Shenmue 2 audio issues

[Boulotaur2024]

using :

- nullpvr
- Image Reader
- nullAICA


I get very annoying garbled/broken up audio glitches and white noise as if I was tuning a radio. This happen precisely when I arrive at the AM2 logo, right after the SEGA logo (and from that point on, it doesn't disappear anymore further into the game).

Same problem with ChankaAICA, except that the latter doesnt' have audio sync so the framerate is x2
It's a shame because everything else is downright amazing, crisp textures and nice framerate, wow....

Brillant work !


P.S : I sometimes manage to avoid the problem by being fast enough on my joystick button thus skipping the AM2 logo which normally marks the beginning of audio garbage. But I haven't been that successful lately with that technique

[drkIIRaziel]

If the game has cdda its very likely thats the cause for it

[Boulotaur2024]

Ok then I guess you're working on it. Good news


*edit*
I thought the fact of skipping the AM2 logo was placebo but I'am afraid I was right, I've just successfully skipped it and the audio is uber clean throughout the intro (you know the eagle in the valley...) and as soon as the 'Y' (signature of the creator of the game -forgot his name-) logo appears.. BOOM crackles again :/

[Cid Highwind]

Originally Posted by drkIIRaziel

If the game has cdda its very likely thats the cause for it

I don't think it has CDDA, it's a huge game fitting on 4GDroms and the music doesn't sound good enough to be true audio. Also, there's too much variety in it, and whenever I put them in a CD player or DVD drive it doesn't pick up CDA

[Boulotaur2024]

I can confirm that the audio problem starts right at the AM2 logo, maybe that's the point where audio is initialized or the beginning of a track, I don't know...

I can do with it though, I just need to press that START button fast enough so as to skip the screen.

But don't worry too much with that, it could as well be related to the 'quality' of my rip. I haven't seen Shenmue 2 in the screenshots thread so I dunno if some other people have had the same audio issue.

[MiretanK]

(signature of the creator of the game -forgot his name-)

How could you! :o Yu Suzuki.

[Boulotaur2024]

Yeah shame on me

Btw it's totally great to see Shenmue with such a high resolution and that quality of anti-aliasing.
Feels a bit like playing a kind of unreleased "Shenmue HD"

I'm really happy because I'd always wanted to play the sequel of Shenmue, but at the time it was released I had sold my DC, and Chankast was awfully slow when I tried it.

GOOD JOB GUYS, keep it up !!!

[Cid Highwind]

How is the shimmering when playing it emulated? I play it on VGA but to be honest I still cannot decide what looks better: VGA or RGB scart on a nice tv, cause the latter gives some extra AA, or so to say.

VGA learns that the DC's AA is far from perfect

[MrGarrison]

Originally Posted by Boulotaur2024

Yeah shame on me

Btw it's totally great to see Shenmue with such a high resolution and that quality of anti-aliasing.
Feels a bit like playing a kind of unreleased "Shenmue HD"

I'm really happy because I'd always wanted to play the sequel of Shenmue, but at the time it was released I had sold my DC, and Chankast was awfully slow when I tried it.

GOOD JOB GUYS, keep it up !!!

Lol I think it's the other way around. You really see how low res everything is in the game (I play @ 2560x1600 on a 30" monitor).

But anyways it's the game that counts, not the graphics.

[Boulotaur2024]

A screenshot of the debugging windows :





This keeps scrolling endlessly... Dunno if it has any correlation with the audio issue though...

[Pulsar_t]

My PAL rip has little audio problems. Also objects do disappear frequently.. It ruins the immersion if you ask me!

[Quake3k]

just click start (shift) fast enough and the sound dont have errors in the game

[MrGarrison]

Yup it ruins it for me too.

Especially when Ryo's head disappears right before the camera "enters his view". His eyeballs don't disappear so it looks really funny/scary!

[Boulotaur2024]

Yea it's actually pretty funny, I wanted to post a screenshot of this.
Also the biker girl happens to be bold






"He does the finest haircuts ever"

[MiretanK]

lol, gotta save that picture man, its lolsome

[Alphagod]

Damn. DAMN! Now that is funny. He looks like the eyed version of Rayman.

[Masticate]

Fark, that made me burst into laughter

[Cid Highwind]

lol, now this reminds me of The Mask when he sees a pair of big boobs or a hot woman

[Ex0skelet0r]

guys how you managed to run shenmue 2? im getting a white screen and nothing more.. and why i have to select the image twice?

[anachoret]

Hi...same problem as Boulotaur2024 and the game does not find any VM to save......
Thanks....
Bye!