PCSX2 - Widescreen Game Patches

[Argon]

hmm, i guess that depends how the gun position detection is coded, as it does it on horizontal scanlines, so it might freak out or think you're shooting in the wrong place if there's more to the screen than there should be.

If these games get fixed, I will play them with dualshock controller, since my HDTV won't work with vintage hardware

By the way, if is there an official request thread, please, add the content of my post #1225 there.

[Devina]

Argon, I checked the archive and we already have "Mr Mosquito 2" NTSC-J.

[Lordbarker]

Loving the widescreen patches so far. However did see these two: Tekken Tag tournmanet (US) (can only find Korean & PAL Pnach's) and Onimusha 3 (US) a while ago, but now they seem to have disappeared. Wondered if someone has them? Cheers.

[Dantesthedark]

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[synce]

Do the new Persona 3/4 patches make the character portraits "jaggier" for anyone else? I don't have US or EU versions of the game to test, but based on nemesis' values for them I used some guesswork to come up with JP patch and this is the result.

       
Left - 4:3 version >> Right - 16:9 w/2D fix

Original values (2D fix only)
00106cb0,3c043f80
00106cb8,24634b2c
00106cbc,00701821
00106cc4,3c03007e
00106cc8,24634b30
00106ccc,00701821

Changed to
patch=1,EE,00106cb0,word,3c043f40
patch=1,EE,00106cb8,word,00701821
patch=1,EE,00106cbc,word,24634b2c
patch=1,EE,00106cc4,word,00000000
patch=1,EE,00106cc8,word,24630004
patch=1,EE,00106ccc,word,3c043f80

I think the bolded part may be wrong, unless everyone else is also seeing jaggier portraits.

[nemesis2000]

Do the new Persona 3/4 patches make the character portraits "jaggier" for anyone else?

it's because the game scaling all 2D objects without any filtering

Changed to
patch=1,EE,00106cb0,word,3c043f40
patch=1,EE,00106cb8,word,00701821
patch=1,EE,00106cbc,word,24634b2c
patch=1,EE,00106cc4,word,00000000
patch=1,EE,00106cc8,word,24630004
patch=1,EE,00106ccc,word,3c043f80

I think the bolded part may be wrong, unless everyone else is also seeing jaggier portraits.

nope, bolded part is correct

[Devina]

[attachment=42051][attachment=42052]

I did a test, and I can confirm they are indeed jaggier on the US versions.
It's pretty obvious in the Mitsuru example, and a little less obvious in the Naoto example so I highlighted some areas.

I normally use texture filtering though, so I would have never noticed it.
If what Nemesis says is correct, guess we can't really do much, except turn on the filtering.

Not to be greedy, but I also hope for a menu fix as well for Persona 3 sometime in the future, because squished font is harder to read. Here's a bad photoshop.

[attachment=42055]

I think it's bearable for Persona 4 (excuse the pun), because the font is white-on-black, and it's a teeny bit thicker as well. Here's a little comparison.

[attachment=42056]

[synce]

Thanks for confirming. Glad to know patch is correct too.

Setting filtering to full makes it look great, unfortunately now there's a graphical glitch every time a character blinks.. Gah

Here's a screen

   

(I sat here like an idiot for 2 minutes trying to capture a blink lol)

[Devina]

Maybe the texture filterer can be improved to fix the bugs.
For now, I'm just glad both Persona games run extremely well, and we have awesome widescreen hacks.

I think PCSX2 with widescreen is the ultimate way to enjoy the series.
Persona 3 Portable has a smaller resolution, no FMVs, no The Answer, no 3D maps outside Tartarus.
Persona 4 Golden seems to have no atmospheric lighting in dungeons, an unnecessary beep sound in menus, and Chie's new voice which has mixed reactions...

I'd still like to play P4G one day, but $250 on a Vita, combined with Sony's ridiculous proprietary memory card prices... blah.

[luke76bg]

request sly series pal version thanks ^^