Meta: COP2 Timing Issues

[ghost]

What is the main issue?

In PCSX2, we doesn't handle proper COP2 timings correctly.

On a real console the COP2 can be used in sync with the EE to prepare some data while others are processing in a goal of a speed optimization.

In PCSX2, our current EE design doesn't allow the COP2 to work in cunjunction with an EE execution block, blocking any way of implementing such a sync.

This meta was created to keep track of the games that needs such a sync for an eventual EE jit overhaul planned in later revisions of the emulator.

It is important to note that this represents one of the biggest compatiblity factor at the current state of PCSX2 and yeah, patches are in place but that can't be considered as a proper solution to the problem.

List of affected games:

• Ace combat 0 - The Belkan War
• Ace Combat 4 - Shattered Skies
• Ace Combat 5 - The Unsung War
• Call of Duty Finest Hour
• Run Like Hell - Hunt or Be Hunted
• Kessen 2
• Hot Wheels - Velocity X
• Everblue 2
• MX Unleashed
• MX vs. ATV Unleashed
• Black
• Sprint Cars 1
• Sprint Cars 2 - Showdown at Eldora
• Hardware Online Arena
• Syphon Filter - The Omega Strain
• Forbidden Siren 2
• The Mark of Kri
• Twisted Metal - Head-On [Extra Twisted Edition]
• Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex
• Free Running
• Dynasty Warriors 03
• Samurai Warriors 2
• Samurai Warriors 2 Empires
• Dragon Quest - Shounen Yangus no Fushigi na Daibouken
• Tales of Legendia
• Midnight Club 3 Remix
• Ratchet and Clank
• Ratchet and Clank Going Commando
• Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal (retail and demo)
• Ratchet Deadlocked
• Final Fantasy X
• Final Fantasy X-2
• Tomb Raider - The Angel Of Darkness

[ghost]

Devil May Cry is a very good candidate for that meta.

[RedDevilus]

HP_HalfBloodPrince_COP2.txt

[Danke-Boi]

I own Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies, I will test this later and come back with a log. How do I get the COP2 thing that @RedDevilus got?

[F0bes]

It's in your emulog.txt or the program log window.

[refractionpcsx2]

It probably already has a patch. This list isn't a list of games that are problematic and need fixing, it's more of an FYI

[Danke-Boi]

It probably already has a patch. This list isn't a list of games that are problematic and need fixing, it's more of an FYI

So, it's saying, "hey, this is why we have to have these patches, the games work fine with the patches, but it would be cool to not need them"?

[refractionpcsx2]

Pretty much, yeah. Their timing can't be handled right now, but if by some chance we decide to do it in the future, we have a list of games we can test with.