04-23-2017, 02:12 AM
First for ease of help my specs I am using
CPU : i5 4690k
Ram : 8GB
GPU : GT 640 ver. 2 (1GB GDDR5 variant equivalent to the GDDR5 730 just far less common)
PCSX2 version : 1.4.0 stable Standard plugins in the 1.4.0 release
GSDX plugin used : all of them
default settings: safe (2) used unless testing fixes
Games:
Dot hack G.U. 1
Dot hack G.U. 2
Probably G.U. 3
Issue:
Alkaid's outfit, well really the bottom of her "cape?", decides that it is bored of following the rules of physics and decides to dance.
Extra info/ attempts at "fixes"
I decided to play through all of the G.U. series to do an update on the current state of it for the PCSX2 compatibility wiki since the last official update was for 1.1.0 and I personally love this series. I also wanted to see if there were any issues and try and find workarounds for them if possible.
Dot hack G.U. 1
The only issue I had besides Alkaid was some issues with the FMVs looking like they had been placed on top of green "screen" rectangles. Software mode fixed that and looking on this site showed me how to add automatic software mode during FMVs to the preset list for the game. This is nice since I am trying to avoid having to have people have to change too many presets if it can be avoided. In this volume Alkaid shows up very little and while it is kinda annoying in the few cutscenes she is in it was not too bad due to limited Alkaid in general. Also the half pixel offset gets rid of 80-90% of the ghosting effect with an occasional HW/SW/HW refresh fixing the rest and some of the garbage on the sides if you don't use a 101% zoom
Dot hack G.U. 2
I was kinda hoping that the slightly modified game engine in vol 2 might make a difference.... no. I am now at the part where Alkaid joins the party so I could easily do testing and have been trying various "solutions" to no avail for 2 weeks
Attempted solutions:
1. Using GSDX everything -- Tried each type of GSDX in hardware and software (yes I know redundant) and even tried each plugin variant too (SSE2-AVX2) None fixed the issue.
2. Tried changing VU1/VU2/Both to SuperVU and tried each combo of Rounding and Clamping (saw it mentioned on the forum)
3. Changed the EE rounding and clamping options
4. Tried native resolution (was on 2x) and custom resolutions (custom caused more issues then 2x even when set to 2x the native resolution)
5. Tried turning off all speed hacks - Tried turning on MTVU ( i usually keep it off since that was the default way it was)
6. I have tried running from my DVD and remaking the ISO of my DVD just in case (followed a guide making the second iso just in case my way was causing issues)
other notes:
Alkaid's dancing cape happens in almost all cutscenes so far but when she is standing still it only happens when she is at a specific angle (see pics if the upload works)
Any help would be appreciated. At this point a way to just make that part of her outfit disappear (cheat code or emulator setting) would be a viable thing to me.
CPU : i5 4690k
Ram : 8GB
GPU : GT 640 ver. 2 (1GB GDDR5 variant equivalent to the GDDR5 730 just far less common)
PCSX2 version : 1.4.0 stable Standard plugins in the 1.4.0 release
GSDX plugin used : all of them
default settings: safe (2) used unless testing fixes
Games:
Dot hack G.U. 1
Dot hack G.U. 2
Probably G.U. 3
Issue:
Alkaid's outfit, well really the bottom of her "cape?", decides that it is bored of following the rules of physics and decides to dance.
Extra info/ attempts at "fixes"
I decided to play through all of the G.U. series to do an update on the current state of it for the PCSX2 compatibility wiki since the last official update was for 1.1.0 and I personally love this series. I also wanted to see if there were any issues and try and find workarounds for them if possible.
Dot hack G.U. 1
The only issue I had besides Alkaid was some issues with the FMVs looking like they had been placed on top of green "screen" rectangles. Software mode fixed that and looking on this site showed me how to add automatic software mode during FMVs to the preset list for the game. This is nice since I am trying to avoid having to have people have to change too many presets if it can be avoided. In this volume Alkaid shows up very little and while it is kinda annoying in the few cutscenes she is in it was not too bad due to limited Alkaid in general. Also the half pixel offset gets rid of 80-90% of the ghosting effect with an occasional HW/SW/HW refresh fixing the rest and some of the garbage on the sides if you don't use a 101% zoom
Dot hack G.U. 2
I was kinda hoping that the slightly modified game engine in vol 2 might make a difference.... no. I am now at the part where Alkaid joins the party so I could easily do testing and have been trying various "solutions" to no avail for 2 weeks
Attempted solutions:
1. Using GSDX everything -- Tried each type of GSDX in hardware and software (yes I know redundant) and even tried each plugin variant too (SSE2-AVX2) None fixed the issue.
2. Tried changing VU1/VU2/Both to SuperVU and tried each combo of Rounding and Clamping (saw it mentioned on the forum)
3. Changed the EE rounding and clamping options
4. Tried native resolution (was on 2x) and custom resolutions (custom caused more issues then 2x even when set to 2x the native resolution)
5. Tried turning off all speed hacks - Tried turning on MTVU ( i usually keep it off since that was the default way it was)
6. I have tried running from my DVD and remaking the ISO of my DVD just in case (followed a guide making the second iso just in case my way was causing issues)
other notes:
Alkaid's dancing cape happens in almost all cutscenes so far but when she is standing still it only happens when she is at a specific angle (see pics if the upload works)
Any help would be appreciated. At this point a way to just make that part of her outfit disappear (cheat code or emulator setting) would be a viable thing to me.