SRW Alpha: the infamous Minmei crash

rubberchicken · April 15th, 2005

Yo,

Well, I managed to get SRW Alpha running using ePSXe v.1.6.0, and have finally arrived at the spot that supposedly "always hangs" unless you know some arcane trickery that nobody's willing to share. It's after mission 60 (the battle with Haman at Axis); as part of the post-mission briefing you see Exedore, Britai, and Bodolzar talking on Bodolzar's ship. They talk for a while. Then the text window goes blank and there's a rumbling noise. Then Minmei starts singing (I think this is actually background music, not a sound effect). However, the text window remains completely blank (although the characters keep blinking - this is the same as a problem I had MUCH earlier, in which I couldn't get past the first post-mission briefing when the music changed.) Nothing I do will get me past this part; I've tried this with ePSXe 1.5.2 and 1.6.0, PSXeven, and PCSX (for that last option, the game won't even start.) I've tried using savestates and hitting start at the EXACT right moment (worked for an earlier hang on one of the Evangelion missions.) I've tried not using savestates at all. I've tried using Connectix VGS - but that's no good anymore, since I'm WAY too far into the game to start over from scratch - and the crippleware version of the emu doesn't work with memcards. Not to mention that I have WinXP AND a P4 - double trouble.

Can anybody who's made it through the whole thing (there's a couple of you out there) help me with this?

**I-Chan** · April 15th, 2005

I've seen many times troubles with this game, and never a solution. If you think it's a trouble with music, try using a nosound spu plugin. The most compatible plugin setting i can think of is coupling that with peops gpu plugin, and playing from an ISO. If that doesn't work, chances are no one got through that.

ShouZama · April 22nd, 2005

rubberchicken,

The only way for you to get past the stage 60 hang is to use epsxe 1.40. Just make sure you have a memcard with a save prior to the hang.

1. Load your memcard with epsxe 1.40.
2. Get to the spot a few screens from the hang and create a save state.
3. Then try to get through the part that hangs by pressing the O and not the start button. If it gets stuck again just reload the state. Keep doing this and eventually it will pass. Once past the hang create another save state or save on the memcard (if possible) and transfer it to epsxe 1.60 and load it up.

I also use Eternal Spu 1.40 since it works better than all the other sound plugins for this game. I hope this helps your problem.

April 15th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
rubberchicken That Yellow Bastard Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Location, location Posts: 155	SRW Alpha: the infamous Minmei crash Yo, Well, I managed to get SRW Alpha running using ePSXe v.1.6.0, and have finally arrived at the spot that supposedly "always hangs" unless you know some arcane trickery that nobody's willing to share. It's after mission 60 (the battle with Haman at Axis); as part of the post-mission briefing you see Exedore, Britai, and Bodolzar talking on Bodolzar's ship. They talk for a while. Then the text window goes blank and there's a rumbling noise. Then Minmei starts singing (I think this is actually background music, not a sound effect). However, the text window remains completely blank (although the characters keep blinking - this is the same as a problem I had MUCH earlier, in which I couldn't get past the first post-mission briefing when the music changed.) Nothing I do will get me past this part; I've tried this with ePSXe 1.5.2 and 1.6.0, PSXeven, and PCSX (for that last option, the game won't even start.) I've tried using savestates and hitting start at the EXACT right moment (worked for an earlier hang on one of the Evangelion missions.) I've tried not using savestates at all. I've tried using Connectix VGS - but that's no good anymore, since I'm WAY too far into the game to start over from scratch - and the crippleware version of the emu doesn't work with memcards. Not to mention that I have WinXP AND a P4 - double trouble. Can anybody who's made it through the whole thing (there's a couple of you out there) help me with this?

April 15th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	I've seen many times troubles with this game, and never a solution. If you think it's a trouble with music, try using a nosound spu plugin. The most compatible plugin setting i can think of is coupling that with peops gpu plugin, and playing from an ISO. If that doesn't work, chances are no one got through that. __________________ "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

April 22nd, 2005	#3 (permalink)
ShouZama Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Byston Well Posts: 1	Alpha Minmei crash rubberchicken, The only way for you to get past the stage 60 hang is to use epsxe 1.40. Just make sure you have a memcard with a save prior to the hang. 1. Load your memcard with epsxe 1.40. 2. Get to the spot a few screens from the hang and create a save state. 3. Then try to get through the part that hangs by pressing the O and not the start button. If it gets stuck again just reload the state. Keep doing this and eventually it will pass. Once past the hang create another save state or save on the memcard (if possible) and transfer it to epsxe 1.60 and load it up. I also use Eternal Spu 1.40 since it works better than all the other sound plugins for this game. I hope this helps your problem.

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