Rayman emulation

[OCG]

Anyone having issues with PPSSPP Emulator? It's a brand new PSP Emulator that I tried because I heared it's good. But 64bit exe freezes game after intro and 32bit after first stage. Game is Parappa The Rapper.

[Rayman fan2000]

Anyone having issues with PPSSPP Emulator? It's a brand new PSP Emulator that I tried because I heared it's good. But 64bit exe freezes game after intro and 32bit after first stage. Game is Parappa The Rapper.

I don't know, Parappa The Rapper seems like a tricky game to emulate on any platform, considering the weird 2-voices-at-once glitch that sometimes happens everywhere in the PS1 version, and now aparrently the PSP version is bugged out.
Not to mention Windows 8 not being able to even select anything on the title of the PS1 version.

[OCG]

I have issue with ePSXe and PSXfin, after intro, screen goes white, and sound of intro plays again. When all the long waiting is done, game finally starts but after Chop Master Onion, it freezes.

[Rayman fan2000]

I have issue with ePSXe and PSXfin, after intro, screen goes white, and sound of intro plays again. When all the long waiting is done, game finally starts but after Chop Master Onion, it freezes.

Strange, I played it with no problem on ePSX3, except that sometimes when I lost, the voices would play twice at the same time. Is your computer Windows 7 or 8? And is it 32bit or 64bit?

[OCG]

What game region have you downloaded? I tried NTSC-J version of Parappa and thats what happened.

[Rayman fan2000]

What game region have you downloaded? I tried NTSC-J version of Parappa and thats what happened.

I tried the NTSC-J version and it seems fine.

[OCG]

Then it's probably my graphics card or something. Just how Rayman 1 crashed on Sega Saturn, only for me.

[technology4617]

Fifo, no double post please, and to reduce recording lag, go to task manager and disable two CPU's for PCSX2 when recording. This works if you have 4 CPU's

Well for TurboBoost users this will be an improvement because by disabling some cores will let you run in a higher frequency. However acording to my tests with PCSX2 that software doesn't give a shit to turboboost and stucks at the stock frequency. I'd suggest to let the program run in all available cores by selecting only the first core in taskmanager and then afterwards select all other cores. It works well with Flight Simulator but I haven't tested it out on PSCX2. Although I doubt that the Plugin cooperates mainly with the CPU.

Fifo, FRAPS isn't anything related with the lag during the emulation. I can guarantee you this since I also played RR in the emulator without recording and there is lag in some areas of the game (and my computer isn't a fossil, at least for now). It is the graphical plugin that needs extra tweaks to run it perfectly.

I know. But using the PCSX2 built-in recorder won't record the lagging. It'll still lag, but you won't see the lag on the final video. And I know that your computer isn't a fossil. I know that it's a GSdx problem.

Isn't it great to have a 60GB BC PS3 and HD PVR?

Speaking of which...emshomar, I will have the video footage up soon. Don't worry. (I haven't had access to my PS3 for a while, so sorry you didn't get it sooner.) I will be sure to include footage of FMVs as well.

[Fifo]

Fifo, FRAPS isn't anything related with the lag during the emulation. I can guarantee you this since I also played RR in the emulator without recording and there is lag in some areas of the game (and my computer isn't a fossil, at least for now). It is the graphical plugin that needs extra tweaks to run it perfectly.

I know. But using the PCSX2 built-in recorder won't record the lagging. It'll still lag, but you won't see the lag on the final video. And I know that your computer isn't a fossil. I know that it's a GSdx problem.

Isn't it great to have a 60GB BC PS3 and HD PVR?

It is, thanks for the reply. But I don’t have it, so I can’t capture the gameplay footage from it. We have a real PS2 (slim), and the game doesn’t lag in there. But the loading times are long if I use a real PS2!

[technology4617]

It is, thanks for the reply. But I don’t have it, so I can’t capture the gameplay footage from it. We have a real PS2 (slim), and the game doesn’t lag in there. But the loading times are long if I use a real PS2!

