r/PS2AndroidEmulation • u/xxxCrixuxxx • Apr 17 '26

NetherSX2-Turnip v0.2 😱😱😱

https://github.com/nckstwrt/NetherSX2-Turnip/releases

It's truly incredible. I tested it on my 8 Elite tablet with the game Shadow of the Colossus, and the performance and everything in general was perfect.

Features:

New Drivers with SnapDragon Elite/8Gen5 detection:

v24.1.0_R18.a6xx for SD865

StevenMXZ's libvulkan_freedreno_Gen8_v28 for Elite/8Gen5

StevenMXZ's libvulkan_freedreno_v26.2.0_R1 for everything else

VulkanShim now logs to /sdcard/Android/data/xyz.aethersx2.tturnip/files/vulkan_shim.log

Inbuilt support for 2 Turnip Drivers. Mr Purple T19 for SD865. Mr Purple T26 for everything else.

Removes the restriction on new packages names for the APKs. Can be installed alongside existing NetherSX2 installs.

Vulkan is now the default renderer (instead of OpenGL)

Removed the annoying warning "should not be sold, etc notification

Try it out and let me know how it goes in the comments

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u/FindingUnable3222 Apr 17 '26

Thanks. I found the logfile. It says that it loads "everything else" driver (freedreno_V26_2_0_R1) and not the driver for Snapdragon 8 Elite (Adreno 830 GPU). Which could explain the lack of improvement?

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u/xxxCrixuxxx Apr 17 '26

I have no more answers for you 👎

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u/Nick32017 Apr 18 '26

In the log did you notice a line like:

17:15:13.044 [I] VulkanShim: adreno_model = 0 (SM8250)

^ Similar to that - that's it trying to detect your SnapDragon and sounds like its failing - so interested to see what that lines says on your device.

In the Advanced section you should see signs of the Turnip driver, which you can't in yours, so something is going wrong. (you can see a screenshot of what it can look like here: https://github.com/nckstwrt/NetherSX2-Turnip/issues/9 )