Final Fantasy 9 Freezes

Master Thrasher · July 27th, 2004

On the first disc when Zidane and his crew leave on the airship at Dali the game freezes at the FMW scene. This happened running the CD and also running the ISO (not at the same time). Help please.

Plug-ins BTW are (let me know if these are these optimal for my system)

Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.74
ePSXe SPU core 1.5.2.

and I use ISO's now because ASPI and my DVD+R drive don't seem to mix.

Sorry.... How can I make this game look better.

**I-Chan** · July 28th, 2004

Please use the search funtion next time, this question has been answered 34895734793487 times before. ePSXe 1.6.0 doen't work with ff games when playing cutscenes that involve both FMV and game engine graphics, use ePSXe 1.5.2 instead. About making it look better, post your configs, just the plugin won't say much.

**hushypushy** · July 28th, 2004

use ePSXe 1.5.2 for the ENTIRE game, please. that way you wont run into awkward problems with freezing.

you should use Pete's OGL2 (video), and Eternal (SPU). it doesnt matter for CDR because you are running off an ISO

Gorteous · July 29th, 2004

ff games always seem to work fine on my comp.... except the battle swirl, it does the battle swirl but the colors are all messed up...i use petes d3d 1.75 and my card is geforce fx5200...my os is winxp

Gorteous · July 29th, 2004

well actually i was playing ff9 last night and i had the same problem it freezes at the dali airship FMV, i was using epsxe 1.60. i tried the clip over with 1.52 and it didnt play. i dont really know why it didnt, because i played the game once through about 11 or 12 months ago and its the same game.

**hushypushy** · July 29th, 2004

it should work just fine with 1.5.2, it has for everyone else.

anyhow, post your plugin settings. you can almost get the battle swirls to look right if you put on the right settings

**I-Chan** · July 30th, 2004

Gorteus, if you have epsxe 1.5.2 and 1.6.0 in different folders, remember to copy every other file but the exe from 1.6.0's folder to 1.5.2's. If you are using a ppf patch it's possible that you didn't copy it to 1.5.2 folder. Alternatively, do as me and simply have both exes in the same folder, name them something like epsxe152.exe and epsxe160.exe and use wichever you prefer. If you are using a frontend, rename the one you are gonna use to epsxe.exe, and you are done.

phoenix27357 · December 7th, 2006

I'm having the same freezeing at the airship. I do belive this problem isn't due to the version i'm running. Everything else works great including the music and battle swirls. So what is really going on?

**hushypushy** · December 7th, 2006

Read the sticky at the top of the forum, don't use save states, try other emulators (not just ePSXe), etc.

July 27th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Master Thrasher Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 3	Final Fantasy 9 Freezes On the first disc when Zidane and his crew leave on the airship at Dali the game freezes at the FMW scene. This happened running the CD and also running the ISO (not at the same time). Help please. Plug-ins BTW are (let me know if these are these optimal for my system) Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.74 ePSXe SPU core 1.5.2. and I use ISO's now because ASPI and my DVD+R drive don't seem to mix. Sorry.... How can I make this game look better. __________________ 3146 MHz GenuineIntel Pentium IV Video Card : RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB Sound Card: Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM) RAM : 1024 MB Total OS: Windows XP Home SP1 EPSXE Version: 1.6.0 Last edited by Master Thrasher; July 27th, 2004 at 21:08. Reason: Realized everyone else in the world had it

July 28th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Please use the search funtion next time, this question has been answered 34895734793487 times before. ePSXe 1.6.0 doen't work with ff games when playing cutscenes that involve both FMV and game engine graphics, use ePSXe 1.5.2 instead. About making it look better, post your configs, just the plugin won't say much. __________________ "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 28th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	use ePSXe 1.5.2 for the ENTIRE game, please. that way you wont run into awkward problems with freezing. you should use Pete's OGL2 (video), and Eternal (SPU). it doesnt matter for CDR because you are running off an ISO __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

July 29th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	it should work just fine with 1.5.2, it has for everyone else. anyhow, post your plugin settings. you can almost get the battle swirls to look right if you put on the right settings __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

July 30th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Gorteus, if you have epsxe 1.5.2 and 1.6.0 in different folders, remember to copy every other file but the exe from 1.6.0's folder to 1.5.2's. If you are using a ppf patch it's possible that you didn't copy it to 1.5.2 folder. Alternatively, do as me and simply have both exes in the same folder, name them something like epsxe152.exe and epsxe160.exe and use wichever you prefer. If you are using a frontend, rename the one you are gonna use to epsxe.exe, and you are done. __________________ "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 29th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Gorteous Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6	ff games always seem to work fine on my comp.... except the battle swirl, it does the battle swirl but the colors are all messed up...i use petes d3d 1.75 and my card is geforce fx5200...my os is winxp

July 29th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Gorteous Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6	well actually i was playing ff9 last night and i had the same problem it freezes at the dali airship FMV, i was using epsxe 1.60. i tried the clip over with 1.52 and it didnt play. i dont really know why it didnt, because i played the game once through about 11 or 12 months ago and its the same game.

December 7th, 2006	#8 (permalink)
phoenix27357 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1	Okay so i'm running 1.5.2... I'm having the same freezeing at the airship. I do belive this problem isn't due to the version i'm running. Everything else works great including the music and battle swirls. So what is really going on?

December 7th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Read the sticky at the top of the forum, don't use save states, try other emulators (not just ePSXe), etc. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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