How to get the display settings right on Raspberry Pi by Remy Pereira on 27th August 2014 When you connect your raspberry pi to your TV or monitor via HDMI, Pi attempts to guess the resolution, hdmi mode, overscan values etc., that best fits your display. Raspberry Pi 3B+ Plus PPSSPP RetroPie Test & Settings! PSP Emulator. Getting some great results from PPSSPP on RetroPie on the new Raspberry Pi 3b+! Psp emulator. Some games do play at 60FPS but I tend to get more issues on those particular games even with specific frame skipping options.
Months ago, I bought a raspberry pi 3 model B from Amazon, and then, ..then, a whole summer passed and I'm still thinking about to make more projects with it. :D
Alright, today let's focus on the psp settings of retropie.
As you may all know, retropie is one of the best OS based on rpi which could turn your $35 raspberry pi into a king of game consoles. With retropie setted up, you can play Battle City, Raiden, Metal Slug, King of Fight, Super Mario, Kingdom Hearts and any other games on a plenty of platforms like NeoGeo, Nintendo, and even Sony PSP.
Almost all the games could run fluently on your rpi, if not, poke around the settings and you will be good to go.
Comparing to others, the configuration of PSP emulation is the most difficult and the most worthy one that you should play around. And it confused many people. I've been tweaking those parameters for couples of weeks and finally, I found a combination to make most of the games I have running nearly perfectly.
I didn't test many games, but I've got
- Dragon Ball Z - Shin Budokai (USA)
- Kingdom Hearts - Birth by Sleep (USA)
- Bleach Soul Carnival (JPN)
Running perfectly on my retropie.
But with these games:
- Little Big Planet
- Ridge Racer 2 (EUR)
- Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Impact (USA)
- FIFA 14
- Assassin's Creed - Bloodliness (USA)
I still have trouble to run them. Among which, Assassin's Creed can run fluently but there are many vertical grey bars on the screen looks like the screen is broken into 6 parts. I believe it is due to the broken of .iso file rather than the settings.
For the Ridge Racer, the screen is always dark, looks like the global light sources of the game weren't rendered.
For Little Big Planet, it runs fluently but the layers of items seems disordered, so some backgroud items is blocking the whole screen and makes it unplayable.
For FIFA and Naruto, it might be because the amount of complicated 3d models which makes the game stuck.
My settings might not be the perfect solution, but the effect of those playable games are very promising, so I hope my settings could help you.
So I'm gonna share my configurations for people who need.
After the installation of your retropie, boot it up. The first thing you want to do with psp is to install the other version of psp emulation(ppsspp) and disable the original one(lr-ppsspp).
To install ppsspp:
If this is the very first time you boot it up after the installation, there is no other platform for you to choose, no need to panic.
Wait for a second, it will shut down the emulation station and pop up a Basic style menu.
You can also choose [install from binary], they are almost the same. The binary one takes a shorter time to finish the installation while the source one would build up a version that fit your rpi most. I've tried them both and they both work.
I've seen someone on the Internet said that installing from source would provide a better performance but I really didn't feel it if it does.
Becareful when you saw your rpi is under sleep mode and you are not sure whether the installation is finished or not: DO NOT hit confirm button to awake your pi because otherwise you might choose the install from binary/source again and you need to wait for another installation. Don't ask me why do I know that T^T
Now we are talking.
You would see many tabs on the left top corner of the screen. I'll talk about them one by one.
Rendering mode
Framerate control
Performance
Texture scaling
Texture filtering
Hack settings
Let's talk about it a little bit.
The most impact ones are Mode and Frameskipping settings, for 3D games, if you turn the Mode to Buffered rendering, the resolution would be poorer and the speed would be slower at the mean time. But if you are playing a game with many 2D items, even like little big planet, some items might display in the wrong way if you choose different Mode. (I don't know the right configuration for little big planet, I've given up..)
The most impact ones are Mode and Frameskipping settings, for 3D games, if you turn the Mode to Buffered rendering, the resolution would be poorer and the speed would be slower at the mean time. But if you are playing a game with many 2D items, even like little big planet, some items might display in the wrong way if you choose different Mode. (I don't know the right configuration for little big planet, I've given up..)
About Frameskipping. It works as literally, like, skip some frames to boot the game speed. But if it skips too many frames, the game will act like a static movie or a game.gif, the best value for my pi is 1.
Audio
Audio hacks
Emulation
Look, this is not a tab in the settings, don't panic I don't have it ether. Dragon ball shin budokai 3 for ppsspp.
After these settings, some games still suck. What you can do is to find the
install game
or install game data
option. It will move crucial game data from .iso file to your rpi and it will signaficantly boot this game. For some game it will take several minitues for the installed data to come effected after the installation.Best Ppsspp Settings For Raspberry Pie For Free
Another thing you can do is to
turn off the auto save feature
Ppsspp Video Settings
If you want better performance, go and overclock your pi!
Check out this link: this is really a good overclock tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTp3mfpCc2A
I followed this video and overclocked my pi from 1.2MHz to 1.4MHz, faster and safe enough, I can sense it. :D
That's it. If you have any question, leave a comment.
Thank you! Enjoy your retropie psp!
A guide to setting up your Raspberry Pi
What you will need
Essential (for general use)
- SD card
- We recommend a minimum of 8GB class 4 or class 10 microSD card. To save time, you can get a card that is pre-installed with NOOBS or Raspbian, although setting up your own card is easy.
- Display and connectivity cable
- Any HDMI/DVI monitor or TV should work as a display for the Pi. For best results, use a display with HDMI input; other types of connection for older devices are also available.
- Keyboard and mouse
- Any standard USB keyboard and mouse will work with your Raspberry Pi.
- Wireless keyboards and mice will work if already paired.
- For keyboard layout configuration options see raspi-config.
- Power supply
- The Pi is powered by a USB Micro [models pre 4B] or USB Type-C [model 4B] power supply (like most standard mobile phone chargers).
- You need a good-quality power supply that can supply at least 3A at 5V for the Model 4B, 2A at 5V for the Model 3B and 3B+, or 700mA at 5V for the earlier, lower-powered Pi models. We recommend using the official Raspberry Pi power supply, which is designed specifically for Raspberry Pi.
- Low-current (~700mA) power supplies will work for basic usage, but are likely to cause the Pi to reboot if it draws too much power. They are not suitable for use with the Pi 3 or 4.
Optional
- Ethernet (network) cable [Model B/B+/2B/3B/3B+/4B only]
- An Ethernet cable is used to connect your Pi to a local network and the internet.
- USB wireless dongle
- Only required if you need wireless connectivity and are using an older model without built-in wireless functionality.
- Audio lead
- Audio can be played through speakers or headphones using a standard 3.5mm jack.
- Without an HDMI cable, an audio lead is necessary to produce sound.
- No separate audio lead is necessary if you're using an HDMI cable to connect to a monitor with speakers, as audio can be played directly through the display; but it is possible to connect one if you prefer to have the audio played through other speakers - this requires configuration.
Troubleshooting
For any issues during setup, search the forums for a solution. If you cannot find one, please post your problem, providing as much detail as possible.