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).

 

[intellettuanale]

Great!! Is there a way to load rom from a network drive?

 

[lordelan]

Great!! Is there a way to load rom from a network drive?

Does this not work?
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Serving-ROMs-from-a-NAS/

 

[Freeze1919]

Ive just been testing some games in lakka and switch froze, on mario sunshine went to unstable OC for about 5 seconds, froze repeated music. I'm autorcm install switch just won't reboot. tried holding power for 12 . Nvm turns out my autorcm loader ran out of juice.

 

[jacopastorius]

has anyone tried a good racing game for dreamcast, that runs pretty good?

 

[Jackson98]

Gamecube games I've tested so far

Ocarina/master quest runs pretty much 100% with 1785cpu boost, Dolphin settings CPU speed 90%
Mario Sunshine about 90-100% speed, pretty much only the audio that gives it slowdown. I actually tried disabling audio and game run too fast.

Baldurs gate dark alliance 90-100% 1785cpu boost Dolphin settings 20% cpu speed, sync uber shaders

 

[Bryan1986]

If I'm the one aimed by the spit, it was merely a supposition.
It is not possible to reboot directly from Lakka to SXOS, you can't even select the "exit to RCM" while the dongle is inserted...Soooo, my bad.






Well, I guess we are in the same basket. Vulkan+OC give me a 20~25FPS Wind Waker, which is not confortable.
Even Reicast doesn't launch, I don't understand why. I guess I'll drop Lakka and stick to native retroarch.

So long Ulala and morolians.

Gamecube games I've tested so far

Ocarina/master quest runs pretty much 100% with 1785cpu boost, Dolphin settings CPU speed 90%
Mario Sunshine about 90-100% speed, pretty much only the audio that gives it slowdown. I actually tried disabling audio and game run too fast.

Baldurs gate dark alliance 90-100% 1785cpu boost Dolphin settings 20% cpu speed, sync uber shaders

Hi I cant seem to get any Wii or gamecube games running any advice please?

 

[karipoo]

So, Wii Super Mario Bros Another (SMNP05) run pretty decent on dolphin with a max oc on the CPU and GPU with vulkan, but Joy Cons buttons not working.
I cannot navigate the menu or do anything else using my attached Joycons.
Why? What is setting for wii?

 

[Jackson98]

Hi I cant seem to get any Wii or gamecube games running any advice please?

Most IMPORTANT THING, Goto Settings/Advanced/Drivers and enable VULKAN

The difference in performance is huge, then if you wan't to test games, I recommend anything other than the unstable settings for CPU Overclock. Restart Lakka with Vulkan enabled or it wont work! Just go to the reboot option.

 

[Bryan1986]

Most IMPORTANT THING, Goto Settings/Advanced/Drivers and enable VULKAN

The difference in performance is huge, then if you wan't to test games, I recommend anything other than the unstable settings for CPU Overclock. Restart Lakka with Vulkan enabled or it wont work! Just go to the reboot option.

Thanks for reply I've tried that and their still unplayable. I've got Vulkan and overclock on and I've clicked on the restart retroarch bit and still no joy. Maybe I'm doing something wrong on it

 

[jacopastorius]

whats the correct file extension for reicast? i have some .bin and one gdi and of course the bios files and directory poit where the bios is but it says failed to load content

 

[Jackson98]

Thanks for reply I've tried that and their still unplayable. I've got Vulkan and overclock on and I've clicked on the restart retroarch bit and still no joy. Maybe I'm doing something wrong on it

do you have working gamecube.iso files?? Should be around 1.4g size? also are you selecting the Dolphin core? first you need to goto Load Core/select Dolphin
then load content. Are your games stored inside of lakka/storage/roms?

if you still can't get let me know .

 

[MusicallyInspired]

For people having trouble with PSX games, try disabling dithering.

Game per game?

Yep.

 

[silver95]

how can I put a rom + 4gb ??? without resorting to external USB. I want to try Tenkaichi 3

 

[EmulateLife]

how can I put a rom + 4gb ??? without resorting to external USB. I want to try Tenkaichi 3

I think it's Wii backup manager that let's you convert it to wbfs which makes it smaller.

 

[Bryan1986]

do you have working gamecube.iso files?? Should be around 1.4g size? also are you selecting the Dolphin core? first you need to goto Load Core/select Dolphin
then load content. Are your games stored inside of lakka/storage/roms?

if you still can't get let me know .

Mgs is a disc image file and new super Mario bros is wbfs file I've done all of the above games are just to slow. Near giving up lol

 

[intellettuanale]

Does this not work?
http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Serving-ROMs-from-a-NAS/

I'll try asap

 

[Null-project]

Could someone change "boot from any switch"? Some switches have a problem booting even with a good sd card.

 

[Csmrcc]

Could someone change "boot from any switch"? Some switches have a problem booting even with a good sd card.

yep, i just bought a new sandisck ultra 64 gb 10 A1, copy just lakka sx os (for the launcher) and heckate, and i have the same results as the other ones, GC and Wii games crashing always
i´m gonna try ubuntu and if doesnt work too, change the sd for a Samsung evo.

EDIT: no way, ubuntu crashes sometimes and send error messages, maybe changing to Samsung evo ds...

 

[andre1891]

Its now possible to play multiplayer games?

 

[Dee8282]

how can I put a rom + 4gb ??? without resorting to external USB. I want to try Tenkaichi 3

U can break up the files by using winrar,then copy all the parts to the card and extract the first file and it will combine and be on the fat32