PSVita: Rinnegatamante working on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Port – Performance in the 30-40 FPS range!
Last month, it emerged that Rinnegatamante and TheFlow were working on porting Grand Theft Auto III to the PlayStation Vita with swift progress resulting in an official port being released last week! However, things didn’t end there as Rinnegatamante is working on getting Grand Theft Auto: Vice City running on the console as well with good results.
Rinnegatamante working on porting Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the PSVita
Work porting GTA: VC to the Vita has been going on for quite a while! (Tweet)
As Rinnegatamante regularly shares his progress on Twitter, it is no secret that he’s been working on getting GTA: VC to work on the PlayStation Vita with efforts dating back to at least October 23rd. Like the GTA III port on the console, the GTA: VC port is based upon the re3 engine but on the ‘miami’ branch rather than on the ‘master’ branch.
Before one gets their hopes up though, it is important to state that the re3 ‘miami’ branch, or reVC as some are calling it, is still WIP meaning that GTA VC’s game engine isn’t fully implemented yet despite being pretty close to GTA III’s. As a result, current porting efforts to both the Nintendo Switch (reVC-nx) and the PlayStation Vita (re3-miami-vita) need to wait on the folks working on the re3 engine itself before providing a proper GTA VC experience.
What is the current status of GTA VC on the PSVita?
The most recent developments show that GTA: VC on the Vita is running pretty well but the engine it’s based on needs to be finished first! (Tweet)
As per a recent tweet by Rinnegatamante, his efforts in porting the currently-unfinished ‘miami’ branch of re3 seem to be going pretty well. Thanks to a temporary solution he’s been able to devise for stuttering issues & freezes, Grand Theft Auto Vice City is currently running at around 30-40FPS on the PSVita which might be a tad better than the recently released GTA 3 port.
While the above is all positive news, it does not point to a fully playable port being released any time soon because as was mentioned earlier, the re3 ‘miami’ branch that the Vita port is based upon is still WIP. However, Rinnegatamante’s efforts will definitely make a playable GTA VC port appear on the PSVita sooner since Vita-specific work is being taken care of!
Conclusion
To get the most recent updates relating to Grand Theft Auto Vice City on the PSVita, it is recommended to follow Rinnegatamante’s Twitter while also checking out his Twitch where he sometimes does live-streams of working on Vita homebrew!
Rinnegatamante’s Twitter (updates): https://twitter.com/Rinnegatamante
Rinnegatamante’s Twitch (live streams of Rinnegatamante working on Vita homebrew): https://www.twitch.tv/rinnegatamante
Rinnegatamante’s Patreon (monetary donations): https://www.patreon.com/Rinnegatamante
Hey people, remember that “the re3 ‘miami’ branch that the Vita port is based upon is still WIP.”
Don’t get it!
Neither do I. But it is written here.
This just keeps getting better!
Hey people this is great news indeed, I still feel I should could have done this write up, you see i don’t use exclamation marks. I am a seasoned writer, let me know if you want me to start writing 🙂
I’d rather read the author who overuses explanation points. Do you think Wololo gives Aurora talking points, or set topics to report on? No, Aurora writes these articles solo. If you had anything to write about you’d be an Author already.
I meant to type “exclamation points”. You seem like the immature type who would correct me, because you have this false sense of being a superior writer. So I’ll check myself.
None of these previous comments were done by me, I am all for your writing for Wololo.
Ironic, you post this trash and can’t properly form a sentence.
Jumping the gun on this, the Vice City port for switch based on the early Miami Branch wasn’t well received by the re3 developers. For the same reason, it’s not finished and is a work in progress. Still cool to see.
Awesome! thanks for the update, love my vita!
I mean the guy talks trash about people who enjoy the Vita like we’re poor (on every article). Sounds like the type of person who doesn’t own every handheld. You think you’re a better author than Aurora when you can’t properly form a sentence. So I get the comprehension disorder.
Wow, you’re harsh.
Not sure what’s the purpose of this. I’d rather have LC & VC Stories fixed to run with Vita controls and Vita resolution.
If VC gets ported, I might have to start using my old Vita again!
cinematic 24 fps…
I totally need this game on my Vita!
Please port NFS: carbon for PSVITA )