Hacking Vita Retroarch Nightly Builds!

[sj33]

I assume we have to re-add the icons again every time we update our cores? Presumably they get overwritten.

 

[Radius4]

We'll add icons soon anyhow

 

[SonsofOcelot]

Looks like fun. Tried a nightly build of SNES9x Next two nights ago and was generally pleased with it. So is there any chance of SNES Star Fox running at a good framerate? When I loaded it it tanked to ~30 fps and was choppy as all get out. Really want my classic Star Fox fix...

 

[Stwert]

Looks like fun. Tried a nightly build of SNES9x Next two nights ago and was generally pleased with it. So is there any chance of SNES Star Fox running at a good framerate? When I loaded it it tanked to ~30 fps and was choppy as all get out. Really want my classic Star Fox fix...

Try disabling Vsync, failing that use CATSFC and disable Vsync, that's The combo I'm using and Star Fox is very playable. Haven't done a frame rate check but it seems well above 30.

 

[jon2491]

Has anyone tried the online updater? Does it work?

 

[SeongGino]

Has anyone tried the online updater? Does it work?

Never has, and never will.

 

[sj33]

@Radius4 - Is there any chance that the naming scheme can be revised?

For example, the bubbles are currently now named as e.g. 'RetroArch fbalpha2012_neogeo' which results in the name of many cores being clipped due to the limited amount of characters that can be displayed. Because the name of the core comes at the end, it often gets clipped off - an example being the FBAlpha cores, which all appear identical as bubbles due to the names being clipped, it's impossible to know which FBAlpha core you are loading without actually loading the core.

Givne the limited amount of characters that can be displayed for the bubbles, it might bet better to put the name of the core first. For example, 'FBAlpha Neo Geo Libretro', 'Genesis Plus GX LibRetro' etc. This would avoid the name of the cores themselves getting clipped.

 

[angelhp]

Prosystem_libreto (atari 7800) (bad graphics)
GPSP_libreto (GBA) (no load roms)
cores add

 

[laharl22]

Prosystem_libreto (atari 7800)
GPSP_libreto (GBA )
cores add

I dont see this 2 cores on latest nightly

 

[angelhp]

I dont see this 2 cores on latest nightly

In latest nightly are this cores but not found well

 

[Radius4]

@Radius4 - Is there any chance that the naming scheme can be revised?

For example, the bubbles are currently now named as e.g. 'RetroArch fbalpha2012_neogeo' which results in the name of many cores being clipped due to the limited amount of characters that can be displayed. Because the name of the core comes at the end, it often gets clipped off - an example being the FBAlpha cores, which all appear identical as bubbles due to the names being clipped, it's impossible to know which FBAlpha core you are loading without actually loading the core.

Givne the limited amount of characters that can be displayed for the bubbles, it might bet better to put the name of the core first. For example, 'FBAlpha Neo Geo Libretro', 'Genesis Plus GX LibRetro' etc. This would avoid the name of the cores themselves getting clipped.

Well, the whole thing is automated, and in such automation the nice names don't exist, those are embedded in the core.
I've been thinking about parsing the core info to get a friendlier name but it seems like a PITA

 

[djricekcn]

I read the reddit link but I'm not understanding how to use retroarc...can someone explain it in bullet points on hot to use / load games off it, including what button to push because it seems likealmost all buttons do something and im not sure if i'm selecting or going to some option.

 

[sj33]

I read the reddit link but I'm not understanding how to use retroarc...can someone explain it in bullet points on hot to use / load games off it, including what button to push because it seems likealmost all buttons do something and im not sure if i'm selecting or going to some option.

Not meaning to sound rude because I'm not trying to be, but what are you having difficulty with? The menu options do as they say. Use 'Load Content' to load a rom. Ignore 'Load Core' because it doesn't do anything on the Vita and probably never will.

 

[laharl22]

Im impatient for gpsp and pcsx working

 

[sj33]

Assuming they're working on it, it'll be worth the wait. Thanks to dynarec, they are excellent cores on the New 3DS. The Vita is obviously much more powerful.

 

[laharl22]

Assuming they're working on it, it'll be worth the wait. Thanks to dynarec, they are excellent cores on the 3DS.

Dynarec it implemted now?

 

[Radius4]

Assuming they're working on it, it'll be worth the wait. Thanks to dynarec, they are excellent cores on the New 3DS. The Vita is obviously much more powerful.

The N3DS clock is 800Mhz, the Vita is limited to 444Mhz although IPC seems to be better.
A test is easy just run some core that's easy on the CPU like gambatte with fast-forward enabled, that will give you an idea of which platform is actually faster

 

[sj33]

Can a mod lock this?

Let's move the Vita Retroarch discussion over to this thread http://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-libretro-thread-ps-vita-edition-nightlies-included.437034/
We don't need two threads, and SeongGino is doing a much better job of keeping that thread updated than I am here.

 

[SeongGino]

Can a mod lock this?

Let's move the Vita Retroarch discussion over to this thread http://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-libretro-thread-ps-vita-edition-nightlies-included.437034/
We don't need two threads, and SeongGino is doing a much better job of keeping that thread updated than I am here.

Agreed. It's best we keep everything contained in one global thread.
...A-and please, the flattery. (^^;

 

[xenogear81]

does anyone know how to get to dip switch or diagnostic of the game?