Homebrew Official Retroarch WiiU (wip.)

[ploggy]

So nothing good will come of it then.

The Emulator speed was always fine it was just lacking a little polish thats all

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How good does Mupen360 run compared to Not64/N64 VC?

 

[the_randomizer]

The Emulator speed was always fine it was just lacking a little polish thats all

I meant for the Wii U side of things.

 

[ploggy]

I meant for the Wii U side of things.

Well as far as I know the dynarec was finished?

 

[the_randomizer]

Well as far as I know the dynarec was finished?

Then what's that other dynarec bounty for? Even then, Wii U won't see it for some time, no?

 

[ploggy]

Then what's that other dynarec bounty for? Even then, Wii U won't see it for some time, no?

Finished for the 360 I mean..

 

[the_randomizer]

Finished for the 360 I mean..

Oh, right, my mistake.

 

[ShadowOne333]

The Emulator speed was always fine it was just lacking a little polish thats all

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Shit now that's some real improvement over you-know-what xD

 

[Billy Acuña]

Since wii homebrew on gamepad is a thing, the wait for the bounty will be less painful [emoji14]

 

[lordelan]

I've been on 1.4.1 all the time as I'm the laziest guy ever. Tried 1.6.x once but as that assets thing didn't work and everything was messed up I stopped further intends.
However I started from scratch today removing everything RetroArch related from my SD and following OP's guide. I just set up the newest nightly and the assets, grabbed myself three SNES roms, used playlist buddy for the first time ever and fired my Wii U.
To my surprise everything worked first try (that's very rare) but although playlist buddy downloaded the thumbs for those 3 roms correctly they are not appearing anywhere in the menu.

I launch RetroArch from the installed forwarder and press left once in main menu to get to the last (and yet only) playlist (SNES) where my 3 games are. But without any tiny pictures. Tiny pictures are what I came here for today.
What did I miss?

Edit: Another problem to all the DosBox professionals here
I can't get one of my fav DOS games to work: Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Since it's abandoned ware it's free to share and I uploaded it here for you:
https://mega.nz/#!x0ollLyZ!xMHSiaxn7TPae1tVOps7Qey317qCFDRcotl-Vi_p0Pc
Can anyone get this to work?
It doesn't even run on PC's RetroArch here for me while Sid Meier's Civ runs just fine.

 

[nicolo01]

@aliaspider Retroarch channel link is no longer active

 

[AmandaRose]

@aliaspider Retroarch channel link is no longer active

aliaspider no longer has anything to do with retroarch you need to ask @QuarkTheAwesome

 

[Davor]

I've been on 1.4.1 all the time as I'm the laziest guy ever. Tried 1.6.x once but as that assets thing didn't work and everything was messed up I stopped further intends.
However I started from scratch today removing everything RetroArch related from my SD and following OP's guide. I just set up the newest nightly and the assets, grabbed myself three SNES roms, used playlist buddy for the first time ever and fired my Wii U.
To my surprise everything worked first try (that's very rare) but although playlist buddy downloaded the thumbs for those 3 roms correctly they are not appearing anywhere in the menu.

I launch RetroArch from the installed forwarder and press left once in main menu to get to the last (and yet only) playlist (SNES) where my 3 games are. But without any tiny pictures. Tiny pictures are what I came here for today.
What did I miss?

Edit: Another problem to all the DosBox professionals here
I can't get one of my fav DOS games to work: Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Since it's abandoned ware it's free to share and I uploaded it here for you:
https://mega.nz/#!x0ollLyZ!xMHSiaxn7TPae1tVOps7Qey317qCFDRcotl-Vi_p0Pc
Can anyone get this to work?
It doesn't even run on PC's RetroArch here for me while Sid Meier's Civ runs just fine.

Hello!

Are you using .elf or .rpx version? I've tried setting up .rpx (17 and 18.09 nightly, and 1.6.7 stable), but every time I try starting it from the Homebrew Launcher, all I've got is black screen and my console freezes. I'm using Haxchi and Mocha CFW with SD to USB redirection, and latest Homebrew Launcher (2.1 - Channel variant). I've tried .elf variant, and it works. Also, I was going to try Retroarch channel variant, but, as @nicolo01 said, it isn't available for download anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Davor

 

[lordelan]

Hello!

