09-03-2013, 12:47 AM
I have had this problem for about a week, and tried all morning today to find a solution to no avail, so I'm going to ask for help here as a last resort.
Hardware------
I have a pretty nice laptop. It came with Windows 8, and I've been able to use the Windows version of pcsx2 to play Kingdom Hearts and Okami, along with most non-emulated games, flawlessly. I've been on Linux for a few months due to some problems with Microsoft, but I have a dual boot just in case I need it. I am using Mint for my main OS.
The problem-------
I am playing Katamari Damacy on the Linux version of Pcsx2. The title bar says PCSX2 1.1.0.0 (svn) Jul 26 2013. As far as I know, this was flagged as unstable, but I have tested this with a stable build to have the same result. As with most games, it plays almost perfectly (60fps). However, whenever I stick something to the ball, the graphics suddenly get blurry, as if it was underwater. There is also a faint grid of 1 or 2 pixel width dots spaced far across the screen. The game lags a little during this time, but just a few seconds later, it goes back to normal. I can roll around and such, but once I pick something else up, the same thing happens.
I tried adjusting all the setting I could fine, including the advanced game fixes (which in some occassions broke the game)
I finally found that there was another option for a graphics plugin called "GSdx (GCC 4.7.3, SSE2) 0.1.16 [libGSdx-0.1.16]" as opposed to the ZZ Ogl plugin that I was adjusting settings for. So I loaded this plugin and went to test the game yet again. However, the game does not start and the program displays the error "GS plugin failed to open. Your computer may have insufficient resources, or incompatible hardware/drivers. Press OK to go the the Plugin Configuration Panel." After this, it opens the plugin panel, but whatever I do (even nothing), once I close the window it says "Warning! System plugins have not been loaded. PCSX2 may be inoperable." So just to test, I try running the game and the whole program crashes. If I return to the ZZ Ogl plugin, it runs as it did before without any issues other than the incredible blurriness when I grab items with the ball.
Reasons why I do not want to emulate on windows-------
Linux is better.
My best controller works on Linux only.
I can see it is almost possible, so why not bother getting it to work on Linux if I can.
What I understand-------
The plugin should work, since is it runs with OpenGL instead of directX
Only one person has had my exact problem.
Most people have no problems with software rendering in GSdx, but graphics glitches with hardware rendering.
What I haven't tried------
Other games
Emulating this game on windows
Sorry for this novel of a post, but I want you to ask as few questions as possible
Hardware------
I have a pretty nice laptop. It came with Windows 8, and I've been able to use the Windows version of pcsx2 to play Kingdom Hearts and Okami, along with most non-emulated games, flawlessly. I've been on Linux for a few months due to some problems with Microsoft, but I have a dual boot just in case I need it. I am using Mint for my main OS.
The problem-------
I am playing Katamari Damacy on the Linux version of Pcsx2. The title bar says PCSX2 1.1.0.0 (svn) Jul 26 2013. As far as I know, this was flagged as unstable, but I have tested this with a stable build to have the same result. As with most games, it plays almost perfectly (60fps). However, whenever I stick something to the ball, the graphics suddenly get blurry, as if it was underwater. There is also a faint grid of 1 or 2 pixel width dots spaced far across the screen. The game lags a little during this time, but just a few seconds later, it goes back to normal. I can roll around and such, but once I pick something else up, the same thing happens.
I tried adjusting all the setting I could fine, including the advanced game fixes (which in some occassions broke the game)
I finally found that there was another option for a graphics plugin called "GSdx (GCC 4.7.3, SSE2) 0.1.16 [libGSdx-0.1.16]" as opposed to the ZZ Ogl plugin that I was adjusting settings for. So I loaded this plugin and went to test the game yet again. However, the game does not start and the program displays the error "GS plugin failed to open. Your computer may have insufficient resources, or incompatible hardware/drivers. Press OK to go the the Plugin Configuration Panel." After this, it opens the plugin panel, but whatever I do (even nothing), once I close the window it says "Warning! System plugins have not been loaded. PCSX2 may be inoperable." So just to test, I try running the game and the whole program crashes. If I return to the ZZ Ogl plugin, it runs as it did before without any issues other than the incredible blurriness when I grab items with the ball.
Reasons why I do not want to emulate on windows-------
Linux is better.
My best controller works on Linux only.
I can see it is almost possible, so why not bother getting it to work on Linux if I can.
What I understand-------
The plugin should work, since is it runs with OpenGL instead of directX
Only one person has had my exact problem.
Most people have no problems with software rendering in GSdx, but graphics glitches with hardware rendering.
What I haven't tried------
Other games
Emulating this game on windows
Sorry for this novel of a post, but I want you to ask as few questions as possible
