Stenzek is one of the best

@@warpedpolygon Great emulator, but Stenzek himself can be a bit of a prick

@@recklesflam1ngo968 who cares about his personality. I'm not going over for dinner or anything. He does amazing work, that's all I care about.

@@warpedpolygon Dude, he banned people from his discord for asking innocent and legitimate questions. He banned me for reporting a very specific bug with the texture replacement feature (when he was still working on it).

@@recklesflam1ngo968 yeah I've seen the 'drama'. He hates being hounded. A lot of devs are the same mate. They get frustrated with all the demands and then eject a few people tbey deem to be wasting their time. Which is what it's all about, nothing worse than someone submitting bug reports when they barely have any knowledge. Man up. Leave them be. Be grateful for the free stuff. Deal with what you get.

Wipeout 3 is a personal fav to upscale for this very reason. It totally solid with barely any wobble

Thanks man. I like to show as much as possible, without going into a ducks butt lol

Thanks for subbing! PPSSPP will be covered after PCSX2.

Cheers mate, just tested and yeah fixes those issues. Will pin this

YOOOOOOO you are absolutely right that is a huge change, I just saw Chris's joints close up and it was like he was a fully articulated action figure lol! Excellent find!

Much appreciated! If you didn't know there's a secret squeal to Parasite Eve on PSP called 3rd Birthday

Thanks mate!

Thanks so much. Glad this is sating the need to know!

Ahh man this makes me happy!

Glad it helped!

Glad it helped!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks!

Thanks mate. Glad you enjoy the content!

Thanks so much. Glad it helped

Thanks mate. There's rarely 'optimal' lol, just what works and looks good is my only criteria.

Glad it helped!

Dude there are some excellent update hacks for GT2, 60FPS, Updated cars and a bunch of other stuff

Thanks man!

Glad it helped!

Thanks Troy! You've been commenting since the beginning of my KZfaq journey. It's always appreciated.

Thank you! 👍

Yes, this is a good idea. I am planning to do this for my beloved Flycast

@@warpedpolygon learning more about flycast would be cool. I'm very unfimilia with that, great vids your doing a fantastic job

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks mate.I really do want to do one but my hardware is too crappy to demo anything at any meaningful FPS lol.

@@warpedpolygon hi i like your work helping us with emulators . ive some pc parts that will help you GTX 1660TI 9th gen Motherbored and i5 9400 and 16GB ram let me know if that helps

@@Sulaiman544 that would most definitely help. I could cover pcsx2 and a bunch of higher end emulators.

Thanks mate!

Thanks man!

Thanks mate!

Yeah a lot of PS1 games didn't have the best performance. I made this OC guide a few months ago kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ict-pbyCqcXSfHk.html

Most welcome

That's funny, I used quake 2 as the example in my overclocking guide. Didn't know about the input lag thing tho.

@@warpedpolygon Interesting, I should have known you might have covered overclocking before, this was the first video I've watched from your channel.

@@roberto1519 I'm fussy with the systems I like to overclock. PS1 is hit and miss, but when it works it works well.

Those more ambitious games benefit a lot from it, say, Driver and Driver 2, the target is 30, but it hardly reaches and keeps that, but overclocked, it's smoothly locked to 30. Chrono Cross battles too, it's indeed a per-game verification to see if this feature enhances the gameplay or not.

Dude....thanks so much. This is going into the new PC pot!

@@warpedpolygon anytime. It was worth it just to get model 3 working nicely 😂

@@76sagman i literally maxed out that configuration, my finest work lol

Could be a bunch of different things if it's connected to streaming. Try using the default Duckstation options as these perform the best, if it's still not smooth you know the issue isn't connected to Duckstation with regards to performance. From there you'll need to figure it out.

If I could find a duckstation compatible packs, I'd do it. Cannot find any live projects with dl's.

The issue at 6:02 is not a fixable one. As explained there is simply nothing at the extreme edges of the screen to display. The devs simply didn't put anything there as it would be unseen on a 4:3 display which the game was made for. The game at 19:25 is Vampire Hunter D.

