Tenchu 3: Kaiki no Shou - Performance and Texture Issues

[xDayDreams]

Title

https://xemu.app/titles/46530005/#Tenchu-3-Kaiki-no-Shou
FS-005 [46530005]

Bug Description

The game experiences the following issues during gameplay:

• Performance Slowdowns: Noticeable slowdowns, particularly severe on certain missions compared to others.
• Internal Resolution Impact: Adjusting the internal resolution does not affect these slowdowns.
• Audio Issues:
  • While game soundtracks are of good quality, ambient sounds, character dialogue, movements, and attack sounds play at very low quality or volume.
  • The intro video has low-quality audio and video playback.
• Graphical Glitches:
  • Fire sources and weapons with smoke effects exhibit broken textures.
  • These issues are specific to the emulator and are not present in the PS2 version of the game.

Expected Behavior

The game should run smoothly without performance slowdowns, regardless of the mission or internal resolution settings. All audio, including ambient sounds, character dialogue, movements, attack sounds, and the intro video, should play at normal quality and volume. Graphical elements such as fire sources and weapons with smoke effects should render correctly, with no broken textures, matching the experience on the original PS2 hardware.

xemu Version

Version: 0.7.134
Branch: master
Commit: 7944150
Date: Fri Nov 22 22:52:22 UTC 2024

System Information

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core Processor
OS Platform: Windows
OS Version: 22H2
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
GPU Model: AMD Radeon RX 5700
Driver: 4.0.0 Core Profile Context 24.10.1.241007
Shader: 4.60

Additional Context

• The issue persists even after verifying the documentation and FAQ.
• No prior reports for this specific issue were found.
• Screenshots or logs can be provided if necessary.

[mborgerson]

Please split the issues into individual things so we can track and fix them separately.

Also, please don't compare to PS2 here, we are interested only in matching Xbox behavior.

[xDayDreams]

Please split the issues into individual things so we can track and fix them separately.

Also, please don't compare to PS2 here, we are interested only in matching Xbox behavior.

Will do them in separate posts, thanks for the input.