You continue to bring great and prolific content. I feel like you really are filling in a lot of informational gaps that would be lost if not for your works. Thanks for what you do.
This is the 1st guide that ive fount that tells you how to open the ingame settings menu! Thank you! I was pulling my hair out trying to get the controller mapped for MGS 2&3 as those games rely heavily on pressure sensitive buttons
Ico is such a special game. One of my fav. Im loving the ps2 emulation on my steam deck, but a couple games just don’t run so great. Particularly Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast or even the Japanese version Outrun 2 SP as far as significant frame drops even in the native resolution or with PowerTools tweaking. I have the same issue with Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild.
7:45 you don't actually have to go looking for widescreen patches on the forum, the emulator itself comes with them, you just have to check the widescreen patch option before launching a game for the first time, or just restart the game after enabling it, then it'll work like it should :)
Thank you for this, I set all this up a few hours ago today went to boot up castlevania curse of darkness but it wouldn't work just opened and then closed instantly, but then I found you video after a bit of trying to get it to work and I forgot to place the bios lmao 😂😂😂😂😅 thank you!!
Nice. I'm considering getting one of these, or at least ordering one, next week. Have the money for one now and thinking for my money this is probably a better option than a PC of same price
You can make Burnout Revenge full screen without using "widescreen" in the graphics settings. I did turn on ''enable widescreen hacks" Then, I used "stretch" and it looks excellent.
Awesome video! I'm ordering the Fate/Unlimited Codes LE for the PS2 and I want to play it on my Steam Deck! One thing you never touched on which I hope you would make a 2nd video explaining is how to add English patches to JP PS2 games! There are so many great JP PS2 games that never made it over to NA that I'd luv to play! Also, unless you already made one, your next video should be setting up Vita3K emulator on the Steam Deck!
Great video. One question - I am using PCSX2 directly on a Steamdeck (512GB LCD that were on sale). I’ve had zero issues ripping the discs of games I want to play (other than Katamari Damacy choking at 99% on each attempt in k3b), I used a microSD card with a USB adapter inserted into the Dock I purchased, to put the games on the 512GB sdxc I inserted in the Steam Deck. So far no problem with bios, no problem getting PCSX2 to list the all the ROMs from the selected directory. Valve’s own default “Gamepad With Joystick Trackpad” does nothing. I have tried several of the community layouts, including “Fogspy” which just turns the face buttons into a D-pad. Games load up fine, but for a device with the controller built in, nothing seems to be actually enabling the controls to work. Lastly, is there a quick way to delete / flush out the downloaded community layouts? Thanks for any input/
Do you need to download pcx2 aswell as emudeck and the bios+ games? I’ve gotten to the stage where I put everything in the right file but can’t launch from Steam
@@VideoGameEsoterica odd… this was rattling my brain all evening I did everything here and they won’t launch Are some bios dated or something? Would the dolphin emulation be any easier perhaps?
it runs fine at 1080p internal resolution? and even higher? Most people run it at 1x and even then some forums say it struggles at that (when the deck released in february). How did you get it to run so well and how many games have you tested?
Instructions unclear when I try to run the games it says pcsx2 cannot find the roms.. I tried to select them in the mess that is black text on a grey background. Seems I picked the wrong one now all the games will not launch and when I try to launch pcsx2 it still can’t see the bios files all it can see are folders. Thanks for getting my hopes up though
Great vid! Have you done any testing with the Ratchet games at all? Ratchet 2 seems to chug pretty bad for me during combat using your recommended settings.
Quality guide. I'm glad PCSX2 is running well on the Steam Deck, it's been pretty high quality on PC for a while. Though I keep my phat PS2 (a Japanese SCPH-35000) hooked up to my HD CRT tv, I actually kind of prefer PCSX2 because the component output is not so great from at least my PS2. If you've never played it, you should play the FPS called Darkwatch. I bought the PS2 version used from EB on a whim back in the '00s, and it's not the best but is fun and has a nice horror theme that might be neat for a Halloween episode some year. It apparently has an X-Box version too which I didn't know until recently when I saw my case and thought to look up the dev. The X-Box version is likely to be nicer though I'm not sure. I just thought of mentioning the game when watching the video. Also, in regards to what setup guide...well, since I'm thinking of the X-Box today, then I'll just throw in Xemu. I haven't tried it since 2021, but I know it's improved a whole lot in the last few years.
