Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Technically they're not identical, but they should be synonymous as far as the configs are concerned. Technically these were all tested with 1.5.0-dev-3400 but very little changed between then and 1.6.0 - primarily just some changes to the Onepad plugin, which isn't touched by these configs anyway. I did grab 1.6.0 and plan to test these with it, but there shouldn't be any significant difference between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 I swapped over to 1.6.0 in LB and retested the ones that I tested last night and they're all working correctly. I'm going to continue pushing the rest through. I do not anticipate any issues there. One note when changing over versions, be sure to restart LB afterwards, because the Configurator plugin will continue to use the previous version until you do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Allllllllllllright... everything's been pushed through and the sheet has been updated. A few notes: Every single config has been touched, because the formatting in the configs changed a little bit, so even if there were “no changes”, there were some formatting changes that took place in the background. The only games noted in the update log, however, are ones where some value or setting actually changed from the previous version. I made it a point to add a lot of additional notes for each game, so consider revisiting the details spreadsheet if you’re at all curious about this stuff and just for things to be aware of. If one of the Bob deinterlacing modes is being used and you decide to change the scaling, do not change to a non-even resolution scale (i.e. 3x or 5x) as this causes a slight amount of jitter. It’s not super obvious, but I noticed it when changing several games that were set to one of the Bob modes to a scale of 5x - stick with 4 or 6 (or 8 I suppose if your hardware can handle it). I don’t know if this is a bug or what, but I encountered it pretty consistently in my testing. As part of the update process, I went through and benchmarked everything with the framelimiter off (the results of which are now listed on the sheet, in the final column), and made a few adjustments here and there as the result of those tests. MTVU has been enabled and large framebuffer has been disabled in cases where A) a performance improvement might actually matter (in other words, if a game is running at 800% speed as-is, I didn’t go out of my way to see if I could get it to run any faster; 200% and below is basically where I started looking into potential speed improvements) and B) where it actually made a difference in my tests (because sometimes they don’t have any speed impact whatsoever). The amount to which it made a difference was at times as small as 15% or as much as 100%, it varies by game. There are also some cases where disabling large framebuffer doesn’t necessarily result in a consistent speed improvement but can help with sudden performance spikes. Truth be told, in my opinion large framebuffer really shouldn’t be enabled by default in PCSX2 (and I notice that now in 1.6.0 it isn't, it was in 1.5.0 dev builds though), and this has even been acknowledged by a number of devs in their forums. Primarily all it does is makes it so that FMVs don’t flicker in and out while playing in a pretty small number of games, and in those instances you can generally use the Software FMV hack as an alternative anyway; and the tradeoff for large framebuffer is at best no performance impact and at worst a substantial negative performance impact. It should be noted, of course, that the benchmarking results are specific to my hardware, but the changes should, generally speaking, benefit everyone. I have read that on some AMD CPUs MTVU is less beneficial, so your mileage may vary but that’s kindof a given since everyone’s going to have different hardware and varying amounts of overhead to begin with. If someone had good performance with a previous config and are suddenly getting very bad performance with the new one, I definitely want to know about that so I can take a look, but I’m not anticipating much of that. At worst performance should be pretty much identical and at best it should be better than it was before. FXAA was added to many of the games (and this is noted on the sheet). It actually looks very good with very little impact on performance for the majority of games. It’s not as dramatic as the old MSAA, but it also has nowhere near the performance impact (and doesn’t create visual bugs like MSAA did on occasion). There are some instances where it does have a noticeable impact on performance that are mentioned in the notes. Whether or not it was kept in these cases depends primarily on the difference in final speed with framelimiting off vs the visual benefit of FXAA. In some cases it may have a noticeable impact but you might be talking about going from 450% max speed to 375% speed, which should still be well within tolerance for most hardware. In some cases you might be talking about going from something like 200% to 175%, which I’m less inclined to go for unless it makes a very significant improvement on the visuals - which is primarily a combination of A) the aesthetic style of the game and B) the scaling value. FXAA doesn’t yield as much of a benefit with 6x scaling as it does at 4x scaling (for reasons that are probably obvious), and by the same token speed impacts tend to be greater the higher the scaling, so you’re taking a bigger performance hit for an increasingly negligible difference in visual quality. In some cases I opted to A) go down a single scale step (but no lower than 4x) combined with FXAA rather than B) up a single step without FXAA where the performance between these two options were equivalent, because 1x down + FXAA will usually