Please help me get widescreen patches to work!

[Mr. Jones]

So I have a big bundle of widescreen patches in pnach format that I can't seem to get to work at all. I've placed the ones I need in my cheats_ws folder. I've set aspect ratio to 16:9 and have widescreen patches and cheats enabled. When I start a game it shows in the console that the ws patch was loaded successfully, but I've tested with the few games I have and they're all stretched.





This is where I downloaded the patches from:

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-PCSX2-Wid...#pid271674

I'm running PCSX2 1.2.1.r5873 and using the NTSC-U patches with NTSC-U games.

I understand if true widescreen isn't possible, but I thought from what I read that these patches would enable some form true 16:9 with no stretch? I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but I have no idea what.

I'd really appreciate some help with this. Thanks for your time and for the wonderful emulator.

[Blyss Sarania]

PCSX2 1.2.1 and on has the widescreen patches included, you don't need to download them separately. All you gotta do is Enable Widescreen in the system menu.

[Mr. Jones]

Thanks for the reply. I didn't know that, I deleted the patches from the folder. I just went through and looked at my games again. Out of ICO, San Andreas, Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy X only FFX actually runs in real widescreen. The others didn't work before or after I deleted the patches I downloaded. If these games just won't run in widescreen I understand, but I get the feeling it's just me. Any ideas?

I'm just addicted to running old games in hi res widescreen. Emulators have spoiled me.

[Blyss Sarania]

Hmm, I don't know. You say it says the patches were loaded in the console log right?

[Mr. Jones]

Yeah. I can take a screen if need be. I'm really baffled here.

[Blyss Sarania]

You don't happen to be loading from a save state do you? Because that will overwrite the patches in memory, if the state was made in 4:3. That's all I can think of at the moment.

[Mr. Jones]

No, I'm not. I generally avoid them. Read about a guy having the same problem who was loading from save states though. Anyways, I really appreciate the help. I'll keep tinkering.

[Devina]

This looks widescreen to me?

[Mr. Jones]

This looks widescreen to me?

Nah, it's not. Not a good screen as an example though, I know. It's stretched. It's not displaying anything more than the 4:3 image is. I did figure it out though. What you said about save states made me think. FFX was the only game I was starting a new profile on, to get screens from the first cutscene. All the others I was loading from the memory card. When I started a new profile on ICO it worked. So it was something in the saves after all. Thanks!

Here's ICO in widescreen:

[Blyss Sarania]

Glad you got it sorted.