ePSXe crash on Esc or Alt+Tab (res. i think)

Blaah · March 21st, 2003, 11:17

Hey, if anyone can help me with this would be great

..

My ePSXe works fine normally. Now, if i press Esc to minimize it or if i Alt+Tab from it, everything seems to go fine as well. However, when i try to Continue after Esc or to Alt-Tab/click back into the emulator, it crashes... well more like it just instantly quits..

I have seen several people post about issues similar to this before but I have never seen an actual answer that worked for me

I have :
733 intel pentium |||, 128 RAM, Windows XP.
(yeah yeah slow

but ePSXe ran perfect in win98 so its not the issue at hand)

here comes the bad part.... Voodoo 3

I have Dozer's 1.1 drivers for voodoo 3 and
Lewpy's 3dfx/Glide³ GPU 1.40 ePSXe plug in
I looked around quite a bit and i believe that Dozer 1.1 is best v3 XP drivers out there now.. nevertheless, I have a very strong suspicion this has to do with video. In fact, I suspect this is related with resolution/refresh rate change when going from ePSXe to desktop and back. Also, I have a similar problem with CounterStrike, which is of course 3D as well.

If anyone has used ePSXe with v3 in XP or if anyone has any idea what could I do, please help

jig_one · March 24th, 2003, 09:07

you could try this...

whenever you are going to alt+tab or esc, press f1 while in the game to make a quicksave and press f3 to load it once you alt+tab back in or resume the game. hope it works.

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**Lewpy** · March 24th, 2003, 22:46

Sounds like a Glide3 driver bug to me

My plugin uses Glide3, as does the 3dfx OpenGL driver (which, in turn, CounterStrike uses in OpenGL mode).
If you have tried all the known suggestions (change your desktop to a different colour depth than 16 bit, don't run the same resolution in-game as your desktop is set to, etc.), then I can only suggest trying another Glide3 driver.
You can place a Glide3 driver in the ePSXe base directory, and my plugin will use that. This means you can easily experiment with different Glide3 drivers without changing your main system configuration.

dr_satan · March 25th, 2003, 00:27

I have had this problem before and my problem was a bad cd or iso.

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Blaah · March 25th, 2003, 11:59

Thank you all... I do not think it is CD problem since it worked fine in 98se... I guess I will ahve to try different drivers... nice to know that i do not have to reinstall them all...

March 21st, 2003, 11:17	#1
Blaah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 11	ePSXe crash on Esc or Alt+Tab (res. i think) Hey, if anyone can help me with this would be great .. My ePSXe works fine normally. Now, if i press Esc to minimize it or if i Alt+Tab from it, everything seems to go fine as well. However, when i try to Continue after Esc or to Alt-Tab/click back into the emulator, it crashes... well more like it just instantly quits.. I have seen several people post about issues similar to this before but I have never seen an actual answer that worked for me I have : 733 intel pentium \|\|\|, 128 RAM, Windows XP. (yeah yeah slow but ePSXe ran perfect in win98 so its not the issue at hand) here comes the bad part.... Voodoo 3 I have Dozer's 1.1 drivers for voodoo 3 and Lewpy's 3dfx/Glide³ GPU 1.40 ePSXe plug in I looked around quite a bit and i believe that Dozer 1.1 is best v3 XP drivers out there now.. nevertheless, I have a very strong suspicion this has to do with video. In fact, I suspect this is related with resolution/refresh rate change when going from ePSXe to desktop and back. Also, I have a similar problem with CounterStrike, which is of course 3D as well. If anyone has used ePSXe with v3 in XP or if anyone has any idea what could I do, please help

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March 24th, 2003, 09:07	#2
jig_one Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 25	you could try this... whenever you are going to alt+tab or esc, press f1 while in the game to make a quicksave and press f3 to load it once you alt+tab back in or resume the game. hope it works. __________________ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

March 24th, 2003, 22:46	#3
Lewpy Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Southern England Posts: 520	Sounds like a Glide3 driver bug to me My plugin uses Glide3, as does the 3dfx OpenGL driver (which, in turn, CounterStrike uses in OpenGL mode). If you have tried all the known suggestions (change your desktop to a different colour depth than 16 bit, don't run the same resolution in-game as your desktop is set to, etc.), then I can only suggest trying another Glide3 driver. You can place a Glide3 driver in the ePSXe base directory, and my plugin will use that. This means you can easily experiment with different Glide3 drivers without changing your main system configuration.

March 25th, 2003, 00:27	#4
dr_satan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1	I have had this problem before and my problem was a bad cd or iso. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein AMD Athlon 1900+, GA-7VRXP Motherboard, 256 MB PC2700, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, Sound Blaster Audigy, 80 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Hard Drive, Windows XP Professional, 19" Proview Monitor, EMS USB2 PSX to USB Controller Adapter, DualShock2 (SCPH10010)

March 25th, 2003, 11:59	#5
Blaah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 11	Thank you all... I do not think it is CD problem since it worked fine in 98se... I guess I will ahve to try different drivers... nice to know that i do not have to reinstall them all...