[BUG]: SLUS-20937 Wild ARMs Alter Code F - GPU Palette Conversion broken in 2.2.0

[rbrettj]

Describe the Bug

I noticed once upgrading from 2.0.2 to 2.2.0 that Wild ARMs Alter Code F's rendering looked way different: textures would disappear or be replaced, triangles would completely disappear, etc. I started messing around with the settings and checked the Manual Hardware Renderer Fixes which seemed to resolve the issue. The display said that this changed gpuPaletteConversion = 2 (not sure how that aligns with a checkbox but okay).

That's the best I can give you at the moment. Not sure what could have caused it, but there appears to be a workaround, which is good.

Reproduction Steps

Enable or disable GPU Palette Conversion. I had to manually restart the game to see the broken state, as enabling it fixed it at runtime.

Expected Behavior

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PCSX2 Revision

v2.2.0

Operating System

Windows 11

If Linux - Specify Distro

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CPU

i5-1035G4

GPU

Intel Iris Plus Graphics (Surface built-in card)

GS Settings

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Emulation Settings

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GS Window Screenshots

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Logs & Dumps

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[Berylskid]

SLUS-20987 is Pool Paradise instead, according to GameIndex

[rbrettj]

Whoops; good catch. Typo. Corrected.

[lightningterror]

@rbrettj Can you post a gs dump?

[rbrettj]

Wild ARMs - Alter Code F_SLUS-20937_20241222190954.gs.zip

[lightningterror]

@rbrettj I don't see a difference between the two releases?
Can you post a gs dump where it shows the issue?

[rbrettj]

I don't think I'm understanding what you mean; there's only the single dump and screenshot, both with the issue. Did you want me to post two dumps, one with and one without the issue? I followed the instructions on how to generate the dumps from on here but there's a chance I didn't do it right. I just want to make sure I get you what you're asking for. My apologies for the confusion.

[lightningterror]

I mean I don't see any issue on the dump you posted, or am I missing something?

[rbrettj]

I'm not sure where you got that image, but here is the one included within the zip that shows the issue:

[lightningterror]

I'm not sure where you got that image

It's from the gs dump you provided when replaying it I can't spot any issue, are you running any non default settings?