Thread for the discussion of game console emulation, emulators, or your experiences in a game you're emulatingNFS Hot Pursuit 2 (PlayStation 2, 2002) edition
>>551323557https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_PageRead the General problems FAQ before asking questions. If you still need help, post your specs (HWiNFO screenshot), OS, emulator version number and details of what's wrong.Please contribute to the wiki if you discover any inaccuracies or have relevant information to append.READ THE WIKI BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE:>Where do I get gamesOR>What is the best emulator for...Check out the wiki for the emulator you're using if you run into trouble, there may be a solution there too, often including recommendations for optimal game settings.Previous Thread: >>550970394
man PCSX2 is so fucking good nowadays>>551324338thank you for the pastais there a reason theres no emulation general as of late? i havent participated in the thread for a while so im out of the loop
>>551324726Newfags finally figured out how to use Retroarch. They're emulating.
kinda wanna do retroachievements but it limits your emulator options, and while I like grinding achievements sometimes shit feels like I'm doing it just for the sake of the grind but if not makes me feel I dont engage with the game enough by just finishing it. dopamine rush approaching 100% is nice though. what do bros
>>551330138Just don't look at the list of achievements, try and guess what they would be while playing.
>>551323557fucking retard
>>551332867you are adopted
>>551333424no u
>>551330138
>>551334267so true bestie
>downloading romsetsSoulless >finding games you're interested in and manually downloading them, slowly building a collectionSoul
>>551341764>>finding games you're interested in and manually downloading them, slowly building a collectionand then never playing a single one
>>551341764>>finding games you're interested in and manually downloading them, then never playing 95% of that
>>551343272>>551343538Sovl
I thought you guys were dead for christmas
>>551323557anyone successfully run final fantasy tactics on gamehub? i just get the splashscreen and it just freezes.
>>551344141Not me but yesterday I had to make the decision to put my 16-year-old cat to sleep. She was very sick, and I've had her for half my life (I'm 29 now). My lifelong companion is gone, so I feel pretty dead inside. Please keep me in your thoughts/prayers, I'm struggling you know... Best wishes to you and your families.
Why do only videos and reddit threads come up when i google for a PCSX2 settings guide? Didn't there used to be a pcsx2 forum post with the details on what you should set the settings to and what they each do ?
>>551349343Try putting "site:forums.pcsx2.net" before whatever you're searching for.
>>551346667Damn. Merry Christmas anon.
>>551324726People have started homebrewing. Old consoles are still emulated but normies would rather spend $50 to skip all that just to play PS2 games.I've also started buying consoles and jailbreaking them. Just because emulation for those consoles are still shit. And good luck if you want to play niche games, no one is going to bother fixing bugs for those.
Cool that stenzek added thishttps://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/b55f4041bf02b2bf7f0711b7f83e8b6a1971cd42
Bump
You assholes oughta know.Playing SNES on my Wii for CRT output, but it turns out the wiichuck isn't great for controlling SNES games. I'm a wire purist so I need a cheap controller with a USB or Gamecube connector and enough buttons to properly play SNES games. Any suggestions?
>>551371109DS4, it works on the Wii.
>>551371109I just use the classic controller pro and I like well enough.
>>551371109I just use my 8BitDo Pro 2 for everything.
Recommend me some PS1 games. I like JRPG games. I feel like I've played them all already.
>>551374005>rec me games>i've played them all>doesn't list any so people can avoid recommending themAre you just trying to bump the thread or what?
