Just received my 3+ and I cannot thank you enough for the the countless hours you spend documenting and sharing all of this valuable info with us. Since this is my first Retroid Pocket device, I almost certainly would have tried a PS2 game, found it unplayable, and given up right there without ever discovering the full potential of this cool and powerful handheld. You're just awesome. Thank you!
How's your 1 month update in regards to PS2/Gamecube gameplaying?? My RP3+ is still on its way so i want to have a general idea how to get it ready to get the full potential since i primarily got it for PS1/PS2 gaming. do the individual game settings stay or do you have to readjust every time you open that game??
One thing I personally did to make controlling the emulator easier: Under Controller -> Hotkeys -> Open Pause Menu I bound Select&Start. Pressing them both then opens the AetherSX2 menu so you can close games easily.
You're my hero!! I couldn't get Wrath of Cortex running well even at 0.5x and realized having it not set to Vulkan was a major factor. Been testing games out and your vids have helped so much! Thank you!
If it wasn't for such helpful people like you, I would have lost faith in humanity long ago. Yes, I'm serious, it's a bit strange to comment these words under a Retroid Pocket 3+ tutorial video, but thanks to your video I'm now able to play almost every PS2 game at a constant framerate or at 100% speed (Is there an important difference between the two? Never mind.), otherwise I probably would have given up long ago and thrown the Retroid in the corner. Yes, I mean almost every game, because I just can't manage to adjust the settings of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII to get acceptable speed and visuals. With software rendering and all possible combinations of settings, I get 50% speed, and that's only when there's not too much going on on the screen. Of course, it could be that Dirge of Cerberus just doesn't run on the Retroid Pocket 3+ and that it's a waste of time to keep trying around, but what won't you do for nostalgia! If you have any tips that might fix this problem, I'd be even more grateful, if that's still possible. Have a nice day.
@@webslinger325 I ordered mine on 11/10 and just received shipping notification on 12/5. Guessing it will take about a week to get to me now. Hoping yours ships soon!
I don't even own any of these products but I think your style is great (don't change) and you are proving indispensable to the current ha dheld community... I don't know of anyone else who goes into this much detail... Pat yourself on the back, good stuff
Seriously, I don't deserve such praise! That someone who doesn't even own these handhelds would watch and enjoy my videos is just awesome to me. Your comment really motivates me to get back to work on the next one.
I’d love to see you try out the Ratchet and Clank games, can’t seem to get the first game running without some slow downs, especially when looking at the big cities.
Thanks for taking the time to upload this! Sad that you didn't include Dragon Quest VIII. I'm struggling to get that to perform at the level it was performing in the video you posted a couple weeks ago.
Really?? Even when you tried the various options I introduced in the video? I just checked for you. Use a PAL rom for best performance, Vulkan, be certain threaded presentation is on, and then go to hardware download mode and switch it to "Disable Readbacks" and you really should be good to go. That last change seems to make a big difference for that game.I just fired it up and got myself through the intro part to test on a new device, just for you! Please do let me know if those settings work. If you drop the EE cycle to -3 it is running at mostly full speed and 1.5x resolution. Only seems to slow down a bit doing some battle animations.
@@MjolnirStone Oh wow! I didn't think about using PAL! Thanks so much for looking into that for me! You are awesome! I'll give that a shot and let you know :-)
hey question sir. why do we underclock and not overclock? doesn’t underclock mean that it draws less power and should theoretically not work as well? however, it solves almost every issue and i’m curious as to why???🤔 (im new in the scene btw)
Happy to help answer! Your logic is good, but the key thing here is you are underclocking the emulated PS2 CPU not the one in the RP3+. Effectively, you are making that CPU run slower than it originally did or skip some cycles. Most games didn't utilize all of its CPU cycles anyway so by skipping some you reduce the demands on the RP3+. Basically, the RP3+ now doesn't have to work as hard but the game still has enough power to do what it needs. You just aren't emulating the wasted clock cycles anymore. It won't work in every game, of course, and especially not ones that truly pushed the original hardware to its absolute limits. I hope that makes sense!
Not looking forward to? Why not! Lol Honestly, part of the hobby with these devices is squeezing the best out of them. I am ashamed to admit that I probably tinker/optimize with stuff like this more than I actually game lol.
