PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide

[GeominorAI]

We appear to be crossing into the http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-offici...ide-noobs.html territory with the recent articles. Any thoughts, cottonvibes?

Note: Status is the confirmation of the problem from the developers or members. The state can be unaddressed, confirmed, patched, or fixed.

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[GeominorAI]

Actually, the post was refering to the emulator article contents.
Perhaps the two threads can cross-transfer contents. Albeit the layouts are rather different, perhaps a cross-indexing should do fine for now?

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Last edited by GeominorAI; March 26th, 2008 at 05:57..

[cottonvibes]

i see what you're saying, but i think my guide's layout won't go well with adding indexing. its already really big, it would probably clutter it up too much.

is it really a problem though for this thread to also have general fixes?
plus, i think people will eventually start posting more game-specific posts once the major PCSX2 problems have been posted.
i'm still in the process of transfering my game fixes to this thread, just been a bit lazy

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[GeominorAI]

Perhaps, though it is rather preferable to ensure that your thread is not covered by this one. Under consideration was to move some of the general fixes here to your thread. (Or to remove their index from here and have them be linked in your thread, or have their contents copied entirely.)

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KB Articles:

1. Post-Logo Crash - [NTSC]

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Post-Logo Crash

SYMPTOMS
The emulator crashes between the logo and loading screens.

CAUSE
This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator.

RESOLUTION
There are no resolutions that are currently available.

WORKAROUND
Enter the game via PCSX2's Run > Execute

STATUS
Reported by one member.
No official confirmation exists.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent releases
• Tekken 5 [NTSC] - SLUS_210.59

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KB Articles:

1. Permanent or Missing Character Collision - [?]

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Permanent or Missing Character Collision

SYMPTOMS
The player's character will permanently adhere to the surface of terrain or objects, or will fall through the ground.

CAUSE
This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator.

RESOLUTION
This problem has been resolved in releases since SVN 377.
Download the latest beta here.

WORKAROUND
There are no workarounds that are currently available.

STATUS
This bug has been resolved since SVN 377.
Game is listed in the compatibility list as having problems in-game.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent releases
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater [?] - (?)

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[Fadingz]

Bad Quality CG Animation in FFX

SYMPTOMS
The CG Animation in FFX has boxes and has bad quality

CAUSE
1. AA is on
2. not using th latest updates

RESOLUTION
Get the latest gfx plugin from the site:
http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-q...7657-gsdx.html
http://forums.ngemu.com/ps2-plugin-q...gs-plugin.html
Turn AA off for the CG parts
Get the latest PCSX2

WORKAROUND
Bear with it!

STATUS
Works for me

APPLIES TO

• All version of PCSX2 and FFX

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Texts are smudged

SYMPTOMS
All in the dialogs and subtitles are smudged and become unreadable

CAUSE
Driver AA

RESOLUTION
Turn AA(anti-aliasing) or any AA related feature in your graphic card driver off

WORKAROUND
Guess what it's saying?

STATUS
Works for the most part

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all versions
• All applicable games

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KB Articles:

1. Cannot Map to Controller Plugin - [?]

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Cannot Map to Controller Plugin

SYMPTOMS
Controller plugins fail to properly utilize the interface device.

CAUSE
The controller plugins have not been designed for such use and cannot properly recognize the setup.

RESOLUTION
There are no resolutions that are currently available.

WORKAROUND
There are no workarounds that are currently available.

STATUS
This issue has been confirmed and is under development.
See this thread for discussions related to the progress.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent versions
• All controller plugins all recent releases
• Guitar Hero II [?] - (?)

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Incompatible Saved States

SYMPTOMS
The emulator crashes while attempting to load a save state on a new version of PCSX2.

CAUSE
New releases of the emulator may emulate the game differently compared to previous versions, which renders the saved states incompatible.

RESOLUTION
There are no resolutions that are currently available.

WORKAROUND
Save the game to the memory card prior to using a new version of the emulator.

STATUS
This issue has been confirmed.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all releases

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Unplayable Movies

SYMPTOMS
Most in-game movies fail to play.

CAUSE
This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator 0.9.4.

RESOLUTION
Update to the latest PCSX2 SVN.

WORKAROUND
There are no workarounds that are currently available.

STATUS
This issue has been resolved in the latest SVN.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 0.9.4
• GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases
• Final Fantasy X [?] - (?)

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KB Articles:

1. Unable to Load Graphics Plugin
2. GSdx SSSE3 Crash
3. No sound and crash
4. PCSX2 Crashes Randomly in all Games
5. Memory Card - Quit to desktop
6. Random Crashes While Loading Saved States
7. Incompatible Saved States

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KB Articles:

1. Video Crash - [?]
2. Performance Drop - [?]

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Video Crash

SYMPTOMS
Emulator crashes upon certain special-move videos.

CAUSE
This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator.

RESOLUTION
There are no resolutions that are currently available.

WORKAROUND
There are no workarounds that are currently available.

STATUS
Reported by one member.
No official confirmation exists.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent releases
• GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases
• Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 [?] - (?)

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Performance Drop

SYMPTOMS
Performance drops by 80% during certain scenes.

CAUSE
This performance issue is caused by the PCSX2 emulator.

RESOLUTION
There are no resolutions that are currently available.

WORKAROUND
There are no workarounds that are currently available.

STATUS
Reported by multiple members.
No official confirmation exists.
This game has not yet been rated in the compatibility list.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent releases
• Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 [?] - (?)

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Transfer Saved Games

OBJECTIVE
Transfer saved games from community sites to the PCSX2 memory card.

REDIRECT TO

• http://forums.ngemu.com/pcsx2-offici...morycards.html

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Extensive Graphical Flicker

SYMPTOMS
The graphics canvas flickers consistently.

CAUSE
This rendering issue is caused both in part by the emulator and the graphics plugin in VU frame skipping mode.

RESOLUTION
Switch to an alternative frame limiting mode.

WORKAROUND
Toggle through interlace modes to reduce the flicker.

STATUS
Reported by multiple members.
Official confirmation exists.

APPLIES TO

• PCSX2 all recent releases
• GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases

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