Author Topic: FF9 Pal patch....UK (Read 7695 times)

Threesixty · « **on:** 2001-08-02 06:13:00 »

I think there is a patch...I'd look for it if I knew where to look. News at the ePSXe forum is that there is a patch for the PAL version. I asked one of the guys to link it here...but I guess he didn't.

Anyway, happy hunting.

I guess this is it?
http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_patches_f.shtml" TARGET=_blank>http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_patches_f.shtml

Patch Instructions:
First make a CD-Image using CDRWIN (using the RAW-Option):
Start CDRWIN.
In the CDRWIN - CDROM Recording Tools window click Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors to Image File.
Enter the Image Filename:
- for example: C:TEMPIMAGE.BIN
Leave all other settings Default - make sure the RAW option is selected!
When ready click START to create the CD-Image file on harddisk.
This will create the CD-Image file (C:TEMPIMAGE.BIN) and the CD-Image Cuesheet (C:TEMPIMAGE.CUE).
Extract the Patch Archive to the path containing the CD-Image file.
Open a DOS-Box/MS-DOS Prompt and change directory to the path containing the CD-Image file (and patch).
Patch the CD-Image file (IMAGE.BIN) by executing either:
For the PPF Releases: Use the PPF Patch Engine
For the P4U Releases: Use the PAL4U Patcher
For the older Paradox (PDX) Releases execute:
For most Respect (RSP) Releases execute: RSPatch
Burn the CD-Image onto a CD-R:
In the CDRWIN - CDROM Recording Tools window click Record.
Click Load Cuesheet and select the CD-Image Cuesheet (C:TEMPIMAGE.CUE).
Click Start Recording.
When ready: Play the "Patched" Game!

NOTE: For now only CDRWIN can be used to patch PSX games. A free Demo version which writes at 1x speed is available at Goldenhawk.com.

[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited August 02, 2001).]

eerrrr · « **Reply #1 on:** 2001-08-02 12:36:00 »

Woo thanks Threesixty. I guess this is it then. I'm d/l it now, but I deleted the game last time I made an ISO cos it put my Memoery down to just over 100MB!!

Threesixty · « **Reply #2 on:** 2001-08-04 06:18:00 »

I'll check back at the ePSXe forum to see if anyone else is having problems with the equip ability thing.....

Maybe this patch is better? They finally listed it on the main page of PSXEmu.com

http://www.psxemu.com/miscemus/hlg-ff9t.zip" TARGET=_blank>http://www.psxemu.com/miscemus/hlg-ff9t.zip

And to get perfect sound for FF9

Try this settings for the 1.35 version of Null2

Enable Sound (of course) Enable CDDA sound if your not using an Iso (I suggest making ISOs)
Enable XA sound, XA read

Inside Configure:

48000HZ, 16bit
buffer: 40 (you can play with this value...lower gives quicker response, but 40 seems to work OK.)
Block: 10

Reverse: (speakers are usually backwards)
enable VAG stream.

You can play with the other settings: but I suggest leaving linear interpolation off. And I think the Mute thing should be off, too. I haven't expermented with that, yet.

I've found out that having the enable VAG steam on will make the stutter sound go away in the Movies. Discovered how to configure Null2 here:
http://boards.psxemu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3598" TARGET=_blank>http://boards.psxemu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3598

Errrr if you want to monitor it yourself:
http://boards.psxemu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3561" TARGET=_blank>http://boards.psxemu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3561

BTW: I've never had a crash during the Evil Forest movie....or anywhere else in FF9

And for those that are reading this post and wondering who the hell is this guy talking to...himself?

No....This is an answer from a post on the Eidos Forum...it's just that the thread that the post was in is congested with a bunch of Spam posts....so I brought it here.

[This message has been edited by Threesixty (edited August 04, 2001).]

Sir Canealot · « **Reply #3 on:** 2001-08-04 17:20:00 »

Threesixty did you complete FFIX with Nulls?
Becuase I had a crash with Nulls in the ending sequance. I got past it by useing another sound plugin called....I forget that sounded almost as good as Nulls but didnt crash.

And Nulls USED to crash when the air ship crashed into evil forest. But I think that is fixed now.

eerrrr · « **Reply #4 on:** 2001-08-04 18:19:00 »

Hey thanks a lot Threesixty. I'll try the sound things in a sec. After a lot of testing I managed to get the game to run at a fair speed, pretty much near normal. The only problem is the sound. The videos are a bit choppy, but in-game the music just plays amazingly slowly and changes speeds and stuff, I'm gonna need to do a lot of playing around with that. I put my sound to 22000Hz (or whatever the number is) because my PC's very slow (233MHz 32RAM ATI Rage 2).

Threesixty · « **Reply #5 on:** 2001-08-05 05:06:00 »

That system may be too slow to emulate FF9 very well....don't think there is much you can do. Just remember to activate the frame rate limiter...

And I did use Null2's Plugin from beginning to end on the first time I played FF9. And it would crash on the movies from time to time. But when it would crash on the movies...it would just go straight into the game. It would really just skip the movie, not really crash the game itself. Actually I don't think FF9 really truly crashed on my system. I hear there are a few places in the game where a Savestate will cause a crash. Maybe that's what caused your crash in the Evil Forest?

I'm sure the cause of random movie skip was the stuttering that the sound had in the movies. I mean you couldn't even understand what was playing, it sounded so bad. And the movie itself would lose a lot of frames. At the time i tried the movies with the Core sound, and notice that the movies played perfectly. The problem with the Core sound was that the rest of the game sounded Bad. Null2's plugin sounded bad in the movies and sounded great in the rest of the game. Now that I know how to setup Null2's plugin so it won't stutter in the movies, I'm sure the game will run perfectly, now. But I haven't played it yet. I'm currently playing ANACHRONOX (all of yall really should get this game, it really is, as good, as Final Fantasy), Tomb Raider Last Revelation (I liked the Demo) and Grim Fandago (picked up this one cause it was $9.99, I would have never thought it was this good). My gaming punchcard is currently filled up right now.

One last thing....at the time I would hit the F1 key whenever I thought or knew a movie was going to play. If it skipped the movie, I would just F3 it. It would usually play on the second try. Also at the time I didn't know about Iso's, so I imagine the failer of showing a movie was due more to the CD's Wind up time.

eerrrr · « **Reply #6 on:** 2001-08-05 18:20:00 »

I was thinking of burning the iso onto cd, since my machines slow so if its being read from the hard drive it might slow it down more. I cant do save states, when I press Esc and save it it does the illegal operation thing after the screen goes white when I resume it. Maybe it'll work if I press F1 though, I didnt know about that. I dont mind all that much about little skips in the movies cos I've already completed the game on my PSX so I've seen them all.
Hmmm..... I was just thinking how cool it would be if soundfonts could be extracted from FF9...ARGH! Heartburn!!! Ow....I thinks its gone now.

Threesixty · « **Reply #7 on:** 2001-08-06 11:07:00 »

That's pretty strange logic you have there. The speed is from the harddrive...not the ISO file. A cdrom ISO may even be slower than the regular play disks. And the savestates don't work with all plugins. The readme files that come with the plugins will usually say if they will or will not allow savestates.

eerrrr · « **Reply #8 on:** 2001-08-06 12:52:00 »

Hmm, maybe the logic is strange, oh well. I managed to get the graphics and sound pretty good, but the sound plays quite slowly. At least it stays in beat with itself though now. BTW, the link you gave to the other ISO patch is dead. I'd like to try it to see if the Equip option is fixed.