hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 I have been trying to get ps1 working through launchbox. When I try to open a game to play I get a black screen. I have tried epsxe and the mednafen psx core through retroarch and neither will work through launchbox. I can open either emulator out of launchbox and they both work fine. I have several other systems setup on launchbox that work well. Have the Scph5500.bin, Scph5501.bin, and Scph5502.bin bios files in both emulator system folders, and have lauchbox directed to the .cue files of the games in their current location where the .bin file is as well. Please help! Quote
neil9000 Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 The cue files work just fine, that's what I use. 1 Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 I tried both and neither works through launchbox. I can open either emulator and point it to the cue file of a game and it runs fine. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Try using the built in HLE bios in ePSXe. If your games load using that then it is most likely you have the wrong (or bad) bios dumps. If your games don't work doing it this way then you most likely have bad disk images or bad cue sheets. Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 I would think if it were bad disk images or cue sheets they wouldn't run in the emulator outside of launchbox but they do. The games I have tried will load and play if I open epsxe or retroarch myself. I'm trying different bios but it hasn't helped either. I'm thinking maybe the extra stress on the system from running both launchbox and epsxe at the same time is causing it to freeze? I wouldn't think so but don't know what else it could be. I would have thought a I7 2.4 ghz with 8 gb ram would handle this even if it has integrated graphics. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 If they are loading outside of Launchbox but not inside then you have something off in your LB setup. Can you post some screen shots of your emulator settings and associated platforms for your Playstation emulator ? Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 I agree lordmonkus. That's what I thought as well. I have checked associated platforms and file paths and cant find a problem. Here is what I have. I'm playing around a little with the video plugins still, but these setting seem to work pretty well. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Can you show the Emulator Details tab of the Edit Emulator window ? Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Hmmm, I have to admit I am sort of stumped here at the moment as to what the issue could be your emulator settings and command line parameters look to be perfectly fine and if the games are loading outside of LB it should work within LB. I had to re-setup ePSXe here and using both of the defaulted ePSXe 2.0.5 video plugins are working just fine and loading through LB for me. Could you try using the ePSXe GPU core 2.0.0 video plugin and see if that has any effect on your ability to load through LB ? Judging by your screenshots you are using a non default video plugin and though this shouldn't have any impact on it working through LB I just want to see if it works for you using the standard default 2D render plugin. Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 I tried default video plugins and loaded a game directly through epsxe and it loaded and looked really good. Tried loading through launchbox and it actually went through the playstation intro and got to the playstation trademark and froze. I don't understand why it would freeze when being launched from launchbox but not when I launch the emulator directly. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Yeah that is extremely weird and you say you are getting the freeze if using Retroarch as well through LB but not RA on its own ? Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 Yes. Retroarch works on its own, but freezes in the exact same place when launched from launchbox. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Oh man that is really weird but now I am leaning towards some sort of issue with Launchbox and your Intel video chipset. I am gonna tag @Jason Carr for this one and hopefully he has some sort of input on the matter. Quote
Jason Carr Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 @hoosier1, did the Windows 10 Creator's Update just install for you recently by chance? I ask because a few people have been seeing issues with DirectX in the creator's update. Outside of that unfortunately I don't really have any other ideas other than to make sure that your video drivers are all the way up to date. You might also want to download and install DirectX 9.0c from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 I'm unsure of how LaunchBox or Big Box would ever interfere with an emulator; this is the first time I've ever heard of that happening, so I would think it has to be a driver issue of some sort, or some kind of weird issue with DirectX or maybe even the .NET Framework 4.6.2. You could also try reinstalling the .NET Framework if you're on an OS that isn't Windows 10. Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: @hoosier1, did the Windows 10 Creator's Update just install for you recently by chance? I ask because a few people have been seeing issues with DirectX in the creator's update. Outside of that unfortunately I don't really have any other ideas other than to make sure that your video drivers are all the way up to date. You might also want to download and install DirectX 9.0c from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429 I'm unsure of how LaunchBox or Big Box would ever interfere with an emulator; this is the first time I've ever heard of that happening, so I would think it has to be a driver issue of some sort, or some kind of weird issue with DirectX or maybe even the .NET Framework 4.6.2. You could also try reinstalling the .NET Framework if you're on an OS that isn't Windows 10. It is windows 10. I will try updating drivers and the directx install and see how it goes. Thanks guys! 1 Quote
Maddoc1007 Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Try Pete's OpenGl Driver 2.9 i have a laptop and always have problems with epsxe with its D3D drivers Quote
hoosier1 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Posted April 13, 2017 I have the openGL driver and it does the same thing. Won't load from launch box. Quote
Maddoc1007 Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) TThe only thing i can think of so is your paths to the emulator folder i have circled in red recheck them and make sure they are right as they are worded differently Edited April 13, 2017 by Maddoc1007 Quote
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