PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide - Page 5

dantes · April 5th, 2008

naruto ultimate ninja1 (Ntsc),
Problem: the game crashes when play (scenario) Saga modes, i have used the inspectr program and gives that (read the text file), i play this with pcsx2 svn 343 but with all versions happen the same problem

GeominorAI · April 5th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by dantes

naruto ultimate ninja1 (Ntsc),
Problem: the game crashes when play (scenario) Saga modes, i have used the inspectr program and gives that (read the text file), i play this with pcsx2 svn 343 but with all versions happen the same problem

The purpose of this thread is not to report bugs but to generate well-documented and formatted reports to aid the end-user in problem diagnosis and troubleshooting.

GeominorAI · April 5th, 2008

Patch Application Failure

SYMPTOMS
Console output displays
XML Loader returned an error. Trying to load a pnach...
patch file for this game not found. Can't apply any patches.

CAUSE
The patch file for the game is not found in the emulator patches directory.
There does not exist an installed patch for the game.

RESOLUTION
This is not an error. No action is required.
A patch does not have to exist for the game to run.

WORKAROUND
User-made patches can be found here.

STATUS
Reported by multiple members.
This is not an error.

APPLIES TO

PCSX2 all recent releases

April 5th, 2008	#83 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Patch Application Failure SYMPTOMS Console output displays XML Loader returned an error. Trying to load a pnach... patch file for this game not found. Can't apply any patches. CAUSE The patch file for the game is not found in the emulator patches directory. There does not exist an installed patch for the game. RESOLUTION This is not an error. No action is required. A patch does not have to exist for the game to run. WORKAROUND User-made patches can be found here. STATUS Reported by multiple members. This is not an error. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 5th, 2008 at 06:35.

April 5th, 2008	#84 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Shadow of The Colossus Sub-Index *KB Articles:* Ineffectual Attack - [?] Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 5th, 2008 at 07:14.

April 5th, 2008	#85 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Shadow of The Colossus Ineffectual Attack SYMPTOMS Attacking the first boss has no effect, and thus the game cannot continue past the stage. 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 multiple members. No official confirmation exists. This game has been listed in the compatibility list as having problems in-game. APPLIES TO PCSX2 0.9.4 to 0.9.5 SVN 343 Shadow of The Colossus [?] - (?) Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

April 6th, 2008	#86 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Final Fantasy X Corrupted Graphics SYMPTOMS Graphics contain missing or corrupted geometry. CAUSE This bug is caused both in part by the PCSX2 emulator and the graphics plugin. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND The graphics plugins, GSdx and ZeroGS, contain a specific hack for the game. For GSdx, enable the NLOOP hack. For ZeroGS, enable the FFX hack - 00000080. STATUS Reported by multiple members. Official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases GSdx9/10 all releases GSdx all recent releases ZeroGS 0.97.x Final Fantasy X [?] - (?) Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

April 6th, 2008	#87 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	tri-Ace Incorporated Games Common Errors in tri-Ace Incorporated Games SYMPTOMS The game crashes the emulator, causes loop-backs, or refuses to continue past a stage. CAUSE This is caused by the tri-Ace programmer's hardcoded memory check subroutine as a likely legitimate product integrity solution. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND There are no workarounds that are currently available. STATUS Reported by a few members. Official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases Radiata Stories [PAL/NTSC] - (?) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time [PAL/NTSC] - (?) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Director's Cut [PAL/NTSC] - (?) Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria [PAL/NTSC] - (?) Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

April 6th, 2008	#88 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Random Crashes While Loading Saved States SYMPTOMS The emulator crashes while attempting to load particular save states. CAUSE This issue is caused by the PCSX2 emulator handling of saved states. The save state is not the optimal saving solution. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Save the game to the memory card. STATUS This issue has been confirmed. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all releases Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 6th, 2008 at 02:27.

April 6th, 2008	#89 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Graphical Black Bars SYMPTOMS Multiple solid black bars appear throughout the graphics canvas. CAUSE This issue is caused by the graphics plugin rendering in an aspect ratio different from that of the native resolution. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Set the resolution to be a multiple of the original ratio components or use the native resolution. STATUS Reported by multiple members. Official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases GSdx all recent releases Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

April 13th, 2008	#90 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Convert Saved Games OBJECTIVE Convert MAX Drive (.max), EMS (.psu), SharkPort (.sps), X-Port (.xps) and Code Breaker (.cbs) formats to be used in the PCSX2 memory card. REDIRECT TO mymc, a PS2 Memory Card Image Utility - External Back to Index Last edited by GeominorAI; April 14th, 2008 at 05:22.

April 13th, 2008	#91 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Memory Card and Saved States Sub-Index *KB Articles:* Memory Card - Quit to desktop Random Crashes While Loading Saved States Incompatible Saved States Saved state swap skips every other number Transfer Saved Games Convert Saved Games Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 13th, 2008 at 21:42.

