Problems with GSsoft

Keith · April 26th, 2004

Ever since I have tried PCSX2 v0.6 it always crashed on frame count 423 when using GSsoft v0.7.

This is the last line shown in the console window

open name rom0:FONTS flag 1 data 41278
open fd = 2

at first I thought it was just PCSX2 v0.6 since v0.5 worked fine, but it turned out it was something with the plugin. I can run the older GSsoft v0.61 on both versions and the bios runs fine without crashing.

I have read and tried all the ideas for fixes, but nothing seems to work here. I have removed the registry settings, I have recompiler disabled, textures settings unchecked and everything is pretty much default. Also like I said I can get the older version of the GSsoft Plugin working fine for both PCSX2 v0.5 and v0.6.

My system settings are

AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz T-Bird
Nvidia GeForce 5200 drivers 56.72
DirectX 9.0b

Any help would be great .. also the new plugin gabest released also crashes at the same spot.

Edit: I checked the old version of GSsoft to see what was after that on the console .. and that it is where the the bios is supposed to start playing and that is where it is crashing. :/

**GiGaHeRz** · April 26th, 2004

are you sure you disabled the vu recompiler? :S

edit: remember that the setting is "disable VU recompiler" so the registry option should be set to "1"

Keith · April 26th, 2004

yeah it is disabled

**refraction** · April 26th, 2004

be sure you dont have Texture Caching enabled on the GSSoft plugin, its quite buggy still so it hangs after so many frames.

Keith · April 26th, 2004

yeah already mentioned it is not enabled

**refraction** · April 26th, 2004

ahh sorry i missed that

umm what is it that its crashing on? is it everything or just when you use run/Execute? tried any other bios's on it?

Bruce Lee · April 27th, 2004

I have exactly the same problem: it crashes at framecount 423 with an unknown exception error. Its strange that the emulator dosn't detects the sse and sse2 in addition.
My system: AMD Athlon 1,3GHZ Nividia GeForce 2

Keith · April 27th, 2004

yeah I have another computer here which is a P3 450 MHz with a TNT2 Ultra and it does not crash with the same settings so it must be something to do with my current hardware or drivers. Going to reinstall my video drivers again to see if that is the issue.

GoDaddy · April 27th, 2004

hmmm, what BIOS are you using?
i think that reinstall your Video drivers wont work as GSsoft is a Software driver

**bositman** · April 27th, 2004

Hmm..try setting the null CDVD plugin and go to run-->execute

Keith · April 27th, 2004

Quote:

hmmm, what BIOS are you using?
i think that reinstall your Video drivers wont work as GSsoft is a Software drive

The issue is not just with GSsoft but also gabest new plugin, and GStaris 0.66 as well.

Quote:

Hmm..try setting the null CDVD plugin and go to run-->execute

Yep did that .. same thing everytime.

It must be a compatibility issue with the hardware since Bruce Lee has the same issues as me and like I posted earlier I can get it to run fine on a P3 450 MHz system with a TNT2 Ultra video card with all the plugins. Same config and registry settings .. but always crashes unless I use GSsoft v0.61. I will get a hold of linuzappz next time I see him and let him know.

I have seen other threads with the same issue .. but none of those solutions worked either and I am not even sure if those people got it working cause they never replied back to say if it was working.

Bruce Lee · April 27th, 2004

The Gssoft 0.61 also work with my Computer and also the Gstaris 0.66 shows some results. But the Gssoft 0.7 crashes also when i try to run some little demo games(not commercial) that work with Gssoft 0.61 and Gstaris 0.66.

**refraction** · April 27th, 2004

found your problem, PCSX2 is compiled with SSE instruction optimization and the AMD Tbird does NOT support SSE. so thats why its crashing

i had the same error when trying to compile the PCSX2 source without SSE enabled.

Keith · April 28th, 2004

Yeah I talked with Linuzappz about the problem and that is what he is thinking as well. I have tried the latest betas of PCSX2 and GSsoft and it works fine once again. So we will just have to wait for the next release and the SSE thing could also be the reason gabest's Plugin doesn't work either since it crashes on the new beta of PCSX2 as well as 0.6.

Bruce Lee · April 28th, 2004

I did not have much time to test the plugin of Gabest,
but it started to boot the bios correct so i think it works well.

**Razor Blade** · April 28th, 2004

You do know this is a topic of GSsoft

Your looking for this thread: http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50783

Bruce Lee · April 28th, 2004

Yes i know Razor Blade .
Look what Keith posted.

**Razor Blade** · April 28th, 2004

Doh!

