r/EmulationMediatekMali

While there are many incredible developers working on PanVK drivers for specific models. This project is the only one trying to make universal panvk drivers for all supported devices that have panvk (vulkan) architecture and mesa support.

I am not here to tell anyone to abandon their projects but we should all support this project in any way we can. If you are a developer, maybe try to help out. If you are not a developer, you could join the telegram testers group. It takes a village or whatever the saying is.

https://github.com/zenithblue-oss/panvk-kbase-android

Fixed

✅PanVK: stencil fix (2.0rc1)

✅PanVK: D3D12 devices can be created

✅Wrapper: GPU spoof

✅Wrapper: correct texture memory size for D3D12

✅BCn textures fixed , so Hades II is now playable

Remaining

🌀Black triangle with VKD3D 3.0.1gamesir (likely the same bug 🌀as DXVK 1.5–1.9)

🌀Retest DXVK games with the new wrapper

🌀D3D12 performance (Hades II at 10–17 FPS)

Note: If you encounter the "black triangle" bug in Panvk-G57-2.0rc1, you can fix it by using Dxvk2+. For other bugs, try setting BCn Emulation to "none".

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After a long time working with Mali GPUs on Android, I decided to take a different direction.

Instead of trying to adapt an emulator that was mainly developed around other GPU paths, I went back to the architecture that was historically much friendlier to Mali: Skyline.

This is Strato Mali, a new fork based on Strato, which itself continues the original Skyline project.

The goal is simple: make a Nintendo Switch emulator specifically optimized around ARM Mali GPUs.

Strato Mali is not intended to be a generic emulator fork for every GPU. The focus is Mali first — especially modern Kbase/CSF devices such as the Mali-G615, with experimental Mesa PanVK integration.

I have already started modifying Strato's custom Vulkan driver system so it can detect /dev/mali0 and load external Vulkan drivers on Mali instead of limiting custom driver loading to KGSL/Adreno. The Adreno-specific KGSL memory-import path is kept disabled on Mali, while the normal Skyline/Strato memory path is used with PanVK.

The project is also being renamed throughout the application to Strato Mali.

The current plan is to work on:

PanVK/Kbase integration directly inside Strato Mali

Mali-specific Vulkan compatibility fixes

shader and texture correctness

performance optimizations specifically for tile-based Mali GPUs

synchronization and memory-management improvements

testing games that historically worked better on Skyline/Mali

This is still very experimental development. It is not a finished emulator, and I don't want to promise compatibility or performance numbers before we have proper testing.

But unlike my previous experiments, this time the emulator architecture itself is much closer to what I want for Mali.

Skyline's codebase isn't being officially revived — this is an independent continuation through Strato, focused entirely on Mali.

Welcome to Strato Mali. 🫐

More development updates soon.

COMING SOON🔥

Panvk driver vs system driver

- GAME NAME : CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS

- EMULATOR TEST :

BANNERLATOR 3.1.4

- CPU : Helio G99

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE :

1. Performance

In system driver the game already running at 30 FPS most of the time

But there is lot of stutter and freezing in gameplay compared to panvk driver which was running at 10 to 15 FpS less performance however there is no stutter or freezing During gameplay test

- Graphical texture Isuue :

In System driver there some black texture in Center area in the map u can see them each time u are sofar from them

For the panvk driver I can confirme there is no graphical textures isuu only the If I used DXVk 2.4.1 there will be a lot of graphical bug's causing the game to become unplayable I didn't face this Isuue in call of duty mw2-3

Ram usage :

Both drivers looks so close in ram consumption but u will have some difference in other emulator like winlator Ludsahi

Because Bannerlator fix the high ram usage for mali GPU so I think whatever I chose between system or panvk they will both provide a fix for high ram usage

. COMPABILTY:

Since panvk is just in early stage the driver missing d3d10 and d3d11 level features compared to System driver having a good support for old mali GPU

However if switch to leegoa Wrapper u can run dx11 or 10 games with dxvk 1.7.2 or 1.9.4

This allow u to test and discover what can be the difference between d3d9 and d3d10 and d3d11

- dxvk support : for older Mali GPU that's using old vulkan Driver api 1.1

U can use DXVk 2. Level because of limited exnestion So panvk driver bring a support of DXVk 2. For older Mali GPU as I said panvk driver still un experimental build u can only use some DXVk 2.** version like2.4.1

Wich is the most one running well on mali G57

This Just a simple test who think panvk driver it not real I am looking to recoding differences in each update to see how this driver can become in the Future