How do you get this version of PCSX2? I updated mine because it said there was an update available when I loaded it up, and before updating, I also had this UI which I much prefer to the usual PCSX2 UI. Now, after updating it, I now have the regular PCSX2 UI where you have to use the touch screen to click on anything. Any idea on how to sort this out because I can’t seem to get the old UI back. That UI is also the one used on XBSX2 (fork of PCSX2 for Xbox).
how do you change controller settings on a per game bassis? id like some games to have inverted right stick but not all games and i cant seem to get this to work it seems to want to change it for every game.
Im having some problems with Analog stick movement in pcsx2 on deck. Seems to not be working in any of the games I've tried (socom 2, shinobido, shadow of the colossus). Not sure what Im not doing correctly to get this problem.
Pcsx2 doesn’t make memory cards for me, i have to do it all manually, silly question but, was it emu that made the memory card or pcsx2? Cause i dont have emu so im just curious
how did you fix the input lag? it's 1.5 - 3 seconds on my steam deck and changing settings doesn't help. ps3 emulator works flawlessly on those ps2 remasters but pcsx2 is useless with that huge input lag
I have quite a few ps2 games downloaded on my pc from emulation lair and run pcxs2 on there. Do u think I’d be fine with ordering the lower gb version since I’m just emulating on it basically
I been looking for a tutorial on how to set up the controllers , I have not found a way to set them up , the control maping is not detecting the steam deck , cant get it to work , any help ?
I’ve done everything in this video but for GTA San Andreas and it boots and loads but freezes at the title screen any ideas? I’ve done multiple different iso roms even tried converting to Chd all does the same. Any help would be appreciated.
@@VideoGameEsoterica it's one of the few games where the Wii remote adds so much to the gameplay experience. Silent Hill Shattered Memories is another one that comes to mind.
There is not a single video out there that explains properly how to deal with multi-disc PS2 games (Grandia III, Xenosaga II or Shadow Hearts - Covenant, for example). Well, there is one showing how to use M3U files but it cannot work since PCSX2 does not accept M3U files.
I tried playing GTA San Andreas and Midnight Club 3 and none of them works. They do start up but then I'm getting a blackscreen and that's it nothing happens anymore sometimes my Steam deck crashes completely... What should I do?
Could you explain what you mean by "You could network in as well"? I don't have a USB stick so I think my only option is to "network in", whatever that means.
How did you get the game to boot directly from steam os. When I try to boot the game it says iso files and takes me to the pcsx game list but when I select the game from there it boot. I feel like it has something to do with properties “target” and “start in” command tab. But idk what to do
I keep on getting this problem with the memory card. I’ve looked at the files in desktop mode and I know the save file is there for MGS3, but it says it can’t read it, and often it goes to a blue screen with two options, memory card or CD player. Any advice?
I put the bios into the bios folder, and the checker came back as green, I downloaded the files to the PS2 rom folder but when I generate apps, nothing shows up for PS2 (Or PSX) and no folder is created in the collections tab. Any advice? Please & Thank you!!
My emulator can't read the ISO files I put in the ps2 folder. The "red screen of death" shows up and tells me to "please insert a playstation or playstation 2 format disc". I don't get it, I used the same ISO files I use on my Pc, literally copy-pasted them 🤷🏻♂️
Higher internal resolution that is then on a lower res screen can improve clarity a bit. Supersampling. We do it a lot in film…capture at 8 or 12K for a 4K master
@@VideoGameEsoterica i have been fighting to get shaolin monks since i got my deck monday. Loads only up to opening scene after character select. It looks so good til then tho 😭
Okay I downloaded emudeck and pcsx2 where do I find the games that I want to play? is there a general list of games that I can choose to play??? because I don’t have any games yet
why can't I find where to change my settings every time I load up a game I have to do screen size game speed etc also I have a game not showing up when everything else is fine
Can somebody help me?? I'm trying to play sly 2 but when I'm playing everything is really slow like its in slow motion. How can I fix that? Its really annoying
Can anyone help me out? I somehow have been able to get 5 ps2 games working and playable so I decided to start expanding my ps2 library only to run into issues. The weird part is that when I go to steam rom manager the newly added games appear but when I save to steam and switch to game mode they aren't showing up in my ps2 folder... any idea what could be causing this? I did everything exactly the same as i did with the games that are working but can't seem to get the new additions to appear in my game mode library. I'm at a loss and any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance
I have some probleems with Rachet and clank (1) on ps2... it's boot and show menu when i want to start a game it's black screen.. On PC it just work.. helpp
Any advice for troubleshooting controller settings? Every game I start in PCSX2 defaults to using keyboard controls, which has been a nightmare to remap with Steam Deck.
