Oh btw i would strongly reccomend downloading the beta version on the downloads page then submenu betas (open betas?) im not sure what it is called. Your probably also going to have to download the directx if it pops up saying dx11_something.dll is missing when you go into config. (there is a link on the beta page and if not you are looking for a file called dxwebsetup.exe google it)
ok here are the pictures
1st is graphics config on the left and main config screen on the right (im using the pad plugin and cd plugin from the regular release copied into the beta release (the pad plugin ive got selected is easier to use with my game pad and with pressure sensitive buttons (quicker to setup too) and the cd plugin that im using is your best chance to get it to work with the cd swap although i have not yet tried just started playing today.
Next we have the sound configuration
The bios 2.20 ive found to be the fastest, and the most responsive pm me if you need help getting that from the same place as you got your game which i assume is out of the drive of your ps2, cuz thats where i got mine
now we need to go to config cpu
select the first 5 boxes on the left side and uncheck the last on the left
then go to speed hacks
2xEE
all 3 checks in the middle
top check on right and slider all the way to the right (this is why you need the beta that took my framerate in game from 32 (almost unplayable striaght up to the limiter
works perfectly)
and finally in advanced do this in both the top half and the bottom half exactly the same
Chop/Zero
clamp None
top two check boxes
These settings would seem to make a game completely unstable, but ive yet to have a crash almost a game year into the game with the only problem ive seen so far is the images for the skills are only visible when skill screen is first selected then they fade out but if you highlight the blanks it gives the info on the bottom
These settings do decrease the image quality but i believe that is neccesary for the game to run smoothly (dont be turned off by the intro video being choppy and the sound being horrible in it, everything will be better in game)