Emulation

emulation can have stuttering but can render at better quality so I guess it depends on what you want.
>how do I emulate?
it isn't rocket science. but ps2 emulation is kinda trash

If you want to emulate PS2 or Gamecube/Wii games it's as easy as selecting the ISO.
Not sure about other consoles.

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upping internal resolution, shaders, aa and af make old games look a lot nicer

>>386500457
>but ps2 emulation is kinda trash
I agree. It's just on the side of bearable. Hoping dolphin guys can do something about it

I cannot decide how to go about emulating ps1 games. There's like 4 or 5 different options I all hate.

>>386500459
>>386500635
use the buildbot versions. its gotten a lot better over the last 2 years especially
>https://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/

>>386500295
PCSX2 runs like trash to me. Constant FPS drops and cutscenes are slowed down for some reason

Is there reliable options to emulate original Xbox and Dreamcast?

>>386500781
>>https://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/
What is this?

>>386500295
>How do I emulate?

In 99% of cases you just run an emulator and mount a rom/iso, PS2 emulation is easily the most broken in the scene right now.

>>386500843

IIRC there is a halfway decent Dreamcast emulator, but Xbox is still fucked for the most part outside of some small build that can kinda run JSRF.

>>386500873

What's with this meme? At least 95% of the PS2 library works on PCSX2, which is more than pretty much any emulator besides Dolphin.

>>386500868
dev builds, most emus have them. theyre always more up to date than whatever the official version is on their webpage.

>>386500295
>Is emulation better than playing the actual game?
No, because it's never as accurate unless you're pumping your cycle accurate NES/SNES through s-video at 240p to a crt.

Anyone have any settings to stop the slowdown, stutter, and fps drops in Snake Eater, SotC, and Sly 2?

>>386500457
>>386500635
>>386500824
t. literal retards who can't into emulation

>>386500962
That IS more than Dolphin.

>>386501018
fuck off

If I fuck up somehow in the worse case scenario trying to emulate will it mess up my computer? Can I emulate games like Shenmue, Xenogears and FFVIII?

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>>386500749
Is epsxe one of those? Because that's what I'm using, and aside from a handful of games, things work really nicely with it.

>>386501506
be careful if you do it wrong it'll make mustard ga

>>386501652
I hate epsxe.

>>386501652
It's a popular emulator and it isn't terrible

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>>386501506
Just a heads up, if you install a emulator and fuck up the launch process you may kill your RAM, since they use it to store game data. So unless you know what you are doing don't fuck with them. They are also known to cause SCSI errors.

>>386501694
RetroArch? I've heard good things about it but couldn't be bothered to set it up properly.

>>386501743
Yeah, it works great. I don't really need perfection in my emulation. As long as it's playable and not complete trash, we're good.

From Gen 1 to 5 emulation is superior in pretty much every way. Gen 6 to 8 it got tons of issues.

>>386501652

I've been researching the same lately, and while epsxe seems to run most things, it's not the best quality. I found that pcsxr pgxp is really good, if a bit finicky to get started, but the quality is amazing.

Also what's a good N64 emulator. I am using Project 64, and don't know which version. I am trying to play Goldeneye and on PJ64 v 1.6 the skybox's are all broken but otherwise everything else is fine. But on PJ64 v 2.3, the skyboxs work but now bullet tracers and hit decals are all fucked. Are Mupen64 or 1964 worth trying out?

>>386500295
>How do I emulate?
What?
>Is emulation better than playing the actual game?
Subjective but usually emulator ups the internal resolutions adds AA and filters among other things.
>Why do many emulated games have more glitches than the actual game?
The games were created to run on the specific console's hardware. Glitches or bugs on the game means the emulator is having problems "emulating" that specific part.
>>386501506
>If I fuck up somehow in the worse case scenario trying to emulate will it mess up my computer?
No don't listen to these niggers.

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>>386501290
bumping

>>386501747
I guess I'll stay away from emulation for now and just try and hunt down old copies of games along with the console they are on. Know any books on emulation?

>>386502018
Huh?

>>386501303
proper emulators work without twerking anything nigger

Emulation is LITERALLY pretty cool.

>>386502197

He's joking retard, installing an emulator is no different to any other program. It's piss easy, download it and follow the install prompts like choosing directory. At most some might want you to drag and drop a file and select a plugin and put in a bios.

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>>386502031
I've only had issues with the Digimon World games so far on epsxe. I might try another for those, but for now I'm content.

I don't really use N64 emus, so I can't be much help there. Sorry.

>>386501290
Try messing with the clocks a bit but that wouldn't help you much. If messing with the settings isn't helping you then you need a faster CPU.

>>386502018
>>386502204
NANI?

>>386502197
Yes, you'll want to start off with learning LISP. once you've learned that you'll be ready to start fiddling with emulation.

>>386502206
tweaking*
shit

>>386501303
>it works fine you just have to download some specific build and change every single setting until it stops fucking up and do it again every time you play another game

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>>386502326
>joking
The proper term would be trolling. But post 2012 thinks trolling is "HURR DURR I'M A RETARD" posts, or insulting someone.

>>386500295
Nigga this shit ain't google

>>386502018
I wish my toaster could handle this with texture mods and the 60fps patch. I can just about run it at at 30fps with native resolution.

>>386502326
I hope this is the case.
>>386502410
My teacher told me I would have to take a masters course in order to learn LISP so I suppose I will wait off until then.

I tried emulating spiderman 2, but it completely glitched graphically.
What can I do about it?

>>386500295
Your experience with emulating PS2 is actually going to depend on the power of your GPU.

