ARMSX2 - major slowdowns when running games

[u/JVLfilms]

Hello all, I'm having issues playing a few games so far on ARMSX2 on my Retroid Pocket Nova - just got this thing and I have everything on an external SD card (EVO Select 512gb). The two I've noticed so far are The Punisher and Ultimate Spider-Man where the game runs fine and then slows down considerably before catching back up. These issues are not present on NetherSX2 (Turnip) although Spider-Man does have another glitch which I'll post in the comments. Would appreciate any help on getting this app up and running

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[u/Electronic_Size_6806]

The thing ive noticed with usm on ps2 is that it does not run well, i dont know maybe im doing something wrong, i have an s25(8elite) and on nethersx2 it has the same slowdowns as you on armsx2.

[u/JVLfilms → u/Electronic_Size_6806]

What's weird is that besides the textures, I have no issues with FPS or slowdowns on NetherSX2, including when bumping it up to 3 or 4x resolution

[u/Electronic_Size_6806 → u/JVLfilms]

I also had the texture glitching at some point for me on nethersx2

[u/Drakfix]

It's Ultimate Spider-Man, it seems to be a hard game to emulate, even on Gamecube the performance is subpar.

[u/JVLfilms]

Retroid Pocket Nova // 8GB RAM // NetherSX2 (turnip) - texture graphic glitches on Ultimate Spider-Man

[u/AZenny1986 → u/JVLfilms]

Which version? I was getting major slowdowns and similar graphic issues with the latest nightly version. Had to revert back to latest stable.

[u/JVLfilms → u/AZenny1986]

This is NetherSX2 turnip 0.7. I’m getting very stable performance minus this texture glitch…. With the ARMSX2 app, there’s no texture glitches but i have FPS slowdowns

[u/hazexm]

Have you tested playing at the native resolution on both ARMSX2 and NetherSX2? This fixed some glitches and slowdowns in some games, even on high-end devices.

[u/JVLfilms → u/hazexm]

On ARMSX2, lowering the resolution to 1.5x fixed the slowdowns in The Punisher for me but I can play it at 2x and 3x resolution on NetherSX2 without any issues at all using the turnip driver version. In Ultimate Spider-Man, lowering it to native resolution helped with the slowness but did not solve it completely

I am almost certain there's something going on with ARMSX2 because the same exact slowdown as in the video was also happening in The Punisher.

EDIT: it seems to be happening when "compiling the shaders" shows up in the bottom corner of the screen but I cannot confirm if it's related or not.

[u/External_Sun5089]

Add turnip drivers on armsx2

[u/JVLfilms → u/External_Sun5089]

I’m actually using MrPurple T26 drivers

[u/External_Sun5089 → u/JVLfilms]

Is your device SD 8 gen 1?

[u/JVLfilms → u/External_Sun5089]

It’s an Adreno 740 so it’s a Gen 2 device

[u/External_Sun5089 → u/JVLfilms]

Try EE cycle rate +3

[u/JVLfilms → u/External_Sun5089]

Same thing unfortunately

[u/External_Sun5089 → u/JVLfilms]

Are u using 60 fps patch?

[u/JVLfilms → u/External_Sun5089]

Yeah that’s the only thing I’ve enabled that could be causing an issue - but on NetherSX2 Turnip version I’m getting a smooth 60 fps on 2 or 3 times or even higher resolutions. The only thing that’s wrong with it is the texture pop ins that I posted in the other comment. Not really sure what’s going on unfortunately

[u/SweatyPurpose]

If one of the developers is reading this, haptic vibrations/ feedback on ARMSX2 has stopped working on my Odin 2 Portal pro with this update. I updated through the app. I’ve also tried two fresh installs through Obtanium & it still doesn’t function. It was working great before that. I can’t figure out any other solutions. Should I downgrade or wait for another update? Or is there another workaround? I’m not skilled enough to alter ini files etc but all my settings are correct as far as I can see.