IT LAGS , BUT NOT STEADILY !!!!

[PeaceForWarIII]

I first want to say that I am new here . PPSSPP is optimised very well in fact
I was able to play games at 30 fps minimum . But GTA VICE CITY STORIES LAGS a LOT (1 fps for 1,3 sec) when rendering the new areas of the map . What can I do to solve this problem because it is so annoying . THANKS IN ADVANCE.

[TkSilver]

What are you using to run PPSSPP?
phone, tablet, computer?
What are the specs or atleast what is the device if you don't know the specs?

Also if you can put a link to a screenshot of your graphics settings that would also help in helping you.

[LG Fanatic]

This happens on my device too. I think it's because my device's cpu(MediaTek 6738) isn't quite fast to handle Vice City smoothly. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong devs. You can try enabling auto frameskip and see if that helps. What's your device by the way.? Y

[PeaceForWarIII]

I have already activated frameskip and also I am using Vulkan to render because it gives me 10 more fps.
My phone is a HUAWEI Mate 10 Lite and these are my specs:

Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 659 , ARM-based
CPU Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 + 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 4GB
O.S. Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Resolution 1080 x 2160 pixels

Thank you for your time!

[xboxmandude]

I'm actually going to buy a mate 10 lite in a few months... I'm not sure what your settings are but some games still lag on android devices you could try to reduce the resolution and disabling software skinning to gain some boost in speed

[LG Fanatic]

(04-22-2018 03:37 PM)PeaceForWarIII Wrote:  I have already activated frameskip and also I am using Vulkan to render because it gives me 10 more fps.
My phone is a HUAWEI Mate 10 Lite and these are my specs:

Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 659 , ARM-based
CPU Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 + 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 4GB
O.S. Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Resolution 1080 x 2160 pixels

Thank you for your time!

Mali gpus tend to have buggy drivers and that could be what's affecting Vice City's gameplay. There is a new OpenGL threading code that uses multiple cpu cores to increase emulation speed. It's going to be in the coming 1.6 update but, you can try it by installing the latest developer build.

I've been using it on my device and the speed increase rivals that of vulkan.

[PeaceForWarIII]

Thanks ,where can I download the developer version.Do I have to be a beta tester on the play store ?

Thank you very much.

[The Phoenix]

(04-24-2018 03:57 PM)PeaceForWarIII Wrote:  Thanks ,where can I download the developer version.Do I have to be a beta tester on the play store ?

Thank you very much.

Hi PeaceForWarIII,
Love the name by the way.........

Try here: https://buildbot.orphis.net/ppsspp/index.php

Download latest build and see if it makes any difference.
Hope it helps.

[GuilhermeGS2]

Frameskipping will give you impression of laggy gameplay. Your phone should be able to run GTA VCS very well even with the new OpenGL threading, unless threre's some software issue (CPU governor or kernel with agressive thermal throttling, very bad GPU drivers, bad optimisation on Android UI).