[General Discussion] The Emulation Thread

Originally Posted by Radical

Does anyone else use pSX instead of ePSXe? I find ePSXe to be very inaccurate in terms of sound and graphic reproduction, whereas pSX is pretty accurate. It isn't compatible with as many games as ePSXe, doesn't have nearly as large a userbase, and has no plugins, but I use it more than I use ePSXe when I can.

Yes, I use pSX a lot more than I use ePSXe. I just got sick and tired of screwing around with the settings whenever I wanted to play a different game. My only problem with pSX is the dithering. I'm not sure whether the dithering appears on the actual PSX hardware (I was told by the pSX developer that it does), but it's kind of annoying playing a game, and constantly seeing this faint grid pattern. ePSXe doesn't emulate dithering, for some reason.

Another downside to pSX is you can't fix certain graphical problems because there's no plug-ins to configure. Suikoden, for example, has this annoying flicker at the top of the screen, and as far as I know, there's no way to fix this at the moment. I haven't used any of the newer versions of the emulator, though, so I don't know if this was fixed or if we can use plug-ins now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

I don't know why you have to keep changing the plugin settings for games and whatnot, but I haven't had to. My settings work for most games, and for those that don't work, the plugins are pretty self-explanatory on how to fix and such. I just turn everything on high, and it works for the most part. Then again, I don't play much outside of Final Fantasy, and those don't take much for the most part.

A lot of games need different settings.

There's nowhere I can't reach.