look a little better between these two (so long as the scaling is 4x+). In some cases FXAA makes very little difference visually one way or the other, depending on the aesthetic style - it’s more obvious with lots of clean, bright, lower-poly angled shapes than it is with a lot of busy dark colors on high poly models. Issues status on Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, Burnout 3: Takedown, Kya: Dark Lineage, Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix, Shadow of the Colossus, and Twisted Metal: Black went from yellow to green! I added a new config for Spartan: Total Warrior because it's no longer broken. Shadow of Rome no longer requires 1.2.1 for proper audio in cutscenes. Woohoo! Someone had reported a while back that the Nanobreaker config wasn't downloading through the plugin. I took a look and discovered that the ID# had actually changed since I originally scraped it, and what was on github was the old number, so I've fixed that. I'll have to go through the others and verify that all the numbers are still correct. Beyond that, it's not something I'm going to know about unless someone tells me, so if anyone does encounter a game not matching, please let me know! Now that all this shit is done I can actually get back to working on some new configs. Yaaaaaaaaaaay… FML… *crippling depression emoji* Changelog (deep breath): .hack (all) Changed to D3D (shadows now work correctly) Added Half Pixel Offset: Normal to fix bloom alignment Increased upscaling to 6x Ace Combat 5 Added Align Sprite (fixes horizontal lines in pause screen) Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Removed custom zoom (no longer necessary) Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added Align Sprite (fixes horizontal lines in pause screen) Alone in the Dark Changed to GL Changed ASync back to Timestretch in SPU (ASync often desyncs if you end up using software rendering) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Increased upscaling to 6x Ape Escape 2 Changed to D3D (no longer causes slowdown) Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 6x Ape Escape 3 Disabled large frame buffer Increased upscaling to 5x Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Added Disable Depth Emulation (fixes ghosting) Replaced TC Offset X 200 / Y 100 with Round Sprite=Full + TC Offset Y 100 (does a better job at fixing upscaling lines) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Changed issues status from yellow to green! Armored Core 2 and 2: Another Age Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Adjusted TC offset Increased upscaling to 6x Armored Core 3 Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Adjusted TC offset Armored Core: Nine Breaker Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Increased upscaling to 6x Armored Core: Silent Line Changed to D3D Adjusted TC offset Set EE Round Mode to positive (fixes missing geometry on some objects) Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance (1 and 2) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Disabled MTVU (strangely, improves performance) Baroque Increased upscaling to 6x Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain Increased upscaling to 6x Bloody Roar 3 Increased upscaling to 6x Bouncer, The Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Set interlacing to Bob tff Added TC offset (to reduce upscaling lines) Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” causes stroke lines around characters to be slightly off in D3D) Burnout 3: Takedown Changed from Software to Hardware (GL) rendering Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) to fix line in distance Disabled large frame buffer Changed issues status from yellow to green! Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Changed to D3D Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” causes artifacts/lines from shadows in D3D) Increased upscaling to 5x Champions of Norrath / Champions: Return to Arms Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed skipdraw (no longer necessary) Chaos Legion Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set VU Clamp Mode to Extra (fixes item menu graphics corruption) Added Round Sprite=Full (fixes vertical line in cutscenes) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Chulip Increased upscaling to 6x Clock Tower 3 Increased upscaling to 6x Cold Fear Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Contra: Shattered Soldier Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added TC offset (to reduce upscaling lines) Crimson Sea 2 Increased upscaling to 6x Changed TC Offset X to 400 (instead of 300) because of increased upscaling Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Crimson Tears Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Added TC offset (bloom alignment) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Changed deinterlacing back to Auto (UI jitter) Increased upscaling to 4x Curse, The: The Eye of Isis Increased upscaling to 6x Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On Marz Increased upscaling to 6x Dark Cloud Changed to D3D Increased upscaling to 6x Dark Cloud 2 Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Removed Wild Arms Offset hack and replaced with Round Sprite=Half (removes upscaling lines, and does a better job in this case than Wild Arms Offset) Increased upscaling to 5x Dawn of Mana Changed Async in SPU back to Timestretch (Async can cause a hang if disabling the framelimiter) Added TC Offset (fixes bloom alignment) Disabled MTVU (doesn’t actually seem to affect performance one way or the other) Increased upscaling to 6x Dead to Rights Set interlacing to Bob tff Increased upscaling to 6x Def Jam: Fight for NY Changed to D3D Added Half-Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (helps with bloom alignment) Increased