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PS3 60FPS EMULATION WORKS! RPCS3 FULL install tutorial M1 Apple Silicon Mac: Persona 5, TTT2, FIFA



UPDATE: New links for how to download RPCS3 macOS latest build:
nas RPCS3 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSpy6jcu2g
Download PS3 System Software (firmware): https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps3/system-software
AppleGamingWiki channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyz_xnHUX9ua7OJobIP0ng

This is a video tutorial for the first publicly available release of RPCS3 macOS port made by developer nas which hugely improves the compatibility and performance when compared to the build used in my last video. In this video I teach you how to setup RPCS3 on Apple Silicon Macs, download firmware, install games and change specific Mac settings to get games working at 60 FPS. This is a very early build of RPCS3 and so a lot of optimisation still needs to happen, however it is a very impressive feat considering that we are running an Intel emulator (using Rosetta 2 translation layer) plus we are translating Vulkan to Metal through MoltenVK, and also this macOS port has barely had any optimisation applied. We look forward to further developments and future optimisations!

Further instructions:
– The first time you run RPCS3, right click (ctrl and click) on the RPCS3 app and select Open.
– Disable On-Disk Shader Cache
– Use PPU LLVM and SPU ASMJIT.
– Clear the old LLVM cache if you’ve attempted to use it before, or it’ll crash (it’s in ~/Library/ Caches/rpcs3/cache). LLVM also generates huuuge .log files in ~/Library/Caches/rpcs3/cache for some reason. You can safely delete them.

Controller ‘Pad thread’ bug – if you experience a crash due to bluetooth disconnecting your game controler, use your DualShock 4 with a USB cable instead.

► Links:
Alternate RPCS3 macOS download link (artifact): https://api.cirrus-ci.com/v1/artifact/task/5788887378296832/Artifact/artifacts/rpcs3-v0.0.20-13150-c60e15e6_macos.dmg
RPCS3 macOS pull requests: https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/pull/11222 – instructions here can be used to build your own copy of RPCS3 for macOS
PCSX2 Metal macOS tutorial: https://youtu.be/Duosa2iKZyQ
M1 emulators playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYzT4cEhhFvh9IAsuic4paA_elCqNKs3J
M1 Pro emulators test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtU5wRWuhc
PPSSPP M1 native ARM build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYfnSCgRBdA

► Resources:
Master M1 game compatibility list: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/M1_compatible_games_master_list

► Talk to me!
M1 game benchmark requests – please leave a comment below.
Please join me on Discord here: https://discord.gg/28CAAr6SpB
Check out AppleGamingWiki: https://applegamingwiki.com

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► Timestamps:
00:00 New RPCS3 macOS developments
00:50 Download RPCS3 nas artifact
01:41 Open RPCS3
02:09 Install firmware
03:20 Controllers
04:03 Download PS3 games
04:52 RPCS3 general Mac-specific settings
05:24 Game-specific settings
06:13 Game patches (60 FPS mods)
06:36 Demon’s Souls – 60 FPS with graphical issues
07:14 Persona 5 – 60 FPS
07:32 nas M1 MacBook Air 2020 testing
07:56 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – 60 FPS
08:28 More game testing videos

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