PCSX2 with CPU affinity

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Hi all

I am a great fan of Time Crisis games and I have had problems with PCSX2 running Time Crisis 2 and 3.  The game slows down and becomes unplayable at times.  I am running a Ryzen 7 1700 with a GTX1060. 

I have found a way to get these to run smoothly by adjusting CPU affinity.  Check out google for different affinity settings.  I had to try different settings to find one that worked well on my processor.

By using an AHK script I can now run this directly from launchbox.  

Onother way of changing affinity settings is to create a shortcut to pcsx2 and change the target to: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7F "X:\Your PCSX2 directory location\pcsx2.exe"  The only problem with using a shortcut is it is hard to use with launchbox.

Hope this helps some others.  Took me a while to figure this out

Heres my AHK script:  I highlighted the part with sets CPU affinity.  My setting is 7F.  Obviously you will have to change paths to emulator directories etc.

 

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

Run, C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7F "H:\Playstation2 PSX2 (PS)\experiment\pcsx2-v1.7.0-dev-549-g3442ba748-windows-x86\pcsx2.exe" "H:\Playstation2 PSX2 (PS)\roms\Time Crisis 2\Time Crisis II (USA).bin"

Escape::
    Process,Close,pcsx2.exe
    Run,taskkill /im "pcsx2.exe" /F
 
ExitApp
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