FPSLocker homebrew app for Switch updated to v1.1.0

masagrator · Mar 19, 2023

Naster said:
Who cares about fps?

That why for people like you I have implemented option to set 15 FPS. If you don't care about FPS, you can lower it to get higher resolution or save battery

FAKEdemicBioPYSCHONANOWAR · Mar 19, 2023

masagrator said:
That why for people like you I have implemented option to set 15 FPS. If you don't care about FPS, you can lower it to get higher resolution or save battery

Can this fpslocker conflict with 60fps ips patches or cheats that may or may not be up to date to be working on the game version?
(Just wondering for unexpected behaviours. As i have all your 60 fps patches and more but i dont jeep track which still even work or not with what game version)

masagrator · Mar 19, 2023

FAKEdemicBioPYSCHONANOWAR said:
Can this fpslocker conflict with 60fps ips patches or cheats that may or may not be up to date to be working on the game version?
(Just wondering for unexpected behaviours. As i have all your 60 fps patches and more but i dont jeep track which still even work or not with what game version)

With IPS patches no since FPSLocker patches are applied after loader initializes game, while IPS patches are applied before that.

With cheats there may be an issue if you would like to set for example 45FPS but you have enabled 60 FPS in cheats, then it may come to race condition where one value will be overwritten by other value, and since cheat engine state is refreshed every 10ms vs my plugin doing this only every second, cheat will always have a priority. So it's not recommended to run FPS cheat with this plugin IF FPSLocker patch already exists for your version.

Arcansel · Mar 19, 2023

Thank you for this tool! I have a question though, is there a workaround for the random crash that may happen when selecting the overlay? This is something it always happened to me and after all this time it still happens so i am assuming there is something i can do to prevent the crashing.

Update: It seems it fixed when i uninstalled sys-clk old version and replaced with a newer one, at least it never crashed again so far.

FAKEdemicBioPYSCHONANOWAR · Mar 19, 2023

masagrator said:
With IPS patches no since FPSLocker patches are applied after loader initializes game, while IPS patches are applied before that.

With cheats there may be an issue if you would like to set for example 45FPS but you have enabled 60 FPS in cheats, then it may come to race condition where one value will be overwritten by other value, and since cheat engine state is refreshed every 10ms vs my plugin doing this only every second, cheat will always have a priority. So it's not recommended to run FPS cheat with this plugin IF FPSLocker patch already exists for your version.

I ran metroid dread and the 60 fps cheat was auto on if i remember correctly. Not sure if you can turn that off?!

What about romfs patches?

masagrator · Mar 19, 2023

FAKEdemicBioPYSCHONANOWAR said:
Not sure if you can turn that off?!

If you have in system_settings.ini enabled saving toggles, you can turn cheat off with f.e. Edizon Overlay.
And Metroid Dread is 60FPS by default btw.

FAKEdemicBioPYSCHONANOWAR said:
What about romfs patches?

"romfs patches" don't exist. If you mean mods, they don't affect how FPSLocker works. FPSLocker can overwrite configs with patches (As an example my patch for Triangle Strategy overwrites "r.DynamicRes.FrameTimeBudget")

Chrisssj2 · Mar 19, 2023

masagrator said:
If you have in system_settings.ini enabled saving toggles, you can turn cheat off with f.e. Edizon Overlay.
And Metroid Dread is 60FPS by default btw.

"romfs patches" don't exist. If you mean mods, they don't affect how FPSLocker works. FPSLocker can overwrite configs with patches (As an example my patch for Triangle Strategy overwrites "r.DynamicRes.FrameTimeBudget")

Well i got mutiple titleid folders which have the "exefs" folder in them. is that still IPS then?

I thought there used to be a download button here to download them all?
https://github.com/masagrator/NXGraphicsPatches

masagrator · Mar 19, 2023

Chrisssj2 said:
is that still IPS then?

No. It usually means you are using some skyline/exlaunch mods or you are using graphics mods from people that don't even bother to learn how to make IPS patches (for example Eclipse) so they patch main directly and upload patched main with mod.

