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 Posted: Mon, 25th May 2009 16:57 Post subject: |
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never had problems with multi disks on Epsxe ,
Driver 2 worked fine,
Kudelka the same ... except that end bug when i was forced to use Psxeven, you know the DEADLY POP-OUT window with some sound issues that only happens on NTSC-J games its here and only in Kudelka ,
hate Epsxe for that even running on software sound didn't helped
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| Posted: Mon, 25th May 2009 19:06 Post subject: |
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Well interesting things are in discussion but i still can't solve my problem with displaying Crash Bandicoot 2 in full screen without black bars... on epsxe. Is there even a way to do that. Have somebody managed to run it in full screen.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 14:16 Post subject: |
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Well ok, this is interesting. Seems a few people having issues on properly configuring this wondrous emulator, so I'm here to help! We'll tackle this section by section, just to make sure you've all got a handle on things, hey - I'll even hold your hand and guide you with snazzzzzzzzy pictures too 
Remember though, while "other" emulators are designed for quick-playing, ePSXe is called ENHANCED for a reason. Take the time to configure it properly, as I'm about to show you, and you'll have a faithful emulator for life 
I don't want to hear any complaints about "but my machine is too slow!!!!111" - I run ePSXe on my laptop, a Celeron 1200mhz with 128mb RAM shared with a SiS 730S IGP. It runs great using the FAST settings 
=Note=
This guide was created quite some time ago and it was made for ePSXe 1.60 and Pete's 2.08 plugins. I'm aware of more recent releases, but they all stay fundamentally the same.
Installation
First, you'll need to download the emulator itself, which can be found HERE. Download and extract it to a folder of your choosing, one named ePSXe would be ideal
Once you've got it "installed", you'll need to find the BIOS image. I'm not going to link to it here, just in case I get my wrist slapped However, a quick Google Search should prove fruitful. Once you've found it, put the file into the BIOS folder of your newly-created ePSXe install.
Next, we need some plugins. I'm a strong advocate of Pete's GPU plugins, as they offer the best compatibility and speed. So I'll be creating this tutorial based on those. Let's get to it! 
You've got many options, all of which depend on what graphics card you have. For newer nVidia and ATi cards that support PS3.0 (X1k series and 6/7-series respectively) there is simply NO better plugin than Pete's OGL2 - You can grab that HERE. Download that and unzip to your PLUGINS folder.
If you've an older nVidia/ATi card that lacks DX9C (PS3.0) then your choices are either Pete's OGL or Pete's DX7/DX6. You can find all three in one zip, found HERE. Again, extract to PLUGINS folder.
nVidia has much better support for OGL-based plugins, while ATi is the ruler for D3D. You can't damage anything, so feel free to experiment.
Next, we need to get you some SPU and CD plugins. Generic CD/SPU plugins are built-into the emulator, so you won't need to download any of those, however - you'll need a decent SPU plugin as the generic one just isn't good enough for those pesky Square games, hehe
So, the one I highly recommend is Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41 - that has the absolute best and most accurate PSX sound and you can find it HERE. Once again, download and unzip it to your PLUGINS folder.
Ok, you're done with Installation! Now let's get you configured for play!
Configuration
Now for the pretty pictures  When you load ePSXe for the first time, it guides you through standard setup by using a Wizard guide. So guess what? We're going to be doing that
Start the Wizard!
Choose your BIOS!
Choose your GPU Plugin!
(I've included screenshots for Software/D3D6/D3D7/OGL/OGL2, aren't I nice?) This is also for looking good with the best compatibility, so if you have a really slow machine, you would be better off using pSX or CVGS. There are two options you can try, if you're not feeling like experimenting or copying my settings. FAST and NICE. Clicking either of those will change settings to run FAST, or look NICE.
Anything with a BOX around it (yay for mspaint) - make sure your settings are the same. Especially in regards to OFF-SCREEN DRAWING!! If you're playing any FF games, you NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED those set to at LEAST Enhanced else you won't get the battle menus.
 