Are you using .elf or .rpx version? I've tried setting up .rpx (17 and 18.09 nightly, and 1.6.7 stable), but every time I try starting it from the Homebrew Launcher, all I've got is black screen and my console freezes. I'm using Haxchi and Mocha CFW with SD to USB redirection, and latest Homebrew Launcher (2.1 - Channel variant). I've tried .elf variant, and it works. Also, I was going to try Retroarch channel variant, but, as @nicolo01 said, it isn't available for download anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Davor

Are you sure you wanted to quote me? I need help with my post as well lol.
But of course I'm using the rpx version. Don't use the elf version ever again.
Also I'm using Haxchi. Installed the forwarder channel of RetroArch through WUP Installer GX2 and everything works fine. Except thumbnails and the DOS game "Raptor: Call of the Shadows" for me.

 

[Davor]

Are you sure you wanted to quote me? I need help with my post as well lol.
But of course I'm using the rpx version. Don't use the elf version ever again.
Also I'm using Haxchi. Installed the forwarder channel of RetroArch through WUP Installer GX2 and everything works fine. Except thumbnails and the DOS game "Raptor: Call of the Shadows" for me.

Hello!

Well, yes, I did quoted you intentionally, because you have solved the part I have a problem with I thought you might have some advice, because I really don't get what I did wrong with .rpx Retroarch. I've copied retroarch folder to the root of HDD (because I'm using Mocha with SD to USB redirection, but also copied it to SD card, just in case). I've added media subfolder to retroarch folder with assets. I've copied wiiu/apps/retroarch folder to my HDD and SD as well. Anything else I should be aware of? I just don't get how the .elf variant works, but .rpx doesnt, even though I've did all the same for both. Could it be the version of Homebrew Launcher channel?

Best regards,
Davor

 

[lordelan]

Hello!

Well, yes, I did quoted you intentionally, because you have solved the part I have a problem with I thought you might have some advice, because I really don't get what I did wrong with .rpx Retroarch. I've copied retroarch folder to the root of HDD (because I'm using Mocha with SD to USB redirection, but also copied it to SD card, just in case). I've added media subfolder to retroarch folder with assets. I've copied wiiu/apps/retroarch folder to my HDD and SD as well. Anything else I should be aware of? I just don't get how the .elf variant works, but .rpx doesnt, even though I've did all the same for both. Could it be the version of Homebrew Launcher channel?

Best regards,
Davor

Which version of Mocha do you use? Do you have a Haxchi game as well and could at least test it from SD with Haxchi?
Also which FW are you on?

 

[Davor]

Which version of Mocha do you use? Do you have a Haxchi game as well and could at least test it from SD with Haxchi?
Also which FW are you on?

Hello!

I'm using unofficial build of Mocha with FAT32 SD to USB redirection (I think there is only one build with USB support). Yes, I have Haxchi, and I've tried starting it from SD card with just Haxchi running, but with the same result. I'm on 5.5.1 E firmware.

Best regards,
Davor

 

[lordelan]

Hello!

I'm using unofficial build of Mocha with FAT32 SD to USB redirection (I think there is only one build with USB support). Yes, I have Haxchi, and I've tried starting it from SD card with just Haxchi running, but with the same result. I'm on 5.5.1 E firmware.

Best regards,
Davor

Okay that sounds really stupid but we had this "problem" many many times here: Try out another SD card.
Seriously even if the SD card seems to work (as you can launch HBL and other stuff from it) some things won't work.
I have experienced such things for myself, a friend of mine as well and many users here.
Get yourself another SD card. Copy over everything from your current card (or at least what is needed for Mocha, HBL, RetroArch and so on) and try it with that.
Format it to FAT32 before of course and be sure it has 32 K oder 64 K cluster size.

If even that won't work let's take a look what else could be done.
Haxchi on it's own is definitely working for you? Can you use Haxchi's CFW to play Wii U games with DLCs which won't work without CFW?
If that's the case, clean up your SD card from anything RetroArch related again (or rename it or move it to another folder) so you can start from scratch.
Get the newest nightly build from here:
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/wiiu/
Just unzip the retroarch folder to SD root and ignore the wiiu folder.
Also get WUP Installer GX2 if you don't have it.
Get the forwarder channel from here:
http://www96.zippyshare.com/v/QX5fheii/file.html
There's a folder called "RetroArch Launcher" in the 7z file which you take as it is and put it to SD:\install\ so you end up with
SD:\install\RetroArch Launcher\00000000.app (and so on)
Put a test rom (like Super Mario World) to SD:\retroarch\downloads\ or wherever you want.
Grab the assets (for RetroArch GUI) here:
https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/archive/master.zip
Put everything that is inside that zip file to:
SD:\retroarch\media\

Now put the SD into your Wii U, disconnect every USB device from it (for testing reasons), fire up Haxchi CFW and wait until it takes you back to the Wii U home menu.
Go into Homebrew Launcher, execute WUP Installer GX2, check "RetroArch Launcher" and touch on "install". Install it to NAND.

