Crt emudrivers adrenalin update needed

[xbrunox]

Hi Calamity,
I've a small request... Not so small really...
Pls can U release a New version of Crt emudrivers
Based on adrenalin 19.12.2 or later Pls...
Unfortunaly previous adrenalin version have very big problems with supermodel emulator (Ian the authors has speak with AMD drivers team too) and the older Crimson version Unfortunaly don't support vulkan that Unfortunaly is necessary for the latest Cxbx version..

[rancid]

From what I understand it is a tremendous amount of work to update these driver sets which is why it doesn't happen often.  I would be willing to contribute towards funding Calamity's time for a new update as well just to get better vulkan support.

[Calamity]

As said it's a lot of work. I'd like to release a version per year at least. I'm currently working on an update of Switchres which has been postponed for too long. I won't be able to focus on CRT Emudriver for some months.

It's a shame about AMD drivers.

[BahnYuki]

What I've done is downloaded the exact driver that is patched, for instance for my R7 250 I use the 18.5.1 driver and install that first. Then I install the CRT EmuDriver afterwards. I know have Vulkan usuable as well as the features from CRT EMudriver like VMM functional.

[rancid]

What I've done is downloaded the exact driver that is patched, for instance for my R7 250 I use the 18.5.1 driver and install that first. Then I install the CRT EmuDriver afterwards. I know have Vulkan usuable as well as the features from CRT EMudriver like VMM functional.

Interesting, do you mind helping me with a r380x?  Are you saying download an official adrenaline set that works with my card, install the package and then emudriver on top?  I'll give it a shot if that's all that is to it.

[psakhis]

You can try downloading vulkan sdk...

https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows

[alex2005]

Whats the issue with supermodel emulator?
Just out of curiosity. In my setup sega rally 2 has some graphic flaws but always thought its an emulator issue, not a drivers issue.
Could anyone elaborate a bit please?
Thank you

[Foxhole]

Supermodel works very slow on the adrenalin drivers, on win7 x64, unless you use the legacy engine. Not sure about win10 compatibility.

[xbrunox]

Supermodel works very slow on the adrenalin drivers, on win7 x64, unless you use the legacy engine. Not sure about win10 compatibility.

https://community.amd.com/thread/242361

[psakhis]

I have similar problem with cemu, in my case testing 1.7.2b version with major vulkan improvements.

The vulkan driver 18.5.1 outdated makes visual glitches. I find this workaround with perfect results now.

 1-Download latest drivers
 2-Expand vulkan files, in my case: amdvlk32.dl_, amdvlk64.dl_, vulkan32.dl_, vulkan64.dl_, vulkaninfo32.ex_, vulkaninfo64.ex_
 3-Replacing files of system32 and syswow64.
     3.1) amdvlk32.dll and amdvlk64.dll
     3.2) amd-vulkan32.json, amd-vulkan64.json
     3.3) renaming vulkan32.dll to vulkan-1.dll, vulkan64.dll to vulkan-1.dll, vulkaninfo64.exe vulkaninfo.exe

I don't know if this method is avaible with opengl...



     
 

[psakhis]

Hi! I do the same method for OpenGL. In my case i don't notice better performance in supermodel emulator, maybe my GPU isn't so good (ATI 7750).
 
Yuhuuu i tested rev729 and its 60fps perfect! Maybe latest wip it's the problem    (*)

These files for replace on system32 and syswow64:
atig6pxx.dll
atig6txx.dll
atiglpxx.dll
atio6axx.dll

(*) Seems superior wip revisions from 729 lose performance...at least with my gpu.

[faxesystem]

Sorry for digging this up. I tried to update the Vulkan drivers as suggested but sadly it's not working for me.
I have the same graphical glitches with CRTEmudriver in CEmu. I did as psakhis wrote and replaced the Vulkan files from the latest drivers with the one in SysWOW64 and System32. CEmu now crashes, Dolphin says it can't load the Vulkan drivers and Retroarch is also crashing. So is there anything else in order to get the Vulkan drivers updated?

Thank you for your help.

I got it working but have to do some further tests. If I can confirm this solution it will be a bit easier than the one mentioned already in here.

[Yuke]

Sorry for digging this up. I tried to update the Vulkan drivers as suggested but sadly it's not working for me.
I have the same graphical glitches with CRTEmudriver in CEmu. I did as psakhis wrote and replaced the Vulkan files from the latest drivers with the one in SysWOW64 and System32. CEmu now crashes, Dolphin says it can't load the Vulkan drivers and Retroarch is also crashing. So is there anything else in order to get the Vulkan drivers updated?

Thank you for your help.

I got it working but have to do some further tests. If I can confirm this solution it will be a bit easier than the one mentioned already in here.

Any news on this, mate?

[tonyt76]

What I've done is downloaded the exact driver that is patched, for instance for my R7 250 I use the 18.5.1 driver and install that first. Then I install the CRT EmuDriver afterwards. I now have Vulkan usuable as well as the features from CRT EMudriver like VMM functional.

