Homebrew Retroarch Emulation Thread (Nightly Builds Included)

[matt!]

pcsx_rearmed is missing from 1.4.0/1.4.1 3DS builds?

any ideas why?

 

[MrHuu]

Can I map slow motion to a button on 3DS?

Any help appreciate. I'm using 1.4.1

Under Settings \ Input \ Input Hotkey Binds \ Slow Motion
You have to hold it tho, no toggle.

Got O2EM to load a game! yay
Atlantis works without keyboard. I'm sure there must be more.. so many games to look through.

 

[matt!]

Thanks

 

[xdarkmario]

pcsx_rearmed is missing from 1.4.0/1.4.1 3DS builds?

any ideas why?

We just discussed this like a page ago.
Seems like they gave up on a when back unfortunately

 

[TimX24968B]

they may be trying to focus their efforts towards other emulators or other systems, but not 100% sure on that.

 

[Kikirini]

Well, 1.4.0 crashed every time I loaded a game in any emulator, but 1.4.1 is actually running. So huzzah, I guess, I can play my games again.

 

[coinblock]

they may be trying to focus their efforts towards other emulators or other systems, but not 100% sure on that.

It looks like most of the devs left this project to work on the now dead WiiU, with only 6 million units sold, versus the 3DS' 20 million- all currently capable of easily running homebrew. Strange decision...

 

[matt!]

I guess they can do more with the multi-core Wii U than the limited (but good enough) New 3DS

 

[deathblade200]

I guess they can do more with the multi-core Wii U than the limited (but good enough) New 3DS

errr......New 3ds is quad core and old 3ds is dual core wii u is tri-core

 

[TimX24968B]

but nobody I know has a new 3ds currently. Guess they moved away since developing for n3ds wasn't as popular as the wii U, and they had already hit the limits of the O3ds.

 

[MollyChan]

Um, is the 1.4.1 version supposed to run really poorly on new 3DS? Every time I've tried to update retroarch since about last December, I've always been met with really slow framerates like how they used to run on my old 3DS. FCEUMM, for example, runs at a full 60fps on pre-December 2015 versions, but now only runs at 25fps on newer builds
I am using the 3DSX version by the way.
Is there anything I can do to make newer builds run at proper speed? Or do I just have to continue to use old outdated versions?

 

[TimX24968B]

Um, is the 1.4.1 version supposed to run really poorly on new 3DS? Every time I've tried to update retroarch since about last December, I've always been met with really slow framerates like how they used to run on my old 3DS. FCEUMM, for example, runs at a full 60fps on pre-December 2015 versions, but now only runs at 25fps on newer builds
I am using the 3DSX version by the way.
Is there anything I can do to make newer builds run at proper speed? Or do I just have to continue to use old outdated versions?

check some of the emulator settings, you may need to update some of them like video/audio.

 

[MollyChan]

check some of the emulator settings, you may need to update some of them like video/audio.

While I've currently reverted to the older versions for now, which settings in particular would i be required to modify in order to "fix" everything?
Like, for future reference
(and any way to get other things like Virtual Boy and SNES9X 2010 running smoothly in the first place would be appreciated as well)

 

[TimX24968B]

While I've currently reverted to the older versions for now, which settings in particular would i be required to modify in order to "fix" everything?
Like, for future reference
(and any way to get other things like Virtual Boy and SNES9X 2010 running smoothly in the first place would be appreciated as well)

I've found turning audio sync off (with vsync on) tends to make it lag a bit less in my experience, but play around with them, see what works for you and your emulator.

 

[Kikirini]

Is it just me or is gpsp 1.4.1 a lot more stable now? I've been playing nonstop since yesterday and it's only crashed once - whereas before on old builds it would crash damn near constantly.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Is it just me or is gpsp 1.4.1 a lot more stable now? I've been playing nonstop since yesterday and it's only crashed once - whereas before on old builds it would crash damn near constantly.

Can anyone else confirm this?
I'm not home to try it out, but I've read from the latest 1.4.1 news article in Libretro that apparently aliaspider and Twinaphex worked on polishing some of the tearing issues with 1.4.1 too:

Nintendo – Wii/WiiU/3DS
On Nintendo consoles, netux79 has been keeping up with the Wii port, adding support for USB gamepads and fixing some savestate issues with the snes9x-next core, while Twinaphex tracked down and fixed a black-screen bug that’s plagued the nightly builds since just after the 1.3.6 release. Aliaspider and Twinaphex have made a lot of improvements to the 3DS port, including fixing a persistent screen-tearing issue, and aliaspider has also made great progress with the nascent Wii U port.

If that's so, I might update my entire cores to 1.4.1

 

[matt!]

I'm stable on 1.4.1 also. PCSX Rearmed is missing though, so you'll have to keep 1.3.6 for that.

Also, what's the RetroArch 3DS core since 1.4.0? How do I use that correctly?

 

[MrHuu]

I'm stable on 1.4.1 also. PCSX Rearmed is missing though, so you'll have to keep 1.3.6 for that.

Also, what's the RetroArch 3DS core since 1.4.0? How do I use that correctly?

The 'retroarch_3ds.cia' is basically just a shortcut. It will load the last used core.
When you first install the .cia, it will give an error since there is no previously loaded core.

When the error message 'SD card has been removed' appears, load an other core to set the 'last loaded' core.
This also happens when you try to load an non installed core. Just start an installed core to fix.

If you want to use 1.3.6 pcsx and the 1.4.1 stable .cia's (and retroarch_3ds.cia):
Check out this post

 

[matt!]

The 'retroarch_3ds.cia' is basically just a shortcut. It will load the last used core.
When you first install the .cia, it will give an error since there is no previously loaded core.

When the error message 'SD card has been removed' appears, load an other core to set the 'last loaded' core.
This also happens when you try to load an non installed core. Just start an installed core to fix.

If you want to use 1.3.6 pcsx and the 1.4.1 stable .cia's (and retroarch_3ds.cia):
Check out this post

Thanks! How do I load a core?

I select "Load Core"
and browse to "/retroarch/cores" where I know they live
But I do not see anything in the directory list?

SOLVED: my "Core" directory was set to "None"

 

[matt!]

Next question. Is it possible to map buttons such as 1,2,3,a,b,c when using the fMSX core on 3DS?

I see an option to set input to RetroKeyboard (rather than RetroPad) but what does that do on 3DS?