Yet again - Final Fantasy IX

[Mochito]

This is a problem I've had forever - the game works perfectly fine, the only problem is that, after about 30 seconds of chocobo riding, the world map gets cut in half, and once I try to dismount the chocobo, the game freezes. I've looked everywhere, and it seems I'm the only one who has this problem. What's the solution?

Thanks in advance!

[RedLion]

Post your PC specs and the plugins you are using.

[Askis]

I've got the exact same problem.

Intel Core Duo E6750
2 GB Ram
Geforce 8800 GTS
WinXP SP2

Using ePSXe 1.52
FF9 Pal UK (Iso)
Haven't used Savestates so far.

Any ideas?

[Squall-Leonhart]

use 1.7.0 and report back

[Askis]

Nope, didn't do the trick :/
Possibly corrupt save?
Attached my memcards, hope those are the right files >_>
If they are, first card, first slot is before getting the chocobo, second is standing outside chocobo forest with the chocobo.

Also attached a pic, although it probably won't help much^^'

[jonc2006]

post the settings for your video plugin. have you patched the game with a .ppf patch yet?

[Askis]

Picture of settings attached.

Nope, didn't patch, cause from the nfo I thought it was purely a cheat patch >_>
I'll try it and report back shortly.

EDIT:
Looks like the patch did it, I should've followed the FAQ instead of thinking for myself
Thanks for the help :]

EDIT2:
Turns out, I didn't apply the patch correctly at first, now I did and as soon as the game should start ePSXe crashes O_o

[jonc2006]

try using one of the hardware plugins.

[Askis]

Using Pete's OGL2 makes no difference...
But I don't think this got anything to with the video plugin, as the terrain isn't just transparent, it's impossible to move onto the area where it should be and as soon as I try to dismount the game freezes.

[jonc2006]

do you have anything like FSAA or AF being forced onto applications by your video cards control panel? does it do this same thing when being run from the disc?

[Askis]

Nope, no global AA/AF forcing.
I can't get it to run from the disc directly (black screen), even with the ppf, currently trying to create a subchannel file, but this'll take a while

[Squall-Leonhart]

use internal IOCTL CDR and tick enable subchannel reads

[Askis]

If I try to use the original disc or burn/mount the image I get disc read errors, although starting the image directly works.
Using subchannel reading or a subchannel file makes no difference, so I'm guessing my disc is broken :/
I know it worked ~4 years ago but I can't try it in a PSX as mine is sadly beyond repair.
That's what I get for not treating my games with more care.

Anyway, I did find a way to fix this, but this isn't the place to talk about not entirely legal methods

[Squall-Leonhart]

use toothpaste on the disks data side, it softens the plastic and allows you to buff out scratches