My 24 hour testing experience with 0.9.8
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First of all , thanks for all the hardwork for creating this new version , this gives me the opportunity to test out my PC limitations
when it comes to emulation

I'd like to point out some of the improvements I've personally encountered within a 24 hour test run using my crappy PC

First the progress so far
1. The Graphics in Haunting Grounds is now perfectly emulated compared to 0.9.7 version 3878 using software interlacing but it's still a bit slow
the hardware interlacing is still the same though some parts are still blurry
2. Front Mission 4 is now playable again without skipping the first cinematics before the first mission , some users encounters hang ups on that certain point in 0.9.7 as I recall
3. Super Robot Taisen Z is now 10 fps more faster without using speedhacks, in my case, before at maps I only get 35 fps in 0.9.7 now it's 45 to 55 fps
4. Final Fantasy XII is almost at full speed even on my crappy PC in Hardware interlacing
5. And here's the list of games I've tested using 0.9.8 within a day Note : I've tried every possible way to boost speed and this is the final results I got

Games that still doesn't play yet

1. Super Robot Taisen Impact - freezes at battles even with game fixes on
2. Recca no Honoo ( Flame of Recca ) Final Burning Anime Battle - still Freezes at title Screen
3. Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore - crashes at boot up
4. Glass Rose ( playable if SKIP MPEG hack is enabled at game fixes you can't see the cutscenes though )
5. Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams NTSC J Version - ( Works with previous versions though )

Games that run at poorly 15 to 20 fps

1. Valkyrie Profile II
2. Radiata Stories
3. Star Ocean Till the End of Time
4. Shinkon Gattai Godannar
5. Battle Assault 3 Featuring Gundam Seed
6. Silent Hill 4 the Room
7. Little Busters Converted Edition
8. Tales of Fandom Volume II Luke Version
9. Final Fight Streetwise
10. One Piece Grand Battle Rush
11. Orphen - Scion of Sorcerry
12. Silent Hill - Shaterred Memories
13. God Hand
14. Elemental Gerad ( Activate the GKick Hack on the gamefix to fix the graphical problem )
15. Appleseed EX
16. Crimson Tears
17. Project Minerva


Games that run between 20 to 35 fps

1. Resident Evil 4 - in software, seems faster in hardware interlacing
2. Fatal Frame III - the speed does,nt increase in either hardware or software interlace
3. Fatal Frame II - same as Fatal Frame III
4. Front Mission 5 the Scars of War
5. Soul Calibur II
6. Tekken 4
7. Tenchu Wrath of Heaven & Fatal Shadows ( with few glitches on Fatal Shadows )
8. Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude
9. Super Robot Taisen Original Generation & OG Gaiden
10. Resident Evil Dead Aim
11. Suikoden III
12. Suikoden V
13. Castlevania - Lament of Innocence ( full speed on cutscenes though )
14. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
15. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
16. Ikki Tousen Shining Dragon
17. Mai Otome - Otome Botoushi
18. Haunting Grounds - ( strangely it's much faster on 0.9.7 3878 in hardware interlace )
19. Rule of Rose ( good speed increase with software interlace )
20. Fate Unlimited Codes
21. Dragon Quest VIII - Journey of the Cursed King
22. Tales of Legendia
23. Shadow of the Colossus ( oh boy it really is a demanding game )
24. Yakuza
25. Legaia 2 Duel Saga
26. Genji Dawn of the Samurai
27. Devil May Cry 3
28. Wild Arms 4 ( sometimes goes full speed at some points )
29. Wild Arms 5
30. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi
31. Wild Arms Alter Code F
32. Dark Cloud 2
33. Echo Night Beyond
34. Xenosaga Episode I ( full speed in cutscenes , 25 to 40 fps in CG cinematics and in game )
35. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Never Ending Tomorrow
36. King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2
37. Time Crisis III
38. Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles
39. Battle Stadium DON
40. Rumble Roses
41. Urban Reign
42. Xenosaga Episode II & III
43. Final Fantasy VII - Dirge of Cerberus
44. Tekken 5
45. Soul Calibur III
46. Initial D - Special Stage
47. Nightshade
48. Grandia III - ( full speed in FMV's sometimes speed fluctuates between 20 to 40 fps on free roaming but generally goes down between 20 to 35 fps on battles )
49. Bloody Roar 4
50. Inu Yasha Feudal Combat

