PCSX2
[BUG]: Xenosaga Episode II pause screen rendering
Describe the Bug
Pausing during the opening FMV in the hardware renderer causes the image behind it to flicker, switching between API's causes the game to render nothing at all (OSD reports 0x0 resolution), and switching to software mode while still paused makes the pause overlay disappear.
(Flickering) https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd4d2d3a-acbb-4fcb-ab08-27a6fd7195fe
(No output/black screen switching to OpenGL from Vulkan while still paused)
(Pause overlay missing after switching to software rendering while still paused)
(Unpausing, switching to software rendering, then pausing again [correct behavior])
The behavior of the image in the background is further affected by deinterlacing settings.
(Weave/MAD show these scanline like artifacts instead of flickering)
Reproduction Steps
Start a new game in the hardware renderer (OpenGL/Vulkan), progress through initial setup prompts until the first FMV starts and press start.
Expected Behavior
Pausing works correctly in the software renderer, it should in the hardware renderer too.
PCSX2 Revision
v2.5.274
Operating System
Linux (64bit) - Specify distro below
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CachyOS (Arch-based)
CPU
Intel i5 12400f
GPU
AMD RX 570
Logs & Dumps
(Remove the zip extension) Single frame Xenosaga - Episode II - Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Disc 1 of 2]_SLUS-20892_20251106163237.gs.zst.zip
Multi-frame going into the FMV from the loading screen before it Xenosaga - Episode II - Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Disc 1 of 2]_SLUS-20892_20251106170636.gs.zst.zip
Switching between renderers can cause issues, I have seen them with some games but since they work fine when rebooting I don't think they are worth mentioning. The flickering issue when pausing is caused by this PR https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/13127.
