05-18-2023, 12:27 AM
First I have to say the Mac version of PCSX2 with Metal support is pretty fantastic. I tried it with a few of my games a couple years ago when it had OpenGL rendering, and while it technically ran, it wasn't particularly usable...it's come a long way! Games run amazingly well, typically full speed at 6X resolution.
Still, I did find a few issues, in case anyone's interested. In these cases the Vulkan renderer doesn't exhibit the problems, though can be slower and seems more CPU/GPU intensive, so Metal would be preferable. I realize Vulkan is implemented through MoltenVK, which suggests the native Metal issues should be fixable, given that it's all Metal in the end anyway.
With MDK 2, the character shadow is inverted when using Metal. That is, the entire screen except the shadow is darkened. I guess a bit is getting flipped incorrectly somewhere? With FlatOut 2, the track in the minimap isn't visible, though the car markers are. Probably something with the way transparency is implemented, in this specific case anyway. With Klonoa 2, character models have dark transparent rectangles around parts of the model. Rather interesting effect but obviously not desirable. (And I just realized these all have "2" in the title; maybe that's the problem.
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Still, I did find a few issues, in case anyone's interested. In these cases the Vulkan renderer doesn't exhibit the problems, though can be slower and seems more CPU/GPU intensive, so Metal would be preferable. I realize Vulkan is implemented through MoltenVK, which suggests the native Metal issues should be fixable, given that it's all Metal in the end anyway.
With MDK 2, the character shadow is inverted when using Metal. That is, the entire screen except the shadow is darkened. I guess a bit is getting flipped incorrectly somewhere? With FlatOut 2, the track in the minimap isn't visible, though the car markers are. Probably something with the way transparency is implemented, in this specific case anyway. With Klonoa 2, character models have dark transparent rectangles around parts of the model. Rather interesting effect but obviously not desirable. (And I just realized these all have "2" in the title; maybe that's the problem.
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