Chrisssj2 · Mar 19, 2023

masagrator said:
No. It usually means you are using some skyline/exlaunch mods or you are using graphics mods from people that don't even bother to learn how to make IPS patches (for example Eclipse) so they patch main directly and upload patched main with mod.

In which case that wouldn't conflict either with fpslocker...?

Shahaan · Mar 19, 2023

Will this try to unlock the framerate in all games or do patches still need to be created for them?

masagrator · Mar 19, 2023

Shahaan said:
Will this try to unlock the framerate in all games

No, it is limited by SaltyNX capabilities and how game locks FPS.

Shahaan said:
patches still need to be created for them?

For compatible games that do use internal FPS locks - yes

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Chrisssj2 said:
In which case that wouldn't conflict either with fpslocker...?

patched main - no.
exlaunch/skyline can.

Chrisssj2 · Mar 20, 2023

masagrator said:
No, it is limited by SaltyNX capabilities and how game locks FPS.

For compatible games that do use internal FPS locks - yes

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patched main - no.
exlaunch/skyline can.

How to tell the difference between patched main or skyline/exlaunch?

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Wish I could use it but constant crashes in tesla menu makes this impossible. and there is no homebrew version of it...

masagrator · Mar 20, 2023

Chrisssj2 said:
How to tell the difference between patched main or skyline/exlaunch?

if it's skyline/exlaunch, in exefs you have subsdk*, probably "subsdk9". If it's main, you have "main" file.

Bricked · Mar 20, 2023

Thanks masagrator for yet another great innovation. I can't tell you how much you've improved the homebrew experience with your tools over the years!

Soundtoxin · Mar 22, 2023

Reploid said:
Why it's FPSLocker and not FPS-UN-Locker?

My first thought when I saw the title was that it was for lowering the framerate to a new setting. I've heard of people doing that on their Steam Decks to 50 or 40fps so they could increase battery life. Sounds like it will be for doing both that and removing locks, which is nice.

GenNaz · Mar 23, 2023

Soundtoxin said:
My first thought when I saw the title was that it was for lowering the framerate to a new setting. I've heard of people doing that on their Steam Decks to 50 or 40fps so they could increase battery life. Sounds like it will be for doing both that and removing locks, which is nice.

Should be noted that this will only be useful for caping at 60 or 30 fps (or 15 if you're a masochist) because the Switch screen only operates at a 60hz refresh, unless you want a terribly juddery experience. 50 and 40 fps caps are viable on Deck because you can also change the refresh rate to whatever you want between 40hz and 60hz to match the cap.

masagrator · Mar 23, 2023

GenNaz said:
unless you want a terribly juddery experience

Most Switch games have terrible juddery experience already without any mod.

You're overestimating people's ability to see such issues without any graph on top of screen. Many Steam Deck users are PC enthusiasts so of course there is higher percentage of its users to see such issues in comparison to Switch users.
At least you will get consistent framepacing issues so you can get used to them instead of inconsistent.

GenNaz said:
or 15 if you're a masochist)

You forgot about 20.

GenNaz said:
only operates at a 60hz refresh

You can technically change it, but it seems to be not possible to do it in runtime (all functions supposedly allowing to change it don't work), you must patch pcv.

SerpentStomper · Jul 28, 2023

Hey guys how would I get this working on Ryujinx? My Skyrim is a pretty rock solid 60fps but movement will get a stutter especially in first person.

masagrator · Jul 28, 2023

SerpentStomper said:
Hey guys how would I get this working on Ryujinx? My Skyrim is a pretty rock solid 60fps but movement will get a stutter especially in first person.

You don't.

SerpentStomper · Jul 28, 2023

masagrator said:
You don't.

Ah okay. I thought since a game can be tricked into thinking it’s on a Switch, then any other program should be able to as well.

I just disabled dynamic resolution last night in my ini file and game seems good now. I guess these hacks are just for a Switch since it’s can’t hold a solid 60fps so something with Vsync changes everytime DR changes? Was super frustrating because everything was good but my feet lol. The movement was stuttering or something weird in first person. That’s Skyrim for you I guess, pandora box mods this thing.

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