XENOGEARS PROBLEM

Ok, here's my problem. In some scenes the graphics are, well, "missing". The screen goes black and I see occasional red flashes or something... The strange part is, that the in-game text windows look normal. So, I can read what's happening, but I can't see it.... Strange.

I'm using ePSXe 1.6.0 and Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.8. I tried some other plugins but nothing helped. Black screen remains....:dry:

All other games work fine.
Oh, and my video card is GeForce 6600GT 256Mb.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Try This go to config gpu

petes opengl 2.8 under compatibility

Off-Screen Drawing - 1 ok for most games
Framebuffer effects - 3 Full Emulates
Framebuffer Uploads - 2 Full Uploads

if the does not work try peopsoft 1.17

Thanks, but that didn't help. I even tried that black screen game fixes, still nothing. Maybe I should try some other emu? PSXeven maybe? If so, how do I "convert" my ePSXe memory card to PSXeven? So I could just load my game and see what happens. Maybe the game is faulty.

Set resolution to 800 x 600

If you have a powerful graphic card.... 500 MB+
Set Framebuffer textures to 2 and set Framebuffer access to 3.

If you have a decent graphic card (256 MB) and a relative fast CPU (Pentium 4 - 3.0 Ghz+)....
Having FSAA on, set Framebuffer textures to 0, set Framebuffer access to 4.

If not working then use PSXeven

Psxeven supports both epsxe and psxeven cards.

Psxeven_v.019 go to Memory Card>Browse and select your Memory card.

RockY said:

Set resolution to 800 x 600

If you have a powerful graphic card.... 500 MB+
Set Framebuffer textures to 2 and set Framebuffer access to 3.

If you have a decent graphic card (256 MB) and a relative fast CPU (Pentium 4 - 3.0 Ghz+)....
Having FSAA on, set Framebuffer textures to 0, set Framebuffer access to 4.

If not working then use PSXeven

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I'd like to try that, but could you please tell me what plugin are you reffering to? Thanks.

Pete's OpenGL2 GPU-Plugin

Nothing helped, not even PSXeven....:msn_cry:

I'll try to get another copy of the game, I hope it'll work...:bow:

I had the same problem and here are the EXACT settings i got for my plugin

I got a ATI Radeon Xpress 200

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.76
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
GFX card: RADEON XPRESS 200 Series SW TCL x86/SSE2

Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode
[32 Bit]- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- Default
- Filtering: 0
- Hi-Res textures: 0
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: on
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 80.0

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 2
- Framebuffer texture: 2
- Framebuffer access: 3
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: off
- Advanced blending: off

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- 15 bit FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: off [00000000]

and for sound im usin gthe Eternal SPU Plugin 1.41

Hope this helps

g0d53nd said:

Hope this helps

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Thanks for the effort man, but sadly it didn't help.... But still, thanks for the effort!

Could the problem really be my nVidia video card? Because all other games work fine...

mabey not sure i have ATI Radeon . And i copied those settings exactly from mine so it should have worked, other then that not too sure. Best way to learn or try is to keep tweaking the settings until you get it.

Don't know if this is going to help you, but I had the same problem with my game, and I managed to fix it to an extent.
After going through a number of video plugins, I found that Pete's PSX D3D worked best for those black screen scenes.
There is a specific setting you need to use under "Special game fixes" down at the botton left side in the "configuration" menue.
Click on the tab beside the option to bring up the menue.
Click on option 0x0002 which should read "Use old texture filtering: fixes black areas with some cards"
It worked for me anyways. Good luck