That's an inside joke between emshomar and I, so no need to be snippy. Also, the load times concern you more than LAG? WTF?!

[Fifo]

It is, thanks for the reply. But I don’t have it, so I can’t capture the gameplay footage from it. We have a real PS2 (slim), and the game doesn’t lag in there. But the loading times are long if I use a real PS2!

That's an inside joke between emshomar and I, so no need to be snippy. Also, the load times concern you more than LAG? WTF?!

I can actually fix the lag by using PCSX2’s built-in recorder. But playing on a real PS2 is better.

[technology4617]

I can actually fix the lag by using PCSX2’s built-in recorder. But playing on a real PS2 is better.

Yes, but the lag in-game is pretty unbearable, for me at least. It's better to just splurge on a capture card, rather than having to deal with--horrible--nightmarish--ghastly--evil--EVIL--EVIL SLOWDOWNS!!!!!

Also, on the 60GB, you get the performance of playing on a real PS2, since the PS3 has the actual hardware inside of it, with some of the added bonuses of emulators, such as higher resolutions (though, admittedly, this is done with upscaling/filters, but the picture still looks quite good in my opinion), infinite memory cards (as well as the ability to use the virtual cards on PC emulators), and greater controller flexibility.

[Snagglebee]

You forgot all the evil glitches that appear in many games. Too bad I don't own a HD PVR to capture the footage via component. Why are PVR's so evily uberpriced?! I really wonder if the quality is the same at 1080p.

[Fifo]

I can actually fix the lag by using PCSX2’s built-in recorder. But playing on a real PS2 is better.

Yes, but the lag in-game is pretty unbearable, for me at least. It's better to just splurge on a capture card, rather than having to deal with--horrible--nightmarish--ghastly--evil--EVIL--EVIL SLOWDOWNS!!!!!

Also, on the 60GB, you get the performance of playing on a real PS2, since the PS3 has the actual hardware inside of it, with some of the added bonuses of emulators, such as higher resolutions (though, admittedly, this is done with upscaling/filters, but the picture still looks quite good in my opinion), infinite memory cards (as well as the ability to use the virtual cards on PC emulators), and greater controller flexibility.

Yeah, the game lags a lot in PCSX2.
But it has long loading times on a real PS2.
And I don’t have a capture card.

[OCG]

You should go play Sonic 06 and then talk about long loading times.

[sonicbrawler182]

You should go play Sonic 06 and then talk about long loading times.

Or Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly on PS2.

THEY HAVE LOADING SCREENS....FOR THE LOADING SCREENS. @_@

[OCG]

I don't care what others say, but that game truly sucked and is the worst Spyro to this day.

[technology4617]

You forgot all the evil glitches that appear in many games. Too bad I don't own a HD PVR to capture the footage via component. Why are PVR's so evily uberpriced?! I really wonder if the quality is the same at 1080p.

I need to upload a video of some of the lovely background glitches in Ratchet & Clank 2. I haven't played that game in a while, but I seem to recall very white (and shite) backgrounds that didn't appear on the real PS2. Also, in Sly 1, the green outlines for Bentley that appeared in the "hacking" level are absent, making that part much more difficult.

I got the HD PVR for Christmas, so luckily I didn't have to spend any of my own money. Another thing you can do is use a cheap recorder to record the PS2 footage, and then upscale the video with Sony Vegas or AVISynth.

You should go play Sonic 06 and then talk about long loading times.

Or Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly on PS2.
THEY HAVE LOADING SCREENS....FOR THE LOADING SCREENS. @_@

That reminds me of Rayman 1 for MS-DOS' loading screens, which weren't really used to load content in the game, but were just there for the express purpose of annoying you, since you could just skip them. Rayman 1 for PC is truly one of the worst ports in existence (the original game, I mean, not Designer).

[Fifo]

More SSF issues..
The keys repeat very quickly in Rayman.

[Snagglebee]

Well I don't have any issues with the Saturn version of Rayman, since I own a real Saturn. Maybe you should try SSF via BootCamp?