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FFVII Black Screen

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by gmasterfunkdawg, Jan 10, 2010.

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  1. gmasterfunkdawg

    gmasterfunkdawg New Member

    Hey everyone,

    On the first disc of FFVII, right after I complete the first mission and go downstairs at Barret's hideout the screen goes black. The sound keeps going but the screen no longer shows anything. I am using the PSX emulator v1.13. Any help is appreciated.
     
    gmasterfunkdawg, Jan 10, 2010
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  2. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    Use ePSXe 1.5.2
    Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9
    Nice Default settings
    Any special game fixes related to FF7 should be enabled.
     
    TirithRR, Jan 10, 2010
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  3. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    With all needed files bios SCPH1001 , and memcards epsxe000.mcr and epsxe001.mcr , Some plugins with Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9, Just needs to configurated

    ePSXe 1.5.2 , with bios and memcards

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jynkcywx10m
     
    Jhon 591, Jan 10, 2010
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  4. gmasterfunkdawg

    gmasterfunkdawg New Member

    I'm using ePSX3 1.5.2 now and after some tinkering managed to get it to run. However, when I go into a battle, it slows down significantly. I'm running it on a laptop and am sure my video card isn't the greatest but I didn't have this problem when I was running on the other emulator. Do you know of any settings for me to change that would help? I'm using my driver's default texture quality. Below are my video settings. Any help is appreciated.

    Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.77
    Author: Pete Bernert
    GFX card: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

    Resolution/Color:
    - 800x600 Fullscreen - [32 Bit]

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

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

    Compatibility:
    - Offscreen drawing: 2
    - 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: on [00002801]
     
    gmasterfunkdawg, Jan 10, 2010
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  5. Jhon 591

    Jhon 591 Well-Known Member

    You could also try 1.7.0

    http://www.epsxe.com/

    But your problem is having an onbord graphis card

    I also have an onbord for my pc that was cr*p, So I bought a nvivia geforce 8400 GS PCI and they was some big improvments, some of emus run almost at full speed
    Post Merge: [time]1263152854[/time]
    This will have all the plugins you can fined maybe one will suite your card

    http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx/psxplugins-tools.html
    Post Merge: [time]1263153236[/time]
    Turning your disc into MDF images with Alcohol 120%, will help with speed!, and music with games like tomb raider that helps fix some crashing issues
     
    Jhon 591, Jan 10, 2010
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    1.7.0 has issues with squaresoft games.

    As for graphics plugins, theres a few very easy rules to get the right ones:

    Always use Pete's plugins

    If you have a Nvidia graphics card/chip, use pete's opengl2
    If you have an ATi graphics card/chip, use pete's directx
    If you have anything else, use pete's dx6

    for all of them, use the 'nice' defaults, a frame limit of 35fps, resolution of 800x600 (PSX native) and enable the relevant 'special game fixes'

    Any problems after following these rules is most likely hardware related.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 11, 2010
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