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Ppsspp Best Settings For Final Fantasy Tactics

My PPSSPP settings for Final Fantasy Tactics WOTL Some people asked me about my PPSSPP settings I use for my gameplay so I'd like to share my configuration here. Jul 22, 2016 Reminders: follow only if the graphics of the game are broken go to the settings click save state and exit to PPSSPP emulator and start the game again then load state to return the original graphics, going on the destruction of graphics when sleep time your phone while in play or off the power button.

Current stable version is 0.9.8.36 from Mar 29th 2014. You can read a full article about the previous version on Pandoralive

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Ppsspp Best Settings For Final Fantasy Tactics

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The Compatibility List

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Game Name and RegionPPSSPP VersionPandora Model[1]SGX driverSZ versionFrequencyNotes on SettingsStatus


Midnight Club 3 - DUB Edition (EUROPE + USA)1.5.4.531GHz4.101.761150 MhzIntro can show up. Audio is very stuttery. Very slow FPS. No cars / textures are showing up. Unplayable.Red
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (USA)1.5.4.531GHz4.101.761150 MhzSlightly slow in combat(15-20 fps). Audio can be sometimes stuttery. Using automatic frameskipping improves performance.Yellow
Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 (JP)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzMakes the emulator completely crash right after the first few screens. Back to desktop.Red
Final Fantasy III (US)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzFullspeed in most places except in villages where the game slows down a bit while remaining playable.Green
Final Fantasy III (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFullspeed in most places except in villages where the game slows down a bit while remaining playable.Green
Star Ocean: The Second Departure (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFullspeed apparently at all times, with minor glitches on text boxes once in a while.Green
Toradora Portable (JP)0.9.8800 mhz4.03.021.60800 MhzIt needs loot of the phone, sometimes in the voice acting runs slow and the FMV are slow too, but is entirely playable.Yellow
Tales of Rebirth (JP)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzCombat scenes are slow and music stutters in fight scenes. But it's playable.Yellow
Tekken Dark Resurrection (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzWorks fine but very slow in game. Feels a little bit faster than in 0.9.7.Yellow
Hatsune Miku, Project Diva (JP)0.9.9.391GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFullspeed while frameskip is on. Not always super smooth but very, very playable. Feels smoother and almost perfect in some areas.Green
Hatsune Miku, Project Diva 2nd (JP)0.9.9.39Rebirth4.03.021.60850 MhzAlright on some less graphically demanding songs, but lags too much on most songs to be playable.Yellow


Metal Slug Anthology (US)0.9.1.311GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzFullspeed in-game but sometimes slow in the menus and when loading from one level to another. This being said, I recommend playing such games on Neo Geo emulators instead.Green
Guilty Gear XX (JP)0.9.1.311GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzSlow in game, albeit playable. But not enjoyable for a fighting game.Yellow
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzWorks full speed with no sound stuttering, but the frameskip needed to achieve that makes it suboptimal for playing effectively (ie frames dropping impact playability).Yellow
Megaman Powerup (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFeels full speed with frameskip, and the music does not seem to stutter much. This being said, it drops frames depending on the complexity of what's going on on the screen, and this sometimes impacts gameplay.Green
PixelJunk Monsters (US)0.9.7.351GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzRunning full speed.Green
Tales of Eternia (US)0.9.7.351GHz4.03.021.601000 Mhz2D, running sometimes full speed, sometimes very slowly (with sound stuttering). Alpha hack helps but does not make it perfect either.Yellow
To Heart 2 (JP)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzNow Full Speed in latest version.Green
Tactics Ogre (JP)0.9.7.351GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFull Speed most of the time, with frameskip, while the card selection screen at beginning of the game is glitchy.Green
Mirai Nikki (JP)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzFull Speed, perfect.Green
Lumines (EU)0.9.6.341GHz4.10.001.601000 MhzAutoFrameskip is on, AlphaHack is on, and Timer Hack is OFF. It runs fullspeed and without issues.Green
Lumines 2 (US)0.9.5.351GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzQuite slow compared to Lumines 1, and the music keeps stuttering. Playable but not great. A little faster than in 0.9.1.30.Yellow
Criminal Girls (JP)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzNot playing very smoothly, scrolling is clearly not smooth. Sound stutters in most dialogs. Alpha hack works well to speed things up but introduces many glitches.Yellow
Lunar Silver Star Harmony (JP)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzRuns perfectly now, no more sound stuttering if you activate the alpha hack. Superb.Green
Y's Seven (JP)0.9.1.311GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzRuns almost well, but there are several slow-downs during dialogs and the music tends to stutter. Playable, but needs a little more speed to be really great.Yellow
Archer Maclean's Mercury (EU)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzRuns full speed most of time, except in the menu scroll appearing when finishing each level. But that has no impact on the performance in game itself.Green
Princess Crown (JP)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzHas some minor sound stuttering when loading cutscenes, but otherwise plays very well and feels full speed.Green
Star Ocean: The First Departure (US)0.9.7.351GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzThe characters remain visible in-game through buildings. Therefore, still broken.Orange
Star Ocean: The First Departure (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzThe characters remain visible in-game through buildings. Therefore, still broken.Orange
GTA Chinatown (US)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzMany issues in game: menus not displayed, visual artifacts, and framerate dropping significantly in the city. Unplayable at this stage.Orange
GTA Chinatown (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzMany issues in game: menus not displayed, black screens, visual artifacts, non-visible objects. Unplayable at this stage and worse than before.Orange
GTA Liberty City Stories (US)0.9.6.39Rebirth4.03.021.60850 MhzLags way too much to be playable, even on cutscenes. 3 FPS.Orange