upscaling to 6x Devil Kings Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Changed Half-Pixel Offset: Normal to Half-Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (removes white artifacting at top of screen) Increased upscaling to 6x Devil May Cry Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Set interlacing to Bob tff Set EE Cycle rate to 0 (-1 is no longer necessary for FMVs) Added Half Pixel Offset: Normal (fixes bloom alignment) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added TC offset (to reduce upscaling lines) Set interlacing to Bob tff Dirge of Cerberus Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added Half-Pixel Offset: Normal (Vertex) (helps with bloom alignment) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Enabled MTVU (slightly improves performance) Set Async mode in SPU Disaster Report Changed to D3D Disgaea: Hour of Darkness Changed texture filtering to nearest Added TC offset (removes upscaling lines) Increased upscaling to 6x Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Set interlacing to Bob tff Changed texture filtering to nearest Removed Wild Arms Offset Added TC Offset (removes upscaling lines) Increased upscaling to 6x Dr. Muto Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” creates lines in shadows in D3D) Dragon Quest VIII Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Removed skipdraw=1 (no longer necessary) Added Disable Safe Features (fixes ugly character outline in GL) Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (improves black lines at bottom/right side of the screen) Changed Round Sprite from Half to Full (fixes text while also improving black line bug) Drakengard Added Merge Sprite hack (fixes lines in level completion screens) Drakhan: The Ancients’ Gates Added TC offset (helps with some upscaling lines) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Echo Night: Beyond Removed software FMV hack (not necessary) Removed widescreen hack and set to display in 4:3 (widescreen hack causes weird graphical issues - black spiky polygons) EOE: Eve of Extinction Increased upscaling to 6x Espgaluda Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) Removed texture filtering (makes sprites sharper) Eternal Ring Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Increased upscaling to 6x Extermination Changed to GL (software FMV hack not entirely stable with D3D) Set interlacing to Bob tff Added TC offset (fixes depth of field) Increased upscaling to 6x Fantavision Set interlacing to Bob tff Fatal Frame Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Set "Disable Safe Features" (“safe features” creates lines in photos) Increased upscaling to 6x Fatal Frame 2 Changed to D3D Set "Disable Safe Features" (“safe features” creates lines in certain frames and transition effects) Increased upscaling to 6x Fatal Frame 3 Changed to D3D Set "Disable Safe Features" (“safe features” creates lines in certain frames and transition effects) Increased upscaling to 5x Final Fantasy X Changed to D3D Added TC offset (helps with some of the upscaling lines) Set Async mode in SPU Set EE/IOP and VU clamping modes back to normal (default) - full / extra + preserve sign no longer needed Increased upscaling to 6x Final Fantasy XII Removed software FMV hack and replaced with TC offset Y: 400. In hardware mode there’s some garbage lines around the FMV video. Software FMV would actually be preferable to the TC offset but it seems less stable in newer versions when combined with D3D rendering and will sometimes cause PCSX2 to crash (apphang). GL seems unaffected. Increased upscaling to 5x Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball Increased upscaling to 6x Forbidden Siren 2 Changed to GL (software FMV hack not entirely stable with D3D) Removed TC offset (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 6x Front Mission 4 Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) Galerians: Ash Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) Gauntlet: Dark Legacy Added TC Offset (improves upscaling lines in text) Increased upscaling to 5x Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Increased upscaling to 5x The Getaway Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed Auto Flush hack (unnecessary) Removed Frame Buffer Conversion hack (unnecessary) Global Defence Force Added Allow 8-bit textures (improves performance) God Hand Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Merge Sprite hack (fixes blurriness) Added Wild Arms Offset hack (fixes some artifacts in cutscenes) God of War Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture - Aggressive) (removes radius line around Kratos in some areas) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Set Async mode in SPU Increased upscaling to 4x Grandia III Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Set "Disable Safe Features" (“safe features” creates lines on character faces in D3D) Increased upscaling to 6x Gradius V Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 6x Grand Theft Auto III Changed to D3D Gregory Horror Show Increased upscaling to 6x Gungrave: Overdose Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed software FMV hack (fixed by other changes) Added Round Sprite=Full (helps with upscaling lines in text and fixes FMV garbage from hardware rendering) Added TC offset Y: 150 (helps further improve the above) Increased upscaling to 5x Haunting Ground Replaced Half Pixel Offset with manual TC Offset (fixes bloom alignment without creating upscaling lines in some textures and menus) Haven: Call of the King Changed to D3D Set Blending accuracy to high (required for shadows) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Added TC Offset (improves bloom/DOF alignment) Herdy Gerdy Increased upscaling to 4x (performance is improved from previous version) Added 