Hate to start another thread for this game but i couldn't find a dedicated game thread and all the specific problem threads didn't really seem that relevant to my issues so i figured a new thread as in order.
Anyway, the problems:
1. The menu doesn't show up. It is there, and i can interact with it, but it's invisible. In its place are weird graphical bugs like this (http://i.imgur.com/Zw9lM.jpg). As i advance in the menus, other random graphics that seem like they're from the opening cut scene show up.
2, Speaking of which, that leads to problem number 2. I can't get past the opening cut scene. It doesn't really freeze, but basically starts looping almost like a GIF or something at this point (http://i.imgur.com/l6BTy.jpg). Other times it does actually straight up freeze before it even gets there. EDIT: Scratch that. I've figured out that the problem isn't getting stuck in a loop, but rather there's dialog that i must advance to move on. Problem is, like the menu, the dialogue is completely invisible. So apparently dialogue doesn't show up at all either. I'll take this opportunity to add it shouldn't be a driver issue as i made sure everything was up to date before posting.
3 (fixed)
Settings (mostly back to default after messing around to no helpful ends):
Custom projection hack enabled
accurate vbeam emulation enabled
I know this game has been notoriously hard to emulate in the past, but it has a playable rating and i've read that it's supposed to be able to run almost perfectly at this point. Hopefully someone can help me get there.
Anyway, the problems:
1. The menu doesn't show up. It is there, and i can interact with it, but it's invisible. In its place are weird graphical bugs like this (http://i.imgur.com/Zw9lM.jpg). As i advance in the menus, other random graphics that seem like they're from the opening cut scene show up.
2, Speaking of which, that leads to problem number 2. I can't get past the opening cut scene. It doesn't really freeze, but basically starts looping almost like a GIF or something at this point (http://i.imgur.com/l6BTy.jpg). Other times it does actually straight up freeze before it even gets there. EDIT: Scratch that. I've figured out that the problem isn't getting stuck in a loop, but rather there's dialog that i must advance to move on. Problem is, like the menu, the dialogue is completely invisible. So apparently dialogue doesn't show up at all either. I'll take this opportunity to add it shouldn't be a driver issue as i made sure everything was up to date before posting.
3 (fixed)
Settings (mostly back to default after messing around to no helpful ends):
Custom projection hack enabled
accurate vbeam emulation enabled
I know this game has been notoriously hard to emulate in the past, but it has a playable rating and i've read that it's supposed to be able to run almost perfectly at this point. Hopefully someone can help me get there.