Earthworm Jim 2 sound/crash glitch

What evar · Post by **What evar** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:02 am

Is it just me or does this game have some serious sound glitches and crashes randomly? I've tried several different versions and they were all the same. Will this ever be fixed?

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:17 am

I've had no such problems with EWJ2.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:30 am

You must not have played it very much then, since it freezes in the first level. The game has major timing issues and will likely not work correctly until the new timing engine is complete.

What evar · Post by **What evar** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:12 pm

I've finished it before, but it had some sound issues later in the game too. The rocket level crashed a lot too, so it's not just the first level.

What evar · Post by **What evar** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:17 pm

Sorry for the double post, but no one wouls see this if I didn't do it:

I just tested the game with all the versions of ZSNES I currently have (1.337, 1.36, the 25. may WIP optimized version and the 17. july WIP. All Windows versions)

With 1.337 it has the sound bugs, but is stable (i.e. it doesn't crash every 30 seconds) up to the flying king level. (I didn't get further)

With 1.36 the sound effects are there, but they are severely choppy.

With the optimized WIP it's so unstable that it's not even playable. It crashes a LOT on the first level. (I think it crashed ten times when i played through it, I saved regularly to load whenever it crashed) ut is downright unplayable in the second level (Lorenzen's Soil I think) I think it crashed once every minute on average.

With the latest WIP (july 17) is just as bad as the may one. How come it just became worse? What went wrong? Man, I can'
t wait 'till 1.40 gets out

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:49 pm

A WIP is a work in progress. So it can't be perfect.

Gospel · Post by **Gospel** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:21 pm

ZSNES itself is a WIP.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:04 pm

And even official releases are considered beta (at least for sourceforge).

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:06 pm

try snes9x. When something in zsnes doesn't work I use a different emulator for it.

What evar · Post by **What evar** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:55 am

I know it can't be perfect, and SNES9x was just as bad. I just thought it was strange that it was so much worse in later versions than in 1.337 (which is really old). And why exactly doesn't SNES9X allow me to press diagonal directions on my control pad? It's really annoying.

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:24 pm

I dont have this problem so it might be a bad install of some evil software, or you can run spybot search and destroy to see if maybe spyware is messing you up.

acidreighn · Post by **acidreighn** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:52 pm

rage46 wrote:I dont have this problem so it might be a bad install of some evil software, or you can run spybot search and destroy to see if maybe spyware is messing you up.

I do have this problem with both Zsnes and Snes9x and my comp is clean.

A solution would be wonderful.

I also had simlar sound problems with Contra 3.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:10 am

It is a bug in ZSNES. That's all there is to say. Don't know about Snes9x.

Try SNEeSe or bsnes.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:40 am

What evar wrote:
With the latest WIP (july 17) is just as bad as the may one. How come it just became worse? What went wrong? Man, I can'
t wait 'till 1.40 gets out

ZSNES is already on v. 1.42, and the latest wips are from either dec. '05 or jan. '06.

although it seems like it's still an issue.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:50 am

sweener: this is a 1.5 year old topic dude... someone brought it back up man...

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:45 am

oh.

i don't normally look at the dates.

FitzRoy · Post by **FitzRoy** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:20 am

adventure_of_link wrote:sweener: this is a 1.5 year old topic dude... someone brought it back up man...

Yes, but it is also proof that some newbies do use the search function before posting

LysolPionex · Post by **LysolPionex** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:48 am

While I realize this post is almost 2 years old, I am wondering if perhaps anyone has been able to get this to work (I figure that within two years, some development, small if nothing else, would have been made). I have ZSNES 1.5, and my game has sound issues, but doesn't freeze at all, until Lorenzen's Soil (level 2), so perhaps some progress has been made. :)

Thank you,

Lysol

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:27 am

go buy the pc version and enjoy

no need for crappy emulation and you get ALL the levels in one easy to use package ^^

Post by **badinsults** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:56 am

Perhaps with the new sound engine, things will be fixed. This topic brings up a lot of memories, because the first time I ever posted on an emulation board was in regards to the problems with Earthworm Jim (way back in 2000). Earlier this year, I broke down and bought the game. Great stuff.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:07 pm

Have you tried BSNES or SNES GT? Both fix the EWJ2 sound AFAIK.