FF VII crashes at first battle

JeffreyZ · January 7th, 2003

For some reason, PCSX 1.4 can't get so far as to the swirl of Cloud's first battle in FF VII. It freezes and crashes, sometimes forcing me to shut down. I've never seen anyone ask for help for this game on PCSX before. Odd.

My graphics config:

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.68
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce4 MX 420/PCI/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: off
- Palettized tex windows: on
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 64 MBytes

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

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

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: on
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00000401]

**Yeloazndevil** · January 8th, 2003

u could try making a ISO and mount it w/ daemon tools

JeffreyZ · January 8th, 2003

No, I think the dump quality is fine, as is the Mooby CDR plugin. I get the same behavior whether I play the ISO or the CD, anyway. Maybe the CD is too scratchy. However, I tested it in ePSXe and it works.

I fixed the swirlies. So now, Cloud meets his opponents, and I get a nice swirly, and the game _starts_ to draw the background scene and battle menus for a microsecond, and just freezes. Hmph.

JeffreyZ · January 8th, 2003

Can someone send me a PCSX Save State from the second disk of FF7?

JeffreyZ · January 8th, 2003

Urgh! Chrono Cross battles and FF VIII battles are crashing it, too. What the heck is going on?

Sir Key · January 8th, 2003

if a game doesn't work for me i either try another emu (like epsxe) or i simply set the settings of the plugin to "fast" and if it works with the default "fast" settings then i switch some stuff to better gfx or stuff like that until it freezes again and then i know where the problem comes from... and if that doesn't work either i simply insert the disc into my psx

**cooliscool** · January 8th, 2003

He won't use ePSXe cause he's trying to be a good guy.

JeffreyZ · January 8th, 2003

Yeah yeah .... whatever.

The reason this is so frustrating is that, from a troubleshooting point of view, PCSX seems to be crashing for NO REASON.

1. It's not that the ISO dump was bad, since the ISO and the CD behave is the same exact way.

2. It's not that the CD is scratched, since the CD works fine with other emulators; and non-scratched CD's (of OTHER Squaresoft games) behave the same way. Battles crash in FF8 and Chrono Cross.

3. It has nothing to do with the graphics plugins, since every setting from the worst to the best produces the same effect.

4. It isn't PCSX _itself_ because, so far as I know, nobody else using that emulator has complained about Squaresoft RPG battles always crashing. In fact, I'm the only person on the World Wide Web that seems to have this problem. What could possibly be more screwed up than that? Is there a CPU option I need to check or uncheck? Hmph.

4. Could it be my computer? That seems way out there in terms of possibilities, but wouldn't it be interesting if Scandisk fixed whatever was going on?

Help us Linuzapps, you're our only hope!

Rebel_X · January 15th, 2003

Will, I have the same problem!! but Just when using VGS.. using ePSXe solve the problem, I didn't try PCSX, its not Reliable..

inoesomestuff · November 29th, 2004

what version windows?

**I-Chan** · November 29th, 2004

This thread is almost two years old!!

Please, do not revive old threads. I don't think the original poster has the problem anymore. Check the rules and try to behave acordingly.

January 7th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
JeffreyZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leuven Belgium, orig. Tucson AZ. Posts: 123	FF VII crashes at first battle For some reason, PCSX 1.4 can't get so far as to the swirl of Cloud's first battle in FF VII. It freezes and crashes, sometimes forcing me to shut down. I've never seen anyone ask for help for this game on PCSX before. Odd. My graphics config: Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.68 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce4 MX 420/PCI/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 800x600 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [16 Bit] - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R8G8A8A8 - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: off - Palettized tex windows: on - Garbage collection: on - VRam size: 64 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 2 - Framebuffer access: 1 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: on - Screen smoothing: off - Screen cushion: off - Game fixes: on [00000401]

January 8th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
JeffreyZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leuven Belgium, orig. Tucson AZ. Posts: 123	No, I think the dump quality is fine, as is the Mooby CDR plugin. I get the same behavior whether I play the ISO or the CD, anyway. Maybe the CD is too scratchy. However, I tested it in ePSXe and it works. I fixed the swirlies. So now, Cloud meets his opponents, and I get a nice swirly, and the game _starts_ to draw the background scene and battle menus for a microsecond, and just freezes. Hmph. Last edited by JeffreyZ; January 8th, 2003 at 07:11.

January 8th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
JeffreyZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leuven Belgium, orig. Tucson AZ. Posts: 123	More testing Urgh! Chrono Cross battles and FF VIII battles are crashing it, too. What the heck is going on?

January 8th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
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January 15th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Rebel_X Smart Star Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Chicago, Oak Lawn Posts: 687	Will, I have the same problem!! but Just when using VGS.. using ePSXe solve the problem, I didn't try PCSX, its not Reliable.. __________________ "Logic is the Art of going wrong with confidence"

January 8th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,136	u could try making a ISO and mount it w/ daemon tools

January 8th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
JeffreyZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leuven Belgium, orig. Tucson AZ. Posts: 123	Can someone send me a PCSX Save State from the second disk of FF7?

January 8th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Sir Key Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 1,945	if a game doesn't work for me i either try another emu (like epsxe) or i simply set the settings of the plugin to "fast" and if it works with the default "fast" settings then i switch some stuff to better gfx or stuff like that until it freezes again and then i know where the problem comes from... and if that doesn't work either i simply insert the disc into my psx

January 8th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
JeffreyZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Leuven Belgium, orig. Tucson AZ. Posts: 123	Yeah yeah .... whatever. The reason this is so frustrating is that, from a troubleshooting point of view, PCSX seems to be crashing for NO REASON. 1. It's not that the ISO dump was bad, since the ISO and the CD behave is the same exact way. 2. It's not that the CD is scratched, since the CD works fine with other emulators; and non-scratched CD's (of OTHER Squaresoft games) behave the same way. Battles crash in FF8 and Chrono Cross. 3. It has nothing to do with the graphics plugins, since every setting from the worst to the best produces the same effect. 4. It isn't PCSX _itself_ because, so far as I know, nobody else using that emulator has complained about Squaresoft RPG battles always crashing. In fact, I'm the only person on the World Wide Web that seems to have this problem. What could possibly be more screwed up than that? Is there a CPU option I need to check or uncheck? Hmph. 4. Could it be my computer? That seems way out there in terms of possibilities, but wouldn't it be interesting if Scandisk fixed whatever was going on? Help us Linuzapps, you're our only hope!

November 29th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
inoesomestuff Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3	what version windows?

November 29th, 2004	#11 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	This thread is almost two years old!! Please, do not revive old threads. I don't think the original poster has the problem anymore. Check the rules and try to behave acordingly. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

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