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epsxe Broken sword crashes

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Gilesgholland, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    guys please help, i havent managed to get a single game to work on this emulator :(
    its either a currupt file while i un pack it, or in this case with Broken Sword, it crashes as it goes to load up.

    The broken sword .img file is an American one, as i cant find a PAL (english) one around that works.
    Does this mean i have to change the settings/plugins and bios???

    Cheers!!
     
  2. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    What Emulator, plugins, etc are you currently using.
     
  3. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    You could try the psxfin emulator and see if that works

    pSX v1.13 with bioses and memcards

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zdx44255xbi36w9

    Run with admin for vista and 7's
     
  4. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    Excellent it works with that emulator, dont know why :S
    new problem, theres NO SOUND :(
     
  5. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    Have you had a look at device in sound settings with pSX v1.13 ..

    Do you have sound when bios is booting ?, I mean the PS logo...

    Try enableing some setting with your PC sound options

    Is it just the game that has no sound only ?

    EDIT:

    Somegame's have audio tracks that MDF/MDS/CUE images keep with Alcohol 120% program, therase are in the earler games but BS is not on the list as one of them

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_1_games_with_CD_audio_tracks

    Thease are called CDDA tracks

    http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=PSX+CDDA+tracks&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=94dc2184ded5623c
     
  6. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    Stand down, the sound works, donno why it wasnt working before.

    The music on Broken Sword 2 is very jumpy, but everything else is fine, e.g voice, Playstation boot up.
    Can anyone confirm that this is the games fault or is it something i can do?

    Cheers!!!!
     
  7. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    Ok!

    How is your PC specs, Ram est ?

    I don't know why Broken Sword 2 is very jumpy, But i should not be

    Restart your PC , Are mabe disable hidden software that startup with your pc , Your Uninstaller can do this quite well with Startup manager, full version hear

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DFUZ1VN6

    Can save some ram
     
  8. meganova

    meganova Well-Known Member

    Perhaps you could specify what emulator, plugins you are using on ePSXe?

    Although pSX could play the game, it has less game compatibility compared to ePSXe.
     
  9. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    You could try google for a list of guilds for epsxe, as meganova sed it might be better to use, but psx can be also better for some certin games

    http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=epsxe+guide&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=epsxe+gu&gs_rfai=&fp=94dc2184ded5623c
     
  10. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    SCPH1001 BIOS
    P.E.Op.S. Soft Driver 1.18 VIDEO
    ePSXe SPU core 1.5.2. SOUND
    P.E.Op.S. CDR Driver 1.4 CDROM

    Only the music jumps,
    You may laugh, but ive only got a Note Book, with basic Specs. The guy from the shop said u wouldnt be able to play any games on it lol :D
    MY Note Book specs;
    Dell Inspiron 1011
    Intel(R) Atom(TM)
    CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
    1.60 GHz, 0.99 GB of Ram

    Pretty shocking i know, :D lol
     
  11. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    For a note book thats very good gowing!! , If they is a onbord graphics card might lag in well in graphics lol!

    Try Eternal spu plugin 1.50 for your sound plugin http://emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx/psxplugins-tools.html

    See if it helps

    It also also should handle some nds games with no$gba 2.6a

    And yes it can play most older games like snes and sega, gameboy est, I think he ment PC games it might not!

    Mabe getaway with some N64 games but not all!

    Are you running the game as a image file , are have you burn in onto a cd and ran it from there ?
     
  12. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    Its an image file, as Note Books dont have a CD drive. and i dont have an external one.
     
  13. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    Did Eternal spu plugin 1.50 , not help ?

    First see if changing the frame rate might help with graphics , uk pal is 50fps and us ntsc 59.94 fps, this can help also with sound

    Are you could see if convertin the .img to .iso might help http://www.mediafire.com/?dvxkk10255v


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    Of for the night back in the morning

    Hope it could help you!
     
  14. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    no, epsxe couldnt find it to be able to choose it from the drop down list.
    the game is playable at the mo, i'll post back when i get to a cut scene and see if it plays lol
     
  15. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    replace it in your plugins folder, did you unpack it from zip arcive ?
     
  16. Gilesgholland

    Gilesgholland Member

    Done it, did make a difference, still crashes when i load it up.
    Just downloaded Broken Sword 1 and it jumps and skips through the cut scenes like my note book cant handle it. :( which is a shame cos i really like them :( saying that the actual game play works fine. Just the cut scenes.
     
  17. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    Ill see if i can buy this game from a charty shop for a pond or two, and do some testing myself

    Will report back to you if i have a result!

    Sorry to hear it did not two well for you, but it could be the note book after all, It is a real shame.