Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
SLUS-20799 NTSC US
According to the official compatibility rating on pcsx2.net, the game is
Playable, i.e. it can be played from start to end. I just finished it. However, the FPS is very low and thus everything is slow - especially moving and weapons changing. FPS varies from 14 to 20 and only occasionally goes up to 30. I wonder if better PC (stronger CPU) could run the game faster?
my PC:
AMD Athlon X2 7850 2.8GHz
ATI Radeon HD 3200
onboard sound
RAM 2GB
WinXP SP2
PCSX2 configuration:
* PCSX2 beta 1474
* BIOS 2.0 Europe or 2.0 USA (no visible difference)
* GSdx 1553, renderer hardware, no interlacing, native internal res.
* PEOpS SPU2 1.9.0 - the only working sound plugin. Unlike the others (SPU2-X, ZeroSPU2) this one ignores the low FPS and plays the sounds and voices at normal speed.
* LilyPad 1388 - This plugin is absolutely perfect, works with mouse, keyboard and gamepad, no further improvements needed.
* Linuz ISO or Gigaherz's CDVD
* no speed hacks - they have no impact on FPS and cause graphical oddities; VU Cycle Stealing actually affects FPS, but the game runs smoother without it
notes:
a) audio - Sounds and voices play at normal speed with PEOpS SPU2, but since the video is much slower than video, some sounds and voices are repeated to fill the gap. Other sound plugins decrease sound speed to match video speed.
b) video - Except the low FPS, the only graphical error is visible during wrestling fights with T-X: both characters have a strange "shadow" which makes them look like puppets on sticks
(pic 6).
c) menu, ingame movie videos
(pic 1, 3) and CG videos
(pic 5) - Everything plays at normal speed, acceptable sound.
d) crashes - Actually there were only two crashes. Both of them occured when I wanted to open a map screen - picture freezes and it is necessary to close PCSX2. If I remember right, I was just switching from one weapon to another and tried to access the map simultsaneously. Maybe that is why it crashed. And, with some configurations, the program will crash when you press Play Terminator Redemption demo button, which is in Menu, Special Features section.
e) personal note - I REALLY wanted to play this game because it is not available for PC. The characters look exactly the same as the original actors (+ voices), the game shows things not seen in the movie (or alternate versions) and you can unlock 3 exclusive B-roll videos. If you are a Terminator fan, you should try it. Otherwise you will probably suffer from the low FPS too much.
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