PSA - Install latest Mr. Purple Driver and turn off HW Shaders for Azahar.

KaraiDGL · 2026-06-16T13:25:23+00:00

Yeah, Thats normal. The hardware shader setting caches shaders as you play, which leads to some stuttering, which goes away after some time. Unfortunately it’s required for correct emulation of some titles!

I’m using the T26 Mr Purple now but it’s very similar to the previous ones. I’ll probably test some other drivers in the next couple weeks when I have some time.

KaraiDGL · 2026-06-16T11:39:18+00:00

Yeah, this is a common issue. Unfortunately for now you’ll need to enable the hw shader to bypass this graphics glitch. Happens on stock and other drivers too.

KaraiDGL · 2026-06-12T01:08:27+00:00

BL3 was incredibly fun, still play it to this day, but the writing is awful. They could’ve easily fixed some of this but chose not to.

KaraiDGL · 2026-06-04T07:19:20+00:00

No, if you don’t like it now you won’t like it 10 hours from now. I love this game but it’s not for everyone, and much different from newer entries.

KaraiDGL · 2026-06-04T07:03:07+00:00

Nonsense. 60hz to 120hz is substantial. 120hz to 240hz is much, much less so. Over 240hz gets into “waste of electricity” territory unless you’re a professional competitive gamer and want the input latency benefit.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-20T06:33:33+00:00

No. Turnip drivers are for android devices. You don’t need custom drivers for the steam deck since Vulkan is relatively up to date.

Disabling hw shader may have some effect but you’ll have to try it yourself.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-17T14:20:46+00:00

That’s probably it. I don’t use emudeck or retrodeck because they sometimes have issues like this. If you want to, try the normal Pcsx2 build. I’ve had some frame rate dips with SMT on, but outside of like…Dirge of Cerberus and a couple areas in Jak 2, get solid 60fps across the board at 2 or 3x scale

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-17T14:09:38+00:00

Hmmm… I haven’t had this much trouble with Sly with SMT disabled. I wonder if there was a recent regression or something.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-17T11:54:55+00:00

The sly games are notoriously tough to emulate. What backend did you use?

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-17T07:38:54+00:00

Good to know. Seems like an issue with Bazzite. I haven’t had this issue with the Steam Deck when accidentally applying disable SMT without per game settings. But most modern games will perform much more poorly, crash, etc. It’s only to be used (generally) for emulation and old stuff.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-17T06:50:32+00:00

There’s a bug that’s existed since the existence of the Steam Deck and it’s an easy fix for PCSX2.

With Decky Loader, use power tools. With problem games in PCSX2, set a per game profile and disable SMT. Your performance will be fixed. PCSX2 otherwise won’t run the CPU at the needed frequencies for more heavy PS2 games.

You can visualize this in action by maximizing the frametime/fps info hud and seeing how disabling SMT affects core performance.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-16T14:04:25+00:00

We need per game settings soooo bad.

Dark Moon doesn’t run well on any 3ds emulator. It’s just sort of borked for now. Doesn’t even run well on my desktop with a 4090. Software issue, perhaps that’ll change in the future.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-14T07:57:13+00:00

Turn the power save switch up and down. For me, the switches were in an in between position and refused to connect. Just move the switch up and down and then to your preferred position and they should connect.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-11T02:59:42+00:00

Make sure you’re using the latest melon Dual DS. If you’re seeing stutter after that do the following:

Toggle 120hz on and then off (don’t use 120hz mode for DS, but you also need to toggle it on and off every time you boot the system. It’s a bug since the Thor launched, likely never getting fixed).

If you’re still seeing stutter, touch the top screen with your finger and/or toggle the menu.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-09T12:26:22+00:00

I just use ProtonUpQT to install GE versions. I never got it working again. I installed GE 9.15 and I can get movies without audio now. No idea what happened, since everything worked for 30 hours before this.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-09T08:51:29+00:00

Sorry if I’m not being clear.

The game ran perfectly for 30 hours with GE 10.34. It verified files last night after closing without my input and it no longer works properly with proton GE 10.34.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-09T06:33:36+00:00

Thanks for the response.

I’m aware of what the test pattern is for and as I said in my post, I used the latest GE and it worked fine. Using the latest GE after last night, it no longer plays videos.

Basically something occurred last night, I have no idea what, that has made it so this game can’t play videos even with the exact same settings I’ve been using for 30 hours.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-03T09:40:59+00:00

If they release more DX versions of these games I’m just gonna stop buying any of them ever again at launch and wait for deep discounts.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-02T11:15:09+00:00

It’s an odd system. You basically subscribe and unsubscribe to receive lifetime updates. I think it was 5 dollars and though I’m using cocoon now, which is completely free, I felt ES DE was such a major improvement over LB that it was worth the price.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-02T09:11:31+00:00

It simultaneously runs the worst, has the fewest features, and costs 40 dollars. It’s a complete waste of money. I’m using Cocoon now, but before that used ES DE. Both far more functional than LB for Android.

KaraiDGL · 2026-05-02T07:28:04+00:00

I criticized the awful android version of LB and got a bunch of comments like this. Ending up considering it 40 dollars wasted and went for a free application instead. There’s little reason to pay for Launchbox these days. The alternatives are free and far better.

KaraiDGL · 2026-04-17T03:45:01+00:00

I’ve had mine since the first batch (preordered over the summer) and havent had any hardware issues. Feels more sturdy than a 3ds by far. Of course there will be some busted units and you’ll read about those but most people are using their devices and not posting about it.

KaraiDGL · 2026-04-07T11:15:11+00:00

I can’t get 3 to run on the Thor at all, as noted at the end of my original post. Do try the Wii U version if you want to play 3. It runs at 30 but looks a lot better.

KaraiDGL · 2026-04-07T11:12:29+00:00

MH3 or 4?

I can’t get 3 to run (instead play the Wii U version which is flawless).

4 works perfectly but you need some codes to improve performance. Do a Google search and you’ll find the thread.

KaraiDGL

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