Having a small issue with Adrenaline

[sonictopfan]

I'm currently playing Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters via PSX2PSP on Adrenaline and sometimes the characters walk slowly even when I press all the way on the analog stick, happens with the d-pad as well, it seems to happen sometimes and gets fixed other times, idk if it's a game specific glitch and if there's a fix.

On another note, is there a way to map the R2 and L2 triggers to use the right analogue stick to rotate the camera? There's also a first person mode in the game when pressing both L2 and R2 that is essentials in some areas, perhaps a way to map both buttons by moving the right analogue stick up or something?

Edit: I fixed the issue, you may close this.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

I'm currently playing Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters via PSX2PSP on Adrenaline and sometimes the characters walk slowly even when I press all the way on the analog stick, happens with the d-pad as well, it seems to happen sometimes and gets fixed other times, idk if it's a game specific glitch and if there's a fix.

On another note, is there a way to map the R2 and L2 triggers to use the right analogue stick to rotate the camera? There's also a first person mode in the game when pressing both L2 and R2 that is essentials in some areas, perhaps a way to map both buttons by moving the right analogue stick up or something?

Edit: I fixed the issue, you may close this.

Well waitaminuteman!!! How'd you fix this issue? The rest of us would like to know...

 

[sonictopfan]

Well waitaminuteman!!! How'd you fix this issue? The rest of us would like to know...

It's a very simple fix, I was being an idiot...

Hold the home button to bring up the home menu, press the "settings" option on the top right corner, make sure you're on the most left menu and pick the second option "official settings".

From there, change the controls to "custom" and switch from "analog controller" to "classic controller" to get rid of occasional the slow movement, then remap the left analogue stick to use the dpad and remap the right analogue stick to use R2 and L2, I also went ahead and made holding UP with the right analogue stick is pressing both R2 and L2 for the first person mode, since this game uses it.

 

[peter8]

@ sonictopfan :
dont say idiot to your self, I had never read something like that from you and you are do a good job here into the forums. Dizzy has right, just post your Fix ideas, knowledge is always welcome. Dizzy is willing to help, so take it, its rare.
Have some self confidence, stay strong.

happy gaming to all

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

So I just downloaded the game and installed it. Yes, the "slow walk" happens, especially when I'm moving to the right direction, say 3 o'clock. It always walks and never runs. However, he RUNS in every direction other than to the immediate right. Hmph. So basically dude this is not your system acting erratically, it's inherent in the game itself. Mystery solved!

 

[peter8]

good job dizzy !

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

good job dizzy !

Yep. The way I see it, reproduce the problem so that it is clearly demonstrated on another system.

 

[sonictopfan]

Update...

I finished Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters a couple of days ago 100% + the good ending, I wanted to play Bugs Bunny Lost in Time next but I noticed the game runs slow on adrenaline, I tried to increase the CPU speed but it didn't seem to make any difference, I shall mention that I never overclock my systems and my Vita is no exception...

anyway, I then decided to try switching the Driver from Inferno to MARCH33 and I THINK it runs faster now, still not full speed but it's kinda like playing in 50Hz? I dunno, can someone more experienced confirm or figure out a solution for the slow down?

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

Update...

I finished Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters a couple of days ago 100% + the good ending, I wanted to play Bugs Bunny Lost in Time next but I noticed the game runs slow on adrenaline, I tried to increase the CPU speed but it didn't seem to make any difference, I shall mention that I never overclock my systems and my Vita is no exception...

anyway, I then decided to try switching the Driver from Inferno to MARCH33 and I THINK it runs faster now, still not full speed but it's kinda like playing in 50Hz? I dunno, can someone more experienced confirm or figure out a solution for the slow down?

It could be just the way the game plays on Adrenaline, or try it in RetroArch. Not all games are PERFECT, but most PS1 & PSP games run fantastically on Adrenaline. I've only run into like 5 games that won't run on Adrenaline: Eggs of Steel, Rollcage Stage II (which was fixed with a program SetRegionGUI), MK Trilogy, and just a couple more. Do you have the Excell Document with ALL OF THE LISTS OF PS1 GAMES AND PSP GAMES THAT WORK ON THE VITA? IF NOT, I'LL UPLOAD IT FOR YOU.