>>551374181Listing them all would have been too long, but here you go. This is all the games I've played. I just copy-pasted the list from my spreadsheet:Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling TogetherFinal Fantasy TacticsFinal Fantasy ChroniclesFinal Fantasy OriginsFinal Fantasy VFinal Fantasy VIFinal Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VIIIFinal Fantasy IXSuikodenSuikoden IISuikoden IIIRevelations: PersonaPersona 2Persona 2: Innocent SinPersona 2: Eternal PunishmentThe Legend of DragoonChrono TriggerChrono CrossXenogearsParasite EveParasite Eve IIStar Ocean: The Second StoryVagrant StoryValkyrie ProfileGrandiaWild ArmsWild Arms IILegend of ManaFront Missions 3Breath of Fire IIIBreath of Fire IVVandal HeartsVandal Hearts IITales of DestinyAnd some Japanese only titles:VolfossElder GateNingyo no RakuinI feel like I've played most of the localized JRPGs and now I'm just looking for more niche Japanese only RPGs.
>>551376013Kings field?
>>551376114That's on my to play list, but I just never got into it. And I never really got interested in it because of the 1st person POV.I'm looking for more Final Fantasy-esque gameplay.
>>551376318I haven't played it but I've heard Koudelka is good.
>>551376318Oh also there were a few dragon quest games on the ps1.
>>551376318Oh, and I forgot to update my list. I've finished Linda3 recently.>>551376396>KoudelkaMight try it, thanks.
>>551376636https://x.com/Hiroki_Kikuta_E/status/1939767663334686746
Don't die on me again emugen. Not on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas.
Hi emugen, is there a repo for good mods of PS2 games?I was going to play Yakuza on PCSX2 and found out about Yakuza Restored, which is a patch for the game that adds Japanese audio. My question is, how is one supposed to know about these? Are they listed anywhere?
emu
>>551323557>Boot up Hot Pursuit 2>"This game's recommended blending accuracy is High">set it to high>cant notice the difference at all>switch back and forth between "minimal" and "complete">still can't see it>>551357309>normies would rather spend $50 to skip all that just to play PS2 games.how do normies even consider that easier?Installing PCSX2 takes like 2 minutes
>>551404742Turning on a PS2 with FreeMcBoot takes 1 second. Some also don't want to tweak a setting every time they want to play a new game. For example, God Hand, you need to tweak that shit to make it look nice. Playing it on a genuine PS2 is as easy as booting up the PS2 and selecting the game.And anyone who's been emulating stuff has pretty much played all the games they want to play. They either stop or want to play games that's not supported which makes them turn to homebrewing.For example, Uncharted for the PSVita. Can't emulate that since it still crashes and I doubt they'll ever make it work. So they just spend money on a PSVita.For me, I personally hate having to grab the latest firmware and keys for the Switch every time there's an update. I hate having to tweak settings, find mods and all that shit. I just want to play. So I got a Switch. Only for games that I really, really really like that I would look into emulating it if it has mods to make it look and run smoothly. But if I just want to play Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits and don't want to deal with the glitches or bugs then I'm just going to play on my hacked Switch.
Check ninja turtles 3 xemu status. Listed as playable without issues.Start playing the game, screen is flashing like crazy.I hate this emulator.
>>551407487Playable doesn't mean playable from start to finish. It means it boots into the game and you're able to play for 10 minutes.
>>551407972>Playable doesn't mean playable from start to finishIn every other emulator it does. The xemu cunts just use playable to mask their lack of progress.80% PLAYABLE!!!!!!! Bullshit.
>>551355847Thanks brother. Needed that. Merry Christmas.
QUESTION TIMEDo you guys do retro gaming more on handhelds or TVs?My friend recently gave me what he called a "holy grail" CRT, some kind of old Sony TV from the early 2000s, retro games look amazing on it but I kind of want to swap to a handheld just because it's easier to jump into games with
>>551416892PC. But you don't actually want to swap a Trinitron as in actually give it away for a chink handheld, right? That's stupid.
>>551416892>some kind of old Sony TVAre you like 16 or something?
>page 10DAGA KOTOWARU
Are the Mame roms on Myrient up to date?
all of these regressions
>>551438198>GS HardwareWho cares
>>551323557Dumb question but can I use Xemu by simply put the original DVD on my PC? The extract iso program doesn't seem to work on my Windows 10.
