Silent Hill Vista Compatibility Issues?

SilentYamaoka · June 27th, 2009

Hi! My first post here and I hope to be an active poster around these boards =)

I had 'obtained' the Silentscape PC version of Silent Hill 1, so in my posession I have a SH1 iso and a ePSXe emulator (v.1.6.0). I had installed this in my Windows XP machine, but I have recently got a laptop and I would love to finally play this game for the first time, but my laptop is in Vista. The emulator seems to function, but as soon as the iso loads, the screen goes black in some areas, and then goes totally black. If I hit the escape button, I get back to my desktop and the emulator closes.

Here are some specs of what I am using with my emulator:
Video: Pete's D3D Driver 1.74
Sound: Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41
CD Rom: ePSXe CDR WNT/W2K core 1.5.2.

Bios: .\SCPH1001.BIN

And I think that should most of the info needed, and if you can help but need more info please ask. I would absolutely love to play this game. Let's see if we can make it work for Vista like it did for XP.

Thanks for your time!

**jonc2006** · June 27th, 2009

this "pc version' of silent hill is not a real port, its an image of the game that includes a pre-configured version of epsxe within the package along with a copy of the console's BIOS. both the image and the BIOS are illegal to distribute in such manner so it is considered warez, which we do not give support for.

it is best if you buy a copy of the game yourself and make your own image. problems that are encountered with this version are not of our concern nor can we really troubleshoot for it anyway, even without the legal aspects being taken into consideration, as it obviously a problem on the end of whoever ripped it and put the package together.

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June 27th, 2009	#1 (permalink)
SilentYamaoka Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada eh Posts: 1	Silent Hill Vista Compatibility Issues? Hi! My first post here and I hope to be an active poster around these boards =) I had 'obtained' the Silentscape PC version of Silent Hill 1, so in my posession I have a SH1 iso and a ePSXe emulator (v.1.6.0). I had installed this in my Windows XP machine, but I have recently got a laptop and I would love to finally play this game for the first time, but my laptop is in Vista. The emulator seems to function, but as soon as the iso loads, the screen goes black in some areas, and then goes totally black. If I hit the escape button, I get back to my desktop and the emulator closes. Here are some specs of what I am using with my emulator: Video: Pete's D3D Driver 1.74 Sound: Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41 CD Rom: ePSXe CDR WNT/W2K core 1.5.2. Bios: .\SCPH1001.BIN And I think that should most of the info needed, and if you can help but need more info please ask. I would absolutely love to play this game. Let's see if we can make it work for Vista like it did for XP. Thanks for your time!

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June 27th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD. Posts: 9,020	this "pc version' of silent hill is not a real port, its an image of the game that includes a pre-configured version of epsxe within the package along with a copy of the console's BIOS. both the image and the BIOS are illegal to distribute in such manner so it is considered warez, which we do not give support for. it is best if you buy a copy of the game yourself and make your own image. problems that are encountered with this version are not of our concern nor can we really troubleshoot for it anyway, even without the legal aspects being taken into consideration, as it obviously a problem on the end of whoever ripped it and put the package together. NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct closed. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection