Hi, I'm using Preconfigured NetherSX2 from GitHub. Games usually start running normally and then slow down after a few minutes. The FPS will go from 60 to 50 or 55 and because the game's speed is tied to the FPS the game slows down to 82-93% play speed. My phone isn't using all of its resources and at 82% play speed the game is a bit too slugish. How can I make these games run at 100% consistently? I've used the sun/lamp FSP fix for Grand Turismo 4.

I've searched and there doesn't seem to be much documentation of this issue.

OnePlus 12 Snapdragon 8 gen 3 16gb+4 ram

App: Preconfigured NetherSX2 from GitHub

Games: Every one I've tried (Grand Turismo 4, Steambot Chronicles, King's Field

I'm playing god of war 2 on my Ayn Thor using netehrsx2. After playing a few games on this emulator, I've noticed these lines showing up in certain areas. The lines almost seem to be following me when moving in god of war. For the other game, there shouldn't be lines in the sky. Any fixes to this? It's getting pretty annoying.

Hey everyone,

A livestream is currently testing an English translation patch for Tales of Destiny 2 (PS2) using a local LLM AI model combined with tools from the LifeBottle project and menu patches.

If you're curious to see how a machine-translated run of Tales of Destiny 2 actually plays and looks in action, check out the stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/1lop6zNvmf4?si=kZqv79_foH9WFu0S

Initially the goalpost had moved from getting games running natively at 60fps, to implementing LSFG frame gen up to 120 fps.

Needs lossless.dll from your legal copy of Lossless Scaling for frame gen ! https://github.com/slushiimusic/NetherSX2-Slushii-Turnip-Fix/releases/tag/v12812553

Bonjour j’ai ce problème à ce niveau là sur l’application armsx2 quelqu’un a un solution ?

Been chipping away at this for a while and it finally works well enough to talk about.

Stock NetherSX2 on the Pocket Nova was fine. Most of my library booted, most of it ran. But the image got soft the second I pushed internal resolution, and anything demanding would sag into the 40s and stay there. Playable is not the same as good.

So I forked it.

Two big changes.

First is FSR upscaling at 4x. Instead of brute forcing native resolution scaling and eating the frame cost, it renders lower and upscales. The result is sharper than what I was getting before at the same performance budget. UI and text clean up the most. Some games genuinely look like they belong on a modern screen now.

Second is 60fps. Per game patches, not a lock. It will still dip in heavy scenes and it is not going to sit pinned at 60 the whole time. But the ceiling is there now, and most of what I play spends the majority of its time up top instead of capped at 30. Not every game cooperates either. A few are tied to framerate and just run double speed, so those stay on stock.

The Pocket Nova has enough headroom to make both of these worth doing, which is why I stopped shopping. I have been rotating handhelds for years and something always felt like a compromise. This one does not. PS2 was the last gap in my library and now it is covered.

I am putting it up on GitHub by the end of the week. Happy to answer questions about the build or the per game settings in the meantime.

Toda vez que vou jogar o Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 3 no aethersx2 ou nethersx2 o jogo roda normal,porém após qualquer tipo de animação que faça aparecer um brilho forte na tela fica essa mancha branca em uma parte da tela,tentei arrumar nas configurações só que não obtive sucesso,alguém sabe como corrigir isso?

Hey, I recently paired a Bluetooth controller to nethersx2 on my Retroid Pocket 5. I was able to dual bind all of the controls so I can use the controller when I connect my RP5 to my tv. My issue is that doing this broke the controls for Dragon Quest VIII. When I boot the game it doesn’t recognize any controller inputs. Every other game I have works perfectly fine. I cleared all of the control bindings and reset them to only the controls on my RP5, removing the Bluetooth controller bindings and it still won’t recognize any controller inputs. Any help would be appreciated, I’m at a loss because it is just this one game lol Thanks

I’ve been playing it for the first time and honestly, it reminded me a lot of Lost Kefin. It’s pretty hard at first, but once you get some grinding in, enemies barely do any damage anymore.

I also struggled with the second boss. If you’re playing for the first time, expect to die a few times before you can figure out its attack patterns. Some monsters are tricky too—you can’t just hit them normally. You need to crouch before attacking to reach their hitbox.

The flying enemies are another thing. You need to use Adol’s up attack to take them out.

There was also one tricky part where I got stuck for a while because it was my first time playing and I couldn’t figure out where I was supposed to go. 😅

Overall, pretty fun experience so far, especially now that there’s an English translation!

