Beetle PSX HW Black Screen after cutscene (Help!)

Playing a playstation game called The Granstream Saga on Beetle PSX HW and after an anime cutscene the game says “now loading” and then the screen just goes black. And nothing…I tried OpenGL, Vulcan, software, hardware, a different .cue file of the game. Any ideas?

I don’t think the log file shows anything but here it is:

[INFO] RetroArch 1.9.1 (Git cf6ca2a) [INFO] === Build ======================================= [INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel® Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz [INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2 [INFO] Built: Mar 28 2021 [INFO] Version: 1.9.1 [INFO] Git: cf6ca2a [INFO] ================================================= [INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: “dinput”. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565. [INFO] Version of libretro API: 1 [INFO] Compiled against API: 1 [INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz. [INFO] [Video]: Video @ fullscreen [INFO] [Vulkan]: Vulkan dynamic library loaded. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Found vulkan context: vk_w [INFO] [Vulkan]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU index 0. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [INFO] [Vulkan]: Queue family 0 supports 16 sub-queues. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1920 x 1080. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1920 x 1080. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using resolution 1920x1080 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using RGB565 format. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader. [INFO] [XInput]: Found XInput v1.4. [INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: “dinput”. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Video]: Found display server: win32 [INFO] [XAudio2]: Requesting 64 ms latency, using 64 ms latency. [INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: “vulkan”. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [SRAM]: SRAM will not be saved. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_music_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_video_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_image_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_favorites.lpl]. [INFO] [Vulkan]: VSync => ON [INFO] [Vulkan]: VSync => ON [INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Updating firmware status for: C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\cores\mednafen_psx_hw_libretro.dll on C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\system [INFO] [CORE]: Using content: D:\Emulators\Playstation Emulation\ISO’s Retroarch\The Granstream Saga\Granstream Saga, The (USA).cue. [INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds. [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core… [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols… [INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames. [INFO] RetroArch 1.9.1 (Git cf6ca2a) [INFO] === Build ======================================= [INFO] CPU Model Name: Intel® Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz [INFO] Capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2 [INFO] Built: Mar 28 2021 [INFO] Version: 1.9.1 [INFO] Git: cf6ca2a [INFO] ================================================= [INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: “dinput”. [INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\cores\mednafen_psx_hw_libretro.dll” [INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\config\Beetle PSX HW\Beetle PSX HW.cfg”. [INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\config\Beetle PSX HW\The Granstream Saga.cfg”. [INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\config\Beetle PSX HW\Granstream Saga, The (USA).cfg”. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: “0”. [INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_INTL. [INFO] Core requested VFS version >= v1, providing v3 [INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO. [INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\config\remaps”. [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\saves\Granstream Saga, The (USA).srm”. [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\states\Granstream Saga, The (USA).state”. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION. [INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\system”. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_SAVE_DIRECTORY. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_DISK_CONTROL_INTERFACE_VERSION. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_DISK_CONTROL_EXT_INTERFACE. [INFO] [Environ]: GET_PERF_INTERFACE. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_SERIALIZATION_QUIRKS. [INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 15. [INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS: [INFO] [Environ]: GET_RUMBLE_INTERFACE. [libretro INFO] Rumble interface supported! [INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: XRGB8888. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO. [libretro INFO] Loading D:\Emulators\Playstation Emulation\ISO’s Retroarch\The Granstream Saga\Granstream Saga, The (USA).cue… [WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port1.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port2.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port3.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port4.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port5.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port6.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port7.gun_chairs

[WARN] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE_EXT: unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port8.gun_chairs

[libretro INFO] Checking if required firmware is present… [libretro INFO] Firmware found: C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\system\scph5501.bin [libretro INFO] Firmware SHA1: 0555C6FAE8906F3F09BAF5988F00E55F88E9F30B [INFO] [Environ]: SET_HW_RENDER, context type: vulkan. [INFO] Requesting Vulkan context. [INFO] Reached end of SET_HW_RENDER. [INFO] [Environ]: SET_HW_RENDER_CONTEXT_NEGOTIATION_INTERFACE. [INFO] [SRAM]: Skipping SRAM load… [INFO] Version of libretro API: 1 [INFO] Compiled against API: 1 [INFO] [Cheats]: Load game-specific cheatfile: C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\cheats\Beetle PSX HW\Granstream Saga, The (USA).cht [INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 44228.26 Hz. [INFO] [Video]: Video @ fullscreen [INFO] [Video]: Using HW render, vulkan driver forced. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Vulkan dynamic library loaded. [INFO] [Vulkan]: App: Beetle PSX (version 0) [INFO] [Vulkan]: Engine: parallel-psx (version 0) [INFO] [Vulkan]: Found vulkan context: vk_w [INFO] [Vulkan]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080. [libretro INFO] Found Vulkan GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [libretro INFO] API: 1.2.168 [libretro INFO] Driver: 466.188.0 [libretro INFO] Selected Vulkan GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [libretro INFO] GPU supports Vulkan 1.1. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Found GPU at index 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU index 0. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design [INFO] [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1920 x 1080. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1920 x 1080. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using resolution 1920x1080 [INFO] [Vulkan]: Using BGRA8888 format. [INFO] [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader. [INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: “dinput”. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Video]: Found display server: win32 [libretro INFO] num hd textures: 0 [libretro INFO] Creating shader module. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating pipeline layout. [libretro INFO] Creating shader module. [libretro INFO] Creating shader module. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating pipeline layout. [libretro INFO] Creating shader module. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating pipeline layout. [libretro INFO] Creating shader module. [libretro INFO] Creating descriptor set layout. [libretro INFO] Creating pipeline layout. 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[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: freetype. [libretro INFO] Controller 1: PlayStation Controller [libretro INFO] Controller 2: PlayStation Controller [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_music_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_video_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_image_history.lpl]. [INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: [C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\content_favorites.lpl]. [INFO] [Vulkan]: VSync => ON [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating compute pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating compute pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [INFO] [Vulkan]: VSync => ON [INFO] [Vulkan]: VSync => ON [INFO] [State]: Loading state “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\states\Granstream Saga, The (USA).state”, 16777240 bytes. [INFO] [State]: Saving state “RAM”, 16777240 bytes. [libretro INFO] Creating compute pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating compute pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating compute pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating render pass. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. [libretro INFO] Creating graphics pipeline. 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[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 01 minutes, 16 seconds. [INFO] Saving runtime log file: C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\playlists\logs\Beetle PSX HW\Granstream Saga, The (USA).lrtl [INFO] [Core]: Unloading game… [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core… [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols… [INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to “C:\Users\nxjta\Desktop\Retroarch\config\Beetle PSX HW\Beetle PSX HW.opt” [INFO] [Video]: Average monitor Hz: 60.006001 Hz. (4.412 % frame time deviation, based on 2048 last samples). [INFO] [Video]: Average monitor Hz: 60.006001 Hz. (4.412 % frame time deviation, based on 2048 last samples).

Well in the game options I changed dynarec code invalidation to dma only and put dynarec gpu cycles to 128% and got past the loading screen. Also turned of mdec yuv chroma filter off. Don’t know if any of this made a difference or I just got luck and it just happened to load…

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