Is the ps2 street fighter 15th anniversary colection usually this buggy?

[DianeInsetinha]

I'm playing on original hardware using opl via a USB stick, so it might be a user problem, but I've been having a really bad experience with this. Constant freezing, bugs, crashes, and etc. I've been trying to play sf 3 third strike via this collection and it's been a terrible experience.

Is this normal?

 

[Stookymalarkey]

You have to keep in mind that the PS2 only had USB 1.0 on it so the data transfer rate isn't very good to begin with. I have a feeling that might be the culprit. Have you tried other ways of playing it on your system, such as ESR patching the ISO and burning it to a disk?

 

[DianeInsetinha]

You have to keep in mind that the PS2 only had USB 1.0 on it so the data transfer rate isn't very good to begin with. I have a feeling that might be the culprit. Have you tried other ways of playing it on your system, such as ESR patching the ISO and burning it to a disk?

Over the years, I've tried most of these and, with other games, opl works pretty fine. Loading may take a bit, but it never just freezes like that

 

[Deleted member 77791]

I'm playing on original hardware using opl via a USB stick, so it might be a user problem, but I've been having a really bad experience with this. Constant freezing, bugs, crashes, and etc. I've been trying to play sf 3 third strike via this collection and it's been a terrible experience.

Is this normal?

I use OPL on PS2 for years so I've witnessed how OPL went from problematic to "decent" anymore. But I don't have particular experience or any report I heard about that game. While not impossible if the compatibility of the game is that bad, still there are ways to manage it.

It depends on the game file itself, your PS2 (IDK if it's a hardware problem), your OPL version, your OPL settings, your USB stick itself, et cetera tons of other things that would be too long to troubleshoot here.

All you can do is ensure everything is right and updated then try it.

I don't even know which game you mean as I don't know much about Street Fighter, but I'm curious to test it. Your game's region can matter too, then your PS2 region can matter too. If you can find the game on this website please share its link so I can download and try it on my machine. If it still happens on my machine and I cannot stop it from happening then we can get a really fast answer here lol.

Then I do need specific details for bug testing. If playing the game normally for a while makes it obvious that the game is problematic, it's so far enough to have a way to test the game.

Lastly what I can say is OPL versions are a complex mess, some newer forks can cause many problems in tons of unexpected ways. So it's even hard to say "just find a recent OPL" lol.

 

[Webardo]

Try out nhddl; it may run better with that one, just read the instructions and you shoudn't have any issues setting it up.

 

[AntonioDP]

I play that and many other games via HDD with no issue. That's all I can say, sorry.

 

[Deleted member 77791]

I play that and many other games via HDD with no issue. That's all I can say, sorry.

Some games really have huge problems not many people talk about. Sometimes the issues started to happen after certain OPL versions released recently but compatibility list is not being updated. For example USA version of Project Snowblind has a "game controlled not connected" issue no matter where the game file is as long as it's run from OPL despite using many OPL versions is an issue I have no idea if it's fixed yet. When you manage to bypass the issue then the game may freeze forever randomly.

Some new OPL versions can cause random freezes and crash issues that weren't happening before (as much as I experienced), it made me revert back to few months old version of the OPL at the time. So I think since a year ago OPL went from stable to unstable, if new OPL users are not warned about it they may believe OPL is an useless thing and they may wonder why it's not fixed yet, but then those people who using some 3 years old versions plays their game just fine lol.

 

[AkiraSO4]

If that keeps going, you can play the standalone version of 3rd Strike on OPL. Worked pretty well on my end. There's an English patch and everything.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

USB loading has been a cause for a lot of problems on OPL. If you have a fat model get a HDD. For slim get the mx4sio (it's a memory card with an SD card slot). Also always test with multiple versions of OPL. Some games just don't like certain versions.

 

[Deleted member 77791]

USB loading has been a cause for a lot of problems on OPL. If you have a fat model get a HDD. For slim get the mx4sio (it's a memory card with an SD card slot). Also always test with multiple versions of OPL. Some games just don't like certain versions.

New OPL versions have fixed these typical problems since like a few years. Newest PS2 models has slightly faster USB speed which actually benefits.

For example any fast game like racing games used to run in slow motion, now there is no problem with speed at all. People shouldn't be stuck in old knowledge when technology has improved a lot.

Currently some games can cause issues on USB but it's rather because of how these games work, also some games works better on USB even better than SMB. Some games don't work on HDD at all. Sometimes the game works on SMB but only on USB the VMC feature works. In the end the method you gotta apply depends on the game as no one method is perfect for all games.

However if you don't plan to play half of the game library I can say you can even only use USB and don't even have an issue. OPL has improved a lot these few years.

 

[DianeInsetinha]

I play that and many other games via HDD with no issue. That's all I can say, sorry.

It's alright!! That's basically what I wanted to know, at least I know I have a way to play third strike with no problems on the ps2! It's just my copy that's bugged lol

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I play that and many other games via HDD with no issue. That's all I can say, sorry.

It's alright!! That's basically what I wanted to know, at least I know I have a way to play third strike with no problems on the ps2! It's just my copy that's

If that keeps going, you can play the standalone version of 3rd Strike on OPL. Worked pretty well on my end. There's an English patch and everything.

Is there? I couldn't find it on the repo