Banjo Tooie - shadow problem

I try not to post too many of these types of messages, but nobody else has mentioned this, and I'm wondering if it's only on my computer this happens.

First of all let me say well done to all the authors of PJ64 1.5. It's a wonderful work of art and I'm so happy to see it finally runs Tooie and Yoshi. I didn't think the original UltraHLE would ever be topped. But this is definately the best N64 Emu I've ever used.

My problem is with Banjo's shadow. When I use Jabo's Direct3D7 1.40 plugin (the best on my system), I get a big dark box that follows Banjo around wherever I move him.

Using other video plugins, such as RCP's Direct3d v0.6, or Unofficial DaedalusD3D8 0.08 Rel. 2, the shadow works perfectly, but most of the other graphics are screwed up.

I've tried playing around with all the video settings to no avail. Has anybody else discovered any settings that fix this problem?

(I know I'll probably get a lot of DON'T EXPECT PERFECTION, JUST BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT! replies, and I am happy, I just thought I'd check and see. Any help would be appreciated.)

System Specs:
Jabo's Direct3D7 1.40
Jabo's DirectSound 1.40
Jabo's DirectInput7 1.40

P4 1.60 GHz
256MB RAM
RADEON 32MB SDR
DirectX 8.1
WinXP Home Edition

Thank you to everyone who helped me with the Banjo's shadow problem. I've switched to the 1.5 plugins and the problem is solved. For some reason, when I first installed PJ64 1.5, I chose to stick with the same plugins I had been using. I was under the impression that Jabo's Direct3D6 1.5 was inferior to Direct3D7 1.4, thinking 3D7 was the later release. O how foolish I was. Thanks again, everyone. (I didn't expect that the pause screens on both Banjo's would be fixed too!)

Anchel said:

Grunty said:

Wow I was feeling bad because that Jiggy Wiggy's challenge part runs at 2 frames a second! I'm glad everything else is perfect

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Yes, that is the worst thing of all in the game. It takes such a long time to complete Challenge number 1 (even if the game marks only ten 90 seconds left lain2: )
Also, I don't get those random crashes. What version are you using? I'm using the European one, wich works perfectly (and I can choose the language in spanish )

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Here's how I work around this problem. When I get to a puzzle part, I hit F5 and save. Then I switch video plug-ins to D3D7. Then restore the saved game. I play the puzzle using D3D7, which runs at full speed, but you don't see any picture in the puzzle. Just a colorful pattern. Then when I'm done, I save and switch back to D3D6 and continue.
It may not be a solution, but it's a good work-around.