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PCSX2 1.2.0 released! Emulate your PS2 games at high resolution and frame rates.
- Thread starter Grief.exe
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Yup, here's a how-to, all credits go to Santini:
If you can't get it to work, let me know and I'll help, those instructions can look a little daunting.
Yeah you should be fine, some of the more demanding games like SotC or God of War 2 might pose problems.
Even an entry-level GPU will do wonders so consider that.
I'm pretty sure it's not supported past snow leopard.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Does anyone have any tips on getting the DDR games to run without audio glitches? I've tried tons of different settings, but I keep getting audio lag and stuttering. Also, DDR Disney Channel crashes after a few minutes. I can hear audio but the video is unresponsive.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I've gotten the OS X version working out Mountain Lion before, but it took hours and hours and performance was absolutely terrible. I'd be happy to help you out if you'd like (I spent all that time figuring out how to make it work, so might as well share), but my recommendation is that you don't bother.
I highly recommend using bootcamp if it's at all possible to do so. I've found that having an SSD makes rebooting into Windows pretty painless, since the computer can restart so quickly.
I got it eventually. The PS2 Classics used a different file extension and I had to find a different program to convert them to a pcsx2 mem card. Thanks tho. I'm gonna finish Persona 4 in HD.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I still run a AMD 5000 and Nvidia 250. Can I run this?
You're probably joking but I have an HD5550 because my HD4890 died and it runs fine, as long as you don't want to play at a high res.
Guys, I need help.
I have made my Dual Shock 3 work with a USB cable but why won't it work wirelessly?
I have bought a bluetooth 4.0 dongle but I'm not sure how to make it work.
I did do the driver update in Zadig though.
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Also, is Final Fantasy XII supposed to have squary shadows and no character shadows? And look as pixelated as this?
I have made my Dual Shock 3 work with a USB cable but why won't it work wirelessly?
I have bought a bluetooth 4.0 dongle but I'm not sure how to make it work.
I did do the driver update in Zadig though.
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Also, is Final Fantasy XII supposed to have squary shadows and no character shadows? And look as pixelated as this?
jediyoshi
Member
To change rendering resolution, go to Config -> Video -> Plugin Settings and change Scaling to one of the xx Native values.
lightchris
Member
Characters in FF12 only have blob shadows.
keltickennedy
Member
Does Mark of Kri work with this version? Before there were collision issues that made the game unplayable.
Also, is Final Fantasy XII supposed to have squary shadows and no character shadows? And look as pixelated as this?
Damn. That is ugly.
lightchris
Member
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Pretty sure I already did that.
It sure doesn't look like it!
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Do you have the ratio settings in the emulator set to 16:9 also?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Any improvements to front mission 5. I've had issues getting that to go on older versions
Begaria
Member
I've been playing Tales of Legendia on 1.2.0. For the most part, it runs at 60 FPS. However, there are several instances where it will drop frames. I run a 3.4 GHZ quad Core CPU with a 5850HD (about a 2009/2010 PC configuration). I've looked up the PCSX2 wiki and it says Legendia demands a good CPU. If figure a quad core is good, if a bit old at this point. Anyways, here's where it drops frames:
1. Those harder bubble battles. There's these bubbles in dungeons that will throw you into a battle against a dark version of an enemy. Every single one of those types of fights cuts the frame rate to 35-40 FPS.
2. When there's a lot of character models on screen during cutscenes, but not during battles (strange).
3. All puzzle rooms run 30 FPS. Thankfully you can completely skip those.
4. A single town on the world map, if the camera is panned right over it, makes the frame rate get cut down to 30 FPS for some bizarre reason. When it the city is fully revealed after a cutscene on the world map, it does not. Very weird.
All in all it runs at 60 FPS like 80% of the time, so very playable.
1. Those harder bubble battles. There's these bubbles in dungeons that will throw you into a battle against a dark version of an enemy. Every single one of those types of fights cuts the frame rate to 35-40 FPS.
2. When there's a lot of character models on screen during cutscenes, but not during battles (strange).
3. All puzzle rooms run 30 FPS. Thankfully you can completely skip those.
4. A single town on the world map, if the camera is panned right over it, makes the frame rate get cut down to 30 FPS for some bizarre reason. When it the city is fully revealed after a cutscene on the world map, it does not. Very weird.
All in all it runs at 60 FPS like 80% of the time, so very playable.
I really hope Timesplitters 1 gets better compatibility someday. Right now it's got a load of weird bugs and stutters like hell most of the time
Also to the guy earlier, yes you do want the NTSC versions. Not only do you get better frame rates but some games have nasty black borders and stutter due to poor 50hz implementation. PAL Metal Slug Anthology was an unplayable abomination.
Also to the guy earlier, yes you do want the NTSC versions. Not only do you get better frame rates but some games have nasty black borders and stutter due to poor 50hz implementation. PAL Metal Slug Anthology was an unplayable abomination.
lightchris
Member
You can try adding speed hacks (config/emulation settings).
Also, which quad core do you have exactly?
ResidentDante
Member
Just tried Onimusha 2.
Doesn't look that great lol.
The thing about the old pre-rendered games is that the characters get rendered in the new high resolution you set your emulator at because they are 3D models. The backgrounds however stay the same low-resolution they were rendered in back then, they are simply a picture that you are increasing the size of. The difference then between the sharp character model and the washed out backdrop is very noticeable.
Same goes for the old PS1 Resident Evil games, or the REmake and Re:Zero. They all use pre-rendered backgrounds.
What do you guys think of this spec? Will it run ps2 games on pcsx2 on max settings?
4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 870M (3.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 w/ Optimus Technology
8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Is it worth it to upgrade the cpu from i7-4700MQ to the 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core i7-4800MQ (2.7GHz - 3.7GHz)? I have a 7 year old laptop and I plan on upgrading soon.
4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz)
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 870M (3.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 w/ Optimus Technology
8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Is it worth it to upgrade the cpu from i7-4700MQ to the 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core i7-4800MQ (2.7GHz - 3.7GHz)? I have a 7 year old laptop and I plan on upgrading soon.
That's a pretty solid set up, looks like a very expensive laptop though.
In PC gaming, you will always be better served by building your own desktop and have a relatively cheap laptop for backup.
Emulation isn't massively multithreaded so won't take advantage of the hyperthreading in an i7, but will take advantage of a massive overclock you can give to a desktop processor and GPU.
spyhunterzero
Member
Does anyone know how to fix the mirage clones in Dirge of Cerberus? It seems to get better when I switch over to software mode instead of hardware mode in the video settings but then the game just drops to lower than 60 FPS or whatever it is the original game runs at.
Make sure to change extra rendering threads to 3 (or however many cores/threads your CPU has) under software mode settings for the graphics plugin. After I did that change I found I could get most games running just as good in D3D11 software mode as in hardware mode.
spyhunterzero
Member
Thank you for that. It runs like a champ now.
Haven't found out how to do this yet, the only thing I've seen is to press F9 in-game. Is there no way to tick it in the settings so it always runs in software mode?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
What kind of performance should I expect with an i7 clocked at 4.8ghz and a 780ti 3gb?
Will depend on the game and your settings, but with those specs? You should get full speed on almost all games with all enhancements enabled.
Sentenza
Member
Flawless full speed emulation.
Yeah games with 16:9 options need to have the option activated for the widescreen patches to work.
KojiKnight
Member
It should be under special game fixes.