>>551443049https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Xbox_emulators#DVD_Drive
>>551443450nvm, I found a GUI version. But I may use your link for my DVDs later, ty.
>>551416892i never saw an issue with using a TV or a PC at home, i dont really understand the point of having a handheld for home use
>>551448807Not him but I prefer it for playing handheld games. Just feels right to me.
>>551422484That's what it's called! A Trinitron, I'm not going to give it away!>>551422831Just turned 20 this year>>551448807Laying in bed or watching TV while playing comes to mind!
SANDMAN IS A SANDNIGGER
(cont'd)Seriously, Sandman is such a fucking bitch to knock out. There's only at least 4 frames where he's vulnerable to more damage during the first 50 seconds, but getting a TKO during the first round is NOT worth it.
>>551323557Which one do you guys prefer?
>>551473794
>>551474040This looks better, I find that curved displays only work well in real life.
Already page 10.
>>551343272>>551343538Skill issue.
>>551441002(you) clearly do.
>>551438198PGS is the only hope
>>551464665I struggled so fucking much against this cock, only to fuck up Super Macho Man in no time. Goes without saying I've yet to conquer Mike.
>>551473794This one for sure.
any tips for how to set up these settings for N64 emulation? I'm trying to play Conker
https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commits/master/stenzek was active all during christmas. that is... telling and not unexpected
>>551474040What filter is that?
>>551473794This one is better since you get a little bit more blending like you on an actual crt.
>>551523639N64-related graphics settings are located in the "video" tab, not the "drivers" tab.
>>551523639Nothing to set up. The game should just run.
Anything I can do to have objects in Pokemon Z-A not randomly pop in and out of existence when I walk around them? The game runs very well, but if I can fix this issue on Ryujinx then it would be perfect. I'm using Vulken and that 60FPS and increased FoV mod.
What are currently the best general purpose controllers on the market? I'm looking for something with the Xbox layout
>>551540343>Xbox layoutFlydigi Vader or ZD ULtimate Legend
>>551530981Oh, gotcha.>>551531172It does, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.Thanks!
>>551371109No one cares but I found out that there's a special build of SNES9X GX that can recognize sixaxis controllers, which I happen to have one laying around so now I have a proper style controller for playing my SNES games on Wii.
>>551547428>a special build of SNES9X GX that can recognize sixaxis controllersshare it with the class
>>551496262Software and compute shader rendering are clearly the future of PS2 emulation
>>551547713Sure, it's not hard to find but here.https://gbatemp.net/threads/snes9x-gx-4-3-2-with-libsicksaxis.339612/
Why should I choose software rendering over using my graphics processing unit to handle the graphics?
>>551548467GPU APIs change, x86-64 is forever.
I hope shaderglass gets a linux port soon so I can drop this piece of shit and go back to standalone emulators.
>>551549617ares
The GBA has a few 3D and "mode7" games. Is there any emulator with the option to use AA and increased internal res on them or is it too much of a niche feature?
amd resulator anon i hate to break the news for you butGeekbench 6 OpenCL Exynos 2600 - 22,000 points Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - 23,900Geekbench 6 Vulkan Exynos 2600 - 22,800 points Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - 27,600
>>551550521Standalone mGBA
>>551549617Sharts is still involved but you can use the WindowCast core in Linux combined with any standalone application so long as you're using X11.
>>551550159>aresNo SaturnNo Dreamcast
>>551552126Exactly, you can use ares for everything else.
Is my PC being aids or is it expected for PCSX2 to regularly have small stutters in regular intervals?
>>551552584>is it expected for PCSX2 to regularly have small stutters in regular intervals?That's not normalHave you tried different games?
>>551552584Sounds like aids to me. Which game?
>>551550159No PS2 or GC?
>>551552914>>551554308I have, it's less of an issue on most of them but I was playing Ace Combat 4 which seemed especially afflicted with it. Right now I'm playing GITS Stand Alone Complex, where it seems to only happen when you receive calls in the game. I didn't notice issues like this before. Also, MK Shaolin Monks when I first started it was absolutely sluggish.
