06-21-2013, 09:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2013, 04:39 PM by Experiment.)
Hi everyone, I am experiencing a very specific instability with Star Ocean Till the End of Time NTSC (59.94 fps) -U version. Both discs were created with Alcohol 120% from a used copy that was purchased at Gamestop. While they were used, it is still in great condition in both the Playstation 2 as well as on desktop emulation.
However, I am experiencing a very specific crash that appears to only repeatedly appear at the Gemity Battle Arena. I want to build my battle counter up to 99,999 (only for completion purposes, but due to my OCD in perfecting completions of role-playing games, this task is of utmost importance to me), while at the same time I would like to make this task as easiest as possible. I've enabled pcsx2's built-in turbo controller, by checking both the "turbo" and "flip" checkboxes in the lilypad plugin, which the combined result is that PCSX2 will continually press the button designated with both of those checkboxes. I've only tested PCSX2 build 1.0.0 and 0.9.6, and seems to only work in 0.9.6. However, I keep crashing every single time at arbitrary time intervals. Here are my following specs:
i7-3770K overclocked to 4.8 Ghz
Samsung low-profile Ram @ 1866 mhz 8 9 9 24 1T 8 GB
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Core: 925 mhz Memory: 1250 mhz
Samsung 840 PRO SSD 256 GB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Tried on PCSX2 1.0.0 r5350 as well as the Official PCSX2 0.9.6
I tried everything that I can think of: Disabling all speedhacks (and I mean all speedhacks), Enabling various combinations of speedhacks, Using only memory card saves and not save states, Using only save states, Disabling Patches, Enabling console mode to see if there are debug hints (however, the console doesn't display anything before crashing) Running the 3770K at 4.6 Ghz and also at stock clock of 3.5 Ghz and stock voltage, resetting the Bios CMOS, Software mode (this pretty much rules out the graphics card), Gsdx 9 as well as 10/11, PCSX2 1.0.0 (since "flip" and "turbo" enabled in the lilypad plugin doesn't constantly spam a designated button in 1.0.0 I just enabled the "turbo" checkbox, and put a 1,400 page textbook on my designated button for Cross to constantly generate battles at the Gemity Battle Arena).
Here is the kicker: I was once able to perform this with 100% stability in the past. This was how I was able to get to 52,000 battles to collect that battle trophy. I guess I just cannot seem to find that magic combination that allowed me to perform this in the past. Also the game runs extremely stable. I went from New Game to beating Freya with no crashes except for once or twice where I was loading a "tainted" save state, and I was aware that this could happen. However even without save states, turboing at the Gemity Battle Arena crashes with 100% certainty. Ideally I would like to leave it overnight while I sleep, and wake up to save it before it crashes. I think the longest I was able to run this was for 4- 6 real time hours (about 20 to 24 game time hours) before I needed the computer for something else. But I would rather not have to monitor the game.
I am reaching out to people with veteran pcsx2 experience. I know there is something that I'm not currently doing right, because I was able to do this before... If you have tried turbo controller in pcsx2 that is a plus. Please point me in the right direction. I've done some research but I have not found anyone in the same boat as me, except for this guy: http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Star-Ocea...ly-Crashes
I wonder where I can find this "Gsdx 0.1.15 Revision 1469", sounds like it would be compatible with a very old PCSX2 build.
Another lead is this guy: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/536705-st...e/64362681
He is running bunny races, but that is essentially the same thing I am doing, running turbo mode in Gemity to rack up what would otherwise be extremely grindy tasks.
When running at 4.8 Ghz I get roughly 160 minimum fps (all speedhacks disabled) with D10/11 Hardware mode, and at 4.6 Ghz I am getting 150 minimum fps. Running at 4.8 Ghz is preferable as PCSX2 is about 267% of actual game speed, and I could complete my 99,999 battles over a few nights.
Attached is a picture of the exception error. While the picture shows me with League of Legends open, I have indeed tried turboing at Gemity League of Legends not running, so we can eliminate that as a factor.
Forgot to mention that I have the Tri-Ace VU Add/Sub Hack enabled (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get so far into the game much less in-game). I also tried various combinations of CPU calculation modes such as Extra + Preserve Sign, Full, Unchecking Flush to Zero and Denormals are Zero as well as checking one of each and checking both. None of which helped, in fact if I put Round Mode to Nearest, the game wouldn't even boot.
