Homebrew Emulator RetroArch Wii - The Return of the Extra Unofficial Cores

[SaulFabre]

Sorry I can compile some Cores but when it comes to actually fixing code I haven't got a clue ha ha.
Any reason you want VBA-M to work in particular?

Basically for try if we can get some latest updated stuff from upstream VBA-M.
Yeah ik there's VBA-GX but this one has a lot of missing features and fixes that upstream VBA-M has.
EDIT: And it also can run a few GB/GBC games that mGBA cant run or they run with issues. Not to mention that i like more the huge SGB compatibility.

 

[ploggy]

Basically for try if we can get some latest updated stuff from upstream VBA-M.
Yeah ik there's VBA-GX but this one has a lot of missing features and fixes that upstream VBA-M has.
EDIT: And it also can run a few GB/GBC games that mGBA cant run or they run with issues. Not to mention that i like more the huge SGB compatibility.

I just tried compiling VBA-M for Wii and WiiU but both just show a white screen like you said :/
I even tried copy/pasting the VBA-Next Makefile since it known to work and has some differences compared to the VBA-M one but still just shows a white screen..
Atleast the error is the same between Wii and WiiU tho, so chances are you fix one you fix the other

My suggestion would be make an issue in the VBA-M git page and see if someone looks into it could be endian related?

 

[JuanMena]

Maybe your VBA-M core is expecting a bios file to boot?

 

[ploggy]

Maybe your VBA-M core is expecting a bios file to boot?

First thing I tried

Post automatically merged: Aug 15, 2023

Its official A5200 will be on the buildbot with in the next 12-24 hrs thanks to Greenchili (not sure if they're a member here)

 

[ploggy]

@SaulFabre Working VBAM Core

 

[JuanMena]

@SaulFabre Working VBAM Core

What was the issue?

 

[SaulFabre]

What was the issue?

@ploggy Same, what was the issue?

 

[ploggy]

The WiiU Makefile needed -DWORDS_BIGENDIAN=1 in the endian defines that's it lol

 

[SaulFabre]

The WiiU Makefile needed -DWORDS_BIGENDIAN=1 in the endian defines that's it lol

Ohhh, i could try forking VBA-M (both upstream and Libretro fork) and i will make a PR, obviously giving you credit for your fix

Post automatically merged: Aug 18, 2023

@ploggy Thanks for your fix, it's working now:

(GBA emulation here is slow compared to mGBA Wii, but hey we get benefitied of latest VBA-M fixes on GB/SGB/GBC emulation )

 

[ploggy]

Ohhh, i could try forking VBA-M (both upstream and Libretro fork) and i will make a PR, obviously giving you credit for your fix

Post automatically merged: Aug 18, 2023

@ploggy Thanks for your fix, it's working now:
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(GBA emulation here is slow compared to mGBA Wii, but hey we get benefitied of latest VBA-M fixes on GB/SGB/GBC emulation )

Your welcome, just glad I caught the issue
There is a another Gba Core on wii RA called GPPS if you didn't know, its pretty fast too.

 

[SaulFabre]

GPPS

did you mean gpSP? Lol, that was made originally for PSP but later was ported to Libretro.
Anyways, i'm making the small changes and sending the PRs in a few minutes.

 

[ploggy]

did you mean gpSP? Lol, that was made originally for PSP but later was ported to Libretro.
Anyways, i'm making the small changes and sending the PRs in a few minutes.

Haha yea gpSP. The Core is on the Wii buildbot, and from what I can tell runs fast on Wii I don't know about the compatibility tho.

 

[SaulFabre]

Haha yea gpSP. The Core is on the Wii buildbot, and from what I can tell runs fast on Wii I don't know about the compatibility tho.

I've heard compatibility on gpSP is very good.
Anyways, I made PRs to both repos, upstream VBA-M and Libretro fork of VBA-M:
https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/pull/1171 ; https://github.com/libretro/vbam-libretro/pull/116

 

[ploggy]

I've heard compatibility on gpSP is very good.
Anyways, I made PRs to both repos, upstream VBA-M and Libretro fork of VBA-M:
https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/pull/1171 ; https://github.com/libretro/vbam-libretro/pull/116

Its been merged on libretro!

 

[SaulFabre]

Updated VBA-M and A5200 cores to:
- Latest A5200-Libretro - until this commit https://github.com/libretro/a5200/commit/bec8385e507ff864f0fed3ea5785466f5f86c13b
- Latest upstream VisualBoyAdvance-M - until commit https://github.com/visualboyadvance...mmit/558317555970b5fd6805b8d5e14ea259c9a16360, with this patch https://github.com/saulfabregwiivc/...mmit/24225341df78ca6c7b08d37efc9a299639f42863

Its been merged on libretro!

@ploggy Yeah i saw it too, it makes me happy today, but i also want upstream VBA-M to merge my changes too xD
BTW, i also fixed GameCube builds of VBA-M Libretro with this another PR (still not merged): https://github.com/libretro/vbam-libretro/pull/117

 

[cheloruiz79]

Its been merged on libretro!

Regards, I have seen it on the px68k github. You tried to compile it for Wii U some time ago, were you able to do it?

 

[ploggy]

Regards, I have seen it on the px68k github. You tried to compile it for Wii U some time ago, were you able to do it?

I can get the Core to compile.. but I must be doing something wrong because when I try to boot a game all I get is vertical blue lines :/

 

[cheloruiz79]

I can get the Core to compile.. but I must be doing something wrong because when I try to boot a game all I get is vertical blue lines :/

ok thanks sir

 

[ploggy]

@SaulFabre I see you've forked the Potator Core and added NGC/Wii/WiiU to the .gitlab-ci.yml I was going to ask if you can have it put on the buildbot too.. Thanks mate

 

[SaulFabre]

@SaulFabre I see you've forked the Potator Core and added NGC/Wii/WiiU to the .gitlab-ci.yml I was going to ask if you can have it put on the buildbot too.. Thanks mate

that file is the buildbot workflow xD...