Final Fantasy 8 text errors (final fantasy final fantasy final fantasy)

EnemyAirship · April 6th, 2004

My legitimate ISO of Final Fantasy 8 runs perfectly, other than the fact that it does not successfully render the actual text in the game. Seeing as how these types of games demand legibility, I would enjoy knowing how to correct this problem.

Bahamut_Xero · April 6th, 2004

can we get some info on what plugins, what emulator ect. were not mind readers.

EnemyAirship · April 6th, 2004

I apologize for assuming that were I to post a topic in the ePSXe game problem forum that those responding would be able to determine that I am indeed using the ePSXe emulator.

The only plugin I imagine would have any effect on the text would be the video plugin. Given that, my video plugin is Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.5.

xRock · April 6th, 2004

try using another plugin like Pete's OGL 1.74. Or just mess around with the settings until u get it right

**I-Chan** · April 6th, 2004

Well, as you can see, there's a bunch of things that can be configured on ePSXe starting with plugins. Post your ogl2 configs, and if you could, and screenshot, so we could see if you really have a problem, or it's the way it is: psx games are meant to be played on TV, so it's resolution it's kinda low (320*240 says something, huh?), so the text, when is scaled up to desktop resolutions looks ugly. You can try activating scanlines, it'll make it like on TV, so text will be readable, bot you'll loose some IQ. The usual tradeoff...

EnemyAirship · April 6th, 2004

I'm afraid activating scanlines did nothing, so here is a screenshot:

The screenshot is of the load screen; however, the error occurs with all text in the game.

Please note that I do not run the game in fullscreen mode, and that the image is cropped to decrease file size and to assure that those viewing it will only see the necessary textual errors.

Thank you for the suggestions and future help.

**n_w95482** · April 7th, 2004

I've had that problem as well. Try these settings with the OGL2 plugin.

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.5
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON 9500 Pro x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
- Internal X resolution: 1
- Internal Y resolution: 1
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off
- No render-to-texture: off

- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- TexWin pixel shader: on
- VRam size: 128 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer effects: 2 (If you notice skipping sound when you go into a battle or when you go to a new area, set this to 3)
- Framebuffer uploads: 2

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Mdec filter: off
- Screen filtering: off
- Shader effects: 0/1
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: on [00000002]

Edit: I tried running FF8 with a bunch of different settings and it seems the cause of the problem is not enabling the game fix. Even if you set FB effects to 3, leave it enabled.

Bahamut_Xero · April 7th, 2004

im no expert but here are my settings with Pete's OpenGL 1.75. seems to work perfectly (up to disk 3)

SCPH 9002
ePSXe 1.5.2
Eternal 1.41

also are you using a PAL or NTSC version of the game?

EnemyAirship · April 7th, 2004

The problem was indeed not enabling certain game corrections. Thank you, fellows.

April 6th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	Final Fantasy 8 text errors (final fantasy final fantasy final fantasy) My legitimate ISO of Final Fantasy 8 runs perfectly, other than the fact that it does not successfully render the actual text in the game. Seeing as how these types of games demand legibility, I would enjoy knowing how to correct this problem.

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I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Well, as you can see, there's a bunch of things that can be configured on ePSXe starting with plugins. Post your ogl2 configs, and if you could, and screenshot, so we could see if you really have a problem, or it's the way it is: psx games are meant to be played on TV, so it's resolution it's kinda low (320240 says something, huh?), so the text, when is scaled up to desktop resolutions looks ugly. You can try activating scanlines, it'll make it like on TV, so text will be readable, bot you'll loose some IQ. The usual tradeoff... __________________ "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

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	I've had that problem as well. Try these settings with the OGL2 plugin. Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.5 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. GFX card: RADEON 9500 Pro x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE Resolution/Color: - 640x480 Window mode - Internal X resolution: 1 - Internal Y resolution: 1 - Keep psx aspect ratio: off - No render-to-texture: off - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: 0 - TexWin pixel shader: on - VRam size: 128 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: Auto Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 1 - Framebuffer effects: 2 (If you notice skipping sound when you go into a battle or when you go to a new area, set this to 3) - Framebuffer uploads: 2 Misc: - Scanlines: off - Mdec filter: off - Screen filtering: off - Shader effects: 0/1 - GF4/XP crash fix: off - Game fixes: on [00000002] Edit: I tried running FF8 with a bunch of different settings and it seems the cause of the problem is not enabling the game fix. Even if you set FB effects to 3, leave it enabled. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro Last edited by n_w95482; April 7th, 2004 at 01:59.

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April 6th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Bahamut_Xero Peanut Cooked Fanbus Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 121	can we get some info on what plugins, what emulator ect. were not mind readers.

April 6th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	I apologize for assuming that were I to post a topic in the ePSXe game problem forum that those responding would be able to determine that I am indeed using the ePSXe emulator. The only plugin I imagine would have any effect on the text would be the video plugin. Given that, my video plugin is Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.5.

April 6th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
xRock Ride the Darkness Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 337	try using another plugin like Pete's OGL 1.74. Or just mess around with the settings until u get it right

April 6th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	I'm afraid activating scanlines did nothing, so here is a screenshot: The screenshot is of the load screen; however, the error occurs with all text in the game. Please note that I do not run the game in fullscreen mode, and that the image is cropped to decrease file size and to assure that those viewing it will only see the necessary textual errors. Thank you for the suggestions and future help.

April 7th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	The problem was indeed not enabling certain game corrections. Thank you, fellows.