rustyjaw Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Has anyone messed with these settings? I remember when I first got my PS2 I fiddled with the Smooth textures, but I never noticed a difference, so I left it on Standard. Do they make a visible difference? And what about disc speed? Why wouldn't you set it on fast? Is there a drawback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 I believe those settings just effect playing PS1 games. On some games the smooth textures improves the look of 3D games greatly (particularly things like Crash Team Racing) but it causes other games to lock up. I've never noticed a big difference with the drive speed settings though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted October 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Ah, that would explain why I never saw a difference with Smooth on. It would be handy if it actually mentioned PS1 compatibility in that setup screen. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I believe it actually mentions it in the PS2 manual, but who the hell reads console manuals other than asshats like me? -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy liquid Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Okay, I have a stupid question. :oops: How do I get to these settings? I've looked, but haven't seen it anywhere. Could it have been removed from the new PS2 model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Its stupidly not under configuration - the options you want are hidden in the version info you get by pressing triangle. They do actually make a bit of difference to PS1 games, as the smoothing also makes it do perspective correction on textures, so they don't warp and ping any more. Don't expect anything as drastic as what you get with Bleemcast however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted October 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Erik, I don't remember specifically, but I do know you need to hit the triangle to get to them, it's not a menu selection. And obviously you need to be in the system config area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy liquid Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Ah, I see. Thanks, Ed and Iain! It's weird that it isn't a menu selection. Kind of like how the Xbox doesn't have the bandwidth testing as a menu selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Oh, and another really annoying thing is that it doesn't remember your settings once you turn the power off, so you'll need to set them every time. Arrgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 I think it's saved the settings for my system onto my memory card. I'll check the next time I boot up my PS2. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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