Well, mostly because there are a near infinite number of things I could mention to toggle on or offf and then the video is 2 hours long. It's the editing that drives me mad.
Dude, in one of your videos you managed to run dragon quest viii really well. How did you manage to do that? I’ve tried the way you set everything and nothing works. What settings did you use? Great channel by the way, amazing content, suscribed!
6:53 I have this perfomance issues even after the settings you made. I tested it on Need for Speed Most Wanted and Rayman 2, when I do the same settings you do, nothing changes.
Thanks for making our lives easier with your guides! I have a question regarding the “optimal/fast settings”. For some reason I do not have that option when trying to change settings for individual games. How can I fix that?
@Mjolnir Stone: Games & Stuff big Shout out to u for this video! Thx u so much for making this video cuz it help me so much. It fixed lots of my games and gave them a huge boost in Performance. Much love to you and hope u make more useful videos. I love my retroid pocket+3 and your video help me with my game performance. Thx u thx u! 😊
I don't know why, but when I load a game and press "i" for individual game settings, there's nothing, no configuration for that game, can someone help me please? :(
I don't have the option for threaded presentation on my 3+ after enabling Vulkan. Anyone else? *fixed* - All I had to do was update the app. Leaving my comment in case anyone watching runs into the same!
Sorry, busy few days for me. I am glad you found the solution! Yes, it seems like it wasn't an option in the build that is included with the system but the update in the Play Store has it.
Which version of AetherSX2 are you using? Cause I’m using the latest NetherSX2 version and I do not have an option to turn on ‘threaded presentation’. I’ve been told on the unofficial discord, that AetherSX2 ver.3668 also runs better on lower end hardware like the rp3+
Hi I'm facing trouble in running a game smooth (60fps) it has an extension written (NTSC).iso in name. I have powerful device but I don't know the settings make it run better please someone help
Hey man idk if you’ll see this,but I installed a bios and two games. But the bios intro plays and now the games don’t ever start. They’re in the app but just don’t start. Any tips
I'm having big problems with the Godfather PS2 edition. It has a graphic glitch I cannot solve, even after using the settings found in a couple of video here on UA-cam. Can you help me?
Its late for this message but... what is the better choose relating the first option depending on the power device?? (During first launching of aether) Thank you very much!!!
Hi, I have the Retroid Pocket Plus with Aether already installed. I put the bios and also the PS2 games but it doesn't show any games in the directory, yet they are .iso files... do you know why this happens?
Anything i try underclocking or any setting doesn't change anything ins some ps2 games i don't get it, do you run the games from a launcher? or directly from aethersx2? i notice when i change the settings in game are not actually changing
that setting underclocks the emulated ps2. so that means the device has a an easier time emulating it since it is basically emulating a less powerful console.
I have the pocket flip and my Simpson is running super slow ... help 😅 Edit : 2min after I saw that some of my settings were not on... 11:50 😅 happy my first ever emulator console and I got 1 game to run on it!
Downloaded a ps2 bios file from coolrom, downloaded a rom for simpsons hit and run but for some reason I can't get it to play. I tried it on duckstation as well but only got a black screen
Awesome videos. Question for the pro!! I’m on Mario 64 but some things aren’t working like doing the back flip. How do I map that stuff? Same with goldeneye. I can figure out how to get the gun to shoot.
I had the same problem for awhile, you can go in Profiles > Controller > then click "Hide Built-Ins" hit the "+" name it whatever and map your own buttons. For 64 I went with the Left analog as movement/D-pad as D-pad right analog as the "C" buttons Y as B and B as A, R/L triggers as normal and L2 as "Z" feels natural like the wonkyness of the original controller :)
I must say, I'm having a tough time trying to replicate these youtubers performance on my RP3+. In the Sly game, for example, even doing the exact same setup as you, my performance is way worse than what you are showing. Same thing with Wii, the only game I can run like the videos I saw is Klonoa. I wonder if these chinese handhelds have some performance difference between units.
Some guy on reddit said he could play need for speed most wanted in full speed. I just cant get it to work even GOOD. Any tips? It's the only game i want to play
Mjölnir Stone would you do a video of the RP3+ running Wii Modern Warfare and Goldeneye? Those are two games I'm very interested in and am wondering if they would run well. Thank you.