Has anyone else tried this and gotten it to work?

[tonyt76]

Anyone?

[schmerzkaufen]

... on the topic of Emudrivers update I wanted to say: please wait for RDNA 3 / RX 7000 series (or whatever they'll call it) by the end of 2021.
Updating drivers for current GPUs would be nice but it's good to also consider the additional newer hardware support they're supposed to bring.

if Mr. C updated Emudriver now (up to RDNA 2 same architecture as the new consoles), the added GPUs on the list would all be of the meh 'interim' generations, even the current~newest RX 6000 series clumsily introducing the new features, is meh.
While the next will almost certainly be more accomplished both soft-and-hard-wise.
For us I think RDNA 3 GPUs will be like the R7 and R9 series of the future.

[psakhis]

For Vulkan API update on actual Calamity drivers isn't a problem; I have Cemu emulator running well with last drivers following my post.

[Calamity]

If this actually works, I might bundle the newer Vulkan files posted by psakhis into the existing Emudriver package. This would be much easier and faster than a new version of Emudriver, that I don't have a schedule for.

[tonyt76]

For Vulkan API update on actual Calamity drivers isn't a problem; I have Cemu emulator running well with last drivers following my post.

Psakhis can you please explain how to do this?

[tonyt76]

 

[psakhis]

It's "easy", all the files i mentioned are in system32 and syswow64 folders of windows directory.

[tonyt76]

It's "easy", all the files i mentioned are in system32 and syswow64 folders of windows directory.

copy:

amdvlk32.dll
amd-vulkan32.json
vulkan32.dll to vulkan-1.dll
vulkaninfo32.exe to vulkaninfo.exe

to syswow64?

copy:

amdvlk64.dll
amd-vulkan64.json
vulkan64.dll to vulkan-1.dll
vulkaninfo64.exe to vulkaninfo.exe

to system32?

[psakhis]

Yes, do it and restart windows.

[tonyt76]

Yes, do it and restart windows.

Ok, do these files go in syswow64 & system32?

atig6pxx.dll
atig6txx.dll
atiglpxx.dll
atio6axx.dll

[psakhis]

Isn't necessary, amd opengl drivers have not improved.

[tisurame]

If this actually works, I might bundle the newer Vulkan files posted by psakhis into the existing Emudriver package. This would be much easier and faster than a new version of Emudriver, that I don't have a schedule for.

That would be a great idea! The lack of newer Vulkan files is really hurting, since a lot of apps (Retroarch, for example) only work with newer versions.

[Moksi]

Hi! I do the same method for OpenGL. In my case i don't notice better performance in supermodel emulator, maybe my GPU isn't so good (ATI 7750).
 
Yuhuuu i tested rev729 and its 60fps perfect! Maybe latest wip it's the problem    (*)

These files for replace on system32 and syswow64:
atig6pxx.dll
atig6txx.dll
atiglpxx.dll
atio6axx.dll



(*) Seems superior wip revisions from 729 lose performance...at least with my gpu.

Where could i download these (atig6pxx.dll, atig6txx.dll,atiglpxx.dll,atio6axx.dll)  files will i be abel to run Supermodel 60fps fullscreen with the latest crt emudriver adrenalin 18.5.1

I installed the crtemudriver crimson 16.2.1 i noticed i cant access the AMD settings driver (with adrenalin i could go into the settings so i can do some colour adjustments etc.)
SuperModel runs smooth fullscreen but i cant get my Crt desktop resolution at 640 x 480.
Only max 300 x 240.   

Supermodel works but fullscreen is stretched because i think of the small max desktop 300 x 240 resolution.
Is there any way to get the crt desktop res to run at 640 x 480 manually ?

[psakhis]

You need pass arguments to emulator, i prefer play with progressive. Example of my "run.cmd" command

supermodel.exe %1 -res=640,240 -fullscreen -stretch

If you want to change desktop resolution i recommend you DISPLAY CHANGER II https://12noon.com/?page_id=641

[Moksi]

You need pass arguments to emulator, i prefer play with progressive. Example of my "run.cmd" command

supermodel.exe %1 -res=640,240 -fullscreen -stretch

If you want to change desktop resolution i recommend you DISPLAY CHANGER II https://12noon.com/?page_id=641

In the SUperModel UI the res is set to approx 300 x 200. But the fullscreen remains stretched the insert coins is almost visible at the bottom of the 21 tv

After some install (uninstall) attempts when i uninstalled the crt emudriver 2.0 crimson 16.2.1 i constantly got bluescreen of death errors whenever i tried to install the base amd driver.
Had to do System restore to fix that thank god.
When  uninstall the driver i use AMD cleaning tool which uninstalls in safe mode but i wanted to test various amd drivers (crt emudriver)   
 i installed AMD crimson 17.11.4 first then i did crt emudriver 2.0 crimson 16.2.1  , but it disabled the Amd 17.11.4 driver so i couldnt access AMD settings config anymore.

WIth the adrenalin crt emudriver , i could access the AMD 18.5.1 driver settings

Im really carefully now i will wait some more days before i mess with it again.