For example, Ape Escape 2 has a shitload of texture issues that I've experienced while playing on Intel HD 4600 Graphics. When I tried again on a GTX 970, I no longer had those issues

>>386501290
MTVU, 60 FPS patch, and overclocking the EE(it's in the hack menu like MTVU).

Need a beefy CPU.

>>386502641
Adjust settings

>>386502450
>>it works fine you just have to download some specific build and change every single setting until it stops fucking up and do it again every time you play another game
Wow! Thank you for literally proving my point.

>>386500962

Dreamcast emus are pretty dire.

You can use nullDC ( maybe, I have yet to get it working with Win10 ) which hasn't been updated it over 10 years

Or you can use DEMUL which sucks for a whole host of other reasons

>>386502745
I have a GTX 1080, should I be fine? I know very little about GPUs.

I'm currently working on getting nullDC (Dreamcast emu) to work with memory card.

Wanted to play Typing of the Dead and not the shitty new version on steam.

There really aren't that many good games for DC huh?

>>386502018
Can't wait to replay this when the texture mod is finished. If it ever gets finished.

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>these are the people that are posting on 4chan

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>>386502748
I'm guessing an i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz is not enough?

>>386503109
I'm OP and I must also ask, I have an i7-6700k 4.0 GHz, how would I fare?

>>386503109
>k
overclock it

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>>386503232

>I have a brand new, modern CPU
>wil it work??!?!

>>386502872
According to game debate, the 1080 is about 51% more powerful than the 970 I'm using so I'd say yes.

>>386503337
I just built my PC the other day and have no idea how things like a Titan X compared to a 1080. Like I have 16gb of RAM, the i7-6700k and the 1080 but I have no idea how that translates to being capable of something like playing games and emulated games.
>>386503380
That's reassuring.

>>386500295
>How do I emulate?
Download an emulator and ROMs/ISOs although you can use a legit DVD in the case of PS2 and the such
>How does emulation work?
It's a piece of software that mimics a piece of hardware
>Is emulation better than playing the actual game?
Subjective. It does have the advantage of allowing you to render at a higher resolution than the original console was capable of.
>Why do many emulated games have more glitches than the actual game?
Because the vast majority of emulators are just really clever reverse engineering. It's hard to make it completely accurate.

>>386503318
Kind of scared to to be honest. It's fucking 100F everyday outside. Also dont know the first thing about overclocking

>>386503623
Would a fan or AC help?

>>386501747
what the hell are you talking about?

>>386500843
>>386500962
>>386502859
http://redream.io/ is a new Dreamcast emulator in development, idk how good it is right now though.

>>386503681
Uhh maybe AC. My CPU temp right now is 77C, and I'm pretty sure thats high

>>386503906
On idle? Then that's very bad.

>>386504045
Might be because I havent dusted in like a year

>>386503579
So is the ROM/ISO important or is the emulator itself moreso important?

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>download pcsx2 for the first time
>put in the bios file where it's needed
>go to settings
>speedhacks
>turn everything on
>start a bunch of games
>all just werk, 60fps, no issues.

Thanks, pcsx2, so simple.

>>386504204
Think of the emulator as the console and the ROM/ISO as the game.

>>386502797
Which?
Direct x/open gl is all I can think of.

>>386504204
Holy fuck you literally have no idea what's going on do you? Google is your friend.

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>>386504215
most of the time the only thing you need to adjust is the basic video settings like resolution. some games run better and worse so you adjust up and down a little bit accordingly.

>>386504420
Dolphin or PCSX2?

>>386501960
>I've heard good things about it but couldn't be bothered to set it up properly.
takes all of a couple minutes to download retroarch, download cores, config your controller, put PS1 bioses in the system folder, and start playing
it works great and it's probably the most straightforward way to use mednafen, which is the most accurate PS1 emulator
a lot of people don't like it though because they find the PS3 style menus to be cumbersome

>>386504525
I don't mind playing at native. for me, emulation is playing as close to the original as possible.

>>386504215
It's still best to do a simple search for the game on https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Main_Page
and adjust your settings to the correct region and version of the game you're running, really helps with problems related to speedhacks.

Will the New Paper Mario texture pack finish before 2020?

>>386504806
why don't you help out so it'll go faster?

How good does my computer have to be in order to be able to handle emulating most games?

>>386504661
I had it all set up, actually. I wish I still had it installed so I could screenshot the error I was getting, but yeah. Everything was smooth otherwise. I'll give it a shot again when I get time.

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>>386504737
what a waste. part of the joy of emulation is seeing old games in all their glory without being a low res blurry mess and the other things like perspective correction for ps1 games.

>>386504525
>no widescreen patch
>improper rendering

>>386505116
What game is this?

>>386500843
just buy a dreamcast. holy shit you can burn all the games. theres only like 5 that will give you trouble if you dont have the proper size discs

>>386505221
Skies of Arcadia

Best place to pirate a bios/games?

>>386504894
it's out of my field of work.

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emulation is only good when the emulator is accurate, shit like PJ64 or PCSX2 take alot of shortcuts and are not accurate and are glitchy sometimes but emus like PPSSPP and Dolphin are amazing surpassing original hardware sometimes.

>>386505416
check /t/ if they still have rom threads.

>>386505416
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Need_Games%3F

>>386505416
Emuparadise is fine but all of nintendo's stuff got nuked recently so you'll have to get that stuff elsewhere.

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>>386505486
keep telling yourself that toddler

>>386505268
Dreamcasts look pretty expensive to actually buy. All I really want to play is Shenmue 1+2, D2 and Sword of Berserk

>>386505646
>>386505676
Thanks

Does emulation take a lot of RAM or hard drive space?

