[BLUS30399] Afrika not recognizing animals in photos.

[DevinWatson]

Quick summary

In the game Afrika you take photos of animals and then those photos are ranked much like Pokemon Snap. When running on RPCS3 the animals in the photos are not recognized which prevents progressing past the first mission.

Details

Requested animal not pictured: Animal

Maybe the error log?
·E 0:08:27.845816 {PPU[0x1000000] Thread (main_thread) [HLE:0x00b059bc, LR:0x0026cc0c]} SYS: 'cellVdecGetPicItem' failed with 0x80610104 : CELL_VDEC_ERROR_EMPTY [1]
·E 0:08:27.845911 {PPU[0x1000000] Thread (main_thread) [HLE:0x00b059ac, LR:0x0026cc64]} SYS: 'cellVdecGetPicture' failed with 0x80610104 : CELL_VDEC_ERROR_EMPTY [1]

HDD1_BLUS30399_.zip

RPCS3.log

dds converted to jpeg

Comparison with real PS3.

5. Please provide your system configuration:

• OS: Windows 10
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• GPU Nvidia GeForce 980Ti
• Driver version: 511.79

AFRIKA™ [BLUS30399]
RPCS3 Version: 0.0.21-13400-e53bbd66 Alpha

https://forums.rpcs3.net/archive/index.php/thread-181400-2.html

[DevinWatson]

BLUS30399A.zip

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[Megamouse]

Can you send another log? But this time, set cellVdec to Trace.
Basically the last line in your config.yml should look like this.
Log: {cellVdec: Trace}

[DevinWatson]

Apologies for the delay @Megamouse here is the log with cellVdec trace enabled:

RPCS3.log

I am using a newer version of RPCS3 and the issue is still persisting. Please let me know if I can provide additional assistance.

RPCS3 Version: 0.0.22-13592-5ae9de4e Alpha | master

[DevinWatson]

This seems to be the error with cellVdecGetPicItem:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/DevinWatson/c3defd71353aef907ee5e500a3414753/raw/fd01d741f7d9644d120b13d0c7320aa3f3d6fc66/gistfile1.txt

[Megamouse]

I don't think this is problem related to cellVdec.
But you can try to LLE cellVdec in the advanced tab.
Maybe I'm wrong.

[DevinWatson]

Yeah, that didn't fix it. 🤔

How can I enable trace logging for everything?

[ChwaraeTeg]

According to the forum compatibility report, this is now working as expected with Write Color Buffers on.

[bikeking8]

Can confirm that the write color buffer works on new games, not existing game saves for latest build for more than first mission.