Detailed configuration of the emulator under Pcsx2 Spyro (The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night)

And then I decided to explain to you how to properly configure the emulator for PS2 the best game in The Legend of Spyro Dawn of the Dragon! It is that the most well emulated the part about Spyro on the PS2. I will try to explain a language you understand! If you have any questions about emulation or settings - please, this topic always is!

Now, the freshest version of emulsions PS2 now version 0.9.9 (Already on PG - http://www.playground.ru/files/48688/ , though it is not the newest. Attention! Starting with revision r5255 emulator in terms of Legend of Spyro entered a dead-end branch of development, that is, the menu is not displayed again as it should be. I hope the last revision fixes this problem! So if you want to play well - download either version of PG, or a revision to r5255). At the moment Pcsx2 0.9.9 3/4 emulates all the PS2 games! And it's awesome! Of course there are still some tugodumny the games that are buggy or do not go like human beings, but they are very few. It all depends on the setting of the emulsion, so if the game lag or match - no need to sin on the game itself, better dig in the settings of this creation (Pcsx2).

Actually business. The first window that we will appear at the first launch of emulsions is the choice of language. I think having a basic knowledge of English can be found among the languages native Russian =) So, choose it.
The next thing we will show is this:

Yes, this is configuring plugins, gentlemen. Here it is necessary to specify the correct path to the folder with the plugins, and everything is OK.
ATTENTION!!! The path to plugins and to eMule SHOULD NOT contain Russian letters! Well, here's emulsion Russophobia, what can you do? =)
Then the plugins themselves. Let's start with the video plugin:

Here is this handsome. Personally, I have DX11, not the fact that he has you! So, the resolution must not exceed 1024 x 1024, a beautiful picture will certainly be, but you'll pay for it low frames per second! Although the way on modern graphics cards the FPS drop is negligible, it happens and it does not. Let me remind you, the native resolution of the console-only 640х556 (approx)!
Select DX maximum available on your system. More than X, the less glitches, and the faster games will go!
For The Legend of Spyro Dawn of the Dragon must be enabled Skipdraw Hack, and it needs to stand on the value of 1! Otherwise, you will enjoy the game without the glow, and beautiful special effects, on the screen as colored squares.
Everything else shown on the screen.

Next, a custom sound plugin:

Everything you need is shown in the screenshot. But still: better put in the plug-in function audio to Async Mix, it does not stretch the sound for the number of frames. If a powerful enough CPU, then feel free to put the sound quality of PS2-like (highest quality).

Further management setup:

Well then, clear the stump, put the needed buttons =). It is commendable that you can put one button to several real buttons, such as keyboard and joystick.

Now click on the OK button:

BIOS... then Choose any, it does not affect game performance. If the BIOS no, emly specify the path to the folder with the BIOS, and then everything the old fashioned way =)

So we are all set up now by pressing OK, before we are shown this window:

The window the window, but why do we need the emulsion? True, we want to play!
But the setup is incomplete.
Choose configure string setting Emulation. It should open window with name Settings PS2 - PCSX2. Tab MemoryCards noise (the features are still unfinished, and in principle in the future should not be needed), select EE/IOP. Here we will configure recopilatory used during emulation of the game Recopylator converts the console actions in the computer that is given the ability to execute the console code on the computer. In the end, we can enjoy console games on an emulator. So, consider the various points of order.

EmotionEngine Is a Central processor of the PS2 (the first 128-bit processor in the world, as well as the first commercially available dvuhyadernik). More details can be found in Wikipedia. There are 2 provisions of this menu:
- Interpreter - step-by-Step processing code to check for correctness. Only used for debugging and finding errors. Emulation in this way is flawless, but very slow.
- Recompiler - Actually executes the code method, created by the developers. Processing is ten times faster than with the interpreter, I recommend to choose it.

IOP - Controller input / output. Also has 2 positions - Interpreter and Recompiler. Boldly put recompiler (Recompiler), because the Interpreter - slowpoke still the same as saleget you the game! =)
Lower leave everything as it is.

Now go to next tab - VUs. VU is a 128 - bit vector module the main processor of the PS2 Emotion Engine, which are responsible for processing physics, and polygons. Let us study the available on the settings tab.


VU0 - Vector, the module responsible for the transformation of the physics, polygons and other things that are used in the gameplay. Has 3 positions processing Interpreter, microVU Recompiler and superVU Recompiler [legacy]. At the moment the fastest way superVU, so I recommend to choose him. microVU now being actively developed in the future will completely replace the latter method, some of the features in the next tab work only with microVU. In some games it even faster now, so try both.

VU1 - Responsible for transformation, lighting, special effects and other calculations that are relevant to visualization. As in the case of VU0, there are 3 different modes of processing. Choose something that will work faster and more reliably for a variety of games - microVU Recompiler or superVU Recompiler [legacy].

And now the most interesting: Spichki.

Everything is built under Spyro.
But I will clarify a few things. EE Cyclerate - Reduces the amount of CPU cycles, thereby increasing emulation speed. May cause problems with playing sound and videos. Features 3 position slider:
- 1 - Standard number of CPU cycles.
- 2 - Reducing the number of cycles by 33%. A small increase in speed, and great compatibility with games.
- 3 - reduce the number of cycles to 50%. The average growth speed, but the possible interruption of the audio stream and FMV clips.

VU Cycle Stealing is the Loss of part VU cycles to speed up emulation, can lead to screen flicker and the loss of special effects. Has 4 position slider:
- 0 - Reduction in the number of VU cycles disabled.
- 1 - Soft reduction VU cycles. Compatibility is a bit lower, but gives a slight acceleration in most games.
- 2 - Average reduction VU cycles. Even lower compatibility, but a more significant speed boost in many games.
- 3 - reduction VU cycles. A significant speed boost in some games, but most have problems with special effects, flicker appears the screen objects. It is also possible to slowdown the emulation. Use with extreme caution!

Now look below the menu Other Hacks. There are 2 different item.

Enable INTC Spin Detection - Gives a huge increase in emulation speed when you turn, with virtually no side effects. Recommended by the developers, so you should include.

Enable Wait Loop Detection - the Average acceleration in some games, side-effects are unknown. While recommended by the developers, it is necessary to include.

As for the GSDX plugin Cutie: if you want to play with a beautiful glow (only works in a New Beginning and Eternal Night), do as indicated in the screenshot: the Red shows the function that meet and glow:
Attention! That glow is beautiful, but fraught with various bugs, such as loss of transparency of grass and other debris.


Unfortunately the standard video plugin does not render the glow as it should.

Well, that's all. For all questions contact me here or in a PM on PG.

Enjoy the game!