>>386506253
Depends on the system. Newer systems generally require more RAM use and HDD space for storing games.
For example, Wii games are generally 4gb each, but the entire SNES library is under a gig iirc.

>>386506076
Really? I bought one on Ebay years ago for $20, with all the cables and a controller/VMU. It even was one of the early ones with no copy protection.

>>386500295
This is a 18+ site kiddo.

>>386506549
Just built a PC and was just looking for help with emulation of games that I can't really get many other ways.

>>386500295
>How do I emulate?
You better be gaving a giraffe.
>Is emulation better than playing the actual game?
Only in the case of handhelds that never had any reasonable TV output.
>Why do many emulated games have more glitches than the actual game?
Because emulation is imperfect by nature. It's why it's called 'emulation' and not 'an absolutley perfect software clone'.

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don't get epsxe, get PCSXR-PGXP or Retroarch and the mednafen's beetle pgxp core.

>>386505713
k dude enjoy your "playable" games

>>386507697
Because of software mode there are far more "perfect" games on PCSX2, ignorant toddler.

>>386507617
What's better about it?

>>386508043
what cpu u got bby

Can I emulate Mother 1 and 2?

>>386505713
>playable
>about 2/3 of the games on that list require the software render to work properly and a supercomputer to run it unless you like slideshows

To their credit the software render is pretty accurate, but you get access to virtually no enhancements (meaning only blurry 480i footage). It can also be slow as shit for the more visually complex games.

Does Dolphin even have a software renderer?

>>386508318
No. They are literally impossible to emulate.

>>386508432
Can I emulate Shenmue 1 and 2?

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>>386508092
Intel Core i5 6600 @ 3.30GHz

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>>386507891
perspective correction is a nice feature

>>386508636
haha epic funny face

Guys, can you tell me how to transfer my saves from my PS2 memory card to my computer? What's the best way to do this?

>>386508636
Will a i7-6700k 4.0GHz do well?

>>386508395
>supercomputer
Anything that can be called a "supercomputer" this day an age was rendered obsolete when Windows 7 came into existence if not XP. They're just massive storage spaces and glorified calculators now.

>>386508395
>>about 2/3 of the games on that list require the software render to work properly and a supercomputer to run it unless you like slideshows
I see you're still shitpost like an ignorant faggot. How's that going for you?

>>386508615
No.
I can't even tell if the sarcasm is getting through. You can emulate all that shit just fucking google it next time.

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>>386508636

>>386500749

PCSXR and mednafen are considered as the best ones. Both require some setting up however, and mednafen is literally a command-line emulator so a manual is definitely needed. Both emulators support the new PGXP technology that fixes the annoying problem of texture distortion of ps1 games.

>>386500462
When emulating MGS2 I encounter a bit of slowdown on occasion, and it makes no difference if the game's rendering at native resolution or 6x native. I don't understand it. Is MGS2 just that much of a bastard to emulate or what?

>>386509081
Ah ok it was sarcasm, my bad.

>>386509272
i played it earlier this year and it would slow down during high particle stuff (fire, explosions) but was very playable. sometimes games do have slowdowns though, the xbox version of mgs2 ran at like 10fps outside on the outside of the tanker even though it was a lot more powerful than the ps2.

>>386505713
>playable
Fucking play Legaia 2: Duel saga and walk in the forest at the beginning of the game. Go ahead. can't make this shit up

>>386508807
the only way i know was to use that uLauncher.elf thingy that you burned into a dvd and place it on a modded ps2, then you could browse shit like ps2 and even ps1 memorycards and copy the saves to a pen drive

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I like the idea of emulation, preserving hardware through code but I always end up getting the console + flashcart because theres always the games that dont work, especially N64 and dreamcast.


Still, dolphin has impressed me alot and pcsx2 is doing alright too but it has some delay I noticed.

Actually, I wish I could play timesplitters 2 but I cant get the mouse to function well as the c-stick. Would the ps2 version via pcsx2 work better?

>>386503830
How good is it?

>>386509573
It's definitely playable; I just found it weird that the game runs perfectly no matter what resolution I give it *except for* a few occasions, like the rooms filled with all the Marines, and these occasions persist even at native resolution. I haven't tried MGS3 yet.

>>386504525
The screen shot you are posting there has improper lighting effects due to pcsx2's broken post processing.

Pcsx2 is trash.

>>386509589
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhMgfCD6zQ

>>386510243
That's his own fault, MGS3 emulates perfectly.

>>386509589
nigga,you musta had shit version,cuz i emulated that game from start to finish without problems on a fucking core 2 duo 2.9ghz some years ago

>>386510336
No. It doesn't. It even list this as an active issue in their own compatibility page.

>>386508395
>Need a supercomputer to use PCSX2

Are you playing on a 10 year old laptop or something?

>>386510243
Yay so emulation can remove gayass efefcts from the original.

That is good. Fuck blur.

>>386510496
It's not blur you idiot, its the game's lighting engine.

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>>386510449
Yes it does.

>>386510473
No cpu on the market today can run Shadow of the Colossus at full speed in software mode.

>>386510551
Seems fine to me.
In all seriousness that guy has an old build, current builds fix the codec lighting

>>386510662
Then play in hardware mode.

I don't believe that though, I get 45fps with a 6 year old CPU that isn't overclocked.

>>386508395
I have a i7-6700k, and a 1080 GTX, how will I fare?