Is it possible to get the latest Emulation Station APK for free?
>>551559987>I didn't notice issues like this beforeAs in you didn't have this issue a month ago? If you're on nightly maybe an update introduced this
Xemu updates.Now it constantly says update available even if updated.The clown show continues.
>>551554541Standalone ps2 is better than retroarch.
>>551565754Is it really? Unless you have the patience to compile on an Arch distro, LRPS2's the only other choice.
>>551565754>Standalone ps2 is better than retroarchDepends on the game. On PCSX2 Ridge Racer V has visual glitches on anything else than Software mode. Meanwhile LRPS2 can play it at higher than native with Parallel-GS
>>551551542With a year or so of open source drivers both SoCs would pass 40k easily
>>551563496Could have been a month ago. I hadn't touched it in a while before the last week or so.
>>551565754I don't disagree but the point was that I wanted to use CRT shaders.
>>551540343I like 8BitDo controllers. But I hear GameSir is decent also.
>>551568716There are builds of pcsx2 with parallel gs.
>>551567437Yes. Retroshart should be killed.
>>551529524>>551473794>newpixie crt>>551474040>royale fake bloom intel>not on a 4k monitor>>551477010I used to be like that, but I think the blending >>551529704 on the Newpixie really helps!Here's another example.
>>551587309
It's about fucking time! Cannot wait to play this, as it felt like forever ago that I was stuck on 1.5.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIy_9h06WqY
>8x internal resolution>8x ssaa>texture pack>deInterlacing patch>widescreen patch>color correcting, lut, hdr, hqaa reshadeNow this is the ultimate lookin' good. you guys don't know what true quality is until you test this on something like Gran Turismo
so show us a pic
>>551363529Why was this just added? Hasn't this been known for at least 10 years?
>>551607030Maybe stenzek didn't know. Or knew but didn't think people cared?
>>551374005https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/rankings?platform=78&genre=48&list_type=rate&view_type=0&dlc=0&min_votes=2
>>551433646use pleasuredome for mame
>>551473794this one
>>551540343Hori wired switch pro controller.It's like a 360 controller except it has one of the best d-pads in existence, second only to the original sega saturn.
>>551433646mdk.cab is the one you're after if you want to avoid torrents
>>551552584That's aids my dude
I need some help; I'm trying to load the chao editor .vmi onto the vmu file I'm using in retroarch but I'm unable to use the pc utility. Is there anyone who can pass along a vmu file with the application in it?
>>551617152>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/rankings?platform=78&genre=48&list_type=rate&view_type=0&dlc=0&min_votes=25+ minimum votes is a disaster.10+ should be minimum.
>>551433646Nothing in myrient is up to date.
>>551587491>>551587309Sorry dude but these blow balls. Too much dark/black crush, too much bloom.Also, use downsampling. It's guest, royale (full edition/svideo), or geomdeluxe. All the others suck shit.
>>551634508Honestly, I stopped using Myrient because they don't do any QC on the uploads. Half of the PS3 games I downloaded are corrupted. Even downloaded them 3 times to check if I just got a bad download. Then I downloaded the ones in IA and it worked flawlessly. Checked the hash for both and they don't match. Also there's a handful of games and DLCs that doesn't have anything on it except the .rap file.I don't know what happened. It used to be good, now it's just shit.
Thingy
>>551642743I remember politely pointing this out to them a year ago, they called me a liar and then banned me from their discord channel.
>>551617587Hori is a shit tier brand; nip madcatz
I can't believe it's been so many year and android emulators for pc are still shady or crappy.
>>5516039565K + 8x ssaaShow proof, Rankeesh
>>551551542>Samsung partners with AMD for their GPUs>their drivers suckIt was the same shit with the RDNA 2 and 3 ones.
