LMA Manager 2003 Freezing issue

[cookmiester]

Ok, i really like LMA, my favorite football manager out there. But, there is a problem with running LMA 2003. When i enter the main menu after the loading screen and FMV Intro. The game will freeze in the menu after 2-5 seconds. I have tried multiple plugins, and enabled patches, to no avail.

However, LMA 2006, a newer version of LMA, works perfectly, and with decent FPS. So, any help would be great.

System Specs

Core 2 Duo (Laptop Equivalent)
Nvidia Geforce 8600m GS.
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit
Acer Aspire 5920g

[Shadow Lady]

PCSX2 version? PCSX2 settings? Plugin settings? Any kind of errors in the output/console window?

[cookmiester]

Sorry, should of put that. PCSX2 version 0.9.7 r3878. Plugins are: GSnull Driver 0.1.0. Pad is Lilypad r3878.
SPU is spu2-x-r3878. cdvdGigaherz. USBnull. FWnull. DEV9null. And, from what i can report, there are no errors in the console.

[GamerGeek]

You should not get any image with gsnull driver. You have to select an actuall plugin(gsdx/zzogl/zerogs) as indicated by the name gsnull will not show you anything.

[cookmiester]

You should not get any image with gsnull driver. You have to select an actuall plugin(gsdx/zzogl/zerogs) as indicated by the name gsnull will not show you anything.

Sorry, the emulator sometimes resets itself. The plugin im using is KOSMOS for graphics. Then, at the menu, freezing occurs.

[Bositman]

Any reason you're not using GSdx? Its' compatibility is WAY higher than ZeroGS

[cookmiester]

Any reason you're not using GSdx? Its' compatibility is WAY higher than ZeroGS

Just tried all the GSdx supplied, none of them made a difference. Any other suggestions.

[Shadow Lady]

Try some of the gamefixes see if any of them makes a difference, EE timing hack or POH flag may help.

You could also try the PCSX2 0.9.6 version.

[cookmiester]

Try some of the gamefixes see if any of them makes a difference, EE timing hack or POH flag may help.

You could also try the PCSX2 0.9.6 version.

The EE timing hack and POH flag, made no difference. And niether did pcsx2 0.9.6. I feel like i should give up trying.

[scottrr]

Hi, I'm new here, and I noticed recently that LMA Manager 2003 is on the compatibility list as playable, however I am having the same problem as the op above.

Is there possibly a way to find out who submitted the compatibility as playable, as there seems to be a workaround for this game. Either that or what plugins/operating system they have used.

And yes I've tried numerous plugins/configs but to no avail.

Any info would be appreciated.

Scott