PSPVBA (v1.0.5): Rom Configuration Thread

[Psypher]

The purpose of this thread is to share the configurations that we've made in order to reach better (near full, if not) speeds.

* NOTE :: There is a slight performance in speed when disabling sound and having the clock frequency at 333!

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Chu Chu Rocket!

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 2
Turbo mode: 0
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6
Note - Lags when rocket takes off

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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 4
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 9

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Lunar Legend

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 2
Turbo mode: 1
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6
Note - I used the render mode 'max scanline', also i havent really played that much of it

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Megaman Battle Network 6 (either)

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 2
Turbo mode: 0
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6

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Metal Slug Advance

Sound enable: yes
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 1
Clock frequency: 222
ARM tick average: 5

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Metroid Fusion

Sound enable: yes
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 3

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Naruto - Ninja Council

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6

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Pokemon Fire Red

Sound enable: no
Frameskip: 5
Turbo mode: 1-2
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 7-8

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Pokemon Pinball - Ruby and Saphire

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6

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Pokemon Ruby

Sound enable: yes
Skip frame: 3
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 20


Pokemon Ruby (alternative) Better option for 2.00 users.

Sound enable: (doesnt seem to matter)
Skip frame: 3/4
Turbo mode: 1 or 2 if the graphic thing doesnt bother you
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 5

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Puyo Pop

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 3
Turbo mode: 0
SFX enable: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6

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Rayman Advance

Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 1
SFX enabl: no
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 6

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Wario Ware
Sound enable: no
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 5

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Thanks to: delirumhappy, gamehunter101, ghost9, GmDude66, mofo09, Nutterbutter, and simpson17, spiderjames for contributing!

Please contribute to this list with your settings :) :Jump:


PSPVBA v1.1.0

[gamehunter101]

isnt there a thread like this already

[TheMarioKarters]

Nice thread, Wario Ware sounds like fun.

[chellow]

I thought it was only upto 1.0.4?

[Psypher]

isnt there a thread like this already

I'm sure there is, but I searched beforehand and couldn't find a topic soley dedicated to getting the games to play at/near full blast.

There was a compatibility thread which procured a few posters to post their settings, but that was an older PSPVBA version and the speed has advanced since then (we also have new options to fiddle with); that is why I decided to start fresh instead of resurrecting the old thread.

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I thought it was only upto 1.0.4?

There is a new version out, click here.

[gamehunter101]

ok then i tried tekken and metal slug,pokemon ruby there are both close to perfect atm with the new vba

[PSPFileDB.com]

What are your settings for Metal Slug?

[gamehunter101]

Sound enable: yea
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 1
Clock frequency: 222
ARM tick average: 5

same goes for all

[aznkairi]

can someone tell me the perfect settings for pspvba

[TheMarioKarters]

can someone tell me the perfect settings for pspvba

It depends on the game, that is what this thread is for. :)

[gamehunter101]

yea and i used the newest one which runs alot fo games at almost perfect

[dq9]

i ran metroid zero mission and it was pretty bad. i tried it with all the turbo options and different frame skip options and no go. i also tried max payne and that was even worse. i have yet to try pokemon or dbz legecy of goku.

[Branin]

i read somewhere that the pokemon games worked in this one , what are the setting to atleast make it run good?

[dq9]

i would sit there and fool around with it.

[superballr]

ive tried battle network. if you hold the button to run, it will be as if megaman /lan was walking and the battle graphics is a little slow but its playable
emerald leaf green/ fire red work ok at its current settings if u turn of battle animation couldnt get ruby or sappshire to work though

[TactlessPenguin]

Pokemon Settings, anyone? Emerald? Ruby/Sapphire?

[TastelessRamen]

I think we're best served to just wait for kernel mode on this one, that'll help a lot.

[Branin]

I think we're best served to just wait for kernel mode on this one, that'll help a lot.

Umm , what are you talking about?

[manias]

Umm , what are you talking about?

the maker of pspvba said the next release will probably be 1.5 only

[dHAPPY]

Naruto Ninja Council runs perfect on the normal setting.

Has anyone got KH:COM to work?

[Simpson17]

any rom that is more than 16mbs will not work (when unzipped)

i think the gba roms come in cartridges of 2,4,8, and 16mbs

[dude_se]

ive tried pokemon emerald with the settings at the start of this thread. quite unbearable.

[delta191]

This emulator stinks at the moment, it's got a long way to be worthy of a mention, tried the new 1.05 version and it's still a dog.

I'm not ungrateful for the work already gone into producing it, the GBA is real challenge on the psp! but it can't even get defender or pacman running at a decent speed with sound. what hope do we have with need for speed and alike?

I have defender running near perfect on Mame4all so don't see the point
with this emulator till we get a 50 percent increase in speed and much better sound.

look at other emulators til its better!

try mamepsp or mame4all, Dgen 1.60, snes9xTYL, pspuae 0.41, or castaway 0.5

Al work much better and are much more satisfying, they offer better value for the valuable space taken up on your memory card! remember GBA roms are quite big and eat yor memory card for breakfast - something we dont mind if the games run a lot better.

[manias]

delta running gba at this speed right now is a huge accomplishment, just wait til sound transfers to ME etc etc etc.

[TactlessPenguin]

I don't like playing them at the current speed, but what ZX has done is incredible regardless.

6 months or less, and the emulator is running full speed. Book it.

[ghost9]

This emulator stinks at the moment, it's got a long way to be worthy of a mention, tried the new 1.05 version and it's still a dog.

I'm not ungrateful for the work already gone into producing it, the GBA is real challenge on the psp! but it can't even get defender or pacman running at a decent speed with sound. what hope do we have with need for speed and alike?

I have defender running near perfect on Mame4all so don't see the point
with this emulator till we get a 50 percent increase in speed and much better sound.

look at other emulators til its better!

try mamepsp or mame4all, Dgen 1.60, snes9xTYL, pspuae 0.41, or castaway 0.5

Al work much better and are much more satisfying, they offer better value for the valuable space taken up on your memory card! remember GBA roms are quite big and eat yor memory card for breakfast - something we dont mind if the games run a lot better.

how can you say it stinks? it's running most ROMs at least 40-50%. And yeah if you can get the same game running faster on another system's emulator then by all means do it, but that's not the point of a GBA emulator. It's made for GBA games. Don't be so ignorant next time.

And my settings for Metroid Fusion:

Sound enable: yes
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 3

The sound kinda sucks, but it still contributes to the game. The slowdown from the sound is hardly noticeable. With these settings, it says to be running from 80-100%.

[kosmosis]

turbo mode makes alot of visual distortion, whys that?

[superballr]

how can you say it stinks? it's running most ROMs at least 40-50%. And yeah if you can get the same game running faster on another system's emulator then by all means do it, but that's not the point of a GBA emulator. It's made for GBA games. Don't be so ignorant next time.

And my settings for Metroid Fusion:

Sound enable: yes
Skip frame: 1
Turbo mode: 0
Clock frequency: 333
ARM tick average: 3

The sound kinda sucks, but it still contributes to the game. The slowdown from the sound is hardly noticeable. With these settings, it says to be running from 80-100%.

i agree

[dHAPPY]

Better than PSP298 release.

[Nutterbutter]

Pokemon Ruby:

Sound Enable : Yes
Skip Frame : 3
Turbo Mode : 0
Clock Frequency : 333
ARM tick avarage : 20

That works the best for me but its still annoying slow at times.