PS3 Emulator: RPCS3 0.0.17 Alpha release
The RPCS3 PS3 Emulator has been updated to 0.0.17 Alpha. This version brings updates to Trophy notifications, fixes to exploding vertices and particle effects, among other things.
What is RPCS3
RPCS3 is a Sony PlayStation 3 Emulator running on Windows, Linux, and BSD. From the project’s page:
The world’s first free and open-source PlayStation 3 emulator/debugger, written in C++ for Windows and Linux. RPCS3 was founded by programmers DH and Hykem. Initially hosted on Google Code, the project was eventually migrated to GitHub later on in its development. RPCS3’s first successful boots were primarily composed of small homebrew projects and hardware tests. The emulator was later publicly released in June of 2012 and gained substantial attention from both the open-source community and PlayStation enthusiasts alike. Today, RPCS3 is primarily developed by its two lead developers; Nekotekina, kd-11 and backed by flourishing team of GitHub contributors.
RPCS3 PS3 Emulator 0.0.17 Alpha – What’s new
Its’ always a challenge to know what’s new in the RPCS3 releases since these are not “stable builds” per se, and instead just a collection of the latest commits. But the official Twitter account can give us a few hints:
RPCS3’s native UI trophy notification popup has been improved in order to further resemble the original one, thanks to Kilowog01, as of v0.0.16-12419 (PR #10482)
Here’s a comparison with the before and after for the emulator, as well as the original popup from a physical console pic.twitter.com/qt9NfZwSOc
— RPCS3 (@rpcs3) July 1, 2021
Here’s a comparison showing how the same scene improved with the two most recent graphical fixes from kd-11.
The 1st screenshot is before the two fixes.
The 2nd screenshot is after the first fix (PR #10501).
The 3rd screenshot is after the second fix (PR #10503). pic.twitter.com/T08a7GdUtr— RPCS3 (@rpcs3) June 30, 2021
Some missing particles and effects on games such as “Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time” have been fixed by kd-11 as of RPCS3 v0.0.16-12428 (Pull Request #10501) pic.twitter.com/k1IWuBgtJl
— RPCS3 (@rpcs3) June 30, 2021
Download RPCS3 PS3 Emulator
You can Download RPCS3 0.0.17 on the project’s official page here.
Its amazing how much progress they’ve made I’m still over the moon that ncaa 14 works
One day PS5 will be jailbreak and this emulator will be fully playable on PS5 jailbreak easily!
No
You have no clue dont u?
He does, the PS4 has Linux available for jailbroken consoles, if the PS5 gets the same treatment, then yes, RPCS3 will run.
Problem is, with every emulation stage you usually loose performance, increase input lags, etc. Unless Linux on ps4/ps5 is not emulated but runs on bare metal, you would sacrifice performance twice, once using linux, then once running rpcs3.
Running rpcs3 on a PC would be more beneficial, but sure, not everyone has the luxury of owning multiple powerful devices, so would still be a good option.
GNU/Linux runs on bare metal on ps4, with functional GPU drivers for OpenGL/Vulkan and access to all memory and CPU cores. It runs as well as it would on a computer with similar specifications. GNU/Linux on ps5 shouldn’t work differently, and the hardware is more than enough for RPCS3 to run decently well. Given the current prices for comparable PC hardware, PS5 is poised to become a pretty compelling gaming device once it’s able to run GNU/Linux, be it for console, PC games or emulation.
hahahaha you fell for the “GNU/Linux” meme hahaha loser