Playstation 2 Emulation - PCSX2 0.9.6 FAQ & Walkthrough

[curryking1]

I've been doing good on the pictures, that's probably the only thing I'm doing very well lol. As soon as I started the game again I was flashing the camera like crazy lol.

I think I missed 'Clown Robo's Attack.' I totally took a picture of the Clown Robot guy. I didn't know I needed to take a picture of his attack... that's a bit ambiguous lol since he has more than one attack.

I can't find where to take a picture of 'cloth.' Nothing I've seen registers the cloth idea. Ladder was a funny one lol. There's so many ladders in the game but you can't take a picture to get the idea for most of them lol.

I love the picture thing. There's so many things to photograph.

[Dralor]

Yeah I never thought to take a picture during that whole thing.

[SadPanda]

I think I'd almost rather just buy a PS2 and call it a day

[Kiwi]

With all of the effort and computing power required, it's definitely easier to just pick up a cheap PS2. I tried doing this again last night, but couldn't get much further than the PS2 loading screen (the part with all the pretty colours).

On a happier note, I'm now able to use ePSXe in conjunction with FRAPS. So look out for some lame LP vids from me in the future

[curryking1]

But if ya got the goods, it's really no problem to start it up lol.

I mean really... the program can really just be extract rar file... put bios in bios folder, run .exe, run through the configuration wizard in about a minute or two, configure your controls, put PS2 game in computer, and press start lol.

The guide I made might be a little misleading. It's a very easy program to use, The guide is very simple, I just decided to make it clear and comprehensive.

[Dralor]

Plus games like FFXII and Xenosaga with high res texturing look awesome when you crank up the internal resolution.

[curryking1]

*Nods in agreement

:P

[Kiwi]

£40 slimline PS2 versus £700+ PC. Hmmmmm.....

[curryking1]

Ah come on, we all already have PS2s and the desktop is there for tons of stuff.

PCSX2/PS2 games in HD is just another thing we can do with it. :P

[Dralor]

Silly Matt if I had a 700 pound pc I'd have an i7 quad core and I videocard that could crack it up to 1920x1080 without slowing down a beat...

[curryking1]

Why stop at 1080p???

[Kiwi]

I'm just guessing! I dunno what kind of PC you'd need to run it properly (as far as a minimum spend goes anyway), but I do know that my £400 (which was double that price, only reduced that much because it has a SUPERB HD-DVD DRIVE!!) laptop won't keep up with the pace.

[Dralor]

A mid rand core duo of about 2.6ghz is pretty good especially if you have a newer one with SSE4.1 and 8800GT will allow you to run most games at a good rate.

[curryking1]

^^Haha my friend's lappy has a HD DVD drive hahaha. I was explaining to her that her laptop costed an extra 100 or 200 dollars more than it needed to

I noticed something hilarious in Dark Cloud 2... he does a Moses like parting of the sea with lava in the opening video hahaha.

But too bad there was no controversy

^Ya that's a good match up. Some of the Core 2's are great at OC'ing also so you can get a lot of bang for your buck.

[Kiwi]

^^Haha my friend's lappy has a HD DVD drive hahaha. I was explaining to her that her laptop costed an extra 100 or 200 dollars more than it needed to

I was lucky with mine. The HD-DVD laptops came into the store I used to work in at about the same time I started. The one which I now own retailed at something like £879. This was maybe two months before the inevitable downfall of HD-DVD. As soon as that happened, it dropped down to £359. I had to get it really, because it's a fairly decent spec, at least for what I wanted it for anyway:

Core2Duo 1.6GHz
2GB RAM (upgraded to 3 a while back)
Radeon Mobility HD2400

I can run ePSXe with everything turned up and all the shaders, but this one is just a step too far.

[curryking1]

Ya laptop clocks are just too low, that's why they can't handle PCSX2. It's just too hot at higher clocks for a lappy I guess. I wouldn't say many laptops would be suitable for PS2 emulation at all, even the higher end ones because of the CPU limitation.

[Dralor]

Yeah it's really weak on the processor end for this. Videocard is probably okay though.

I have a Q6700 and an 8800GT so I'm good. Though I need to buy somethign other then the POS stock heat sink to overclock it. Then I should hit at leat 3ghz on air.

[curryking1]

Lol I have the stock cooler also haha. It's such a joke. I'm surprised I even got a 10% overclock.

Even those spring nob things to put into the motherboard are such a pain in the **s lol.

One day I want to try that Artic Silver gel. If I ever do that I'll probably get another fan also.

[Dralor]

Yeah my processor under fill load is at like 67C when the threshold is supposedly 70C so it's not getting overclocked until I get a new heatsink

[Raitei]

i used to be able to push my cpu from 2.2 to ~2.7 Ghz, but since i got new ram... no dice