[tvOS] PPSSPP games crash on start
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
- I have searched the existing issues
Description
The PPSSPP emulator is crashing the RetroArch app once you load a game. This has been an issue before, which was resolved but it seems to be occurring again.
If you change the video driver to opengl, it will work as expected. However using the default vulkan results in the instant crash.
Expected behavior
No response
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Use the vulkan video driver
- Launch game
Version/Commit
1.21.0
Bisect Results
Yes, but I am not sure which exact version since I am a new user. According to Reddit, it should've been an year ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/1ctuw0d/ppsspp_crashes_on_apple_tv/
Here is the previous issue on GitHub: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/16536
Present in the nightly version
I don't know
Platform & operating system
tvOS 18.5
Affected Cores
PPSSPP a39eb4d
Environment information
No response
Relevant log output
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the crash on tvOS 18.5 with the Vulkan driver, PPSSPP core commit a39eb4d, and RetroArch 1.21.0; compare it with the working OpenGL configuration. Read the previous issue #16536 for related context and collect relevant logs. Done means PPSSPP games launch without crashing under the default Vulkan driver.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- computer-graphics, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100