(Not Driver Bug) (Android) (Mali GPU) Star Wars The Force Unleashed graphics rendering issues

[Unknowncat1991]

Game or games this happens in

ULUS10345-Star Wars The Force Unleashed

What area of the game

Main menu of the game the word FORCE is not correctly rendered

Tested both vulkan and opengl backend even in software rendering same issue

What should happens

The word FORCE should rendered correctly.

Device Information

Xiaomi
Redmi 10X 4G

Mar 23, 2025 2:03
Uptime: 13h 14m 44s
Deep sleep: 2h 29m 4s (18%)

Hardware
MediaTek Helio G85
Hardware: MT6769Z
Cores: 8
CPU:
6 x Cortex-A55
2 x Cortex-A75
Process: 12 nm
Frequencies:
500 MHz - 1800 MHz
850 MHz - 2000 MHz
Governor: schedutil

GRAPHICS
Vendor: ARM
GPU: Mali-G52
OpenGL: OpenGL ES 3.2 v1.r26p0-01eac0.455662e55e7c7fb95a4b1db7e7af49a8
Resolution: 2340 x 1080
Screen density: 396.4935 ppi
Screen size (estimated): 6.5 in / 166 mm

RAM
RAM size: 3 GB
Type: LPDDR4X 1800 MHz
Channels: Dual channel

Storage
Size: 64 GB
Filesystem: sdcardfs

OTHER HARDWARE
Bluetooth support: Yes
Bluetooth LE support: Yes
USB host support: Yes
Infrared transmitter: Yes
NFC support: No

DEVICE
Model: M2003J15SC
Codename: merlin
Manufacturer: Xiaomi

System
Android Version: Android 12 (Snow Cone)
Build: SP1A.210812.016
MIUI: V13.0.2.0.SJOMIXM
Security patch: 1 Sept 2022
Architecture: aarch64 (64-bit)
Instruction sets: arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a armeabi
Kernel: 4.14.186-perf-00282-g937895300d86 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 13 20:19:20 CST 2022 aarch64

Battery
Technology: Li-poly
Health: Good
Capacity (reported by system): 5020 mAh

GE frame capture

I cannot create ge dump because my phone has low memory in ram.

Platform

Android

Mobile device model or graphics card (GPU)

Redmi Note 9

PPSSPP version affected

Current nightly build as of march 23 2025

Last working version

I tried v1.18.1 same issue will try 1.17 below

Graphics backend (3D API)

Vulkan

Checklist

• Test in the latest git build in case it's already fixed.
• Search for other reports of the same issue.
• Try resetting settings or older versions and include if the issue is related.
• Try changing graphics settings to determine if one causes the glitch (especially speed hacks or enhancements/replacements.)
• Include logs or screenshots of issue.

[Unknowncat1991]

I also notice opening FMV doesnt rendered correctly

XRecorderLite_23032025_141716.mp4

Watch the correct FMV here ~ https://youtu.be/SCIEMAVjkdk?si=5VQyeaYKjcT0DK74

[sum2012]

Test no problem in windows in v1.18.1-1437-gca1819fe85

[Panderner]

I cannot reproduce this issue for my Samsung Galaxy A35.

GE Dump here:

ULUS10345.zip

[Unknowncat1991]

GE Dump rendered correctly
This is might be a bug because the game is converted to chd format?

[hrydgard]

Nah I don't think so, chd should not affect the output. I think this is more likely a driver bug, since it's so hard to reproduce for others. Not sure if we should bother keeping it open.

[Unknowncat1991]

I also notice opening FMV doesnt rendered correctly

XRecorderLite_23032025_141716.mp4
Watch the correct FMV here ~ https://youtu.be/SCIEMAVjkdk?si=5VQyeaYKjcT0DK74

Reopening for this issue!

[Unknowncat1991]

I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENED!!! But enabling 4x MSAA and SHADERS (PSP color + Natural color no bloom) my issue was fixed!, weird?

So this is not a driver bug haha 😁

XRecorderLite_25032025_100429.mp4

[Unknowncat1991]

But after fixing the graphics rendering glitch the performance got worst unlike before 😢
1x resolution
4x msaa off
geometry off
shaders off

still very slow and the sounds is very annoying!

[anr2me]

I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENED!!! But enabling 4x MSAA and SHADERS (PSP color + Natural color no bloom) my issue was fixed!, weird?

So this is not a driver bug haha 😁

XRecorderLite_25032025_100429.mp4

It should works even without enhancement shaders, if it need those shaders that mean there is a bug, and those shaders just work around it.