PlayStation Classics Issues

[CB7Tuner91]

Only thing id like to ask is if you could you get the word out that we'd like to get more classics with trophy support going forward, and continue to keep patching the ones yall have already released with trophies like with Super Stardust Portable and Jumping Flash! Thanks

Edited February 24, 2023 by CB7Tuner91

[You]

I know a lot of old Playstation 1 games had the infamous warping glitch but man why is it so bad on this game? I don't ever remember this happening on the original release, did they reimport the animations using entirely integers and no floats?

 

There's a bit where Dart is tapping his foot but there's no interpolation in his foot movement at all, it just jerks between two and very wide set positions.

Also the polygons moving, about they constantly show the inside of player's heads or arms at an alarming rate as if the meshes aren't connected together at all. Small movements are the worst, all characters glitch like crazy, like mild spazms.

 

There's also weird Z ordering issues, like Lavitz will be doing his victory celebration whilst stood on top of grass which is actually in the foreground.

 

And then river and smoke effects. they now look awesome?

 

Even without the soft locking (which I haven't experienced yet) this is like playing the game on an inprogress Playstation emulator from 1999 on Windows 98.

[Virdeborn]

Not sure if this is a good place to do it, but I'd like to put in a request for a 60 hz option for the first Wild Arms game in Europe.

[Angulus]

Hi @jefXfree I know your job is recollect bugs to inform Sony, but can you suggest them to add new trophies to The Legend of Dragoon like "learn all additions" or "defeat the secret boss Faust"? I think all fans are a little dissapointed with the list.

 

But first they have to fix the bugs, of course.

[jefXfree]

All bugs up until this post have been delivered to the team.

[TheSwordUserYT]

Well, no pressure, however the story about this release being a mess is starting to break out internationally now, including an article in gaming section in Forbes.
While it's appreciated we have unofficial channels that we can share issues to, it would be more professional from Sony if they were to make sort of official statement.
There are already people who got Platinum, proving that it is possible to beat this game as it is right now, but it has to be forced with save states and rewinds to fudge certain AI attack patterns that will not cause a soft lock and excessive grind to avoid using Dragoon powers and kill everything ASAP. That's not the way this game should be played by anyone.
Now, to me, it isn't too big of an issue, since I bought and beat this game on PS3 years ago and received license for PS4/5 for free, however if game is proven tough to fix in timely manner, Sony will have to issue a statement and let people who bought it after re-release have it refunded.
I don't blame engineering team since they probably had deadline to meet, but if QA would attempt to play at least through disc 1, these issues would be discovered before release for sure.

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by TheSwordUserYT

[Beyondthegrave07]

Guys, he doesn't need 20 people to telling him to get something fixed if it's already been reported and he has responded to it; it doesn't need to be reported again.

 

We are lucky to have someone to report these issues to so let's not pressure him into fixing things and try to keep this thread relatively clean and keep the banter about classics in other threads.

 

Please keep in mind that PSNP is not an official Sony channel, and JefXFree is not speaking on behalf of Sony or Sony PR, and the thread only serves to forward bugs to the right people. 

 

I'm going to lock this temporarily @jefXfree and will reopen after I get a chance to clean it up for you. I will also remove duplicate reports upon request. 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Beyondthegrave07

[liquidsnakehpks]

Hi is the harvest moon ps1 license issue fixed ? i still cant claim the game despite owning the ps3 copy. 

PSN Region : India

[TwilightShadow22]

Ape Escape 2 is still entirely borked on PS5, there's a lot of graphicalissues that make the game unplayable.

[jefXfree]

7 hours ago, TwilightShadow22 said:

Ape Escape 2 is still entirely borked on PS5, there's a lot of graphicalissues that make the game unplayable.

 

The PS2 game?

[Zengaku92]

6 minutes ago, jefXfree said:

 

The PS2 game?