 

[sonictopfan]

It could be just the way the game plays on Adrenaline, or try it in RetroArch. Not all games are PERFECT, but most PS1 & PSP games run fantastically on Adrenaline. I've only run into like 5 games that won't run on Adrenaline: Eggs of Steel, Rollcage Stage II (which was fixed with a program SetRegionGUI), MK Trilogy, and just a couple more. Do you have the Excell Document with ALL OF THE LISTS OF PS1 GAMES AND PSP GAMES THAT WORK ON THE VITA? IF NOT, I'LL UPLOAD IT FOR YOU.

I'd appreciate that, thanks.

I do have a PS1 emulator for the Vita (other than RetroArch) which MK Trilogy ran fine on it, honestly I have a huge list of PSP and PS1 games, all of which seem to run fine... However a few games I tested do have issues... just to share my results...

-Mortal Kombat Trilogy (game crashes before a match starts).

-Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius (game runs via adrenaline but is very slow, still impressive considering this is a well known game to completely crash on most emulators).

-Metal Slug Anthology (main menu is veeery slow, I didn't test much but it seems to run decently once you select a game).

I do have a PS1 emulator that I got recently for the Vita that ran MK Trilogy fine, I tested Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius but it crashes right after the Konami logo, so that one technically runs better via adrenaline, thankfully there is an official PSP Parodius compilation that includes the game which runs perfectly fine on adrenaline, I just wanted the PS1 version because I grew up with that soundtrack.

 

[peter8]

on the normal way, Mortal Kombat Trilogy is only full compatible on original PS1 system, even on original PS2 or PS3 system is this game not perfect working and crash mostly and crash always on the ending screen. So I can only play my PAL copy perfect on my original PS1 system. This is one of the rare obscure PSX titles, everyone has trouble with it. Use instead of it Mortal Kombat 3 PSX, this works great also the Beta copy, otherwise Ultimate Mortal Kombate 3 on emulator for SNES or Mega Drive.
I had see a Android version for UMK3, maybe someone can port it, would be great. And for sure Mortal Kombat Gold PAL copy was more bad with errors. Very bad we have no Sega Saturn emulator with MKTrilogy with alternate engine.


Emu4Vita Arch v.1.08 - pcsx_rearmed
https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1094
https://gitee.com/yizhigai/Emu4Vita/releases

NEW UPDATE -> PCSX-ReARMed_v1.10.vpk

I had only tested 1.08 and some games was working great , but some games also has slow framerate, so pro and contra. Best working is NTSC, mostly PAL has drop downs.

So far I remember not sure anymore, the untouched Beta copy for Biohazard 1.5 was a ISO file and not working with Emu4Vita, but was working with Retroarch.... somehow
Problems maybe fixed in the update version, I had not test the new version so far, need time.

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RetroArch Nightly
https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/186
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/playstation/vita/

Nightly is for testing, use Stable Version when you dont know what to do. Otherwise Retroarch is great but not perfect and has many mistakes here and there.
Retroarch is the only one for Vita, where you can SWAP PSX ISO Discs, so Disc 1 to 2 or 3... I need it for Metal Gear Solid german version, since Adrenalin need a compiled ISO 2 Discs into 1 and this is not untouched.
X-Files the Game (4 Discs) is working best with Retroarch, this game is not working on Adrenalin or PS2 or PS3.

Duke Nukem Land of the Babes ''Beta Version'' Planet of the Babes was working very bad on Adrenalin and water effects was bad. But perfect working on PS3 system with CFW. Not good working on PS2 with FMCB.

was testing all this stuff last year, so its not fresh in my head....

