Xenogears - Lewpy's Glide

Gman · June 7th, 2003

Running Xenogears on ePSXe 1.5.2 with a PIII, 1GHz, WinME and a Voodoo 5 5000 AGP under Lewpy's Glide plugin.

The game starts fine with opening text and the scene of the village being bombed. Then, the screen goes black yet I hear and see explosions or screen flashes. See faces and text boxes. Next, a banner (so to speak) of a graphic appears at the top of the screen. Can't tell what it is. Eventually, the game settles into the tavern and outside the town and the game runs okay. But, after visiting the Doc and returning to town, same black screen stuff. Mech battle sequence seems to be fine, though. FMV looks good, too.

Any tweak tips? Here's my config:

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

Many thanks!

**Kane** · June 7th, 2003

>FrameBuffer Access | Disabled
>Off-Screen Drawing | Basic

Turn these up to full.

>Draw Method | VSA-100

You might also want to change this to multipass. The VSA mode seems to have probs for me in XG

Gman · June 7th, 2003

On my way to try it out, Lord. My thanks, as usual...

Gman · June 7th, 2003

Okay, now I'm seeing what I wasn't seeing before but everything is very pixilated and jagged. Can I beg another tip off of you?

**Kane** · June 7th, 2003

>Bilinear Filtering | Enabled w/o Sprites

You ould try setting that to simply Bilinear filtering, or you could try enabling FSAA.

**fivefeet8** · June 7th, 2003

That beginning part heavily uses framebuffer effects. Hence why it looks all pixelated since lewpys glide does that scene in software/hardware rendering. The rest of the game is fine though.

Gman · June 8th, 2003

Yeah, that village assault scene is pitiful. Gears looked kewl, though.

Took Lord Kane's advice (as always) and the game is now looking fine. Minimal config tweaks on this one, as opposed to FF9 which was a challenge. Again, thanks to all for the tweak advice on both games.

Wonder what's in store for me and Lewpy and my Voodoo 5500 with Chrono Cross and Dragon Warrior VII? Never mind, I'll get around to it later...

**fivefeet8** · June 8th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Gman
Minimal config tweaks on this one, as opposed to FF9 which was a challenge.

I found most games including FF9 and Xenogears to be easily fixed and configurable on my Voodoo 5 5500 pci and lewpys glide.

Barely had any problems with them.

Gman · June 8th, 2003

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June 7th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Xenogears - Lewpy's Glide Running Xenogears on ePSXe 1.5.2 with a PIII, 1GHz, WinME and a Voodoo 5 5000 AGP under Lewpy's Glide plugin. The game starts fine with opening text and the scene of the village being bombed. Then, the screen goes black yet I hear and see explosions or screen flashes. See faces and text boxes. Next, a banner (so to speak) of a graphic appears at the top of the screen. Can't tell what it is. Eventually, the game settles into the tavern and outside the town and the game runs okay. But, after visiting the Doc and returning to town, same black screen stuff. Mech battle sequence seems to be fine, though. FMV looks good, too. Any tweak tips? Here's my config: 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 Many thanks!

June 7th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>FrameBuffer Access \| Disabled >Off-Screen Drawing \| Basic Turn these up to full. >Draw Method \| VSA-100 You might also want to change this to multipass. The VSA mode seems to have probs for me in XG __________________ >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

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>Bilinear Filtering \| Enabled w/o Sprites You ould try setting that to simply Bilinear filtering, or you could try enabling FSAA. __________________ >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 7th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,586	That beginning part heavily uses framebuffer effects. Hence why it looks all pixelated since lewpys glide does that scene in software/hardware rendering. The rest of the game is fine though. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

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June 7th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	On my way to try it out, Lord. My thanks, as usual...

June 7th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Okay, now I'm seeing what I wasn't seeing before but everything is very pixilated and jagged. Can I beg another tip off of you?

June 8th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Yeah, that village assault scene is pitiful. Gears looked kewl, though. Took Lord Kane's advice (as always) and the game is now looking fine. Minimal config tweaks on this one, as opposed to FF9 which was a challenge. Again, thanks to all for the tweak advice on both games. Wonder what's in store for me and Lewpy and my Voodoo 5500 with Chrono Cross and Dragon Warrior VII? Never mind, I'll get around to it later...

June 8th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	You are the Superman. Me? I'm just a Jimmy. But, I'm learning...