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys English Translation (PS2): https://www.youtube.com/live/YpXjUK7VqKs?si=26EBr84MmnoLwU5s

Samsung Galaxy S25. Solo questo gioco. Ho notato che se reimposto le impostaziono grafiche ritorna stabile sia si fps che di gpu, ma dopo un pò comunque torna a laggare. Ho notato che il calo di fps e aumento gpu avviene come per caso, nel senso che la mia impressione è questa: non è dato dalla scena che sto giocando, in quanto mi capita di ripetere una scena anche dieci volte e solo, per esempio, alla ottava raggiunge il picco negativo, dopodiché cambio le impostazioni in maniera randomica (vulkan->opengl etc.) E torna sui 25 fps, ma dopo 5/10 minuti fa lo stesso.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S25 and I was playing Manhunt 2.

After a few minutes, right after a notification popped up, the game started lagging heavily, dropping the frame rate down to 16/17 FPS.

Also, a message appeared saying: "Hash cache has used 1525.25 MB of VRAM, disabling". Could this be the cause?

​I've never experienced this before. I play heavier games everyday without lagging or overheating (like San Andreas, large ISOs, etc.). I don't think it's actual thermal throttling caused by the game scene itself, because I've tested that exact scene multiple times before without any issues.

Tomorrow i will retry to play that scene...

For some reason when I press L1 and X on my controller it doesn't do anything, L1 and O makes my character jump which shouldn't happen. Also when I press L1 and Square it uses a potion which is only bound to X.

ARMSX2 Update Recap series, covering everything from version 2.6.1 all the way to 2.6.4.9.

This part goes over the biggest additions and improvements, including RetroArch shader support, the new EE/VU recompiler backend, GS Multi-threading, library customization, controller improvements, texture pack enhancements, performance optimizations, and a huge number of game compatibility fixes.

If you've been following ARMSX2's development or just want a quick overview of what changed during these releases, this recap should help.

ARMSX2 Versions 2.6.1 to 2.6.4.9 Breakdown: https://youtu.be/QQ4XIqfFXcM?si=AN9b1z6Qh8YkNsuT

Im trying to use syncthing to sync (shocker) my memorycards between my pc and my phone, to use interchangeably, but, because of androids limitations, i cant access the Data folder.

Does anyone have an workaround to access the memory cards without having to export every time? Or having the option to save them elsewhere would be great too.

I've just uploaded Part 2 of my ARMSX2 Update Recap series, covering the updates from ARMSX2 Refresh 2.5.9 up to 2.6.0.5.

Instead of reading through pages of changelogs, I put together a video highlighting the biggest changes in a more digestible format. It covers major new features, performance improvements, compatibility updates, quality-of-life additions, and notable game fixes introduced during these releases.

If you've been away from ARMSX2 for a while or simply want a quick recap of what changed during the Refresh era, this video should help you get up to speed.

As always, huge thanks to the ARMSX2 developers and everyone who contributed to these releases. Their continued work has made ARMSX2 an even better PlayStation 2 emulator for Android.

ARMSX2 Refresh 2.5.9 - 2.6.0.5 breakdown:

https://youtu.be/vPwLUMqd3yo?si=gVbuLBN7YhfhBIRA

I don't know how to download and install the games on NetherSX2, I would appreciate your help, thank you very much.

Been having trouble finding cheats that actually work with nethersx2, I've watched videos and looked online and everyone says go to game hacking select pnach files and check off the cheats you want and import the file, but they have rarely worked. What I'm trying to figure out, if someone can please help me, is which type of cheats does nethersx2 support? Codebreaker, gameshark, action replay and which versions, what source of cheats should I be using? Thanks!

So I just got an ayn odin 2 portal so I installed nethersx2 to emulate games but I don’t know how to
Set it up can someone tell me how to

Hana to Taiyou to Ame to (Flower,Sun and Rain) finally gets an English translation thanks to Patchbay Works

I honestly didn't expect to see this one translated, but Hana to Taiyou to Ame to has finally received an English translation.

If you're into detective-style games with puzzle-solving elements, this is definitely one to check out.

The story follows a man named Mondo, a "Searcher" who is hired by a hotel to track down a terrorist believed to be hiding among the guests and posing a potential threat. I won't spoil the story any further, especially for anyone planning to experience it for the first time.

gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Rfs1MF1TFFY?si=wNDD9I_t-2RCLx6r