Tekken 3 Credit Music Problem

[Rinnerz]

Hey all,

I've been using ePSXe for PSX emulation for quite some time now, and generally haven't ever had problems with it--or if I did, I eventually figured out what the cause was. But this time, I'm stuck.

My own copy of Tekken 3 runs just fine, except... when I beat Arcade Mode and the credits begin to roll... there's no music. It says, "The King of Ironfist Tournament. Enter... the Tekken!" and then it just dies >.<.

I thought it might be my copy, so I borrowed a friend's and tried that. Still the same problem. So I figure it must be my settings, but I can't figure out which ones.

My general system specs are:

Pentium 4, 3.20 GHz (two processors)
1 GB DRR RAM
ATI Mobility RADEON 7000 IGP (64 MB)
Windows XP Home Edition

For video plugins, I now use P.E.Op.S. DirectDraw Soft Renderer.
For sound, I use the Eternal SPU Plugin.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Solis]

Hello Rinnerz,

epsxe has some problems with audio in certain games if your using the internal Run Iso. Try using Mooby's 2.8 cdr plugin then use Run-Cd. Mooby's cdr is going to to turn the run cd in to an run iso.

[Rinnerz]

Thanks for the reply! I'll get that plugin and see if there's a difference. I'll post the results here, just in case someone else has the same problem.

[Rinnerz]

So... I tried the plugin, and it wouldn't even load the game. All I got was a black screen. So then I figured maybe, just maybe, if I could make an image of my game, it'd work that way.

I finally made a BIN/CUE image, and ran it. It seemed just fine, until... after the end-game cinematic, the screen went black, and I couldn't get it to do anything at all after that. Not even the "King of Ironfirst Tournament..." etc line appeared this time. Nothing.

I -think- I saw similar posts about this problem elsewhere, so I'll check around. But if anyone has any clue what's wrong... help would be much appreciated .

[Ryanfaescotland]

Well you at least know that the plug-ins make a difference so you could try a couple of others see if they work better.

[Rinnerz]

*huge grin* I figured it out! Sort of. I still don't know why Mooby's 2.8 CDR Plugin wouldn't run the CD itself, BUT... just as I was about to give up for now, I decided to have the same plugin run the BIN image instead.

^_^ It worked! Perfectly. Both the credits -and- the end music show up, just as they should. Thanks to Solis for reminding me about that plugin. Hope this helps anyone else with the same problem.

Edit: To clarify, TWO problems were fixed with doing it this way. Running the CD itself using ePSXe's internal CD plugin wouldn't play the credit music. And then running an -image- of the game would cause it to freeze after the end-game cinematic. I note this because I saw several posts on other forums where people had this second problem, and no one came up with a solution.

So, if your Tekken 3 image is freezing just before the credits, get Mooby's 2.8 CDR Plugin, then go to "Run CD ROM", and then search for your Tekken 3 image file. It should run fine that way .

[Ryanfaescotland]

Woohoo now you can listen to the end music and tell us why, oh why, you want to??

[Rinnerz]

Because Tekken 3 was, hands down, one of the games I played -the- most back in the day, and everytime that credit music started up with that wicked beat, it was the epitome of awesomeness? ^_^ It's somehow extremely rewarding, really.

[Youngy 360]

tekken 3 works on PSXFIN witt the NTSC-J version

Try

[Rinnerz]

tekken 3 works on PSXFIN witt the NTSC-J version

Try

I already got it working on ePSXe quite some time ago, as mentioned in my posts. I suppose your post may be reassuring to those using PSXFIN, though. Thanks for the input.