Topic: Final Fantasy Fix Thread (Read 800 times)

benpretend · « **Reply #90 on:** December 14, 2006, 09:56:00 AM »

Your problem is that you have Normal Frameskipping set to ON. You need to have Frameskipping OFF and Use Old Frameskipping ON. This will fix the cursor glitch.

I have been extensively playing with FF7's settings recently and i think i've found the best possible settings for music and playablility. There is some occasional slight slowdown during battle (ie. lots of poly's when limit breaking, summoning) but the music is usually pretty spot on and it plays damn close to perfect.

BIOS Mode: BIOS File
Core Version: 1.4
GPU: 1.16
SPU: 1.9
Graphics Fixes: All OFF except for Old Frame Skipping ON and Framelimit ON
CPU Fixes: All OFF. I haven't noticed any difference with any of them ON.
SPU Fixes: XA Sound On. Reverb: Best/Slowest. Interpolation: Cubic/Slow. Sound Timer: Original. Wait CPU: Off.
Throttle Method: Fixed.

These settings have got me playing FF7 (NTSC) at 100% 95% of the time. It's really enjoyable and the music is crisp and nice. Framerate drops every now and again but i can't do much about that. Some sound effects are a bit squiffy (trains sound squealy) but perfectly liveable.

I'm going to start work on getting FF9 up and running perfectly soon and will report back my findings.

One point about this is that in order to run at full speed it NEEDS the 1.4 core. This means savestates won't work. You can however use a hotkey-assigned savestate (Black+LTrigger works for me) and that will save and load fine. There is a bug that certain cores can't save from the menu. This is the fix

aron_abu · « **Reply #91 on:** December 27, 2006, 03:29:00 AM »

I cant get the battle menu to work.

im new to this but i believe i have followed all your instructions.

i downloaded pcsxbox_v18 altheo when i load it up in game in says pcsxbox v15 core. iv also download the pre configured configs via the pcsxbox dash ( saw a setting there for them) cannot get the battle menu to come up for FF9.

cheers aron.

aron_abu · « **Reply #92 on:** December 27, 2006, 06:56:00 PM »

ok got the menu to come up.

but now the games plays a little fast. there is 1 part at the start of the game where you can jump rope with some kids. and cause the game runs fast i cant press the buttons quick enough to jump rope..

also the game looks a little grainy, pixily.

cheers aron

This post has been edited by aron_abu: Dec 28 2006, 03:01 AM

Goetia · « **Reply #93 on:** December 28, 2006, 11:38:00 AM »

Thanks a lot benpretend, it worked perfectly. I wish there was a thread like this for other games, as I can't get Chrono Cross to work without being slow.

micbic · « **Reply #94 on:** December 28, 2006, 06:06:00 PM »

QUOTE

also the game looks a little grainy, pixily.

welcome to the playstation one

georaldc · « **Reply #95 on:** December 28, 2006, 09:53:00 PM »

QUOTE(Goetia @ Dec 29 2006, 02:45 AM)

Thanks a lot benpretend, it worked perfectly. I wish there was a thread like this for other games, as I can't get Chrono Cross to work without being slow.

Coz i don't think you'll ever be able to get chrono cross to run fast due to hardware limitations. Your only choices are normal frameskip (much faster, music and sounds don't slow down that much, skips pretty bad during battles) or enabling both old and normal frameskip (slower but smoother gameplay). Just get used to it and in time you won't mind the slowdown.

aron_abu · « **Reply #96 on:** December 29, 2006, 05:06:00 AM »

QUOTE(micbic @ Dec 29 2006, 02:13 AM)

welcome to the playstation one

ahh ok so its PS1. i was unsure.

thats cool. thought it might have been a video setting i messed up.

cheers aron.

wardancr · « **Reply #97 on:** January 25, 2007, 04:58:00 PM »

QUOTE(A_A @ Nov 17 2006, 12:45 PM)

I have an entirely different problem with FFIX, I have tried playing it on my computer using ePSXe and on my Xbox with v. 13 of PCSXBOX. When I am in a battle the enemy begins to cast a magic spell and he kind of freezes and continues to do the motions that he usually does during the spell. Nothing happens, I am able to control the camera and the battle menu, the music continues and the attack bar fills up, I chose to attack and absolutely nothing happens. Just a close-up of the enemy doing the erratic motions and a bar above his head saying "thundaga" or the name of another spell. This has happened before, but after rebooting and reloading the game works again. But now in a specific place I get this "freeze" all the time.

