BLACK freeze

[LeRutY]

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

[jesalvein]

Since your specs aren't the vests and this game is quite demanding...
Tried without speedhacks ?

[LeRutY]

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.

[PCSX2PS2]

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.

[LeRutY]

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

[LeRutY]

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.

[PCSX2PS2]

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.

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If you use frameskipping without speedhacks it also works.

[LeRutY]

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.

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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

[PCSX2PS2]

Also try framelimiter on turbo mode with frameskipping.

[tn_pan]

HELLO! new here!

Is the forums still active? is there any support for "BLACK" on PCSX2? My emulation is freezzing on "Checking Memory"

Tried with and without Multi-thread Micro VU and GameFixes: EE Timming Hack, tried different cyclerates and cycle stealing with no changes.

- The games boots, Shows the loading screen with bullets though the screen but then freezes on "Checking Memory Card PS2" right after the "bleeping sounds" of a menu.

Playing it on a Laptop with the following specs:
- Windows 11 Home 64bit
- OMEN: Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics (16 CPUs) »2.9GHz
- 16GB RAM
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Shadow of the Colossus runs flowlessly, even with control vibrations properly emulated too, why is BLACK freezing there?~