Wanted to try older armored core games but they have gotten a boost in price.

[Argonisgema]

Now i have bought armored core 3 a long time ago and it was around 20 bucks [pretty cheap] Inn fact other games of the series was also cheap back then but since the announce meant on VI i look back and now they have suddenly gotten a big boost in price. i've even need a PSP armored core game go for way over 1k dollars. Yeah, no one is paying that. [at least i hope not.

[Sabaithal]

Първоначално публикувано от guggelfunsus:

AC 4A works better on PRCS3 than it does on Xenia. you only have to change one setting to fix the textures (something write buffers?) then it works fine
mission briefings occasionally crash, though.

Did exactly that, it crashes all the time in briefings and cutscenes, and sometimes in the middle of missions, the framerate is choppy, and the radar is borderline incomprehensible. This was with the most recent build of RPCS3 at that.

Whereas xenia has no crashes, better performance, and no texture glitches either. So no, RPCS3 doesn't work better.

Should also be noted the submarine escort mission wasn't doable in RPCS3 but was considerably easier in xenia. The mission itself seemed to have changed oddly.

[guggelfunsus]

Първоначално публикувано от Sabaithal:

Първоначално публикувано от guggelfunsus:

AC 4A works better on PRCS3 than it does on Xenia. you only have to change one setting to fix the textures (something write buffers?) then it works fine
mission briefings occasionally crash, though.

Did exactly that, it crashes all the time in briefings and cutscenes, and sometimes in the middle of missions, the framerate is choppy, and the radar is borderline incomprehensible. This was with the most recent build of RPCS3 at that.

Whereas xenia has no crashes, better performance, and no texture glitches either. So no, RPCS3 doesn't work better.

Should also be noted the submarine escort mission wasn't doable in RPCS3 but was considerably easier in xenia. The mission itself seemed to have changed oddly.

ah, i see theres a misunderstanding
you're talking about AC 4, not AC 4A. AC 4A is a common abbreviation for AC 4's sequel Armored Core For Answer

yeah, for AC 4 you gotta go with xenia. xenia-canary, to be precise, so you can turn down the input-lag
oddly enough, AC For Answer won't work as well on Xenia. it'll work fine, but the textures will be scrambled. you can fix those by changing some settings, but then in runs much worse and introduces stutters and artefacts

so, yeah, xenia-canary for Armored core 4
and RPCS3 for Armored core For Answer

[Sabaithal]

Will keep that in mind.

[Plus Escapee]

I once had all the PS2 titles. Hard times forced me to sell my game collection. I had copies of every USA release of the Armored Core series.

I could not let go of my PS3 copy of Armored Core For Answer, but I lament not having my PS2 games. They were probably the single most painful material loss of my life so far, even more than losing my last car, however...

Having already "been there" makes it easy for me to let it all go. I have no desire to recollect, and aside from that, I still have my favorite entry to the series safe and in perfect condition here at home.

[Algester]

Първоначално публикувано от Sabaithal:

Първоначално публикувано от guggelfunsus:

AC 4A works better on PRCS3 than it does on Xenia. you only have to change one setting to fix the textures (something write buffers?) then it works fine
mission briefings occasionally crash, though.

Did exactly that, it crashes all the time in briefings and cutscenes, and sometimes in the middle of missions, the framerate is choppy, and the radar is borderline incomprehensible. This was with the most recent build of RPCS3 at that.

Whereas xenia has no crashes, better performance, and no texture glitches either. So no, RPCS3 doesn't work better.

Should also be noted the submarine escort mission wasn't doable in RPCS3 but was considerably easier in xenia. The mission itself seemed to have changed oddly.

its also noted that the public release of RPCS3 doesnt play AC4 well yet you need to get the nightly version of RPCS3

[Sabaithal]

So update for the xenia version of FA, I managed to get the textures to work by going into the config file and switching "d3d12_readback_resolve" to true I believe. The opposite of whatever it is by default. Textures and colors now display correctly.

Now I'm trying to figure out a way to offset the rather noticable performance hit. No input lag thankfully, but the framerate definitely dropped.

[Getsu Fuma]

Първоначално публикувано от Sabaithal:

So update for the xenia version of FA, I managed to get the textures to work by going into the config file and switching "d3d12_readback_resolve" to true I believe. The opposite of whatever it is by default. Textures and colors now display correctly.

Now I'm trying to figure out a way to offset the rather noticable performance hit. No input lag thankfully, but the framerate definitely dropped.

What is the difference between Xenia and RPCS3 for For Answer? I know on RPCS3 there is sometimes texture issues on the ACs and it will crash due to a memory leak. But besides that the game can be fully completed. Does Xenia crash less? Because I see a lot of people say play it on Xenia, then again I have the PS3 version not the 360 version so that was why I used RPCS3.

[Sabaithal]

Първоначално публикувано от Getsu Fuma:

What is the difference between Xenia and RPCS3 for For Answer? I know on RPCS3 there is sometimes texture issues on the ACs and it will crash due to a memory leak. But besides that the game can be fully completed. Does Xenia crash less? Because I see a lot of people say play it on Xenia, then again I have the PS3 version not the 360 version so that was why I used RPCS3.

Haven't see FA on xenia crash YET. Admittedly I've only done 3 missions and about 30 order matches so far. Runs smooth as butter, the only issue is the aforementioned paintjob texture glitch.

Been playing since I applied the aforementioned fix, and yeah the framerate is lower, but honestly I don't even notice it anymore. Again, 30 order matches back to back, framerate doesn't matter anymore because my synapses are fried

[Getsu Fuma]

Първоначално публикувано от Sabaithal:

Haven't see FA on xenia crash YET. Admittedly I've only done 3 missions and about 30 order matches so far. Runs smooth as butter, the only issue is the aforementioned paintjob texture glitch.

Been playing since I applied the aforementioned fix, and yeah the framerate is lower, but honestly I don't even notice it anymore. Again, 30 order matches back to back, framerate doesn't matter anymore because my synapses are fried :estusempty:

I never had the game crash on me during the order matches on RPCS3. But if it does not crash on Xenia during missions then I might have to switch to Xenia because I would rather play a version that does not crash. Main reason for that is because I am very bad at remembering to save, sure the game is only a little over an hour long per playthrough. But if the game crashes during a playthrough then I have to start over and that is an hour lost.

[Outsider]

Verdict Day is pretty cheap digitally for both PS3 and Xbox 360. I highly recommend it.
Even servers for mp content aren't closed yet.

[Shun]

Първоначално публикувано от Sabaithal:

So update for the xenia version of FA, I managed to get the textures to work by going into the config file and switching "d3d12_readback_resolve" to true I believe. The opposite of whatever it is by default. Textures and colors now display correctly.

Now I'm trying to figure out a way to offset the rather noticable performance hit. No input lag thankfully, but the framerate definitely dropped.

Using the lastest version of the Canary build worked to fix lag for me.

Also idk how i missed this fix before, just found it today when trying to play chromehound, the game has the same bug and fix.