>>386510657
No, it doesn't. Even their own comparability page says it doesn't. You can't get rid of the issue all together, only fix some of the missing post-processing effects

>No post-processing
>Status: Active
>Type: Minor
>Description: No post-processing effects are visible.
>Workaround: This has improved in recent v1.5.0 git builds. Go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, set Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)", set CRC Hack Level to "Partial" and make sure "Blending Unit Accuracy" is set to at least "Basic". For older versions switch to Software mode by setting Renderer to any of the "(Software)" options.

https://wiki.pcsx2.net/index.php/Metal_Gear_Solid_3:_Snake_Eater

>>386510243
its a known issue, or was. the screen is old now compared to newer builds.

>>386510657
show a screen with trees

>>386510728
Again, still wrong. There are still numerous post-processing effects missing in the game even when running all of the correct hacks on the correct GPU drivers in the correct hardware mode. There is no current solution because pcsx2 doesn't have all of the ps2s post-processing effects properly emulated yet.

>>386510885
>This has improved in recent v1.5.0 git builds

well there you go

>>386510993
Oh I see.

Still if its just post effects like blur then its better than playing on a ps2 for me.

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>>386510885
The patch it outdated you mong, I posted visual evidence.

>>386511247
your russian is superb.

>>386510951
>show a screen with trees
This is an issue from literally 4 years ago.

>>386511057
Key word there is >improved. It's not fixed yet. The issue has ONLY improved and ONLY when using OpenGL and ONLY when on the right Nividia driver (Nividia no longer actively supports OpenGL as everything but emulation has moved onto Vulkan) and ONLY when using the correct hacks.

Pcsx2 has still not properly emulated all of the ps2s post processing effects, many of which are used by MGS3. You just took a wall of text from the developers themselves and interpreted what you want out of it out of some weird ass allegiance.

>>386509675
i got the mouse working on pcsx2 for ts2 once many years ago but i totally forgot how,still, you can try to make it work cuz i know it does atleast

>>386511341
i never claimed it did. it plays fine though. i just pointed out the screen was old since you mentioned an updated fix since it was known as a common issue. a lot of things like that have been getting fixed. ace combat plays fine on hardware with no ground issues anymore for instance.

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>>386511341
(You) already proved yourself wrong. Stop shitposting any time.

>>386511596
> never claimed it did.
You should have because you would have been right.

>>386504576
PCSX2, I wasn't aware spiderman 2 had a good gamecube port.

>>386511665
they need to bump their proper versions more often to push the small fixes. its like they dont have any real goals for the next version and then just bump it whenever they feel like it. dolphin is just as bad with it.

>>386502031
the best way I found to play n64 games is actually on the gamecube/wii emulator dolphin and install them as wads. Downside is there aren't a lot of compatible games I think.

Have modchip PS2 that works perfectly.

Guessing it's best to just keep using it until PS2 emulation gets better. I hear it's great...but not perfect.

Anyone know how good PCSX2 works on a i5 6600 3.5/AMD R9 390? And no, not overclocking.

>>386512879
ive got a chip in mine too, i still prefer emulation. its more convenient. i setup fmcb for a few of my friends though, they love it.

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How many games in the PS3 market could the RPCS3 emulate? I know Persona 5 and Demon Souls works.

Is my PC good enough to run most emulated games from the 90's and early 2000's?

where do i get the rom and bios for demons souls? i have the emulator already.

>>386513574
https://rpcs3.net/compatibility
11% playable and 24% partially playable

>>386513847
this isnt a psychic clinic

>>386513574
its still on the low end, not many games. the development has been picking up a lot though. they're making enough in patreon to bring on a few of the people full time who even quit their jobs to work on it.

>>386513910
nicoblog. bios can be downloaded from the playstation.com page. search for it.

>>386512879
full speed in almost all games that the legit ps2 ran at full speed. use the preset "aggressive" for most games.

>>386510863
in dolphin? full speed in every game. even a core 2 duo can get full speed in most games.

>>386506549
lol

>>386500749
pcsxr if you want high speed and decent accuracy (enable framebuffer access in the options). Xebra if you want near perfect accuracy but a lot of dropped drawframes (makes wipeout unplayable).

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>>386501747
>oh no! not my SCSI!

>>386502031
mupen is a pita to configure because loltextonly and it reformats and overwrites your cfg if you do it wrong. cen64 is supposed to be the perfect emulator but it barely works yet and i havent tried it.

>>386514326
>core 2 duo

my old laptop has one of them and i couldn't anything besides super old dolphin builds, anything around 4.0+ requires sse 4.1 or something that core 2 doesn't support.

>>386513925
Then whats a good build to be able to run those games?

>>386514781
i meant desktop ones because i got good framerate on mine for a lkng time

>>386515018
this https://ci.appveyor.com/project/rpcs3/rpcs3/build/artifacts

if you bake in experimental improvements and compile it yourself you'll get a handful more frames but it's not worth it unless you're really obsessed

>>386500295
PCSX2 takes some learning to get the most out of it. First make sure you have a CPU that can handle it well. Go to: cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

and type in your CPU and click on it twice, if it has a singlethread rating of at least 1600 you should be good to play most games fine with PCSX2. If your singlethread rating is around 2000 you can basically max out PCSX2 easily.

You'll need to download PS2 Bios from another website since they're technically illegal to distribute, and then place them in the BIOs folder in your PCSX2 Documents folder.

If you have an NVIDIA GPU use OPENGL in video settings, if you have AMD use DX11. Don't mess with anti-aliasing, just make the internal resolution x3 and games will look as good as they can. Using widescreen hacks is hot or miss depending on the game, I just use native 4:3 in fullscreen. Leave the speedhack setting on default (enabled with both scales on 0 but most boxes checked) and enable 8bit textures if you have a dedicated GPU. If you have crappy integrated graphics just stick to software mode for the most part and don't change resolution and uncheck 8bit textures.

