The unofficial pcsx2 beta discussion thread

[Federelli]

Originally Posted by refraction

as above, already looked at it, prafull made a patch based on my madagascar patch (suffers the same problem with the rareware library) then later i developed a video skip patch, but it skips everything sound/video/cutscene related

Tyvm for the kind answer, i know u don't like focusing on one game much, so i kinda take a leap, so again thx for answering .

I will now search for this patch, coulnd't care less for the videos, i can see them on my ps2.

[toyopsp]

if you try to load a state and the sound goes out/weird/high pitched, etc. then press esc then run -> execute and it will be fine...

[hockland]

Doing the esc, then run->execute things not worked for me, in ages. Crashes the emulator every time.

[cokbun]

do speed hacks only affect movies? I tried digital devil saga pre speed hack svn does 40fps and with speed hack it goes 60. But at gameplay nothing change much. Maybe 1 - 2 fps. And it freezes more often, like every scene, it says bgm load something in the console. Maybe its that 'compability will be compromized' thing.

[hockland]

Its probably game specific. With some games it means the difference between being playable and not. DMC1 PAL doesn`t work without all speedhacks enabled for example.

[Prafull]

Originally Posted by hockland

Its probably game specific. With some games it means the difference between being playable and not. DMC1 PAL doesn`t work without all speedhacks enabled for example.

Stop posting crap about DMC. This game has already been fixed and works without any patches or hacks. Infact the movies wont work if you enable the speed hacks.

[hockland]

Originally Posted by Prafull

Stop posting crap about DMC. This game has already been fixed and works without any patches or hacks. Infact the movies wont work if you enable the speed hacks.

The NTSC version yep, works fine. PAL version doesn`t, without the video skip patch + all speed hack options enabled. Tested on every version since 277.

Read this thread for a VAST amount of posts on the topic:
bug with DMC

For myself and others in the above thread, if you run the game without patches enabled, it wont run at all. Freezes at Capcom logo. If you have patches enabled but no speed hacks enabled, then it freezes when you go to start a new game, and theres no sound at the game menu screen, the game freezes and wont go any further. If you enable speed hacks and have patches enabled it runs perfectly fine.

I double checked it last time, you posted in the other thread, and the above issues and solutions happen at the very least for myself.

[refraction]

hockland what spu2 plugin are you using? and dont talk to my testers like they are idiots, i dont appreciate it, i think prafull has been in the game long enough to know the difference between PAL and NTSC. That thread hasnt been touched since i initially fixed it, so as far as we were concerned it was fixed.

[hockland]

Sorry. I took offense to how he spoke to me in his earlier post. I`m using zerospu2.

I thought I`d edited out alot of my original comments from my original version of the post, but the server kept stopping me from editing it as it was busy at the time.

Fixed the post in either case. My apologies.

[refraction]

okay is that version 0.4.5 you are using?

[hockland]

Of zerospu2? I`m using 0.4.4 according to pcsx2. I just then tried 0.4.5 and the same issue occured.

With patches disabled it freezes just after the Capcom logo. According the command prompt thing its occuring as soon as its attempting to read the cd. Which is strange as I`m using an iso.

[refraction]

okay, run it till it hangs, then as soon as it does press shift+f12, quit the emu then upload your emulog here, just incase its a different issue.

[hockland]

Ok here you go, all speedhacks are enabled (since thats the only way I can get it to run currently with the use of the video skip patch also). I can whip up another emulog.txt with them disabled as well if you like.

[refraction]

whats the point in me looking at the problem if you avoid it?

i wanted a log with that shift+f12 with no speedhacks or patches. i cant fix things i cant see.

[hockland]

The freeze still happened in the text file I posted. If you turn off patches it will freeze even with speed hacks enabled.

In the one I attached speed hacks were enabled, but patches were disabled and I did the shift-F12 as soon as the freeze occured. Heres one with all the speed hacks off in either case:

[Prafull]

I am using exact same version PAL SLES 503.58

And here are my results (working ever since it was fixed, thats like svn 310):-

No patches no hacks- absolutely perfect
Patches but no hacks- skips movies but ingame perfect
No patches but hacks- hangs at capcom logo
Patches and hacks- skips movies, ingame too

You sure you dont have a bad iso ? Try running from actual disk and see if it makes any difference and make iso again.

Too bad I missed your actual post.

[hockland]

Hmm interesting. Ok I`ll try from the dvd. I`ll re-edit this post when I test it.

Ok tested with peops dvd plugin 1.3.0 - Froze at capcom logo
Tried to test it with Gigahertz`s cdvd plugin 0.6.0 - but that wouldn`t read the drive
Tried with EEP Poling CDVD Driver 0.4.0 - It assumed my DMC1 dvd was an audio cd

[refraction]

hmm, just out of curiosity what region bios are you using?

i could use a blockdump btw (from your copy, not prafulls) to see for myself. 7zip and upload it somewhere then PM me the link.

This time, please do as i ask? no hacks, no patches, nothing, just a straight run.

[hockland]

Ok sure how do I do that? Doing a bios blocklump.

[refraction]

no no not a bios blockdump. i meant what region bios are you using, that was a seperate question :P

i meant a blockdump of the game, load it in to linuziso, tick the blockdump box at the bottom, then run the game to the crashpoint, then escape from the emu normally. this will create a file in your pcsx2 directory called for example DMC_PAL.dump DMC_PAL will be the name of your ISO file tho.