Running Front Mission 3 in PSXeven

Iolo · June 28th, 2003

Hi there,

For the most part, I can get Front Mission 3 to run fairly well on my pc under PSXeven 0.16 and 0.17 respectively. While the game runs flawlessly most of the time, it has a tendency to crash the emulator (when the game is in the tatical battle mode). There also seems to be some sort of flickering problem that occurs during the short combat animations. Are there any fixes for these issues? In any case, it is pretty impressive to see the game running at all (I believe it took epsxe several revisions before it was capable of doing so). Thanks for the hard work Xeven.

finalight · June 28th, 2003

settings please

Iolo · June 28th, 2003

Okay lets see:

The comp is a Dual 1 ghz p3 on a acorp 815E mobo w 512 megs of ram. Video is provided by a Radeon 8500, and sound is handled by a Yamaha XG flavor sound card. The had drives on this box are standard ide devices 80, 40 gigs respectively). It is now running W2k, SP4 and the asssociated updated drivers for its hardware.

As for actual plugins, I use pete's Direct 3d 1.72 plugin for video, Peops 1.14 for sound and Peops 1.4 for Cd-rom access when I'm not playing off an image.

That being said, I think the problems I have with FM3 is more of an emulator compatibility issue. The latest version of EPSXE and FPSE also has similar problems (when running the game). I have changed the plugins around a bit (such as as using peops for video, Eternal for sound) only to reproduce the same issues.

**I-Chan** · June 30th, 2003

i think i heard in this game there are problems whenever you shoot on an enemy's leg, and it crashes the emu. Never heard of a solution, tho.

phx · June 30th, 2003

the solution exists , just skip battle animation.
Flickering problem can be fixed, but the speed will go down... (but i have weak computer (850mhz, GF2mx)) just set Frame access 4 and frame textures 0 (PETE'S plugins)

Iolo · July 2nd, 2003

Hmm, phx thanks for your solutions. However, they sound more like a temporary fix than a permanent solution. Makes you kinda wonder why none of the major emu's can run the game flawlessly yet. Then again, the fact that the game runs at is pretty wonderous as well.

Thanatos · July 4th, 2003

We might be of more assistance if you posted the specific plugin settings.

phx · July 5th, 2003

Flickering, yes thats plugins problem.
crashes: becouse it crash on every emu, every plugin, i think is more compatibility issue... i've stored these errors from epsxe after crashes :
SPEC Opcode 28 UNK (PC 001ee6ec) (001ee6e8) (270435,228)
Opcode 3b UNK (PC 001c000c) (111499,13)
SPEC Opcode 34 UNK (PC 000afff0) (000afd58) (27828,90)
SPEC Opcode 32 UNK (PC 00141dd0) (00141190) (57501,65)
but there are more.

June 28th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Iolo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3	Running Front Mission 3 in PSXeven Hi there, For the most part, I can get Front Mission 3 to run fairly well on my pc under PSXeven 0.16 and 0.17 respectively. While the game runs flawlessly most of the time, it has a tendency to crash the emulator (when the game is in the tatical battle mode). There also seems to be some sort of flickering problem that occurs during the short combat animations. Are there any fixes for these issues? In any case, it is pretty impressive to see the game running at all (I believe it took epsxe several revisions before it was capable of doing so). Thanks for the hard work Xeven.

June 28th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
finalight Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 11	Re: Running Front Mission 3 in PSXeven settings please

June 30th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Re: Running Front Mission 3 in PSXeven i think i heard in this game there are problems whenever you shoot on an enemy's leg, and it crashes the emu. Never heard of a solution, tho. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

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Thanatos I have a twitch Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 91	We might be of more assistance if you posted the specific plugin settings. __________________ Specs: 2.6 Ghz P4 w/ HT, 800 mhz FSB 512 MB dual channel DDR-SDRAM @ 400 mhz ATi Radeon 9800 PRO, Catalyst 4.1 drivers NEC 4/2.4/12x DVD+R/RW, 24/10/40x CD-RW Maxtor 80 GB 7200 RPM HDD, 8 MB buffer 18.1" Dell 1800FP LCD Windows XP Professional, SP1

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June 28th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Iolo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3	Okay lets see: The comp is a Dual 1 ghz p3 on a acorp 815E mobo w 512 megs of ram. Video is provided by a Radeon 8500, and sound is handled by a Yamaha XG flavor sound card. The had drives on this box are standard ide devices 80, 40 gigs respectively). It is now running W2k, SP4 and the asssociated updated drivers for its hardware. As for actual plugins, I use pete's Direct 3d 1.72 plugin for video, Peops 1.14 for sound and Peops 1.4 for Cd-rom access when I'm not playing off an image. That being said, I think the problems I have with FM3 is more of an emulator compatibility issue. The latest version of EPSXE and FPSE also has similar problems (when running the game). I have changed the plugins around a bit (such as as using peops for video, Eternal for sound) only to reproduce the same issues.

June 30th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
phx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 9	the solution exists , just skip battle animation. Flickering problem can be fixed, but the speed will go down... (but i have weak computer (850mhz, GF2mx)) just set Frame access 4 and frame textures 0 (PETE'S plugins)

July 2nd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Iolo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3	Hmm, phx thanks for your solutions. However, they sound more like a temporary fix than a permanent solution. Makes you kinda wonder why none of the major emu's can run the game flawlessly yet. Then again, the fact that the game runs at is pretty wonderous as well.

July 5th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
phx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 9	Flickering, yes thats plugins problem. crashes: becouse it crash on every emu, every plugin, i think is more compatibility issue... i've stored these errors from epsxe after crashes : SPEC Opcode 28 UNK (PC 001ee6ec) (001ee6e8) (270435,228) Opcode 3b UNK (PC 001c000c) (111499,13) SPEC Opcode 34 UNK (PC 000afff0) (000afd58) (27828,90) SPEC Opcode 32 UNK (PC 00141dd0) (00141190) (57501,65) but there are more.