Emulating SF Anniversary on pcsx2

[Codename46]

I was wondering on how to successfully emulate SF Anniversary Collection for the PS/2 on PCSX2. One of my friends supposedly got it to emulate smoothly, but somehow I can't do it.

Whether I try to run it directly from my DVD-ROM drive, since I purchased a legit PS2 copy myself, or when I try to burn the DVD onto my hard drive using Alcohol 120%, it runs really sluggish. Frame rate is horrible, and the sound is very choppy.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[J0hnick]

Your "friend" is prolly full of BS, he's most likely playing the CPS2 port of HSF2 and the DC port of 3s on Chankast. Ps2 emulation is still in its infancy, ive heard a handful of 2d Ps2 games can be played in PCSX2 at a playable frame rate (25fps with frame skipping on) if you have a really powerful rig (like 4ghz), otherwise forget it.

[Codename46]

I see.

Is there any way of optimizing SFIII's performance on Chankast? Even when setting the process priority to "High", turning on Capcom hack, minimizing resolution, and killing other active processes and tasks, it becomes pretty sluggish after the 2nd stage.

Now I don't think I have THAT old of a rig (AMD Athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig PC3200 DDR CAS2, Geforce 7600GT 256mb) but if there are any ways to make it run smoothly I appreciate it.

[Mikei]

codename: I have the almost exact system you have, AMD 64 3700+/1gig RAM/express 64Mb ATI RAEDEON. My chankast runs fine, I've never expirenced any slow down what so ever, unless firefox is open.

[jugoso]

For what I know, chankast performance is rather random (though you should get your hopes up with a p3 500).
And until someone decodes the CPS3 algorithm, we're stuck with chankast

[Codename46]

codename: I have the almost exact system you have, AMD 64 3700+/1gig RAM/express 64Mb ATI RAEDEON. My chankast runs fine, I've never expirenced any slow down what so ever, unless firefox is open.

I guess I'll try getting the CD image from another source.

EDIT: Does anyone else's SFIII: TS game on Chankast sometimes have weird-looking character avatars during a match? Also when I select a character there's like 1/4-second pause right after I select him/her...

Thanks for all your help by the way.

[elvis_a_presley]

I appreciate the emulation scene, and I appreciate the "because I can" folks who use these bleeding-edge emulators.

But you can get a Dreamcast for $50 off eBay. PS2s are cheap as chips straight off the shelf new with warranty. Hell, a crappy 21" TV costs more than both consoles combined. I can spend more on booze at a night down the pub with the mates than I would on either of these consoles.

Again, I'm not bad mouthing the emulators nor their authors. Good on them for giving it a go. But they're all still a few years away from (a) being coded correctly and (b) there existing cheap/good enough hardware to run them properly.

I'd rather spend time playing games than tinkering around trying to squeeze an extra few frames per second out of an emulator.

[hanz0]

it is already emulated at full speed, in kawaks, final burn alpha and M.A.M.E:wink: you just gotta do some searching i got it working great in Final Burn Alpha Evolution

[Codename46]

it is already emulated at full speed, in kawaks, final burn alpha and M.A.M.E:wink: you just gotta do some searching i got it working great in Final Burn Alpha Evolution

Yes but kawaks emulates the CPS1 and CPS2 systems, but not the CPS3 if I can recall correctly.

Same with M.A.M.E.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

I see.

Is there any way of optimizing SFIII's performance on Chankast? Even when setting the process priority to "High", turning on Capcom hack, minimizing resolution, and killing other active processes and tasks, it becomes pretty sluggish after the 2nd stage.

Now I don't think I have THAT old of a rig (AMD Athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig PC3200 DDR CAS2, Geforce 7600GT 256mb) but if there are any ways to make it run smoothly I appreciate it.


have you tried pressing the plus key by numpad on chankast?

I only have a 6600gt and it runs fine, it shouldnt be slow for you. Even my old mx440 was getting 50/60 fps.



SFAC does work smoothly with pcsx2, but not with the default graphics plugin IIRC. The problem this that the other plugin that does run it smoothly is unstable and crashes. often.

When I tried it was either play it extremely laggy or face crashes. I gave up and got a ps2, you should too. :wgrin:

[hanz0]

Did you guys not read that it is working just fine in KAWAKS, MAME and Final burn.

THe rom has been floating on the net for a while and it is the Anniversary edition:

Final Burn Evolution 3.03
new version of this emulator of Cps1,cps2,neo geo,etc.

Changes:

Final Burn Evolution 3.03

What is new on FB Evo?

>>> Neo-Geo <<<

==> Over clocked some games from 12MHz to 18Mhz (take a look at the list of games at SNK-NeoFighters)

==> All sets updated

==> Added an option to dump the C-ROMs to the HDD instead of the system memory - Thanks to iq_132

==> Added "Metal Slug 6 (hack)" - A "Metal Slug 3" hack

==> Removed uni-bios support from the Dip-Switches menu

==> Added and option to use Uni-Bios as default bios - Thanks to iq_132

>>> CPS1 & CPS2 <<<

==> Added "Phoenix" ROMs support - Thanks to iq_132

==> Added the game "Hyper Street Fighter II - the anniversary edition (040202 Asia, Phoenix)" (Working)

==> Added some CPS1 hacks

==> Fixed Dip-Switches in some games

==> Fixed bug on "Saturday Night Slam Masters” and clones - Now its working

==> All CPS2 sets updated and fixed


>>> Misc Games <<<

==> "Tiger Heli" and "Slap Fight" updated - Thanks to iq_132

==> Added "Galaxian" games support - Thanks to Treble Winner

==> Added "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and clones

>>> Misc <<<

==> Fixed and updated the record / replay inputs. Now you can record inputs on full screen and it doesn’t crash anymore when you load a non existent input

==> Added an option to save your input preset configuration

==> Main menu updated ("Game", "Video", "Audio"...)

==> Emulator license updated

==> "Load Game" menu, updated, re-sized and cleaned

==> Removed the Hot-Keys during net play - It was causing desync, because of that, you won't be able to save your configurations made during the on-line game

==> Fixed bug with previews bigger than 224 pixels

==> Removed the "Basic" and "Soft FX" video blitters - They are useless since the "Enhanced" blitter has all the filters that those 2 have

==> Added a code to save your AVI video files with name you want

==> Added an option to search for possible cheats on the game memory

==> Updated IPS support

>>> Kaillera <<<

==> Added a new kailleraclient.dll - No more black buttons

==> Added a default bios for Neo-Geo - Japan / Console

==> Disabled the "Set Dip-Switches" menu for Neo-Geo games

be sure to read all text files like readme.txt,there are 2 versions: one in english and other in portuguese.

the site is in portuguese but is not hard to download from there and you can speak english,portuguese or spanish in the forums too

[leaveal]

uhh, i think the thread starter wanted SFAC for third strike, not Hyper SF2/SFAE.