I'm in a bit of a fix here....

Thrantus73 · July 29th, 2009

Currently, I am conducting a "Let's Play" series on the game Final Fantasy VIII on Youtube. The emulator that I am using is psx 1.13.

(Final Fantasy VIII Spoilers)

At the Moon Base, after Rinoa's gone crazy and she leaves to deactivate Adel's Tomb, I then follow her and then we get a pretty long cutscene of the monsters flying down to earth. Once we're supposed to regain control of Squall, suddenly, nothing happens. The music isn't playing, and Squall cannot move at all. The NPCs are still moving, such as the astronauts out in space, and the red light is still flashing. I cannot even pause the game.

To let you know the precise location of my character freeze, it is in this area:

YouTube - Let's Play Final Fantasy 8:Part 117 (this is someone else's Let's Play series, not mine obviously)

1:45

No dialogue with that Crew Member saying "Tons of Monsters..!" pops up either, nor the new music that plays.

I can't transfer over to epsxe, because epsxe cannot load psx 1.13 memory cards. At the same time, some of my FF8 LP videos are already up on youtube and I do not want to remove them because of this one obstruction in my LP.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Silenus · July 29th, 2009

Welcome to the forums!

There are a lot of memory card utilities floating around.

I think Our member Shendo has a really good one called Memory card rex or something like that.

Look for that, it will easily convert your save to another format. Be sure to backup first and try with another version of the same emulator, maybe you'll get some results.

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Squall-Leonhart · July 29th, 2009

reload from a native save.

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Thrantus73 · July 29th, 2009

Thanks for the quick replies.

What's a native save? A psv. save state?

And I'm not too good with the epsxe either. After I manually configure everything and I load the ff8 ISO, the whole screen just turns black, not to mention it automatically changes my desktop resolution to 800 x 600 for some weird reason.

Squall-Leonhart · July 29th, 2009

native save is a memory card save, Save states cause the issue with eyes on me.

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Thrantus73 · July 30th, 2009

Okay, I got around my problem, but in a rather elaborate way...

I got my epsxe to work, but it was a rather weird emulator because every time it loaded a game, the emulator would go full screen and automatically make my computer desktop resolution become 800 x 600. Furthermore, I don't know if this is a problem with my plugins or graphics, but the epsxe played all of my games in fast forward mode. Oh well, at least it still worked.

I transferred my memory card over to my epsxe, and used the epsxe to play through the part of the game where my old psx emulator froze. Then I saved onto my memory card again, and transferred it back to my old emulator since I could not possibly record anything on this weird epsxe.

Btw, what is this issue with Eyes on Me?

Squall-Leonhart · July 30th, 2009

eyes on me is the song, and the save states interfere with it loading.

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escapee · July 30th, 2009

I reported this same error to the pSX board a couple years ago. It's a bug with the emu. All you can do is play past it in another emu, like you did. Something to do with the game not carrying on properly after the Lunar Cry fmv. Last I checked, this issue was noted on the compatability list in the pSX forums.

Not a savetstate issue this time, I never use states and this was all tested up and down in my bug report thread "over there."

Silenus · July 30th, 2009

Glad it worked for you guys.

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Squall-Leonhart · July 31st, 2009

must be a ntsc only bug. worked fine on my original pal disks.

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Gamesoul Master · August 3rd, 2009

I'll add the confirmation that it's a bug on pSX (all versions) for the NTSC version of this game. It happens to be one of the most reported game issues to this day (up there with Valkyrie Profile save state issues and Legend of Dragoon various freezes). The problem is not 100% unpassable in pSX, but yes, best passed with a different emulator for quick results.

pSX emulator - Games Frequently Asked About

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Ultima's pSX Frontend v1.12 (Windows)
Shendo's MemcardRex v1.1
DirectX Web Installer

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OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit)
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 2.20 GHz
RAM: 3 GB DDR2 PC2-5300
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI-E x16 (512 MB)
Sound: Realtek HD 7.1 onboard sound

Squall-Leonhart · August 3rd, 2009

its probably fixed in unreleased 1.14

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Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct
Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!.
If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help.
Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

