FF9 help

[Gamer1]

okay maybe this question has been asked alot of times now... but... i never played ff9 in epsxe b4 so bare with me. remember that old thread i posted a long time ago (about the voodoo 3 card, and amd 1700+, and trying to run ff9. well that was my friend's comp), and now i'm trying to emulate the game on my pc

in every video plugin i ever use... i see no battle menu during the battles for ff9

here's my settings for peops

Plugin: P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.1.6
Author: Pete Bernert and the P.E.Op.S. team

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: 60

Misc:
- Scanlines: disabled
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

here's my settings for pete d3d

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.64
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: on
- Palettized tex windows: on
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 4 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: none

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [00000202]

and i use default settings for E}I{'s

I have a 633mhz celeron and an integrated agp gard and what's worse... its an intel
GFX card: Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller

i hate my emachine, its about 2 years old now, and i want to beat it severly.

[Kellicros]

It doesn't show up in Peops plugin as well? That's odd. Well, with pete's d3d plugin, set the Offscreen drawing to 3, I think that will helps.

[Gamer1]

i know it was wierd it wont show up on either peops or E}I{'s but i'll try the offscreen drawing thing

[Andronicus]

I'm very sure it'll work.

[Phoenix Flame]

I highly suggest you lose the High Res Textures unless you like watching slideshows.

Offscreen Drawing at 3
Filtering at 0 (or 6 if your PC can handle it)
Turn on Advanced Blending

Everything else is good I think.

[E}I{]

It MUST appear in my plugin if settings are "default"
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checking..... not working....
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Oh, well, uncheck "reduce update lag" ..... It was intended to be "off" in default mode. My mistake, sorry.

[Cyclonelisis V-Zmc]

In P.E.Os.P,
turn off the frameskip option.It will help you.

[Gamer1]

well, thanx. you guys helped me figure out what was wrong. and the problem is fixed.

now i'm testing out the spu now. usually i don't use the spu (i use the NoSound plugin) and i just turn on my stereo

now, here's my new problem. every time i use E}I{'s, i get no sound , just sound effects and sometimes background music, but there is no sound most of the time and during mdecs. i'm new to using E}I{'s (can't you tell )

every other plugin i use runs the sound fine

[E}I{]

I use Ethernal SPU in async/smooth mode and everything is fine. Try to mess with buffer size, check sound card drivers(they often can cause problems) In my plugin use FPS limit with smoothness of 4-5, don't use frameskip. also don't use "max speed when still" because it will screw up timings in FF9 when you press pause button.also disable logging & both special fixes. for FF9 Software blit + use 320x240 is optimal IMO.

[Gamer1]

o well, the sound is still not there... but o well. i love your plugin, i barely listen to in game music anyway. so i'm still good