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).

 

[Solitario]

the core of sega saturn Yaba is not working for me ... I test with Sonic R (U) and Outrun (J) both give error

 

[eldavo2090]

This is going to be perfect once they fix docked mode...

 

[fernas]

PSX Silent Hill is running very slow, with buggy sound. Any suggestions?

 

[EmulateLife]

the core of sega saturn Yaba is not working for me ... I test with Sonic R (U) and Outrun (J) both give error

You need saturn_bios.bin in lakka/storage/system. But ultimately it doesn't matter every game will crash your system within 5-15 minutes it's broken.

 

[Spectrelepsy]

I'm not sure if it's been asked yet but is there BBA/Modem support for the Dolphin core in Lakka? I'm asking as I LOVE PSO Ep. 1&2 and like to connect to Schthack Server to grab some of the downloadable quests. Playing online would always be amazing too!

 

[dc9884]

This may be a stupid question as I haven't tried to set up lakka yet, but is it possible to have RetroArch horizon and lakka directory settings point to the same roms and saves directories, so that you can share the files between both? Would that cause any issues?

 

[EmulateLife]

This may be a stupid question as I haven't tried to set up lakka yet, but is it possible to have RetroArch horizon and lakka directory settings point to the same roms and saves directories, so that you can share the files between both? Would that cause any issues?

I was hoping for the same thing but unfortunately no. You have to put lakka roms in lakka/storage for it to see it. It doesn't just let you put it anywhere on the sd card like retroarch does in horizon.

 

[Darth Meteos]

bought a brand new sandisk extreme 64gb sd for lakka, and it won't boot
just black screens
yes, it's on fat32

 

[M7L7NK7]

I was hoping for the same thing but unfortunately no. You have to put lakka roms in lakka/storage for it to see it. It doesn't just let you put it anywhere on the sd card like retroarch does in horizon.

Can't you just have horizon retroarch point to lakka/storage?

 

[EmulateLife]

Can't you just have horizon retroarch point to lakka/storage?

That's true I didn't think of that. Doesn't work for me anyway because I've made hundreds of nro2nsp forwarders unless I wanted re-do them and I don't. But for the person that asked most likely that would work for them good idea.

 

[Pluupy]

See this tiny table for a summary of what works and what doesn’t :

Doesn’t work
Sleep mode
exFAT formatted SD cards
Reboot to payload / Reboot to Horizon

F

How does autorcm interact with the sleep issue with Lakka? So I need to "power down" from Lakka and then use hekate to fully power off?

 

[sj33]

The Saturn crashing is pretty easy to demonstrate- load up Sega Rally and leave it running the demo attracts. It’ll crash most likely during the third demo.

 

[Rahkeesh]

So I know this is mainly for 3D performance, but I'm finding it very odd that mGBA doesn't run fullspeed at stock clocks or even with a boost overclock, as it does in Horizon, with games like Sonic Advance or Fire Emblem. Its barely above an N3DS even. It makes me worry that I have something set up wrong, is this normal?

 

[Picavex]

I am missing something obvious? I can't seem to find the option to use Vulkan on Dolphin.

 

[bad361]

I am missing something obvious? I can't seem to find the option to use Vulkan on Dolphin.

video driver (vulcan or any other driver) is changed in drivers settings, which become available after you turn on "show advanced settings' in user interface if i remember correctly. So it's not just a core specific thing.

PSX Silent Hill is running very slow, with buggy sound. Any suggestions?

overclock cpu

 

[Picavex]

video driver (vulcan or any other driver) is changed in drivers settings, which become available after you turn on "show advanced settings' in user interface if i remember correctly. So it's not just a core specific thing.

overclock cpu

That worked like a charm! Much appreciated!

 

[naddel81]

does lakka still damage screens or the console in any way as it did in its earlier days?

 

[Mambila2001]

Can you please share your settings for New Super Mario Bros.?

Nothing special, just CPU Overclocked to 1785 and GPU to 460

 

[CatmanFan]

Do core override and game override configurations work properly?

 

[Nonjas]

Use nxmtp to access your sd card without removing it through your usb type c cable.

then open system and create a new folder called "dc" and put the bios in there. Done.

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I tried this, but using it the SYSTEM folder also appears as a file; not a folder. I only see windows format folders.