That's pretty much it for the most part. Your GPU doesn't matter as long as you have a decent CPU and play on software mode or hardware mode without a resolution bump. Also some games run like ass in software/hardware mode and vice-versa, press F9 in game to instantly switch between software/hardware mode and it could fix low FPS in games.

>>386513436
>>386514326

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely try those suggestions.

>>386506398
The entire snes library comes in at around 5 gigs. Or at least that is the size of the library on archive

>>386500635
Are you implying the Dolphin guys are trying to do something about it? That would be cool

I JUST WANTED TO COMPLETE TIME CRISIS 3 AGAIN WHY THE FUCK IS ONE STAGE UNCOMPATIBLE AND THE REST NOT?
On the other hand, does anyone know if you can use stuff like hamachi in order to play online?

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>>386515784
>and games will look as good as they can.
4x is where most games start dropping off, but I've seen gains even above that in certain high detail games. Using FXAA is essential too, no matter what resolution you're set at. The provided FXAA shader introduces no blur in PCSX2 and cleans up aliasing quite a bit. Why not force AF?

And you forgot the most important thing; Enable MTVU.

So does PCSX2 1.5.0 devbuild fix MGS2 and MGS3 so that they look decent and can be played from start to finish without insane FPS drops and stutters?

>>386515784
The single thread rating is 2350 so I'm guessing I can max them out easily as you estimated.

>>386500295
How is babby formed?

>>386516409
Yes, MTVU should be checked if you have a quad core (or 2 core with 4 threads?). I never felt like FXAA got any benefit when already down-sampling from a slighter higher resolution at 3x but that's just personal preference. I've never messed around that much with AF because it doesn't bother me at bilinear (forced) which I assume is default. but I can't remember if I changed it to that.

what good simple player games should i emulate?

>>386516771
single*

>>386516771
Shenmue 1 and 2

>>386516471
Definitely, and enable the MTVU hack in speedhacks if you have a 4core for even more performance.

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>>386516771
These are the games I've downloaded so far, I've only beaten THPS3 and Yakuza though, and I'm 20 hours into P3. There are WAY more worthwhile PS2 game too, these are just the ones I downloaded a while ago that came to mind back then.

>>386516771
bing wahoo galaxy (wii)
xenogears (ps1)
crash bandicoot 2 (ps1)
god hand (ps2)
dk country (snes)
super metroid (snes)

>>386515784
For me it says it can't start because api-ms-win-runtime-l1-1-9.dll is missing, any ideas ?

What are the best dreamcast emulator?

>>386503558
You sound very ignorant of how to use a computer. I'm surprised you could even build one.

>>386517145
I'm also a CS major, and I was surprised myself.

>>386501303
>w-w-w-works on my machine, you're just i-i-idiots
every single time

>>386504992
Just try it out yourself. It's not like your computer will explode.

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>>386517097
>api-ms-win-runtime-l1-1-9.dll is missing

^I literally just copy and pasted that into google and found your answer in 4 seconds. Kids these days.

>>386517282
That's actually exactly what I'm scared of

>>386517262
not him but the "aggressive" preset moved persona 3 franerate from unbearable to playable for me

>>386517325
Sorry lol its 7:45 and havent gone to sleep yet.

>>386504992
This: >>386517282

Also it depends on what system. NES - SNES - PS1 - N64 can be emulated on any shitty toaster. PS2 just needs a CPU with a passmark singlethread score of around 1600+.

>>386517282
>mid 90s
>our class was playing old apple II games in the computer lab (our school was poor so that's all we had)
>suddenly one of the machines starts smoking
>whole school is evacuated

Don't kid yourself anon, all computers are ticking time bombs that could combust at the slightest hint of overheating. We all fool ourselves into this false notion of security since it's so rare, but you should still be prepared when it happens.

>>386517262
Not an argument.

>>386517572
How about DC?

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>>386500295
I guess I will ask here — which version of Chrono Trigger is the best? Snes, PS1 or some other perhaps?

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>>386510243
>>386510496

>>386517735
ps1

>>386517687
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_Dreamcast_emulators

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>reddit said 7350k was worthless
>build with a 7350k
>get 80% the performance of a 7700k in emulators for 1/3 the price and easy upgrade options later

>>386517735
snes why is this a question

>>386517929
Is that the dual core? That thing looked amazing for emulation and older games in particular.

If I try to use my controller through emulation is it possible to fuck up and make my controller unusable?

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>>386516771
Try these

>>386518141
ye

You can emulate ps2 on a fucking toaster, literally i5-3330 + GTX 660 will get you upscaled games at 60FPS in games like MGS3, FFX etc

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>>386517790
>>386517965
Well fuck, can you guys elaborate a little please?

>>386517325
still not workin tho

>>386518318
SNES versison was GOAT so I cant see what the ps1 could add to that

>>386518318
PS1 has extra things like cutscenes and added bonus information and ps1 is just the better console so why not get any version released on their platform?

gg

>>386515018
If you want to run games from the 90s/00s any toaster should run them I can play NES SNES N64 PSP GB and GBA games on a shit 1.7hz piece of trash

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>>386501747
>SCSI
>home PC
>Year of our Methodist Lord two-thousand and seventeen. A.D.

>>386518318
ps1 has loading times. noloads makes the game a lot more enjoyable.

>>386518867
I have a i7-6700k and a 1080, I believe the cpu has 4.0GHz so from what you're saying it should run fine?