Well thats strange that he said it crashes on 0.6 cuz it works for me perfect. Anyways I guess Keith has some really bad luck (the perfect mix of hardware for it not to work) :/

April 26th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Keith Emulation64's Animal >:D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States Posts: 1,215	Problems with GSsoft Ever since I have tried PCSX2 v0.6 it always crashed on frame count 423 when using GSsoft v0.7. This is the last line shown in the console window open name rom0:FONTS flag 1 data 41278 open fd = 2 at first I thought it was just PCSX2 v0.6 since v0.5 worked fine, but it turned out it was something with the plugin. I can run the older GSsoft v0.61 on both versions and the bios runs fine without crashing. I have read and tried all the ideas for fixes, but nothing seems to work here. I have removed the registry settings, I have recompiler disabled, textures settings unchecked and everything is pretty much default. Also like I said I can get the older version of the GSsoft Plugin working fine for both PCSX2 v0.5 and v0.6. My system settings are AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz T-Bird Nvidia GeForce 5200 drivers 56.72 DirectX 9.0b Any help would be great .. also the new plugin gabest released also crashes at the same spot. Edit: I checked the old version of GSsoft to see what was after that on the console .. and that it is where the the bios is supposed to start playing and that is where it is crashing. :/ __________________ Emulation64.com \| EFx2Blogs Forums \| EFx2Blogs - Sign Up For Your Own Free EFx2Blog Today! Last edited by Keith; April 26th, 2004 at 05:02.

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April 26th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Keith Emulation64's Animal >:D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States Posts: 1,215	yeah it is disabled __________________ Emulation64.com \| EFx2Blogs Forums \| EFx2Blogs - Sign Up For Your Own Free EFx2Blog Today!

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refraction PCSX2 Coder $refraction's Avatar$ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 9,819	be sure you dont have Texture Caching enabled on the GSSoft plugin, its quite buggy still so it hangs after so many frames. __________________ http://www.generalemu.net/ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz (425x8), Leadtek GTX 280 1Gb, 1.8Tb HDs, 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 @ DDR2-1020 5-5-5-18 Dual Channel Dont PM me for help, use the forums, thats what its for!
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April 26th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Keith Emulation64's Animal >:D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States Posts: 1,215	yeah already mentioned it is not enabled __________________ Emulation64.com \| EFx2Blogs Forums \| EFx2Blogs - Sign Up For Your Own Free EFx2Blog Today!

April 26th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
refraction PCSX2 Coder $refraction's Avatar$ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 9,819	ahh sorry i missed that umm what is it that its crashing on? is it everything or just when you use run/Execute? tried any other bios's on it? __________________ http://www.generalemu.net/ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz (425x8), Leadtek GTX 280 1Gb, 1.8Tb HDs, 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 @ DDR2-1020 5-5-5-18 Dual Channel Dont PM me for help, use the forums, thats what its for!
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April 27th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Bruce Lee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 30	I have exactly the same problem: it crashes at framecount 423 with an unknown exception error. Its strange that the emulator dosn't detects the sse and sse2 in addition. My system: AMD Athlon 1,3GHZ Nividia GeForce 2

April 27th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Keith Emulation64's Animal >:D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States Posts: 1,215	yeah I have another computer here which is a P3 450 MHz with a TNT2 Ultra and it does not crash with the same settings so it must be something to do with my current hardware or drivers. Going to reinstall my video drivers again to see if that is the issue. __________________ Emulation64.com \| EFx2Blogs Forums \| EFx2Blogs - Sign Up For Your Own Free EFx2Blog Today!

April 27th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
GoDaddy Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 53	hmmm, what BIOS are you using? i think that reinstall your Video drivers wont work as GSsoft is a Software driver

April 27th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
bositman Angel of Death Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 3,472	Hmm..try setting the null CDVD plugin and go to run-->execute __________________

April 27th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
Bruce Lee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 30	The Gssoft 0.61 also work with my Computer and also the Gstaris 0.66 shows some results. But the Gssoft 0.7 crashes also when i try to run some little demo games(not commercial) that work with Gssoft 0.61 and Gstaris 0.66.

April 27th, 2004	#13 (permalink)
refraction PCSX2 Coder $refraction's Avatar$ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 9,819	found your problem, PCSX2 is compiled with SSE instruction optimization and the AMD Tbird does NOT support SSE. so thats why its crashing i had the same error when trying to compile the PCSX2 source without SSE enabled. __________________ http://www.generalemu.net/ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz (425x8), Leadtek GTX 280 1Gb, 1.8Tb HDs, 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 @ DDR2-1020 5-5-5-18 Dual Channel Dont PM me for help, use the forums, thats what its for!
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April 28th, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Keith Emulation64's Animal >:D Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States Posts: 1,215	Yeah I talked with Linuzappz about the problem and that is what he is thinking as well. I have tried the latest betas of PCSX2 and GSsoft and it works fine once again. So we will just have to wait for the next release and the SSE thing could also be the reason gabest's Plugin doesn't work either since it crashes on the new beta of PCSX2 as well as 0.6. __________________ Emulation64.com \| EFx2Blogs Forums \| EFx2Blogs - Sign Up For Your Own Free EFx2Blog Today!

April 28th, 2004	#15 (permalink)
Bruce Lee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 30	I did not have much time to test the plugin of Gabest, but it started to boot the bios correct so i think it works well.

April 28th, 2004	#16 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	You do know this is a topic of GSsoft Your looking for this thread: http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50783 __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

April 28th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
Bruce Lee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 30	Yes i know Razor Blade . Look what Keith posted.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Doh! Well thats strange that he said it crashes on 0.6 cuz it works for me perfect. Anyways I guess Keith has some really bad luck (the perfect mix of hardware for it not to work) :/ __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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