Update / reinstall emudeck. I haven’t experienced it but everyone who’s commented who has fixed it via that method. I do not know why it’s not mapping for some people. Seems sporadic
When I play ps2 games on pcsx2 on steam deck. Sometimes the game would freeze and I’d have to exit through the steam menu. Not a big deal. I always start again and it’s fine. Is this normal sometimes with games? New to pc gaming here
You download emudeck installer and run it. It’ll bring it down. Or you can go into desktop mode and use the application installer built into Steam OS and search for it
When I boot up ps2 emulator on steam os it pauses and then force closes the application. Can someone help me with this? I also put the bios files in the right folder
@VideoGameEsoterica no it was right file. For some reason I basically had to reinstall emudeck itself and now it can find the ps2 bios but I'm now having to fix my other games I had installed
@@VideoGameEsoterica there not in the rom locations they should be and i put one back in and my emulators cant see the game now, and my games arnt showing n my emudeck rom manager thing where you parse
I'm having a running ps2 games. When I try to run them, it goes from 60fps to 4 and I get a black screen; also when checking the bios checker, it doesn't show but it looks like I have the bios in the right folder. Please help
Some games definitely run better than others. I was surprised how poorly Outrun 2 works on my Steam Deck. I need to lower the resolution down to about 480p to get through a run without any slowdown. Whereas most other games I can set to either 720p or 1080p and they run fine.
@@VideoGameEsoterica I did, sadly it doesn't help that game. It's not a huge deal, since you can still play the game at its intended resolution just fine. But it would have been nice to play it at 1080p.
I managed to get it running full speed with rendering set to native resolution and multi threading turned off via PowerTools. Probably better installing the PC version though.
@@VideoGameEsoterica I noticed it in both midnight club 3 and need for speed underground 2....its much worse on nfs... It makes it hard to even see anything lol
I've watched a few videos and I'm trying to find a fix for it..I may need to figure 9ut a way to get the pc version of NFS U2 because it doesn't seem to do it on the pc version lol
Awesome video! Games play, but can't seem to figure out why non of the buttons work using Xbox Series controller! Still trying to edit in settings, but to no avail.
@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm such an idiot! 🙄 I don't know why I didn't do that in EmuDeck! Everything works perfect! I was trying to edit the controller settings in Game mode to try to get it to work! Thx for your help! Look forward to any other emulator videos you put out!
You continue to bring great and prolific content. I feel like you really are filling in a lot of informational gaps that would be lost if not for your works. Thanks for what you do.
Happy to do it. I want more people to enjoy more games :)
This is the 1st guide that ive fount that tells you how to open the ingame settings menu! Thank you! I was pulling my hair out trying to get the controller mapped for MGS 2&3 as those games rely heavily on pressure sensitive buttons
Glad it helped. Getting into the menu is as important as getting the game to run
Ico is such a special game. One of my fav.
Im loving the ps2 emulation on my steam deck, but a couple games just don’t run so great. Particularly Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast or even the Japanese version Outrun 2 SP as far as significant frame drops even in the native resolution or with PowerTools tweaking. I have the same issue with Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild.
Someone else mentioned OutRun. That’s a bummer
7:45 you don't actually have to go looking for widescreen patches on the forum, the emulator itself comes with them, you just have to check the widescreen patch option before launching a game for the first time, or just restart the game after enabling it, then it'll work like it should :)
I’ve noticed some aren’t there. Maybe I missed a few
I've tried this but no settings change makes it wide screen :(
Thank you for this, I set all this up a few hours ago today went to boot up castlevania curse of darkness but it wouldn't work just opened and then closed instantly, but then I found you video after a bit of trying to get it to work and I forgot to place the bios lmao 😂😂😂😂😅 thank you!!
Haha that’ll happen. No bios no fun. Glad it helped!
goated game
Nice. I'm considering getting one of these, or at least ordering one, next week.
Have the money for one now and thinking for my money this is probably a better option than a PC of same price
I def recommend it. It's been a ton of fun and so versatile
if you havent yet i highly recommend. i have a hefty gaming rig and i still play mostly on my steam deck
Same. My gaming rig is really just my studio pc
this helped me out with my game not loading, leaving a comment as a thank you :)
Glad it helped!