8x Anisotropic Filtering Set VU Round Mode to Positive (fixes occasionally flickering geometry in trees with hardware rendering) Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward Increased upscaling to 5x Ico Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Jade Cocoon 2 Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Increased upscaling to 6x Jaws Unleashed Removed software FMV hack Increased upscaling to 5x Killer 7 Increased upscaling to 6x Kinetica Increased upscaling to 5x King of Fighters 2006 Removed TC offset Increased upscaling to 6x Kingdom Hearts Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Kuon Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Kya: Dark Lineage Changed to GL Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Preload Frame Data (fixes sun displaying garbage textures) Removed skipdraw Set Timestretch mode in SPU (Async can cause a crash if you disable the framelimiter) Changed issues status from yellow to green! Legaia 2: Duel Saga Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed software FMV hack Increased upscaling to 6x Legend of Kay Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Lord of the Rings, The: Fellowship of the Ring Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Increased upscaling to 6x Lord of the Rings, The: The Return of the King Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Lord of the Rings, The: The Third Age Added Disable Depth Emulation (helps with some post processing) Added Disable Safe Features (helps with some post processing) NOTE: This game has slightly more problems in 1.6.0 than it had in 1.5.0-dev-2711, primarily because of accuracy improvements which makes it now attempt to render some elements that are buggy. This can mostly be mitigated with the proper settings, but it is nevertheless slightly buggier visually than it was in 2711, so I’m including instructions for the proper settings to use on 2711 on the details spreadsheet. The included config is for 1.6.0, and should be sufficient for the vast majority of people. If you’re really picky like me, you may want to grab 1.5.0-dev-2711 and setup a config for it specifically, using the settings I list on the sheet. Lord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers Removed skipdraw=1 (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (fixes line beyond fog, like in Moria, etc.) Magna Carta: Tears of Blood Changed to D3D Removed Half Pixel Offset (no longer necessary) Adjusted TC Offset Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Manhunt Reduced upscaling to 3x to compensate for Auto Flush performance spikes Mark of Kri Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Maximo: Ghosts to Glory Removed software FMV hack Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Maximo vs. The Army of Zin Removed software FMV hack Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (fixes white outlines around trees) Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Reduced upscaling to 3x Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Removed software FMV hack Changed EE cycle rate from 2 to 1 Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Reduced upscaling to 3x Metal Saga Increased upscaling to 5x Michigan: Report From Hell Increased upscaling to 6x Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix Set EE cycle rate to 0 Set EE cycle skipping to 0 Set Half-Screen Fix to Forced-Enabled (fixes headlight ghosting) Changed VU Round mode back to Chop / Zero (default) Increased upscaling to 4x Changed issues status from yellow to green! Monster Hunter Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Replaced manual TC Offset with Round Sprite: Full (does a better job of fixing the upscaling lines) Increased upscaling to 6x Mortal Kombat Armageddon Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Mortal Kombat Deception Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added TC offset (fixes some upscaling lines) MotoGP 08 Increased upscaling to 6x Nanobreaker Changed to D3D Updated game ID # because it apparently changed on the LBGDB Need for Speed: Underground Changed to D3D Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Neo Contra Increased upscaling to 5x Nightmare of Druaga Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” creates lines in pause menu in D3D) Increased upscaling to 6x Nightshade Removed software FMV hack Changed from Bob bff to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (slight performance improvement) Adjusted TC Offset Reduced upscaling from 4x to 3x (more consistent performance) Obscure Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) Obscure 2 Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) Odin Sphere Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Disabled allow 8-bit textures (unnecessary) Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Added Round Sprite: Half (removes some upscaling lines) Increased upscaling to 4x Okage: Shadow King Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set skipdraw=1/1 (removed buggy depth of field) Increased upscaling to 5x Okami Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Replaced manual TC offset with Half Pixel Offset: Normal (Vertex) (aligns bloom without interfering with text/UI elements) Oni Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Onimusha: Warlords Changed to D3D Changed interlacing to Blend bff Added TC offset (removes some upscaling lines) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Onimusha 2 Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Added TC offset (removes some upscaling lines) Increased upscaling to 6x Onimusha 3 Set interlacing to Bob tff Removed Round Sprite=Full Orphen: Scion of Sorcery Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Changed EE cycle rate from -1 to -2 (improves performance) Changed EE cycle