News LRPS2 - new ps2 core retroarch

[bloodywing]

This went totally under the radar for me:

LRPS2 – the new PlayStation2 core with a brand new Vulkan LLE renderer – Libretro

So from what I understand, RA had a libretropcsx2 core, which is a fork of an older PCSX2
lrps2 is a fork of pcsx2 too, but heavy modified with better compatibility than libretropcsx2

the old core had a weird way to handle memory cards, and there was no folder memory card support like upstream pcsx2 has it, I haven't tested the new core yet ^^'.

 

[RageBurner]

I don't use RA, but this looks to be a very important advancement, thanks for sharing!

 

[Stingy Perry]

Sounds tempting but maybe I will ‘til it’s thoroughly tested before I jump in.

 

[bloodywing]

I don't use RA, but this looks to be a very important advancement, thanks for sharing!

It is, there was also a lot of confusion before because many expected librepcsx2 to be on par with pcsx2.
New cores like this make atomic systems like batocera or Lakka a much more streamlined experience.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Oh I thought this was a pretty well known emulation news, especially for RetroArch status

But yeah it does have some decent improvements like what you said, the PCSX2 also have many updates for the pre-release or nightly

 

[CheelaCheela's icon]

i am always open for new emulators. competition on this space has been good for the most part.

 

[Leifang]

I hope it can run SoulCalibur 3 and Gran Turismo 4 smooth, both of these games had huge issues on emulation and don't even run properly on hardware PS3, which runs all other PS2 games fine (but in native resolution)... Especially since we have huge fan mods for both.

 

[bloodywing]

I hope it can run SoulCalibur 3 and Gran Turismo 4 smooth, both of these games had huge issues on emulation and don't even run properly on hardware PS3, which runs all other PS2 games fine (but in native resolution)... Especially since we have huge fan mods for both.

GT4 works pretty well with a decent hardware. But I get under 60fps on my mini pc, which has a Radeon Vega 10

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Nice! Thanks for letting us know!

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

I'd just updated Batocera, but i don't see any mention of the new core in the changelog.

 

[Leifang]

GT4 works pretty well with a decent hardware. But I get under 60fps on my mini pc, which has a Radeon Vega 10

I couldn't get it to run smooth on the PCSX2-based libretro core with my Gen 4 i7 CPU, people said the full standalone PCSX2 was updated and runs it better, but I really prefer console games from the couch in Steam Big Picture and standalone emulators don't work for that...

I REALLY wish I went for AMD back then, since AM4 socket motherboards are actually upgradeable and so many things I run are CPU-heavy. I also hate PCSX2's gamepad config and deinterlacing solutions, when game needs one mode for menus and another for gameplay and you need to mash F5 after every pause it's just bad design.

It doesn't help that some PlayStation 2 games use cheat codes you have to hold on launch to get into 60Hz mode... I will try this core next time I get back to Retroarch, I should have some CHDs laying about, neglected after frustration of how clumsy PS2 emulation is.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

is it any good???

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

I'm gonna let you know....


Or not, it hasn't hit the core downloader yet, I guess

 

[Zerpina]

I'd just updated Batocera, but i don't see any mention of the new core in the changelog.

Haven't updated to 41 yet, Did it Break anything?

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

GitHub - libretro/LRPS2

Contribute to libretro/LRPS2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I could get Linux up on running on the Chromebook, but I'm pretty sure its GPU would cease to exist in a spectacular fashion if I tried to run it.

 

[bloodywing]

I'd just updated Batocera, but i don't see any mention of the new core in the changelog.

it probably is too new for that.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Haven't updated to 41 yet, Did it Break anything?
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When i updated from 39 to 40, it broke a lot of emulators... then i had to manually individually tell each of them to use Vulkan, which then makes most of them work (the 3DO or CDi was still kinda broke). Why can't i have a single global option as a default and then change them as i need it? Still half tempted to roll back to 39.

But I'm hesitant to update to 41, i updated to 40 like 2-3 weeks ago. Though if they got the cheat engine to work right and i could actually use it (like in Lakka) then i'd be more willing.

 

[Zerpina]

When i updated from 39 to 40, it broke a lot of emulators... then i had to manually individually tell each of them to use Vulkan, which then makes most of them work (the 3DO or CDi was still kinda broke). Why can't i have a single global option as a default and then change them as i need it? Still half tempted to roll back to 39.

But I'm hesitant to update to 41, i updated to 40 like 2-3 weeks ago. Though if they got the cheat engine to work right and i could actually use it (like in Lakka) then i'd be more willing.

Yeah see that's what im worried about, from 39-40 it killed my vita3k emulator, tried everything to get it to work, just won't Boot. not even in the F1 menu in the Applications folder, won't even start. just starts and crash's.