July 29th, 2009	#1 (permalink)
Thrantus73 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada, Ontario Posts: 6	I'm in a bit of a fix here.... Currently, I am conducting a "Let's Play" series on the game Final Fantasy VIII on Youtube. The emulator that I am using is psx 1.13. (Final Fantasy VIII Spoilers) At the Moon Base, after Rinoa's gone crazy and she leaves to deactivate Adel's Tomb, I then follow her and then we get a pretty long cutscene of the monsters flying down to earth. Once we're supposed to regain control of Squall, suddenly, nothing happens. The music isn't playing, and Squall cannot move at all. The NPCs are still moving, such as the astronauts out in space, and the red light is still flashing. I cannot even pause the game. To let you know the precise location of my character freeze, it is in this area: YouTube - Let's Play Final Fantasy 8:Part 117 (this is someone else's Let's Play series, not mine obviously) 1:45 No dialogue with that Crew Member saying "Tons of Monsters..!" pops up either, nor the new music that plays. I can't transfer over to epsxe, because epsxe cannot load psx 1.13 memory cards. At the same time, some of my FF8 LP videos are already up on youtube and I do not want to remove them because of this one obstruction in my LP. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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July 29th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,383	Welcome to the forums! There are a lot of memory card utilities floating around. I think Our member Shendo has a really good one called Memory card rex or something like that. Look for that, it will easily convert your save to another format. Be sure to backup first and try with another version of the same emulator, maybe you'll get some results. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

July 29th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	reload from a native save. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

July 29th, 2009	#4 (permalink)
Thrantus73 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada, Ontario Posts: 6	Thanks for the quick replies. What's a native save? A psv. save state? And I'm not too good with the epsxe either. After I manually configure everything and I load the ff8 ISO, the whole screen just turns black, not to mention it automatically changes my desktop resolution to 800 x 600 for some weird reason.

July 29th, 2009	#5 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	native save is a memory card save, Save states cause the issue with eyes on me. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

July 30th, 2009	#6 (permalink)
Thrantus73 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada, Ontario Posts: 6	Okay, I got around my problem, but in a rather elaborate way... I got my epsxe to work, but it was a rather weird emulator because every time it loaded a game, the emulator would go full screen and automatically make my computer desktop resolution become 800 x 600. Furthermore, I don't know if this is a problem with my plugins or graphics, but the epsxe played all of my games in fast forward mode. Oh well, at least it still worked. I transferred my memory card over to my epsxe, and used the epsxe to play through the part of the game where my old psx emulator froze. Then I saved onto my memory card again, and transferred it back to my old emulator since I could not possibly record anything on this weird epsxe. Btw, what is this issue with Eyes on Me?

July 30th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	eyes on me is the song, and the save states interfere with it loading. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

July 30th, 2009	#8 (permalink)
escapee Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA, SC Posts: 10	I reported this same error to the pSX board a couple years ago. It's a bug with the emu. All you can do is play past it in another emu, like you did. Something to do with the game not carrying on properly after the Lunar Cry fmv. Last I checked, this issue was noted on the compatability list in the pSX forums. Not a savetstate issue this time, I never use states and this was all tested up and down in my bug report thread "over there."

July 30th, 2009	#9 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,383	Glad it worked for you guys. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

July 31st, 2009	#10 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	must be a ntsc only bug. worked fine on my original pal disks. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

August 3rd, 2009	#11 (permalink)
Gamesoul Master pSX Troubleshooter/Fanboy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Narshe Posts: 281	I'll add the confirmation that it's a bug on pSX (all versions) for the NTSC version of this game. It happens to be one of the most reported game issues to this day (up there with Valkyrie Profile save state issues and Legend of Dragoon various freezes). The problem is not 100% unpassable in pSX, but yes, best passed with a different emulator for quick results. pSX emulator - Games Frequently Asked About __________________ Ultima's pSX Frontend v1.12 (Windows) Shendo's MemcardRex v1.1 DirectX Web Installer PC Specs: OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit) CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 2.20 GHz RAM: 3 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI-E x16 (512 MB) Sound: Realtek HD 7.1 onboard sound

August 3rd, 2009	#12 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,884	its probably fixed in unreleased 1.14 __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.