PPSSPP 1.9.0 fixes more bugs and performance issues. 1.9.3 fixes a few additional bugs on Android primarily.
A list of the major changes:
- Flicker fixed in God of War that appeared with newer drivers for Mali GPUs (#12224)
- Improve performance of God of War on Vulkan (#12242), implement built-in GPU profiler (#12262, #12266)
- Vertex range culling fixed on ARM Mali (#12227)
- Started to improve VFPU precision, resulting so far in a fix for the long standing Tekken 6 leg shaking problem (#12217)
- Fixed a VFPU precision snafu on ARM64, fixing disappearing officers in Warriors Orochi (#11299) and some problems in Tomb Raider (#11179).
- Vulkan is the default again on Android versions newer than Pie
- Fix various homebrew store issues
- GPU pause signal handling fixed, fixing some hangs in Bleach and Armored Core games (#12160)
- Audio sample rate conversion handling fixes (#12147)
- Some Vulkan optimizations (pre-rotation (#12216), perf fix in Metal Gear Acid, etc)
- Multiple fixes for the UWP build (#12036, others)
- MP3 playback fixes (#12005)
- Audio in Motorstorm: Arctic Edge fixed by returning errors correctly (#12121)
- Audio glitches in Final Fantasy Tactics fixed (#9956)
- Camera display in Invizimals fixed (#12278, #8521)
- Added hotkeys for texture dump and replace (#11938)
- Added Visual Studio 2019 support. Windows XP is no longer supported (#11995, others)
- Fixes for video capture (#12069)
- Added a separate sound volume for alternative speed (#12124)
- Improved mouse control (Windows only) (#12173, #12176)
- Support for installing texture packs and ISOs from zips (#12175)
- Right analog support for touch controls (only used by patched games and some HD remasters) (#12182)
- Android: Fix OpenSL initialization, possibly helps audio crackle a little. (#12333).
- Fix graphics on Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K
- Fixed strange vehicle behavior in MGS:PW (somehow) (#12342)
- Ported to the Nintendo Switch by m4xw! Builds available on m4xw's Patreon.