ZSNES Problem

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:27 pm

Well, yesterday, ZSNES was working fine and I was playing Final Fantasy II, it was working perfectly. About an hour later, I open zsnes (btw i am dumb) and it shows a black box instead of the purplish menu. But at the top it still has the menu. I can load any game perfectly and open state(even the the open state window is in the top left corner). But the game is super slow, and everytime I try to open a new screen, such as walking through a door or going up stairs into a new room...it freezes. It won't load the next room and I cannot move my character. This isn't just for FF2 either. The problem, is that it was working perfectly just yesterday, I closed ZSNES, opened it again an hour later and there was the problem. I really want to keep my save state on Final Fantasy II aswell..as I'm about 9 hours into it. Is there anyway this can be fixed without the save state being lost?

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:29 pm

readhttp://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:31 pm

You might want to fix that url tag a little, Paul.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:33 pm

thanks

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:40 pm

I read it...before hand. Im not sure of my system specs. I know I got a Pentium 2 processor, and im not sure about megahertz or anything. The CPU is pretty old. But I've had ZSNES for a while working on this. Its never had this problem.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:46 pm

windows v?
go to my computer and right click, go to properties, you should see processor and RAM
do you have a video card?

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:56 pm

I have Windows XP Home Edition.

Pentium II proccessor
234 MHz
96.0 mb or RAM

Pathetic...yes...but my good cpu is getting fixed. Is there anyway that I could possibly transfer a save state to a disc or something?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:04 pm

Well, yeah, just browse to your zsnes folder (or the place where you save your files) and look for (insert rom name here).srm or (insert rom name here).zs0 - .zs9

The first one (.srm) is battery saved (the one in rpgs for example) and the other ones (.zs0 to .zs9) are save states, the ones you use with the F keys.

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:32 pm

Okay, I backed up the save files, but can anyone help me and tell me how i can fix ZSNES because this black box on the screen sucks...I want to play.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:36 pm

have you tried deleting the config files and loading anew, I assume you are using the latest WIP

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:54 pm

Yes, I've deleted the cfg file and I have the newest version of ZSNES. Same problem...

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:04 pm

both config files, or just zsnes.cfg?

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:08 pm

I've deleted both, and the black box doesnt appear anymore. But there is still a problem. Every time i'm playing FF2, I try to open a chest or open a door...it resets. I have no idea why it does that. It was working fine yesterday.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:38 pm

halfway there

did you/your family members install any programs/drivers/anything between when it worked and now?

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:39 pm

You should do a virus/adware scan.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:21 am

Agozer wrote:You should do a virus/adware scan.

Does that ever affect ZSNES?

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:35 am

I downloaded the newest version of Direct X, as thats what I read to do in the FAQ if it didnt work. But it didn't help at all. It only stopped working at 5 am this morning.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:37 am

did you get new drivers for your vid card?

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:56 am

No. I'm not even sure which video card I have.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:58 am

go to my computer, right click
select properties
go to hardware tab
click on device manager
expand display adapters, it should tell you your graphics card there

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:01 am

Or an easier way is to go to start>run>type in dxdiag>click ok>click display and it will give you info on your video card.

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:04 am

ATI Technologies Inc. 3D Rage II+PCI

But the problem isnt the black box anymore. Its that when I enter a door or open a chest on FF2, it just freezes the main character and he can't move. It could be a problem with the rom...but it was working fine before.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:07 am

I'd dl new drivers anyway. http://www.ati.com

Kevin_79 · Post by **Kevin_79** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:13 am

There isn't a driver for my graphics card.

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:17 am

Kevin_79 wrote:There isn't a driver for my graphics card.

Well, that sucks. I'm running out of ideas, I guess you could try to find another ROM.