BLACK freeze
#1
Please help me! My PAL version of "BLACK" freezes all the time. Tried many settings (for example: clamp mode off/ extra, superVU, game fix: OPH Flag Hack, MTVU off), and I´m wondering why just me have this freezes (checked at the wiki). Often there are frame drops (from 60/50 to 30-40), maybe they cause the game to freeze, but in almost every game there are frame drops and other games never crashed. It´s just "BLACK". And no, it´s not a stuck thing. Switching to Software mode doesnt help, shows strange colours or just blackscreen. The fps stay at 60. I can hear sounds of the last 2 seconds in a loop. I dumped the game twice. Thanks in advance.

System: OS: Windows 7 CPU: Intel 2 Quad Q6600 GPU: XFX Nvidia GTX 260 RAM: 4 GB
In which PCSX Versions tested: 1.0.0, 1.2.1, 1.4.0, 0.9.8
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#2
Since your specs aren't the vests and this game is quite demanding...
Tried without speedhacks ?
CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Mobo : Asus PRIME B450-PLUS
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
RAM : 16 Go
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#3
(01-11-2016, 11:16 PM)jesalvein Wrote: Since your specs aren't the vests and this game is quite demanding...
Tried without speedhacks ?

I know, but I can play all Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six games at full speed (with speedhacks) so I thought BLACK shouldnt´t be a problem too. No I haven´t tried it completely without speedhacks, but I can do it now. Do you mean just without "EE Cyclerate" and "VU Cycle Stealing" or all speedhacks off? A guy at the wiki played it with "VU Cycle Stealing" and he reported no issues.
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#4
Maybe the iso you have mounted was not successfully done.
This problem occurs for me while running sonic heroes because it was not fully mounted.
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#5
(01-11-2016, 11:43 PM)LeRutY Wrote: I know, but I can play all Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six games at full speed (with speedhacks) so I thought BLACK shouldnt´t be a problem too. No I haven´t tried it completely without speedhacks, but I can do it now. Do you mean just without "EE Cyclerate" and "VU Cycle Stealing" or all speedhacks off? A guy at the wiki played it with "VU Cycle Stealing" and he reported no issues.

Hmm, I have been playing for about 10 minutes (without EE Cycle Rate and VU Cycle Stealing, all others are activated) now and I have to say, no more freezes. And yeah, I have slowdowns to 30 fps in the second level in an enemy´s base. But at least it doesn´t freeze. I hope it won´t do it until I don´t want to play it anymore. If the deactivation of both "advanced" speedhacks solved the problem, I have to thank you jesalvein Laugh
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#6
(01-12-2016, 12:08 AM)PCSX2PS2 Wrote: Maybe the iso you have mounted was not successfully done.
This problem occurs for me while running sonic heroes because it was not fully mounted.

I did that twice. But maybe my problem is already solved, maybe "EE Cyclerate" and "VU Cycle Stealing" caused "Black" to freeze.
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#7
Try constant frameskipping frames to draw 2 or 1 and frames to skip 2. This is very useful for me while playing dbz bt3. In battles i got about 50 fps.
Note- use framelimiter to normal by pressing f4 button. This will make the sound runs with speed.

If you use frameskipping without speedhacks it also works.
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#8
(01-12-2016, 12:28 AM)PCSX2PS2 Wrote: Try constant frameskipping frames to draw 2 or 1 and frames to skip 2. This is very useful for me while playing dbz bt3. In battles i got about 50 fps.
Note- use framelimiter to normal by pressing f4 button. This will make the sound runs with speed.

If you use frameskipping without speedhacks it also works.

But "BLACK" is an first-person-shooter. I quickly tried frameskipping, but for me it´s not working well. It feels like v-sync in pc games, you can´t aim very fast on enemys. Framelimiter can be useful, I use it for some games to load faster (game levels or on ps2 start). But thanks for your tips
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#9
Also try framelimiter on turbo mode with frameskipping.
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