Moving FF9 from VGS to ePSXe...

Darric · May 23rd, 2004, 00:16

Hello everyone, I am Darric. And I'm a FF-aholic.

Firstly I think that all the help that gets given around here is great. I've had so much help in the past getting my games to emulate properly in the past.

After a long hiatus I've decided to play again the sweetness that is Final Fantasy 9. Alas, bringing my PS2 and games to university is something best left undone due to crime issues (I live in a residence notorious for thefts). Before I left though I asked a friend to make backup images (I think this is legal?) of my CDs to bring with me to Uni. So I am now the proud owner of mdf/mds format images of my CDs, which I think he made using alcohol.

I'm able to get the game working using Connectix VGS by mounting them with alcohol. The game runs fine but the software mode graphics are really disturbing, especially after having played the game in all its splendour on my tv at home. The edges of the characters are jittery and blurred and urrrgh. Anyway, I have heard of the power of ePSXe and its plugins and I thought I would give it a go. I am using ePSXe v 1.5.2, with Pete's video and sound plugins. However it seems that ePSXe does not support the mdf/mds format with its "Run ISO" feature. When I mount the image to virtual G: all that happens in ePSXe is a black screen.

My plugins:
Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.75
Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41
ePSXe CDR Wnt/w2k core 1.5.2

So what can I do to get this to work? Can I in some way convert my mdf/mds images to a format that ePSXe can use? Maybe if I burnt them to CD? Is it something wrong with the way I have configured ePSXe? I stuck as close as possible to Kane's compatibility settings.

I would really appreciate any help I can get, if so you guys would be awesome. Or am I doomed to only be able to play my beloved FF9 when I get back home?

All help greatly appreciated!

Darric

Last edited by Darric; May 23rd, 2004 at 00:55..

Darric · May 23rd, 2004, 00:58

Oh man, haha, I have done it!

I didn't know I could convert my images to ISOs using Alcohol itself! yay!

So I now have ISOs that I can run with ePSXe, and they seem to load fine, and my oh my are the graphics SO much crisper and clearer! Near perfect!

There are a few little problems though:

- The sound is a bit on the crackly and unclear side
- The game seems to be running about twice as fast as it should be
- In the battle there are NO menus. Not yellow blocks as I've read about, but simply nothing, as if they don't exist.

Any ideas? Also what would you guys recommend as the optimal plugins and settings to run this game? I believe I am currently running using Kane's configs, are those the best?

Thank you, again all help appreciated!

Darric

Last edited by Darric; May 23rd, 2004 at 01:06..

**Chrono Archangel** · May 23rd, 2004, 01:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darric

- The sound is a bit on the crackly and unclear side
- The game seems to be running about twice as fast as it should be

- Use Eternal SPU 1.41 as it seems to give the best results
- Make sure FPS Limit is on in Pete's Plugin (Video configuration), youcan set it to Auto and you should be fine

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Darric · May 23rd, 2004, 07:34

Hm... I'm using Eternal SPU 1.41 already, and my FPS limit is enabled and set to auto. =(

Odd...

Any idea about the battle menus?

Darric

**Kellicros** · May 23rd, 2004, 08:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darric

Hm... I'm using Eternal SPU 1.41 already, and my FPS limit is enabled and set to auto. =(

Odd...

Any idea about the battle menus?

Darric

Odd indeed, please read the FAQ that comes with Pete's plugins.

Quote:

Q029: Even with framerate limitation and a steady framerate my game is too fast/slow
A029: Prolly a screwed main emu vsync emulation. Turn on the "PC fps calculation" special game fix

Quote:

Q001: Battle menus in FF7/8/9 are not visible/flickering
A001: in the hw/accel plugins use a different Offscreen Drawing mode, and disable Frame Skipping in the soft plugin

As for the setting fo Eternal SPU, use the default one and have the Sqaure game fix enabled.

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**Kane** · May 23rd, 2004, 12:15

Or you could have a look at my site for a little guide to setting up ePSXe for FF9

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ЧЕРВЯК · May 23rd, 2004, 14:10

Хуета..

Darric · May 23rd, 2004, 18:13

Awesomeness. I have been able to get Final Fantasy 9 working now with near perfect graphics and sounds. There are obviously still the little hiccoughs which are to be expected from emulating anything, but it seems to work great now.

I used the settings detailed here:
http://www.emule-help.com/psx.htm#ff9

Most notable are the movements from Eternal SPU to Pete's OS SPU 1.8 to fix the sound, the movement from "auto set fps limit" to manually setting it to 60 to fix the speed, and changing the Offscreen Drawing mode to 2, to make the battle menus appear.

Using the settings specified in the URL above exactly has given me great results so far...

Thanks everyone anyway for your help.

