Another FF8 Problem

Gunslinger7 · September 21st, 2009

Well first off, I'm using PCSX on my Intel MBP. The PCSX forum seems to be junk, so I thought some of you may be able to help here.

I have played through Disc 1 up until Galbadia Garden. FMVs are a bit slow and jumpy here and there, but no problems yet. Once entering Galbadia, the FMV plays, I enter the Garden, and get to the front gate. I pick my party and walk through the gate. As soon as I get anywhere near the back of that screen, my FPS jumps from 59.0 to about 1.9 or less. The game starts to freeze up and the music blanks in and out. The game is not frozen because the music still progresses and is not caught in a loop. I got to the rear of the screen and it fades out to the next scene, but goes no farther than that black screen. The music still jumps in and out.

I've tried entering through different gates, choosing different party members, entering from different sides of the screen. Nothing. If I hold the arrow down to come back to the gate, the game resumes fine. As soon as I enter the back portion of the screen, it starts acting up again.

I'm using all plugins that came with PCSX and all the settings recommended to play FFVIII.
Also checked the disc and there are no visible scratches.
Please HELP!

Squall-Leonhart · September 21st, 2009

rip the disk to the hdd. use epsxe rather then pcsx

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Whistler · September 21st, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

use epsxe rather then pcsx

Quote:

Intel MBP

I don't think epsxe has a Mac OS X port

and pcsx 1.5 under Windows and GNU/Linux should be no problem at that location (there is a known point of FF8 which PCSX crashes but not here). Not sure about that mac os x port though.

maybe try switching to the Interpreter CPU or load from a memcard save instead of savestate?

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Squall-Leonhart · September 21st, 2009

does pcsx reloaded have a mac port?

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Gunslinger7 · September 22nd, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whistler

I don't think epsxe has a Mac OS X port

and pcsx 1.5 under Windows and GNU/Linux should be no problem at that location (there is a known point of FF8 which PCSX crashes but not here). Not sure about that mac os x port though.

maybe try switching to the Interpreter CPU or load from a memcard save instead of savestate?

All Memcard saves, as everytime you load a savestate it freezes.

Epsxe does not have a Mac Port.

I'm going to try another copy of the disc. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Thanks guys.

Whistler · September 22nd, 2009

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Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

does pcsx reloaded have a mac port?

well I have adapted Gil Pedersen's powerpc mac PCSX 1.5 code but currently dynarec crashes on Intel. The sources to Intel-compatible 1.6 version is never released (which seems to be in violation of GPL). I don't have a mac myself so I probably can't make it work

still waiting for someone to fix it.

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Gunslinger7 · September 26th, 2009

Does anyone else have a MBP here with a copy of FF8 that could play to that point and see if it happens to you too? I'm thinking it's my copy, but I just want to doublecheck.

Dax · September 26th, 2009

Why not install Darwine and play it through EPSXE? I've heard EPSXE works quite well under Darwine.

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Gunslinger7 · September 27th, 2009

Darwine a free parallels knockoff? I've got Parallels trial installed. Never upgraded.

Dax · September 27th, 2009

It's WINE for OSX.

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September 21st, 2009	#1 (permalink)
Gunslinger7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MA Posts: 6	Another FF8 Problem Well first off, I'm using PCSX on my Intel MBP. The PCSX forum seems to be junk, so I thought some of you may be able to help here. I have played through Disc 1 up until Galbadia Garden. FMVs are a bit slow and jumpy here and there, but no problems yet. Once entering Galbadia, the FMV plays, I enter the Garden, and get to the front gate. I pick my party and walk through the gate. As soon as I get anywhere near the back of that screen, my FPS jumps from 59.0 to about 1.9 or less. The game starts to freeze up and the music blanks in and out. The game is not frozen because the music still progresses and is not caught in a loop. I got to the rear of the screen and it fades out to the next scene, but goes no farther than that black screen. The music still jumps in and out. I've tried entering through different gates, choosing different party members, entering from different sides of the screen. Nothing. If I hold the arrow down to come back to the gate, the game resumes fine. As soon as I enter the back portion of the screen, it starts acting up again. I'm using all plugins that came with PCSX and all the settings recommended to play FFVIII. Also checked the disc and there are no visible scratches. Please HELP!

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September 21st, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,882	rip the disk to the hdd. use epsxe rather then pcsx __________________ 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.

September 21st, 2009	#4 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,882	does pcsx reloaded have a mac port? __________________ 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.

September 26th, 2009	#7 (permalink)
Gunslinger7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MA Posts: 6	Does anyone else have a MBP here with a copy of FF8 that could play to that point and see if it happens to you too? I'm thinking it's my copy, but I just want to doublecheck.

September 26th, 2009	#8 (permalink)
Dax ライチュウ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,289	Why not install Darwine and play it through EPSXE? I've heard EPSXE works quite well under Darwine. __________________ My PC Specs\|My Consoles\|Emu SVNs\|Project OSX\|How to ask a Question

September 27th, 2009	#9 (permalink)
Gunslinger7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MA Posts: 6	Darwine a free parallels knockoff? I've got Parallels trial installed. Never upgraded.

September 27th, 2009	#10 (permalink)
Dax ライチュウ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,289	It's WINE for OSX. __________________ My PC Specs\|My Consoles\|Emu SVNs\|Project OSX\|How to ask a Question