I did everything but STILL NOT WORKING!!

[DudeJustDoIT]

Ok i am new at the Psx emulation i have toyed with SNES for a while but never had to exactly configure anything:mellow: .... So i have read the sticky about how to set it all up but it hasnt worked out for me:confused: ... I am trying to play 2 games, FF VII and Breath Of Fire IV. But every time i try to RUN my ePSXe all i will get is a black screen can anyone help? My FULL comp. specs are as follows::

Toshiba Satellite A105-S101

::PROCESSOR::
Intel Celeron M 1.6GHz

::MAINBOARD::
Chipset type, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Data Bus speed 400MHz

::RAM::
Installed, 256MB
RAM Tech, DDR II SDRAM-533 MHz
Memory specification compliance, PC2-4200

::VIDEO OUTPUT::
Graphics processor, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Memory, Shared Video Memory (UMA)


Any help into fixing this would be very much Appreciated :D

[DudeJustDoIT]

Oh and i forgot to mention that i have already tried other versions of the ePSXe and i know the game can be played because awhile back i was at a friend of a frinds house and i saw him playing it... but that must have been like 2 or 3 yrs ago... But neway yeh... im getting frustraited. Maybe its because im on a laptop and not a desk top??

[insanemaniak]

It isn't to do with your using a laptop, so am i, i got a black screen when i tryed to play final fantasy 7 and 9 but what i needed to do was get some patches and make a SBI/M3S file, ill get you the thread i'm sure its to do with u need a patch and stuff...

[insanemaniak]

http://forums.emulator-zone.com/showthread.php?t=4938&highlight=Patches

They're talking about Crash Team Racing but you get the basic info and where to get the patches and how to make SBI/M3S files.

[DudeJustDoIT]

Well i just tried it and it faild to work... I have even tried all other emulators out there... WHY CANT THIS BE EASY LIKE THE ZSNES????:D

[insanemaniak]

I don't know then u done it for final fantasy cause it started working with me (i do mean VII) when i did it

[mhl12]

ff7 works better on epsxe 1.5.2

what plugins are you using?
are you playing from the cd or iso?
do you the BIOS?

[DudeJustDoIT]

im using all the plugins from the sticky on configuration.

BIOS - SCPH-1001
VIDEO - Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.76
SOUND - Eternal SPU Plugin 1.50

And im playing the game from ISO its a .BIN file.

[DudeJustDoIT]

i am thinking could it be that the .BIN file was corrupted in anyway... I mean i riped it myself using ISO Buster. Could that be the problem?

[DudeJustDoIT]

Ok well it wasnt corrupted to my knowledge cuz i just re ripped it 5 times... and i even tried to play it from the CD itself so im pretty sure its all in my configuration... And i think everyone ABANDONED ME!!!:( Haha oh well...

[Xiedo]

If you run it directly from the CD it should definitely work.

Try different graphics plugins like Pete's D3D or Pete's software plugin or post your graphics plug-in config in your next post. Or try other emus like pSX. A lot of times 1 comp and 1 emu just don't mix so plug away with new ones.

[DudeJustDoIT]

I have run through both of those steps already.... i have tried an older version of ePSXe all of them actually, I have tried several diff plugins for each individual setting i.e. Video, sound and CDr. I just dont know whaty to do anymore.... Im about done with the ePSXe.... maybe ill just try putting one on my xbox maybe that will work... but i dont know how to do that either... i already soft modded it with Linux for Halo 2 hehe i cheated... But i dont know the pathway or folder to save all the files to.... Any ideas??

[DudeJustDoIT]

YAY! i got FFVII to work and i just ran around my house in joy Lol it would seem i have to play it as a .IMG format... The .BIN and .ISO formats wouldnt work.... But sadly BOFIV still wont work... Oh well Thanks for all the input tho guys atleast i made it through this gaining some knowledge HEHE YAY!!!! Im gonna go play now so till next post take it easy everyone!

[forkart]

i am thinking could it be that the .BIN file was corrupted in anyway... I mean i riped it myself using ISO Buster. Could that be the problem?


I always use magiciso to make bin/cue image. and never met any problem.
http://www.magiciso.com/

[DudeJustDoIT]

i already solved the problem thanks tho... I have used magic also it was just not wanting to play those 2 games in .BIN formatt :D