Yeah Ape Escape 2, Okage Shadow King, The Warriors are some of the PS2 classics that suffer from various graphical glitches that make them unplayable and they have been that way since the PS5's launch. I was hoping they would get patched with the relaunch of the PS+ and these PS2 games being offered as a part of the premium tier but they are still broken

[jefXfree]

https://orbispatches.com/CUSA32006?v=01.04

 

Hot Shots Golf 1.04

 

Added NTSC<>PAL Swap.
Added UI Language Support for Arabic.
Added UI Language Support for Ukrainian.
General Bug Fixes.

Edited February 25, 2023 by jefXfree

[fallenkai]

On 2/24/2023 at 10:18 AM, jefXfree said:

All bugs up until this post have been delivered to the team.

Awesome. I'm so glad somebody cares enough to listen to the players and help them out with the issues of the games for the teams to fix. 

Thank you jefXfree you are an awesome person 

Edited February 26, 2023 by fallenkai

[Seshomaru1988]

Hey Folks,

 

Not sure what to add of value here other than another longtime fan of the series adding to the forum numbers, hoping to drive participation in a patch to fix the issue with the soft lock. Hats off to folks that play tested this like they did - super impressed with the diligence of some of you out there.

[RG-Riven]

Hi JefXfree,

 

I'm a former games QA staffer and also worked on PlayStation Home, I signed up just to leave some feedback. I run a gaming blog and research how games change between PAL and NTSC.on the SEGA Saturn. I'm from the UK and am aware of the various changes that can take place between NTSC/J, NTSC/U & PAL releases of any game, even budget releases can have bug fixes and changes. I did a guide explaining it on the Saturn here: https://randomisedgaming.tumblr.com/post/146372446412/the-complete-european-sega-saturn-60hz-guide-to

 

All these issues were seen on a PS4 Pro, using the United Kingdom releases:

 

Off the bat there are two clear issues with the original Wild Arms.

1. The NTSC/U (North American) 60Hz version needs to be included, as the game is stuttering when you move in the 50Hz PAL version. This is due to the fact that the PS4 only runs at 60Hz and adds in static frames to make up for the missing ones, as a result the scrolling is no longer smooth in the 2D village scenes, if you walk past any building you will see the scrolling judder (Left and right scrolling easiest to spot) when playing the PAL version. Media.Vision the developer I don't believe optimised the game for PAL and what we are getting is the NTSC version just running at an incorrect speed.

 

(This will be an issue across the board in all 2D games on the emulator when the PAL version is used.)

 

2. Manual screen alignment for the emulator needs to be added, I've noticed in Wild Arms the screen is misaligned on PS4. The bottom few frames are cut off screen as the top of the picture has blank lines. While the game does have an internal screen alignment option if you move it up this will crop the top of the image, as the games internal option isn't very good. By default the bottom is off screen on my TV even when set to just scan mode. It seems to be more of an issue with most PAL versions in the emulator, but not the NTSC ones. PAL versions don't seem to be centred correctly.

 

I should add at NTSC the PlayStation 1 did 480i, but in PAL it did 576i, however most PAL games were the 480i video image shown in a 576i frame, resulting in huge black borders at the top and bottom of the screen for the unused lines. (That's a quick overview of it.) The screen centering in PS1 appears to be slightly different between PAL and NTSC, I believe.

 

Are you emulating the PS1 directly or are you emulating the PS2?

 

The reason I ask is The Legend of Dragoon is known to have major issues on PS2 models, not PS1, crashes and other problems on the PS2 are known. I heard conflicting reports some say it's the original version some say it's the Greatest Hits version. (While I don't know which version of The Legend of Dragoon you are using, it might be worth a shot trying the different NTSC/U revisions, to see if this fixes some issues.). If the emulator is acting as a PS2, that may explain some of the issues also. That may not be the root issue, but I just wanted to let you know about it. Example of legacy bug threads:

https://www.neoseeker.com/forums/1093/t963497-problems-end-of-disc-2-after-fighting-lenus-regole-please-please-help/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197765-the-legend-of-dragoon/58257212

 

For Wild Arms 2 having the option to pick the uncensored NTSC/J release as an option would be a welcome extra, even if the text is in Japanese. If I'm being honest, unless there are license issues or that version doesn't exist, then each release should contain the NTSC/J, NTSC/U & PAL and the various budget revisions if they had added bug fixes.

