Mario RPG [Possibly Other Games] Sound gleeks.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:38 pm

Hoi. I know this has probably been asked before... but I tried a search and found no solutions so far.

System::

MSI k7n2 delta mainboard [nForce drivers]
ati radeon 9600 pro
amd athlon 2600+
120 gig western digital hd
1gig geil ddr pc3200

My problem is that with certain sounds such as when i use super jump, i get crazy noisy sounds instead of the original jump sound. the strange thing is that it only happens sometimes. if anyone knows if this is just a rom problem and could point me to a good one[note::not a rom request], or i'm an idiot and am missing an option in the sounds, that would be awesome.

thanks dudes

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:40 pm

Standard question: Are you using the latest WIP? Providing checksum of the rom image would be nice.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:41 pm

Make sure you got the latest drivers for everything. (sound, video card, and others)

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:41 pm

Well, knowing how you configured the sound in zsnes might help.
In case you've missed the menu, it's CONFIG->SOUND.

The snes-accurate settings are 32000Hz samples, gaussian interpolation and no low-pass filter.

HalfShadow · Post by **HalfShadow** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:42 pm

I was of the impression Mario RPG didn't really work that well anyway...

Or have they fixed that?

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:45 pm

Except for some rare flicker issue I never had any trouble the last time I played it.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:09 pm

holy crap this forum is active.... i have the newest WIP version, just got it from that ipher site or whatever. my sound and video card drivers are also the newest, and i will be sure to turn off gaussian and no low pass, i'll report back to say if it works, as for the other stuff [checksum] i have no idea what that is.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:16 pm

Crc32 for dummies:

Load a game.
Open your eyes and read the bottom-right part of the screen.
Like:

Ain't there a log file created storing everything about the latest game loaded ?
Nach added this iirc...
Found it: rominfo.txt, located in your save directory.

You can get the crc32 from this file too, if you can't copy it from the screen.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:19 pm

d1git wrote:holy crap this forum is active.... i have the newest WIP version, just got it from that ipher site or whatever. my sound and video card drivers are also the newest, and i will be sure to turn off gaussian and no low pass, i'll report back to say if it works, as for the other stuff [checksum] i have no idea what that is.

You want to turn on gaussian.

When you start the game, it creates a file called rominfo. Open up the rominfo.txt file and paste the info it gives.

Edit - You beat me to it.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:24 pm

This is the info for the last game you ran.

File: marpg_e.smc Header: No
SUPER MARIO RPG TYPE:SA-1
INTERLEAVED:No BANK:Lo CHKSUM:OK
VIDEO:NTSC CRC32:1B8A0625

there ye go. still can't get it to work and i've tried all the sound options, maybe i need to do a certain combination.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:25 pm

Your ROM is fine.

That's all I can say.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:28 pm

...damnit.

HalfShadow · Post by **HalfShadow** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:45 pm

Personally, I find cubic spline sounds better. Gaussian is a bit muffled.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:45 pm

could i maybe get what you guys think of as the optimum video and sound settings?

HalfShadow · Post by **HalfShadow** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:48 pm

Of course, I usually play with headphones on, so I'm sort of closer to the sound.

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:49 pm

If that is the original nforce, that board was crap. I have one and regret it everyday also the onboard sound is no good try another sound card too.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:55 pm

wierd, cause i love this board and this soundcard. haven't had any sound problems until now.

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:58 pm

It is an original nforce and not the nforce2? Because the differences are colossal, be warned once it starts fizzing out it won't be long before it goes *I hate you and your data! I will kill it all hahaha* thats why I hate the nforce.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:13 pm

think it's nforce 2.... just got it not too long ago and it was top of the line when i did.

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:16 pm

Nforce2 is much better, they are very stable and nice... and they don't kill your data cause there buggy and... *weeps*

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:52 pm

d1git wrote:could i maybe get what you guys think of as the optimum video and sound settings?

Well, grin already posted the SNES-accurate settings for sound. As for Video, choose the res that you like and the filters you like depending on your comp speed.

PKFAIRY · Post by **PKFAIRY** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:00 am

you could also see if the quirk is present in ZSNES DOS and SNES9X. It could mean something to do with your direct X settings.

d1git · Post by **d1git** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:10 am

i'll try in snes

Post by **Agozer** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:11 am

PKGINGO wrote:you could also see if the quirk is present in ZSNES DOS and SNES9X. It could mean something to do with your direct X settings.

This bug has not been in the recent WIPs of ZSNES DOS, that much I can tell.

PKFAIRY · Post by **PKFAIRY** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:15 am

exactly why I wanted him to try it, as the DOS version doesnt use direct x, however, do NOT use a ZSNES savestate with snes9x, use the SRAM file with it.