Topic: ePSXe Thread

[gpw11]

I'm making this so I don't hijack the "Now playing" thread. I like Playstation emulation and play around with it a lot.  Some people tend to have some problems with it because the leading emulator, ePSXe is a bit more complicated than most.  The main goal of the ePSXe team isn't flawless emulation, it's enhanced emulation, meaning setting things up can be a bitch at times.  Either way, if anyone has any question about ePSXe or playstation emulation, feel free to ask.  I can't promise I actually know the answers, but I'm sure we can come up with something.

I guess the first item of buisness would be for Ghandi to post his computer specs if he's still interested in any help.

[Ghandi]

Intel Pentium M 1.73 GHz, 1 GB Ram, ATI Mobility Radeon x300.

A terrible system for gaming, by all standards. The main thing that I go for is performance tweaks that may make some things playable. For ePSXe in particular, this means trying a hundred different things for any given game just to see what works. But in all honesty, the main thing for me is that I need to get a decent rig. I'm actually fairly impressed with the emulator, though, and especially after I have tried the alternatives.

[Cobra951]

If anything hurts you, it will be the mobility Radeon video.  ePSXe doesn't demand much from modern systems.  My GF FX 5900 runs it just fine.  That's 4 gens old now.

[Xessive]

ePSXe is awesome for most games and trying out enhanced settings. I feel it's the ideal experimental emulator.

If you want something closer to original (almost flawless) emulation I recommend PSEmu. It's the simplest PSX emulator I've come across so far. It doesn't ven use plugins.

[gpw11]

Yeah, your best bet with the mobility radeon if you're running into problems would be to default to software emulation.  PSEmu or PSX are both much more simple and rely upon pure software emulation.  I don't know much about the graphics chipset you're running, but the problem certainly isn't related to raw power, most likely just support.  Either way, if it helps, Here are the settings I tend to use on my Intel graphics powered notebook for FFT:

Plugin: Pete's DX6 D3D Driver 1.1.76
Author: Pete Bernert
GFX card: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

Resolution/Color:
- 800x600 Window mode

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 2
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

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

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 4
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: hardware

Misc:
- Scanlines: off

- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Full vram: on
- Game fixes: on [00000001]

They may help as the notebook I own also has problems with some games due to the intel graphics drivers.