Ghost Vibration

Ghost Vibration
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region PAL:
Serial numbers:	SLES-51433
Release date:	May 9, 2003
CRCs:	CDD0C904
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SLPS-25131; SCPS-55031; SLPM-67526 (Korea)
Release date:	July 4, 2002; September 6, 2002 (Korea)
CRCs:	E52F8059; D1367113 (Korea)
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Developer(s): Artoon
Publisher(s): Eidos Interactive (JP), Atari (EU), HanbitSoft (KO)
Genre: Action, Horror
Wikipedia: Link (Japanese)
Game description: Find out what it means to be truly frightened!
Spurred by a phone call from his childhood friend Alicia, ghost-hunter-extraordinaire George jumps on the first plane to Europe. Together, Alicia and George make their way to a manor shrouded in a stange aura. Little do they know what is hiding within, or the fate that awaits Alicia...
Explore a mansion filled with horrors, brought to life in a seamless integration of game world and animated sequences. Use your 'speargun' to fish for ghosts in this revolutionary action game. Enter the mystifying world of Seishi Yokomizo, award-winning novelist, where every mystery leads to another. Crafted by Artoon, the creators of many hit games, this action/horror game filled with thrills and heart-pounding suspense is perfect for those dark lonely nights.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
PAL	Windows	Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz Nvidia GTX 960 2GB	PCSX2 git 07 02 2016 1.4.0	GSdx MSVC 19.00, SSE41 1.0.0	SPU2-X (20160207113503) 2.0.0 LilyPad (20160207113503) 0.11.0	When switching to first person view to attack ghosts, the rendering turns black with only text & light effects displaying. Switching back normal rendering seems impossible even with software render or openGL hack/skipdraw... I've only managed to fix the bug for a while by loading a savestate done in the chapter opening screen (static image), so maybe it's initial boot or video related, I don't know... it's strange...	Parotaku
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i7-4710MQ Nvidia GTX 860m 2048MB	1.5.0-dev-1987-ge911949	GSdx		INTC Spin Detection, Enable Wait Loop Detection, mVU Flag Hack. Once the screen went completely back and had to exit and then reload the game. Was not able to repeat this bug.	1jn14r
NTSC-J/K PAL	Windows 10 Home, x64	Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz PALIT GeForce GT 1030 @ 2 GB	v1.7.2564 Settings GS: Frame limit for PAL games: 60.00 FPS Speedhacks: INTC Spin Detection Wait Loop Detection mVU Flag Hack MTVU	GSdx Renderer: Vulkan Native Resolution: 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 Texture Filtering: Bilinear (PS2) Anisotropic Filtering: 16x Mipmapping: Basic (Fast) CRC Hack Level: Automatic (Default) Date Accuracy: Fast (Default) Blending Accuracy: Basic (Recommended) FXAA Shader Widescreen patch	build-in	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Perfect, The game no longer lags, due to the fact that this is a PAL game, I set the frame limit to 60.00 FPS. The game runs at 1440p (2K) 60 FPS, freezes or bugs. Brakes happen when two ghosts appear and the brakes are very serious.	Chern40_7

Trivia

Original names: ゴーストヴァイブレーション (SLPS-25131), 고스트 바이브레이션 (SLPM-67526)

Known Issues

Black screen in first person view

Status: Fixed
Type: Serious
Affected Game Versions: All
Description: In Direct3D 11, the first person view is completely black.
Workaround: Fixed in recent builds 1.7. For older versions: Use OpenGL rendering. Vulkan may also work.

Black shadows appear after the appearance of the ghost.

Status: Active
Type: Minor
Affected Game Versions: All
Description: In hardware mode, after the appearance of the ghost, black shadows appear and the game starts to slow down. Regression in builds emulator 1.7.0.
Workaround: Use emulator version 1.6.0 or use Software mode. In the Software mode method, don't switch back to Hardware during gameplay or else the black shadows appear on the next time the game loads.

Broken graphics, health UI and in-game character after FMV

Status: Active
Type: Serious
Affected Game Versions: All
Description: After watching FMV in hardware mode, the game breaks graphics, health interface and the main character. It happens in every stages. Regression in later nightly builds of the emulator.
Workaround:

Use Software mode, watch FMV completely in software mode and after watching FMV, you can switch to hardware mode in game.
Or use stable version 1.6.0 or build 1.7.0.

The gallery

Ghost Vibration (SLES 51433) Black Screen Bug
Ghost Vibration (SLES 51433)
v1.6.0-20200506140834, 3x Native Resolution (1080p), widescreen patch
v1.6.0-20200506140834, 3x Native Resolution (1080p), widescreen patch
v1.6.0-20200506140834, 3x Native Resolution (1080p), widescreen patch

Gameplay Videos

Gameplay footage

	Ghost Vibration (SLES 51433) (E)