![]() The brush meant LOADS of animal sightings and interesting things to observe. Even though the sites are small, they are pretty secluded from neighboring sites via trees and brush. Most had coverings over the picnic tables (all except our two sites, weirdly enough). The park rangers let me know these are some of the most coveted spots because it’s where the bald eagles hang out. ![]() We ended up on the east side of the Yaupon Camping Area, just because they were the only sites left when I booked. I booked this park pretty last minute and didn’t really know much about it. In my research there’s also been some interest in oil drilling and fracking in and around the lake, though I didn’t find anything suggesting that any of the interest actually panned out. Now it’s a popular recreational spot for camping, fishing and boating. In 1962 they began construction on the Somerville Dam, and by 1968 lake Somerville was dedicated. The lake (truly a 11,160-acre reservoir) was originally constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers to help control flooding in the Yegua Creek watershed. It wasn’t on a bucket list, just geographically on our way home from Pedernales Falls State Park (when we do long camping trips we often try to hit two parks). This was not a park I knew a lot about before visiting. The two units have different addresses, which is important if you’re using your GPS to get there. Save to the virtual memory card in every game if you don’t want to start from scratch after every update.It’s important to note that the park is broken up into two units, Birch Creek on the north side and Nails Creek on the south side of the lake. The game does support save states, but updates tend to wipe them.Still, it’s worth experimenting with this option if your preferred game has some headroom for a higher resolution. AetherSX2 also supports resolution upscaling, from 1x (the original resolution of the game) all the way to 8x.This could make the default power mode better for longer play sessions. Just keep in mind that higher temperatures can also lead to faster throttling. This increases performance at the expense of battery life and temperature. One way to potentially get better performance that has nothing to do with the app is to switch from your phone’s default power profile to a performance mode (usually available in battery settings).Three other settings worth toggling for better performance include the GPU Palette Conversion, Preload Textures, and Disable Hardware Readbacks options.Enabling this on a phone with only two big cores could result in slower speeds. This can also bring a significant speed boost, but requires at least three big CPU cores. Another handy tip from the horse’s mouth is to enable the Multi-Threaded VU1 option (found in the Three-line menu button > App Settings > System).The EE Cycle Rate should be changed to a negative number, while the Cycle Skip should be set at a positive number. This can be accomplished by visiting the Three-line Menu button > App Settings > System, then choosing the EE Cycle Rate (Underclocking) and EE Cycle Skip (Underclocking option) fields. The developer also recommends that those with slower phones try underclocking the emulated console’s CPU.This is handy if you’ve got one game that requires plenty of tweaks, while the rest of your library works just fine with minimal changes. In case you didn’t know, you can tap and hold on a game listing to adjust settings for that title. The Vulkan API generally delivers a fast experience but might not deliver the best experience for all games. Try changing the graphics renderer from OpenGL to Vulkan, for one.Fortunately, the developer includes several features and offers plenty of tips. It doesn’t help that hundreds of phone models and dozens of processors are out there. Being an advanced PS2 emulator, AetherSX2 can be a major challenge for smartphones.
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