skipping back to 0 (default) (EE cycle skipping causes really bad frame pacing/skipped frames) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Removed skipdraw (mostly unnecessary now) Phantasy Star Universe Removed custom EE/IOP rounding mode setting (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 5x Project Eden Increased upscaling to 6x R-Type Final Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack Increased upscaling to 6x Radiata Stories Changed to GL Removed software FMV hack Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Allow 8-bit Textures (improves performance) Changed CRC level from partial to full (improves performance) Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (bloom alignment) Added Frame Buffer Conversion hack (fixes ugly depth of field) Rampage: Total Destruction Increased upscaling to 6x The Red Star Changed to GL (some graphical elements don’t render correctly without GL + Accurate Date=Full) Removed software FMV hack Set Accurate Date to Full Disabled large frame buffer (improves performances) Resident Evil: Outbreak Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Set blending accuracy to none Increased upscaling to 6x Resident Evil: Outbreak - File #2 Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Set blending accuracy to none Added TC offset (fixes some lines in text) Increased upscaling to 6x Rise of Kasai Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Robot Alchemic Drive Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Robotech Battlecry Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Rogue Galaxy Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Removed Preload Frame Data hack (no longer necessary) Changed Half Pixel Offset from Normal to Special (Texture) (fixes some bloom alignment issues) Rule of Rose Increased upscaling to 6x Rumble Roses Changed interlacing mode from Bob bff to Bob tff (has jitter in fewer places) Run Like Hell Increased upscaling to 6x Rune: Viking Warlord Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Increased scaling to 5x Rygar: The Legendary Adventure Increased upscaling to 6x S.L.A.I. Steel Lancer Arena International Increased upscaling to 6x Samurai Western Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Shadow Hearts Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added allow 8-bit textures (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 4x Shadow Hearts: Covenant Removed software FMV hack (unneeded - game is already set to use software mode for everything) At some point between dev 2711 and 3265 the bug where the judgement ring would make half the screen turn black has changed; now it’s all or nothing - sometimes it will display properly, sometimes the entire screen will be black. Turn OPH Flag hack on under manual fixes if you want to try using hardware rendering. Other settings used seem to mitigate it somewhat based on (extensive) testing. Software rendering has no issues, however, so for the time being that’s still what it’s set to use. Shadow of Destiny Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Removed TC offset Shadow of Rome No longer requires PCSX2 1.2.1 for correct FMV audio as of dev 3278! Added Half Pixel Offset: Normal (Vertex) (fixes bloom) Shadow of the Colossus Changed CRC level from Aggressive to Partial (to re-enable bloom) Changed blending accuracy to Medium (fixes bloom) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added OPH Flag Hack (massive performance boost) Reduced scaling from 4x to 3x (4x still has occasional slowdown, 3x has none; still looks quite nice, especially with FXAA) Changed issues status from yellow to green! Shadow Tower: Abyss Changed Blending Accuracy to None (lighting flickers if set above none on both GL and D3D) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Shade boost added with brightness at 85% - read notes Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set interlacing to Bob tff Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” creates lines in shadows in D3D) Added older version of the widescreen patch which doesn’t remove shadows (because they work now) Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set interlacing to Bob tff Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” creates lines in shadows in D3D) Set EE Cycle Rate to 0 (setting to 2 no longer helpful/necessary) Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Set interlacing to Bob tff Set Async mode in SPU Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set “Disable safe features” (shadows aren’t quite right in D3D without this setting) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Changed to D3D Disabled Allow-8 bit Textures Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Removed Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture) (doesn’t appear to be needed anymore) Set “Disable safe features” (shadows aren’t quite right in D3D without this setting) Reduced upscaling to 5x (prevents sporadic slowdown due to some graphical effects) Shining Tears Set blending accuracy to basic Shinobi Set interlacing to Bob tff Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Silent Hill 2 Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Increased upscaling to 5x Silent Hill 3 Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Silent Hill 4: The Room Removed software FMV hack Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Skygunner Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Sled Storm Changed VU clamping mode from Extra back to Normal (Extra no longer necessary) Sly Cooper Changed to D3D Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Increased upscaling to 6x Soul Reaver 2 Increased upscaling to 6x Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) SSX 3 Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added Half Pixel Offset: