALLY appreciate if anyone would have the kindness and generosity to answer my question. Is there any way to frame skip on epsxe? You see, when you were playing games like final fantasy on znes, you could frame skip and auto-fire, you could gain levels and gold ten times as fast! This is what I'm looking for in epsxe and I'm wondering if such an option exists. If so, could anyone tell me how to activate it? For those who are wondering, I have spent quite a lot of time trying to find this option to no avail. I have also checked the other topics and threads on the forum, so it's not like I haven't tried! Thanx a lot in advance. Vega Valentine

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March 8th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	You can disable frame limits using the in game quick keys (Delete, Home, PGup/down....) __________________ >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

March 8th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	Thank you Kane, I have tried that but I can't get very good results. Still, it's suprising, I have a PIII 900 mhz and a geforce2 32 mb. I guess I can't expect great frameskipping speed as in say Znes or VisualBoy... I suppose putting very low details and resolution might speed things up a little right?

March 8th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil Tsundere-chan Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,386	yea it will speed up things if u lower the resolution to 640 X 480 and don't use FSAA __________________

March 10th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	Thanx for all of your comments and answers! I've finally managed to get a good frameskip. Is there any possible way at all to get a limit higher than 200 fps? If so, could you tell me please? For all of you Nvidia Geforce user out there, try the openGL plugin, it works wonder!! __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 10th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	If the limit is disabled (empty box on the ingame config), it'll go as fast as it can. __________________ >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

March 12th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	I see, When you're saying that it will go as fast as it can, how fast can you get? I'm getting something like 150 FPS max. Do some of you get more than 200 fps?? Thanx

March 12th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	I have before, but I turn up IQ so that it doesn't (4xFSAA, that sorta thing) __________________ >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

March 12th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	This might seem like another annoying question (and maybe it is) but I can't find what FSAA is! I've checked on your site Kane and couldn't find it either... Vega Valentine __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 12th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	FSAA: Full Screen Anti Aliasing. It's a method fro removing jaggies and crawling textures. It's an option in your graphics card's advanced menu. However, the GeForce 2's FSAA is crap at best. The Supersampling algorithm produces little IQ improvement for a stupid overhead. __________________ >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

March 12th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	Riiiight, Supersampling algorithm, sounds advanced. Here's a last question if you feel like answering it (I kinda get the feeling there's only two people on the forum =-) I always get big slowdown whenever there's transparency involved. What's the best way to fix it? __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 12th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Well what are your current settings. It's easier that way to spot a problem. __________________ >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

March 13th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.68 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce2 MX/AGP/SSE Resolution/Color: - 1024x768 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit] - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R4G4B4A4 - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: off - Palettized tex windows: on - Garbage collection: on - VRam size: 32 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: off - Frame skipping: on - FPS limit: 200 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 1 - Framebuffer access: 0 - Alpha multipass: off - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: on - Dithering: off - Screen smoothing: off - Screen cushion: off - Game fixes: on [00000002] I guess this is what you wanted right? BTW thanx for taking the time to answer my newbie questions, An impressed French Canadian __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 13th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Enable Alpha-Multipass. What CPU you got under the bonnet... that might be your issue. __________________ >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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DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	You're the computer expert but it feels slower when it's on. BTW, I've noticed your posts are faster than your own shadow, do you work here or something? I got a 933 mhz, 500 MB of RAM, 10go hard drive. Do you need anything else, oh yeah a GEFORCE2 32MB. PS: I won't be able to post my own avatar before I have 16 posts right? __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 13th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Like I said, what CPU you running? >. BTW, I've noticed yor past are faster than your own shadow, do you work here or something? Something __________________ >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

March 13th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
DoomVega Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere on the internet Posts: 33	Sorry, just posted it... «Something» (scared) Mister, are you a robot? __________________ HEYYYY GRIFFFINNNN..-The Family guy

March 13th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	>I got a 933 mhz, 500 MB of RAM, 10go hard drive. Do you need anything else, oh yeah a GEFORCE2 32MB. Hmm... I'm not sure... I never run in 1024x768, but a 933 shouldbe able to handle it well... unless it's a Via or Intel Celeron.... >(scared) Mister, are you a robot? Might explain a lot. __________________ >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