>>386517735
DS I think

>>386519065
Yes

>>386517785
What fix did you use?

>>386519065
Nah, you need at least a 1080 Ti to play PS1 games at native resolution. CPU is fine though, just make sure you OC it to at least 6.85ghz, also people forget to mention that you need 32gb of RAM to run anything above NES era emulation.

>>386517842
Do I just pick one and hope it works well?

>>386519065

>>386519364
This guy is fucking with you by the way

>>386519364
>shitposting is now common even in emulation threads

wew

>>386501747
are you fucking retarded
I never had any problems with emulators over the years that killed my ram

>>386519381
Just give up and play Team Fortress 2.

>>386519465
You're responding to bait. Stop it.

>>386519518
I don't find online multiplayer games all that fun besides mmos.

Any other good emulators other than pcsx2 ?
cant get it workin


>>386518363

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>>386519064
Well I guess I stick with PS1 version just for extra content, thanks guys.

>>386519923
Thank you for agreeing with me

>>386518146
No.

>>386519720
Not for PS2

>>386520120
How about for DC?

>>386501290
Don't play on a laptop toaster.
I finished SotC years ago with stable and high FPS. Snake Eater was not playable at the time though, and I never touched Sly2 because the first one bored me to death.

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>>386501290
overclocking

>>386518162
Recently tried to replay Dark Cloud, but i couldnt do it. The repair system is garbage, combat is a little boring, building towns is lame.

>>386518162

- Ghosthunter is eehh...

- Black is great

- Urban Chaos is fiddly with controls, but great in tone and atmosphere and general gameplay

- REZ is GOAT

- Ace Combat 4 is just great. Didn't play it fully

- God of War 1/2, God Hand, Ico, Devil May Cry 3 SE (PC version is competent with the Style Switcher mod), ZOE 2 Yakuza are practically Essentials

- Shadow of the Colossus and Okami are gifts for gods

- Armored Core 2 is a bit rough, AC3 is great. Little tough though.

- Just stated playing Onimusha. It hits all the right notes.

- Way of the Samurai is just mind blowing at times. But clunky to control, though

- Viewtiful Joe is just sooo fun. Little hard though.

- Cookie and Cream is made by FROM Soft, and it shows.

- Unlike a lot of people, I though Jak & Daxter was okay.

- MGS 3 is great, Tenchu Wraith of Heavens is quite underrated, almost plays like the PS1 Tenchu games, SC Double agent is great though I dunno about the PS3/X360/PC version

- Silent Hill 2 Director's cut, Silent Hill 3, Fatal Frame 2 and Resident Evil 4 are essential. Siren 1/2, Rule of Roses, Haunting Ground, Echo Night Beyond are great, but not without some problems.

- Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is quite complex for a licenced fighting game. Never got good at it.

- SSX 3 is just soo... fun. Also, amazing radio.

- FFX is really nice but not the best, FFXII International is just all kinds of great, KH is not cup of my tea, recently started Shadow Hearts so I can't comment, P3 FES and P4 are just amazing (didn't finish them though)

- SMT Digital Devil Saga is severely overlooked. King's Field 4 is hard is balls but fantastic atmosphere.

- Gran Turismo 4 is not my kind of racing game but it's style and music is top notch, Burnout 3 is nice, not here but NFS Carbon is great as well

- Katamari Damacy is GOAT.

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Can someone please spoonfeed me on ps2 emulation? i tried once before but im literally 100% tech illiterate and i had to install ''BIOS'' or something seperately and i just got sort of afraid so i gave up, please help me relive my childhood

>>386500295
Imagine you're trying to translate from chinese to english in real time. You're going to fall behind and you;re going to make mistakes,

>>386521580
literally google it

im trying to emulate shenmue on dreamemu but it keeps saying there is an error

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http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

teach yourself and stop asking people to teach you easy things

>>386522838
why did finn fight this guy instead of phasma anyway

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Is there a way to make the text in KH2FM not look like complete ass? Tried searching on google but only get results for texture mods.

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>>386523215
?

>ePSXe just works
>a 10 year old toaster with budget parts can run PCSX2 at 100% just fine
>Dolphin averages at 50% if there's more than one object on the screen
/v/ you have lied to me.

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>>386523310
Text gets these weird lines above and below sometimes. I can deal with it, but it'd be convenient to get rid of it.

>>386523516
Image looks like shit because I was trying to get the screenshot mid-cutscene.

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>>386523516
Oh I think that was fixed but I can't remember. I don't see it in any of my screenshots.

>>>/vg/184644619
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9J8DMmy-q01eWdsZE90ZGpmb2M

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>>386523660
Ah, thanks man. I should have searched the thread before asking for help, but I figured nobody would have asked for a similar issue.

I'm gonna try asking again here since my thread was so rudely ignored yesterday. I used to be able to run emulators just fine, but now, suddenly, none of them work at all in full screen. Anyone have any idea why this is happening?

>>386517575
CPUs automatically shut off if they reach 100C. I don't see any computer catching fire unless there's a mountain of dust or other highly flammable junk inside it, or if something fucks up with the PSU.

>>386524291
Like hell they do, I've had my CPU go over 100 degrees and I manually shut it down cause I expected it to catch fire.

>>386522673
I'm just trying to find an emulator where I can play Shenmue well

How would RPCS3 run on an i7 2600 3.40ghz? Is it worth trying?

Would it be better to use linux instead of windows with an intel hd 4000 igpu, because of the higher ogl support?

>>386525321
I have the same question but I have i7-6700k.

