My Final Legend of Dragoon Question

Gman · July 5th, 2003

I've got LoD looking and running good under ePSXe 1.5.2 with Eternal and Xeven and the PPF files on my PIII, 1GHz, SB Live, WinMe, Voodoo5 5500 AGP and, of course, Lewpy's Glide 1.4. So, I'm happy. But, I'd be a lot happier if I could get the FMV's configured properly.

When an FMV is playing the video freezes and the sound cuts out, briefly, every two seconds. I'm thinking it's either the Eternal sound or Xeven CD plugin. So, here's what I have config'd for Eternal:

Enable Sound, Enable CDDA, Enable XA (No Hack)
Direct Sound
Buffer 64
Audio Out - Thread

Boxes Checked:
Update, SPUIRQ - Wait, Wait For XA

For Xeven CD I'm using Auto Detect and Asynchronous.

And, just in case it's something else, here are the rest of my settings:

Active Configuration 2
Active 3dfx Card 1
Enable HotKeys No
Resolution 640x480x16x2
Refresh Rate 60Hz
Texture Depth 16Bit
Emulate MASK Bit Yes
Dynamic Texture Caching Yes
Custom FrameCap 62Hz
On-Screen Display Off
Frame Skip Disabled
FrameRate Limit Auto
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 Write
Off-Screen Drawing Full
Polygon Mode Textured
Texture Windows Enabled
VSync Disabled
Banshee Code Enabled
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 Disabled
Odd-Even Update Disabled
Pure Software Disabled
Dithering PSX Controlled

If anybody sees anything there that could fix this FMV problem I'd greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I'm really enjoying this great game and will continue the hunt...

Thanks

**Kane** · July 5th, 2003

Have you made sure that 'Use SPU IRQ hack' is disabled in the emu?

Gman · July 5th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Kane

Have you made sure that 'Use SPU IRQ hack' is disabled in the emu?

Positively disabled...

**I-Chan** · July 6th, 2003

use spuasync + smooth instead of thead

Gman · July 6th, 2003

Appreciate it but that didn't help. Could it be the Xeven CD plugin?

Thanks anyway...

**I-Chan** · July 7th, 2003

Could be. For me it didn't even work. Try peops. Set it to aspi/async read on win95/98/me, or ioctl/thread read on 2000/xp.

Gman · July 8th, 2003

Thanks, I-Chan. I dl'd the PEOPS CD and sound plugins. Man, I've got a lot of plugins in that folder, now.

The pause on the video did straighten out but the sound got splattered and the FMV seems to be moving a little slower. Went back to the Eternal 1.4 for sound and kept the PEOPS for the CD but still the same.

Eh, all in all, I guess I can live with it. Small price to pay for a decent EMU game.

Thanks!

zerocopy · July 8th, 2003

use lewpy's plug-in this are meant for 3dfx cards and make an iso if your experiencing minor lags

July 5th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	My Final Legend of Dragoon Question I've got LoD looking and running good under ePSXe 1.5.2 with Eternal and Xeven and the PPF files on my PIII, 1GHz, SB Live, WinMe, Voodoo5 5500 AGP and, of course, Lewpy's Glide 1.4. So, I'm happy. But, I'd be a lot happier if I could get the FMV's configured properly. When an FMV is playing the video freezes and the sound cuts out, briefly, every two seconds. I'm thinking it's either the Eternal sound or Xeven CD plugin. So, here's what I have config'd for Eternal: Enable Sound, Enable CDDA, Enable XA (No Hack) Direct Sound Buffer 64 Audio Out - Thread Boxes Checked: Update, SPUIRQ - Wait, Wait For XA For Xeven CD I'm using Auto Detect and Asynchronous. And, just in case it's something else, here are the rest of my settings: Active Configuration 2 Active 3dfx Card 1 Enable HotKeys No Resolution 640x480x16x2 Refresh Rate 60Hz Texture Depth 16Bit Emulate MASK Bit Yes Dynamic Texture Caching Yes Custom FrameCap 62Hz On-Screen Display Off Frame Skip Disabled FrameRate Limit Auto 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 Write Off-Screen Drawing Full Polygon Mode Textured Texture Windows Enabled VSync Disabled Banshee Code Enabled 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 Disabled Odd-Even Update Disabled Pure Software Disabled Dithering PSX Controlled If anybody sees anything there that could fix this FMV problem I'd greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I'm really enjoying this great game and will continue the hunt... Thanks

July 5th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question Have you made sure that 'Use SPU IRQ hack' is disabled in the emu? __________________ >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

July 6th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question use spuasync + smooth instead of thead __________________ "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

July 6th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question Appreciate it but that didn't help. Could it be the Xeven CD plugin? Thanks anyway...

July 7th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question Could be. For me it didn't even work. Try peops. Set it to aspi/async read on win95/98/me, or ioctl/thread read on 2000/xp. __________________ "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

July 8th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Gman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 51	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question Thanks, I-Chan. I dl'd the PEOPS CD and sound plugins. Man, I've got a lot of plugins in that folder, now. The pause on the video did straighten out but the sound got splattered and the FMV seems to be moving a little slower. Went back to the Eternal 1.4 for sound and kept the PEOPS for the CD but still the same. Eh, all in all, I guess I can live with it. Small price to pay for a decent EMU game. Thanks!

July 8th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
zerocopy Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,953	Re: My Final Legend of Dragoon Question use lewpy's plug-in this are meant for 3dfx cards and make an iso if your experiencing minor lags

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