Wild Arms problem

Cyrus IX · April 14th, 2003

I have problems starting Wild Arms (the first one). After hitting Start on the Title Screen the game freezes when automatically checking the memory card (I don´t have a Wild Arms save yet).

ePSXe 1.5.2
Video Plugin: Pete´s Direct 3D Driver 1.64
Audio Plugin: Eternal SPU 1.30

Any suggestions?

Gismo · April 14th, 2003

some questions...:

- which version do u have? NTSC or PAL?

- which bios do u use? IIRC, "Wild Arms" has problems w/ the scph1001 (US bios), but u can solve them using the scph7502 (European one), btw, don't ask here for it, make a Google search

And, btw, upgrade your gpu plugins to v1.70...

Thx, bye

Cyrus IX · April 14th, 2003

It´s the PAL game and I´m playing the image off my HD. I´m using Scph1001.

Anyways, thanks for your quick reply, I´ll try out scph7502 .

Cyrus IX · April 14th, 2003

*sigh*

I tried the European Bios + the 1.70 GPUs but the problem hasn´t been solved yet. I even formatted my memorycard files (in case they got messed). It still freezes in the "checking memory card" screen right after the title screen.

I ripped the game myself (+ Suikoden which happens to work just perfectly, at least until shortly after the loading screen

), maybe the image is corrupted?

[edit] I made a new disc image, same as before.

Gismo · April 14th, 2003

I'm sorry

... I've the NTSC version and IIRC I haven't encountered any problems...

here some links regarding your same problem...
- http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=26196
- http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19814 (here there's a little trick u can try, maybe it'll solve your problem)

Please let us know your results... Good luck!

Thx, bye

Cyrus IX · April 15th, 2003

Thank you very much for your help.

I tried the latest PEOPS plugin and in worked. Unfortunately the game doesn´t look just as pretty with this plugin, but that´s not a major problem. I made a quicksave right at the beginning and switched back to Pete´s - I think I should forget about using the regular saves and stick to quicksaves throughout the game.

April 14th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Cyrus IX Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	Wild Arms problem I have problems starting Wild Arms (the first one). After hitting Start on the Title Screen the game freezes when automatically checking the memory card (I don´t have a Wild Arms save yet). ePSXe 1.5.2 Video Plugin: Pete´s Direct 3D Driver 1.64 Audio Plugin: Eternal SPU 1.30 Any suggestions?

April 14th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Gismo A man w/ a lot of dreams Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: now Geneva (CH) / past Lodi (ITA) Posts: 731	some questions...: - which version do u have? NTSC or PAL? - which bios do u use? IIRC, "Wild Arms" has problems w/ the scph1001 (US bios), but u can solve them using the scph7502 (European one), btw, don't ask here for it, make a Google search And, btw, upgrade your gpu plugins to v1.70... Thx, bye __________________ < half-december '02: ASUS L2480C (14" TFT / Athlon XP 1600+ / SiS 630/730 / 256MB SDRAM / 20GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > half-december '02: ASUS L3562T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.0GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > end-march '03: ASUS L3568T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.4GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > june '03: ASUS M3410C (14" TFT / Intel Centrino Pentium-M 1.3GHz / Intel 855GM / 512MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) ============================== always... Debian sid/unstable (& sometimes WXP-Pro+SP1+lastDX) / Super Dual Box (2-players PSXtoUSB) / Sony DualShock 2 Ocean blue

April 14th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Cyrus IX Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	sigh I tried the European Bios + the 1.70 GPUs but the problem hasn´t been solved yet. I even formatted my memorycard files (in case they got messed). It still freezes in the "checking memory card" screen right after the title screen. I ripped the game myself (+ Suikoden which happens to work just perfectly, at least until shortly after the loading screen ), maybe the image is corrupted? [edit] I made a new disc image, same as before. Last edited by Cyrus IX; April 14th, 2003 at 17:27.

April 14th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Gismo A man w/ a lot of dreams Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: now Geneva (CH) / past Lodi (ITA) Posts: 731	I'm sorry ... I've the NTSC version and IIRC I haven't encountered any problems... here some links regarding your same problem... - http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=26196 - http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19814 (here there's a little trick u can try, maybe it'll solve your problem) Please let us know your results... Good luck! Thx, bye __________________ < half-december '02: ASUS L2480C (14" TFT / Athlon XP 1600+ / SiS 630/730 / 256MB SDRAM / 20GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > half-december '02: ASUS L3562T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.0GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > end-march '03: ASUS L3568T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.4GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > june '03: ASUS M3410C (14" TFT / Intel Centrino Pentium-M 1.3GHz / Intel 855GM / 512MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) ============================== always... Debian sid/unstable (& sometimes WXP-Pro+SP1+lastDX) / Super Dual Box (2-players PSXtoUSB) / Sony DualShock 2 Ocean blue

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April 14th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Cyrus IX Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	It´s the PAL game and I´m playing the image off my HD. I´m using Scph1001. Anyways, thanks for your quick reply, I´ll try out scph7502 .

April 15th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Cyrus IX Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	Thank you very much for your help. I tried the latest PEOPS plugin and in worked. Unfortunately the game doesn´t look just as pretty with this plugin, but that´s not a major problem. I made a quicksave right at the beginning and switched back to Pete´s - I think I should forget about using the regular saves and stick to quicksaves throughout the game.