Downhill Domination Settings/Problems

mjc506 · January 13th, 2008

Hi all,

I'm trying to run Downhill Domination on PCSX2, but I have a problem.

The game loads and runs fine, but after the countdown at the beginning of a race, the rider and bike are fired upwards. They fall for about 5 seconds, then they crash into something. When the game resets them to the track, the same happens again. Occasionally, on the 3rd cycle, the game works perfectly, with the bike and rider actually riding on terrain for a few meters, but as soon as I hit a sharp change in slope, all the terrain dissapears again and the cycle starts over.

It seems other people can play the game with no problems, and I just wondered if there was any specific patch of certain settings that I need to use?

Many thanks, apologies for length!

bmreyna · January 14th, 2008

Please note this Game Is Listed as Playable, Give or Take a Few graphical errors. Try and Switch your Video Plugin, From Gsdx To Zerogs Or if you were using Zerogs switch to Gsdx and see if that helps

mjc506 · January 14th, 2008

I agree with the graphical errors bit, but its really not playable with _these_ errors, at least. I've seen a couple (old) posts saying that it works (just a bit slow). Zerogs is what I'm using now, and that gives me the 'fired into space' effect. Gsdx will run the game up until the point at which it goes into the race. Then it crashed pcsx2.
It seems more of a physics problem than graphics. Any idea what affects this?

Thanks!

Akingboy · April 15th, 2008

I got EXACTLY the same problem! And I agree it has something to do with physics not graphics.

Today I decided to try Dowhill Domination I had bought years ago (CD is fine) works really fine but when race starts everyone get fired somewhere and after few seconds everyone crash and same again. It can't be possible for the PCSX2 makers to change what the game is like right? On ps2 race starts noramally but now it shoots everyone 5 meters high above ground or underground

Is there different "versions" or something maybe bios or the game itself that might cause this? If we have some old version(s) of something :P

PS. Graphics seem fine to me, no glitches.

toyopsp · April 16th, 2008

downhill domination is fully playable and fast.. use latest pcsx2 beta (343), or compile svn 347 from sourceforge, dont use any speed hacks, use latest gsdx 1.7 or if you can compile the source, use gsdx 1.8 so that some graphical errors in some tracks will be gone

ps. dont ask me how to compile though, it's all up to you

Akingboy · April 16th, 2008

Tried all those still now luck.

I tried different graphics plugin but that didn't help. Might outdated bios be the case? I have one from year 2004 :P

Mkilbride2588 · April 16th, 2008

Bios wouldn't affect it to such a degree.

Fadingz · April 16th, 2008

BIOS will only affect the game in such a way that there are only two results:
run or doesn't run

and all possible PS2 out there should give you a usable BIOS for PCSX2

January 13th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
mjc506 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Southampton Posts: 3	Downhill Domination Settings/Problems Hi all, I'm trying to run Downhill Domination on PCSX2, but I have a problem. The game loads and runs fine, but after the countdown at the beginning of a race, the rider and bike are fired upwards. They fall for about 5 seconds, then they crash into something. When the game resets them to the track, the same happens again. Occasionally, on the 3rd cycle, the game works perfectly, with the bike and rider actually riding on terrain for a few meters, but as soon as I hit a sharp change in slope, all the terrain dissapears again and the cycle starts over. It seems other people can play the game with no problems, and I just wondered if there was any specific patch of certain settings that I need to use? Many thanks, apologies for length!

April 15th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
Akingboy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 2	I got EXACTLY the same problem! And I agree it has something to do with physics not graphics. Today I decided to try Dowhill Domination I had bought years ago (CD is fine) works really fine but when race starts everyone get fired somewhere and after few seconds everyone crash and same again. It can't be possible for the PCSX2 makers to change what the game is like right? On ps2 race starts noramally but now it shoots everyone 5 meters high above ground or underground Is there different "versions" or something maybe bios or the game itself that might cause this? If we have some old version(s) of something :P PS. Graphics seem fine to me, no glitches. Last edited by Akingboy; April 15th, 2008 at 16:56.

April 16th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
Mkilbride2588 The Pest Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 1,680	Bios wouldn't affect it to such a degree. __________________ PC configuration Q6600 @ 3.4GHZ Stable,GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3(Super-clocked) ,4GB PC8000(1000MHZ) RAM @ 950MHZ(5-5-5-15)(Waiting to tweak them eventually),Windows XP SP2 Professional(Vista 64 bit, Dual Boot),750GB 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache Hard-drive(SATAII),24'' LCD( I know, sorry CRT'ers) HD 1080pi, DVI connected, 1920 x 1200 @ 60HZ),P35-DS3L Revision 2.0 @ 1.49V http://tinyurl.com/2zzzsr Use the Guide above to get PCSX2 to run properly. Has all you need to know to run PCSX2. Having trouble with a game? Check here: http://tinyurl.com/2cuzhx

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Fadingz 大嘴巴 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 應許之地 Posts: 2,930	BIOS will only affect the game in such a way that there are only two results: run or doesn't run and all possible PS2 out there should give you a usable BIOS for PCSX2 __________________ My deviantART~ QX9650 stock \| G.Skill 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM x 4 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \| Quadro FX4600 \| X-Fi Elite Pro \| SAMSUNG 2253BW \| Cosmos S \| ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA \| Western Digital Raptor X x2 \| ThermalTake 850W Last edited by Fadingz; April 16th, 2008 at 19:46. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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January 14th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
bmreyna Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: hemet CA Posts: 42	Please note this Game Is Listed as Playable, Give or Take a Few graphical errors. Try and Switch your Video Plugin, From Gsdx To Zerogs Or if you were using Zerogs switch to Gsdx and see if that helps

January 14th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
mjc506 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Southampton Posts: 3	I agree with the graphical errors bit, but its really not playable with _these_ errors, at least. I've seen a couple (old) posts saying that it works (just a bit slow). Zerogs is what I'm using now, and that gives me the 'fired into space' effect. Gsdx will run the game up until the point at which it goes into the race. Then it crashed pcsx2. It seems more of a physics problem than graphics. Any idea what affects this? Thanks!

April 16th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
toyopsp Human Troubleshooter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: manila,PH Posts: 194	downhill domination is fully playable and fast.. use latest pcsx2 beta (343), or compile svn 347 from sourceforge, dont use any speed hacks, use latest gsdx 1.7 or if you can compile the source, use gsdx 1.8 so that some graphical errors in some tracks will be gone ps. dont ask me how to compile though, it's all up to you

April 16th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
Akingboy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 2	Tried all those still now luck. I tried different graphics plugin but that didn't help. Might outdated bios be the case? I have one from year 2004 :P