Posted: 11/26/2007 3:43 PM
Post subject: PSX general emulation question
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mmbossman
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So I just got a PS2, but it's not modded, so I can't play... um... backup games. So I decided to give a PSX emulator a try, but I've been having some problems. Mainly, I can't get some of the graphics plugins I've found to work completely correctly. In FFVII, everything works ok except during battles, where I can't see the menus for attack, magic, etc. I think it's a transparency issue, but I'm not sure. So, does anyone have a recommendation for a collection of plugins (with settings) that seems to be the best for just everyday playing? I don't need them to emulate things perfectly, but being able to see what I'm doing would be nice. I'm using ePSXe 1.6 on XP, with a 2GHz processor and 1Gb RAM (I'm unsure of my graphics card though). Thanks for any help and recommendations!
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Posted: 11/26/2007 4:25 PM
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mz
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You should try these settings. But you'd better trying pSX emulator; it's a lot better and it doesn't require any kind of plugin or special configuration.
You're just fucking stupid, everyone hates you, sorry to tell you the truth. no one likes you, you're someone pretentious and TASes only to be on speed game, but don't have any hope, you won't get there.
Posted: 11/26/2007 6:15 PM
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superjupi
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Pete's GPU plugins (and their successors, whom I can't recall the name of at this exact moment) are the only video plugins you'll ever need. The OGL versions have more nifty features, but the D3D versions have been far more stable in my experience. I never noticed a difference in performance between the two, though, so go with whatever you feel like. The plugin settings have options for individual game fixes. FFVII has its own fix, as does FFIX. And should you ever get around to playing FFVIII, it doesn't need a fix; if the in-battle menus aren't showing up, you just need to pick a different offscreen drawing level. Edit: Ah, beaten to the punch. Oh well.
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Posted: 11/26/2007 6:30 PM
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mmbossman
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Thanks a ton mz! pSX works like a charm, and seems to emulate near perfectly. I'm in your debt:)
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Posted: 11/26/2007 8:21 PM
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ZeXr0
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pSX is aimed at emulating the most perfectly a Playstation, it would be the emulator of choice for TASing, if it wasn't closed source.
Posted: 11/26/2007 9:44 PM
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superjupi
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My only knock against it is that I like running games at higher than intended resolutions without interpolated blurryvision. Also, the thought of PlayStation TAS is unreasonable, anyway. The media does a good job of prohibiting the possibility.
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Posted: 11/26/2007 9:47 PM
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mmbossman
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I'm just glad I can play some of the great games I missed out on earlier in life. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction, I don't know why this app never showed up when I googled for playstation emulators.
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Posted: 11/27/2007 4:38 PM
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ZeXr0
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Maybe because the author choose a too common name like psx for the emulator name.