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Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:31 pm
by sawrip
Hi everyone just bring playing through ff8 (I am on disc 3) and it was all going well till an fmv sequence on the lunar base called the lunar cry seems to cause fpse to freeze - the fmv finishes and then you are unable to move squall around - any ideas would be a massive help.

I have also noticed that when Ioad the game either through save states or the memory card the room in the lunar base is all grainy with big green squares laid on top of the graphics (could be a sign of a corrupt rom file?)

Regards Tom

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:28 pm
by mccar42
I know this sounds ridiculous but it worked for me after freezing at the Lunar Cry scene about 6 times in a row.
I looked on the web for a good hour an a half and found someone post this and sure enough it worked first try...

During the scene just mash all your buttons until about 5 sec after the FMV is over ( your toon will talk to the guy if it worked )

It sounds stupid but it did work!
I hastily ran into the med bay to save =p

Any way hope this advise helps people who want to play one of the best games created!

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:37 pm
by killkrazy
hi i tried doing what you said about mashing all the buttons but it still didnt work.....

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:03 am
by trev186
I had this problem on my orginal ps1 in the exact same spot. I believe this is an issue that has to do more with the version of the game and type of ps1 u had or in thus case are now trying to emulate.

On my original ps1 I had to open and close the disc cover.

If u can't get passed this I recommend u save just before the video to a memory card and load it on a pc emulator. Let the video play then save again and return.

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:22 pm
by tirita
I HAVE TRIED SMASH ALL BUTTON IN 5 SECOND " AND IT'S REALLY WORK"

TRY IT

REMEBER ONLY 5 SECOND TRY TO SMASH ALL BUTTON
IF YOU FAIL IN FIRST TIME TRY ONE MORE TIME

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:24 pm
by tirita
SMASH ALL BUTTON IN 5 SEC DURING FMV PLAY

ONLY 5 SEC

IT WORK

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:21 am
by deegan87
I just faced this exact issue in Retroarch with the PCSX-reARMed core on an android tablet running cm10. I loaded a state from right before the FMV, set the region to PAL (under Core Options) and the issue was fixed after the first try. (I also set vertical sync to off in Video Settings, but I doubt this did anything.)

Re: Final Fantasy 8 Lunar Cry freezes after fmv...

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:12 am
by carlocxuez
deegan87 wrote:I just faced this exact issue in Retroarch with the PCSX-reARMed core on an android tablet dbuying running cm10. I loaded a state from right before the FMV, set the region to PAL (under Core Options) and the issue was fixed after the first try. (I also set vertical sync to off in Video Settings, but I doubt this did anything.)


Thanks for your share, it's very useful