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I get horrendous slow down with Persona 4, and no amount of jiggering with the settings will fix it. Alas.
@Snail said:
@Video_Game_King said:
Is a discussion like this allowed on the site? It's somewhere near the line.
I just skimmed, but he doesn't mention ROMs anywhere does he? As far as I can tell emulators are perfectly legal and fine, illegal ROM downloads not so much.
I'm just using games from my physical collection that I own.
Ive tried such this last 6 months. Since I bought some pre owned ps2 games set things up on my PS2 and nope....I cant controll anything. Turns out my controller ports are broken....me taking apart the ps2 after did not help. So I tried running my Ps2 discs on my pc.
Its fine with certain games, however the games I was trying to play Godzilla: Save the earth, Godhand, Ring of Red and Zone of the Enders 2, are all games are would push the Framerate on the ps2 as is, let alone emulation.
So I will have to buy a ps2 when I can since I realy do want to play these games. Even if I have completed Ring of Red and ZOE 1 and 2.
@Snail said:
@Video_Game_King said:
Is a discussion like this allowed on the site? It's somewhere near the line.
I just skimmed, but he doesn't mention ROMs anywhere does he? As far as I can tell emulators are perfectly legal and fine, illegal ROM downloads not so much.
Running an emulator is not considered illegal. Having ROMs or downloaded ISOs is illegal. So you can run any emulator you want, you just can't have any licensed games running on them.
@benspyda: Dolphin is by far the best emulator I have ever used. If you're going to use that emulator then I highly suggest investing in a bluetooth dongle. You can use a mouse and keyboard for Wii games, but it's still much better to use a Wii remote. You should also purchase a wireless sensor bar.
And how does the games on PCSX2 run for you? Usually when I'm running a graphic heavy game like Dynasty Warriors or something that need to render a lot of objects, it just slows down. Maybe because I'm still running a dual-core processor.
I find that PS2 emulators (and to a lesser extent, PS1 emulators) are super finicky when it comes to certain types of games. I basically had to create plugin configurations that will work for each game, and it drives me nuts whenever I notice weird texture flickering or low resolution 2D images in an otherwise perfect emulation.
@pw2566ch: You can run games on it too, they just have to be your copy of the game. Fair use, yadda yadda. It's not illegal to say, use your Wii to rip your copy of Skyward Sword to a flash stick and then emulate the game on your PC.
@HaltIamReptar said:
I get horrendous slow down with Persona 4, and no amount of jiggering with the settings will fix it. Alas.
Everyone I know who's tried to emulate it has had horrible luck with that game in particular. I've been meaning to try that and a couple other PS2 games I have now that I have my super bad ass PC, but I have yet to get around to finding the discs.
@MordeaniisChaos said:
@pw2566ch: You can run games on it too, they just have to be your copy of the game. Fair use, yadda yadda. It's not illegal to say, use your Wii to rip your copy of Skyward Sword to a flash stick and then emulate the game on your PC.
You don't even need to rip the game. Dolphin can run the game from the PC DVD drive.
I moved recently and unearthed some PS2 treasures. Like you I picked up PSX2 and started fiddling with it. Getting a solid 60 fps in games with 6x original resolution is great. I'd actually suggest making ISOs from your games instead of just running them off the disc. Ripping PS2 games is pretty easy and it speeds up the emulation process even more.
Having to fiddle with the settings on a per game basis isn't that bad considering the boost in frame rate and graphical quality. So far the glitchiest game I've had has been Tales of the Abyss with weird layering issues. Sometimes it just decides to move a part of the screen ever so slightly to the left giving you a trippy ghosting effect. Its a side effect of running the game at a higher resolution than native but gameplay wise its a non issue so you just deal with it.
Played 4 hours of Odin Sphere and the music is so good. I've also got FFXII and some other JRPG goodness lined up after Tales.
I doubt I'll touch P4 though, it will still remain my favourite game of all time that I've never played.
@pw2566ch said:
@MordeaniisChaos said:
@pw2566ch: You can run games on it too, they just have to be your copy of the game. Fair use, yadda yadda. It's not illegal to say, use your Wii to rip your copy of Skyward Sword to a flash stick and then emulate the game on your PC.
You don't even need to rip the game. Dolphin can run the game from the PC DVD drive.
Not really. Unless you have a very specific DVD drive in your PC they won't be able to read WII games straight off the disc in Dolphin. MOst modern DVD drives can't read Wii discs properly.
Sony need to release another PS3 model BC with PS2 before the PS4 comes out.
Or have the PS4 Fully BC.
@LiquidPrince said:
@pw2566ch said:
@MordeaniisChaos said:
@pw2566ch: You can run games on it too, they just have to be your copy of the game. Fair use, yadda yadda. It's not illegal to say, use your Wii to rip your copy of Skyward Sword to a flash stick and then emulate the game on your PC.
You don't even need to rip the game. Dolphin can run the game from the PC DVD drive.
Not really. Unless you have a very specific DVD drive in your PC they won't be able to read WII games straight off the disc in Dolphin. MOst modern DVD drives can't read Wii discs properly.
I can attest to this. I tried playing my copies of Last Story and Xenoblade on Dolphin for the better AA and resolutions than the Wii has and it was a no go cause my DVD drive was like "Pfft Wii discs? What are those?" :(
However, PCSX2 is running my copy of Dark Cloud 2 just great, looks all crisp and purty; better than it does natively on the PS2. And the best part about it is save states. Delicious save states. Mmmmm.... Oh and turbo mode. I wish all RPGs had a turbo mode feature to alleviate some of the grinding. That'd be so nice.
@PixelPrinny said:
@LiquidPrince said:
@pw2566ch said:
@MordeaniisChaos said:
@pw2566ch: You can run games on it too, they just have to be your copy of the game. Fair use, yadda yadda. It's not illegal to say, use your Wii to rip your copy of Skyward Sword to a flash stick and then emulate the game on your PC.
You don't even need to rip the game. Dolphin can run the game from the PC DVD drive.
Not really. Unless you have a very specific DVD drive in your PC they won't be able to read WII games straight off the disc in Dolphin. MOst modern DVD drives can't read Wii discs properly.
I can attest to this. I tried playing my copies of Last Story and Xenoblade on Dolphin for the better AA and resolutions than the Wii has and it was a no go cause my DVD drive was like "Pfft Wii discs? What are those?" :(
However, PCSX2 is running my copy of Dark Cloud 2 just great, looks all crisp and purty; better than it does natively on the PS2. And the best part about it is save states. Delicious save states. Mmmmm.... Oh and turbo mode. I wish all RPGs had a turbo mode feature to alleviate some of the grinding. That'd be so nice.
I guess I got lucky with my DVD drive. Weird. Or maybe I'm thinking of PCSX2 that can run straight from the DVD. It's been awhile since I've played them. So I can't remember.
@Hizang said:
Buy a PS2..
Yeah, spend money for an inferior experience, good one Hizang!
I bought a PS2 because Persona 4 at the time had horrendous emulation issues which all seem to be fixed now, I would not have done it otherwise because that game looks so much better on an emulator, but what do I care...I have Golden now.
Weird I'm doing that exact same thing this weekend. I dug out my copy of Final Fantasy X, and am also having fun throwing in whatever PS2 disc I find just to see what it looks like all cranked up.
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando looks fantastic, unfortunately it just didn't want to run well. Fatal Frame 2 and Haunting Ground work and look amazing, so super excited to go through those again at some point.
FFX has been the most flawless so far, so back to that for another 10 hours today. GODDAMN I LOVE HOLIDAY PAY!
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