Postby pq1111 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:46 pm
Yeah it's weird, but with the new opengl plugin .26 still works better than the newer updates. That is assuming that .26 also downloads the new plugin. I'm pretty sure it's the new one because I can see minor differences from the older version before the updates came out. With the new update, FF9 did not load past the 1st load after install with both the default plugin and opengl. For some reason it loads the first time but not after that.
I don't use opengl unless I need the framelimiter to do certain mini games that benefit from being slowed down. The moving characters are rendered better but battle commands don't show, plus battle graphics can be glitchy. The default plugin runs almost perfectly. Also the minor differences between the outdated and new opengl plugins I mentioned above are mostly negative, going to the new plugin there were more graphic glitches. It still works well enough for just when I use the framelimiter, considering the new fpse will not load the game at all. Like I said, Xenogears worked (though I only checked the first 10 minutes which were pretty much all cutscenes) so the problem is probably limited to a handful of games? I get that emulation can't be perfect so I don't mind switching back to .26, I'm just grateful that I can, but I do wish I could know which version works best with what.
By the way, I can't get Japanese ISOs to load with .26, and I've tried a whole bunch of different BIOS. I got frustrated with the new updates dealing with the FF9 problems so I got rid of it before I thought of trying the Japanese games again, but can you offer any insight if the new version is more likely to be able to load them? Or if there is a specific BIOS that is supposed to work best? I looked it up and people said 7001, I tried that and a bunch of others and none worked. It would take to the PS logo like when FF9 failed to load with the new version.