Slowdowns in Ape Escape

ropeadope · July 9th, 2005

Trying to play Ape Escape on epsxe 1.6, and as usually when trying to play any game on this emulator, gotta fix the problems before i can play it =/ - Normally the game runs fine but it has moments where it slows down a lot, like in the opening cut scene it really slowed down when looking at the time machine thingy. It also slows down a lot when the main guy spawns or dies.

Here's my video stuff:
Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.6
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON X800 XL x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 1280x1024 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing
- Internal X resolution: 1
- Internal Y resolution: 1
- Keep psx aspect ratio: on
- No render-to-texture: off

- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 1
- TexWin pixel shader: off
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 62

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer effects: 3
- Framebuffer uploads: 1

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Mdec filter: off
- Screen filtering: off
- Shader effects: 0/1
- Flicker-fix border size: 0
- GF4/XP crash fix: off
- Game fixes: on [00001000]

Any recommendations?

By the by, anyone know if there's a way to change the camera angles in this game? They can't really be that bad can they? I hope they're not always like that, i just want to be able to see where i'm going

**n_w95482** · July 9th, 2005

Does ePSXe 1.5.2 or PSXeven do the same thing? Have you tried dropping FB effects to 2? You should probably turn off the PSX aspect ratio option and turn on the TexWin pixel shader option.

**hushypushy** · July 9th, 2005

ok turn off odd/even bit hack and put FPS limit to 60 (trust me).

try setting your Vram size manually

ropeadope · July 9th, 2005

How do i enable the TexWin pixel shader option?

Also i think my Vram is 256, the options only list it up to 128, should i select 128?

Thanks for the replies.

**hushypushy** · July 10th, 2005

check "Use Pixel Shader for 'PSX texture window' emulation".

you can click in the box to change your vram, you know

that's what i did with my old GeForce 5600---it was 256mb.

ropeadope · July 11th, 2005

Thanks, those things did help, still a little bit slow, but not nearly as bad. Don't think i can actually stand to play the game though as the camera angles are awful =/

chupicabra30 · July 12th, 2005

That constant camera angle switching in the game is terrible is there a way to turn that crap off.

July 9th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
ropeadope Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 66	Slowdowns in Ape Escape Trying to play Ape Escape on epsxe 1.6, and as usually when trying to play any game on this emulator, gotta fix the problems before i can play it =/ - Normally the game runs fine but it has moments where it slows down a lot, like in the opening cut scene it really slowed down when looking at the time machine thingy. It also slows down a lot when the main guy spawns or dies. Here's my video stuff: Plugin: Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.6 Author: Pete Bernert Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. GFX card: RADEON X800 XL x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2 Resolution/Color: - 1280x1024 Fullscreen - NO desktop changing - Internal X resolution: 1 - Internal Y resolution: 1 - Keep psx aspect ratio: on - No render-to-texture: off - Filtering: 6 - Hi-Res textures: 1 - TexWin pixel shader: off - VRam size: 0 MBytes Framerate: - FPS limitation: on - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 62 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 1 - Framebuffer effects: 3 - Framebuffer uploads: 1 Misc: - Scanlines: off - Mdec filter: off - Screen filtering: off - Shader effects: 0/1 - Flicker-fix border size: 0 - GF4/XP crash fix: off - Game fixes: on [00001000] Any recommendations? By the by, anyone know if there's a way to change the camera angles in this game? They can't really be that bad can they? I hope they're not always like that, i just want to be able to see where i'm going Last edited by ropeadope; July 9th, 2005 at 14:53.

July 9th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Does ePSXe 1.5.2 or PSXeven do the same thing? Have you tried dropping FB effects to 2? You should probably turn off the PSX aspect ratio option and turn on the TexWin pixel shader option. __________________ 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

July 9th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	ok turn off odd/even bit hack and put FPS limit to 60 (trust me). try setting your Vram size manually __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	check "Use Pixel Shader for 'PSX texture window' emulation". you can click in the box to change your vram, you know that's what i did with my old GeForce 5600---it was 256mb. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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July 9th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
ropeadope Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 66	How do i enable the TexWin pixel shader option? Also i think my Vram is 256, the options only list it up to 128, should i select 128? Thanks for the replies.

July 11th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
ropeadope Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 66	Thanks, those things did help, still a little bit slow, but not nearly as bad. Don't think i can actually stand to play the game though as the camera angles are awful =/

July 12th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
chupicabra30 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: bumpcake land Posts: 4	That constant camera angle switching in the game is terrible is there a way to turn that crap off.