Hacking Emulation RetroArch/Libretro Thread: PS Vita Edition! Nightlies Included

[LibretroRetroArc]

Latest nightly 9/28 seems to no longer load mega man legends 2. It was working fine on the previous one aside from a few crashes here and there. I guess i'll go back to the last nightly until I finish, but other games appear to be loading fine on it.

Yeah, other users on my channel have also reported other games no longer working which worked before. The 'software framebuffer' extension we added for this release might still have some bugs. I'll let @frangarcj know.

 

[Smoker1]

Will there be a Latest Build Release of MAME for the Vita to test what it can run?

 

[Michael_92]

Yeah, other users on my channel have also reported other games no longer working which worked before. The 'software framebuffer' extension we added for this release might still have some bugs. I'll let @frangarcj know.

You better man! For free I expect absolute perfection!!!!!!

But seriously...this is what I've been waiting for. A PS1 emu. I can't thank you or your team or whoever is making this magic happen enough.

Once we get saving I'm going to finally play Lunar 1&2. I've had them on my shelf for a year and chance but now the vita will allow me to play.

 

[rjwboys]

if we use .pbp files will it accept multi iso's in them?

 

[ArugulaZ]

Wait, PBP? Is that the PSP format? Nifty!

 

[rjwboys]

Wait, PBP? Is that the PSP format? Nifty!

yes it is, and it does seem you can have multidiscs, there is an option to swap disks in the quick menu

 

[Kerbangman]

Harmful Park crashes showing half main screen or black screen
silhouette mirage not accepting press start at main screen

 

[frangarcj]

Harmful Park crashes showing half main screen or black screen
silhouette mirage not accepting press start at main screen

Can you replace your eboot.bin with this https://www.dropbox.com/s/0u1bxfh73izb5pc/eboot.bin?dl=0

and send me your coredump?

thanks

 

[Lord M]

Have you tried the MVS version?

I use that for neogeo games now and have activated the UNI-Bios in "quick menu" "options"
Gives you cheats and other options too.

try https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Use-Neogeo-Unibios-(EN)

It kick started my setup when I had problems with loading roms for neogeo.

You know how to open unibios menu? The guide report:

• During this startup screen, press and hold CBA (XBA) for region/mode setup - Press C to exit
• To access the in-game menu, press and hold CBA (XBA) +START at the same time.

but on ps vita buttons?

 

[ArugulaZ]

Damn, I've got Harmful Park on my system right now. Had no idea it wouldn't work with this emulator.

Anyway! Some thoughts on the games I've played with PCSX:

Internal Section: A little stuttery on default settings. Plays faster at frameskip 1, but probably not smoothly enough to be worthwhile.
Adventures of Little Ralph: Slam dunk. Plays great at standard settings. No apparent issues.
Rapid Reload: Hard to tell for sure, but seems to play a tiny bit slower on standard settings. Don't play at frameskip 1, as layers and menus vanish.
Tempest X3: Seems to play pretty well on default settings, but with TxK around, who gives a shit? Play that instead.
Mr. Driller G: Oddly, plays somewhat slowly on default settings. The music is most strongly affected.
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters: Too slow on default settings (45-50 FPS?). The screen disappears at frameskip 1, so that's not an option either.

 

[bopz44]

harmful park was working perfectly with 09-27 nightly, didnt tried 09-28

 

[Deleted User]

Once we get saving I'm going to finally play Lunar 1&2.

You mean that games don't save? My copy of breath of fire 4 don't save anymore (but in game all seem ok). It was working with the first build of pcsx. I was thinking that's because I converted to PBP to save space on my 16Gb card.
Some of you have the same issue with save games?


EDIT: I just downloaded the latest nightly and no single game work now.
Kula World, Breath of fire 4, Lomax, all those 3 crash right after I load the PBP.

EDIT2: The emu seem to be working with the link provided by frangarcj, the save work again in this build too.

 

[Lord M]

In 3rd Strike for FBA it is possible to have this screen at start up?


If yes, how?

Anyway i see that FBA only load eur sfiii; if i've tried japan version, i return to xmb from load content. Is the FBA emu or maybe i need some settings?
I mean: if inside the zip (both the larger and small zips) i have sfiii3_japan_nocd.29f400, i cant load. But if i have sfiii3_euro.29f400.u2 (even if inside one of the 2 zips, and the other have the eur file), the game starts and at eur language. No way to launch jap game?

 

[deathblade200]

You mean that games don't save? My copy of breath of fire 4 don't save anymore (but in game all seem ok). It was working with the first build of pcsx. I was thinking that's because I converted to PBP to save space on my 16Gb card.
Some of you have the same issue with save games?


EDIT: I just downloaded the latest nightly and no single game work now.
Kula World, Breath of fire 4, Lomax, all those 3 crash right after I load the PBP.

EDIT2: The emu seem to be working with the link provided by frangarcj, the save work again in this build too.

saves work fine people are just to lazy to properly close out of games...

 

[Simando]

Any ideas on using R2 / L2 in games? It really prevents me from playing!

 

[Simando]

Any ideas on using R2 / L2 in games? It really prevents me from playing!

EDIT: Gah, double post...How do I delete?!

 

[sj33]

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis filesize as a .bin/.cue - 688MB. Filesize as an eboot .pbp - 425MB.

These filesize differences are silly. Use .pbp files, guys.

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Any ideas on using R2 / L2 in games? It really prevents me from playing!

I think they're waiting on a touchscreen driver so they can map the extra buttons to the rear touchpanel like with official games.

As a short term solution, I wonder if the extra buttons could be mapped to directions on the right analogue stick?

 

[Deleted User]

saves work fine people are just to lazy to properly close out of games...

I know that I have to come back to the RA menu before to quit...

 

[nbvcxy206]

Latest Nightly 28/09:

Soul Reaver: Works but sound is stuttering here and then, bit slow sometimes.
Blood Omen: Seems to work nicely but game freezes at the grave (just play a few minutes)

PS: Is there any documentation of the settings ? I was searching for frame skip but instead there are strange options like "black frame insert", "frame delay", "vsync delay" or something like that...

Can´t we just boost up CPU/GPU clock ? (what about amphetamin plugin?)

Sorry for dumb questions, too busy to dive in....

 

[Deleted User]

I think they're waiting on a touchscreen driver so they can map the extra buttons to the rear touchpanel like with official games.

Please let us an options to use front touch... I cry whenever I have to use the rear touch pad. I touch it because of my big finger and the surface too big.

Latest Nightly 28/09:
Soul Reaver: Works but sound is stuttering here and then, bit slow sometimes.
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Can´t we just boost up CPU/GPU clock ? (what about amphetamin plugin?)

Don't crash at the first 2 monsters?

Amphetamin is just for dumped games....
Also boost the gpu has no effect, and the cpu is already at 444Mhz.

 

[Kerbangman]

You know how to open unibios menu? The guide report:

• During this startup screen, press and hold CBA (XBA) for region/mode setup - Press C to exit
• To access the in-game menu, press and hold CBA (XBA) +START at the same time.

but on ps vita buttons?

Press the triangle square and circle buttons