Purpose of thread:
For those who've heard what a
awesome and popular rpg final fantasy 10 is but do not own a
ps2, or those whose ps2 has spoilt, or those whose coms are good
enough to run ffx faster than on ps2, or those (like me) who bought
ffx USA when it came out and now wish to play the international/jap
version with dark aeons and different sphere grid.
1. download pcsx2 0.9.5; ps2 emulator from http://www.soft82.com/download/windows/pcsx2/
Great link, it comes with all graphics/sound/cdrom/controller
plugins in the correct folders, plus bios too. Scroll down and
read all the instructions.
2. Burn a ps2 disc or download game image (.iso) from http://thepiratebay.org/search/ffx%20international/0/99/0
This link is final fantasy 10 international version with Jap
voices and Eng subtitles, rare! fully clean and seeded
torrent. you also need to get www.utorrent.com first.
3. Open pcsx2, 1. go configurations; set keyboard controls.
2. configure graphics GSdx9 (sse2 with Direct 3D9
and pixel shader 3.0 if your com has it), and nloop hack. 3.
at cdvdrom find your ffx .iso location. 4. for bios choose the USA
one. 5. at cpu choose multi threaded mode if you have dual or
quad core processor. run cd! alt+enter for full screen.
few screenshots below:
123 fps (204%) ,
the clouds and sea :)
71 fps (119%) fires
and sunset sky cutscene
100 fps (166%) in
underwater battles
91 fps (151%) ship lights
cutscene
90 fps
(150%) playing blitzball
142 fps (236%)
running about here
real playstation 2 speed is 60
fps (100%).
my com
specs:
liquid-cooled 2.67GHz Q9400 Intel Core 2 Quad
processors
Nvidia GeForce 9800
4GB of 1066MHz DDR 2 memory
1.2TB hard drive (2x 640GB); 2x 150GB WD Raptor 10000 rpm
drives
24 inch lcd screen
emulator +
OS : pcsx2 0.9.5 on Vista home premium 64 bit
with v-sync off.
Note:
these games in my com run at full speed to double the speed of my
original ffx on playstation 2. But if your com has lower specs
(older graphics card/<2GB ram/single core processor) your
FF10 will likely run at 35~ fps instead of 100~ or 3 times
slower. 75%~ of the world would get 25-50 fps actually. Also if you
are using XP you only need half the ram that vista needs.
*emulators are always legal. Getting the game .iso is legal if
you owned the original game disc. having scph10000.bin
etc bios is legal if you owned a original playstation.