I am having this same problem. It never happened before my fight with Tantarian (book) in book 3. As soon as he does his poison spell no further actions are taken in the fight. I'll try a few more things and I'll post if I find anything. I'm using v. 18 of PCSXBOX.

SlyBeast · « **Reply #98 on:** January 31, 2007, 07:40:00 AM »

I have one question: Has anyone been able to complete any of the Playstation Final Fantasies (VII, VIII, or IX) on PCSXBOX?

I'm not a PCSXBOX user but am strongly considering becoming one. I see a lot of folks playing these games or trying to get them to work more efficiently, but I've never seen someone speak of actually completing any of them on this emulator. Is this possible using what's currently available? Thanks in advance for the feedback on this.

wardancr · « **Reply #99 on:** January 31, 2007, 11:16:00 AM »

QUOTE(SlyBeast @ Jan 31 2007, 10:47 AM)

I have one question: Has anyone been able to complete any of the Playstation Final Fantasies (VII, VIII, or IX) on PCSXBOX?

I'm not a PCSXBOX user but am strongly considering becoming one. I see a lot of folks playing these games or trying to get them to work more efficiently, but I've never seen someone speak of actually completing any of them on this emulator. Is this possible using what's currently available? Thanks in advance for the feedback on this.

I haven't completed FFIX yet. I'm still at disc 3. One thing I have noticed, and this has never happened in the first 2 discs, some spells do not work. If a poison, sleep, water or thundaga spell is cast (even when vivi tries to cast water) the combat will stall. No more actions are taken but the music continues and graphics continue just fine. I suspect my disc 3 image as I do remember seeing the water spell being cast previously in the game. I'll have to find another image to try it out.

georaldc · « **Reply #100 on:** February 01, 2007, 07:25:00 AM »

QUOTE(SlyBeast @ Jan 31 2007, 10:47 PM)

I have one question: Has anyone been able to complete any of the Playstation Final Fantasies (VII, VIII, or IX) on PCSXBOX?

I'm not a PCSXBOX user but am strongly considering becoming one. I see a lot of folks playing these games or trying to get them to work more efficiently, but I've never seen someone speak of actually completing any of them on this emulator. Is this possible using what's currently available? Thanks in advance for the feedback on this.

Finished FF7 with no real problems whatsoever. Finished FF8 as well, but there's a problem with the final boss where the game freezes. I think you have to enable some setting (search around here, I think its pointed out in this thread or in the compatibility list) which will enable you to pass the freeze in exchange for some real bad slowdown, lol. Just state save after you get past the freeze, then reload your file with your previous settings. As for FF9, I haven't finished that yet, though I believe the only problem with that game is your character model turning all white in the overworld. Nothing that'll kill the experience IMO.

wardancr · « **Reply #101 on:** February 03, 2007, 05:29:00 AM »

I just want to confirm that the freezing I was experiencing was due to a bad CD 3 image. I borrowed the original CDs, ripped the 3rd CD and copied my save games/states. I'm now able to cast the water spell which would freeze before so I'll assume the other spells will work as well.

daweeze02 · « **Reply #102 on:** February 03, 2007, 06:18:00 AM »

Ok I had the FF7 working fine, but then read abotu all the settings to make. So I did that and now the first piracy screen that shows has weird lines through it and now the game wont play. So i deleted the emulator folder and re uploaded it but its still acting up. Does it store some settings somewhere else in a cache maybe on the xbox. Because I know it works under defaults settings, but it doesnt seem to be erasing them even if I delete the entire folder.

daweeze02 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 03, 2007, 07:42:00 AM »

QUOTE(daweeze02 @ Feb 3 2007, 09:25 AM)

Ok I had the FF7 working fine, but then read abotu all the settings to make. So I did that and now the first piracy screen that shows has weird lines through it and now the game wont play. So i deleted the emulator folder and re uploaded it but its still acting up. Does it store some settings somewhere else in a cache maybe on the xbox. Because I know it works under defaults settings, but it doesnt seem to be erasing them even if I delete the entire folder.

Also with FF8 it freezes at the beach screen when I try to start a new game.

avathar · « **Reply #104 on:** February 19, 2007, 02:26:00 PM »

sry if this question is asked before.

but if i put all the cd of ff7 on one dvd and then make a iso out of it en burn it can change cd when asked to ?

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