Darric

Novalon · September 12th, 2004, 00:46

Another suggestion if you like to save space, get mooby's CD plugin, and use bz.index compression on those ISOs with what seems to me to be no change in speed. So peruse Lord Kane's site for your FF Plugin corrections, and be happy!

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**Chrono Archangel** · September 12th, 2004, 01:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Novalon

Another suggestion if you like to save space, get mooby's CD plugin, and use bz.index compression on those ISOs with what seems to me to be no change in speed. So peruse Lord Kane's site for your FF Plugin corrections, and be happy!

although your intentions werent bad. you revived a 4 months old thread. please check the date before posting in a thread

a thread is considered old after about 2 weeks depending on the topic.

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May 23rd, 2004, 00:16	#1
Darric Advent Child Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Moving FF9 from VGS to ePSXe... Hello everyone, I am Darric. And I'm a FF-aholic. Firstly I think that all the help that gets given around here is great. I've had so much help in the past getting my games to emulate properly in the past. After a long hiatus I've decided to play again the sweetness that is Final Fantasy 9. Alas, bringing my PS2 and games to university is something best left undone due to crime issues (I live in a residence notorious for thefts). Before I left though I asked a friend to make backup images (I think this is legal?) of my CDs to bring with me to Uni. So I am now the proud owner of mdf/mds format images of my CDs, which I think he made using alcohol. I'm able to get the game working using Connectix VGS by mounting them with alcohol. The game runs fine but the software mode graphics are really disturbing, especially after having played the game in all its splendour on my tv at home. The edges of the characters are jittery and blurred and urrrgh. Anyway, I have heard of the power of ePSXe and its plugins and I thought I would give it a go. I am using ePSXe v 1.5.2, with Pete's video and sound plugins. However it seems that ePSXe does not support the mdf/mds format with its "Run ISO" feature. When I mount the image to virtual G: all that happens in ePSXe is a black screen. My plugins: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.75 Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41 ePSXe CDR Wnt/w2k core 1.5.2 So what can I do to get this to work? Can I in some way convert my mdf/mds images to a format that ePSXe can use? Maybe if I burnt them to CD? Is it something wrong with the way I have configured ePSXe? I stuck as close as possible to Kane's compatibility settings. I would really appreciate any help I can get, if so you guys would be awesome. Or am I doomed to only be able to play my beloved FF9 when I get back home? All help greatly appreciated! Darric Last edited by Darric; May 23rd, 2004 at 00:55..

May 23rd, 2004, 00:58	#2
Darric Advent Child Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Haha! Oh man, haha, I have done it! I didn't know I could convert my images to ISOs using Alcohol itself! yay! So I now have ISOs that I can run with ePSXe, and they seem to load fine, and my oh my are the graphics SO much crisper and clearer! Near perfect! There are a few little problems though: - The sound is a bit on the crackly and unclear side - The game seems to be running about twice as fast as it should be - In the battle there are NO menus. Not yellow blocks as I've read about, but simply nothing, as if they don't exist. Any ideas? Also what would you guys recommend as the optimal plugins and settings to run this game? I believe I am currently running using Kane's configs, are those the best? Thank you, again all help appreciated! Darric Last edited by Darric; May 23rd, 2004 at 01:06..

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May 23rd, 2004, 07:34	#4
Darric Advent Child Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Hm... I'm using Eternal SPU 1.41 already, and my FPS limit is enabled and set to auto. =( Odd... Any idea about the battle menus? Darric

May 23rd, 2004, 12:15	#6
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Or you could have a look at my site for a little guide to setting up ePSXe for FF9 __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

May 23rd, 2004, 14:10	#7
ЧЕРВЯК Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 26	Хуета..

May 23rd, 2004, 18:13	#8
Darric Advent Child Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Awesomeness. I have been able to get Final Fantasy 9 working now with near perfect graphics and sounds. There are obviously still the little hiccoughs which are to be expected from emulating anything, but it seems to work great now. I used the settings detailed here: http://www.emule-help.com/psx.htm#ff9 Most notable are the movements from Eternal SPU to Pete's OS SPU 1.8 to fix the sound, the movement from "auto set fps limit" to manually setting it to 60 to fix the speed, and changing the Offscreen Drawing mode to 2, to make the battle menus appear. Using the settings specified in the URL above exactly has given me great results so far... Thanks everyone anyway for your help. Darric

September 12th, 2004, 00:46	#9
Novalon RPG n00b guru Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 86	Another suggestion if you like to save space, get mooby's CD plugin, and use bz.index compression on those ISOs with what seems to me to be no change in speed. So peruse Lord Kane's site for your FF Plugin corrections, and be happy! __________________ Novalon: The Cure for the common n00b. PC Specs: Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 2) ASUS Athlon 64 3200+ 1024 Meg of DDR2 400 RAM 128 meg EVGA GeForce 6600GT (found a link on the forums! Thanks guys! Newegg had a rebate on it too!) Which character are you test by Naruto - Kun.com