Games that run between 30 to full speed fps

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy XII
3. Front Mission 4
4. Super Robot Taisen MX ( with very few graphical glitches )
5. Super Robot Taisen Z & Special Disc Version
6. Inu Yasha Secret of the Cursed Mask
7. Suikoden IV
8. Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3
9. Tales of the Abyss
10. Magna Carta Tears of Blood
11. Naruto Ultimate Ninja - ( sometimes drops to 20 fps on ougis )
12. MS Saga - A New Dawn - ( sometimes drops at 25 to 15 when there's fog on background ) but still plays rather well
13. Clock Tower 3 - ( the graphical bug that's been encountered in 0.9.7 3878 is gone now )
14. Dragon Ball Z Sagas
15. Virtua Quest
16. Megaman X Command Mission
17. Full Metal Alchemist - and the Broken Angel
18. Full Metal Alchemist 2 - Curse of the Crimson Elixir
19. Beat Down Fist of Vengeance - ( it's visually perfect everywhere except on the part when the memory card loads up on the start there's some weird lines on the auto load screen )
20. Gantz - the Game
21. Super Robot Taisen Alpha 2
22. Final Fantasy X - 2 ( it's slow on FMV's I don't know why )
23. Shadow Hearts - From the New World ( if you turn on the gamefixes this game can't be access via fast boot, turn off the gamefixes first before running it via fast boot )
24. Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories
25. Monster Rancher 4
26. Bleach Blade Battlers 2nd
27. Kingdom Hearts II
28. Onimusha Warlords
29. Onimusha 2 - Samurai Destiny
30. Gundam G Generation G Spirits
31. Kuon
32. Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
33. Shaman King Power of Spirit
34. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
35. Digimon World 4
36. Monster Rancher 5 Evo
37. Samurai Shodown Anthology
38. Phantasy Star Universe
39. Siren
40. Gungrave Overdose
41. Mister Mosquito
42. Trapt - ( With Little graphical glitches on floors on cutscenes )
43. Megaman X7
44. Mar Heaven - Arm Fight Dream
45. Nightmare of Druaga
46. Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
47. Bloody Roar 3
48. Samurai Legend Musashi
49. Soul Eater Battle Resonance

Games that run at full speed ( No speed decrease ) ( mostly 2d )

1. Arcana Heart
2. Suggoi Arcana Heart 2
3. D N Angel Kurenai no Tsubasa
4. Melty Blood Act Cadenza
5. Melty Blood Actress Again ( Activate EE Timing Hack in the game fixes to fix the flickery OP movie, turning on the Automatic GameFixes does'nt fix the flickering automatically
6. Disgaea
7. Disgaea 2 - Cursed Memories
8. Phantom Brave
9. Makai Kingdom
10. Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen
11. Obscure the Aftermath
12. Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3
13. Capcom vs SNK 2
14. Capcom Fighting Evolution
15. Marvel vs Capcom 2
16. Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
17. Tales of Destiny Director's Cut
18. Tales of Destiny 2
19. Real Robot Regiment
20. Resident Evil Code Veronica X
21. Grandia II
22. Grandia Xtreme ( I'ts flickerry on either hardware/software interlacing )
23. Innocent Life - Futuristic Harvest Moon
24. Shin Gouketuji Ichizoku Bonnou Kaihou
25. Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd
26. Spectral vs Generation
27. Princess Lover Eternal Love For My Lady
28. Fushigi Yuugi Gaiden
29. Guslinger Girl Volume I
30. Ar Tonelico Melody of Elemia
31. Guilty Gear X
32. Wrestle Angel Survivor
33. Wrestle Angel Survivor 2
34. Gunslinger Girl Volume II
35. Gunslinger Girl Volume III
36. Namco x Capcom

All Games tested under this PC specs

- Intel Dual Core 2.6 Ghz
- ECS G33/31 Chipset with integrated 256 MB 32 Bit Vram
- 1 GB RAM Memory
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
and as for the emulator's new features I've noticed some missing elements even though I installed it like usual