 
Configs for SoftwareMode, no Fixes needed
 - FAST
 - NICE
Configs for D3D/D3D-DX6, with Game Fixes
 - FAST
 - NICE
 - FIXES
Configs for OGL, with Game Fixes
 - FAST
 - NICE
 - FIXES (Same as OGL2)
Configs for OGL2, with Game Fixes - Note, only BEST LOOKING config is shown, because if you're using OGL2, you've got a card that can handle it
 - NICEST (the absolute ePSXe Experience©)
- FIXES
~Update~
Pete has released v2.9 of his awesome OpenGL2 plugin, a few new features and changes were implemented, so I'm including mine here. Game Fixes are the same; 0x002 "Ignore Small Framebuffer Moves" these are for FF7/8 and require Offscreen Drawing set to 1, Framebuffer Effects set to 2 and Framebuffer Upload set to 2. The old FF9 triangle fix (0x0200 G4 Polygon Cache) is no longer used, it's fixed natively. Keep an eye on "Stretching Mode" at the top as well, some people prefer keeping pixel/aspect ratio and don't like stretching, so adjust it per taste If you exhibit scenes with green/purple borders, usually around pre-rendered backdrops, then set Texture Filtering to 4: Extended w/o Sprites. Unfiltered 2D
Choose your SPU! (There's nothing to configure on the ePSXe SPU Core)
 - ePSXe SPU Plugin
 - Eternal SPU 1.41
Config for Eternal SPU - Eternal is used if you want the most accurate PSX sound.
~Update~
Another update here, especially on ePSXe SPU Core 1.8.0; Most people are quite fine with the new internal ePSXe SPU core, it has come leaps and bounds over previous sound cores and is actually now one of the most accurate. Eternal has more sound enhancements but, just like various other options here, it's taste subjective. If you choose to stick with internal ePSXe you won't be disappointed, I'm sure. The "Choose your SPU" page shows options that are now enabled by default; "Enable CDDA" and "Enable XA" so don't worry about those.
Choose your CD! - Choose the CD/DVD drive you'll be loading your PSX games off. IE, real drive or VirtualDrive.
If running Win2K/WinXP, choose ePSXe CDR NT/2K Core
 - Win2K/XP
If running Win9X (95/98/ME), choose ePSXe ASPI Core
 - Win9X ASPI
Configure your controller!
Choose Digital/Analog F5 if you have an analogue joypad. Pressing F5 ingame switches between them
 - Joypads!
Almost Done!
 
 
You're done! Congratulations, you now have a nearly-100% perfect emulator. There, that wasn't so hard, now was it? Just click FILE and then choose to either RUN CD (if you've got a CD in the drive/mounted) or click RUN ISO (to browse for, and run, a .BIN/.IMG/.ISO you may have)
Just remember that certain games are going to have issues no matter how you configure the emulator (Front Mission 3, sadly, is one of them. It has a tendency to crash when doing damage to LEG PARTS in a battle, which is a bug/glitch that happens on any emulator to my knowledge)
-=Clarification=-
In the section where I show how to choose your memory cards, please note that the F: drive path is MY OWN! *laughs* You can use any path you wish - and to create a memory card, simply type it's name however you wish. Once you save a game, ePSXe will automatically create the card for you.
I put a LOT of work into making this guide, so I bloody well hope this helps! Have fun everyone!
Comparison between a properly configured ePSXe and a *coughlamecough* pSX 1.8 setup.
ePSXe 1.60 on the left. pSX 1.8 on the right.
 
 
 
 
 