@@MjolnirStone got it work 100% but some weird glitches happens with when DK is Solo... He freezes in a landing pose.. glitch goes away when DK and Diddy on screen
Hi, I just want to know if there is a way to make 2d characters in capcom vs snk2 on aethersx2 less pixelated? The background can be upped to 2 or 3x resolution but the characters resolution somehow don't changed.
Just received my 3+ and I cannot thank you enough for the the countless hours you spend documenting and sharing all of this valuable info with us. Since this is my first Retroid Pocket device, I almost certainly would have tried a PS2 game, found it unplayable, and given up right there without ever discovering the full potential of this cool and powerful handheld. You're just awesome. Thank you!
How's your 1 month update in regards to PS2/Gamecube gameplaying?? My RP3+ is still on its way so i want to have a general idea how to get it ready to get the full potential since i primarily got it for PS1/PS2 gaming.
do the individual game settings stay or do you have to readjust every time you open that game??
They should stay
Was it hard for u to set everything up I'm getting mine in 3 days just wondering cause it's my first one too rp3+
One thing I personally did to make controlling the emulator easier: Under Controller -> Hotkeys -> Open Pause Menu I bound Select&Start. Pressing them both then opens the AetherSX2 menu so you can close games easily.
You're my hero!! I couldn't get Wrath of Cortex running well even at 0.5x and realized having it not set to Vulkan was a major factor. Been testing games out and your vids have helped so much! Thank you!
If it wasn't for such helpful people like you, I would have lost faith in humanity long ago. Yes, I'm serious, it's a bit strange to comment these words under a Retroid Pocket 3+ tutorial video, but thanks to your video I'm now able to play almost every PS2 game at a constant framerate or at 100% speed (Is there an important difference between the two? Never mind.), otherwise I probably would have given up long ago and thrown the Retroid in the corner. Yes, I mean almost every game, because I just can't manage to adjust the settings of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII to get acceptable speed and visuals. With software rendering and all possible combinations of settings, I get 50% speed, and that's only when there's not too much going on on the screen. Of course, it could be that Dirge of Cerberus just doesn't run on the Retroid Pocket 3+ and that it's a waste of time to keep trying around, but what won't you do for nostalgia! If you have any tips that might fix this problem, I'd be even more grateful, if that's still possible. Have a nice day.
This is amazing. I've got Def Jam Fight For NY running on the RP3+ now. I seriously thought it wouldn't be able to work. Your video is awesome.
Thank you for covering Sly Cooper! One of my favorites as a kids and I've been dying to play it again.
No problem! The game definitely has a lot of fans.
Awesome!!! Mine's on it's way, and I'm even more excited after watching this
Glad the video got you hyped! haha You're going to love it!
I am getting my clear blue on the 7th Dec '22 - Can't wait.
You are going to love it. I am continually surprised at how well it plays PS2, GC, and Wii games.
In super excited for mine too, I have a clear purple in the post now, tracking says delivery tommorow
May I ask what day your ordered? I ordered my clear blue on 11/10 and still no sign of it getting shipped. Hopefully I receive by xmas!
Ordered my black last month. Still saying unfulfilled. How long do you have to wait? Wondering if I'll get it by Christmas.
@@webslinger325 I ordered mine on 11/10 and just received shipping notification on 12/5. Guessing it will take about a week to get to me now. Hoping yours ships soon!
Just got my RP3+ yesterday, and I just gotta say thank you so much, I got star wars battlefront 2 running near perfect
The EE cycle skip underclocking feels like adding frameskips, which is why it then feels a little bit choppy, while running at full speed.
Awesome, can you try JRPGs? like:
- Persona 3 Fes & 4
- Final Fantasy X & XII
- Suikoden V
So glad you made this video. I got my rp3+ a couple days ago and was giving myself a headache trying to figure out what settings to change.
Happy to be of service! I suffer clicking all these things so that you don't have to. haha
I don't even own any of these products but I think your style is great (don't change) and you are proving indispensable to the current ha dheld community... I don't know of anyone else who goes into this much detail... Pat yourself on the back, good stuff
Seriously, I don't deserve such praise! That someone who doesn't even own these handhelds would watch and enjoy my videos is just awesome to me. Your comment really motivates me to get back to work on the next one.