1. *Solved* Program Log always dispays this message - (GameDB) Database Not Found! Game index.dbf ( Ignore this it's solved please refer to this thread for a possible solution )
2. For some reasons Automatic Game Fixes does not work in all games that has issues , sometimes you'll have to manually tick the game fixes in the
emulation setting don't rely too much on it to do all the work for you. And seems like some games slowed down a bit compared to 0.9.7 version 3878 without help the of speedhacks
3. Another one of the problems I encountered from 0.9.7 3878 up to the current version, when I play Capcom vs SNK 2 and when I hit soft reset in the game , the exit function of the emulator, the save states and the load state function does,nt work I have to hit suspend and then resume to make it work again

4. And lastly I like those new features like the "presets" and in the memory card manager that customizes card sizes, it just keeps getting better , keep up the good work



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I can't guarantee this but your dead or alive 2 might boot, but it needs ee in interpreter and ee cache enabled while on loading parts
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(05-05-2011, 01:34 PM)refraction Wrote: I can't guarantee this but your dead or alive 2 might boot, but it needs ee in interpreter and ee cache enabled while on loading parts

Okay, I haven't tried that method yet I'll give some feedback after I see the results
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Yeah,as I say there is one version which works with it
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"(GameDB) Database Not Found! Game index.dbf" means the automatic game fixes don't work (since that's the file that, among other things, defines them.

Can you please check if the file "GameIndex.dbf" exists at the same folder as pcsx2.exe?
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(05-05-2011, 01:45 PM)avih Wrote: "(GameDB) Database Not Found! Game index.dbf" means the automatic game fixes don't work (since that's the file that, among other things, defines them.

Can you please check if the file "GameIndex.dbf" exists at the same folder as pcsx2.exe?

Yes it exists along inside the pcsx2 folder where I've installed the emulator,
but strangely , the automatic game fix doesn't work
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Do you run pcsx2 with some command line arguments? did you use an installer? or the 7z archive? Also worth trying is to clear all pcsx2 settings (the config menu) and see if it makes a difference.

Also, if you're using an installed pcsx2, you can try to download and use the 7z archive. It creates a portable folder with 100% independent configuration (doesn't get mixed with the installed pcsx2), so you can try it with clean settings.
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(05-05-2011, 02:14 PM)avih Wrote: Do you run pcsx2 with some command line arguments? did you use an installer? or the 7z archive? Also worth trying is to clear all pcsx2 settings (the config menu) and see if it makes a difference.

Also, if you're using an installed pcsx2, you can try to download and use the 7z archive. It creates a portable folder with 100% independent configuration (doesn't get mixed with the installed pcsx2), so you can try it with clean settings.

Nope, I didn,t do anything at all , I don't know anything about this command line arguments thingy, I just installed it like I always do every time a new release is out, I just create another folder beside the default installation on program files, and installed the emulator there , but the funny thing is , there's another existing folder of PCSX2 in my My Documents even though I did,nt installed it there , by default the logs , save states, snaps and memory cards are automatically directed to that folder even though I installed it to a different folder directory, I have to customize the pathway of the files to my customized folder in order for those functions to be recognized by my customized pcsx2 folder, but I'll try what you said and see if there's any difference, thanks a lot
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#9
Good work keeping a trace of improvements/worsening in the new version. Still the results are on accord with the hardware power. 3D games will have a hard time with integrated video cards, that's something no software can solve. The CPU is not enough to run software mode with the desired speed too, so the chances of getting some games near full speed is not something to be expected now and probably will never happen.

Still, your work is useful to provide guidance to games with chances to run nicely in slight more powerful machines without abusing the hacks and to point those which probably will be a pain to get at least near playable experience.
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#10
Wow, dude. I thought I owned a lot of games. lol

Very nice, though. I would like to say that I see some games that would play way better if you were using a decent graphics card. It is cool to see what games really benefit from a dedicated GPU. I'm guessing you went with software mode with some of the games, since it was faster than hardware mode, right?
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