Do you have to use EmuDeck or just the normal PCSX2 emulator is okay too. And does EmuDeck support retro achievements?
Normal emulator is fine too :)
You can make Burnout Revenge full screen without using "widescreen" in the graphics settings.
I did turn on ''enable widescreen hacks"
Then, I used "stretch" and it looks excellent.
Yes my point was turning on widescreen alone distorts things as some people dont realize that
It worked, it worked here thank you man
Glad to help!
thank you, didn't know where to copy the bios file too, your video cleared it up :)
Glad it helped :)
Thanks for the great PS2 guide. Please do a Saturn guide soon 🙏
Already made and scheduled. Out soon!
What a lifesaver! Respect
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Excellent Guide and Tutorial VGE. Need to keep this for reference. 8^)
Anthony...
Thanks :)
Awesome video! I'm ordering the Fate/Unlimited Codes LE for the PS2 and I want to play it on my Steam Deck! One thing you never touched on which I hope you would make a 2nd video explaining is how to add English patches to JP PS2 games! There are so many great JP PS2 games that never made it over to NA that I'd luv to play!
Also, unless you already made one, your next video should be setting up Vita3K emulator on the Steam Deck!
Vita soon! But PSP first :)
Great video. One question - I am using PCSX2 directly on a Steamdeck (512GB LCD that were on sale). I’ve had zero issues ripping the discs of games I want to play (other than Katamari Damacy choking at 99% on each attempt in k3b), I used a microSD card with a USB adapter inserted into the Dock I purchased, to put the games on the 512GB sdxc I inserted in the Steam Deck. So far no problem with bios, no problem getting PCSX2 to list the all the ROMs from the selected directory. Valve’s own default “Gamepad With Joystick Trackpad” does nothing. I have tried several of the community layouts, including “Fogspy” which just turns the face buttons into a D-pad. Games load up fine, but for a device with the controller built in, nothing seems to be actually enabling the controls to work.
Lastly, is there a quick way to delete / flush out the downloaded community layouts? Thanks for any input/
Go into emudeck on desktop mode and reset the emulator configuration. That usually helps
@@VideoGameEsoterica Ok, will have to install that first and do as suggested. Thank you for the response. 👍
Do you need to download pcx2 aswell as emudeck and the bios+ games?
I’ve gotten to the stage where I put everything in the right file but can’t launch from
Steam
Thumbs up meaning yes?
Sorry my reply got mangled. Emudeck downloads pcsx2 and you add the bios and games
@@VideoGameEsoterica odd… this was rattling my brain all evening I did everything here and they won’t launch
Are some bios dated or something?
Would the dolphin emulation be any easier perhaps?
I’d try a new bios file. Yours may just be bad
@@VideoGameEsoterica any recommendations which one?
thanks for your help, much appreciated
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it runs fine at 1080p internal resolution? and even higher? Most people run it at 1x and even then some forums say it struggles at that (when the deck released in february). How did you get it to run so well and how many games have you tested?
For the most part 1080p internal was fine. Optimizations have come since release
@@VideoGameEsoterica really? guess I'll look more into it and thanks for the response
No worries
Hi hello Steam Deck support line? Syrup is dripping out of my deck and onto my hands. Please advise
Stop using fake syrup. I see you didn't write maple...we know you are using pancake syrup
stuff like this makes me want to get a steam deck that I won't have time to use lol🤣
Haha I get that. I don’t have time either
Thanks a ton. I was really confused on where to put the bios files.
Glad it helped :)
Instructions unclear when I try to run the games it says pcsx2 cannot find the roms.. I tried to select them in the mess that is black text on a grey background. Seems I picked the wrong one now all the games will not launch and when I try to launch pcsx2 it still can’t see the bios files all it can see are folders. Thanks for getting my hopes up though
Where the hell is the emu file, seems to be a gap of info missing
Great vid! Have you done any testing with the Ratchet games at all? Ratchet 2 seems to chug pretty bad for me during combat using your recommended settings.
I have not tested them yet. Try turning the internal resolution down a bit
Quality guide. I'm glad PCSX2 is running well on the Steam Deck, it's been pretty high quality on PC for a while. Though I keep my phat PS2 (a Japanese SCPH-35000) hooked up to my HD CRT tv, I actually kind of prefer PCSX2 because the component output is not so great from at least my PS2. If you've never played it, you should play the FPS called Darkwatch. I bought the PS2 version used from EB on a whim back in the '00s, and it's not the best but is fun and has a nice horror theme that might be neat for a Halloween episode some year. It apparently has an X-Box version too which I didn't know until recently when I saw my case and thought to look up the dev. The X-Box version is likely to be nicer though I'm not sure. I just thought of mentioning the game when watching the video. Also, in regards to what setup guide...well, since I'm thinking of the X-Box today, then I'll just throw in Xemu. I haven't tried it since 2021, but I know it's improved a whole lot in the last few years.
