Rival Schools Help

[jacklantern]

Hello. I got some problem on my Rival school game.

I am using Mame32 v0.105, latest, I think.

The game runs but not 100% on video and sound.

My computer is at windows 98 and has a good video card. I even have warcraft 3 TFT running smoothly.

The game is already on trotle nad still moves on slow motion.

Pls, need help!

[hagbard]

Well, this is normal. To run arcade PSX based games (ZN1-/2) like RS on MAME at full speed you'll need a extremely powefull PC, and I think most games (probably none) won't run at full speed with today's PCs. Use ZiNc (http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/arcade/zinc.html) instead.
BTW It would be good to know your PC hardware

[jacklantern]

Well, can it run on Zinc. I'll try tha instead. Oh and btw, I got the same problem on Strider2 too. Is it also a PSX game too?

[-=VampyR=-]

Well, can it run on Zinc. I'll try tha instead. Oh and btw, I got the same problem on Strider2 too. Is it also a PSX game too?
Yep...PSX game.

Be careful ZiNc is not as easy to set up as Mame.

[montpics]

At least you need a frontend either Aldo's Frontend or DaFreak's ZinCGUI. :cool:

Note : Strider 2 was made for Arcade before it was ported to PlayStation. :)

[hagbard]

Yeah, as almost every game on ZN-1/2 or System 11/12. Some said the purpose of this PSX based boards was to make easily make arcade perfect conversions to the Sony console: SFEX 1/2, Tekken 1/2/3, Strider II, etc

[c2ironfist]

I'm wondering is it just me or my computer's performance

I have a

Compaq V2000
AMD Turion ML-32 1.8ghz
ATI Radeon X200 128mb shared video card
Ram 1.128mb available for use

Rival Schools and Soul Calibour run a little slow

But other games run fairly smooth

I've changed settings like sound and frame rate but still though it doesn't all to well..

Any other suggestions or should I just try with a more powerful PC?

[Alkaiser]

Hrm. I had both running at full speed surprisingly.

Here are my PC specs:

256 MB Ram
2.2 Ghz
Windows XP
Intergrated Video Card

Also, I used Aldo's Frontend I think and played around with the settings until I got them to play smoothly.

Strider 2
Street Fighter EX 1
Street Fighter EX 2 (slight lag every now and then)
Rival Schools

[c2ironfist]

Hrm. I had both running at full speed surprisingly.

Here are my PC specs:

256 MB Ram
2.2 Ghz
Windows XP

Also, I used Aldo's Frontend I think and played around with the settings until I got them to play smoothly.


I used Zinc and that definatly runs these games bettor then Mame

So sad my favourite capcom 3d fighter unlpayable....

and I hate using epsxe though when playing Rival Schools :(

[hagbard]

Concerning SC, check this thread (http://forums.emulator-zone.com/showthread.php?t=5811).
Did you try to lower the resolution, color depth, texture quality/caching, etc?. Also Direct3D should be faster for you. Make sure you got the lastest versions of D3D and OGL plugins too

[c2ironfist]

Concerning SC, check this thread (http://forums.emulator-zone.com/showthread.php?t=5811).
Did you try to lower the resolution, color depth, texture quality/caching, etc?. Also Direct3D should be faster for you. Make sure you got the lastest versions of D3D and OGL plugins too


For Zinc I believe so it helped a bit but.. nothing good enough to play it at a good speed..

But I will try what you suggested just now

[montpics]

I believe that your current PC specs is not enough to obtain a better performance.

Anyway, use Aldos' Frontend for ZinC. (Or alternatively, you can try DaFreak's Frontend as well.) :cool:

Good luck!

[c2ironfist]

I believe that your current PC specs is not enough to obtain a better performance.

Anyway, use Aldos' Frontend for ZinC. (Or alternatively, you can try DaFreak's Frontend as well.) :cool:

Good luck!

Actualy I just played around with the settings and I get good results now, I was unfamiliar with the settings. However though does the GUI make a big difference?

I played around with both Front ends Aldo's and Dafreak;s and both were great

However, I noticed that Aldo's ran faster then Dafreak's a bit but Dafreaks had an easier layout to use especialy with controls configuration for control Pad.

Is there a performance difference with either GUIs ( such as graphics, audio? ) or are they the same?

[montpics]

Both give the same performance if you put all the settings on both Frontends. No much huge different, though DaFreak's show more friendly interface and added one GPU/Graphic plugin, while Aldo's looked better on keyboard configuration (you have to edit DaFreak's ini file as the options given is not as much as it should be.) :)

[c2ironfist]

Both give the same performance if you put all the settings on both Frontends. No much huge different, though DaFreak's show more friendly interface and added one GPU/Graphic plugin, while Aldo's looked better on keyboard configuration (you have to edit DaFreak's ini file as the options given is not as much as it should be.) :)

I'm going to stick with Dafreak's its really user friendly compared to Aldo's set up.

Now that I got things workin, I'm so enjoying Rival Schools now, instead of brining my PSX to campus I bring the laptop hehe... :D

[montpics]

Have fun then! ;)