Help Emulating Star Ocean Til The End Of Time

[gandalfscane]

Hello, I am new here, and I can't figure this out:

Whenever I try to play Star Ocean: TTOEOT, it loads the game properly, I am able to get through the initial configuration, see the initial opening video, and choose "New Game", and, then, I get a black screen. I can hear Fayte's (main character) footsteps and the door open if I randomly run into that, but, I can't see anything! If I go to the in-game menu, I can see everything at that point, so I know the game is working correctly. Help me! I will post my system specs now:

OS: Windows 8.1 64-Bit
CPU: Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz (x2)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics
Total Available Physical Memory: 1972 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 3 MB
System Video Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 1760 MB

RAM: 8 GB

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

P.S.: I have already tried enabling a disabling the Tri-Ace Hack (or whatever it's called)!

P.P.S.: I know that my system isn't exactly a powerhouse when it comes to emulation, to say the least, but, if your idea of help is to suggest I go buy a better graphics card/processor/computer/whatever, don't bother posting!

[jesalvein]

In order to help you further with your problem, please make sure the following are all provided.

• Your hardware specs - CPU, Graphics Card, Memory, Operating System.
  
• The version of PCSX2 you are using.
  
• Any non default settings you are using.
  
• What games you are trying to play and if you are playing them from ISO or DVD.
  

Thank You.

[gandalfscane]

Hello, thanks for the reply, jesalvein. I am running a dual core 2.6 GHz (x2) CPU, with a Intel HD GPU, 8 GB RAM, on Windows 8.1. I am running PCSX2 Version 1.2.1, using the default settings, and I am trying to play Star Ocean Til The End Of Time from an ISO. Thanks!

[Blyss Sarania]

SOTET is very demanding in PCSX2 and that CPU isn't gonna run it full speed, I can tell you that.

I get slowdown in battle even with my cpu at 4.8GHz.

As for black screen... dunno, what are your GSdx settings?

[jesalvein]

Are you sure you aren't using any speedhack ?
Care to post the emulog.txt ?

[gandalfscane]

Sure, I will post the emulog.txt, if you tell me where that is, and how to post it, lol... As for my GSdx9 Settings, they are as follows:
Adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Renderer: Direct3D9 (Hardware)
Interlacing (F5) Auto

Original PS2 Resolution: Checked
Enable Shade Boost: Unchecked
Enable FXAA: Unchecked
Enable FX Shader: Unchecked
Texture Filtering: Double-Checked
Logarithmic Z: Checked
Allow 8-Bit Textures: Unchecked
Alpha Correction (FBA): Checked
Enable HW Hacks: Unchecked
Anisotropic Filtering: Unchecked

Extra rendering threads: 0
Edge Anti-aliasing (AA1): Unchecked

Does that answer your questions?

Blyss Sarania: I know that my system isn't going to run it perfectly, or without slowdown, but, I should be able to see something when I'm playing!!

[jesalvein]

Get it in my documents\pcsx2\logs or pcsx2\logs

[gandalfscane]

OK, dude! I got it! It says:

PCSX2 1.2.1.r5873 - compiled on Feb 3 2014
Savestate version: 0x9a0a0000

Host Machine Init:
Operating System = Microsoft (build 9200), 64-bit
Physical RAM = 8078 MB
CPU name = Intel® Celeron® CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz
Vendor/Model = GenuineIntel (stepping 08)
CPU speed = 2.166 ghz (2 logical threads)
x86PType = Standard OEM
x86Flags = bfebfbff 41d8e3bf
x86EFlags = 28100000

x86 Features Detected:
MMX.. SSE.. SSE2.. SSE3.. SSSE3.. SSE4.1.. SSE4.2

Reserving memory for recompilers...

Loading plugins...
Binding GS: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\gsdx32-sse2-r5875.dll
Windows 6.2.9200
Binding PAD: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\lilypad-r5875.dll
Binding SPU2: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\spu2-x-r5875.dll
(GameDB) 9655 games on record (loaded in 609ms)
Binding CDVD: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\cdvdGigaherz.dll
Binding USB: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\USBnull.dll
Binding FW: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\FWnull.dll
Binding DEV9: C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\Plugins\DEV9null.dll
Plugins loaded successfully.

[Blyss Sarania]

CPU is even slower than I thought, with an STP of 519. SOTET needs 1800+

Again we can try to help you with this issue, but the game IS going to run balls slow on that machine.

[Dr_Hycodan]

You can't see anything because you're using integrated Intel HD, which isn't supported.