I have a slim PS2 and a PSX. Oddball choice
I remember Darkwatch. It was a neat but I never finished it!
How do you get this version of PCSX2? I updated mine because it said there was an update available when I loaded it up, and before updating, I also had this UI which I much prefer to the usual PCSX2 UI.
Now, after updating it, I now have the regular PCSX2 UI where you have to use the touch screen to click on anything. Any idea on how to sort this out because I can’t seem to get the old UI back. That UI is also the one used on XBSX2 (fork of PCSX2 for Xbox).
I just grabbed it from the website. Maybe in app updating hasn’t caught up yet
how do you change controller settings on a per game bassis? id like some games to have inverted right stick but not all games and i cant seem to get this to work it seems to want to change it for every game.
When i switch to gaming mode my game runs really slow but doesnt do it on desktop mode full picture any fix
What about switching multidisc for ps2?theres legit not one video that shows how to do that for steam deck/emudeck smh
Im having some problems with Analog stick movement in pcsx2 on deck. Seems to not be working in any of the games I've tried (socom 2, shinobido, shadow of the colossus). Not sure what Im not doing correctly to get this problem.
I answered you on Reddit. I haven’t seen that myself but check settings. You can articulate a lot in there
Pcsx2 doesn’t make memory cards for me, i have to do it all manually, silly question but, was it emu that made the memory card or pcsx2? Cause i dont have emu so im just curious
PCSX is what makes the card
@@VideoGameEsotericayeah its just weird that i have to make it manually and format it manually
@@VideoGameEsotericathanks
how did you fix the input lag? it's 1.5 - 3 seconds on my steam deck and changing settings doesn't help. ps3 emulator works flawlessly on those ps2 remasters but pcsx2 is useless with that huge input lag
Reset the emulator configs in emudeck. That lag is NOT normal
@@VideoGameEsoterica i reinstalled emudeck three times, same issue... maybe i got bad bios files
@Astrohero no. Bios are all or nothing good or bad
@@VideoGameEsoterica could it be the reason that i played from desktop mode and not gaming mode
@@VideoGameEsoterica could it be the reason that i played from desktop mode and not gaming mode
I have quite a few ps2 games downloaded on my pc from emulation lair and run pcxs2 on there. Do u think I’d be fine with ordering the lower gb version since I’m just emulating on it basically
That’s what I use. You’ll be fine. Just throw an SD card in
I’m doing everything and when I go back to emulate it says enable parser router no app emulator any Help?
I been looking for a tutorial on how to set up the controllers , I have not found a way to set them up , the control maping is not detecting the steam deck , cant get it to work , any help ?
What to do if you do all the steps right but when you go to open the game it’s just a black screen?
Try a new bios / new game files. It means it’s failing to be able to use one of the two
I’ve done everything in this video but for GTA San Andreas and it boots and loads but freezes at the title screen any ideas? I’ve done multiple different iso roms even tried converting to Chd all does the same. Any help would be appreciated.
Correction, you should only play the Wii version of RE4. This is all.
Wii version is the best! Easy head shots all day.
Haha really it should just be GameCube IMO
It does make the game easier
@@VideoGameEsoterica it's one of the few games where the Wii remote adds so much to the gameplay experience. Silent Hill Shattered Memories is another one that comes to mind.
whats wrong with the steam version 🤔
There is not a single video out there that explains properly how to deal with multi-disc PS2 games (Grandia III, Xenosaga II or Shadow Hearts - Covenant, for example). Well, there is one showing how to use M3U files but it cannot work since PCSX2 does not accept M3U files.
I tried playing GTA San Andreas and Midnight Club 3 and none of them works. They do start up but then I'm getting a blackscreen and that's it nothing happens anymore sometimes my Steam deck crashes completely... What should I do?
I’d try reinstalling emudeck at this point. Sounds like it’s hard crashing
Could you explain what you mean by "You could network in as well"? I don't have a USB stick so I think my only option is to "network in", whatever that means.
You could use FTP. You could use the Steam Deck browser
I did everything gets the video show and it still says I’m missing the bios Wich I every folder for it ?
