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I have seen the light that is PS2 emulation, Part 2!
- Thread starter Shinobido Heart
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Yeah I considered it, but the lack of ANY credit kinda bums me out when I've put so much time into them. I was putting them on thegamesdb but they removed their credit bit too.
I still might eventually.
The best solution I've come up with is to turn VSync and framerate limiting off and use RTSS's scanline sync feature to limit the framerate. The only way to get lower latency than that in PCSX2 is to just turn off VSync, but that leads to either tearing or framepacing issues depending on a couple of factors.
I could be wrong, but I think it's more of a director's cut/remaster of the original, released on the PS2.
Can I just say that I appreciate your passion? I'm happy you're able to throw yourself into this =)
For the Ace Combat games, you need to do a bit more tinkering, but once you have the configs setup it's just pick up and Fox 2 some bandits:
Ace Combat PS2 Emulation Guide - 2019 Update
In this video, I go through the graphical settings available in the PCSX2 emulator and how to optimize them for Ace Combat 04, 5 and Zero. ►PCSX2 dev builds ...
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Hmm that sounds similar to what these people tested but apparently they don't think it's any different with test results shown - https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Input-lag-in-PCSX2
It seems like you still don't own the JP release of Onimusha DoD... You should work on that, OP! ;)
As a reminder, Capcom USA fucked up the balancing in the western releases: enemies have way more health and unlocking shit takes a way longer time.
Played it for a few hours on a CRT months ago and it's not blurry at all.
You're thinking about the OG game which was released on N64 and then PS2.
As a reminder, Capcom USA fucked up the balancing in the western releases: enemies have way more health and unlocking shit takes a way longer time.
Played it for a few hours on a CRT months ago and it's not blurry at all.
You're thinking about the OG game which was released on N64 and then PS2.
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Haven't tried Winback 2 yet, but the original Winback seems to run well. I had some flickering on the splash screen but that seems to have gone away.
Me too! :)
Pardon my ignorance, but is this a thing?
Literally yesterday, I plugged my PS2 slim in for the first time in 2+ years to see what games were on the Intellivision Lives compilation (a blue back disc) and the PS2 wouldn't read it. It would read Katamari Damacy (non-blue) just fine. I was too lazy to try any other discs, but just assumed the console was dying and I'd need to get a new one.
Blue discs are CD-ROM and are notoriously harder for the PS2 disc drive to read. Generally the ability to read blue discs is the first thing to go, but you can still read DVDs.
Would my desktop's DVD drive be able to read it to rip it for emulation?
PS2 discs have nothing really special about them so they rip just fine. Weirdly, the drive I use to rip Xbox discs has trouble with some PS2 discs, but I think that's just a quirk of that drive.
I bought a cheap LG DVD drive yesterday at Walmart to backup my PS2 games, and I had no issues ripping Wizardry which is a blue disc!
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Kill Switch seems to work without any issues, so that's great.
I had this PS2 demo disc and it had a Kill Switch demo on it. That's the only reason why I know of this games existence.
The reason Kill Switch caught my eye was because of the arcade-like cover shooter game play it had.
I had this PS2 demo disc and it had a Kill Switch demo on it. That's the only reason why I know of this games existence.
The reason Kill Switch caught my eye was because of the arcade-like cover shooter game play it had.
Right now I'm just trying out the games, to make sure they work with PCSX2.
Currently having some issues with Valkyrie Profile 2 Silmeria, I'll need to figure that out later.
unfortunately this great game has always had lots of emu problems. too bad they persist.
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I had to refund Evergrace since my disc drive was having trouble reading it.
Instead, I picked up a new game called S.L.A.I., which stands for Steel Lancer Arena International, or in other words, Phantom Crash.
Seems to work great on PCSX2, no issues yet.
It has vocal music tracks which really surprised me.
Here are some music tracks:
Instead, I picked up a new game called S.L.A.I., which stands for Steel Lancer Arena International, or in other words, Phantom Crash.
Seems to work great on PCSX2, no issues yet.
It has vocal music tracks which really surprised me.
Here are some music tracks:
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Yeah, when I still had my PS4, I noticed SONY was struggling with putting PS2 games on PSN.
The PS2 selection was just...not good. :(
Question!