April 13th, 2008	#92 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Unable to Load Graphics Plugin SYMPTOMS The emulator displays the message Error Opening GS Plugin, and all graphics fail to render. OR The emulator crashes with a black graphics canvas upon the start of the game. CAUSE The graphics plugin's minimum system requirements have not been met. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Use an alternate version of the plugin or a setup with lower system requirements. STATUS This is a known issue. APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 13th, 2008 at 23:10.

April 13th, 2008	#93 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Graphics Plugin System Requirements [R] - Required [O] - Optional, but recommended GSdx9 Pre-0.10.0 [R] CPU that supports SSE [O] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 1.1-3.0 0.10.0-0.10.4 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 0.10.0-0.10.9 [R] CPU that supports SSE [O] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 0.11.0-0.11.4 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 GSdx10 0.1.0-0.1.4 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 4.0 [R] Windows Vista or higher [R] GPU that supports DirectX 10: Nvidia GeForce 8/9 Series ATI HD Series GSdx SSE2 0.1.0-0.1.9 [DX9] [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 0.1.0-0.1.9 [DX10] [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 4.0 [R] Windows Vista or higher [R] GPU that supports DirectX 10: Nvidia GeForce 8/9 Series ATI HD Series GSdx [DX9/10] SSSE3 0.1.5-0.1.9 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] CPU that supports SSSE3: Intel: Xeon 5100/5300/3000 Core 2 Duo/Extreme/Quad Pentium Dual Core Celeron 4xx/Dual Core E1200 Celeron M 520/530 Atom VIA: Nano [R] Windows Vista or higher [only for GSdx DX10] [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0/4.0 GSdx [DX9/10] SSE4 0.1.8-0.1.9 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] CPU that supports SSE4: Intel: Xeon Dual-Core E3110, Quad-Core X3320+, Quad-Core E5405+, Quad-Core L5408+ Core 2 Duo E7200+, E8190+, T9300+ Core 2 Quad Q9300+ Core 2 Extreme X9000+, QX9650+ AMD: Opteron Barcelona Opteron Budapest Phenom Agena [R] Windows Vista or higher [only for GSdx DX10] [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0/4.0 GSdx may require additional DLL's of d3dx9_27.dll, d3dx9_30.dll, d3dx9_34.dll, d3dx9_36.dll, d3dx9_38.dll, d3dx10_38.dll and d3dx10_36.dll if the appropriate DirectX runtime environment is not installed. ZeroGS 0.96.0-0.97.0 [R] CPU that supports SSE [O] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 0.97.1 [R] CPU that supports SSE [R] CPU that supports SSE2 [R] GPU that supports Pixel Shader 2.0-3.0 APPLIES TO PCSX2 all recent releases GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; August 27th, 2008 at 23:47. Reason: Updated: GSdx 0.1.9

April 15th, 2008	#94 (permalink)
nekobaka Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: freiburg Posts: 1	Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner Game locks in Episode 2 SYMPTOMS After freeing Denpachi the guards lock in an animation. The story cannot be played further. CAUSE This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator 0.9.4. RESOLUTION Use 0.95 SVN-Version of PCSX2 (343 worked for me) WORKAROUND No known workarounds. STATUS Reported by one member. APPLIES TO PCSX2 0.94 Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner [PAL] - SLES_546.29 Back to Index

April 28th, 2008	#97 (permalink)
diablo2121 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 116	Is anyone else having trouble saving a game on the memory card for Yakuza? I keep getting save failed, and I've tried on an entire new formatted memory card.

April 16th, 2008	#95 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army Sub-Index *KB Articles:* Game locks in Episode 2 - [PAL] - KB article is pending confirmation Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index. Last edited by GeominorAI; April 16th, 2008 at 01:20.

April 28th, 2008	#98 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	The purpose of this thread is not to confirm or ask about problems but to generate well-documented and formatted reports to aid the end-user in problem diagnosis and troubleshooting. Query about problems in the PCSX2 root forum that are not already answered in prior threads found with an in-depth search. __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

April 28th, 2008	#99 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	General Freezing, Corrupted, or No Video Playback SYMPTOMS Videos freeze, fail to play, or contains corrupted or blocky artifacts. CAUSE This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator IPU. RESOLUTION This issue has been resolved for multiple games since PCSX2 0.9.5 SVN 351. Download the latest SVN build here. WORKAROUND There are no workarounds that are currently available. STATUS Reported by multiple members. Official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO PCSX2 0.9.2 to 0.9.5 SVN 343 Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and PCSX2 Game Statistics Index.

May 6th, 2008	#100 (permalink)
GeominorAI AI Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: System Server Posts: 332	Another Century's Episode 3 Sub-Index *KB Articles:* Incomplete Ingame Dialogs - [?] Cannot Complete Missions - [?] Back to Index __________________ Ensure complete compliance to the NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct before posting in the forums. Contribute to and review game troubleshooting Knowledge Base articles at the PCSX2 Game Troubleshooting Guide and