final fantasy viii rom glitch

the words in the game are missing. they are replaced with a black box where the words are supposed to be. any one have any suggestions? im using epsxe emulator. and using the pete's plugins

use the 'nice' defaults for the video plugin and enable the relevant special game fixes.

Also use ePSXe 1.5.2I had weird text glitches in Final Fantasy 8 when I tried it with ePSXe 1.7.0, and when I switched to 1.5.2 with the exact same plugin settings, the text issues disappeared.

I tried the ePSXe 1.5.2. The same problem continues
I also tryin using the 'nice' defaults and using the special game fixes on both emulators but the problem still occurs.

which video plugin are you using, and what graphics card do you have?

was using Pete's OpenGl2 Driver 2.9 before and i had no problems playing a game with it. i had no problems with it but for some reason now when i try to load a game with it, an error occurs and the emulator crashes. I also tried using the Pete's OpenGl2 Driver 1.77 as well but the boxes still remain. i have a RADEON IPG 345 graphics card

ATi radeons are not compatible with the opengl drivers, use the directx one.

what directx one?

petes dx7 preferably, otherwise pete's dx6

ok. i downloaded the dx6 and dx7 version 1.77. i tried them both on the epsxe 1.7 and 1.5.2. both still have the same error.

using the 'nice' defaults and special game fixes?

did that. nothing

Are you running the game with "Run ISO", burning it to a CD and playing in your actual CD Drive, or are you mounting the image on a virtual drive with a program like Daemon Tools?

"Run ISO"

ok. i got it fixed. i just needed to restart the whole game instead of continuing from my last save point. thx alot to all those who helped me. i really appreciate it