Hey! So I have always wanted to make the jump to linux and pc gaming and figured I would do them both together. I would not consider myself techy, just aout tech literate in that I am aware of how much I dont know.

I have linux mint, on a mid to late i5 w/16gb memory. I wanted initially to make a home server but I have jusy been poking around and ended up trying to play all the games I have in attic through emulators and the like.

So I got loads of emulators, I use Cartridge which is a Lutris fork. It just seemed cleaner and worked when I tried it out. In that I had been booting into PCSX2 and finally playing MK Deception again. After three evenings poking and gaming PCSX2 shuts down every time I try to boot a game.

I have uninstalled, reinstalled and changed from 1.7.xx to 2.2 to the nightly 2.3 (I think). I cannot get it to work.

I have so many questions but if I could get back to Konquest I would be so happy, and bother you all later.

      • jamesbunagna@discuss.online
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        9 days ago

        Yes and no.

        Has it got its own set of rules you’d have to learn and thus an accompanying learning curve bump? Sure. Which, in actuality is mostly just knowing that Flatseal is your go-to whenever a flatpak causes issues.

        Is it a surefire method after you’ve become accustomed with it? Absolutely. All kinds of jankiness can prevent any piece of software from working on your system. With Flatpak, especially on distros that enable it by default, you at least know that your system isn’t the culprit.

        Besides, Flatpak is enabled by default on Linux Mint. The PCSX2 flatpak is even verified. So no additional setting up or whatsoever is required.

        What makes you weary besides what’s already stated above?

  • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website
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    10 days ago

    How did you install PCSX2? The fact that you are launching it through Cartridge makes me a little worried that you are using the windows version. Try the AppImage or Flatpak packages and see if you have any improvement (assuming you aren’t already using those)

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      I got the flatpak initially, I realised it was a few releases behind current and got the appimage direct. For whatever reason, the flatpak version is now current in my manager.

      Another oddity, opening in steam blocked my dualsense from being recognised by pcsx2 despite steam seeing it and pcsx2 seeing it when launched directly or through cartridge.

      • phar@lemmy.ml
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        10 days ago

        Honestly I recommend the version made specifically for your distro. I haven’t had the best luck with flatpak but the ones made for Debian, rpm, etc always work great

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    10 days ago

    Hmm, has been a while since I last tried PCSX2, but isn’t there a module for it in Retroarch these days? Usually that works better.

    • SolarPunker@slrpnk.net
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      10 days ago

      There are emulators that works better as standalone, and sadly - as I love RetroArch - this is true for PS2 emulation since LRPS2 or Play! are not as good as PCSX2.

  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Are you only wanting to emulate games with PCSX2 or multiple different emulators? If the latter, have you tried the automated install process of Emulation Station or EmuDeck? I haven’t dealt with PS2 games through it yet, but maybe the automated installers and configs will help?

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 days ago

      The end point I want to get to is moving this pc to my living room and having it serve as my everything console. I am not sure about it dual purposing as a jellyfin server and emulator station but I want to get to a point where anyone else can easily pick up the remote and jump between consoles and games.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        If you have multiple TVs and are already considering a Jellyfin server, you could make it a Sunshine server as well. It’s the open-source replacement for GeForce Now, with Moonlight as the client-side software

  • boerbiet@feddit.nl
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    10 days ago

    I have no experience with PCSX2, but maybe something in its configuration causes your issues. Reinstalling or updating it will not make a difference. If you really want to start over, close the application, remove the directory ~/.config/PCSX2 and restart the application. You will have to run through the initial wizard again. If it still won’t work, some other issue is the culprit and you would likely need to share logs. Alternatively, if the application prints logging to stdout, you could run the application from a terminal (f.e. by launching pcsx2-qt) and see if anything is printed there when it shuts down.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Okay so uninstalling and then pressing the shortcut opened it meaning it wasnt gone. This confused me. So just deleting the directory is how you uninstall?

      I got it back working, I left it hang for ages beyond the forcr quit prompt ans it started.

      • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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        10 days ago

        no, you uninstall with the package manager/app store, however, that directory is where your config files are kept, and those are not removed when you uninstall the app.