Final Fantasy IX 3rd CD crash

nyrre · 3 Weeks Ago

I'm not sure if I should call this a 'crash', since it doesn't crash; instead it just stops doing anything.

FF9 has worked well until the third CD. I've played through the Treno card game tournament and the problem appears when Eiko runs to Zidane and tells that her moogle told her that bad things are happening in Alexandria. The game cuts to a scene where the bad guy, Kuja, speaks poems behind a statue of some important hero. Then he walks to the front of the screen and raises his hands and the picture starts to fade out.

Then suddenly, when the whole screen has gone black, the game just stops. Pete's video configs show that FPS is still running around 60, but no progress happens. I've waited, at least, 15 minutes, but still a black screen. Pressing buttons didn't work either. Changing ePSXe version to 1.52 didn't help. Changing ISOs didn't help. Nothing seems to help.

So I decided to ask you, guys.

Lord Zedeck · 3 Weeks Ago

I skimmed your post for three seconds and already know what the problem is. Don't use save states. This is a known occurrence due to that (at at least this and one other spot you've already passed). Reload the latest in game save and play from there. It will pass that spot then.

By the way, the screen goes black because an FMV is about to play, and I'm pretty sure the halt at Cleyra is also when the FMV is played. I wonder why it's only those two FMVs that give this problem when save states are used.

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nyrre · 3 Weeks Ago

I bow to you, Lord Zedeck!

It works without any problems now.

3 Weeks Ago	#1 (permalink)
nyrre Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: finland Posts: 2	Final Fantasy IX 3rd CD crash I'm not sure if I should call this a 'crash', since it doesn't crash; instead it just stops doing anything. FF9 has worked well until the third CD. I've played through the Treno card game tournament and the problem appears when Eiko runs to Zidane and tells that her moogle told her that bad things are happening in Alexandria. The game cuts to a scene where the bad guy, Kuja, speaks poems behind a statue of some important hero. Then he walks to the front of the screen and raises his hands and the picture starts to fade out. Then suddenly, when the whole screen has gone black, the game just stops. Pete's video configs show that FPS is still running around 60, but no progress happens. I've waited, at least, 15 minutes, but still a black screen. Pressing buttons didn't work either. Changing ePSXe version to 1.52 didn't help. Changing ISOs didn't help. Nothing seems to help. So I decided to ask you, guys.

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Lord Zedeck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,812	I skimmed your post for three seconds and already know what the problem is. Don't use save states. This is a known occurrence due to that (at at least this and one other spot you've already passed). Reload the latest in game save and play from there. It will pass that spot then. By the way, the screen goes black because an FMV is about to play, and I'm pretty sure the halt at Cleyra is also when the FMV is played. I wonder why it's only those two FMVs that give this problem when save states are used. __________________ "Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation." "Judge people not of their mistakes, but on how they handle those mistakes." Core 2 Duo E8600 @4.0GHz- ASUS Maximus Formula (Rampage Formula BIOS 0701) - 8GB (4x 2GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 MSI nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB - 4x Western Digital Caviar 6400AAKS (2,560GB total) - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 IBM P275 21" CRT (1600x1200 @100Hz) - Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Sound System - Windows 7 64-bit & Windows XP SP3

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nyrre Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: finland Posts: 2	I bow to you, Lord Zedeck! It works without any problems now.