Sorry for the late reply! I've been busy with work and I had no time to get on my computer, but, woah, I didn't mean to start a fight! Can't we just try and fix this issue in peace? In any case,
@Bigbenn01 I've been using builds 5350 and 5731. I tried your SkipDraw 1 hardware hack with ShadeBoost and it really doesn't change anything at all. You said that the game has graphical issues for you with the build you have tried. Are the issues you are having similar to the issue in my screenshot? If not, what kind of issues are you having and can you post a screenshot please? Also, if you are right and the game is having graphical issues for everyone, why would you need my specs? As a matter of fact, I am using an Intel integrated GPU, but my laptop is strong enough to run Metal Gear Solid 3 using
Saiki's configuration, but it doesn't matter what kind of computer I am using if we are both observing the same issue.
@miseru99 You said that playing with the EE and VU's might have an effect and to be honest that's exactly what I touched. So I tried loading the game with a different PCSX2 file so the settings could all be at default and using the newest build and the game surprisingly had no issues during 2 battles. So, I used preset 4, to see if anything would change, and the issue started occurring again! But what really confuses me is that the game still has the issues even when I switch the settings back to default. It feels like the game got used to those settings or maybe I just got lucky during those 2 battles. It's very strange, but I will play a little farther into the game with a new PCSX2 file and see if the issue occurs. Unfortunately, without preset 4, the game is a little too slow for me to play through completely, but I'll try and figure something out.
Here is another screenshot of the issue, at the end of a battle.