r/shadps4

#shadPS4 v0.17.0: https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases/tag/v.0.17.0

Welcome to another big release of shadPS4. This release is the first to introduce shadnet support, which although still doesn't offer much it allows you to post your online scores and share them with other players. Still you can't play multiplayer games but we are working towards making it possible one day. Another big update is ZArchive support. Forget the 20.000 files per game you can now use ZArchive files for compressing games and having them in 1 file instead of hundreds. KosmicKrisp has also landed in the world of macOS giving much better compatibility and speed to macOS users. There are several other fixes let's cover the most important below

Highlights

Online stuff

• ShadNet, our own networking backend, is now integrated for the first time
• Most of the matchmaking library is implemented — lobbies, rooms, joining, signaling
• Friends support. Make your online friends in shadnet
• Invitation dialog
• Your name now switches to your Online ID once you're connected
• NP Manager got new settings and general cleanup
• Web API layer grew a lot: new library implemented, multipart uploads, push events
• NP Commerce
• Trophy handling tidied up

Mouse support

• sceMouse is emulated now, so the handful of games that supported a USB mouse are playable with one
• Plus a bunch of follow-up fixes for opening, closing, and games that check whether a mouse is even plugged in

AvPlayer, video & audio

• AvPlayer got a serious cleanup: audio/video sync, startup races, stack usage, frame sizes, buffer handling
• Video decoder flush behaviour fixed
• Audio3D mix queue reworked
• AT9 no longer crashes from reading past the end of its data
• AT9 encoder now runs natively
• OpenAL fixes and NGS2 fixes

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Graphics

• NVIDIA clip distance emulation
• T# min_lod implemented through VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod
• Depth write state is now respected for register clears
• Robustness2 is now required, allowing the null buffer/image workarounds to be removed
• Sampler garbage collection added to the texture cache
• Texture cache: image download handling refactored
• sRGB handling for BC formats refactored
• Buffer barriers for compute-written vertex/index buffers and indirect dispatch/draw buffers
• Assorted validation errors fixed and miscellaneous renderer fixes
• Shader cache invalidation caused by struct padding in memcmp fixed

Shader recompiler

• GCN thread mask accuracy fix
• Vertex attributes are always specialised on number class
• Geometry shader vertex offsets initialised from the input primitive type
• V_ADD_I32 carry-out propagation, V_LOG_CLAMP_F32, V_PK_MUL_LO_U16 fix
• IREmitter atomic operation corrected from And to Or

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Kernel, memory & core

• Filesystem abstraction layer
• File reads now go through an intermediate buffer before being copied to guest memory
• PthreadOnce uses pthread primitives instead of std::mutex
• TLS leak on non-primary threads fixed
• Code patches for cmp and xor instructions involving the TCB
• sceKernelAllocateDirectMemory now honours search_end
• Fixed mappings with a zero address on older games is now handled properly
• HLE libraries are no longer loaded when force-LLE is set
• Unresolved objects are no longer auto-stubbed
• Null dereference fixes in save data mount checks
• Memory patch fixes, with hex exception handling
• LLE malloc init, fixing issues with LLE fonts and allowing more LLE libs to run

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Input & peripherals

• Pad state latency reduced for single-sample reads
• Users are no longer logged out when a pad disconnects
• Controller colours reset on shutdown
• Fixes to Camera support

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Interface & quality of life

• Fullscreen startup behaviour polished
• The window icon is now set to the game's icon
• Big Picture UI settings improved
• Shader list, memory map and module list widget states are saved, duplicate shader dump windows prevented
• New shadPS4 log with a logging refactor, an option to flush the log
• MS_VC_EXCEPTION is now passed through to the handler on Windows
• Trophy fixes and an auto-generated PathType::TrophyDir
• NP checks moved into sceNpTrophyRegisterContext
• Improvements to the in-app bug report flow

Just finished The Order- 1886. Alot of issues, Some crashes, Some hard stalls, Had to delete my shader cache twice just for the game to continue but all in all. Im really happy I finished this game. I finished it once on PS4 and again now on Shadps4. I believe once this Emulator is more mature and the bugs are all fixed and worked out. My 3rd Playthrough is gonna be the best of them all.

I want to give a big shout out to the Developers of Shadps4. Emulation is essential for game preservation and allowing us to relive games that we enjoyed before in better quality. Obviously this emulator is not perfect but, The mere fact that we can run PS4 games at all is impressive in and of itself.

I also want to thank u/unrealgaming for giving us the heads up that the game even had a special build that allowed it to be played and I also want to thank u/Quick_Guava_2267 for providing the link to the build that works.

If you want to try it out for yourself here is a link to the build: https://youtu.be/Huczz33OzmE

Hi community, I'm testing The Last Guardian. I was expecting to get a stable 30 fps, but the game is struggling. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but my hardware should be fine:

• CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• RAM: 32 GB DDR4
• GPU: RTX 3080 10 GB VRAM
• Storage: Both shadPS4 and the game are on an NVMe SSD
• Resolution: 1080p

Has anyone managed to get the game running at a rock-solid 30 fps? If so, is there a recommended shadPS4 config to run it as best as possible?

Thanks a lot!

Amazing game,12hours ,was 5 crashes,and manual reboot 3-4 times!some glitches and graphics issues,0fps on shaders compilation, but I finished it

PC Specs:
CPU - R7 9800x3D
GPU - RTX 5080 (UV/OC)
RAM - 48gb 6200 cl28

start good, but then...

Officially this game is still in the "Menu" status. On my end, with some tinkering with the code, I got it to "in-game" status with full textures for characters only.