Final Fantasy VIII with pSX and/or PS1 hardware
Final Fantasy VIII with ePSXe using my settings (which can be tweaked to get rid of purple outline on some textures
And, as Leo said, certain games prefer 2D Sprite Filtering to be disabled, which would fix the slight aliasing as evidenced in the text above. Just experiement, you can't break anything! You can even change graphics options "on-the-fly" using Pete's plugin and the "action" keys (insert, home, pg-up, pg-down, end, delete)
I would strongly recommend updating to 1.8.0, a lot was improved and enhanced - including the internal SPU which is incredible now. Really nice FF sound effects, unlike previous internal SPUs which had really terrible sound in FF games.
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apcarr
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 15:31 Post subject: |
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Great guide,FFVIII now looks a damn sight better,Thanx sabin.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 15:51 Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot man!!!!!!Now it all seems nice. Apparently the game was made to run with black bars so no problem with that. Only one thing though - in my opengl2 plug in there are more options in resolution and colors like stretching mode and render mode. What are they for? I usually set them to standard.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 15:56 Post subject: |
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I don't have the newest plugins yet (I lost my entire emulation drive a while back, including over 150GB of ROMS - not counting MAME, and I've been kinda dragging my heels over getting it all back)
Can you screen-shot your plugin config page, please?
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 16:04 Post subject: |
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Why have you enabled windowed ? Maybe that's why you have stretching options.
I don't have ePSXe setup atm to check. I remember doing this stuff 7 years ago lol ...
X-Files was a BIATCH to get to work properly.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 16:06 Post subject: |
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Ah, gotcha. Stretching Mode is for, well, stretching the image. Most (if not all) PS1 games are 4:3 aspect ratio, which will give horrid black borders on 16:9/10 aspect monitors - if you can live with Hor+ stretching, then you can use that drop-down selection for making the image fit completely on your screen. I wouldn't recommend it however, mainly because most games will look ugly as hell.
You can play around with Render Mode options, but most games are more than happy with standard Lv0. Again, you can change it and not cause any damage - so don't be afraid to experiment with it
| VGAdeadcafe wrote: | Why have you enabled windowed ? Maybe that's why you have stretching options.
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Actually, for WS monitors that don't have 4:3 aspect ratios and correct pixel placement (a lot of WS monitors I've seen are crappy outside of their native resolution) Windowed mode is the best to chose as it preserves the aspect ratio without borders or stretching, compared to FS mode.
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| Posted: Tue, 26th May 2009 16:07 Post subject: |
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| VGAdeadcafe wrote: | Why have you enabled windowed ? Maybe that's why you have stretching options.
I don't have ePSXe setup atm to check. I was doing this stuff 7 years ago lol |
No i haven't. I just enabled it for now to see if the black bars appear in window mode.And they do. Now i'm sure it's from the game.
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| Posted: Wed, 27th May 2009 18:53 Post subject: |
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I'm having so much fun with Makaron, it's criminal! (literally, heh, my CDI/GDI collection is growing nicely. 41GB and rising!) The emulator is as revolutionary and impressive to me now, as Chankast was when that was first released. I can't believe how far along it is! Sure it lacks behind NullDC in terms of image support, but hey - considering the benefits, I really can't complain.
It's run easily 90% of all the games I've tried - and run them perfectly too, or as close to perfect as we're gonna get from a beta emulator. The games that don't run on Makaron, or run with severe graphic glitches, I just use NullDC instead (like 18 Wheeler, it's missing the entire HUD in Makaron, but looks - and runs - perfect in Null)
I am incredibly impressed.
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apcarr
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 06:05 Post subject: |
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i playing K-1 world grand prix2006 perfect , best fight game ever , speed hacks"default" .
but...gow run bad, some help ? i have p4 c2d 2,4 8600 GTS ,W7 4gb RAM thanks
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 07:24 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 08:40 Post subject: |
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| pauloco wrote: | | but...gow run bad, some help ? i have p4 c2d 2,4 8600 GTS ,W7 4gb RAM thanks |
The speed you're running your PC at the moment just isn't enough for GoW. Sorry mate :-\
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JackQ
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 17:04 Post subject: |
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I'm DLing
World tour
I know PC version is coming
but I can't wait,so I'm going for the PS2 version,for now.
is the PS2 version working great with the emulator?
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 17:05 Post subject: |
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| Clcancellation wrote: |
is the PS2 version working great with the emulator? |
No idea.
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 18:13 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | I'm having so much fun with Makaron, it's criminal! (literally, heh, my CDI/GDI collection is growing nicely. 41GB and rising!) The emulator is as revolutionary and impressive to me now, as Chankast was when that was first released. I can't believe how far along it is! Sure it lacks behind NullDC in terms of image support, but hey - considering the benefits, I really can't complain.
It's run easily 90% of all the games I've tried - and run them perfectly too, or as close to perfect as we're gonna get from a beta emulator. The games that don't run on Makaron, or run with severe graphic glitches, I just use NullDC instead (like 18 Wheeler, it's missing the entire HUD in Makaron, but looks - and runs - perfect in Null)
I am incredibly impressed. |
I'm gonna try this Makaron. For my Shenmue rom. But wich version is the best?
Well i tried 10 - 1 and it seems i cant change the resolution 
But anyway i can't even boot the GDI files. Guess it needs some more settings.
Well it can't boot. Only black screen. But i'm happy with nulldc. It at least runs.
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JackQ
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 18:59 Post subject: |
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World tour working,but there is problems
it's says that needed a guitar controller to get to the songs,
how can I edit it so I can play it like in frets on fire?
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6051/capturelhm.jpg
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 19:40 Post subject: |
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.... it says nothing about a guitar. It says "you must have a microphone to play vocals" You don't have a microphone, so therefore you can't sing the vocals. So yeah, just press continue like it says.
@Tombata
You need a working set of BIOS files mate. I'll help.
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 20:06 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | .... it says nothing about a guitar. It says "you must have a microphone to play vocals" You don't have a microphone, so therefore you can't sing the vocals. So yeah, just press continue like it says.
@Tombata
You need a working set of BIOS files mate. I'll help. |
My version came with the bios working. But i didn't manage to make the cdi file to run in the emulator.I did some changes to the ini file GDRom and i got a black screen when i select play game. I tried than to change the cable settings and graphic settings in the other ini and nothing worked.
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JackQ
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 20:16 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | .... it says nothing about a guitar. It says "you must have a microphone to play vocals" You don't have a microphone, so therefore you can't sing the vocals. So yeah, just press continue like it says.
@Tombata
You need a working set of BIOS files mate. I'll help. |
I can't get to play the songs....
What I need to do?
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 20:19 Post subject: |
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First, try looking on the OFFICIAL forum. I don't have every single PS2 game ever made- and I sure as hell don't have any sing-along games :-\
Secondly, not every game works perfectly - and some don't even work at all. This could be one of them seeing as how it's pretty recent.
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JackQ
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 20:21 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | First, try looking on the OFFICIAL forum. I don't have every single PS2 game ever made- and I sure as hell don't have any sing-along games :-\
Secondly, not every game works perfectly - and some don't even work at all. This could be one of them seeing as how it's pretty recent. |
there is some graphic glitchs,but other this it's seems to be fine
I can't get to the song's cuz it said it need one of this Controllers.
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Thu, 28th May 2009 20:21 Post subject: |
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How does SW:Force Unleashed run? Last I tried it, it had pretty bad glitches and stuff.
Anyhoo, cool tutorial \m\
fear the led zeppelin that was!
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