 

Seeing as it never got a USA release and if I don't mention it no one else will, could someone look at the game that started the Wild Arms series known as Rapid Reload (Europe) Gunners Heaven (Japan) it was done by Sony and Media.Vision. It's a superb 2D run and gun shooter that costs an arm and a leg these days on PS1 and is long overdue a reissue, the characters in it also turn up in Wild Arms 2.

 

I'm happy to discuss in detail, my analyst on PAL and NTSC for the PS1 with some of you at Sony, If you are interested get in touch. As I don't think it is well understood by many developers these days, as unless you know the lead skew of the game you can't tell the intended game speed of a title. Games built for NTSC run too slow in PAL, while titles developed for PAL directly can run too fast at NTSC.

 

Awhile back I did try forcing some PAL PS1 games in 60Hz: https://randomisedgaming.tumblr.com/post/632059947316805632/importplayer-light-for-ps1-how-to-fix-some-mod

 

Sorry for the long post, hope some of this information helps, it's certainly great to see these titles getting reissued and great to see Wild Arms 2 finally getting a Europe release the other day.

Edited February 26, 2023 by RG-Riven

[TheSwordUserYT]

Crossposting from other thread on LoD forums, I got 1.000.002 update for PS5 just now. US version of the license. Check if you guys got it too.

[DaivRules]

In order to keep this thread on topic, please post ANY Legend of Dragoon posts that are not NEW issues to the other thread:
 

jefXfree will post any futher information about the game if needed,

 

[thundergod_cid]

2 minutes ago, jefXfree said:

 

Can you detail the bug you're seeing here: https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/138018-playstation-classics-issues-no-trophy-requests-or-new-game-requests/?page=7

 

Are you just waking into an area and doing a random battle?  Boss battle?  etc?

 

I’m fighting the dragon spirits as soon as I start a the battle with regole the game instantly soft locks no items magic or attack used no enemy attack obviously regole is trying to use a certain attack that causing the soft lock same with Frey brand but he is slower and my max speed is 110 with meru but he always gets the first attack so I can’t fight him unless I level up to match his speed just to rewind the fight every time it soft locks just to play the game 

[jefXfree]

8 minutes ago, thundergod_cid said:

I’m fighting the dragon spirits as soon as I start a the battle with regole the game instantly soft locks no items magic or attack used no enemy attack obviously regole is trying to use a certain attack that causing the soft lock same with Frey brand but he is slower and my max speed is 110 with meru but he always gets the first attack so I can’t fight him unless I level up to match his speed just to rewind the fight every time it soft locks just to play the game 

Thank you.

[thundergod_cid]

Lost most of the game sounds with the update why lol stupid bro utterly stupid what is this destiny fix one bug six take its place lol

[BltzZ]

1 hour ago, thundergod_cid said:

Lost most of the game sounds with the update why lol stupid bro utterly stupid what is this destiny fix one bug six take its place lol

Sounds like you loaded in with a older save state. You need to load in from the IN GAME Save file. then overwrite the old save state with a new one.  

[JilllSandwich]

22 minutes ago, BltzZ said:

Sounds like you loaded in with a older save state. You need to load in from the IN GAME Save file. then overwrite the old save state with a new one.  

^This. I had the same issue and this exact method fixed my audio issue. 

[LochiMadrid]

Hi all,

 

This is my first post here and since last night I was sharing with @BltzZ on Twitter about a bug I found that was still present after the update (I didn't use save state, I've been using Game Save feature the whole time).

 

Here's the video (I have to record it from the phone since the crash cancels the recording from within the system). Since it's in Spanish, basically the issue is that whenever you try to use "Charm Potion" the game will crash. It doesn't matter if it's on the map or in any location, it always crashes: 

 

 

 

[jefXfree]

Thanks.  I'll pass this along.

[Digital-MooseMan]

Some minor visual glitches: Garbled text & a green line on the side.
 

https://imgur.com/a/dlirAqW