It could be a bad bios too
How did you get the game to boot directly from steam os. When I try to boot the game it says iso files and takes me to the pcsx game list but when I select the game from there it boot. I feel like it has something to do with properties “target” and “start in” command tab. But idk what to do
No by default it should just launch into the game. Nothing else really needed. That’s odd
I need a tutorial on how to manage the storage. I ran out of space on the memory card slot and I think I accidentally deleted all my saves.
It is necessary to put the games on Steam OS to make them work? My Deck kind of gets froze when I try to do the Steam rom manager step.
No. You can just launch the emulators. You don’t need to add them to a library
@@VideoGameEsoterica Ok, thanks.
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Hey. Iv done everything correctly but when I try to run the games the emulator doesn’t detect them and asks me to shut down steam
That’s very odd. Haven’t seen anything like that
I keep on getting this problem with the memory card. I’ve looked at the files in desktop mode and I know the save file is there for MGS3, but it says it can’t read it, and often it goes to a blue screen with two options, memory card or CD player. Any advice?
Not sure on that one to be honest
Do you know how to enable the ps2 HDD saves? I enabled the HDD and created the image and it still doesnt work. What step am i missing?
That I haven’t tried yet. I’ll look into it
great content! thank you :)
Happy to do it :)
I have horrible input lag. Any advice?
pcsx2 has terrible input lag, guess it's been a problem forever looking around
I’m having a problem where it doesn’t open a menu like yours in game. It opens it as if I was on a desktop in game mode. How can I fix that?
Go into the emudeck app on desktop mode and reset the emulator config. Should fix it
@@VideoGameEsoterica I tried select ans the right stick and that worked!
Nice!
I put the bios into the bios folder, and the checker came back as green, I downloaded the files to the PS2 rom folder but when I generate apps, nothing shows up for PS2 (Or PSX) and no folder is created in the collections tab. Any advice? Please & Thank you!!
What file format are the games in? Just making sure you got good files
How did you made the color on lcd looks like oled setting pls 🙏
Excellent vid, really helpful! 👍
Glad it helped
My emulator can't read the ISO files I put in the ps2 folder. The "red screen of death" shows up and tells me to "please insert a playstation or playstation 2 format disc".
I don't get it, I used the same ISO files I use on my Pc, literally copy-pasted them 🤷🏻♂️
Hmm odd. Maybe a copy/paste issue where file wrote incorrectly. I’d try again
@@VideoGameEsoterica it was! Apparently I used a faulty USB pendrive.. Using a different one fixed it for me
I had a feeling :)
i've been playing NFSU2 and when playing career i enter a race and after about 20 seconds it crashes, any idea?
Check bug reports. Might just be a known issue across the board
7:00 is there any point of upping resolution to 1080p if you are only doing handheld mode?
Higher internal resolution that is then on a lower res screen can improve clarity a bit. Supersampling. We do it a lot in film…capture at 8 or 12K for a 4K master
@@VideoGameEsoterica Oh fair enough man thankyou for the quick reply.
No worries :)
hey i’m having trouble with pcsx2 because every time i tried to load up a game the application shut downs and i have the bios and everything
Try running in desktop mode and see if you see any error messages. Sounds like something is crashing it
bios isnt working, i dumped them on the bios folder and doesnt read it, pls update the video
Try new bios. The methodology has not changed
@VideoGameEsoterica actually nvm it worked
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how do you get that classic standalone GUI? Even when I open the app in desktop mode I et some simplified version that isn't as easy to interact with.
It’s possible emudeck updated something because you should see exactly what I see. I’ll have to look into it
Does emudeck use pcsx2 stable version instead of the nightly build?
I’d have to check honestly
I did everything like you said but when I load a ps2 game it just shows a black screen.
Try a diff bios file set. Sounds like a bad bios perhaps
did everything in this guide and it still won't work. keeps giving me an error message to add bios files
Try new bios files. If they are bad it will report as missing. This means the file integrity is off. It’s a “bad dump”
@@VideoGameEsoterica thank you. I’ll look for another one.
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When I go to « generate app list » on emudeck Nothing happens even though my iso's are in the right folder. I don't understand...
Are all the parsers turned on? Because that should work
Will mods work on steam deck pcsx2 version or its only for pc?
