Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates

• New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
  • mainline kernel has been deprecated
  • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
  • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
• aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
  • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
• New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community

New features and improvements

• Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
• The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
• RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
• The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
• RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
• Overclock profiles have been updated :
  • Renamed all profiles
  • Added more overclock profiles
  • Added underclock profiles

New cores

• mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
  • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
  • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
• picodrive (various Sega consoles)
  • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
• Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
  • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
• reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
  • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
  • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
  • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
• Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games
  • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
• theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)

Updated cores

• Dolphin : Vulkan support
  • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
• PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
• PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content

Removed cores

• mupen64plus
• parallel-n64
• Genesis Plus GX
• Ishiiruka
  • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer

Credits

• Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
• Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
• RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
• mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
• PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
• Dolphin core: aliaspider
• reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).

 

[spotanjo3]

I am playing Super Mario World on my trinket switch. Lakka is working very good on switch that do not have working OFW/nand.
Great work

How is it ? Full speed? Overclock need ?

 

[EmulateLife]

Try deleting your Retroarch.cfg (and dont enable threaded video)

Where is that exactly? I'm having trouble finding it. I searched for it and found it but I'm afraid it might be my Retroarch.cfg for Horizon.

Nm I found it.

I still get failed to load content, and threaded video is not enabled. *shrug*

 

[Deleted User]

is 30fps normal for reicast?

 

[ploggy]

Where is that exactly? I'm having trouble finding it. I searched for it and found it but I'm afraid it might be my Retroarch.cfg for Horizon.

Nm I found it.

I still get failed to load content, and threaded video is not enabled. *shrug*

Working this side..

(although the emulator did freeze just after the vid had to hard reset the Switch)

 

[TR_mahmutpek]

No, and actually I should add it to the FAQ, good call

Thx for answer but why cant use exfat? iirc l4t also cant use? Why we locked on fat32?

 

[NeoSlyde]

is 30fps normal for reicast?

FPS cap i think.
Go find a 60 FPS patch

 

[EmulateLife]

Working this side..

(although the emulator did freeze just after the vid had to hard reset the Switch)

I deleted retroarch.cfg and the retroarch-core.cfg, still failed to load content.

You didn't do anything else?

It's because you have the saturn_bios.bin, it tells me in information that it's missing. So I can fix that.

 

[ErnieBall]

PSO in Dolphin crashes Lakka after the time/date setup inside the game.
I tried with both vulkan an gl.
Anyone had more luck?

PSO v2 in Reicast seems to work, but suffers from slowdowns, even when overclocked.
Actually the horizon reicast alpha runs this a lot smoother without overclocking, but with massive grapics glitches.

 

[Deleted User]

FPS cap i think.
Go find a 60 FPS patch

30 is fine just making sure. Games run amazing thanks to all who made this possible you guys rule

 

[ploggy]

I deleted retroarch.cfg and the retroarch-core.cfg, still failed to load content.

You didn't do anything else?

No, once I deleted the retroarch.cfg it started to work for me, my games are Bin/Cue format, loading the Cue file.

 

[EmulateLife]

Yeah it's cause of the missing bios, it even tells me that in information.

 

[ploggy]

Yeah it's cause of the missing bios, it even tells me that in information.

Its working for you now with the bios? Guess its required then.. said it was optional here. still, glad its working now

 

[EmulateLife]

Yep bios fixed it immediately. Isn't yabause a different core?

Now my only problem is some are my games are .bin only and they need .cue files. Anyone know how to make .cue files?

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Burning Rangers didn't work (screen messed up and froze) and Fighter's Megamix black screen/froze. Not complaining, but not every commercial game works at least on default settings.

Edit: Fighters Megamix working with overclocked cpu and gpu.

 

[graeme122]

Not complaining but is there any reason why the scanning of 8758 roms has went to a crawl, It went throuugh about 6000 games very fast but now it's at Sega Genesis and it's scanning one every few seconds.

Thanks btw

 

[ploggy]

Yep bios fixed it immediately. Isn't yabause a different core?

Now my only problem is some are my games are .bin only and they need .cue files. Anyone know how to make .cue files?

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Burning Rangers didn't work (screen messed up and froze) and Fighter's Megamix black screen/froze. Not complaining, but not every commercial game works at least on default settings.

you want to make sure auto frameskip isn't on in the core options, when I tried decathlete first it was really choppy, when I switched it off gameplay was smooth as butter.

Also i found this (havent tried it) makes cue files for sega saturn.. http://www.racketboy.com/downloads/sega-cue-maker.htm

 

[Xyphoseos]

I want to try, do I need another sd card or can I use my switch sd card and keep my data ?

 

[EmulateLife]

Lol Deep Fear

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I want to try, do I need another sd card or can I use my switch sd card and keep my data ?

You can use the same sd card and keep your data.

 

[RyoHazuki123]

What's the best settings for reicast?

 

[Xyphoseos]

Lol Deep Fear

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You can use the same sd card and keep your data.

Can my data be corrupted ?

 

[ELY_M]

check out my trinket switch with Lakka on auto boot