PCSX2 Sofware mode

[SpaceCress]

So with the new Tales of Rebirth I came back to the emulator, now I've tried playing it with openGL Vulkan (for some reason in my laptop everythign I try with Vulkan in PCSX2 crashes/closes the emu) But I've been testing it with software renderer and it works like a charm, what should I know about software mode? Never really used it before and feel ignorant about it, I know upscaling isn't an option but I don't really mind.

 

[middler]

My PCSX2 defaults to open GL and i have no issues on my lappy. Does it not work for you?

to my knowledge open GL and vulcan are separate options.

 

[SpaceCress]

My PCSX2 defaults to open GL and i have no issues on my lappy. Does it not work for you?

to my knowledge open GL and vulcan are seperate options.

I haven't really used OpenGL that much I might have to test it with other titles I've been using 3d11 mostly and now Software renderer works pretty good with Tales of Rebirth

 

[middler]

I haven't really used OpenGL that much I might have to test it with other titles I've been using 3d11 mostly and now Software renderer works pretty good with Tales of Rebirth

Its been ages since i really dove into the technicals but it used to be that GL or glide was built around 3DfX/nVidia cards. While alternates (like software) worked best for diamond/AMD cards.

Been a million years though and i know that vulcan gets a fair bit of use on this lappy in other emulators

 

[ATenderLad]

As a general rule, software mode is the most compatible setting. Think of it like the "default", whereas off-loading the work to your GPU with a hardware renderer brings speed and upscaling but more possible issues.

The PCSX2 forums and wiki doesn't have much testing of Tales of Rebirth that I could find, that's bound to change since the translation patch so it may improve in the near future. There's at least one issue with the software rendering reported on the Github now, actually.

 

[RageBurner]

It's obvious, but it bears mentioning: are you using a recent version of PCSX2? it has much better compatibility, usability and stability than the older, pre 2.0 versions and it has a robust internal database that will, more often than not, set each game correctly for you out of the box.