Screen Problems with ePSXe

[atarisoul]

Hello Everyone

I'm having problems with running ePSXe from GameEx. I have been trying for days to work it out.

I'm using Pete's OPENGL2 v2.9 plugin and it works perfectly.

When I try to launch from GameEx the first time it runs in full screen its fine. When I run another game and I get the desktop appearing with only the top left hand quarter of the screen for the game. Its almost like the resolution or screen position is wrong.

I've attached the log.txt, emulator ini export and my GameEx.ini

I would be most grateful for help on this.

Thanks in advance

Sony Playstation.ini

GameEx.ini

log.txt

[nullPointer]

I'm guessing that the problem is with the OpenGL 2.9 plugin rather than with GameEx. You'll find problem reports popping up in various places regarding this exact same issue from time to time (example). The bad news is that I don't know that I've ever seen a proven fix for this particular glitch. One potential step I would definitely recommend is to see whether you have the same issue when running through ePSXe Shark Enhanced. This is (more or less) a patched version of ePSXe 1.8 which addresses a number of long standing issues with the emulator and it's plugin eco-system. It's a vast improvement IMO. It's the only version of ePSXe that I run currently, and it does contain some patches for the OpenGL plugins. I can't say for certain whether it will fix your current issue, but I can say that while I've experienced the issue you're describing while using vanilla ePSXe, I've never (to my recollection) experienced the same problem under Shark Enhanced.

Shark Enhanced will also allow you to use an extended set of plugins, including the awesome Pokopom input plugin (which may very well have become my favorite input plugin ever).

[atarisoul]

Thanks for your reply nullPointer.

I am running 1.8 shark. I will start ePSXe from scratch and repatch it. Its strange as it works fine directly in ePSXe.

it has been driving me mad. i will report back when ive tried it.

Cheers

[atarisoul]

BTW, ive also cleared ePSXe reg settings too. cheers

[nullPointer]

Hmm ... in that case, a few questions.

• Do you have the Desktop Resolution in the plugin settings set to the native resolution of your desktop?
  
• Have you verified that ePSXe is being closed correctly? I've run into various issues where it looks like ePSXe has closed correctly, only to discover that there are one (or more!) ePSXe processes still running when I check the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). I have found that this particular situation is liable to cause all sorts of odd behavior with ePSXe.
  
• Are you using any additional tools with ePSXe? Here I'm thinking specifically of ePSXecutor (it's totally ancient, but it still works a treat even on the latest versions of ePSXe). That's the one additional factor that I have running on my ePSXe setup. Like I mentioned before, I've had ePSXe exhibit the behavior you describe above (especially when changing between fullscreen and windowed using Alt+Enter), but not for a long time. Maybe it's actually ePSXecutor that's the magic bullet?

[atarisoul]

Hello nullPointer

• Do you have the Desktop Resolution in the plugin settings set to the native resolution of your desktop?
  Yes 1920x1080
• Have you verified that ePSXe is being closed correctly? I've run into various issues where it looks like ePSXe has closed correctly, only to discover that there are one (or more!) ePSXe processes still running when I check the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). I have found that this particular situation is liable to cause all sorts of odd behavior with ePSXe.
• Yes, and only 1 running

• Are you using any additional tools with ePSXe?
• No

I have found a workaround though. I start windowed and set "wait before keys=3000" and "Keys to send=%{ENTER}"

This works.

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated and also for telling me about Pokopom input plugin

Cheers

[nullPointer]

Great to hear you got it all sorted out atarisoul! Sorry I couldn't offer more in the way of tangible assistance, but I'm glad you landed on an acceptable workaround.

[atarisoul]

No need to apologise. Thanks and hope to chat again.