Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Skateboarding Crash

[xantier]

pcsx2 1.4.0. it crashes when I select Skateboarding game inside MGS2:substance (not Sons of liberty). I get "now loading" icon and then it stops at assertion, then crashes.

Code:

PCSX2 1.4.0-20160105132032- compiled on Jan  5 2016
Savestate version: 0x9a0b0000

Host Machine Init:
    Operating System =  Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (build 14393), 64-bit
    Physical RAM     =  15821 MB
    CPU name         =  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
    Vendor/Model     =  GenuineIntel (stepping 03)
    CPU speed        =  3.998 ghz (8 logical threads)
    x86PType         =  Standard OEM
    x86Flags         =  bfcbfbff fed87383
    x86EFlags        =  2c100800

x86 Features Detected:
    SSE2.. SSE3.. SSSE3.. SSE4.1.. SSE4.2.. AVX.. AVX2.. FMA

Reserving memory for recompilers...

Loading plugins...
    Binding   GS: D:\pcsx2\plugins\GSdx32-AVX.dll
Windows 10.0.14393
    Binding  PAD: D:\pcsx2\plugins\LilyPad-Scp-r5875.dll
    Binding SPU2: D:\pcsx2\plugins\Spu2-X.dll
    Binding CDVD: D:\pcsx2\plugins\cdvdGigaherz.dll
    Binding  USB: D:\pcsx2\plugins\USBnull.dll
    Binding   FW: D:\pcsx2\plugins\FWnull.dll
    Binding DEV9: D:\pcsx2\plugins\DEV9null.dll
Plugins loaded successfully.

(GameDB) 9707 games on record (loaded in 126ms)

Code:

..\..\FiFo.cpp(47) : assertion failed:
   Function:  ReadFIFO_VIF1
   Thread:    EE Core
   Condition: vif1Regs.stat.FQC != 0
   Message:   FQC = 0 on VIF FIFO READ!

Stacktrace:
[00] 0x00ECAE56                                  
[01] 0x00E0A6C2                                  
[02] 0x00EC6213                                  
[03] 0x00E33E5D                                  
[04] 0x00E33E5D                                  
[05] 0x00F1422C                                  
[06] AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance        
[07] 0x0104BE5A                                  
[08] 0x010FEEF0                                  
[09] 0x00F07DE1                                  
[10] 0x01307A85                                  
[11] 0x013079D5                                  
[12] 0x013078F3                                  
[13] 0x0115D062                                  
[14] o__CIpow                                    
[15] BaseThreadInitThunk                        
[16] RtlSubscribeWnfStateChangeNotification      
[17] RtlSubscribeWnfStateChangeNotification      

[FlatOut]

Please share the complete log(My Documents\PCSX2\logs\emulog.txt) from after the game has crashed.

[xantier]

it's huuuuge i uploaded it: http://paste2.org/BJcyvcA6


btw i'm sure it was working in old versions but i don't remember i haven't played for years. it was glitchy but working.

[jesalvein]

tried disabling widescreen hacks ?

[FlatOut]

You have a widescreen patch enabled, please disable it and check if it still crashes.

If it does crash, try it with the latest git version: http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/index.php

[xantier]

oh it was the widescreen hack. maybe that's also the reason for rare crashes in the game. 

btw skateboard is unplayable in hardware mode (5 fps at most) when it's smooth 60fps in real game. weird.

[jesalvein]

moved out of bug reports, then.

[FlatOut]

btw skateboard is unplayable in hardware mode (5 fps at most) when it's smooth 60fps in real game. weird.

The skateboarding game uses the Evolution Skateboarding engine, not the MGS2 engine, so performance can be quite different.

[xantier]

The skateboarding game uses the Evolution Skateboarding engine, not the MGS2 engine, so performance can be quite different.

even mgs3 works at smooth 60fps at 2K with all those shader effects etc. someone seems to have failed to optimize their engine :

btw what does widescreen hack actually do? I can still play the game 16:9.

[FlatOut]

The widescreen hack stretches the screen to 16:9 aspect ratio in MGS3, but as the skateboarding game uses a different engine(so basically a different game), the hack will affect a completely different part of the game that has nothing to do with the aspect ratio, in this case causing a crash.