Pete's "new old" frameskipping method...

F-3582 · March 9th, 2003

I have a "fast" problem, Pete: You wrote in your Readme that you finally re-implemented your old method of frameskipping by special game fix. Well, my problem is that it makes my games run twice as fast, but the "old old" frameskipping method didn't do anything like that...

**cooliscool** · March 9th, 2003

Your CPU is plenty for ePSXe. Why use frameskip?

F-3582 · March 9th, 2003

The FF7/8/9 menu screens slow down sometimes.

**Pete Bernert** · March 9th, 2003

FF7/8/9 are exactly the games which will _hate_ any kind of skipping (missing battle menus and such). Anyway, if you want to have skipping _and_ the right speed, you have to enable fps limitation as well.

F-3582 · March 10th, 2003

I always have fps limitation enabled, but it doesn't seem to work.

Gamer1 · March 10th, 2003

>>I always have fps limitation enabled, but it doesn't seem to work.

here's a quick question, what is it set to? just wondering.

F-3582 · March 10th, 2003

It is set to 50 (PAL).

Gamer1 · March 10th, 2003

set the limit to 60... see what happens.

F-3582 · March 10th, 2003

Nothing happened... it seems that this new special game fix overrides the frame limitation completely.

BTW: Pete, before you introduced the new algorithm I had run all my games (including the FF7/8/9 titles) with frame skipping enabled and I hadn't encountered any issues (battle menus, battle swirls, etc.)

**Pete Bernert** · March 11th, 2003

>Nothing happened... it seems that this new
>special game fix overrides the frame
>limitation completely.

yup. just checked it, you are right: with the special game fix skipping, no fps limitation is done. I will correct this, of course.

>BTW: Pete, before you introduced the new
>algorithm I had run all my games (including
>the FF7/8/9 titles) with frame skipping enabled
>and I hadn't encountered any issues
>(battle menus, battle swirls, etc.)

At least the soft plugin will skip the battle menus. Haven't checked it with the hw/accel plugins for a while, I have to admit (it's somewhat hard to check skipping at all on my system).

chrisrpg32 · March 16th, 2003

The new 1.70 plugin works just great now that it is fixed. Unfortuneately for people like me, we have to use frame skipping. Crappy Intel integrated 32 Mb gl video card.

March 9th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Pete's "new old" frameskipping method... I have a "fast" problem, Pete: You wrote in your Readme that you finally re-implemented your old method of frameskipping by special game fix. Well, my problem is that it makes my games run twice as fast, but the "old old" frameskipping method didn't do anything like that... __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

March 9th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
cooliscool Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hyda IV Posts: 6,061	Your CPU is plenty for ePSXe. Why use frameskip? __________________ Fayt: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i mobo, 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Watter Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

March 9th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	The FF7/8/9 menu screens slow down sometimes. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

March 10th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	I always have fps limitation enabled, but it doesn't seem to work. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

March 10th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	>>I always have fps limitation enabled, but it doesn't seem to work. here's a quick question, what is it set to? just wondering. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

March 9th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Pete Bernert FREAK Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 874	FF7/8/9 are exactly the games which will _hate_ any kind of skipping (missing battle menus and such). Anyway, if you want to have skipping _and_ the right speed, you have to enable fps limitation as well.

March 10th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	It is set to 50 (PAL). __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

March 10th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	set the limit to 60... see what happens. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

March 10th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Nothing happened... it seems that this new special game fix overrides the frame limitation completely. BTW: Pete, before you introduced the new algorithm I had run all my games (including the FF7/8/9 titles) with frame skipping enabled and I hadn't encountered any issues (battle menus, battle swirls, etc.) __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates? Last edited by F-3582; March 10th, 2003 at 19:30.

March 11th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Pete Bernert FREAK Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 874	>Nothing happened... it seems that this new >special game fix overrides the frame >limitation completely. yup. just checked it, you are right: with the special game fix skipping, no fps limitation is done. I will correct this, of course. >BTW: Pete, before you introduced the new >algorithm I had run all my games (including >the FF7/8/9 titles) with frame skipping enabled >and I hadn't encountered any issues >(battle menus, battle swirls, etc.) At least the soft plugin will skip the battle menus. Haven't checked it with the hw/accel plugins for a while, I have to admit (it's somewhat hard to check skipping at all on my system).

March 16th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
chrisrpg32 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 68	The new 1.70 plugin works just great now that it is fixed. Unfortuneately for people like me, we have to use frame skipping. Crappy Intel integrated 32 Mb gl video card.

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