 

[sonictopfan]

on the normal way, Mortal Kombat Trilogy is only full compatible on original PS1 system, even on original PS2 or PS3 system is this game not perfect working and crash mostly and crash always on the ending screen. So I can only play my PAL copy perfect on my original PS1 system. This is one of the rare obscure PSX titles, everyone has trouble with it. Use instead of it Mortal Kombat 3 PSX, this works great also the Beta copy, otherwise Ultimate Mortal Kombate 3 on emulator for SNES or Mega Drive.
I had see a Android version for UMK3, maybe someone can port it, would be great. And for sure Mortal Kombat Gold PAL copy was more bad with errors. Very bad we have no Sega Saturn emulator with MKTrilogy with alternate engine.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy seems to work fine with PCSX ReARMed, I haven't tested it for long though, I do wanna test Bugs Bunny Lost in Time with it sometime because I've been playing it on Adrenaline and it runs slow, a few areas are glitchy too, idk why...

However, for me personally UMK3 is no replacement for PS1 Mortal Kombat Trilogy because I like playing as the additional characters especially playing as the bosses which the N64 version lacks, luckily there has been a Rom Hack known as Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Mega Drive that I've been relying on to scratch that itch for over a decade, it does not run on real hardware due to using additional RAM that is beyond the capabilities of a real Mega Drive, making it incompatible with many emulators especially older ones, however nowadays it seems to run on any MD emulator I throw it on, at least I can confirm it runs via GensPlus GX and even the PSP MD emulator.

Emu4Vita Arch v.1.08 - pcsx_rearmed
https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1094
https://gitee.com/yizhigai/Emu4Vita/releases

NEW UPDATE -> PCSX-ReARMed_v1.10.vpk

So far I remember not sure anymore, the untouched Beta copy for Biohazard 1.5 was a ISO file and not working with Emu4Vita, but was working with Retroarch.... somehow
Problems maybe fixed in the update version, I had not test the new version so far, need time.

Funnily I HAVE tested both Resident Evil 1.5 and BioHazard 1.5 last night, both seem to run via PCSX ReARMed, both .bin format, I always convert my PS1 games to bin/cue format, I have a couple of good tools to rip and convert legacy disc based systems (except for Dreamcast) you'd be surprised how many ISOs are ripped poorly floating in Roms sites, had to fix several of my own...

Anyway, I didn't play for long because I only tested a couple of games but yeah I guess they got fixed, Friday Night Funkin also worked both the official PS1 version and the alternate PS1 version, only two games did not run from my very small testing, Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius crashes after the Konami screen, and... umm... Yakyuuken Special (I only tested it as a joke tbh, it does not bother me that it crashes at the opponent select screen)

RetroArch Nightly
https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/186
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/playstation/vita/

Nightly is for testing, use Stable Version when you dont know what to do. Otherwise Retroarch is great but not perfect and has many mistakes here and there.
Retroarch is the only one for Vita, where you can SWAP PSX ISO Discs, so Disc 1 to 2 or 3... I need it for Metal Gear Solid german version, since Adrenalin need a compiled ISO 2 Discs into 1 and this is not untouched.
X-Files the Game (4 Discs) is working best with Retroarch, this game is not working on Adrenalin or PS2 or PS3.

Duke Nukem Land of the Babes ''Beta Version'' Planet of the Babes was working very bad on Adrenalin and water effects was bad. But perfect working on PS3 system with CFW. Not good working on PS2 with FMCB.

was testing all this stuff last year, so its not fresh in my head....

Yeah RetroArch is a nice substitute but I was never a big fan of how slow it starts up and to swap games and how busy it is to navigate, but mostly due to how taxing on older systems it can be, I can understand its value especially nowadays and since 2020 I started relying on it more on newer hardware but on older hardware like the Wii and PS Vita it's just too slow to use for a simple NES game so I tend to use standalone emulators whenever available.

I'll be honest, I don't think I have tested any of the multi-disc PS1 games with adrenaline, it was my understanding they work fine, I downloaded a bunch of them from the PSN store and converted a bunch of them but don't believe I ever got around sitting down and testing a full multi-disc game on my PS Vita, some games use 3 discs like FFVII and Super Adventure Rockman... I believe Policenauts too (or was it the Saturn version that used 3 discs? I forgot) however I didn't know some PS1 games used four discs though, on Game Cube afaik 2 discs were the limit, but I know Phantasmagoria for the Sega Saturn used 8 discs.

