PCSX ReARMed compatibility list

Unless you use frameskip of course. But i try no to use frameskip on games. Also never turn off sound. Without sound, games are not the same. But normally i turn off sound interpolation and sound reberb, with those off you can gain extra fps. And on most games the soud its decent without those options.

 

Anyone know where I can grab a build now that buildbot is down?

 

anyone know why the raiden project doesn't work

 

https://retroarch.com/?page=platforms

 

Anyone here got Revelations: Persona to work? It freezes for me on the Memory Card screen.

 

I play a few hours without any freezing

 

so i cant download it it says its down, anyone got the latest nightly uploaded somewhere?

 

Has anyone tested Breath of Fire 3 per chance? I see on the compat list that Breath of Fire 4 works (well it's under the green color), I suppose I can give that a whirl, the game isn't a particularly demanding PSX game

Another question, using linear vs Gaussian interpolation?

 

so i tested afew games and i get nowhere near full speed on any ps1 game i tryed i get like 25-35 fps and even with frameskip set to 2 i get a frame dropping full speed at best :S

maybe im doing something wrong?

i got new 3ds xl and im using Cia

tryed
jersey devil
pac man world
rascal

unless i need to change some settings the full speed is like frameskip 2 and with lots of drops tough.

 

Damn, so I guess that means the whole "PSX games run full speed on N3DS/N2DS without frameskip" is all bullshit? Why am I not surprised?

 

I haven't tried any of those specific games so I don't know what to expect from them. Settings make a big difference though.

If you're using .bin/.cue, the biggest boost will come from switching to .chd or .pbp images. The extra compression helps a lot with the 3DS's slow read speeds. I would guess this is probably the biggest problem, because frameskip won't help much if it's slow because of reads.

Other settings that work very well for most games:

- CD Read Method: async (this also helps avoid the slow read problem, by trying to read stuff in advance and not pausing the emulator while doing it)
- Dithering off (because there are a lot of optimizations that don't work when it's on)
- video sync off (for the usual reasons)

The newest nightlies have an extra Unai Advanced option to downscale hi-res modes to the 3DS resolution which can be a big boost in games that use those modes.

You may also get a small boost by keeping the 3D slider off. No idea why, but it seemed to make a noticeable difference in my tests.

Other options like sound interpolation may make a difference but I haven’t noticed a significant change with those.

 

Not bullshit, just game specific. 2D games tend to run great, 3D games have issues. I beat Mega Man X4 with no noticeable speed issues, but THPS2 is very iffy, just for example. Think of it like SNES on PSP. The basic games like Super Mario World run just fine with no issues but a lot of games that had special chips like Super Mario RPG have speed issues.

 

ok so video sync and dithering were the main offenders and chd now i can run jersey devil at 50 fps(pal) which is good btw the advance gpu una/pcsx4all setting is better to be turned on or off? does it speed stuff or slows it down?

 

Such as Simple vs Gaussian (what real PSX hardware uses)? I haven't tested the downscale mode yet, maybe that can help with games that I test, will try later.

 

That setting will show some extra settings when it’s on, although I think you need to exit and re-enter the menu first. The setting itself doesn’t change anything.

 

Has anyone been able to get Legend of Mana working? I've tried two different ISOs, tried converting each into .pbp and into .chd, I've tried with both the 1001 bios and the psp bios, and I cannot get it to work right. I even tried an eboot someone else made. I can only get as far as after you put the mailbox down and the movie plays right in the beginning. Once the movie ends, it's just a black screen forever.

 

I made some new findings yesterday regarding how CPU clockspeed values affect performance in MGS (which I one of the games I've chosen for benchmarking). I guess some of you might already know this but for discussion's sake I'll be posting anyways. Normally, I'm on a very performance/speed-friendly configuration (with all relevant settings either enabled or disabled accordingly - except for audio, blending and lighting, which are always enabled). Also, I'm currently on a one week old nightly (I think). So now, let's talk about CPU clockspeed.

Normally when I tinker with clockspeed at all, I would try to find one particular value I can settle with so that the game could run in a most stable or uniform manner possible fps-wise when compared to how it runs at the default 50 (naturally, this would only happen if 50 is not good enough). For example, Spider-Man 1 is very volatile when set at 50: less demanding segments would run very smoothly but the drops and slowdowns are way too noticeable when the game gets really demanding; when set somewhere in the range 37-41, the framerate becomes much more stable and uniform, and the game much more playable, though naturally also a bit more janky (but still tolerable for me.)

According to my experience MGS is one of the more difficult 3D or graphically intensive games to get to run in a stable manner. At 50, cutscenes have tons of slowdowns (I often benchmark the opening submarine sequence), and in-game segments (meaning when you actually get to control Snake) also suffer from slowdowns when the game gets demanding. In my last efforts, when I play MGS I've usually set the clockspeed at 45 - merely as a compromise, so that cutscenes could benefit from some more frames while gameplay hopefully won't suffer too badly due to the decrease of only 5. Here's where it's problematic: MGS' in-game segments are really unfriendly towards underclocking. At 45, Snake mostly runs like snail.

Overall, MGS had always run like shit for me regardless of which clockspeed I tried. Until yesterday, when for the first time I actually tried to go above 50 (normally, I wouldn't dare doing that if a game already runs like shit at 50.) So I raised it to 60, and now in-game segments ran almost perfectly. Even in places when slowdowns had always happened when clockspeed was at 50 or lower. The cutscenes suffered from more slowdowns, sure, but I think now I can actually play the game if I want to (besides, I've always known that MGS cutscenes run way better with underclocking. For example, the opening submarine sequence runs very well at 30-31, with no discernible slowdowns.) My guess is that MGS might not be that demanding a game after all. Perhaps thanks to the overhead camera position, increasing clockspeed (when it feels rather counter-intuitive, at least for me) does make a real difference in performance and playability for a change in a 3D/graphically intensive game.

 

Just writing to report that SaGa Frontier runs very well, with slowdown occurring during introduction screen, loading between areas, and loading battles. Most places the framerate is consistent and at full speed. I'm using a .bin, by the way, on version 1.9.0 (r22 ddd39f2).

If it's important, I've only been playing Red's scenario, but I'm over 10 hours in and it's been fine, as the slowdown isn't really anything major to the experience.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'm using a BIOS.

 

does the 3ds run persona 2 eternal punishment? or even an english patch of persona 2 innocent sin?

 

Is anyone else having issues with Brave Fencer Musashi? Mine crashes right after Steamwood.