You was able to make Supermodel to run with emudriver 2.0 adrenalin driver with replacing of these driver files in the comments

"These files for replace on system32 and syswow64:''
atig6pxx.dll
atig6txx.dll
atiglpxx.dll
atio6axx.dll

From what driver version ? Adrenalin 18.6.1 ? and then replaced them

Otherwise i hope to See a Crt emudriver Update soon which fixes the Supermodel probs

[psakhis]

Hi Moksi,
i haven't needed update drivers for this emulator, with crt emudriver 18.5.1 works fine.

You need install modelines, it's all. I don't use Supermodel UI, only command line.

[Moksi]

i installed the modelines , but experienced slow down when i go fullscreen i will try to run the game from the command line to see if i get slowdown lag.

[xbrunox]

Hi Moksi,
i haven't needed update drivers for this emulator, with crt emudriver 18.5.1 works fine.

You need install modelines, it's all. I don't use Supermodel UI, only command line.

U are the only one that have no lag with supermodel and adrenalin crt emudrivers. Cool

[psakhis]

Hi Moksi,
i haven't needed update drivers for this emulator, with crt emudriver 18.5.1 works fine.

You need install modelines, it's all. I don't use Supermodel UI, only command line.

U are the only one that have no lag with supermodel and adrenalin crt emudrivers. Cool

Probably you are using a version that is too recent. Just try rev729. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s83iJWdeZqba_i1MZBNQADbwhnuVcb4U/view?usp=sharing

[Moksi]

Ok thanks will need to install the crtemudriver adrenalin driver again , had some probs with when i almost messed up installing , unistalling doing different drivers , it really gave me probs when i uninstalled the crtemudriver crimson 16.2.1.

It didnt recognize my GPU card anymore , man glad system restore restored it again where GPU is recognized

I will try it Supermodel version you mentioned , weird that that version is running & the latter versions dont work.

Then with the newer Versions of Super model it has something that crtemudriver doesnt seem to like.

Ill let you know if rev 729 works for me

[Moksi]

Hi Moksi,
i haven't needed update drivers for this emulator, with crt emudriver 18.5.1 works fine.

You need install modelines, it's all. I don't use Supermodel UI, only command line.

U are the only one that have no lag with supermodel and adrenalin crt emudrivers. Cool

Probably you are using a version that is too recent. Just try rev729. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s83iJWdeZqba_i1MZBNQADbwhnuVcb4U/view?usp=sharing

I can confirm this version r729 runs fine and probably prev versions should work so thanks !

I will use thisversion untill a new crtemudriver will update

[xbrunox]

Just For info...

With the last supermodel r864 now u can play all model 3 games in LAN and sega rally 2 too

[donluca]

Just For info...

With the last supermodel r864 now u can play all model 3 games in LAN and sega rally 2 too

OMG that's amazing.
I wonder how far away we are from an implementation in something like fightcade.

[0mike0b]

If this actually works, I might bundle the newer Vulkan files posted by psakhis into the existing Emudriver package. This would be much easier and faster than a new version of Emudriver, that I don't have a schedule for.

Here to voice interest in this. Been trying to resolve the issue myself and following all the different recommendations like copying those vulkan files to the Windows folders, installing Vulkan runtime standalone, and installing over up to date stock drivers and nothing seems to be working. I have two cards on this computer and when I disable the emdriver card Retroarch can launch in Vulkan again as well as when stock drivers are actively installed to it but nothing else, frustrating

[psakhis]

Here to voice interest in this. Been trying to resolve the issue myself and following all the different recommendations like copying those vulkan files to the Windows folders, installing Vulkan runtime standalone, and installing over up to date stock drivers and nothing seems to be working. I have two cards on this computer and when I disable the emdriver card Retroarch can launch in Vulkan again as well as when stock drivers are actively installed to it but nothing else, frustrating

Hi, what are you doing exactly? Which gpu do you have?

[Moksi]

I have similar problem with cemu, in my case testing 1.7.2b version with major vulkan improvements.

The vulkan driver 18.5.1 outdated makes visual glitches. I find this workaround with perfect results now.

 1-Download latest drivers
 2-Expand vulkan files, in my case: amdvlk32.dl_, amdvlk64.dl_, vulkan32.dl_, vulkan64.dl_, vulkaninfo32.ex_, vulkaninfo64.ex_
 3-Replacing files of system32 and syswow64.
     3.1) amdvlk32.dll and amdvlk64.dll
     3.2) amd-vulkan32.json, amd-vulkan64.json
     3.3) renaming vulkan32.dll to vulkan-1.dll, vulkan64.dll to vulkan-1.dll, vulkaninfo64.exe vulkaninfo.exe

I don't know if this method is avaible with opengl...

This method worked for me on my Win 7 64bit OS, But with My Win 10 64bit HDD it didnt work , i installed the vulkan runtime files it only worked short after reboot distort crt everytime

Win10 only had the vulkan-1.dll & vulkaninfo.exe in x86 & x64 Windows folder