Fat Princess (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzRuns very slowly with heavy music stuttering. Unplayable but faster than in 0.9.5.32Orange
FIFA 2013 (EU)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzYou can reach the menu but after a few selections the screen turns black.Orange
Persona 2 (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzSlow (and screen is very dark for some reason), but it's now closer to being playable. Somehow a big improvement vs 0.9.7Orange
BlazBlue Continuum Shift (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzMovies play perfectly, and the game runs kind of full speed, with some music stutters. Very close to being great to play.Green
Final Fantasy Tactics(US)0.9.9.391GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzStill kind of slow at times with special effects slowing down the game sometimes, but otherwise it's very playable and looks great.Green
The Legend Of Heroes - Trails In The Sky (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzRuns well. Some occasional slow-downs, some characters 'invisible' during story (Seems solved if disable Texture coord speedhack and alpha test)Green
Akiba's Trip (JP)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzSometimes running very close to full speed, but some other times slowing down, especiall during fights, hence yellow. But still, quite playable, and sound does not stutter much anymore.Yellow
Castlevania Chronicles (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzRuns at full speed. Excellent.Green
Queen's Blade Spiral Chaos (JP)0.9.1.301GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzRuns full speed. No issue in game.Green
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (EU)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzVideos stop at some times and need to 'buffer' apparently once in a while. 3D is faster in game than in 0.9.1.30 but far from smooth. Playable, but barely.Yellow
Mana Khemia Student Alliance (EU)0.9.1.30RebirthXXX1.55950 MhzSometimes a bit slow, slows down when a dialog window appears, but very playable.Yellow
Shining Ark (JP)0.9.1.301GHz4.03.021.541100 MhzSound stutters heavily in videos and the video appears to 'buffer' several times in each sequence. 3D is OK in game, a little slow but very playable. At 1100 Mhz the sound stutters a little less. Playable.Yellow
Shining Ark (JP)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551100 MhzTextures are broken in the intro (not transparent tree leaves), and in-game has become very very slow. Unplayable now.Orange
WipeOut Pure (EU)0.9.9.391GHz4.03.021.601000 Mhz3D is slow in game, and not faster than 0.9.8. Music still stutters a lot.Yellow
Need for Speed Carbon (US)0.9.1.311GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzA Slideshow fest. Unplayable.Orange
Need for Speed Rivals (US)0.9.1.311GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzIt does not even run at 1 FPS in-game. Shockingly slow. Of course, unplayable.Orange
Colin Mc Rae 2005 (EU)0.9.7.351GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzVery slow in game. Slideshow. Unplayable.Orange
Lego Batman (EU)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 Mhz3D is still slow in game, but it's much faster than in 0.9.7 - big progress while far from being playable still.Orange
Half Minute Hero (EU)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzGame is definitely full speed and visual artifacts seem to be gone.Green
Half Minute Hero (EU)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzGame is definitely full speed (put alpha hack ON, if not it won't be full speed and sound will be stuttering).Green
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (US)0.9.8.371GHz4.101.601100 MhzAlmost perfect. video are fine and there's only rare sound stuttering.Green
Persona 3 Portable (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzWorks great in this new version. Full speed, videos run perfectly. Superb!Green
Corpse Party (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzWorks great. Full speed, videos have sometimes a little stutter. Otherwise, superb!Green
Corpse Party Book Of Shadows(US)1.0.1.441GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzWorks great. no real slow downs. a few audio stuters here and there but otherwise completly playble.Green
Valkyrie Profile (US)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzBlack screen when launching the game. Some sound can be heard but nothing happens. Unplayable.Red
Little Big Planet (EU)0.9.1.301GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzMessage when starting: cannot install data locally (data is corrupt) therefore the game refuses to start.Red
Sakura Taisen 1&2 (JP)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzVideos don't show up at all, some graphic glitches are fixed but background are still invisible/not rendered properly. Plus, very slow and stuttering. Unplayable.Red
Sakura Taisen 1&2 (JP)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzVideos don't show up at all, some graphic glitches are fixed but background are still invisible/not rendered properly. Unplayable and somehow worse than in previous version in terms of rendering.Red
Jeanne d'Arc (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzVideos work fine, however the game is very slow and the characters' 3d figures do not display at all in the game (only their shadows). However, it runs faster than in 0.9.7 and noticeably so.Orange
