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XargonWan
PPSSPP (SA) - Invisible/mangled UI text
Hello. I downloaded the latest stable (https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK/releases/tag/0.4.1b) version of RetroDECK and I tried running PPSSPP to play Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
All the UI text was invisible, so I looked online and I found this: https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/
I confirmed this is most likely the issue because the standalone version of PPSSPP I used by going in the tools menu works without any issue.
Therefore, after checking around this project's wiki and past discussions, I found out that the bios folder is symlinked to RetroArch's system folder, therefore I followed the instructions by placing the PSP assets in a new folder within bios called PPSSPP and I tried to run the game again.
The result is that the text is now visible (except some button labels), but it is mangled and completely unreadable:
- What else could I be missing?
- Can this process be automated since the assets file are easily available on a Github public repository and PPSSPP standalone already has them without requiring this manual download?
Thank you! If I find out what's going on and if it can actually be automated, I might try PRing it myself :)
This is the only game I have tested so far. I'll try to get a few more and report back, if you have any specific game you think might be worth testing, tell me (luckily back in psp days I bought a LOT of games :) ). I'll soon test GTA Liberty City Stories and maybe some Ratchet & Clank, still not sure
Update: I tried some games here and there and none of my games had similar issues yet.
@Carbonhell https://www.reddit.com/r/PPSSPP/comments/fn8o6o/peace_walker_menu_text_not_showing/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Did you try this?
I just tried the solution shown in your link and it partially solved some issues: the text is now visible in most windows except the save/load menus.
There is one more issue now, which happened only when I loaded the fonts in the folder (bios/PPSSPP/flash0/font). In the main menu ingame the background is yellow for some reasons:
But what is worse is that by joining a random mission, ingame the whole screen flashes a full yellow/green tint, although the start menu and some UI icons seem to work:
Could it be that now that the fonts are being loaded from the bios folder, retroarch is not loading something else? EDIT:as commented on discord, I'll retry on the latest version of RetroDeck to be sure it isn't something which was already fixed.
