Ok. I still don't get it (Skies of arcadia), please answer!
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diablo2121
teh diAbLo
The sound isn't perfect either. It's messed up.
diablo2121
teh diAbLo
What do you mean? My sound is terrible.
Dark Mits
Eternal Darkness
I have completed the Echelon version (w00t). I too have GeForce FX 5200. Other specs: Pentium 4 2.0GHz, 768MB DDR-RAM @ 266MHz, WinXP Prof. SP2. Crashes can happen if:
-> You press buttons quickly (for instance you press the Cancel button to exit a menu before it has even loaded completely [but in the real Dreamcast it would just put your command in a buffer so as to execute later]). Even though it doesn't crash at once, you first experience a sound problem (many sounds and BGMs sound really bad, can't describe but you've probably experienced)
-> You play too long (a bit obvious, but I thought I should mention). Note, however, that I managed to play 5 consecutive hours (I did save at regular intervals of about 5 to 20 minutes though) before I closed Chankast not because it crashed but because I got bored. The sound did go off at times but would fix alone a bit later.
When in an airship the emulator is more prone to crashing than otherwise. Also, to avoid pressing buttons too quickly (first point), try setting the Chankast clock (with the +, - buttons) to such speeds so that the game NEVER exceeds 25FPS. I played it at about 15-20FPS to ensure that. Of course that means that the game pretty much plays in slow motion, which explains why I needed 50 hours for my 20 hour game. If you want any game saves I will post my memory cards sometime in late May. Oh, and I've been through the game TWICE!!!
Does anyone else feel too that the game should have more side-quests?
-> You press buttons quickly (for instance you press the Cancel button to exit a menu before it has even loaded completely [but in the real Dreamcast it would just put your command in a buffer so as to execute later]). Even though it doesn't crash at once, you first experience a sound problem (many sounds and BGMs sound really bad, can't describe but you've probably experienced)
-> You play too long (a bit obvious, but I thought I should mention). Note, however, that I managed to play 5 consecutive hours (I did save at regular intervals of about 5 to 20 minutes though) before I closed Chankast not because it crashed but because I got bored. The sound did go off at times but would fix alone a bit later.
When in an airship the emulator is more prone to crashing than otherwise. Also, to avoid pressing buttons too quickly (first point), try setting the Chankast clock (with the +, - buttons) to such speeds so that the game NEVER exceeds 25FPS. I played it at about 15-20FPS to ensure that. Of course that means that the game pretty much plays in slow motion, which explains why I needed 50 hours for my 20 hour game. If you want any game saves I will post my memory cards sometime in late May. Oh, and I've been through the game TWICE!!!
Does anyone else feel too that the game should have more side-quests?
diablo2121
teh diAbLo
I've played through Skies of Arcadia 3-4 times (none on Chankast though) but I have one file that I just leveled all the way up to 99. It's a great game (Along with Grandia 2 which I played through 2-3 times). I do feel like it would use a little more quests to lengthen it. They announced a sequel a while back ago, but by the looks of it, it's already dead (though haven't technically begun). 
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Thanks to everyone for helping me so far!
Well I just tried it, and the graphic have more glitches than... something REALLY glitchy.
The menus are full of shadows, many transitions start with a glitched image, after battle spoils aren't showing, lots of transperency issues with locations and most importantly - the worldmap, which is just a mess of a mess of a double-mess.
I don't think the game's very playable like that (due to the world map and the lack of battle spoils and maybe the transitions too, everything else - I can overlook)...
Is there a solution to this graphical mess? If not, I guess I'll have to wait for another version of chankast... there's a new one coming around the next few monthes, right?
Well I just tried it, and the graphic have more glitches than... something REALLY glitchy.
The menus are full of shadows, many transitions start with a glitched image, after battle spoils aren't showing, lots of transperency issues with locations and most importantly - the worldmap, which is just a mess of a mess of a double-mess.
I don't think the game's very playable like that (due to the world map and the lack of battle spoils and maybe the transitions too, everything else - I can overlook)...
Is there a solution to this graphical mess? If not, I guess I'll have to wait for another version of chankast... there's a new one coming around the next few monthes, right?