Thanks. I don't really have recommend settings for games, you can copy how I have my defaults in this video and go from there. Tweak it to your preference

@@warpedpolygon Yeah, the overall performance is great, but this game has some weird audio/video desync where the music seems out of rythm and doesnt match the input timing. I've been trying to finetune it for a while but without succes thus far. It's been quite the struggle. On a sidenote: I first came across your previous video, 8 months old now, and then looked through your channel hoping for an updated version since I noticed that some configurations changed in the app. This is the first time I cam across someone actually going in-depth and explaing the features/effects. Tysm.

A fan of dithering! Never met one before lol, it's crazy just how much taste varies. I try not to be bias but sometimes it slips out. I take it you're into the og look?

@@warpedpolygon Oh yeah! Texture warping, colour banding, aliasing (filtered through a CRT-filter), the whole experience. I also never utilise save states except if I have to suddenly leave the game without the ability to save 😅

:)

Yeah overclocking I see as a bit of fun, not a legitimate way to play if timings authenticity is important.

​@@warpedpolygon Look probably i should explain. (also to be clear i dont care if its legit or not, ill do it if the gameplay wont suffer for it) So i do the OC only with games that are meant to be played at certain fps, so it wont drop below that or at least not too often. There are games that should run 30. But they often hit 20 or lower in some areas or situations etc. cutscene what have u. So in these cases i apply 150% OC. Most games need this boost, some less, some more, but generally 150 is enough to get 30+- or 29.97 stable, in those games that should run at this rate. Those that are same but with 60 limit i do the same if the fps is fluctuating too much, or too often from its desired 60. Thats it. I wont play a game that is designed at 30 and ill OC the shit out of it so it will do 60. Its insane and also itll break things. I was experiencing said drops with Army Men games, so i did OC. But went too far and the game could run at 60. But then immediately u cna see that its just too fast. It wasnt meant to run like that. Things brake. Like for instance the most obvious driving a tank, its just almost not possible. Running with the soldier and shooting kinda possible but still looks weird and not right. So yeah. There are games that break with going too far with OC and there are those that benefit and not like in a way u might call it cheating or its to easy. The opposite. Everything is as it should be. Those timings u mentioned. Id argue that they are off if u let the dips happen. Cause those are the HW faults not the programming itself. U dont need to travel far in the past, or just be now. Certain games cant be run 60fps on PS5 for example and the HW exists to be able to do. But we have a certain kind of hw in those consoles that can run those games but either 4k 30, balanced 60 or performance 60/120. U have options and despite that still occasional drops happen and so they are very few and far between and whats important it wont ruin ur gameplay. But with the PS1 id argue that some games are almost unplayable because of that. Syphon Filter that i mentioned is one of those games, 20fps, i almost clawed my eyes out playing it. But it was made that way and it runs and without OC i add. Again. OC is a blessing for certain games. And curse for others and like a no deal for others cause they are already running as they should and doing the OC wont do anything. I dont know if u meant really the OC or the speedup thing, cause i think those are pretty different things. Whatever all i know is ill keep using it for those troubled games and not with those that dont need that extra umph to achieve the desired fps.

Also, sorry for this long text. read it if u want to or dont, or some parts. It just turned out to be longer then i wanted to. sorry

Oh damn, i thought that there just wasn't anything there due to being made in 4:3

I think only CTR.

Don't see why not

Haha no drama here mate! It's just games at the end of the day. Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the advice, but I have already made an overclocking guide for Duckstation here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ict-pbyCqcXSfHk.htmlsi=uElEtIOZzFua0umP

@@warpedpolygon Ah, my apologies, I didn't see this!

Sometimes widescreen just doesn't have it

Ahh man I couldn't find a single active download for Duckstation compatible HD Textures. I tried that Crono Cross one but I don't think DS can use it. There's an excellent Resident Evil 2 texture pack where someone has actually drawn (with AI help) proper widescreen. But the links are all dead...

its finished, just need to put together a video

Cheers mate. Yes they are region specific, forgot to mention damn it,

@@warpedpolygon Don't worry I'll keep you in the right! 🤣

I don't use zinc to be honest. All of them are based on 0.199 and normal mame handles them fine imo. Is there a new zinc available?

yes

For me its about native 60hz so NTSC. If you're Upscaling and adding filtering the difference in image quality isn't really going to be noticeable. Maybe pal looks better at native res on a crt but emulated on a digital display, i doubt many could tell the difference even if there is any. Sometimes pal ports can have different stuff going on i suppose, but again I will gladly trade this for 60hz

@@warpedpolygon Fair enough - might get the NTSC versions in the future. I just saw that Cave Story has a PS1 port, maybe you'd like to try it sometime!

