Ff9 Fmv

Gman · June 5th, 2003

I'm running FF9 with ePSXe 1.5.2 on a 1GHz PIII and Voodoo 5 5500 AGP with Lewpy's plugin. Aside from a few minor glitches the game has been very playable. However, when a character is on screen and a FMV is playing in the background, the background is black. When the character leaves the screen, the FMV starts moving again. This is really annoying towards the end of disc 4. Anybody know of a 'switch' I need to use to have drawn characters and FMV at the same time?

**Kane** · June 5th, 2003

Have you got mask bit enabled?

Gman · June 5th, 2003

No, I don't have that box checked. For some reason I was thinking it shouldn't be. I'll give it a shot and also take a look at your site. Appreciate the help and speedy reply.

**Kane** · June 5th, 2003

I heard for some people leaving it on causes probs. For others they need it on. :P

Sephi · June 5th, 2003

use these settings and it should work perfectly

it works good for me

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

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
[32 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 2 - edge clamping supported
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- Palettized tex windows: on
- VRam size: 64 MBytes - 196 textures usable

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: on (hardware)
- Subtractive blending: activated

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: on - supported
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00000000]

Gman · June 6th, 2003

F-3582 · June 6th, 2003

Sepiroth, he was talking about Lewpy's Glide plugin...

Kazuya Mishima · June 6th, 2003

The framebuffer access must be set to write. Thats all.

Sephi · June 6th, 2003

hmm why doesnt he just try peter open gl ?
or doesnt his vodoo support that ?

**I-Chan** · June 6th, 2003

lewpy's is much better for Vodoos

F-3582 · June 6th, 2003

Lewpy's has some effects Pete's HW plugins unfortunately don't display, yet, for example some extended blur effects.

Gman · June 6th, 2003

Yep, I started out playing the game with Pete's OpenGL plugin but Lewpy's looked SEW much better with my Voodoo 5. Although, the game did run faster in OpenGL.

I'll try that framebuffer thing and see how that works out.

Many thanks!

Gman · June 6th, 2003

Thanks, Kazsuya. Framebuffer set to write fixed the FMV problem. I think I turned it off to avoid the swirlys. Had to desable the Mask setting though because my computer would hang when I exited the game.

Thanks to all!

Gman · June 6th, 2003

Just finished FF9 (complete with disc 4 FMV) and had a pretty good time of it. Not my favorite FF but it's not totally '***' like so many have said. I enjoyed it and will play it again someday.

Regardless, thanks to everyone who offered help on my config tweaks with Lewpy's Gilde plugin and my Voodoo 5 5000. I appreciate your time and knowledge.

So, what's next?!

zerocopy · June 7th, 2003

why someday, do it now

Gman · June 7th, 2003

Yeah, why not? Now that I'm totally tweaked, you talked me into it!

Kazuya Mishima · June 7th, 2003

Again? I dont usually play a rpg i just finished. I have to let the impressions of the game go out of me (1 month more or less).

Btw, play xenogears, it will be a really good experience

Gman · June 8th, 2003

Nah, just talking some fun. I'll play it again several months down the road. I'm already getting hooked up on Xenogears. Just met Elly and things are getting interesting. Nice legs...

Kazuya Mishima · June 8th, 2003

Legs? wait until you see her...

Galway no Sora · June 9th, 2003

See her? What ... naked? I just played the disc 1 before I swicted to Valkyrie Profile.

June 5th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Ff9 Fmv I'm running FF9 with ePSXe 1.5.2 on a 1GHz PIII and Voodoo 5 5500 AGP with Lewpy's plugin. Aside from a few minor glitches the game has been very playable. However, when a character is on screen and a FMV is playing in the background, the background is black. When the character leaves the screen, the FMV starts moving again. This is really annoying towards the end of disc 4. Anybody know of a 'switch' I need to use to have drawn characters and FMV at the same time?

June 5th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Have you got mask bit enabled? __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

June 5th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	I heard for some people leaving it on causes probs. For others they need it on. :P __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

June 6th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Sepiroth, he was talking about Lewpy's Glide plugin... __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

June 6th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,057	The framebuffer access must be set to write. Thats all. __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

June 5th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	No, I don't have that box checked. For some reason I was thinking it shouldn't be. I'll give it a shot and also take a look at your site. Appreciate the help and speedy reply.