Threaded presentation also seems to be under advanced options now instead of Graphics.
Goat! I think this is the only vid on ps2 emulator setup for rp3 and rp3+! Unless I'm not looking hard enough, but great content!
Hey, somebody had to be first so here I am!
@@MjolnirStone I think you're the first for most! And lots of people take your skill, time for granted 🤦🏿♂️ but keep doing you!
@@suhtangwong I really appreciate that! Thanks so much for watching and (more importantly) enjoying what I do!
Also setting TV Shader (under graphic) to Scanline Filter make the screen look better even at 1x scale
Appreciate these videos, buddy. I picked it up on Black Friday, can't wait to get mine! Something truly portable and pocketable!
You're gonna love it!
@@MjolnirStone also my game is acting really slow on nba street vol 3 need help!!!
I’d love to see you try out the Ratchet and Clank games, can’t seem to get the first game running without some slow downs, especially when looking at the big cities.
How is it possible that these good videos have so few subscribers and views.
Welcome to the algorithm. To be fair, my channel is new! Feel free to share far and wide. :)
Thank you very much for your videos!! I’ll be this weekend testing games with this settings!! 🤩
Hope it gets you playing all your favorite PS2 games!
I'll check this out once I'll get my Ayn Odin handheld and retroid pocket flip
Thanks for going through all of this to save me some time! Earned yourself a new subscriber.
Is there any reason I don't have the setting "threaded presentation" available on my rp3+?
Mine doesn't have that threaded presentation. I have version v1.5-4248
You just got a new subscriber. Great video, so useful. Thank you!
Thank you- this is really helpful!
Helped so much, thanks bro 🙏🙏🙏
Don’t even have to change anything just got to your notifications and change your performance level to performance or extreme if needed
Thanks, I would continue play games on my Samsung A53 rather than paying for additional device and charge 2 device daily.
Anyone else encountered a problem with Devil May Cry? Gets to the start screen but once start is pressed it just hangs on black screen.
Thanks for taking the time to upload this! Sad that you didn't include Dragon Quest VIII. I'm struggling to get that to perform at the level it was performing in the video you posted a couple weeks ago.
Really?? Even when you tried the various options I introduced in the video? I just checked for you. Use a PAL rom for best performance, Vulkan, be certain threaded presentation is on, and then go to hardware download mode and switch it to "Disable Readbacks" and you really should be good to go. That last change seems to make a big difference for that game.I just fired it up and got myself through the intro part to test on a new device, just for you! Please do let me know if those settings work. If you drop the EE cycle to -3 it is running at mostly full speed and 1.5x resolution. Only seems to slow down a bit doing some battle animations.
@@MjolnirStone Oh wow! I didn't think about using PAL! Thanks so much for looking into that for me! You are awesome! I'll give that a shot and let you know :-)
Wanted to tell you that downloading the PAL version and using the settings shown in this video helped! Running way better now! You are my hero!
All the people saying PS2 can't run on this device must expect the games to play without any tweaking. Laziness, lol...
how long does the battery last when emulating PS2 from a full charge?
Depends on the game. I've gotten 5~6 hours out of most games. But something graphically intensive like Burnout might only last 3~4 hours.
hey question sir. why do we underclock and not overclock? doesn’t underclock mean that it draws less power and should theoretically not work as well? however, it solves almost every issue and i’m curious as to why???🤔 (im new in the scene btw)
Happy to help answer! Your logic is good, but the key thing here is you are underclocking the emulated PS2 CPU not the one in the RP3+. Effectively, you are making that CPU run slower than it originally did or skip some cycles. Most games didn't utilize all of its CPU cycles anyway so by skipping some you reduce the demands on the RP3+. Basically, the RP3+ now doesn't have to work as hard but the game still has enough power to do what it needs. You just aren't emulating the wasted clock cycles anymore. It won't work in every game, of course, and especially not ones that truly pushed the original hardware to its absolute limits. I hope that makes sense!
This was important.
Excellent. Do you have recommended settings for GT4?
Thanks for your help!
Great video! Much appreciated!
You're welcome!
Not looking forward to? Why not! Lol Honestly, part of the hobby with these devices is squeezing the best out of them. I am ashamed to admit that I probably tinker/optimize with stuff like this more than I actually game lol.
