Need help on gettin FF9 running properly...

[johnny_fflover]

Hello to all, i need some help here. its been a long time that i wanted to play FF9 and finally i got it running 4 days ago. untill i reach the part where zidane and the gang are preparing to board the airship to alexandria castle. the game seems to be jammed when the video of the flying airship is playing. i've tried various ways of making it work. specs are as followed:

ePSXe v1.6.0
ePSXeCutor v1.0
GPU : Pete's D3D Driver 1.76
SPU : Andy's SPU Audio Driver 0.16
Pad1 : Harakiri Pad Plugin 1.4

hope u guys can help me with it. I am really stressed out cos i really don't wanna miss this ff game out.:sad:

[Lost Number]

Well, are you using disc or a ISO?

[johnny_fflover]

i've tried using both and the outcome is still the same.:cry:

[crono_logical]

How's the Pete GPU plugin configured? You can use the Copy settings to clipboard option when configuring it to paste them here :p

Also, is this the US or Euro version of the game? I think the Euro one needs some patch to run correctly too.

[johnny_fflover]

i dun really know what version it is. i think its us version for the cd and euro for the iso. the setting are as follows:

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.76
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Resolution/Color:
- 1024x768 Fullscreen - [32 Bit]

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: Auto

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: off [00000200]

[o_O]

You'll need to rip it to ISO and patch it. It has complex copy protection, disabling the emulators from running it.
You can find some patches <a href="http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_patches_f.shtml">here</a>, and you'll need a patching utility to patch the ISO. Google for "IPS patcher" or something to get one.

[johnny_fflover]

the patch won't do. my pc hang in the middle of patching the file. any site where is can download an already-patched of the ff9 disc 1 copy?:(

[crono_logical]

If you're using an image, you don't actually need to apply the patch, just leave it in the same folder as the image with the same filename (except extension) - recent versions of epsxe will autopatch as it plays so you don't have to bother :p

[johnny_fflover]

do i have to rename the patch file? which folder should it be same with? the emulator? or the image file?:cry:

[Rengori]

Just buy a PS1. They're relatively cheap nowadays.

[crono_logical]

Rename the patch the same as the image file, and put it in the same folder with the image.

[IceT]

ePSXe v1.6.0

BIG mistake!
ePSXe 1.6.0 is known to hang at beforementioned spots.

Use ePSXe 1.5.2 instead!

[johnny_fflover]

Thanks pal. that really solve all the problems. no more hang. jus smooth gaiming all the way! thanks!