Should be fine
I try to play RE Outbreak 1 y 2 but it go very slow like 14-16 fps where the problem is? Many recommend uncheck CRC hack but I dont find that option:/
I haven’t tried those yet so I’m not sure of their performance
I would love to see an in depth update to the best settings for the PS2 emulator. The UI i think is a bit changed too
I’ll have one soon for Windows but obv it will be good for Deck
Games like SSX 3 and Return of the King are running in slow-mo for me.
Someone else mentioned SSX 3 was running slow. Try turning down internal rendering resolution
@@VideoGameEsoterica I'll try it. Thanks!
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Do you know how to play need for speed most wanted? It doesn’t load for me on the steam deck
I haven’t tested that so unsure
Any setting recommendations for Shadow of the Colossus? This one seems to be running a bit slow for me
Try using power tools / decky to reduce threads / up CPU speed on active cores
I get a lot of black screen 0fps so far. You really have no problems on steam deck pcsx2??
Barely any problems unless they are known problems on PCSX
@@VideoGameEsoterica i have been fighting to get shaolin monks since i got my deck monday. Loads only up to opening scene after character select. It looks so good til then tho 😭
Check GitHub issue tickets. May be a known issue
Okay I downloaded emudeck and pcsx2 where do I find the games that I want to play? is there a general list of games that I can choose to play??? because I don’t have any games yet
That’s something I def can’t help with on YT
You have download the games by yourself, just google “PS2 Roms”
What about splashdown 1 and 2? Usa or Europe roms don't run at all
why can't I find where to change my settings every time I load up a game I have to do screen size game speed etc also I have a game not showing up when everything else is fine
The emulator saves per game settings so if you load a new game you set what you want. But it should stay from there
Can't seem to find enable wide screen patches
Bro where do i find bios
No one can tell you that just search it up online I promise you will find it
The controls is what I can't just get to work! Am I supposed to map them even after I added my rooms on Steam Library?.
Should auto map. Go into emudeck and reset the emulator config. See if that helps
@@VideoGameEsoterica OK, I'll try, thanks.
Lmk how it goes
@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah, it seems like it's working now, thanks.
I don’t know if anyone will even see this but it still says bios missing. Anyone help me out?
Did you add the bios?
There are no parsers showing up at all for me what am I doing wrong
All the games are in the correct folders yes? And you haven’t renamed the files something weird?
Can somebody help me?? I'm trying to play sly 2 but when I'm playing everything is really slow like its in slow motion. How can I fix that? Its really annoying
Turn down internal rendering resolution to 480 and see if that helps
@@VideoGameEsoterica thank you! But how can I do that? 😅🥲
Can anyone help me out? I somehow have been able to get 5 ps2 games working and playable so I decided to start expanding my ps2 library only to run into issues. The weird part is that when I go to steam rom manager the newly added games appear but when I save to steam and switch to game mode they aren't showing up in my ps2 folder... any idea what could be causing this? I did everything exactly the same as i did with the games that are working but can't seem to get the new additions to appear in my game mode library. I'm at a loss and any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance
I have some probleems with Rachet and clank (1) on ps2... it's boot and show menu when i want to start a game it's black screen.. On PC it just work.. helpp
Hmm. I’d open a GitHub support ticket for that. May be a deck specific issue
Any advice for troubleshooting controller settings? Every game I start in PCSX2 defaults to using keyboard controls, which has been a nightmare to remap with Steam Deck.
Update / reinstall emudeck. I haven’t experienced it but everyone who’s commented who has fixed it via that method. I do not know why it’s not mapping for some people. Seems sporadic
@@VideoGameEsoterica I'll give that a shot. Thanks!
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I’ve done everything and for some reason my screen just turns black the game never shows up
Sounds like a bad bios
@@VideoGameEsoterica know a site where I can get a good one? I don’t have a pc so I have to do it all from the deck
That I can’t help you with specifically. That archive organization site can prolly help you
@@VideoGameEsoterica I downloaded another bios and it still doesn’t work
Maybe join my discord
When I play ps2 games on pcsx2 on steam deck. Sometimes the game would freeze and I’d have to exit through the steam menu. Not a big deal. I always start again and it’s fine. Is this normal sometimes with games? New to pc gaming here
Yes that’ll happen in emulation. Just kind of part of it
@@VideoGameEsoterica my steam deck is ok then if it does this? I’m worried it’s broken or something
@@VideoGameEsoterica ??
You can try to reinstall emudeck but it’s possible sometimes they just freeze
@@VideoGameEsoterica alright. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it 😊
How do I get the PCSX2 on Steam Deck?
Like, where do I download it from?