So ima wait awhile, don't want it to Bork something Else. and TBH not alot new in 41 i see that interest's me.

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Yeah see that's what im worried about, from 39-40 it killed my vita3k emulator, tried everything to get it to work, just won't Boot. not even in the F1 menu in the Applications folder, won't even start. just starts and crash's.

So ima wait awhile, don't want it to Bork something Else. and TBH not alot new in 41 i see that interest's me.

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Mhmm.. I think i got on the network, and went to system/logs and checked that. It's not very good at saying WHY something isn't working, but may give some hints. As i said Vulkan seemed to make most things work, could be something incredibly stupid.

If you want to revert to 39 i can likely step you through the process. Involves having a USB bootable linux distro, and extracting the batocera 39 OS and then replacing the current OS (which should just be a squashfs file on the boot partition).

 

[Zerpina]

Mhmm.. I think i got on the network, and went to system/logs and checked that. It's not very good at saying WHY something isn't working, but may give some hints. As i said Vulkan seemed to make most things work, could be something incredibly stupid.

If you want to revert to 39 i can likely step you through the process. Involves having a USB bootable linux distro, and extracting the batocera 39 OS and then replacing the current OS (which should just be a squashfs file on the boot partition).

Good point, and yeah they are Fairly Vague about why A. Doesn't work or Dose because of B.
And thanks for the Offer, but i know how to Revert it, if i need to

 

[laughingoctopus]

At this point there's really no point swapping from native PCSX2 and Duckstation to any RA core for any sony console.

 

[Eclipse14]

This feels like a weird thread to me, as I've had LRPS2 active as a RetroArch core for like 6 months or so. Sometime last July, I covered some new games and they were being branded with the LRPS2 core rather than PCSX2. Noticed and looked at the Core list, only to find that PCSX2 was completely replaced by LRPS2.

I thought this was old news by this point, but I guess I'm a complete outlier here. For the record, the core does fine for me and I have no issues with it (apart from the occasional crash on startup, but that's often due to running more intensive stuff prior to loading a PS2 game).

 

[Leifang]

This feels like a weird thread to me, as I've had LRPS2 active as a RetroArch core for like 6 months or so. Sometime last July, I covered some new games and they were being branded with the LRPS2 core rather than PCSX2. Noticed and looked at the Core list, only to find that PCSX2 was completely replaced by LRPS2.

I thought this was old news by this point, but I guess I'm a complete outlier here. For the record, the core does fine for me and I have no issues with it (apart from the occasional crash on startup, but that's often due to running more intensive stuff prior to loading a PS2 game).

Yup, checked and I had it installed manually already, what changed now, it became part of official build instead of thing you have to manually add?

At this point there's really no point swapping from native PCSX2 and Duckstation to any RA core for any sony console.

Why would I set up ANOTHER separate emulator on PC to launch it with keyboard and mouse when Beetle PSX HW works better, controlled fully from the couch through Steam, and picks up my old ePSXe saves, has shaders and retroarchievs? I just breathed new life into Tekken by doing challenges like winning a few perfect matches with only throws. King goes brrrr!

I still have hard drives with dozens of emulators in a folder, including launchers, it was such a hassle, glad to get it over with.* It's even worse getting a dozen apps on phones instead of one... The less standalone things I have to waltz around the better, like tell me one reason to update and run standalone Duckstation again when libretro core is less hassle?

*Except for bloody Model 2/3 SEGA arcade machines, no Flycast equivalent for them.

 

[Eclipse14]

Yup, checked and I had it installed manually already, what changed now, it became part of official build instead of thing you have to manually add?

I assume so. Rarely do I update cores, so this came as a bit of a surprise. Subsequently updated the games marked with the old core so everything was right. No problems at all!

 

[laughingoctopus]

Yup, checked and I had it installed manually already, what changed now, it became part of official build instead of thing you have to manually add?



Why would I set up ANOTHER separate emulator on PC to launch it with keyboard and mouse when Beetle PSX HW works better, controlled fully from the couch through Steam, and picks up my old ePSXe saves, has shaders and retroarchievs? I just breathed new life into Tekken by doing challenges like winning a few perfect matches with only throws. King goes brrrr!

I still have hard drives with dozens of emulators in a folder, including launchers, it was such a hassle, glad to get it over with.* It's even worse getting a dozen apps on phones instead of one... The less standalone things I have to waltz around the better, like tell me one reason to update and run standalone Duckstation again when libretro core is less hassle?

*Except for bloody Model 2/3 SEGA arcade machines, no Flycast equivalent for them.

It's not all about you bro.