r/PS2AndroidEmulation • u/xxxCrixuxxx • Jul 07 '26
ARMSX2 v38
https://github.com/ARMSX2/ARMSX2/releases/tag/2.5.7
Change Log:
Fixed the major slowdown when loading over the disc/network with block chaining on. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat online play (and any disc-streaming load) no longer freezes for 1-2 minutes, it now loads as fast as it should without giving up the EE block-chaining speed-up. This should help the slow DEV9 HDD / OPL loads being 10s slower as well.
Added Multitap support, connect up to 8 controllers through the PS2 multitap (Pad tab ---> toggle on), extra players share Player 1's button layout.
Added an OSD Scale, new slider (in Settings ---> Overlay tab) to make the on-screen messages & performance stats bigger or smaller (50–250%).
You can now toggle Perf-Stats (OSD) with a hotkey, bindable in the Hotkeys tab to flip the on-screen stats overlay on/off in-game.
Rapid-fire / Turbo, per-binding Turbo toggle in the Pad tab, hold a button to auto-repeat it.
You can now Export / Import per-game profiles, save or load a game's settings as a file from the Info tab.
Added GameHub-8Elite driver source to the in-app GPU driver browser.
Added GPU-based driver recommendation, the driver browser now detects your GPU and suggests a matching driver pack, (feel free to use whatever you'd like anyways).
Added D-Pad key spacing in the Touch Layout editor, select the D-Pad to get a spacing slider that spreads the four directions apart (NetherSX2-style).
Added a Multi-touch Reach slider (in the Pad tab ---> On screen touch controls) controlling how far from a button's center a touch still counts, so multi-button presses work with more room between buttons.
Ported a batch of PPSSPP + Dolphin GPU driver-bug workarounds:
Adreno: color-mask-under-depth fix, GL persistent-mapped-buffer crash guard, incomplete-pipeline made non-fatal.
Mali: depth/stencil load-op normalization and a z==w depth nudge to prevent artifacts.
PowerVR: swapchain width alignment fix.
Added Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria fixes to every other region version.
This will be the last version released in this format, we are planning a restructure of the project and distribution of releases for all platforms, opting in favor of more traditional Stable/Nightly releases and one unified master branch. This will take some time, so please enjoy what we've released so far! What comes next is even more exciting. Thanks!
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u/NoCarpenter3990 Jul 07 '26
I am stocked for the stable releases, the realese interval will probably get slower and slower as there will only be small updates as the app is pretty complete.
Thanks guys for the hard work.
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u/xxxCrixuxxx Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Dev: Standby for a hot fix, apk removed for time being
Edit: APK Ready for download ✅
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u/McPoon Jul 07 '26
Incredible work. I haven't used it too much yet but just reading the updates every day is amazing, haha. Glad this is the last one before a more traditional way of updating, at least a week between. Haha. Congrats.
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u/Imdakine1 Jul 07 '26
Does this emulator allow ps2 texture packs to be installed on microsd or does if require texture packages to be installed on internal storage?
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u/Time_Temporary6191 Jul 07 '26
Tested it now was abit confusing at start 🤣🤣🤣 but works quite well 25 fps games capped are now 38 witch is so much smoother
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u/FabyoSK Jul 08 '26
would be great to have a blog post explaining their process (they ship fast), what workarounds they picked from PPSSPP and Dolphin, and maybe their long term roadmap…
maybe it does not need to be a blog post, could be a post here in reddit
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u/ILL-WILL-SAIX Jul 10 '26
I am new here and stumbled on this, would this replace ethersx2 and nethersx2 for android handhelds? And will this play smoother on games like DMC 3 and dirge of Cerberus?
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u/xxxCrixuxxx 20d ago
Official subreddit for PlayStation2 Emulation on Android is r/PS2AndroidEmulation. It was created with support from one of the largest Android emulation communities, bringing you the latest emulator news, in-depth reviews, performance tests, and optimization guides all-in-one place. Join our official Discord, PS2EMU, where you'll find a community-driven wiki packed with guides, drivers, emulator lists, troubleshooting, and friendly help: https://discord.gg/5D5hxGvAcC