 

[peter8]

Currently I test MK Trilogy N64 with Daedalus Emulator on Vita. Its working and its possible to remap the controller like the PSX version. But truly the N64 version has a very bad Music score, so I love more the PSX version. Its not so perfect, I will give it rating of 90 to 95% playable, its good enough.
I must say the Music Score from the UMK3 SNES version was great and I love it, so I was never understand why the N64 Trilogy version has so a bad Music score ?

Mortal Kombat 2 PSX NTSC JAP is great working on Vita with emu4vita, this game make many problems on PS2 FMCB. Amazing

Mortal Kombat 1 Sega Mega CD is also working on vita, but need Bios Files, its the best copy, full uncut.

Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius sorry can not help with it.

4 Discs games was Final Fantasy VIII and IX, Koudelka, X-Files, Fear Effect.

Phantasmagoria PC GOG is working over ScummVM, its great Love it, part1 and 2 is working, I did a topic somewhere here.

Its better when you download direct bin cue images and dont convert it yourself, since ISO is a bad dump for PSX games, it must be bin and cue. Search for CDRomance there have all bin and cue images. ISO is for DVD PS2 and BD PS3, but not for CD PS1.

 

[Webardo]

Update...

I finished Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters a couple of days ago 100% + the good ending, I wanted to play Bugs Bunny Lost in Time next but I noticed the game runs slow on adrenaline, I tried to increase the CPU speed but it didn't seem to make any difference, I shall mention that I never overclock my systems and my Vita is no exception...

anyway, I then decided to try switching the Driver from Inferno to MARCH33 and I THINK it runs faster now, still not full speed but it's kinda like playing in 50Hz? I dunno, can someone more experienced confirm or figure out a solution for the slow down?

Use this converter: https://github.com/sahlberg/pop-fe
This should fix both BB Lost in Time and X-files.

What's the problem with that Parodius game? I'll try to make a config for it and upload it for use with that converter.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is complicated, so that one I can't provide a fix for .
If there are any other games that give any of you issues in adrenaline, please say so in this thread, or just tell me here .

 

[sonictopfan]

Use this converter: https://github.com/sahlberg/pop-fe
This should fix both BB Lost in Time and X-files.

Thanks, could you explain to a non-English speaker noob what exactly does this do and more importantly step by step what should I do to get it working? I'm actually very far in the game now but I can give it a try if it makes the game run faster and hopefully not affect the other games because I do have many on my Vita

What's the problem with that Parodius game? I'll try to make a config for it and upload it for use with that converter.

Similar to Lost in Time it runs but slow, I don't remember if it had audio issues too like Bugs Bunny but the fact it ran is impressive because the way the game is ported to PS1 by Konami it usually crashes at the main menu on most emulators so Adrenaline running it albite slow is quite impressive.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is complicated, so that one I can't provide a fix for .
If there are any other games that give any of you issues in adrenaline, please say so in this thread, or just tell me here .

Thanks buddy, I actually had an issue with one PSP game, Metal Slug Anthology, at least the main menu is S L O W W W idk why, I didn't test for long but it seems the actual games run fine, it's just the main menu.

 

[Webardo]

Thanks, could you explain to a non-English speaker noob what exactly does this do and more importantly step by step what should I do to get it working? I'm actually very far in the game now but I can give it a try if it makes the game run faster and hopefully not affect the other games because I do have many on my Vita

Pop-fe is an alternative to PSX2PSP, but it has config support, which means more games work with it.
To use it just open pop-fe-psp.exe and select your game by clicking the arrow right below the "Discs:" text, select your output folder and click create eboot. The config will get injected into the game automatically.

Similar to Lost in Time it runs but slow, I don't remember if it had audio issues too like Bugs Bunny but the fact it ran is impressive because the way the game is ported to PS1 by Konami it usually crashes at the main menu on most emulators so Adrenaline running it albite slow is quite impressive.

Thanks buddy, I actually had an issue with one PSP game, Metal Slug Anthology, at least the main menu is S L O W W W idk why, I didn't test for long but it seems the actual games run fine, it's just the main menu.

