Mario RPG dialog graphics problem

ShroudedLayers · Post by **ShroudedLayers** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:56 am

Hi. I haven't been involved with anything SNES in a while *hangs head in shame* but I recently decided to play through Super Mario RPG again... so I fired up ZSNES, loaded the game, and played for a while. Everything was fine until I got into the first town and started talking to people. Whenever a dialog box was displayed a wierd graphical glitch would appear and flicker violently as did the upper and lower screen edges while the dialog box was being animated. I have included a screenshot, but it does not effectively show how annoying this problem is at all. I was just wondering if there was any way to fix this or atleast improve it. I have tried many different ZSNES settings but to no avail. It drives me nuts for whatever reason and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[EDIT: I also just noticed that all sprites on screen occasionally disappear when i enter a new area or when a cutscene appears.]

My specs and ZSNES settings are as follows:

PC:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
512MB PC3200 400Mhz DDR
128MB AGP8X ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Windows XP Prefessional w/ SP2

ZSNES Video:
1024x768 DR Full
HQ2X
Hi-Res Mode 7
VSync

ZSNES Audio:
Stereo
44100Hz
Gaussian

Screenshot taken at 640x480 DR Full:
http://www.theforsakenones.com/mrpgglitch.JPG

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:11 pm

First of all, are you using the latest WIP version? if not, get it here.

Secondly, post NSRT output regarding your rom image. You can get NSRT here.

ShroudedLayers · Post by **ShroudedLayers** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:55 pm

Yeah, that was with the latest WIP. I have also tried it with 1.36... same results. Although, since this post I have tried it with SNES9X and it worked fine, I would just much rather use ZSNES. At any rate, here is the NSRT ouput:

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---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
       File: Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (U).smc
       Name: SUPER MARIO RPG       Company: Nintendo
     Header: None                     Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No                       SRAM: 256 Kb
       Type: SA-1 + Batt               ROM: 32 Mb
    Country: USA                     Video: NTSC
  ROM Speed: 200ns (SlowROM)       Version: 1.0
   Checksum: Good 0x3BB4             CRC32: 1B8A0625
--------------------------Database--------------------------
   Name: Super Mario RPG
Country: USA                    Version: 1.0
 Port 1: Gamepad                 Port 2: Gamepad

Paul Bunyan · Post by **Paul Bunyan** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:45 pm

I'm going to go ahead and suggest you make sure you have the latest version of Direct X and latest video card drivers.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:49 pm

I remember this bug was reported in the Official Bug Topic. Even if you do have the latest WIP version, it still flickers and have missing sprites in the Inns.

ShroudedLayers · Post by **ShroudedLayers** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:53 pm

9.0c and Catalyst 4.10

I remember this bug was reported in the Official Bug Topic. Even if you do have the latest WIP version, it still flickers and have missing sprites in the Inns.

Oh, so it's not just me then. Is it everybody, or just certain systems or something? Actually, I'll just go try and dig up the bug report. Thanks for all the help.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:56 pm

Well, some people have this problem. Go read it here.