Star Ocean 2 Setup problem

Kyoushu · September 5th, 2003

ok, having some trouble with a game. I ripped my (store bought) copy of Star Ocean 2 to my computer to play it in ePSXe. I set it up with the following video/audio settings:

<Video>

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.74
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
GFX card: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [32 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8B8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: off

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

<Sound>
Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41
I Enabled Sount
I Enabled CDDA Sound
I did not Enable XA sound
I did not Enable SPU IRQ hack

In configure I set SPU IRU - Wait CPU action option because it was recomended for Star Ocean 2

Now, during game play, There are some minor display errors (such as the title screen bugging a bit) which i can live with. However, the video for the cinema takes a while to load, even off the hdd, and is off sync horribly with the sound. I've tried various frame rate settings and other sound configurations, but i cant seem to find something that works. Please help me

PS: I did a search on start ocean 2 in this forum and found nothing useful, sorry if this indeed a repost that I did not see during the search.

**Kane** · September 5th, 2003

Try disabling Screen smoothing.
Try enabling Unfiltered FB updates
Try Defragging
Try a different CD plugin.
In Eternal (I assume you are using Eternal) what mode are you using? I reccomend Timer ratehr than SPUAsync.

Kyoushu · September 5th, 2003

ok, did what you listed. also set it to auto detect the FR. the opening cinema (before the menu) works fine and syncs up great. but after choosing settings for a new game (i dont know if you have ever played this game), the opening cinematic doesnt start. the sound plays, but is very very choppy and buggy. i can skip the cinema but i worry if the others in the game will be the same way.

any ideas?

September 5th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Kyoushu Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2	Star Ocean 2 Setup problem ok, having some trouble with a game. I ripped my (store bought) copy of Star Ocean 2 to my computer to play it in ePSXe. I set it up with the following video/audio settings: <Video> Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.74 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: NVIDIA Corporation GFX card: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 800x600 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing [32 Bit] - Keep psx aspect ratio: off Textures: - R8G8B8A8 - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: 0 - VRam size: 0 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 1 - Framebuffer texture: 0 - Framebuffer access: 0 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: off - Advanced blending: off Misc: - Scanlines: off - Line mode: off - Unfiltered FB: off - 15 bit FB: off - Dithering: off - Screen smoothing: on - Screen cushion: off - Game fixes: off [00000000] <Sound> Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41 I Enabled Sount I Enabled CDDA Sound I did not Enable XA sound I did not Enable SPU IRQ hack In configure I set SPU IRU - Wait CPU action option because it was recomended for Star Ocean 2 Now, during game play, There are some minor display errors (such as the title screen bugging a bit) which i can live with. However, the video for the cinema takes a while to load, even off the hdd, and is off sync horribly with the sound. I've tried various frame rate settings and other sound configurations, but i cant seem to find something that works. Please help me PS: I did a search on start ocean 2 in this forum and found nothing useful, sorry if this indeed a repost that I did not see during the search.

September 5th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Star Ocean 2 Setup problem Try disabling Screen smoothing. Try enabling Unfiltered FB updates Try Defragging Try a different CD plugin. In Eternal (I assume you are using Eternal) what mode are you using? I reccomend Timer ratehr than SPUAsync. __________________ >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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September 5th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Kyoushu Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2	ok, did what you listed. also set it to auto detect the FR. the opening cinema (before the menu) works fine and syncs up great. but after choosing settings for a new game (i dont know if you have ever played this game), the opening cinematic doesnt start. the sound plays, but is very very choppy and buggy. i can skip the cinema but i worry if the others in the game will be the same way. any ideas?