Phantasy Star Portable 2

[MunchMonkii]

POSSIBLY A SOLUTION/WORKAROUND TO INFINITE LOAD SCREEN WHEN HOSTING MULTIPLAYER ADHOC GAMES

SHORT VERSION:
Based on my experiences with the 6 machines in my home, there seems to be some issue with the emulator and Windows 7. Windows 8 does not seem to have the infinite load issue. Try installing Windows 8 and see if that resolves the issue.


LONG VERSION:
I was having the same infinite load screen when attempting to host a game even when the server address was set to "localhost" and attempting to play by myself in multimode.

To troubleshoot the issue I copied my folder emulator/rom onto all 6 computers in my home to use identical game settings (all settings were default except (1) WLAN was enabled, (2) built-in adhoc server was enabled, (3) depth-field hack for PSP2 enabled)

COMPUTERS TESTED
x3 - Windows 8.1
x3 - Windows 7

• All 3 of the Windows 8 machines got past the infinite load screen (and are therefore able to host multiplayer games).
• Only 1 of the Windows 7 machines could get past the infinite load screen. The other 2 were stuck at infinite loading.
  

I reformatted my Windows 7 + SP1 machine to a completely fresh install of Windows 7, and I STILL got infinite load screen. I then reformatted this same machine to a fresh install of Windows 8, and it now can get past the infinite load screen upon hosting games (I later confirmed that it still works fine when people have joined my game). This leads me to believe there is some issue with the emulator and Windows 7.

So, if you have a copy of Windows 8 and you have some spare time/patience, I would suggest trying an upgrade to Windows 8.


NOTES: All of the machines I tested (except for 1 Windows 7 computer) are 64-bit. I also tested both the x64 and x86 versions of PPSSPP with the same results.

It's also worth noting that if you're trying to troubleshoot this infinite load screen when hosting, don't even bother trying to fiddle with router settings. You should be able to get past this screen even if your machine isn't connected to the internet / router (ASSUMING YOU'RE USING "localhost" as the server IP address). The problem is software on your machine that may be missing, a driver issue or even PPSSPP itself