Every time I run the Buffy:Chaos Bleeds game, it crashes/freezes on the screen that says 'Press Start'.
Can anybody suggest why this is happening?
Or can anyone suggest some working settings for the game?
I have a core 2 quad @ 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 8800 GT Nvidia card, X-Fi sound and lots of disk space.

can you please post the emulog.txt you get after a crash ?

(08-11-2012 04:21 PM)jesalvein Wrote:  can you please post the emulog.txt you get after a crash ?

Here is the emulog:-


PCSX2 1.0.0.r5350 - compiled on Aug 1 2012
Savestate version: 0x9a080000

Host Machine Init:
Operating System = Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Physical RAM = 3326 MB
CPU name = Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Vendor/Model = GenuineIntel (stepping 0B)
CPU speed = 2.399 ghz (4 logical threads)
x86PType = Standard OEM
x86Flags = bfebfbff 0000e3bd
x86EFlags = 20100000

x86 Features Detected:
MMX.. SSE.. SSE2.. SSE3.. SSSE3

Reserving memory for recompilers...

Loading plugins...
Binding GS: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\gsdx32-sse2-r5350.dll
Windows 5.1.2600 (Service Pack 3 3.0)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (6.14.13.142)
Binding PAD: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\lilypad-r5350.dll
Binding SPU2: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\spu2-x-r5350.dll
Binding CDVD: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\cdvdGigaherz.dll
Binding USB: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\USBnull.dll
Binding FW: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\FWnull.dll
Binding DEV9: D:\Program Files\PCSX2 1.0.0\Plugins\DEV9null.dll
Plugins loaded successfully.

(GameDB) 9640 games on record (loaded in 276ms)
HLE Notice: ELF does not have a path.


Initializing plugins...
Init GS
Windows 5.1.2600 (Service Pack 3 3.0)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (6.14.13.142)
Init PAD
Init SPU2
Init CDVD
Init USB
Init FW
Init DEV9
Plugins initialized successfully.

Opening plugins...
Opening GS
Opening PAD
Opening SPU2
Opening CDVD
* CDVD: Opening drive '\\.\E:'...
* CDVD: IO thread started...
* CDVD Disk Open: DVD, Single layer or unknow n:* C
DVD: Disk Type: Double-Layer DVD
* * Track 1: Data (Mode 2) (2245200 sectors)
Opening USB
Opening FW
Opening DEV9
McdSlot 0: C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd001.ps2
McdSlot 1: C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd002.ps2
Plugins opened successfully.
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
Bios Found: Europe v01.60(04/10/2001) Console
BIOS rom1 module not found, skipping...
BIOS rom2 module not found, skipping...
BIOS erom module not found, skipping...
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to NTSC.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 59.94 fps
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SCES_504.90;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
ELF (cdrom0:\SCES_504.90;1) Game CRC = 0xA39517AB, EntryPoint = 0x00100008
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SCES_504.90;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
(GameDB) Enabled Gamefix: IpuWaitHack
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to PAL.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 50.00 fps
> Selected savestate slot 0
Saving savestate to slot 0...
filename: C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\PCSX2\sstates\SCES-50490 (A39517AB).00.p2s
Saving GS
Saving PAD
Saving SPU2
(gzipThread) Data saved to disk without error.
Closing plugins...
Closing DEV9
Closing FW
Closing USB
Closing CDVD
* CDVD: IO thread finished.
Closing SPU2
* SPU2-X: Waiting for DSound thread to finish... Done.
Closing PAD
Closing GS
Plugins closed successfully.
HLE Notice: ELF does not have a path.

Opening plugins...
Opening GS
Opening PAD
Opening SPU2
Opening CDVD
* CDVD: Opening drive '\\.\E:'...
* CDVD: IO thread started...
* CDVD: Disk Type: Double-Layer DVD
* CDVD Disk Open: DVD, Single layer or unknown:
* * Track 1: Data (Mode 2) (1889248 sectors)
Opening USB
Opening FW
Opening DEV9
McdSlot 0: C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd001.ps2
McdSlot 1: C:\Documents and Settings\Simon\My Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd002.ps2
Plugins opened successfully.
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
Bios Found: Europe v01.60(04/10/2001) Console
BIOS rom1 module not found, skipping...
BIOS rom2 module not found, skipping...
BIOS erom module not found, skipping...
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to NTSC.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 59.94 fps
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLES_518.90;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.01
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
ELF (cdrom0:\SLES_518.90;1) Game CRC = 0x2CFFFA50, EntryPoint = 0x00100008
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLES_518.90;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.01
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to PAL.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 50.00 fps
Closing plugins...
Closing DEV9
Closing FW
Closing USB
Closing CDVD
* CDVD: IO thread finished.
Closing SPU2
* SPU2-X: Waiting for DSound thread to finish... Done.
Closing PAD
Closing GS
Plugins closed successfully.
Shutting down plugins...
Plugins shutdown successfully.
(GameDB) Unloading...

I don't see any error in this.
did you try to :
- disable all speedhacks
- use software mode

(08-11-2012 05:03 PM)jesalvein Wrote:  I don't see any error in this.
did you try to :
- disable all speedhacks
- use software mode

I disabled all speedhacks, and changed the gfx to software, but still just gets to the start screen where it says 'Press Start Button', and it plays the first note of the music, and holds that note. I can still see numbers changing at the top of the window though.

can you try with old pcsx2 versions since the compatibility list says it's playable in 0.9.2
If the latest version broke the game, that could be worth making a bug report.

(08-11-2012 05:29 PM)jesalvein Wrote:  can you try with old pcsx2 versions since the compatibility list says it's playable in 0.9.2
If the latest version broke the game, that could be worth making a bug report.

Tried it on 0.9.2 and 0.9.8. It worked on both but was only going at about 14-19 fps.

It's mostly because of your hardware, a bit weak for pcsx2.
Can you make a proper bug report, please ?

(08-11-2012 06:13 PM)jesalvein Wrote:  It's mostly because of your hardware, a bit weak for pcsx2.
Can you make a proper bug report, please ?

I have tried other games like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X, and work straight away without changing any settings.

I see.
this game wont be fixed then...