June 6th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Great picture. Not sure those settings will work with my Voodoo 5 5500, though. I tried the Mask enabler but still no FMV behind the drawn characters. Sure wonder what sights I'm missing on disc 4. Here's my config: ePSXe Configuration Item \| Current Setting Auto Load PPF Files \| Yes Country \| AutoDetect SPU Sound Enabled \| Yes SPU CDDA Enabled \| Yes SPU XA Enabled \| Yes SPU IRQ Hack \| No CDR W9x Subchan. Reading \| Yes CDR W9x Subchan. Caching \| Yes CDR W9x Subchan. CachingLG \| No Note: Some settings may be from old versions Glide³ Board : Voodoo5 (tm) Total UMA : 64Mb (32Mb effective) Version : 3.10.00.2605 File : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\glide3x.dll : 31/07/2002 14:54, 311296 bytes Plugin Configuration Item \| Current Setting Active Configuration \| 1 Active 3dfx Card \| 1 Enable HotKeys \| No Resolution \| 640x480x16x0 Refresh Rate \| 60Hz Texture Depth \| 16Bit Emulate MASK Bit \| No Dynamic Texture Caching \| Yes Custom FrameCap \| 62Hz On-Screen Display \| Off Frame Skip \| Disabled FrameRate Limit \| Custom System Type \| NTSC FrameCap Method \| New Draw Method \| VSA-100 Alpha Blending Mode \| Advanced Bilinear Filtering \| Enabled w/o Sprites Alpha Testing \| Normal FrameBuffer Access \| Disabled Off-Screen Drawing \| Basic Polygon Mode \| Textured Texture Windows \| Enabled VSync \| Enabled Banshee Code \| Disabled MDEC Format \| Texture Experimental Flipping \| On True Screen Sizing \| Off FrontBuffer Rendering Fix \| Off FF7 TextureWindow Fix \| Off Extreme Coord Fix \| Enabled Force Screen Clear \| Enabled Odd-Even Update \| Disabled Pure Software \| Disabled Dithering \| PSX Controlled Appreciating the help and looking forward to asking for more when I start Xenogears, Chrono Cross and DWVII.

June 6th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Sephi Thinking outside the box Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,528	hmm why doesnt he just try peter open gl ? or doesnt his vodoo support that ?

June 6th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	lewpy's is much better for Vodoos __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

June 6th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Lewpy's has some effects Pete's HW plugins unfortunately don't display, yet, for example some extended blur effects. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

June 6th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Yep, I started out playing the game with Pete's OpenGL plugin but Lewpy's looked SEW much better with my Voodoo 5. Although, the game did run faster in OpenGL. I'll try that framebuffer thing and see how that works out. Many thanks!

June 6th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Thanks, Kazsuya. Framebuffer set to write fixed the FMV problem. I think I turned it off to avoid the swirlys. Had to desable the Mask setting though because my computer would hang when I exited the game. Thanks to all!

June 6th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Just finished FF9 (complete with disc 4 FMV) and had a pretty good time of it. Not my favorite FF but it's not totally '***' like so many have said. I enjoyed it and will play it again someday. Regardless, thanks to everyone who offered help on my config tweaks with Lewpy's Gilde plugin and my Voodoo 5 5000. I appreciate your time and knowledge. So, what's next?!

June 7th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
zerocopy Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,953	why someday, do it now

June 7th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Yeah, why not? Now that I'm totally tweaked, you talked me into it!

June 9th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	See her? What ... naked? I just played the disc 1 before I swicted to Valkyrie Profile. __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

June 7th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,057	Again? I dont usually play a rpg i just finished. I have to let the impressions of the game go out of me (1 month more or less). Btw, play xenogears, it will be a really good experience __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

June 8th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Nah, just talking some fun. I'll play it again several months down the road. I'm already getting hooked up on Xenogears. Just met Elly and things are getting interesting. Nice legs...

June 8th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,057	Legs? wait until you see her... __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

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