I'm trying to figure out all of this PS2 emulation stuff, and the one part I'm having an issue on is how to dump my own games.
I read somewhere that retroarch allows you to do it, so I downloaded that, but when I try to dump a disc (Shadow Hearts to be specific), it just ends up very quickly creating an empty file.
Any suggestions on how to dump discs?
I'm trying to figure out all of this PS2 emulation stuff, and the one part I'm having an issue on is how to dump my own games.
I read somewhere that retroarch allows you to do it, so I downloaded that, but when I try to dump a disc (Shadow Hearts to be specific), it just ends up very quickly creating an empty file.
Any suggestions on how to dump discs?
Try out Isobuster, also you mention very quickly but I think it at least takes a few seconds/minutes to dump something, based on my experience. Not sure how quick it is now.
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I use ImgBurn, it's free and really easy to use: https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Open up ImgBurn.
Select "Create image file from disc".
Insert your disc into the disc drive and it should automatically pop up under "Destination".
After it appears, click the little magnifying glass over the folder icon, and choose a destination where you want the .iso to be created. (You can also rename the .iso here before saving)
Once the destination is chosen, click the disc icon below to start up the process.
Wait until it's done. :D
I was just playing We <3 Katamari today 😊 The latest build of pcsx2 feels really nice and solid! You inspired me to dig up Shinobi and Nightshade though, so thank you so much for that! Haha
Thanks! Isobuster worked!
Now I'm going to go on a tear of my PS2 collection!
On the agenda:
Shadow Hearts
Samurai Western
Unlimited SaGa
Gungrave Overdose
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Grandia 3/Xtreme
Maybe I can finally play the first Shadow Hearts. Finding a copy in the wild has become impossible.
Even though its super busted at time, retroarch and pcsx2 on the series X has been awesome to play my imported copy of Dragon Quest 5 PS2, which I don't care who you are is the best version of the game and the best dragon quest style ever.
As far as I can tell runs awesome/flawlessly.
As far as I can tell runs awesome/flawlessly.
Question: Is there a way to get around pressure sensitive buttons?
I'm using a DS4 and playing Onimusha 3 and realized they use pressure sensitive functionality for the lock on/charge mechanic, so I cant really lock on without always charging.
Any easy way to avoid this?
I'm using a DS4 and playing Onimusha 3 and realized they use pressure sensitive functionality for the lock on/charge mechanic, so I cant really lock on without always charging.
Any easy way to avoid this?
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Hmm, good question.
I don't know if this'll work but try going into your gamepad settings in PCSX2 > Pad 1 tab > and click on any of the bindings you have set > this should bring up sensitivity options.
I just wish it was more accurate, plenty of games still have visual bugs that aren't supposed to be there.
Never liking PCSX2...
Loving recently DuckStation, RPCSX3 and Dolphin... but PCSX2... too many buggy, x64 version never coming, unstable perfromance, sluttering audio/video, plugin modification
Just nice for custom resolution...
Loving recently DuckStation, RPCSX3 and Dolphin... but PCSX2... too many buggy, x64 version never coming, unstable perfromance, sluttering audio/video, plugin modification
Just nice for custom resolution...
Oh I love this thread! One of my projects last year was backing up all my PS2 games (and buying some :D) and getting this set up.
I use Playnite as my launcher, and stream them to my phone using Moonlight Game Streaming, and play them with my xbox controller clipped to my phone. It's really fun playing PS2 games via mobile.
I use Playnite as my launcher, and stream them to my phone using Moonlight Game Streaming, and play them with my xbox controller clipped to my phone. It's really fun playing PS2 games via mobile.
Has anyone tried Silent Hill 3 on pcsx2 recently? I was curious how easy that was to get up and running well?
Just saw that I missed this comment. Yes, DQ V on PS2 with English Patch is by far the best version! Just recently was playing through that a bit. I've had the import copy for ages, one of my favorite DQ games.
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Not sure how I didn't see your post.
I personally use a LG Slim Portable DVD write: https://www.amazon.com/LG-SP80NB80-External-writer-Portable/dp/B074ZCMDMK
Ordered. Hopefully it works; I had very little luck with the rando brand external drive I tried last year.