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hikari-no-yume
THPS2 Bullring Crash and Flickering Graphics
When doing the Bullring Competition at the end of the career with any skater, the game has the tendency to freeze when starting the next heat. It doesn't crash traditionally, but instead the game stays on the same frame and you can hear some sound (mainly the bull and the first second of the next song) but you can't do anything but restart.
The game sometimes proceeds to the next heat as normal if you let the replay of your run completely finish but it's not guaranteed, though with this method I was able to 100% the game.
Another issue i've found is in regards to some graphics disappearing in certain areas, mainly in Venice, the Bullring and the top part of the Warehouse. It mostly effects the HUD but can effect the skaters, the level itself and even the pause menu, which means if you pause at the wrong time you basically softlock yourself.
I think this ties into the draw distance since it happens on the bigger levels, however I have had similar graphical issues on MLB World Series 2009 and 2010 (which I've reported in the compatibility database) as well as on RE4 and Degeneration on alborrajo's PRs, which they were unable to replicate so its possible it could be my phone.
I am using a Samsung Galaxy A42 running Android 12 on an Adreno GPU if that helps at all.
Hello,
Thanks for a detailed report. I don't really have solutions for the reported issues, but few thoughts to share:
- Bullring problem could be a problem of the game itself - you can find reports about it being a problem on iOS
- HUD issue is weird and can be problem of quality of emulation. Hard to say for sure without exact steps to reproduce.
- Graphical issues may related to (surprise! surprise!) graphical drivers of Adreno GPU. I know that @hikari-no-yume experimented in the past with ANGLE drivers, maybe your issues would be fixed as well once (if?) it gets supported.
Thanks for responding so quickly Cici, appreciate it.
I did also see reports of similar issues on Bullring on actual hardware but since they didn't go into specifics and just said the game crashed I wasn't sure if my issue was the same, though I would assume it is.
With regards to the HUD flickering I think it probably just falls under the Adreno drivers issue since disappearing/flickering seems to be a hallmark of them.
I'm glad to see there's a chance of those Adreno issues getting fixed though, would you like this issue closed or should I keep it open and report if/when it eventually gets fixed?
