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).

 

[Deleted User]

Psx

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Silent hill origins ran fine for me though

 

[Null-project]

Is sandisk working for anyone?

 

[natinusala]

Try a Samsung Evo SD Card instead.

 

[chillyshackk]

Format with fat 32 format gui from ridgecrop with 64k clusters

I'm on ubuntu, formatted it with mkdosfs but did fat32 32k cluster as suggested for switch cfw I saw somewhere, will it make a big difference in getting this to work?

 

[Solitario]

Is sandisk working for anyone?

I'm using an Sandisk Ultra 200gb U1 works normal with Fat32 with Cluster 32

 

[MusicallyInspired]

Awesome work!! Love that I don't have to fiddle with Bluetooth audio anymore! This is an amazing accomplishment. The Switch is almost the perfect powerhouse for gaming and homebrewing now! Few questions though:

1) Is there a way to have a more accurate touchscreen? For both NDS games and ScummVM the accuracy is way off. It would almost act like a laptop touchpad (which would be fine) but it's very unpredictable and no one position seems to correlate to the same emulated touch zone more than once. I'm guessing this is because the touchscreen area being the entire Switch screen and the emulated screen being a smaller portion has something to do with it? This is the one huge drawback for these two platforms that would be nice to get fixed, especially ScummVM.

2) Can there be some kind of onscreen keyboard implementation for ScummVM and DOSBox? Parser Sierra games in ScummVM and doing anything in DOSBox besides launching games directly is impossible.

3) NDS emulation is still fairly bad. Pretty much everything is unplayable. That just the way it is? Strange that Dolphin can work better than NDS, but if that's due to an inefficient core or something I get it.

Also one more question. Even though My adapter is plugged in, the battery still drains while running Lakka. Is this something I can fix or is it just the way it is?

 

[ignare]

Is there any reason PS2 has not been mentioned when it comes to lakka?

 

[Drwho0894]

Is there any reason PS2 has not been mentioned when it comes to lakka?

Because there isnt a PS2 retroarch core and there probably never will be

 

[Null-project]

Now the lakka had a small x flashing before resetting

 

[HexadecimalMantis]

Nice to finally have audio.

 

[sj33]

Wow, so, even after GCM Utility, and then compressing them to .GCZ, the files are still larger than simply compressing the ISO to 7z ...

Seems like a wasted opportunity, not supporting an existing compression format, in favor of their in house inferior compression ... Unless, there's more to it than I'm missing, performance benefits maybe? Who knows.

It’s still worth doing, and critically the games will not require decompression before usage as zip and 7z do.

 

[Mike_77712]

Has anybody had any success running Fire Emblem games on Dolphin? Radiant Dawn or Path of Radiance?

I'm curious myself. I'll test them and let you know in a bit

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Can I to change Dolphin in Lakka?

The problem, how in Ubuntu, The Mario Sunhine very slow.

You need to wait for somebody to update the libretro fork of dolphin, nobody knows how long it could take

Were you using 2ghz cpu with all the optimal settings?

 

[Null-project]

Swapped to a Samsung 256gb and I'm still running into the same problem. Hanging on boot then restart into rcm.

 

[Jackson98]

Anyone fixed windwaker? I tried even with Docked GPU and CPU set to 1.7 and its still really low fps. But better than stock speeds ofc.

Im sure their will be settings to increase it, their is video footage of Wind Waker on Ubuntu with max overclocking running 100% full speed.

 

[karipoo]

You need to wait for somebody to update the libretro fork of dolphin, nobody knows how long it could take

Were you using 2ghz cpu with all the optimal settings?

Yes, I'm use 2gHz CPU settings. I install also normal dolphin, but Joy Cons not work. I can not set it.
Do you have a tutorial to set? Do you have a Joy Con profile?


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Is sandisk working for anyone?

Yes. I'm using an Sandisk Ultra 64GB A1 type.

 

[Null-project]

Yes, I'm use 2gHz CPU settings. I install also normal dolphin, but Joy Cons not work. I can not set it.
Do you have a tutorial to set? Do you have a Joy Con profile?


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Yes. I'm using an Sandisk Ultra 64GB A1 type.

Is there anywhere specal you are sticking these files.

 

[Xplic1T]

Any hope for exfat support or ideally a way launch it through the normal OS?

 

[bad361]

Any hope for exfat support or ideally a way launch it through the normal OS?

you can already launch it through "normal OS"...and most likely there will not be an exfat support

 

[Jackson98]

Anyone using 400gb varients of Sandisk? ultra/extreme? thinking of upgrading but I'd like to know if they work with lakka . Also does anyone know/ or have noticed if their is any difference with performance using SD cards with higher R/W speeds??