A little thing in Final Fantasy IX

Bubsy · May 12th, 2001, 21:09

Well I'm at the beginning of the game, and at the battle scenes there's no battle menu, or the character's life status. Check the screenshot below;:confused:

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Bubsy · May 12th, 2001, 21:13

Here's my GPU spec's from Pete's D3D 1.49 plugin:

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Fullscreen - [16 Bit]

Textures:
- R4G4B4A4
- Filtering: 2
- Caching: 2 - 125 textures usable

Framerate:
- FPS limit: off
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 1
- Framebuffer texture: 1
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Full vram: on
- Game fixes: off [00000081]

So could someone help me here

........

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Bubsy · May 12th, 2001, 22:22

So is this normal or what?!

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Rargh · May 12th, 2001, 22:29

Use "standard" or "enhanced" offscreen drawing
extended OD makes the menu flicker

(oh BTW, I like ur new signature

)

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**Raziel** · May 12th, 2001, 22:30

Pretty simple in fact,just enable Offscreen Drawing(standard is ok for FF9)and you will see the battle menu.
Bye.

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**Raziel** · May 12th, 2001, 22:33

Damn Rargh you got me on this one

Bye.

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Neojag · May 12th, 2001, 22:35

I have my emu working fine 4 FF9 now, but id like to know what EXACTLY does this offscreen drawing do.

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**Raziel** · May 12th, 2001, 22:39

Just copied this from the files that Pete wrote:
"There are now (1.48 or newer) 5 different OD modes... OD is used
to detect drawings which are outside the front/backbuffer, doing such
stuff in software (or by tweaking polygon coords).
0 (none): fastest mode, glitches in splash screens/game gfx can happen
1 (minimum): takes care of most splash screens
2 (standard): does an easy check, if software drawing/coord tweaking is needed
3 (enhanced): does a more complicated check for soft drawing
4 (extended): does the "enhanced" check, and adds some additional buffer
swap (can cause flickering with some games)
Bye.

__________________

System Specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

Bubsy · May 15th, 2001, 12:56

Yeah it was the offscreen drawing. My was at 1 (minium), now I put it to 2 (standard), and the menu's come out in the battle scenes. Thanks guy's

.
But it's weird though:confused: , once you add another level of the off-screen drawing, the games slow-down. I wish that there would be some way to optimize this

.

(Thanks for the compliment Rargh, I'm glad you like my new signature)

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Where you would dissolve to eternal happiness..........

Last edited by Bubsy; May 15th, 2001 at 13:23..

May 12th, 2001, 21:09	#1
Bubsy vicious lone wolf Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Suadiye Posts: 774	A little thing in Final Fantasy IX Well I'm at the beginning of the game, and at the battle scenes there's no battle menu, or the character's life status. Check the screenshot below;:confused: __________________ Welcome to the land my child........ Where you would dissolve to eternal happiness..........

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May 12th, 2001, 21:13	#2
Bubsy vicious lone wolf Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Suadiye Posts: 774	Here's my GPU spec's from Pete's D3D 1.49 plugin: Resolution/Color: - 640x480 Fullscreen - [16 Bit] Textures: - R4G4B4A4 - Filtering: 2 - Caching: 2 - 125 textures usable Framerate: - FPS limit: off - Frame skipping: off - FPS limit: 60 Compatibility: - Offscreen drawing: 1 - Framebuffer texture: 1 - Alpha multipass: on - Mask bit: on - Advanced blending: hardware Misc: - Scanlines: off - Unfiltered FB: on - Dithering: off - Full vram: on - Game fixes: off [00000081] So could someone help me here ........ __________________ Welcome to the land my child........ Where you would dissolve to eternal happiness.......... Last edited by Bubsy; May 12th, 2001 at 21:14..

May 12th, 2001, 22:22	#3
Bubsy vicious lone wolf Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Suadiye Posts: 774	So is this normal or what?! __________________ Welcome to the land my child........ Where you would dissolve to eternal happiness..........

May 12th, 2001, 22:29	#4
Rargh Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,238	Use "standard" or "enhanced" offscreen drawing extended OD makes the menu flicker (oh BTW, I like ur new signature ) Last edited by Rargh; May 12th, 2001 at 22:30..

May 12th, 2001, 22:30	#5
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,272	Pretty simple in fact,just enable Offscreen Drawing(standard is ok for FF9)and you will see the battle menu. Bye. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

May 12th, 2001, 22:33	#6
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,272	Damn Rargh you got me on this one Bye. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

May 12th, 2001, 22:35	#7
Neojag :: [ Sauron's Eye ] :: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie... Posts: 3,258	I have my emu working fine 4 FF9 now, but id like to know what EXACTLY does this offscreen drawing do. __________________ sig removed. hosted on infected site

May 12th, 2001, 22:39	#8
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,272	Just copied this from the files that Pete wrote: "There are now (1.48 or newer) 5 different OD modes... OD is used to detect drawings which are outside the front/backbuffer, doing such stuff in software (or by tweaking polygon coords). 0 (none): fastest mode, glitches in splash screens/game gfx can happen 1 (minimum): takes care of most splash screens 2 (standard): does an easy check, if software drawing/coord tweaking is needed 3 (enhanced): does a more complicated check for soft drawing 4 (extended): does the "enhanced" check, and adds some additional buffer swap (can cause flickering with some games) Bye. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX480 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe RAM: 8GB OCZ XMS3 PC16000

May 15th, 2001, 12:56	#9
Bubsy vicious lone wolf Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Suadiye Posts: 774	Yeah it was the offscreen drawing. My was at 1 (minium), now I put it to 2 (standard), and the menu's come out in the battle scenes. Thanks guy's . But it's weird though:confused: , once you add another level of the off-screen drawing, the games slow-down. I wish that there would be some way to optimize this . (Thanks for the compliment Rargh, I'm glad you like my new signature) __________________ Welcome to the land my child........ Where you would dissolve to eternal happiness.......... Last edited by Bubsy; May 15th, 2001 at 13:23..