Another sidenote: Why is my CPU-usage so low, is my GPU bottlenecking my CPU? I feel like I should be getting higher framerates, but that's OK, my main issue is stable auto-battles at Gemity.
However, I am experiencing a very specific crash that appears to only repeatedly appear at the Gemity Battle Arena. I want to build my battle counter up to 99,999 (only for completion purposes, but due to my OCD in perfecting completions of role-playing games, this task is of utmost importance to me), while at the same time I would like to make this task as easiest as possible. I've enabled pcsx2's built-in turbo controller, by checking both the "turbo" and "flip" checkboxes in the lilypad plugin, which the combined result is that PCSX2 will continually press the button designated with both of those checkboxes. I've only tested PCSX2 build 1.0.0 and 0.9.6, and seems to only work in 0.9.6. However, I keep crashing every single time at arbitrary time intervals. Here are my following specs:
i7-3770K overclocked to 4.8 Ghz
Samsung low-profile Ram @ 1866 mhz 8 9 9 24 1T 8 GB
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Core: 925 mhz Memory: 1250 mhz
Samsung 840 PRO SSD 256 GB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Tried on PCSX2 1.0.0 r5350 as well as the Official PCSX2 0.9.6
I tried everything that I can think of: Disabling all speedhacks (and I mean all speedhacks), Enabling various combinations of speedhacks, Using only memory card saves and not save states, Using only save states, Disabling Patches, Enabling console mode to see if there are debug hints (however, the console doesn't display anything before crashing) Running the 3770K at 4.6 Ghz and also at stock clock of 3.5 Ghz and stock voltage, resetting the Bios CMOS, Software mode (this pretty much rules out the graphics card), Gsdx 9 as well as 10/11, PCSX2 1.0.0 (since "flip" and "turbo" enabled in the lilypad plugin doesn't constantly spam a designated button in 1.0.0 I just enabled the "turbo" checkbox, and put a 1,400 page textbook on my designated button for Cross to constantly generate battles at the Gemity Battle Arena).
Here is the kicker: I was once able to perform this with 100% stability in the past. This was how I was able to get to 52,000 battles to collect that battle trophy. I guess I just cannot seem to find that magic combination that allowed me to perform this in the past. Also the game runs extremely stable. I went from New Game to beating Freya with no crashes except for once or twice where I was loading a "tainted" save state, and I was aware that this could happen. However even without save states, turboing at the Gemity Battle Arena crashes with 100% certainty. Ideally I would like to leave it overnight while I sleep, and wake up to save it before it crashes. I think the longest I was able to run this was for 4- 6 real time hours (about 20 to 24 game time hours) before I needed the computer for something else. But I would rather not have to monitor the game.
I am reaching out to people with veteran pcsx2 experience. I know there is something that I'm not currently doing right, because I was able to do this before... If you have tried turbo controller in pcsx2 that is a plus. Please point me in the right direction. I've done some research but I have not found anyone in the same boat as me, except for this guy: http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Star-Ocea...ly-Crashes
I wonder where I can find this "Gsdx 0.1.15 Revision 1469", sounds like it would be compatible with a very old PCSX2 build.
Another lead is this guy: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/536705-st...e/64362681
He is running bunny races, but that is essentially the same thing I am doing, running turbo mode in Gemity to rack up what would otherwise be extremely grindy tasks.
When running at 4.8 Ghz I get roughly 160 minimum fps (all speedhacks disabled) with D10/11 Hardware mode, and at 4.6 Ghz I am getting 150 minimum fps. Running at 4.8 Ghz is preferable as PCSX2 is about 267% of actual game speed, and I could complete my 99,999 battles over a few nights.
Attached is a picture of the exception error. While the picture shows me with League of Legends open, I have indeed tried turboing at Gemity League of Legends not running, so we can eliminate that as a factor.
Forgot to mention that I have the Tri-Ace VU Add/Sub Hack enabled (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get so far into the game much less in-game). I also tried various combinations of CPU calculation modes such as Extra + Preserve Sign, Full, Unchecking Flush to Zero and Denormals are Zero as well as checking one of each and checking both. None of which helped, in fact if I put Round Mode to Nearest, the game wouldn't even boot.
Another sidenote: Why is my CPU-usage so low, is my GPU bottlenecking my CPU? I feel like I should be getting higher framerates, but that's OK, my main issue is stable auto-battles at Gemity.