Ppsspp: The 1.6 release thread

[hrydgard]

I want to get 1.6 out within a reasonable amount of time - the GL threading improvements need to get out there, along with all the other fixes.

Here's the 1.6 milestone tracker: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/milestone/10

I'm gonna start bumping things from that list onwards to 1.7 soon, except regressions - we shouldn't be worse than 1.5 in any way, preferably. So really, that's what I'm looking for here - has anyone noticed anything that has broken since 1.5.4? If so, please file issues, or let me know here if they are existing ones so I can add them to the 1.6 milestone.

Thanks!

[leopard20]

Minus the slower loading and unthrottling issues (in GoW only) I didn't notice any other regressions.

Please also consider improving the touch controls in the next release, for example adding another "Button Style" and also modifying button magnification on press.
I assume you must've seen the new PS2 emulator that appeared to be using some of PPSSPP codes -DamonPS2- right? That emulator actually had beautiful buttons! Maybe you could use something like that! (but maybe without colored face buttons)

[leopard20]

One question though. Can openGl be faster (or maybe more battery efficient) than Vulkan because of the improvements you mentioned?

[hrydgard]

I think Vulkan is pretty much always gonna be faster and more power-efficient.. well, unless you're using auto frameskip and the greater performance causes it to actually draw more frames, then the GPU might use more power..

I'm gonna look into the God of War thing soon.

Regarding buttons, yeah, they do need a new coat of paint and some behaviour improvement.

[chaosenvoys]

Phantasy star portable 2 problems? Earlier version doesnt have the bugs though..

[unknownbrackets]

Bumped a few things that definitely weren't regressions, but not exhaustive.

-[Unknown]

[hrydgard]

@chaosenvoys Please link to the issue if you want me to take a look :)

[chaosenvoys]

@hrydgard https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10735
Thanks 😁

[leopard20]

One more thing that has changed since v1.5.4 (not a regression though) is that my custom textures don't work anymore ☹️ because they now use new names. It used to work since v1.2 I think.
Thankfully all they need is a simple rename.
Just thought I should mention it in case it was not intended.

[hrydgard]

Huh, that's not intentional. Do you have some examples of renames? @unknownbrackets any ideas about that?

[LunaMoo]

At least one of those looks like a stable, clear/trash-less ui texture and if hash differs on textures like that, it means a hashing method changed.

I can't reproduce any change on desktop unless I manually switch hashing method, so either those textures do have a part that changed or something with hashing changed on arm/whatever it is.

[hrydgard]

Yeah that's not good, we haven't intentionally changed any hashing methods. Please create a new issue and link it from here, with those images and some info about your device like whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit, model, etc.

[leopard20]

Please refer to https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10796 for further discussion on the hashing issue.

[RaduNastase]

Android Version. Latest buildbot build

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max behaves strangely. While the counter shows full speed, the game is strangely choppy and eats a TON of CPU power. The sound is good, so the game is indeed running full speed. I tried many settings, no change to the choppiness.

On 1.2.x and 1.4.x it was running great.

And sound related.... this happens is pretty much every game i play (DBZ, SFA3, BazBlue, SoulCalibur, Strikers1945, etc) - while all games run full speed, the sound seems to lag sometimes for a brief moment, becoming distorted like a click/pop. Activating auto-frameskip reduces the frequency, but it doesn't eliminate it. Activating Frameskip though, introduces another small issue in the video department - some minor random stutter.

[RaduNastase]

So I extensively tested latest couple of builds in comparison to 1.4.2 on my Galaxy Note 3.

The speed improvements are great. Neo Geo Heroes is now full speed! Soul Calibur is much faster. Dragon Ball Shin Budokai is a bit faster (i'm comparing the CPU usage between builds), BlazBlue is good. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is a mixed bag, but overall is faster i'd say. A little issue would be that ppsspp crashes every time i try to get back into a game after i change rendering resolution.

All games have this annoying issue with Audio though, which was not there previously (or it was much much less noticeable). There are random clicks and pops in all the games, more noticeable in sound effects like punch, dash, charge or special moves. It's random but frequent though and it's definitelly not related to performace as it happens in menus and fmvs as well (the music distorts randomly for a nano second). This basically the only big issue.

[hrydgard]

@Jinzombie There should be no slowdowns since 672. If there's crashing, you should report it in issues. Everything that's wrong with the very latest builds should be reported!

[sephiroth0396]

Is silent hill shattered memories and origins still unplayable? I tried 1.5.4 but it's still unplayable in my device.

[hrydgard]

Yeah, they are.

[sephiroth0396]

I finished the game on ppsspp honestly but I need to set the ''emulated psp's clock'' to 30 and 60 lmfao

[hrydgard]

I plan to do the rollout next weekend. So if anyone got more translations etc to get in, now's the time :)

[abdellahking]

Hmmm .great , i'll look into arabic if i see any problme.

[leopard20]

@hrydgard
Are you ok with the name Natural Colors (No Blur) name for the shader I added?! I dunno why it kinda sounds lame to me! :)
Perhaps I should change it to (no AA) or maybe Natural Colors Lite?

[hrydgard]

@leopard20 I have no strong opinions on that either way :)

[leopard20]

There has to be something you like better!

[unknownbrackets]

Sometimes a name is just a name. When it's a matter of taste, the bikeshed can be whatever color looks good.

-[Unknown]

[Gamemulatorer]

Can't wait for the release of V1.6.0 😀

[CYH1996]

When will it release?

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Can't wait for the release fo V1.6.0 😀

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[marosis]

@hrydgard please fix dante's inferno. I found you build

[Sunderland93]

When will release?

[iOS4all]

We hope we get Nintendo switch port of ppsspp when version 1.6 came out.

[Gamemulatorer]

I hope ppsspp 1.6.0 will release this week 😇

[leopard20]

@iOS4all At this moment there is no Nintendo switch port. You'll have to wait longer than that!

[iOS4all]

@lepard20 Thanks for replying.
We really wish to not take so long. Nintendo switch will be a great console to play ppsspp with joycons support it's so much better than touch screen.

Thanks again for your efforts.

[hrydgard]

This thread has nothing to do with any possible Switch release.

As for 1.6, all I can say is very soon, I've been too busy lately...

[leopard20]

Yeah. It just came up.

[alisa13]

Hi developer i just wanted to ask if there is an upcoming fix for the dissidia 012 during multiplayer mode everything is fine except during an actual battle ppsspp keeps saying "Network Synced Failed" i hope you make a solution for it thanks, and also im looking forward to the releasing of the version 1.6.0

[ghost]

Mr.rydgard,,please make screen keep ON when Loading, because when screen off,,ppsspp will FC or back to home menu,,,,i wish will fix in ppsspp 1.6

[mrdeathjr28]

Hi and thanks for your work
Maybe can fix window resize issue using vulkan on linux for 1.6 release