PCSX Rearmed issues

RetroArch Android devices
#1

I’ve been messing with the PCSX Rearmed core and it is definitely the best ps1 core, but I’ve encountered a few issues"

  1. Retroarch crashes every time I try to restart a game. It’s kinda annoying that I can’t restart my game like that.
  2. Guardian Crusade FMVs look weird. The left side overlaps the right side, and it looks like the middle part is cut off.
  3. Final Fantasy IV has black blocks on certain objects and the background looks off.
  4. The US version Jackie Chan Stuntmaster gives a black screen after the Radical Entertainment logo. I would use the PAL version and force it as NTSC, but…
  5. Everytime I set a PAL game as NTSC and reopen it, it goes back to PAL. Saving it as a separate config does not help.
  6. Moving up barely moves the character in analong games like Ape Escape.

I have tried various things for all of these and they haven’t worked. Is there any fix for these?

#2

What version of retroarch and what device are you using? Will try to reproduce those.

#3

I’m on the latest nightly and I have been having the same reset crashing issue for a while. There’s also a major problem with analog support. Analog makes the input less responsive for some games like CTR, right analog up analog is unresponsive, and the negcon config is mapped wrong. I had these issues since before the simultaneous button input issue was fixed and they are still there as of the last nightly and PCSX Rearmed core update. I tried the core in Classicboy. While I had to go through hoops to set the analog buttons, it doesn’t have the same issue with the analog inputs with PCSX Rearmed.

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime with a Moga Hero Power.

#4

I’m using a nightly build from about a day ago, and I am using an Nvidia Shield portable on android 4.3.

[QUOTE=Brianvgplayer;39011]I’m on the latest nightly and I have been having the same reset crashing issue for a while. There’s also a major problem with analog support. Analog makes the input less responsive for some games like CTR, right analog up analog is unresponsive, and the negcon config is mapped wrong. I had these issues since before the simultaneous button input issue was fixed and they are still there as of the last nightly and PCSX Rearmed core update. I tried the core in Classicboy. While I had to go through hoops to set the analog buttons, it doesn’t have the same issue with the analog inputs with PCSX Rearmed.

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime with a Moga Hero Power.[/QUOTE] I also have the analog issue where moving up is not responsive. It’s really hard to play ape escape like that. I’ll add it to the OP.

#5

I tried the latest PSCX Rearmed Core and it’s crashing every time I load it.

#6

Hey guys, just joined the forums. I am also having crashes when trying to launch any ps1 games with Rearmed (on my shield portable). I am on 1.3.4 installed from the store, and I have kitkat. Because I am rooted I could add an older core (neon version) and that works fine.

I also wanted to mention that I have zero issues on my shield tv. Also using the latest version from the store, and I am on the latest ota 3.1 marshmallow

#7

Looks like it’s crashing for me as well on android 4.3

#8

I checked for updates and still no update. Current version crashes every time I load a game on Android 5.1.1.

#9

Here is the last working version of the core for android:

#10

Thank you.

#11

Hey guys,

Is there a way to manually add a core if you are not rooted? I got the latest nightly , which fixes problems with the xbox controller, but rearmed will just crash when launching a game I am on the shield TV

#12

I think you can change the cores path in the directory settings.

#13

The restart bug is a known issue, here: https://github.com/notaz/pcsx_rearmed/issues/38

You guys should take a look here and here first.

#14

@talos91 I have tried setting the path of the cores, but when I tried to load a core it doesn’t do anything (still says no core). Maybe it’s been changed recently

@sergio-br2 For me it’s not related to restarting t he core. I can’t start any games at all with rearmed. On the shield portable I had the same issue and I could fix it buy manually adding an older version of the core (I am rooted on the portable). On the shield TV I am not rooted, so at the moment I can’t do anything I suppose.

Would be cool to have an option to load cores from a local directory, or even be able to download older cores directly from retroarch. At least people would have the option this way, just like we have the option to install a previous version of RA by sideloading an apk. I like the idea of modularity by having cores separated from the main program, just a shame that on android you can’t fully benefit from that unless you are rooted.

#15

sounds like this issue? https://github.com/libretro/pcsx_rearmed/issues/43 - need a log added to this issue to work out what’s happening

#16

How do I generate a log on the android version?

#17

I’m confused now.

[QUOTE=Scardi;39793] Would be cool to have an option to load cores from a local directory[/QUOTE]

RetroArch has this options for ages. Take a look at Directory options.

#18

@dankcushions Yes that’s exactly the problem I am having. Hopefully it’s easy enough to generate a log on android? Never done that before, I’d love to be able to help

#19

I was able to change the core directory to somewhere else on internal memory. It loads, but I can’t save the directory to the default profile. Cores won’t load from external sd.

#20

@Brianvgplayer Strange I am pretty sure I tried doing that, and loading from internal memory, but it would not load the cores at all. I am using a very recent nightly.

Regardless, I hope someone can fix the rearmed core soon.

But it would definitely be handy to be able to easily import cores that you manually downloaded. Kind of like the core updater, but with an option to import a core from local storage rather than the internet.