Extracting the BIOs from my PS2 sounds like a pain in the ass and turns me off from using PS2 emulation, is there a way around this? Experienced with most emus but PS2 emulation just gets me pissed off every time I try and use it.

>>386525661
Nigger if that doesn't run it then nothing will. It's less than 2 years old.

>>386525739
just download it nigger

>>386525739
>s there a way around this?
yes, it's called google you fucking autist

>>386525835
Where though?

>>386525739
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=download+ps2+bios

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>>386524291
>I don't see any computer catching fire unless there's a mountain of dust or other highly flammable junk inside it

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>>386525870
Damn, you're right, kind of feel fucking stupid now...

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>>386502569
>60fps patch
What 60fps patch? Either link me to it or don't bother responding.

>>386525975
Most setup guides will usually tell you to rip the bios from your own console as a sort of disclaimer because distribution is illegal, but no one actually does that.

>>386526107
Who the hell rips bios from their own console?

Goddamn /v/, you guys are fucking dumb as hell.
Every question that has ever been asked has an answer on the fucking wiki.
http://emulation.gametechwiki.com

>>386526737
What is the most reliable emulator for Shenmue?

>>386526883
demul (its not how its spelt) but thats a good dc emulator

>>386527276
Do you know if there are any bad glitches with Shenmue's emulation? I saw a guy play 2 on emulation and the only real issue he ran into was Ryu's head disappearing.

>>386527886
It doesn't. it plays the graphics perfectly on Demul with the arcade games working and everything.

>>386502887
Just torrent the PC port works fine for me on Win10

I thought I would come to conclusions with this thread, but now I'm even more confused.

>>386529948
You're an idiot.

>>386531338
Yeah, I know

I don't know get how people have problems with emulation. I ran N64, PS2 and gameboy games on my 256MB shared RAM, 2Ghz dual core laptop without problems

>>386532508
I just don't understand it

>labtop
>cant run the fucking intro fmv to persona 3 fes, get about 30-40 fps
>ingame barely peaks at 50
wtf

>>386532508
Yea, you're straight up fucking lying.

>>386532508
I have i7-6700k, 1080 and 16gb of RAM, I would I do?

>>386533612
you can do me anon

>>386533430
It just works
>>386533612
My desktop build is a i7-2600k, 1060 and 16GB RAM and it works alright,too. PS2 causes the most problems but everything else runs fine. Even dolphin.

>mfw I cant get the PS3 controller to work on my PC

I've tried everything, siaxis, motioninjoy, but it just doesn't work. Do you guys know that site where it shows the PC specs so I check what is wrong with my PC? the controller seems to connect and be able to be recharged, but it somehow the PC refuses to let me play it

>>386533753
I'll give you gameboy and N64, but you are not running PS2 games on that. You're just not. It just doesn't work.

>>386533983
go to control panel > devices > right click the controller > click game controller settings > properties, then test your buttons, if they work then try x360ce. put the exe in the game directory then i'll help you from there.

>>386534156

Well shit, I've aready unistalled most programs from PC save the emulator which i am playing thru keyboard, which program do you suggest?

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Would there be anything like the mouse hack used in 1964 (Perfact Dark and Goldeneye specific emu) for Dolphin?

I'd like to play Timesplitters Future Perfect with proper mouse aim but I can't seem to find any solutions. Trying to straight up emulate the analog with mouse just feels really weird.

>>386534068
It was a Metal Gear game. Maybe the one on the PS1 ? I can't really remember, haven't used the laptop in years. I know that I ran OoT, Mario Kart and the mainline Pokemon games up to Gen3 or something. Suprisingly, the laptop even ran the older Hearts of Iron games. Maybe not at 60 FPS but it was very playable.

>>386534275
nigga are you trying to tell me you uninstalled control panel

>>386534358

No, i removed the programs that suposedly help with the setting the controller

brb i will search for the controllers, my room is a mess so it may take time

>>386534456
What the fuck you uninstall then?

>>386534456
Anyway, x360ce should still allow you to test for connectivity via mapping, download the appropriate executable (32 or 64 bit depending not on the OS but game)

>>386534504

frankly i have no idea, but the icon was a little ps3 controller

>>386534351
Yea, I mean I can run those games on my phone so if it's MGS for the PS1 then it's very understandable. But my i7 quad core with 2.5Ghz is struggling with some PS2 games, there's no way you ran it with that.

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Anyone know shit about Dragon Quest VIII PS2 emulation? Does it run alright?

>>386534632
I only emulate Grandia3, Persona 3 and Persona 4 and it works alright so far. When a new version of the emulator gets released there are a few minor problems but nothing major.
Grandia 3 had an annoying sound bug but ran fine otherwise. The Persona games have bugged shadows and the audio has some hick up from time to time. There are FPS drops but they are so rare and don't last longer than maybe a few seconds that I can't really complain.

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>>386534721
perfect

Is the Wii-U worth it if I just want the virtual console?

Or should I shell out for a switch?

>>386534914
Well, some games do run better than others. On my old PC, when I couldn't get any game to run, I ran FFXII flawlessly.

>>386534914
How are the shadows bugged?

How is Shenmue and Mother emulation?

>>386535060
I only ever get half the shadows. They stop after the hips.
>>386535036
I am more suprised that HoI games ran on it.

>>386534932
But can it run on a laptop?

It's a decent laptop though

>>386535141
That's normal you reatrd.

>>386535259
It definately looks weirder on the emulator than on the PS2

>>386534156

where do i find the game directory?

>>386535398
No.

>>386535442
ok.