>>551653208It's just not happening on current hardware lol
>>551651403madcatz was no name chink brand tier
>>551642584No need to say sorry brother, these are all premade. I'll fidget around with the stuff you've mentioned, if I get any results that I like I'll throw them here!
I need some help from you fine folks. I recently downloaded some games to emulate on my phone and some of them did not work. I quickly realized that I had two different sizes for the same game in CHD format. So certain files work just fine but others are not recognized by nethersx2, however both files unzip to the same file since I verified the hash for both.So what the hell is this? There is more than one way to compress to CHD? And Nethersx2 only works with one of these? How can I tell which is which?Here is proof. I just chose the smallest ps2 game I could find for this example:https://limewire.com/d/LhMHt#6wwULpQaqj
>>551680650gen
>>551650223I used to get annoyed when normies would shill the website because it would eventually end up like Vimms where they just remove 90% of the games because of DMCA and shit. Now I just don't care. Let it die.
>>551681180maybe Nethersx2 doesn't support CHD files compressed with ZSTD
>>551698491It supports only CD-based algorithm of compression CHD. Yes you need to compress DVD ISO as CD in chdman
GamesirGamesirThree bags full
I'm setting up duckstation on my rg353p. its got a 640x480 screen. on small screens like this I like sharp, perfect pixels. should I run at 1x resolution and integer upscale to 480p, or just run at 2x resolution? not sure which is the more performant method.
>>5517078171x resolution, preferably. (Although, DS was meant to work on potatoes, so 2x might not make a huge difference.)
why would myrient throttle me this hard down to 10kb/s? should i just cancel the download?
>>551713932Just downloaded a game at full speed here so dunno why you're getting throttled like that
>>551642584>geom deluxe
>>551724213>guest advanced NTSC
>>551724382>newpixie
>>551713932This happens when you don't have a referrer for the site in your HTTP headers, like by copy/pasting the link into another browser or program
Just got a chinkheld running on RetroarchWhat would be the best N64 core for it? I don't see myself using it that much compared to emulating on PC but I want to configure it properly while it's novel. The two cores pre-installed are ParaLLEI and Mupen64Plus-next; the former has critical visual errors on this device, and the latter seems accurate but can't run at full speed.
>i... is that a feature that makes the user's life easier??>DELETE THIS MY DIAPER-FUR GROOMING AND GOONING SESH IS RUINEDGet fucked, faggots.why do I even fucking bother with this shit pit with these image challenges?
I spend more time tweaking settings than actually playing games.
thoughts on using a computer CRT for emulation?
>>551756439It's shit. It will never replace a real CRT. Just buy one.
>>551748827You're ready to switch to Loonix.
>>551760682I have 2 Windows machine, and 3 Linux machines already.
>>551759680Arent both real CRTs? whats the difference between a TV CRT and a PC CRT ? most importantly, TV CRTs dont seem to have a VGA connector for a computer
>>551760682>>551761507by age 40, the average linux user grows tired of trying to install and tweak arch in every underpowered system imaginable and settles down to an usable distro like debian or linux mint.
>>551756439They're usually a lot higher resolution and don't use composite so you lose a lot of the blending that would have on a crt tv and generally have a different look to their image. That said, I like using a crt monitor as a secondary monitor for normal computer stuff since they're still pretty good in their own way.
>set retroarch on PC with no problems>set retroarch on Switch with no problems>set it on Android>shaders setting always turns off by itself>workaround is editing the cfg file>edit it>still doesn't work>search for solutions>it's an at least 7 year old bugWhat a piece of shit. I wanted to use it because Lemuroid only has 1 shader and no integer scaling.
>>551731335why
>>551773369i just like the way crt monitors look, it makes games look more like "textures" rather than pixels if you know what i mean. They're very accurate but its still like 0.25 pixels per inch max and it gives a smoother look than the sharp and accurate LCD displaysplus of course it has pretty much perfect resolution scaling while flat panels dont
>>551775446To slow down extremely basic automated scripts/bots that can't send a referrer, bandwidth costs money.
