PSX4Droid => General Discussion

[skirt]

Specify psx bios file? Says this when I start it up in the settings and can't do anything else or find what file to pick. What a complicated app really needs to simplify this or alot of people ain't gonna pay especially $6 I debated for bout an hour before I bought lol someone please start a guide?

*edit* nvm finally found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734919

 

[beneharris]

i just dled this today, and i ran ff8 for about 20 mins at 800mhz, and noticed considerable slowdowns in the world map, but no problems during battles. i've noticed people saying they see slowdowns at 1ghz also? what is everybody seeing? lets start posting up things we find out so that we can help everyone out.

the only problem i could see with putting my phone up to 1ghz to run these would be battery life. the battery is going to drain considerably more when its clocked up to 1ghz constantly just to run these games as opposed to the 800hmz i am running right now.
either way, i am getting mad jollies out of playing ff8 on this.

 

[nmcmahan52]

i loaded up castlevania sotn this morning, kinda choppy, sound cracks

 

[katsuru]

i think this app should be getting more support by its developer... no updates at all, is he even trying to fix all the issues it has? does some1 know about it?

 

[Big Lou]

i think this app should be getting more support by its developer... no updates at all, is he even trying to fix all the issues it has? does some1 know about it?

Relax, it hasn't been out a week and it's already had an update.

 

[mich1248]

wheres the best place to download roms at..everytime i try to load a rom it seems to be a different file type than what it should be..so i cant get anything to work..

 

[Big Lou]

I get mine from emuparadise.org.

 

[Darkside86]

I get mine from emuparadise.org.

emuparadise.org is where I get my roms too.

 

[mich1248]

I get mine from emuparadise.org.

Do u have to do anything to the file once its downloaded.because i can't get them to load right

 

[Darkside86]

here is what worked for me.

Download the ECM program (it's in the how-to guide)
Download the rom from wherever, it should be in zip or rar format or something similar
extract it until you see the ecm file
open the ecm program and drag the unecm.exe to your desktop
take the ecm file you got when you extracted the rom and drag and drop it straight on top of the unecm.exe file you put on your desktop
wait for a bit as it will be extracting it, A little black box should come up telling you its extracting and will tell you the location it is extracting it to. Make sure you remember where it extracts to.
then go to that folder and find the newly extracted .img .bin or compatible file
then just drag and drop that file into your psxoid folder on your sdcard.
open the psx4droid on your phone and choose the file you put there.
make sure it doesn't have any spaces or characters in the name because the emulator won't recognize that. I've had to rename almost everygame or it won't recognize it.

This is how I got it to work and hope that it helps those who were having the same problems as me.

 

[Big Lou]

I get mine from emuparadise.org.

Do u have to do anything to the file once its downloaded.because i can't get them to load right

All the roms I have downloaded from emuparadise are set up like this:

1) I download a .7z file from the site which I extract with a program called 7-Zip.
2) I then open the folder which contains an ECM file.
3) Meanwhile, I downloaded a program called unecm. You can get that here: http://www.neillcorlett.com/downloads/ecm100.zip
4) I extract ONLY the unecm.exe file from that download.
5) I then drag the ECM file for the game I downloaded into the unecm.exe program as it automatically creates a .bin file.
6) Finally, I organize my .bin files by renaming them a simpler name.

For example, instead of "Gran Turismo 2 (E) (Disc 2) (Gran Turismo Mode Disc) [SCES-12380].bin", I rename it to "Gran Turismo 2 (Disc 2).bin

All my .bin files are in a folder on my SD Card called PSX.

 

[Mawnee]

i just dled this today, and i ran ff8 for about 20 mins at 800mhz, and noticed considerable slowdowns in the world map, but no problems during battles. i've noticed people saying they see slowdowns at 1ghz also? what is everybody seeing? lets start posting up things we find out so that we can help everyone out.

the only problem i could see with putting my phone up to 1ghz to run these would be battery life. the battery is going to drain considerably more when its clocked up to 1ghz constantly just to run these games as opposed to the 800hmz i am running right now.
either way, i am getting mad jollies out of playing ff8 on this.

-I found going from stock to 800 gave a very nice imrpovement. Made most non action games playable with some slowdowns.
-From 800 up to 1Ghz gave a small improvment. Eliminated most slowdowns from the Final Fantasy games for me.
-From 1Ghz to 1.2Ghz gave almost no improvment, though it did turn my phone into portable cooking device...

I really want to see Gran Turismo 2 playable on my phone. Even at 1.2Ghz it slows down considerably with other cars on the track For now I am satisfied with FF7, FF8 and FF tactics though

 

[Big Lou]

i just dled this today, and i ran ff8 for about 20 mins at 800mhz, and noticed considerable slowdowns in the world map, but no problems during battles. i've noticed people saying they see slowdowns at 1ghz also? what is everybody seeing? lets start posting up things we find out so that we can help everyone out.

the only problem i could see with putting my phone up to 1ghz to run these would be battery life. the battery is going to drain considerably more when its clocked up to 1ghz constantly just to run these games as opposed to the 800hmz i am running right now.
either way, i am getting mad jollies out of playing ff8 on this.

-I found going from stock to 800 gave a very nice imrpovement. Made most non action games playable with some slowdowns.
-From 800 up to 1Ghz gave a small improvment. Eliminated most slowdowns from the Final Fantasy games for me.
-From 1Ghz to 1.2Ghz gave almost no improvment, though it did turn my phone into portable cooking device...

I really want to see Gran Turismo 2 playable on my phone. Even at 1.2Ghz it slows down considerably with other cars on the track For now I am satisfied with FF7, FF8 and FF tactics though

What kernel are you using? When I was using a 1.2ghz jdlfg PSX games played like crap. Since switching to Chevy's 1ghz, Gran Turismo 2 runs butter smooth.

 

[gardobus]

I tried PSX4Droid on my X. It runs okay but still a bit slow. Pretty nice for such an early version (1.1?). I'll keep an eye on it because I'd play it all the time if it got a little smoother. I tried an old Mech Warrior and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

 

[Mawnee]

i just dled this today, and i ran ff8 for about 20 mins at 800mhz, and noticed considerable slowdowns in the world map, but no problems during battles. i've noticed people saying they see slowdowns at 1ghz also? what is everybody seeing? lets start posting up things we find out so that we can help everyone out.

the only problem i could see with putting my phone up to 1ghz to run these would be battery life. the battery is going to drain considerably more when its clocked up to 1ghz constantly just to run these games as opposed to the 800hmz i am running right now.
either way, i am getting mad jollies out of playing ff8 on this.

-I found going from stock to 800 gave a very nice imrpovement. Made most non action games playable with some slowdowns.
-From 800 up to 1Ghz gave a small improvment. Eliminated most slowdowns from the Final Fantasy games for me.
-From 1Ghz to 1.2Ghz gave almost no improvment, though it did turn my phone into portable cooking device...

I really want to see Gran Turismo 2 playable on my phone. Even at 1.2Ghz it slows down considerably with other cars on the track For now I am satisfied with FF7, FF8 and FF tactics though

What kernel are you using? When I was using a 1.2ghz jdlfg PSX games played like crap. Since switching to Chevy's 1ghz, Gran Turismo 2 runs butter smooth.

I'm on a Chevy 1.2GHz MV kernel running plain unlocked 2.1 rom. Yours runs smooth even when racing with other cars? I've found even overclocked it slows down to half speed or less once I'm actually in a race. hmm maybe I"ll try a different kernel