I'm not the best guy for that at the moment. My knowledge is mediocre with PC game patching, need a better understanding before I can show others.

@@warpedpolygon Copy, thanks. I appreciate your response. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Only you can answer that. Turn it on and take a look

CT Special Forces. It's a PAL only release, there's 3 in the series on PS1 and all pretty good.

@@warpedpolygon That's awesome! I love discovering PS2 games I haven't played. They look great. Thanks

Can you give me an example game so I can see the ghosting and then try to fix

@@warpedpolygon well i was playing spyro and medievil, and turning camera around just feels much worse than how i remember it on a crt with console, am i crazy?

@@majmunbezgaca5220 without seeing exactly what you are referring to it's hard to help. Keep in mind PS1 games were made with CRT's in mind, and that is really the best way to play if you are sensitive to the transition to digital displays. Without seeing the issue directly I can't tell you if it's an actual issue, or if you are picking up on the inconsistencies inherent with displaying games made for CRT on a digital display.

@@warpedpolygon ye i feel like its the second thing "inconsistencies inherent with displaying games made for CRT on a digital display." :p anyway thank you for reply and awesome video guide

@@clmnyng duckstation doesn't have a retroarch core. Standalone only so install this

The ones that work with Duckstation are hard to find. I was gonna cover it but every link I found to a texture pack was dead

Solid advise!

Hell yeah!

Why only Vulkan?

Is yout tv faster than 60hz?

Did you have issues with the bios files when downloading duckstation

@@Hasanpikersworstnightmare I did not

No reason really!

CT Special Forces. It's a PAL Exclusive

CT Special Forces.

I don't do android. Sorry buddy

@@StopBaizuo don't see why not. Obviously keep performance in mind

@@warpedpolygon Thanks ❤️

@@ferna2294 stenzek works on pcsx2 also. He's not the only dev on that but obviously in charge of UI at least.

@@warpedpolygon That explains everything!

Heathen....

Pandemonium!

@@warpedpolygon thanks boss!

i vote the re1 remake but i agree with you all the same

There's sooo much gold in the PS1 library.

@@zZiL341yRj736 i can't tell if this is sarcasm lol. I played it last month for the first time (yes I'm a fan on the original) and found it to be adequate. Nice nods to tne original and still felt like resi evil despite all the modern stuff. Only complaint was Mr X changing the slower pace of the original.

RE2 Remake was mediocre at best. Fancy graphics and modern control but game is missing half of the contents of the original. Both scenarios are identical with inconsistent crap happening.

@@zZiL341yRj736 sometimes remakes wander from what made the originals great due to all the modern conveniences. Do you think any remake of re2 would have satisfied you? Even from different devs

I kinda specialise in the in depth thing. A lot of stuff is rarely streight forward, a lot of "if this then that", that needs explaining for a full understanding. Do you think doing short format 'Best Settings In 5 Mins' kinda videos would be a good supplement? Like a gateway to the long format videos if you wanna know more?

@@warpedpolygon You could do separate videos for the depth, do what you do, not saying stop that, but itd be nice to have videos for "This is what i recommed optimal" and then "This is what i recommend budget pc" Like I have a 3070ti with an intel i9 12900k at 1440p settings. I can maximize pretty well so i want to know 1440p stuff but i get most people are budget/1080p stuff

@@yourstillwithme it's hard cus what I think looks good you may think looks trash. I'd be spoonfeeding my visual preference. I can only present it as "this is what I like, take it or leave it". If that's cool then I'm up for making those.

Standalone is great. But RetroArch is amazing for different reasons. Why do you hate RA?

Might be because of accumulated hate on the Wii version, but I really don't like the desktop UI either.

@@NesrocksGamingVideos why do people hate stuff that's free? It's funny when I hear people complaining about something they didn't spend a penny on or help to make. Acting like a customer who's out of pocket in this scene is more than stupid.

You have a point, and I don't hate the devs. What I guess I hate or don't understand is the popularity. There are better options for me, but to each their own. If it's useful for someone, or for many, that's ok. Maybe my reaction was because I expected to see duckstation and got greeted by retroarch which I personally hate. Perhaps mention retroarch in the video's title?

@@NesrocksGamingVideos i didn't use retroarch in this video mate