Various Problems Solved Of Ps2 Emu

Flickering Battle Scenes SYMPTOMS Graphical flickering occurs on battle scenes regardless of frame skipping. CAUSE This bug is caused by the GSdx graphics plugin. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND An older version of the plugin, GSdx9 0.11.4, appears to be unaffected by this bug, and may be used in place of the updated version for this game. STATUS Reported by multiple members. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 [PAL] - (?) * PCSX2 all recent releases * GSdx all recent releases

Double-Image Refraction SYMPTOMS A light refraction effect occurs on the character models in the game resulting in a ghost double-image. CAUSE This bug is caused by the GSdx graphics plugin set in a non-native internal resolution. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Set the internal resolution to Native. STATUS Reported by multiple members. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 [PAL] - (?) * PCSX2 all recent releases * GSdx all recent releases

Extreme slowness SYMPTOMS Game is slow as **** whether u use latest GSDX or ZeroGS CAUSE GS overuses alpha correction (FBA) effects. RESOLUTION Use latest GSDX with these settings: * DX9 hardware renderer * disable Alpha correction (FBA) in GSDX config STATUS Playable and fast. APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.4 to 0.9.5 SVN 335+ * Affected Plugin Name: GSDX 1.7 , ZeroGS 0.97.1 * Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS 257.18

Particle Effects Lag SYMPTOMS Particle effects such as explosions decrease the game speed by 80% during the interval of the effect. CAUSE This performance drop is caused by the FBA implementation for GSdx. See KB-GSDRvZPII-Extreme Slowness for the root cause. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Set GSdx to render with DX9 without Alpha Correction. STATUS Reported by one member. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * GSdx, all recent releases * Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS_257.18

Freezing Video Playback SYMPTOMS Long videos freeze before finishing. CAUSE This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator. RESOLUTION This issue has been resolved since PCSX2 0.9.5 SVN 351. Download the latest SVN build here. WORKAROUND Press START to skip the video. STATUS Reported by one member. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.2 to 0.9.5 SVN 343 * GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases * Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS_257.18

Slow Distorted Sound SYMPTOMS All in-game music, voices, and sound effects are extremely slow and distorted. CAUSE This bug is caused by the P.E.Op.S SPU2 plugin. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Choose an alternative SPU2 plugin such as ZeroSPU2 or GiGaHeRz's SPU2. STATUS Reported by one member. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.2 to 0.9.5 SVN 330 * P.E.Op.S SPU2 all recent releases * Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS_257.18

A/V Out of Synchronization SYMPTOMS The audio is a fraction of a second slower than the video. CAUSE Unknown: Suspected to be caused by ZeroSPU2 and GiGaHeRz's SPU2 implementation. This synchronization issue does not appear to affect P.E.Op.S SPU2. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND There are no workarounds that are currently available. STATUS Reported by one member. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.2 to 0.9.5 SVN 330 * ZeroSPU2 or GiGaHeRz's SPU2 all recent releases * Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS_257.18

Improper Camera Reposition SYMPTOMS After camera position behind the unit is pushed against a wall, the view will be within the unit and not return to normal after moving away. CAUSE This bug is caused by the PCSX2 emulator. RESOLUTION There are no resolutions that are currently available. WORKAROUND Avoid structures and landscape that will cause the scenario. STATUS Reported by three members. No official confirmation exists. APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.2 to 0.9.5 SVN 330 * GSdx, ZeroGS all recent releases

* Gundam Seed Destiny Rengou vs. ZAFT Plus II [NTSC-J] - SLPS_257.18

Characters going up(Tales of the Abyss and some other games) SYMPTOMS A directional key is on auto-fire after load-state CAUSE Unfinished game load RESOLUTION Load-state AFTER the game is fully loaded, as in main game menu. WORKAROUND Don't use the load/save state function STATUS Works all the time for me APPLIES TO * PCSX2 0.9.3 to 0.9.5 SVN 333 * Tales of the Abyss [NTSC] - SERIAL: SLUS 21386 * Many other games if seem applicable

FFX AURON LOOK CRASH Symptoms Game crashes at the beginning of the game after the blitzball gme. Causes PS2'S laser changes sectors at this exact point, old versions of pcsx2 can't emulate properly RESOLUTION Run game from an iso using 9.4 and latest version of Gsdx Workaround Have FFX hack and mgts turned on Status Works all the time

Applies To All versions of Pcsx2 after 9.2 including betas

No Sound and Crash SYMPTOMS The sound disappears after save-sate, then the game crashes after a while CAUSE the lag during savesate function causes the DVD reading to become unsynchronized RESOLUTION Don't save state during cut-scenes, scene change, or movies. Only savestate when the screen is stable WORKAROUND Don't use save/load state STATUS Works most of the time APPLIES TO * All games on all versions