PCSX2-CE for Mac (Wineskin) Oct 2015 Guide

[Exyle]

Run "curl --version" in the terminal and post the result

Here's the result!

Last login: Tue Nov 15 18:02:18 on ttys001
MacBook-Pro-di-Cristiano:~ Cris$ curl --version
curl 7.43.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0) libcurl/7.43.0 SecureTransport zlib/1.2.5
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rtsp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp 
Features: AsynchDNS IPv6 Largefile GSS-API Kerberos SPNEGO NTLM NTLM_WB SSL libz UnixSockets

[azoreseuropa]

I did as you told me. Any further help would be appreciate.

[azoreseuropa]

Bump. ^_^

[azoreseuropa]

Good news.. It works for me. I followed someone's instruction on youtube and it works for me. Megaman X7 EUROPE works fine however, a problem for Klonoa 2 EUROPE:

After Namco logo on the screen and I got this error:

Assertion failed: FQC= 0 on VIF FIFO READ!

..\..\FiFo.cpp(47) : assertion failed:

Function: ReadFIFO V1F!
Thread: EE Core
Condition: ViflRegs.stat.FQC !=0
Message: FQC = 0 on VIF FIFO READ!

Stacktrace:

But I test Klonoa 2 USA version and it works fine but Klonoa 2 Europe crashes as above. Strange.

[uyjulian]

I'm sorry, email notifications are hit-or-miss on this forum.

Try winetricks again. Curl version looks correct to me.

[azoreseuropa]

I'm sorry, email notifications are hit-or-miss on this forum.

Try winetricks again. Curl version looks correct to me.

Umm.. Who are you talking to ?

[macrobius]

Ok so I did all the steps and I still have a problem with gs, which I suspect is one of the bigger headaches for a PCSX2 Mac port. 

Here's what I've done, just to verify:
1. Download PCSX2 1.50 512 via the link in the first post
2. Download wineskin engine 1.9.11
3. Download PS2 BIOS via some probably illegal website or something
4. Create wrapper, which I have titled PCSX2
5. Install software>move a folder inside>pcsx2 folder
6. advanced>tools>Winetricks> install:
 a) d3dx9_36.dll no problems there
 b) vcrun2015, doesn't work so
 c) msxml3, no problems there
 d) vcrun2015 (take two), works smoothly

So with all that installed, I then open the .app and:
7. change SPU2-X to portaudio
8. Change CDVD, USB, FW, and Dev9 to null
9. direct CDVD to the iso I want to load, and click Boot CDVD

now it goes pear shaped

it doesn't matter whether I do a full or fast boot, it will give me a black screen and instantly crash out of the wine wrapper. So after this happened, I went into the plugins/bios selector and noticed this popping up in the console:

[wx] Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files\pcsx2-v1.5.0-dev-512-g7f3f6e9-windows-x86\plugins\GSdx32-AVX2.dll' (error 1: invalid function.)

which to me seems a bit funny because when i open PCSX2 the console says "Loading Plugins...Plugins Loaded Successfully"

So now I'm thinking, "huh". So for kicks and giggles i change the GS from the default (GSdx32-AVX2.dll) to GSNull


I try the game again. This time it works fine. Except obviously, there are no graphics because I just set the graphics to null. I can hear audio, both the standard PS2 boot sounds, and the game's intro music (via fastboot). So this tells me that the problem isn't with the .iso files i have. It isn't with the bios. it's with the GS plugin.

So what do I do? As far as I can tell I've done everything correctly, and I think I've figured out what the problem is, I just have no idea how to correct it.


edit: Here's my macbook specs: 2.5 intel i5, 8gb 1600mhz ddr3, intel hd 4000 1536mb, running osx 10.11.6

I had an almost identical experience. Followed the steps to the T, kept crashing immediately on start, disabled graphics only, everything works minus the obvious black screen because... no graphics. I'm convinced that there is a bug inside of one of the shaders for the GS plugins because of this log error

:68:14: error: syntax error, unexpected NEW_IDENTIFIER

I'd be happy to look into it if I had any clue where to start looking. I downloaded the source but I don't ***** with VCPROJ these days.

edit:

forgot to include specs~

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

[macrobius]

I had an almost identical experience. Followed the steps to the T, kept crashing immediately on start, disabled graphics only, everything works minus the obvious black screen because... no graphics. I'm convinced that there is a bug inside of one of the shaders for the GS plugins because of this log error

:68:14: error: syntax error, unexpected NEW_IDENTIFIER

I'd be happy to look into it if I had any clue where to start looking. I downloaded the source but I don't ***** with VCPROJ these days.

edit:

forgot to include specs~

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

It's 230am and I'm tired. Will pick back up when I have time but here's the gist of what I'm suspecting is the problem (thanks StackOverflow!)
http://stackoverflow.com/a/21355713/5424329

https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/blob/mast...s.glsl#L68

edit:

got it running with ZeroGS (https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/fil...ogs-kosmos) furthering my suspicion that the shaders in GSdx are hosed.

Sourced from https://youtu.be/ZtCezib9zBs

[azoreseuropa]

It's 230am and I'm tired. Will pick back up when I have time but here's the gist of what I'm suspecting is the problem (thanks StackOverflow!)
http://stackoverflow.com/a/21355713/5424329

https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/blob/mast...s.glsl#L68

I can send you a youtube video to run PCSX2 on Mac properly. I did and it works great! Your Mac is almost the same as mine except I am on i5 instead of i7. I t works. Pm me and I will be gladly to send it to you. Again, it works for me!

Anybody else, please explain why Klonoa 2 EUROPE crashes after Namco logo and Klonoa 2 USA didn't crashes at all ?

[jesalvein]

I can send you a youtube video to run PCSX2 on Mac properly. I did and it works great! Your Mac is almost the same as mine except I am on i5 instead of i7. I t works. Pm me and I will be gladly to send it to you. Again, it works for me!

Anybody else, please explain why Klonoa 2 EUROPE crashes after Namco logo and Klonoa 2 USA didn't crashes at all ?

posting the emulog would be a good idea.
what did you use to make your isos ?
discutil, or command line ?