Well, mostly because there are a near infinite number of things I could mention to toggle on or offf and then the video is 2 hours long. It's the editing that drives me mad.
Dude, in one of your videos you managed to run dragon quest viii really well. How did you manage to do that? I’ve tried the way you set everything and nothing works. What settings did you use? Great channel by the way, amazing content, suscribed!
6:53 I have this perfomance issues even after the settings you made. I tested it on Need for Speed Most Wanted and Rayman 2, when I do the same settings you do, nothing changes.
Thanks for making our lives easier with your guides! I have a question regarding the “optimal/fast settings”. For some reason I do not have that option when trying to change settings for individual games. How can I fix that?
It may have been removed in an update, but honestly I rarely found them to be optimal or fast anyway. haha
@Mjolnir Stone: Games & Stuff big Shout out to u for this video! Thx u so much for making this video cuz it help me so much. It fixed lots of my games and gave them a huge boost in Performance. Much love to you and hope u make more useful videos. I love my retroid pocket+3 and your video help me with my game performance. Thx u thx u! 😊
Excelente vídeo.
Why thank you!
Thank you so much👌
Nice video, thanks buddy
You know what? Thank you for watching!
Great video
Bro do you recommend the setting for scarface? Thank you
How You Fix Crash Bandicoot The Wrath Of Cortex For AetherSX2
My controls are all backwards for some reason I put left joystick up as forward etc but character moves backwards 🤔
Threaded presentation setting is not showing on mine
Check the Play store for an update!
Does game performance /latency depend on your own wifi also? Or is it soley based on tweaking the settings in these games?
following your settings exactly, i cant get sly cooper to run properly. I dont get it
I don't know why, but when I load a game and press "i" for individual game settings, there's nothing, no configuration for that game, can someone help me please? :(
I’m having a hard time running my ps2 games on my RP3+. Idk what to do… mainly Smackdown Here Comes The Pain
I don't have the option for threaded presentation on my 3+ after enabling Vulkan. Anyone else?
*fixed* - All I had to do was update the app. Leaving my comment in case anyone watching runs into the same!
Sorry, busy few days for me. I am glad you found the solution! Yes, it seems like it wasn't an option in the build that is included with the system but the update in the Play Store has it.
Thank you.
I must be missing something... I followed exactly what you did, yet I can't get Sly Cooper to run like you have....
how do you enter to the menu in middle of the game??
So I dont seem to have the optimal settings in my game settings. Am I missing something?
How You Fix Time Crisis It Slows Down On My Retriod Pocket 2S
Which version of AetherSX2 are you using? Cause I’m using the latest NetherSX2 version and I do not have an option to turn on ‘threaded presentation’. I’ve been told on the unofficial discord, that AetherSX2 ver.3668 also runs better on lower end hardware like the rp3+
What version is this? Mine doesn't have that threaded presentation. I have version v1.5-4248
Where would you download a bios? I’m trying to play tenkaichi 3
Hi I'm facing trouble in running a game smooth (60fps) it has an extension written (NTSC).iso in name. I have powerful device but I don't know the settings make it run better please someone help
It keeps saying game not found whenever I try to load a game, help 😩
Hey man idk if you’ll see this,but I installed a bios and two games. But the bios intro plays and now the games don’t ever start. They’re in the app but just don’t start. Any tips
Hi, Just received mine and while searching in the graphics menu, i cannot find the Threaded Presentation option, any idea why is that?
I'm having big problems with the Godfather PS2 edition. It has a graphic glitch I cannot solve, even after using the settings found in a couple of video here on UA-cam. Can you help me?
What version do you recommend? 4248 or 3064? please reply
I cant get my RP3+ left stick to map with AetherSX2... Anyone have a solution???
Have you got setting and which bios etc you used for GT4 in simulation mode
Its late for this message but... what is the better choose relating the first option depending on the power device?? (During first launching of aether)
Thank you very much!!!
How to close a game? The hotkeys don't work.
Why do I get a message that says bios file image what do I do?
Hi, I have the Retroid Pocket Plus with Aether already installed. I put the bios and also the PS2 games but it doesn't show any games in the directory, yet they are .iso files... do you know why this happens?