Now press the home button multiple times to get from WUP Installer over HBL back to the Wii U home menu and launch the channel. It should definitely launch.
Tell me if that worked for you. Then we can talk about using it with the Mocha FAT32 build.

By the way: If you fired up Haxchi CFW (or CBHC) before, RetroArch is able to load roms from a FAT32 USB drive. The only reason you would need Mocha for is if you want the RetroArch folder itself to be on USB as well but as it's not that big, it really can stay on SD.

 

[Davor]

Okay that sounds really stupid but we had this "problem" many many times here: Try out another SD card.
Seriously even if the SD card seems to work (as you can launch HBL and other stuff from it) some things won't work.
I have experienced such things for myself, a friend of mine as well and many users here.
Get yourself another SD card. Copy over everything from your current card (or at least what is needed for Mocha, HBL, RetroArch and so on) and try it with that.
Format it to FAT32 before of course and be sure it has 32 K oder 64 K cluster size.

If even that won't work let's take a look what else could be done.
Haxchi on it's own is definitely working for you? Can you use Haxchi's CFW to play Wii U games with DLCs which won't work without CFW?
If that's the case, clean up your SD card from anything RetroArch related again (or rename it or move it to another folder) so you can start from scratch.
Get the newest nightly build from here:
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/wiiu/
Just unzip the retroarch folder to SD root and ignore the wiiu folder.
Also get WUP Installer GX2 if you don't have it.
Get the forwarder channel from here:
http://www96.zippyshare.com/v/QX5fheii/file.html
There's a folder called "RetroArch Launcher" in the 7z file which you take as it is and put it to SD:\install\ so you end up with
SD:\install\RetroArch Launcher\00000000.app (and so on)
Put a test rom (like Super Mario World) to SD:\retroarch\downloads\ or wherever you want.
Grab the assets (for RetroArch GUI) here:
https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/archive/master.zip
Put everything that is inside that zip file to:
SD:\retroarch\media\

Now put the SD into your Wii U, disconnect every USB device from it (for testing reasons), fire up Haxchi CFW and wait until it takes you back to the Wii U home menu.
Go into Homebrew Launcher, execute WUP Installer GX2, check "RetroArch Launcher" and touch on "install". Install it to NAND.

Now press the home button multiple times to get from WUP Installer over HBL back to the Wii U home menu and launch the channel. It should definitely launch.
Tell me if that worked for you. Then we can talk about using it with the Mocha FAT32 build.

By the way: If you fired up Haxchi CFW (or CBHC) before, RetroArch is able to load roms from a FAT32 USB drive. The only reason you would need Mocha for is if you want the RetroArch folder itself to be on USB as well but as it's not that big, it really can stay on SD.

Hello!

First of all thank you a lot for these comprehensive instructions. I will try this tonight, as soon as I get home. I have another SD card at hand, so I will try that first. I haven't tried playing games with Haxchi, but after launching it (without Mocha), Homebrew launcher works (and all the other homebrew apps), as well as Mocha, so, I guess Haxchi is working. Every time I've tried different builds of Retroarch, I've deleted everything related to it, so there wouldn't be a conflict with different files versions. If it doesn't work with another SD card, I will definitely try to install Retroarch as channel, in case Homebrew launcher is the one making mess. I would do it before, but couldn't find forwarder channel for Retroarch (the one in the original post is not working anymore).

Regarding FAT32 drive, I've set Haxchi up, so it loads Mocha CFW automatically (I'm using it for Loadiine games - I like having all the games in one place - rather then installing them to WiiU formatted HDD). This is the reason I would like to make it work in Mocha - so I don't have to restart console to switch from Loadiine games (Haxchi with Mocha) to Retroarch (only Haxchi).

Anyway, thank you again for your help. I will try all this, and report the results back.

Best regards,
Davor

 

[Hielkenator2]

Most thumbnails work, however the ones with the exlamation marks do not, from the no intro collection Legend of Zelda a Link to the past has no cover.
Is this only me?

 

[huma_dawii]

Any short update of what is new? Someone? Thanks