>>551748827That's adulthood, bud. I spend more time solving image captchas than posting here, too.
What's the best retard-proof GBC/GBA emulator for IOS mobile? The top options in the wiki are either cores or paywalled
>>551756439Pretty based for vertical shmups when put it on its side and run it in 240p/120hz. Otherwise they're kinda meh. They look just as sterile as any modern display at >640x480 and have pretty lousy brightness. 15khz CRT TVs have all the "soulful" artifacts you want and are a lot more vivid, but of course they are super limited in what resolutions and refresh rates they'll take, topping out at 480i, and PAL/NTSC hate each other.
>>551786796Enabling the referer solved it... so I have to suffer because I want to have a slightly faster browsing experience. Understandable but fucked up. Fucking script kiddies I guess. Yes I was in that /g/ thread about 4chan and referers the other day.
I got into emulating older handheld games when I got a Steam Deck, but have now temporarily parted with it and am trying to continue my progress on my laptop. I don't have a controller so all I have to work with is keyboard and mouse. Obviously it sucks, but are there any recommended, intuitive ways for mapping controller inputs on a keyboard? Currently I've assigned A and B buttons to mouse buttons and various other buttons to various keys around WASD but I keep forgetting what I've set to what.
>>551807215My preferred button mapping setup on keyboard.>Z - B>X - A>Start - Enter>Select - RCtrl>D-Pad - Arrow Keys
where the fuck do I get a Duckstation .APK?all the git links in the wiki are dead
>>551809117and lemuroid PSX doesn't want to find the games
>>551807215if i have a keypad i usually do arrow keys and then set one or two rows of numbers on the keypad as the face buttonsif its a laptop, maybe WASD for movement and then UIOJKL for face buttons you may need, enter for Start
Do miniled monitors provide any benefit for CRT shaders? In theory it seems like they'd improve the effect, but I've never actually seen one running one. They also seem like they might be cool for those rolling scanline shaders that are supposed to increase motion clarity?I'm sure OLED would be better all around but they're still too pricey and I feel like old games have too many static screen elements which would aggravate burn-in issues.
Wasn't the emugen wiki a 4chan thing? When did r*ddit start being able to edit stuff?
>>551825158Anyone can edit the wiki, hence the "resulation" meme. (It was originally a mistranslation from a jeet referring to "resolution".)
>>551825158Been contributing to the emugen wiki for years now. Every so often some redditors or other pro-censorship onions types wander in and try to "fix" pages with their sanitized bullshit edits.We just revert that crap immediately.Literally guardians keeping the wiki based.
can I play GameCube or ps2 games without analog sticks?
>>551825604let the /r/edditors create a list of which emulators are made by white supremacists that way I'll know which emulators to support
>>551827778Technically yes, as your could map stick directions on keyboard key, even mouse maybe. It will work, but it will be painful.
>>551828217not keyboard
>>551828774I hate Google images so much its unreal.
>>551828992...For the love of god what the hell is that thing? That's not a controller, it's a sex toy... Yeah, no, give up on anything with an analog stick with that thing.
>>551810346I hear you get like backlight ghosting with miniled because it takes the leds a few frames to dim/brighten as needed
>>551829186its a very nice mini controller you can stick on your phone's screen to play games
>>551829405Yeah, and you can also stick it into your butt.
>>551829625if you wanteasier to buy a dildo.
i would like to edit the wiki here and there and to add data but if i have to make an account then thats a no go for me anyway gran turismo emulation is reaching nintendo levels of autismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quC3-0PSMT4
and i forgot to say that i love it
>>551834803I thought is was Spec-II the greatest GT4 mod ever.
>>551835318a mod to surpass metal gear
>>551835961I kneel, we have reached levels of autismo we didn't even knew were possible.
>>551820629gen