>>386535436
wherever your emu exe is
when you remap the keys does it work

>buying $1000 pc to play games from $100 console

>>386535659
>not owning a PC
fucking autist

>>386535659
i know this is b8 but
>implying people bought pc's just to emulate

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>>386535567

Well, I cant get it to work, the PS3 controller is charging but its not detecting. I am suposed to drag and drop something?

>>386535991
nigger thats not x360ce

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>>386508889
Is this bait? Obviously it will you ignorant bleb. You don't deserve your rig.

>>386536172
I'm serious, I just built it three days ago and want to know how well it can run emulated games and other game releases.

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>>386536278
how the fuck do you buy a 6700k without knowing if it's any good? Did you just enter a PC parts shop with your mom's credit card and asked the guy there "me want a computah good parts ples" ? Because that's how this sounds like

>>386536385
I been researching parts for a PC to build for about 4 years and when I finally got the money I narrowed down what to buy based on the consistency is customer satisfaction over a span of time and review scores.

>>386536156

Well, i downloaded it and it can't seem to detect my controller either.

Can't you upload your controller setting to the internet so I can download it? I can't see to get it to work.

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>>386536490
If you did that then you wouldn't need to ask this question in the first place, so I don't think you did.

>>386536541
Then your controller doesnt work.
If it works on your console then the connecting cable is wrong.

>>386533983
Why aren't you using SCP

>>386536560
Like I get the general performance but most of the reviews were talking about how GHz work and CPU boosting and other mumbo jumbo which I am still trying to comprehend. And even though they may test it out with one game, my rig may be different from there's so just because they used this GPU with this CPU may not be the same as mine if I have the same GPU and a different CPU so I never was able to get a proper scaling in terms of the whole market of GPUs and CPUs besides the basic things.

>>386536709

But the thing is, I can see the blinking lights telling me its charging, so the controller is connected.

>>386536785
I tried but didn't worked.

>>386536839
What part of your connecting cable is wrong didn't you understand?
A regular mini usb to usb will still charge your controller. Only sony's shit retard one will actually work on the pc

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I will never understand people who claim emulation for a system (generally GC, Wii, & especially PS2) is garbage because sometimes you have to change settings (open a menu a click a few boxes) or possibly change a plugin or two (clicking a few more boxes). Yes, it would be awesome if every game loaded up perfectly by default like with older systems, but that's just not how it is. I don't mind if I have to spend a couple minutes setting up the program if it means I can play a GC or PS2 in 1080, with the internal resolution pumped up to 5x with modern shaders, AA, filtering, and more (especially if you make use of additional plugins/shaders that allow you turn on even more effects than the emulator has by default). I use one shader for PS2 games that lets me add in all kinds of lighting and graphical effects, including cel-shading ANYTHING (looks really great with a lot of anime-inspired art syles).

People are too spoiled. We're now able to play these titles and make them look incredible thanks to modern graphics effects while drastically reducing load times. We can pick up and play at any point of the game thanks to save states. Essentially the entire libraries of the PS2, Gamecube, and even Wii have been given "HD remasters" and in many cases can be made to look and play even better than the remasters that are published and sold.

Yes, work still needs to be done. Not everything is playable perfectly yet, and there are some that just don't work. The emulators aren't perfect. But guess what? It's still fucking awesome as fuck. So you have to click some stuff and spend a couple minutes to get a 15 year old console game looking and playing better ever, and completely free. Enjoy it and quit looking for things to bitch about.

>>386537008

But i am using a sony cable thing that came with the controller.

>>386510563
Shader name? Those scanlines are tidy af.

>>386535991
You still need the drivers from SCP to use BetterDS3 or anything else.

Or just buy a DS4, way more comfy anyway.

>>386536816
Nothing of this matters in the slightest.
Either you're completely ignorant on the matter and you're trying to "sound smart" or you're woefully overthinking it, I can't decide which.

It's an modern i7 from the top range. It's an overkill for regular games, and it's more than enough for emulation. People emulate quite well with i5's that are three generations behind that.

>>386537034
Are these "plug-ins" for emulators something you must download?

>>386537104
Might as well get a microsoft 360 controller since they dont require drivers

>>386537104

But I aready downloaded those and it did not worked.

>>386537154
I don't have the money, hence why I am emulating

>>386537106
/g/ told me my build was shit and that I should've waited for the i9 and got a 1080 ti along with two more sticks of 8gb of RAM to get 32gb of RAM in order to just play Bayonetta.

>>386537034
Just my $.02
A lot of emulators works the way you say. Nowdays, even a kid could play any SNES game. Even myself as a kid did.

But there are trickier systems. For me, I cannot run N64 nor DC no matter what I do. I really want to play conker, and yried every single combination of options in retroarch/mupen. But it just won't work.

So my guess that everytime someone talks about shitty emu, they are suffering my same fate. It's hard when the only game you wanna emulate won't run at all, even if any kiddo can put Mario 64 or Soul Calibur on his phone

I use a soft modded ps2 and a swap magic utility disc to play burned ps2 games. Sometimes the fmvs don't play properly but beyond that it's a simple way to play ps2 games

>>386537219
/g/ will always tell you that your build is shit and that you should wait for <insert their favourite specc that they're too poor to build in the first place>. Nobody sane takes this seriously

>>386537108
Yes. They're tiny, though. You just download them, put them in the directory they need to go in, then select it in your emulator. Sometimes they have a nice GUI, sometimes they come with an INI that you change a couple digits in. Very cool.

>>386537261
So trying to emulate DC is a useless fare that should never be attempted? There's no future or present that can bring such a fate to fruition?

>>386537217
It's a firmware issue if you cant map it on any of those.