PCSX2 Documentation

This page is an attempt to clearly document the workings of the PCSX2 code, to make life easier for those who wish to join the project. I beg any PCSX2 developers to please populate this guide as much as possible.

Introduction for Developers

• Compiling on Windows
• Compiling on Linux
• Introduction for Developers

PCSX2 Developer's Guide

• Code Formatting Guidelines
• Commenting Etiquette
• Contributing To-Do List
• Git Survival Guide
• How to Create Useful and Valid Issues
• WxWidgets Coding Strategies
• Passing Settings Between Threads
• Threading Basics
• Threading Advanced
• Supported Languages
• Reverb Engine
• Translation Guide
• Using Poedit
• Chroot and 64-bit Linux
• GNU Debugger Tips

Excerpts from the Developer's Blog

• Virtual Memory: Jul '06
• Nightmare on Floating-Point Street: Aug '06
• 64-bit Recompilation: Oct '06
• PCSX2 Optimization: Jan '07
• Graphics Synthesizer, GPUs and Dual Cores: Aug '07
• So maybe it's about time we explained VTLB: Feb '09
• Events o' Plenty: Jun '09
• Recompilers: All 'dems buzzwords?: Jun '09
• Measuring the Benefits of wxWidgets: Jul '09
• C++ exceptions can be an optimization: Aug '09
• What's clamping? And why do we need it?: Aug '09
• PS2 VU (Vector Unit) Documentation Part 1: Sep '09
• Thread Synchronization: Oct '09
• Thread Counting: Oct '09
• A new kind of fullscreen!: Jan '10
• Introduction to Dynamic Recompilation: Mar '10
• SPU2 is more than just sound!: Mar '10
• The return of the Commandline!: Jun '10
• Advanced memory management: Aug '10
• VirtualAlloc on Linux: Aug '10
• PS2's Programmable DMA: Aug '10
• MSVC 2008 optimizer fail: Sep '10
• Benchmarking Multithreaded PCSX2: Oct '10
• Threading VU1: Aug '11
• Path 3 Masking / Geometry Syncing: Sep '11
• MMU mini-series: Nov '14

PCSX2 Code Documentation

• PCSX2 Build Scripts
• PCSX2 GUI
• PCSX2 Core
• GSdx Plugin