Ridge Racer 2 (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.10.001.601000 MhzWorks fine, Need AutoFrameskip and Framebuffer Rendering (no Mipmap also). Gameplay Speed is between 85% and 100%, with 100% most of the time.Green
Velocity (EU)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzFull Speed.Green
Valkyria Chronicles 3 (JP)0.9.9.391GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzVideos now run perfectly, and the game running almost full speed with the occasional sound stuttering. Feels smoother than in 0.9.7.Green
Clannad (JP)0.9.1.301GHz4.03.021.541000 MhzRuns perfectly. It's kind of expected since it's a visual novel, but still, music plays fine too.Green
Patapon 3 (EU)0.9.5.321GHz4.03.021.551000 MhzVideos play perfectly now. Game is a bit slow and sound only stutters when the scene is complex now. Technically playable, but not enjoyable at this stage.Yellow
Loco Roco 2 (EU)0.9.9.391GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzUsing simple bezier curves for speedup in Settings. Game is a bit slow when there are lots of elements, but most of the time it runs very well and full speed. Music only stutters rarely now. Very Playable. Note some black screens in videos or cutscenes remain, while they don't affect the gameplay. Otherwise it would be green. Feels faster than in 0.9.8.Yellow
Disgaea 2 (US)0.9.6.341GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzGame runs fullspeed (it is obviously dropping frames but it's not bad at all).Green
Radiant Mythology0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzUsually fullspeed, but with a few drops here and there. Mostly playable.yellow
S.W.A.T.0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzSeems almost perfect so far.Green
Dead to Rights0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzToo slow to be playable.Orange
Little Big Planet0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzAgain, too slow to be playable.Orange
Riviera the Promised Land0.9.6.341 Ghz4.03.021.601000 MhzCrashes right in the middle of the first fight.Orange
F.F. Crisis Core0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzToo slow to be playable.Orange
007 To Russia With Love0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzRather slow.Orange
Socom 30.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzYet again, too slow to be playable.Orange
Ghost Recon0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzSometimes fullspeed, tends to lag. Graphical glitches here and there.Orange
Metal Gear Portable ops0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzAnother 'too-slow-to-be-playable' game.Orange
Star Wars Battlefront 20.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzYou know what I'm about to say. 'Too slow to be playable.'Orange
N.O.V.A.0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzImmediately crashes.Red
Resistance - Retribution0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzCrashes upon starting.Red
Final Fantasy 4: The After years0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzSometimes fullspeed, some glitches. Somewhat playable.yellow
3rd Birthday0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzLooks nice, but alas, 'tis too slow to bring merriment.Orange
Soul Calibur0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzSpeed beseches me. Too slow to be enjoyable.Orange
Rachet and Clank - Size matters0.9.5.32Rebirth4.03.021.55950 MhzToo slow to be playable. Has some graphical glitches.Orange
Earth Defense Force 2 Portable (J)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.02 & 4.101.601300 MhzAlthough the game is emulated practically flawlessly, it suffers from MASSIVE slowdown, and I do mean it. It rarely exceeds 3 FPS on 1.3 GHz and speedup hacks and frameskipping make no difference.Yellow
Tokobots (USA)0.9.81GHz4.03.021.601600 MhzThe game plays at max frames and suffers no slowdown. Only issue is that the faces of enemies are not visible.Green
Test Drive Unlimited0.9.8.361GHz4.03.02 & 4.101.601000 MhzScreen stays black, after pressing (X) videos play fine, but menu does not show on screen (menu music plays fine, too, showing ~8.0 FPS)Red
Tales of Phantasia: Cross Edition0.9.8.371GHz4.101.601300 MhzSlows down during the rain that occurs when visiting the burning town at the beginning and during the translition effect shown before a battle. Also, a still picture of a part of the Opening shows when switching games at the title screen. The issue with the graphics not displaying properly has been fixed in the mentioned build.Yellow
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (EU)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzGame-breaking glitch that caused the screen to go to black when changing areas is gone now. Extremely rarely, music stutters during duels and gameplay can slow down as well. You have to play with the emulation rendering to get either the card pictures to display properly in-duel or to see the monster summons. All in all, playable.Yellow
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 (US)0.9.8.361GHz4.03.021.601000 MhzGame-breaking glitch that caused the screen to go to black when changing areas is gone now. Music stutters during duels and gameplay can slow down as well. You have to play with the emulation rendering to get either the card pictures to display properly in-duel or to see the monster summons. All in all, playable.Yellow
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona1.0.1.431GHz4.04.??1.711200 MhzIn general, good. Stuttery music when in first-person dungeon-crawling view, but fully playableYellow

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