You download emudeck installer and run it. It’ll bring it down. Or you can go into desktop mode and use the application installer built into Steam OS and search for it
@@VideoGameEsoterica alright! Thank You
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When I boot up ps2 emulator on steam os it pauses and then force closes the application. Can someone help me with this?
I also put the bios files in the right folder
Sounds like a bad game file. I’d try a new one
my sound was working but now its not, i cant seem to find how to fix it can anybody help
Go into desktop mode, open emudeck and reset the emulator config. Should fix it
this didnt work for me it still cant find the bios for me. any advice on how to fix?
If it didn’t get found it’s either in the wrong folder or the wrong file name
@VideoGameEsoterica no it was right file. For some reason I basically had to reinstall emudeck itself and now it can find the ps2 bios but I'm now having to fix my other games I had installed
@blazerodnobody5517 odd. Must have broken a file path
@@VideoGameEsoterica there not in the rom locations they should be and i put one back in and my emulators cant see the game now, and my games arnt showing n my emudeck rom manager thing where you parse
Im getting slowdown on outrun 2 ps2 version. the music and whole game slows down at certain points on pcsx2. Any idea how to solve it?
That seems to be an issue. Others have reported the same thing
@@VideoGameEsoterica ok hopefully somebody finds a fix. I should maybe try the xbox version. You should do xbox emulation in a video if you get time
There will be one eventually :)
I'm having a running ps2 games. When I try to run them, it goes from 60fps to 4 and I get a black screen; also when checking the bios checker, it doesn't show but it looks like I have the bios in the right folder. Please help
Sounds like you have a bad bios. Change the file out for a new one. Might be a bad bios dump
@@VideoGameEsoterica ah ok Gotcha
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@@VideoGameEsoterica can you direct me to legitimate bios websites? The website I'm trying is giving me the same bios site that doesn't work
I cannot unfortunately
Some games definitely run better than others. I was surprised how poorly Outrun 2 works on my Steam Deck. I need to lower the resolution down to about 480p to get through a run without any slowdown. Whereas most other games I can set to either 720p or 1080p and they run fine.
Try reducing threads down to 4. Might help
@@VideoGameEsoterica I did, sadly it doesn't help that game. It's not a huge deal, since you can still play the game at its intended resolution just fine. But it would have been nice to play it at 1080p.
Must be higher test than the rest processor wise
How does Outrun 2 coast 2 coast run on deck these days? Back at launch it ran slow, basically unplayable.
I’ve yet to try because I have OutRun 2 on Xbox and arcade
I managed to get it running full speed with rendering set to native resolution and multi threading turned off via PowerTools. Probably better installing the PC version though.
It may just be a situation where the emulator needs to be optimized too
so ive noticed in some racing games it always looks as if everything is blurry or or something.....especially lights, is there any fix for this??
Are you sure that’s just not the games motion blur simulating the sensation of speed? I’ve have to know what games you are talking about
@@VideoGameEsoterica I noticed it in both midnight club 3 and need for speed underground 2....its much worse on nfs... It makes it hard to even see anything lol
Hmm. I’d have to check. Did you watch real hardware videos to make sure it wasn’t the same?
I've watched a few videos and I'm trying to find a fix for it..I may need to figure 9ut a way to get the pc version of NFS U2 because it doesn't seem to do it on the pc version lol
I’ll try to test it on my deck this weekend
Thank you.
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4:19 After I click on Steam Rom Manager no window opens. I'm stuck at this point. How can I fix?
Try and reinstall emudeck or update it
@@VideoGameEsoterica it worked!!! Thank you!
Glad it worked :)
Why is the hotkey not working? I also downloaded the pcsx2 from emudeck for i must using the desktop mode for some changing any help there? 😂
Reset the emulator configuration in emudeck
@@VideoGameEsoterica okay
Hi, how do you do fast forward as toggle? Please help.
Awesome video! Games play, but can't seem to figure out why non of the buttons work using Xbox Series controller! Still trying to edit in settings, but to no avail.
Try resetting emulator settings. Buttons should just work when you pair the controller. Least they do for me with Series controller and Switch Pro
@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm such an idiot! 🙄 I don't know why I didn't do that in EmuDeck! Everything works perfect! I was trying to edit the controller settings in Game mode to try to get it to work! Thx for your help! Look forward to any other emulator videos you put out!
Haha that’ll happen. No worries!
My generate app never works so weird
That is odd. I’ve seen zero issues with it