Special (Texture - Aggressive) (helps reduce radius line) Set Async mode in SPU Enabled MTVU (improves performance) SSX Tricky Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Star Ocean 3: Till The End of Time Changed to GL Set interlacing to Bob tff Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Added TC Offset (fixes vertical lines in transitions) Increased upscaling to 5x Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Changed VU Round Mode from Nearest to Chop / Zero (default) (Nearest no longer seems to be necessary) Changed VU Clamping Mode from Extra + Preserve Sign to Normal (default) (Extra + Preserve Sign no longer seems to be necessary) Changed EE/IOP Clamping Mode from Extra + Preserve Sign to Normal (default) (Extra + Preserve Sign no longer seems to be necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x State of Emergency Added allow 8-bit textures (improves performance) Added Alpha Stencil video hack (fixes shadow ghosting) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Stella Deus Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Increased upscaling to 5x Street Fighter EX3 Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Suikoden III Changed to D3D Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Suikoden V Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Adjusted TC offset Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Summoner 2 Increased upscaling to 5x Tales of Legendia Changed to GL Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added TC Offset (fixes upscaling lines in UI) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Disabled MTVU (doesn’t seem to actually improve performance) Tales of the Abyss Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 5x Tekken 5 Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Tekken Tag Tournament Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Set interlacing to Bob tff Added TC offset (helps with some upscaling lines) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Tsugunai: Atonement Set interlacing to Bob tff Increased upscaling to 6x Twisted Metal: Black Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Increased upscaling to 6x Status went from yellow to green! Unlimited Saga Increased upscaling to 6x Urban Chaos: Riot Response Disabled large framebuffer (improves performance) Replaced Half-Pixel Offset with manual TC Offset of X 300 / Y 300 (this way it works correctly at both 3x and 4x scaling) Increased upscaling to 4x Urban Reign Changed deinterlacing mode from Bob bff to Auto (the game is interlaced, and Bob modes do make gameplay clearer, but all menus, which you’re in fairly frequently, jitter when they’re used) Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Added Frame Buffer Conversion (helps with depth of field) Added Merge Sprite (helps with depth of field) Changed Round Sprite from Full to Half (corrects lines in transitions without creating artifacts in FMVs) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) War of the Monsters Set interlacing to Bob tff Increased upscaling to 6x The Warriors Increased upscaling to 6x Way of the Samurai Removed TC offset Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Way of the Samurai 2 Added Round Sprite=Full (helps with upscaling lines) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x Whiplash Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set Async mode in SPU Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Wild Arms 3 and Alter Code F Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Wild Arms 4 Changed to D3D Disabled large frame buffer (improves performance) Added Round Sprite: Full (removes upscaling lines) Added Merge Sprite (removes semi-transparent “seams” created by Round Sprite: Full) Increased upscaling to 5x Wild Arms 5 Changed to D3D Added frame buffer conversion (fixes sepia-tone flashbacks) Set “Disable Safe Features” (fixes horizontal lines in some transition effects) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 5x Wipeout Fusion Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land Increased upscaling to 6x The X-Files: Resist or Serve Changed to D3D Removed software FMV hack (no longer necessary) Disabled large frame buffer (helps with memory/vram spikes) Set “Disable Safe Features” (“safe features” creates issues with shadows in D3D) Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Xenosaga Enabled MTVU (improves performance) XGIII: Extreme G Racing Set interlacing to Bob tff Enabled MTVU (improves performance) Increased upscaling to 6x XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association Increased upscaling to 5x Yakuza Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Changed CRC level to minimum (read notes on detail sheet for more info) Added TC offset (helps with effects alignment) Yakuza 2 Removed software FMV hack (unnecessary) Changed CRC level to minimum (read notes on detail sheet for more info) Added Preload Frame Data (helps with bright portions in the bottom/right side of the screen) Added TC offset (helps with effects alignment) 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmoney Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I just downloaded all the configs for my games with the plugin and all worked flawlessly.? Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidshoalin Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Wow, you are a special kind my friend, what a tedious project, I could only imagine.... Thank you sooooooo much for the work you have put in, really makes everyones experience fantastic. