@LeonianUniverse We recommend using the Discord for support: https://pcsx2.net/discord

@endrift These two options aren't the same thing?

We know you like teasers, so...

Well, now is a _really_ good time to give your favorite game a quick test run using one of our latest daily builds.

Oh, and please report any issues to our bug tracker... 😜

Because #GNOME and #KDE now have concrete plans to drop #X11, we want you to know that PCSX2 supports #Wayland natively and should support X11 for the foreseeable future. All regular contributors/testers who use Linux (except one) use Wayland, however. So should an X11-specific problem somehow crop up, expect greater latency from introduction to resolution – we'd be very unlikely to find it ourselves and will instead be relying on user reports. We'll let you know if, when, and why this changes.

@herzenschein @TechConnectify has a fantastic video about incandescent lifespans if you're interested. The moral of the story is "thank goodness we don't have to use incandescents anymore." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY

@cubic Not something we usually recommend users do, but blind users can probably safely make use of our Null renderer. Normally a debug feature, this makes it so that PCSX2 doesn't render anything. OutRun 2006 especially has a few readbacks which are going to be hard on older GPUs, and this will bypass those. Sometimes (not always) you can safely underclock the EE in the 'Emulation' tab. And Linux, if you don't already use it, likely has less overhead and more up-to-date drivers than Windows.

@fluffykittycat Shameful. We're doing our part by writing each post from a separate Galaxy Z Fold 7 that we throw in the garbage afterward.

@A_Minion It's hard in a world where most everything is meant to be disposable. Even if they don't seem to appreciate it right now, planting the seeds and setting a positive example could lead them to this mindset later in life. This happened to me anyway. Maybe people don't always appreciate these things as much until "I've been using this table I built for 50 years" is a timescale they can really understand.

@lemgandi The PCSX2 team has thought long and hard about this issue and have decided that trackpoints on laptops are way cooler than the children.

The embarrassed author of this post who didn't realize quotes were a thing on Mastodon until now wants to thank @georgetakei for making this post: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/115622483353838081 earlier today. Thanks, Mr. Takei! 😄🖖

To all you "device hoarders" out there who think you can run around destroying the economy™ through basic common sense, we've got some tough words for you:

We're going to keep happily working to make sure your device runs PCSX2 as smoothly as possible. Use the technology that suits your needs, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, and thanks for being part of our community.

@libreleah Thanks! I already was gifted a voucher ticket but didn't take it during the presale because of timing constraints on my end.
Mayyyybe that'll clear up but I'll know last minute if so

@libreleah Unsure yet if I can go but I'll try, otherwise i'll probably be at next c3 anyways

@libreleah

https://github.com/Myriachan/mechadump
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps2/MechaCon
https://archive.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/pcsx2/

Also re: libreboot I know, I'm gov :) I just haven't opened IRC since a while ago, life has been busy and I'm in the thick of a PhD at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Alternative_Energies_and_Atomic_Energy_Commission

@libreleah Not that we know of. The mechacon firmware has been dumped thanks to mechapwn/mechadump and should be readily available. The overall authentication dance, crypto drm (magicgate) etc was reversed since a bit and I documented the general idea at fosdem a while back.

@libreleah hey!

Patching the BIOS in a non volatile manner is AFAIK not possible, esp since some revisions use non rewritable mask roms.
Also virtually all ps2 games already hot patch the bios to fix bugs, so your "don't hot patch" might be dead in the water to begin with (and also why a fully open source bios means it needs to be 1:1 with the original binary).

For the mechacon: you'd probably need to reimplement the FW, MITM with a failed region read would lead it to lock if it's ur usecase

Here's a very happy 9th birthday shoutout to melonDS, a great emulator made possible through the hard work of Arisotura et al. You may not be 6th-generation to gaming historians, but you're 6th-generation to us. 🤎 #melonds #retrogaming #emulation

@salva_pl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1jPSg4ih0s&t=11m52s If anyone can tell us this isn't a masterwork of postmodern horror...

@eblu Released within a month of Super Mario Galaxy, which can only mean Nintendo had a mole inside of Phoenix Games.

What's the best game to enjoy on PCSX2 this Halloween? Maybe more importantly, what's the absolute *worst* game to enjoy on PCSX2 this Halloween? (Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys is cheating, and you will be disqualified.) #halloween #emulation #retrogaming