Anything i try underclocking or any setting doesn't change anything ins some ps2 games i don't get it, do you run the games from a launcher? or directly from aethersx2? i notice when i change the settings in game are not actually changing
Can someone explain how underclocking makes things run better?
that setting underclocks the emulated ps2. so that means the device has a an easier time emulating it since it is basically emulating a less powerful console.
Carlos here know his emulated CPU underclocking!
how to configure rp3+ controller to work on aether?
I have the pocket flip and my Simpson is running super slow ... help 😅
Edit :
2min after I saw that some of my settings were not on... 11:50
😅 happy my first ever emulator console and I got 1 game to run on it!
my ingame refresh rate is always around 14-20.. and vulkan is about 60.. how do i change this? is it because im not playing a pal iso?
I can’t find the bios V1.6 Europe. Is there a big difference to V1.4 ?
what about setting up the controls? None of my buttons worked.
Port 1 > Automapping
Downloaded a ps2 bios file from coolrom, downloaded a rom for simpsons hit and run but for some reason I can't get it to play. I tried it on duckstation as well but only got a black screen
Could you do a video for PS1?
I certainly will, but it has to wait until after Gamecube at least. :)
dreamcast and below run pretty much flawlessly on these devices.
@@carlos2004 Yup, and generally better than flawless.
Thank you so much black and batman begins are laggy and slow controls any ideas?
Awesome videos. Question for the pro!! I’m on Mario 64 but some things aren’t working like doing the back flip. How do I map that stuff? Same with goldeneye. I can figure out how to get the gun to shoot.
I had the same problem for awhile, you can go in Profiles > Controller > then click "Hide Built-Ins" hit the "+" name it whatever and map your own buttons. For 64 I went with the Left analog as movement/D-pad as D-pad right analog as the "C" buttons Y as B and B as A, R/L triggers as normal and L2 as "Z" feels natural like the wonkyness of the original controller :)
@@rockstyler88 thanks!
I must say, I'm having a tough time trying to replicate these youtubers performance on my RP3+. In the Sly game, for example, even doing the exact same setup as you, my performance is way worse than what you are showing. Same thing with Wii, the only game I can run like the videos I saw is Klonoa. I wonder if these chinese handhelds have some performance difference between units.
Some guy on reddit said he could play need for speed most wanted in full speed. I just cant get it to work even GOOD. Any tips? It's the only game i want to play
PacMan World is essentially a skin for Crash Bandicoot.. lol just kidding :P
Where did the hardware download mode go??? I use to see it guess it was removed on an update.... weird I found that a useful setting... hmmm
iv just seen i havnt got this either, where did you download your version from?
Mjölnir Stone would you do a video of the RP3+ running Wii Modern Warfare and Goldeneye? Those are two games I'm very interested in and am wondering if they would run well. Thank you.
I mean, you made the special 'o' for Mjolnir so how can I say no?
@@MjolnirStone Please include MW3 Wii if you can sir!
Please can you try Crash tag team racing ps2 game i love this game and it's not easy to play good
Downhil? Smooth?
Can anyone share the proper BIOS link/download ? I feel like every guide just skims past it and leaves it up to you to find them.
try cool/roms and type in which one you need. That's where I get em. also it's because it's up to you to endanger all that stuff.
I'm really hoping I can get Donkey Kong on Wii to play well
Depends how demanding you are I think. You can get it up to 80 or 90%. Maybe if you lower the resolution?
@@MjolnirStone got it work 100% but some weird glitches happens with when DK is Solo... He freezes in a landing pose.. glitch goes away when DK and Diddy on screen
Anyone able to get Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 running full speed on the RP3+?
Is there any reason why "Threaded presentation" simply isn’t there for a Retroid 3+?
Mine doesn't have that threaded presentation. I have version v1.5-4248
Can You Do Dolphin Emulator I'm Having Slow Down Issues
Can u please test syphon filter the omega strain sir please
Hi, I just want to know if there is a way to make 2d characters in capcom vs snk2 on aethersx2 less pixelated? The background can be upped to 2 or 3x resolution but the characters resolution somehow don't changed.
Run it on retroarch under the fly cast core and add some crt shader
Anyone know what to do when it’s says BIOS is too large?
Try another BIOS. It happened to me with one I tried. It just isn't compatible with AetherSX2.