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New UI for PCSX2 is now publicly available

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Koklusz

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It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here: Qt is now publicly available on the 1.7 development release channel!

Beyond that, Wx has also been completely compartmentalized away, meaning these builds contain no Wx code at all!

Of course, Wx builds will still continue to release alongside Qt builds, until the handful of remaining features are ported over and/or finalized.

Notable improvements over Wx include:

  • a fresh and modern user interface with dark mode available
  • per-game settings
  • a new and simplified gamepad configuration panel with an auto-mapping feature
  • SDL for inputs, meaning native DualShock 4 and 5 support without a need for DS4Windows or Steam
  • a game list with two viewing modes: list and grid (latter showing configurable game covers)
  • an inbuilt auto-updater
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You can download the latest build here: https://pcsx2.net/downloads/#nightly-anchor

Auto updates are enabled by default, keep in mind that UI is still a work in progress.

As of October 1st 2022 PCSX2 supports RetroAchievements, you can find the list of currently supported titles here: https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=21

Pro-tip: To automatically download covers for the games in the library, click tools ⇾ Cover Downloader, then check "Use Serial Files Name" and put this URL in the text box: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LouiseSulyvahn/PCSX2_Cover_Downloader/main/covers/${serial}.jpg
 
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Dio

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FINALLY. auto update is such a game changer, alongside per game configs
 

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Pcsx2 is honestly so good now. With software or native modes as a fail safe it's my go-to way of playing my ps2 library. Per game configs means I don't need to keep multiple versions for different games hopefully as well.
 
SlyShinobi

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I wanna give this a shot.

I have my Valkyrie Profile 2 disc but I lost my PS2, so do I need a PS2 to rip this to my pc?
 
Ashes of Dreams

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per game settings is so nice for PS2 emulation specifically I'm about to cry
and the UI is great, I love this Dolphin/Duckstation approach. definitely updating
 
TheBaldwin

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So wait, when it says per game settings does that mean we can just automatically apply a 'best settings' options per game, or is that just that it will save the best emulator settings we assign to each game?

Havnt used a ps2 emulator in a while so forgive my ignorance
 
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TheBaldwin said:
So wait, when it says per game settings does that mean we can just automatically apply a 'best settings' options per game, or is that just that it will save the best emulator settings we assign to each game?

Havnt used a ps2 emulator in a while so forgive my ignorance
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in general yes, but the auto patches made that a moot point. this would help a lot with inserting textures packs per game, control mappings, etc.
 

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Koklusz

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TheBaldwin said:
So wait, when it says per game settings does that mean we can just automatically apply a 'best settings' options per game, or is that just that it will save the best emulator settings we assign to each game?
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This was added a couple of months ago, actually. If you have "Manual Hardware Render Fixes" disabled, it will look for the game CRC code in the database and apply the best (at least according to the person who made an entry) settings by itself.

But yes, you can also create per game configs by yourself now.
 
SlyShinobi

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If you mean ripping the disc, no. You can just use your pc to make the .iso like normal, or just run it from the disc itself. The emulator does require a PS2 bios file to run.
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Thanks! These bios hosting sites are kinda sus though ngl. I'll have a lot of careful reading and treading ahead of me lol.
 
Kouriozan

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FInally, we don't need to go to that automated build site.
I just checked the buildbot site and it says 4th of April for this 1.7.2770 release, it's drunk haha.
 
Jota typeZERO

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Nice update and UI, seems promising. Unfortunately, I got a few problems with it. I don't know about anyone else, I must say, but when I press the "Add Game DIrectory..." button, the UI (and the emulator) enters into an endless "Not Responding" loop until I kill it through Task Manager or Process Explorer. The same was happening in my PC with DuckStation some time ago.

So, adding games is a no go for me. Until there is a way to fix it, I'll just stick to the wxWidgets version for the time being.

Edit: Alright, i looked on the crash log files and it says this: "Exception 0xC0000005 at 0x00007FFAD4B22B26". An Access Violation error code. I must assume DuckStation has this same behavior.
 
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Amauri14

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I'm glad to hear about the native DualShock 4 support. The fact that it didn't have it always stopped me from playing my games in it as I didn't want to deal with the hassle to install and configuring another app just for that emulator.
 
Dodongo

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Looks nice!

I still use Launchbox as a front-end, but it's cool to see all the recent progress with PCSX2. Stenzek is doing great work.
 
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Drachen said:
Is there a good way to automate the game covers?
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If you mean download game covers; they haven't implemented that feature yet, but you can manually download covers and put them in the cover folder. As long as the cover file name and the rom name match the cover should show up fine.

FWIW one of the developers mentioned making covers auto download is a feature they want to implement in the future.
 
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Clockblockers said:
If you mean download game covers; they haven't implemented that feature yet, but you can manually download covers and put them in the cover folder. As long as the cover file name and the rom name match the cover should show up fine.

FWIW one of the developers mentioned making covers auto download is a feature they want to implement in the future.
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Oh that sounds awesome. I'll hold off on fiddling with covers then! :D
 
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Looks great, big improvement over the old one. UI is an area that often seems to get overlooked in Emulation, so this is a great step forward.
 
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