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).

 

[knightowl]

Wind Waker works fantastically with a few tweaks, bit of a slowdown in certain areas like the forsaken fortress but nothing that keeps you from progressing.

Friendly warning not to use the picobox as it crashes the system (learned the hard way, wish I had saved before)

 

[PiuBelmont2012]

I played dracula x on yaba sanshiro with bios jpn e after play 1 hour or 40 min more less freeze, its happening every time that i play, is there any config to fix it ?

 

[Eye666]

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??

Hi. I'm using a Sandisk 400gb formatted in FAT32. No issues by now with any CFW nor Lakka.

 

[ganons]

Can ishiiruka version of dolphin be used on L4T?

 

[hallo23]

Can ishiiruka version of dolphin be used on L4T?

Yes it works but it's pretty outdated.
The normal dolphin version works way better.

 

[1NOOB]

any way to add a citra core ?

 

[Freeze1919]

Hi I am fairly noob to switch hacking but just got an exploitable switch, if I just want to run LAKKA without any homebrew CFW is their anything i need to put on the root of my sd other than the Lakka folders and the hekate payload.bin? I have a dongle to run the payloads so thats not an issue. I also noticed that both hekate and lakka both come with bootloader folders, which should be on the SD? Sincere apologies for the inconveniences!

 

[mattyxarope]

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Silent hill origins ran fine for me though

No flashlight bug either? Have you tried Shattered Memories?

 

[Ninn]

Hi I am fairly noob to switch hacking but just got an exploitable switch, if I just want to run LAKKA without any homebrew CFW is their anything i need to put on the root of my sd other than the Lakka folders and the hekate payload.bin? I have a dongle to run the payloads so thats not an issue. I also noticed that both hekate and lakka both come with bootloader folders, which should be on the SD? Sincere apologies for the inconveniences!

You just need to put the 2 folders that comes in the lakka zip on the root of your sd and boot it with hekate.
Nothing else is needed.

 

[Freeze1919]

You just need to put the 2 folders that comes in the lakka zip on the root of your sd and boot it with hekate.
Nothing else is needed.

thank you so much!!!

 

[Null-project]

I need help, lakka is not booting up for me at all I swapped memory cards and still nothing.

 

[KTroopA]

Wind Waker works fantastically with a few tweaks, bit of a slowdown in certain areas like the forsaken fortress but nothing that keeps you from progressing.

Friendly warning not to use the picobox as it crashes the system (learned the hard way, wish I had saved before)

Can you post your WW tweaks plz

 

[Ninn]

I need help, lakka is not booting up for me at all I swapped memory cards and still nothing.

SD card is FAT32 formatted, right? What kind of MicroSD card are you using?

I never had any issues with the Samsung EVO cards.

 

[Null-project]

SD card is FAT32 formatted, right? What kind of of MicroSD card are you using?

I never had any issues with the Samsung EVO cards. Samsung evo 256gb and sandisk ultra 128 gb

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SD card is FAT32 formatted, right? What kind of of MicroSD card are you using?

I never had any issues with the Samsung EVO cards.

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SD card is FAT32 formatted, right? What kind of of MicroSD card are you using?

I never had any issues with the Samsung EVO cards.

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Samsung evo 256 and sandisk 128

 

[Ninn]

You using the latest Hekate v4.10.1?

 

[Dazzcooney]

Has anyone managed to map the triggers for Mario Sunshine so he can run and spray at the same time? Thanks in advance

 

[Null-project]

You using the latest Hekate v4.10.1?

Yes.

 

[Freeze1919]

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Samsung evo 256 and sandisk 128

I need help, lakka is not booting up for me at all I swapped memory cards and still nothing.

I kept getting black screen, and just realised my SD card is formatted as ExFat , does anyone have a cluster size recommendation? I was thinking 32?

 

[Ninn]

Strange that it doesn't work for you when we have almost the exact same setup.

Try formatting with guiformat if you haven't, all i can think of for now.

 

[Null-project]

Strange that it doesn't work for you when we have almost the exact same setup.

Try formatting with guiformat if you haven't, all i can think of for now.

Unfortunately I did that several times, in both 32k and 64k clusters.