valkyrie profile 2 and SMT games best configuration?

[doll32]

i am trying to play valkyrie profile 2 and SMT games like nocturne and persona 3 and 4 and i am having graphical problems, i would like to know what are the best configs for them

[jesalvein]

In order to help you further with your problem, please make sure the following are all provided.

• Your hardware specs - CPU, Graphics Card, Memory, Operating System.
  
• The version of PCSX2 you are using.
  
• Any non default settings you are using.
  
• What games you are trying to play and if you are playing them from ISO or DVD.
  

Thank You.

[doll32]

these are the only non default configs i'm using http://puu.sh/pZ8j3/94e4618707.jpg

i have a GeForce GTX 650
my CPU is Intel® Core™ i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
i have a memory ram of 8 and i'm using windows 8

also i'm using iso from the DVDs i own

[jesalvein]

normally, the default config is the best.
what graphical glitches do you get ?

[doll32]

http://i.imgur.com/uuk4P.png this thing, also the other SMT games are running okish but could run better

[jesalvein]

oh, this.
IIRC, you need to use software mode.
There's no other way

[IcemanSR]

There was a special plugin somwhere for Valkyrie Profile that removes that ugly thing. try googling GSdx-SSE4-ValkyrieBuild or other sse according to ur pc

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Edit
i remember somewhere finding code changes to build ur own plugin but frell me i cant remember where.
Quick search resulted in THIS

Person there posted some plugin u can try it.It even has GSTextureCache.cpp in it. Shame its not .diff

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What this means is that u use what ever pcsx2 u wish and change plugin to this one for VP2. Thats it.
I remember playing back then with it. Finished game from beginning to end , no issues.

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edit
what problem u have with persona 3-4? they work without issues for me

[gregory]

OpenGL renderer is able to emulate properly the forest issue. You might need to crank up accurate blending (and set CRC to full for the speed).

[IcemanSR]

What da ya know.. i found my few years old svn data and in it i found patch for gsdx . a hack actually.

but might help someone to compare and maybe build its own gsdx with it. if its compatible after all this time that is

Code:

Index: GSTextureCache.cpp
===================================================================
--- GSTextureCache.cpp    (revision 5197)
+++ GSTextureCache.cpp    (working copy)
@@ -692,6 +692,8 @@
        else if(tw < 1024)
        {
            // FIXME: timesplitters blurs the render target by blending itself over a couple of times
+            delete src;
+            return NULL;
            hack = true;
            //if(tw == 256 && th == 128 && (TEX0.TBP0 == 0 || TEX0.TBP0 == 0x00e00))
            //{

just checked against git. manual apply would require but code is still there

[mystiqs]

i think i got the right thread (finally),  i m just starting new game with this VP2 and i have some issues, like FPS drop while cutscene, battle and dungeon the FPS was stable at 40s and its very laggy. i m already tested using pcsx2 version 1.4.0 but the plugin GSDx_VP2 cannot be loaded, so i go back down to the pcsx2 ver 1.2.1 r5875, i hope someone still have the good setting on this game, anyone would mind to help me please to fix the setting. ?

my laptop spec : intel core i7 4510U 2,6Ghz, nVidia GT840m 2GB GDDR3, RAM 12GB DDR3L. windows 8.1 64bit


here some screen shoot from my setting.