The project PCSX2 2.6.0 has been released, developing the emulator for the PlayStation 2 gaming console. The emulator allows standard PCs to run games designed for PlayStation 2, utilizing advanced features such as screen resolution scaling, creating virtual and shared memory cards, saving states, patching games, and recording gameplay. MIPS CPU emulation on x86 systems is achieved using recompilation and interpretation in a virtual machine. The emulator's performance and capabilities are sufficient to run 99% of the 2500 games tested for Sony PlayStation 2, including Final Fantasy X and Devil May Cry 3. The project's code is written in C++ and distributed under the GPLv3 license.
In the new version:
- The Qt-based interface is closer in capabilities to Big Picture mode.
- Added the ability to place shortcuts on the desktop and in the application menu to launch specific games through PCSX2.
- In Big Picture mode, icons have been updated and Emoji support has been added.
- Support for installing custom background images has been added.
- Rendering with Direct3D12 has been significantly accelerated. For the game Hitman Blood Money, the performance gain was 596%, and for Death by Degrees, it was 413%. Rendering through Direct3D11 has also been optimized, increasing performance during the launch of the game Enthusia by 9%. The quality and accuracy of texture rendering using Direct3D11 and 12 are close to rendering with Vulkan and OpenGL.
- Many optimizations have been added, allowing for improved rendering quality and increased performance when launching many games.
Source: opennet.ru