Okay, I'll check that Parodius one out. Never paid much attention due to the Parodius collection, but I didn't know about the different music.

About Metal Slug Anthology, install ARK-4 and follow the instructions there. ARK-4 is an alternative to Adrenaline, so maybe it runs better.

 

[sonictopfan]

Pop-fe is an alternative to PSX2PSP, but it has config support, which means more games work with it.
To use it just open pop-fe-psp.exe and select your game by clicking the arrow right below the "Discs:" text, select your output folder and click create eboot. The config will get injected into the game automatically.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Okay, I'll check that Parodius one out. Never paid much attention due to the Parodius collection, but I didn't know about the different music.

The different music track is due to licensing with the song That's The Way, the Super Nintendo version had a version of it, the Playstation and Saturn versions had a different version, and then the PSP collection used a different song from Dance Dance Revolution instead.

About Metal Slug Anthology, install ARK-4 and follow the instructions there. ARK-4 is an alternative to Adrenaline, so maybe it runs better.

Thanks, I can test this one later I guess though I can also try Chovy-Sign if I'm going that route, we'll see.

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Pop-fe is an alternative to PSX2PSP, but it has config support, which means more games work with it.
To use it just open pop-fe-psp.exe and select your game by clicking the arrow right below the "Discs:" text, select your output folder and click create eboot. The config will get injected into the game automatically.


Okay, I'll check that Parodius one out. Never paid much attention due to the Parodius collection, but I didn't know about the different music.

About Metal Slug Anthology, install ARK-4 and follow the instructions there. ARK-4 is an alternative to Adrenaline, so maybe it runs better.

Edit: trying to convert, my laptop (win7) does not run the software, I tried my sister's old laptop (win11) it runs but after I start converting I get this message in the cmd box "[WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect"

 

[Webardo]

Edit: trying to convert, my laptop (win7) does not run the software, I tried my sister's old laptop (win11) it runs but after I start converting I get this message in the cmd box "[WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect"

Hmm, I don't remember if python was necessary for it to work. I can tell you that it won't work on Windows 7 sadly .
It'd be easier to get the eboot from romance then, as that one already has the fix.

If you do go the way of installing ARK-4, copy one of the configs from here (the one that matches your game ID) onto your BBLiT eboot folder and rename the "SLXS-XXXXX.bin" file to "CONFIG.BIN".
If pop-fe doesn't work for you in the end, this alternative is good enough.

 

[sonictopfan]

Hmm, I don't remember if python was necessary for it to work. I can tell you that it won't work on Windows 7 sadly .
It'd be easier to get the eboot from romance then, as that one already has the fix.

If you do go the way of installing ARK-4, copy one of the configs from here (the one that matches your game ID) onto your BBLiT eboot folder and rename the "SLXS-XXXXX.bin" file to "CONFIG.BIN".
If pop-fe doesn't work for you in the end, this alternative is good enough.

Thanks for the response, actually I believe the version I have been using and has the slowdown is indeed the version from said website, it's unfortunate I cannot convert a new version because my old laptop but I have a very limited access to a PC I can only use PSX2PSP v1.4 though.
I'm probably going to stick with adrenaline at least for now, would it help if I copied the .config file and moved it to the adrenaline Lost in Time folder or does it have to be via ARK-4?

Edit: actually never mind, I double checked and they do have a newer version based on this new method that allegedly should fix the slowdown, will test it now, thanks for the help, buddy!

 

[Webardo]

Thanks for the response, actually I believe the version I have been using and has the slowdown is indeed the version from said website, it's unfortunate I cannot convert a new version because my old laptop but I have a very limited access to a PC I can only use PSX2PSP v1.4 though.

Really now? That's odd... It was updated on April with the latest fix, maybe you have an older eboot?

I'm probably going to stick with adrenaline at least for now, would it help if I copied the .config file and moved it to the adrenaline Lost in Time folder or does it have to be via ARK-4?

It will not work like that. PS1 config support was added last month to ARK-4, so it isn't implemented on standalone Adrenaline. You could install ARK-4 on adrenaline as if it were a PSP CFW, just check out the github page for the different methods.