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).

 

[CatmanFan]

Does anyone have a list of settings that can make Dolphin run at the best performance possible?

 

[username23bob]

Yes

any idea why reicast crashes for me when i try to load a game? i know the work because they worked for me in the horizon version

 

[1NOOB]

(didnt go through all the page sorry if it as been asked )

any way to go back to hetake ?, i get the back to rcm , but being able to go back to hetake could mean easy dual/(whatever number of stuff you want to launch) boot .

 

[EmulateLife]

any idea why reicast crashes for me when i try to load a game? i know the work because they worked for me in the horizon version

You have to put dc_boot.bin and dc_flash.bin in Lakka/storage/system/dc.

 

[Deathscreton]

I'm getting constant black screens. I see that the most likely explanation is the SD card, but my card is real and it works with everything else I use it for. Is there anything else I could try?

 

[Deleted User]

Psx works fine for me using isos full speed try using Vulcan if you havent for the video driver for pcsx

 

[username23bob]

You have to put dc_boot.bin and dc_flash.bin in Lakka/storage/system/dc.

thank you i will try this. completely forgot to transfer the bios i have in the reicast folder.

 

[Deleted User]

What is the psx folder named for the bios?

 

[Dee8282]

How do I use joycons in handheld mode? All I see is a cursor and it’s hard to control? Please help

 

[bad361]

evrything is working great (surprisingly for me as its the first time i'm trying out lakka), really looking forward to fixing bluetooth and sleep (and rebooting to payload would be great, but idk how that works and if it's even possible or not) .. I only tried pcsx and genesis tho, will try more stuff later, but for some reason pcsx runs really slow on stock clocks unlike in hos where most of the games are almost full speed with stock clocks or slight 1.2 oc.

And for anyone who wants to transfer stuff wirelessly, enable ssh in services, connect to your network and then on pc connetct to your switch ip via an app like filezilla or anything else that supports sftp (you should manually choose sftp there in protocol settings). Username and pass are both "root". You could read about that in lakka official documentation, but just in case you haven't yet, i saved you some time.

 

[bad361]

How do I use joycons in handheld mode? All I see is a cursor and it’s hard to control? Please help

Make sure your joycons pins are not bridged with foil or whatever some of you do to get into rcm, cos it fucks up homebrews and other stuff like lakka to recognize them. Other than that, idk, try deleting your ra configs if you messed something up.

 

[Dee8282]

Make sure your joycons pins are not bridged with foil or whatever some of you do to get into rcm, cos it fucks up homebrews and other stuff like lakka to recognize them. Other than that, idk, try deleting your ra configs if you messed something up.

No go

 

[bonoboy]

Lakka works un Docked Mode?

 

[Dee8282]

Lakka works un Docked Mode?

Yes

 

[Flopglop]

anyone tried windwaker or sunshine with gamecube emu? how do those work?

I tried sunshine with vulkan and a 2 ghz cpu overclock and its playable. It runs at 30-50 fps for me.

 

[tabnk]

Waiting Switch Pro Controller support

 

[Dee8282]

I tried sunshine with vulkan and a 2 ghz cpu overclock and its playable. It runs at 30-50 fps for me.

How do u use joycons while connected?

 

[bad361]

How do u use joycons while connected?

dude, they JUST should work out of the box... If they don't and there's nothing wrong with your ra configs, then it's something with your joycons. The only way is to try out another pair of joycons an see if they work.

 

[Pipistrele]

Honestly, probably both lol but overclocking is still below the hardware spec of the CPU isn't it? Nintendo underclocked it from Factory didn't they??

Yesh, but underclock was in no small part to keep battery life longer, so stock speeds are more preferable in that regards (though Lakka kinda sucks for portability until sleep mode is fixed anyway, lol)

 

[MonMonz]

Anyone tried citra with this ??