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedNY Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I had posted here a few months ago about no Configurator Option appearing when I Right Click on the games even tho I seemed to have had everything placed in the right folders. Came back after a couple of months hiatus to see if anything changed with the various updates and still no dice for me. I cant seem to figure out why! Haha. I have the Configurator Folder in the Plugins directory. The platform is named Sony Playstation 2 as it should be in Launchbox. But still nada. Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Are you using the play time tracking plugin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedNY Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Nope. The Configurator is literally the only thing in the Plugins folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Then I don't know. Alec might have some idea but that's the only thing I know of off hand that can cause that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 I just pushed through a small update for Dawn of Mana to remove large framebuffer. It doesn't improve speed per se, but it does help with memory spikes which the game is fond of, so it makes it a smoother experience. At some point I'm going to have to go through all these and just remove it for pretty much everything that doesn't need it for a very good reason. I mostly removed it in cases where I could see a very measurable increase in maximum speed with it off, and only removed it elsewhere when I saw it help with spikes like this one, but that can be a little bit harder to spot depending on how frequent it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, BigRedNY said: Nope. The Configurator is literally the only thing in the Plugins folder switch on your log in lb, i get this error plugin no longer working for me also 2020-05-09 01:18:40 AM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: The given path's format is not supported. at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.EmulateFileIOPermissionChecks(String fullPath) 2020-05-09 01:18:42 AM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Value of 'null' is not valid for 'filePath'. at System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(String filePath, Int32 index) 2020-05-09 01:18:42 AM EXCEPTION IGNORED: Value of 'null' is not valid for 'filePath'. at System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(String filePath, Int32 index) at PCSX2_Configurator_Next.Plugins.GameMenuItemPlugin.get_IconImage() at (<>c__DisplayClass62_0 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Are you using the updated/hotfixed version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 15 minutes ago, Zombeaver said: Are you using the updated/hotfixed version? ive tried all versions olders versions showed greyed out latest versions no right click menu at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 18 minutes ago, Zombeaver said: Are you using the updated/hotfixed version? i found the issue Settings.ini in plugin folder changed [PCSX2_Configurator] GameConfigsDir = inis Pcsx2BuildTitle = PCSX2 1.6.0 CopyLogSettings = true CopyFolderSettings = false CopyFileSettings = true CopyWindowSettings = true UseIndependantMemCards = true ExposeAllConfigSettings = false CopyVmSettingsFile = true CopyGsdxSettingsFile = true CopySpu2XSettingsFile = false CopyLilyPadSettingsFile = false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 I didn't have to do that, but glad you got it sorted. All I did was literally just change my path for PCSX2 from my 1.5.0 exe to the 1.6.0 exe and then restart LB. If it makes any difference though, my emulator is just named "PCSX2" though. Not "PCSX2 1.6.0" or whatever. So that didn't change from one version to the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cineaste Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) Let me buy you a beer! This is amazing, great work. Now will you be open to requests? ?? Also wondering if Primal will ever be fixed by the devs.. Seems all but impossible unfortunately. Edited May 9, 2020 by Thornback 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Thornback said: Let me buy you a beer! This is amazing, great work. Thanks! 1 hour ago, Thornback said: Now will you be open to requests? ?? Technically yes, although I've decided that for the time being I'm just going to make it simple and just work on filling in the missing bits from my physical collection. I've got a lot of stuff that I haven't made configs for yet, so I'm going to start there. 1 hour ago, Thornback said: Also wondering if Primal will ever be fixed by the devs.. Seems all but impossible unfortunately. The last time I tried Primal it was unplayably slow. If memory serves it was extremely punishing on the CPU. It's been a while though. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Couple new configs tonight. 007: Everything or Nothing 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker AirBlade Jak II I was happy to discover that Jak II is quite playable now. No more random speedups and slowdown, no more black eyes on characters. It is on the demanding side but performance is pretty consistent with the settings included. As a bit of an oddity, the game has to be fullbooted otherwise it starts in Japanese o_O Like Amplitude, that's covered by the config as well. Tried out a couple others that I'd previously tried and found to be broken, all are still broken unfortunately - Primal, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and Power Drome. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cineaste Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Awesome, happy to see 007 on the list. Do you have the other ones too, especially Agent under Fire and Nightfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuriken Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Could you possibly make a config for Killzone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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