Breath of Fire IV on ePSXe 1.7.0

MintKitty · April 20th, 2010, 21:11

I can really find no way to describe it this problem. And the only help I've seen for the issues are based on ePSXe 1.6, and while similiar, are not the exact problems that I am having.

There are certain magic spells (sleep and confuse, from what I've seen so far) and certain cutscenes that cause the emulator to slow down to an absolute crawl. Half of the time it causes the emulator to crash. There are a few hiccups here and there in speed, but for the most part, the game works fine other than this problem.

I'm running the game off an ISO. Here's what I've been using:
Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.77
*Window Mode - Resolution 1280x960, 32bit color depth
*Texture quality: b8 g8 r8 a8 - Slightly faster with some cards
*Texture Filtering: 3.Standard w/o sprites - unfiltered 2d
*Hi-res textures: None
*Gfx ram card: None (autodetect)
*Use FPS limit - Auto detect
*Off-Screen Drawing: 3. Enhanced
*Framebuffer textures: 1. Black
*Framebuffer access: 0. Emulated vram
*Alpha Multi Pass, Mask Bit, Advanced blending
-unfiltered framebuffer updates
- color dithering

Sound: Eternal Spu Plugin 1.50
Direct Sound, buffer size 64
*Audio out method: Thread
*Wait for XA Buffer is free
*Reverb: Neill's
*Update before accessing register

**jonc2006** · April 20th, 2010, 21:34

post your system specs.

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MintKitty · April 21st, 2010, 02:41

Ah, sorry. I'm running it with Windows 7 Home Premium. (64 bit)
Pentium(R) Dual Core CPU E5400 (2M Cache, 2.70 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
6 Gig RAM

Video Card: Intel(R) GMA 3100

Basically, a premade machine with nothing outstanding about it.

Squall-Leonhart · April 21st, 2010, 04:11

use the D3D6 plugin.

MintKitty · April 21st, 2010, 05:34

Are you talking about the Jabo D3D6 video plugin? Where do I find it?

**jonc2006** · April 21st, 2010, 05:53

no pete's D3d plugin. the page below has links to it.

Emuforums.com - Downloads - GPU plugins

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MintKitty · April 21st, 2010, 06:35

In other words, I should have just tinkered around with the other video plugins I got with the emulator. I feel smart now. What's the difference between the three plugins that come with the emulator, and should I ever change what one I'm using?

In any case, it seems to have fixed the probelm. I still see the black area that was causing the game to crash, but at least now it's the game is running at normal speed, so I really don't mind it.

April 20th, 2010, 21:11	#1
MintKitty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: U.S. Posts: 5	Breath of Fire IV on ePSXe 1.7.0 I can really find no way to describe it this problem. And the only help I've seen for the issues are based on ePSXe 1.6, and while similiar, are not the exact problems that I am having. There are certain magic spells (sleep and confuse, from what I've seen so far) and certain cutscenes that cause the emulator to slow down to an absolute crawl. Half of the time it causes the emulator to crash. There are a few hiccups here and there in speed, but for the most part, the game works fine other than this problem. I'm running the game off an ISO. Here's what I've been using: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.77 Window Mode - Resolution 1280x960, 32bit color depth Texture quality: b8 g8 r8 a8 - Slightly faster with some cards Texture Filtering: 3.Standard w/o sprites - unfiltered 2d Hi-res textures: None Gfx ram card: None (autodetect) Use FPS limit - Auto detect Off-Screen Drawing: 3. Enhanced Framebuffer textures: 1. Black Framebuffer access: 0. Emulated vram Alpha Multi Pass, Mask Bit, Advanced blending -unfiltered framebuffer updates - color dithering Sound: Eternal Spu Plugin 1.50 Direct Sound, buffer size 64 Audio out method: Thread Wait for XA Buffer is free Reverb: Neill's Update before accessing register

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April 20th, 2010, 21:34	#2
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	post your system specs. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 21st, 2010, 02:41	#3
MintKitty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: U.S. Posts: 5	Ah, sorry. I'm running it with Windows 7 Home Premium. (64 bit) Pentium(R) Dual Core CPU E5400 (2M Cache, 2.70 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 6 Gig RAM Video Card: Intel(R) GMA 3100 Basically, a premade machine with nothing outstanding about it.

April 21st, 2010, 04:11	#4
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	use the D3D6 plugin.

April 21st, 2010, 05:34	#5
MintKitty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: U.S. Posts: 5	Are you talking about the Jabo D3D6 video plugin? Where do I find it?

April 21st, 2010, 05:53	#6
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	no pete's D3d plugin. the page below has links to it. Emuforums.com - Downloads - GPU plugins __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

April 21st, 2010, 06:35	#7
MintKitty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: U.S. Posts: 5	In other words, I should have just tinkered around with the other video plugins I got with the emulator. I feel smart now. What's the difference between the three plugins that come with the emulator, and should I ever change what one I'm using? In any case, it seems to have fixed the probelm. I still see the black area that was causing the game to crash, but at least now it's the game is running at normal speed, so I really don't mind it.