Dragon Warrior 7

Wildcard · April 21st, 2003

I've been having a few odd problems with Dragon Warrior 7, mostly related to transparency and windows.

Opening the status menu in DW7 causes noticable slowdown. Nothing else I've seen does.

I can't see treasure boxes open and the object appear overhead like I should if the text box is there, but I can if I check dressers (which cause the screen to open only after you find the item).

In a fight, there is slowdown and all the menus/information thing with HP and MP are black-backgrounded rather then transparent. However, after a fight, when it's fading out to go back to the world map, they mysteriously become transparent (as they should) and the text becomes smoother (more like what it looks like on a PS2, actually). I'll see if I can get a screenshot of this. I've never encountered this problem in another PSX emulated game.

My graphic plugin information is as follows.

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.71
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce2 MX/PCI/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Window mode
[16 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: on

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- VRam size: 128 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: on
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00000800]

Mats · April 21st, 2003

I think the plugin 'game fixes: on [00000800]' is the problem.
Don't use it.

Zeke_D · April 21st, 2003

yeah, pets's soft overlay fix thingy is the reason you dont see the items.

Wildcard · April 21st, 2003

My file didn't have a treasure box handy to check, unfortunately.

However, it (mostly) worked in combat. Thank you.

It's still smoother coming out of a fight then during, but that's something I'll live with.

-W

Wildcard · April 21st, 2003

To show what I mean, since I'm not clear, I attached a couple screenshots - one of what it looks like during a fight, and one just before/as it fades out to the map.

I noticed the shading and smoothing on the map itself change when I open the menu there, too.

http://www.geocities.com/tonberi7/dw7/dw7.htm

No settings were changed. Actually, that's the same fight, with no stop in emulation.

Looks mu ch better after, but I can't get it to stay that way.

-W

April 21st, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Wildcard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 17	Dragon Warrior 7 I've been having a few odd problems with Dragon Warrior 7, mostly related to transparency and windows. Opening the status menu in DW7 causes noticable slowdown. Nothing else I've seen does. I can't see treasure boxes open and the object appear overhead like I should if the text box is there, but I can if I check dressers (which cause the screen to open only after you find the item). In a fight, there is slowdown and all the menus/information thing with HP and MP are black-backgrounded rather then transparent. However, after a fight, when it's fading out to go back to the world map, they mysteriously become transparent (as they should) and the text becomes smoother (more like what it looks like on a PS2, actually). I'll see if I can get a screenshot of this. I've never encountered this problem in another PSX emulated game. My graphic plugin information is as follows. Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.71 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce2 MX/PCI/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 800x600 Window mode [16 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: on Textures: - R8G8B8A8 - Filtering: 6 - Hi-Res textures: 1 - VRam size: 128 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 2 - Framebuffer texture: 0 - Framebuffer access: 4 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: on Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - 15 bit FB: off - Dithering: on - Screen smoothing: off - Screen cushion: off - Game fixes: on [00000800] Last edited by Wildcard; April 21st, 2003 at 03:56.

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Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	yeah, pets's soft overlay fix thingy is the reason you dont see the items. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio

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April 21st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Mats I'm Lost.. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: the blue nowhere.. Posts: 141	I think the plugin 'game fixes: on [00000800]' is the problem. Don't use it.

April 21st, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Wildcard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 17	My file didn't have a treasure box handy to check, unfortunately. However, it (mostly) worked in combat. Thank you. It's still smoother coming out of a fight then during, but that's something I'll live with. -W

April 21st, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Wildcard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 17	To show what I mean, since I'm not clear, I attached a couple screenshots - one of what it looks like during a fight, and one just before/as it fades out to the map. I noticed the shading and smoothing on the map itself change when I open the menu there, too. http://www.geocities.com/tonberi7/dw7/dw7.htm No settings were changed. Actually, that's the same fight, with no stop in emulation. Looks mu ch better after, but I can't get it to stay that way. -W