Star Ocean 2 Problems

hxz9 · July 27th, 2004

Hello. I used to run star ocean on my playstation until the playstation didn't work anymore. Now i'm trying to run it on epsxe and I am getting many errors. First, I get the message that it's "UNABLE TO READ CD DATA" when walking around on the world map. After that clears up, if I get into a battle or go into a town, the game freezes with a black screen.

The second problem is after I exit a battle. Sometimes the characters voices will not sound (same problem, load error?) and when I exit battle I will exit to a black screen again.

Here are my settings:

Bios: Tried 1001 and 7502

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.75
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: RADEON IGP 320M (Omega 2.5.58)

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 4
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: on
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: on
- Game fixes: off [00000001]

Sound is ETERNAL SPU PLUGIN 1.41
Enable Sound
Enable CDDA Sound
and in the options
Direct Sound - 64 buffer
Wait for XA buffer is free
Thread
SPU IRQ - Wait CPU action (Says it's for star ocean 2 next to it)

I've tried running from the actual game disc, an ISO I made, a BIN I made, a BIN I downloaded and my friend's CD, same methods. All result in the same problem.

My system:
HP Pavilion notebook: 1.7ghz
Radeon 320IM: 64MB: 3rd party omega drivers (originals will not run movies and new drivers are not supported by ATI or HP as it's a notebook)
Not sure on my soundcard, but I'm pretty sure I this doesn't matter.
512MB RAM
Windows XP and epsxe160

I've tried sugguestions in threads that relate to my problem, but to no avail. I will try anything you sugguest even if it's the same thing I've done before.

Thanks in advance for your help!

-B Squared

xVenom_24_18 · July 27th, 2004

same prob for me... sometimes, as i said in my thread, Japanese writing will appear when the enter-battle-freeze happens... a parallel i can see between our machines is the use of the Omega drivers. That may be a problem.

hxz9 · August 2nd, 2004

I uninstalled the omega drivers and am still having the bug. The characters fail to "voice act" and then battle closes to a black screen with no sound.

July 27th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
hxz9 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 3	Star Ocean 2 Problems Hello. I used to run star ocean on my playstation until the playstation didn't work anymore. Now i'm trying to run it on epsxe and I am getting many errors. First, I get the message that it's "UNABLE TO READ CD DATA" when walking around on the world map. After that clears up, if I get into a battle or go into a town, the game freezes with a black screen. The second problem is after I exit a battle. Sometimes the characters voices will not sound (same problem, load error?) and when I exit battle I will exit to a black screen again. Here are my settings: Bios: Tried 1001 and 7502 Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.75 Author: Pete Bernert GFX card: RADEON IGP 320M (Omega 2.5.58) Resolution/Color: - 1024x768 Fullscreen - [16 Bit] Textures: - R8G8A8A8 - Filtering: 0 - Hi-Res textures: 0 - VRam size: 0 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limit: on - Frame skipping: on - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 4 - Framebuffer texture: 3 - Framebuffer access: 4 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: hardware Misc: - Scanlines: off [0] - Unfiltered FB: off - Dithering: on - Screen smoothing: off - Full vram: on - Game fixes: off [00000001] Sound is ETERNAL SPU PLUGIN 1.41 Enable Sound Enable CDDA Sound and in the options Direct Sound - 64 buffer Wait for XA buffer is free Thread SPU IRQ - Wait CPU action (Says it's for star ocean 2 next to it) I've tried running from the actual game disc, an ISO I made, a BIN I made, a BIN I downloaded and my friend's CD, same methods. All result in the same problem. My system: HP Pavilion notebook: 1.7ghz Radeon 320IM: 64MB: 3rd party omega drivers (originals will not run movies and new drivers are not supported by ATI or HP as it's a notebook) Not sure on my soundcard, but I'm pretty sure I this doesn't matter. 512MB RAM Windows XP and epsxe160 I've tried sugguestions in threads that relate to my problem, but to no avail. I will try anything you sugguest even if it's the same thing I've done before. Thanks in advance for your help! -B Squared

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July 27th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
xVenom_24_18 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 4	same prob for me... sometimes, as i said in my thread, Japanese writing will appear when the enter-battle-freeze happens... a parallel i can see between our machines is the use of the Omega drivers. That may be a problem.

August 2nd, 2004	#3 (permalink)
hxz9 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 3	I uninstalled the omega drivers and am still having the bug. The characters fail to "voice act" and then battle closes to a black screen with no sound.