Have you tried the latest Hexaeco? Picodrive seems to be broken for me.Quick answer. YES!
Hexaeco has never been Better than RA, rather a fix/recall for some RA cores that became broken.
With official RA throughout these years, the Wii has been neglected. SuperrSonic took what was working and made it stick, especially for the platforms most users play.
There are some Hexaeco cores that do not even load content, not to mention many other cores that have never supported save/load game states. And there is the issue of changing input configuration on 2nd controller of any core that will make all cores unusable.
These issues are documented in the WFL plugins thread and they still exist.
What Hexaeco offers over vanilla RA is pretty significant. Sega cores are well maintained, Arcade cores are separated for convenience, NEO VM core is included which alone is worth downloading and the Cannonball core uses motion control if you want that. Also Vectrex supports overlays and runs pretty damn good.
The only problem i have with the newer RA releases is that Classic or GameCube controller is forced. Otherwise you cannot play some cores/emulators without those said controllers.
Overall, as a whole, there is no comparison imo. Official RA has managed to get TG-16 and GBA better than anything we have seen. Atari 800 is great, Amstrad, ZX, 2600, 7800, There are many computer and leisure cores working very well as well.
Lynx, WonderSwan, Game & Watch, PrBoom, Pokemon Mini, Pico-8, Tic-80, MSX, Colecovision. These cores are all superior using RA or not available/ not working with Hexaeco.
I invite anyone to test RA 1.10.3 to help me out understanding how anyone could confuse which is better.
Will an older Picodrive Hexaeco core work and if so can you give me one?Yes, i believe the latest Hexaeco PicoDrive core black screen freezes iirc. The official RA Pico core runs good, but loading a save will crash the emulator.
This is last Hexaeco Pico.dol i have working. I tested again and the speed is not good but it does boot and run 32x games.Will an older Picodrive Hexaeco core work and if so can you give me one?
Im about to try out Retroarch and RA Hexaeco on my Wii. Is there a way to have screen resolution and button inputs cfg for individual cores? Thats one good thing Hexaeco has over the Vanilla. Also will be trying out your RA Modified emulator.This is last Hexaeco Pico.dol i have working. I tested again and the speed is not good but it does boot and run 32x games.
So can I set Directory Paths where certain cores uses there own rom folder and save folder?Yes. RA supports separate core resolution and input. RA will allow individual game resolution, input, video and audio filters, you name it.
In fact, the individual core and individual game configurations have always been supported as far as i know. It is a common misconception from most end users because the settings are cumbersome while Hexaeco is much cleaner and user ffriendly
I have the Pico Drive Libretro from Wii Mundo Hack which seems to run most 32x games at almost full speed for most games. Except for Primal Rage, the *one* 32x game I wanted to get running on Wii. The Hexaeco Pico Drive I have has speed issues with too may games that I don't bother with it. I tried upgrading my Hexaeco with the one linked above and too noticed the Pico Drive there didn't work, so I went back to the version I had been using.Yes, i believe the latest Hexaeco PicoDrive core black screen freezes iirc. The official RA Pico core runs good, but loading a save will crash the emulator.
I'm just gonna wait til SS updates Hexaeco that keeps genplus gx from crashing. I forgot how much of a hassle to setup Retroarch.
I have the Pico Drive Libretro from Wii Mundo Hack which seems to run most 32x games at almost full speed for most games. Except for Primal Rage, the *one* 32x game I wanted to get running on Wii. The Hexaeco Pico Drive I have has speed issues with too may games that I don't bother with it. I tried upgrading my Hexaeco with the one linked above and too noticed the Pico Drive there didn't work, so I went back to the version I had been using.
Why is it called Hexaeco anyway? I feel like I'm missing the reference.
I tried the official RA(1.9ish?) a while back, and has been my experience before when trying a newer RA, the pain wasn't worth the pleasure. As such I've been using 1.76 for most things. Does the Pico Drive on the new official RA run Primal Rage at a playable speed?
No, I mean the 32X version of Primal Rage through Pico Drive. Or does the genesis_plus_gx.dol support 32X games now?Yes 60 FPS.
No, I mean the 32X version of Primal Rage through Pico Drive. Or does the genesis_plus_gx.dol support 32X games now?
Then why in living heaven the Image Viewer on Wii Retroarch NEVER WORKED in the ancient builds, (always get infrared pictures) and later versions just seem to remove it all together, despite their specifications STILL saying it reads image files like PNG and JPEG.Quick answer. YES!
Hexaeco has never been Better than RA, rather a fix/recall for some RA cores that became broken.
With official RA throughout these years, the Wii has been neglected. SuperrSonic took what was working and made it stick, especially for the platforms most users play.
There are some Hexaeco cores that do not even load content, not to mention many other cores that have never supported save/load game states. And there is the issue of changing input configuration on 2nd controller of any core that will make all cores unusable.
These issues are documented in the WFL plugins thread and they still exist.
What Hexaeco offers over vanilla RA is pretty significant. Sega cores are well maintained, Arcade cores are separated for convenience, NEO VM core is included which alone is worth downloading and the Cannonball core uses motion control if you want that. Also Vectrex supports overlays and runs pretty damn good.
The only problem i have with the newer RA releases is that Classic or GameCube controller is forced. Otherwise you cannot play some cores/emulators without those said controllers.
Overall, as a whole, there is no comparison imo. Official RA has managed to get TG-16 and GBA better than anything we have seen. Atari 800 is great, Amstrad, ZX, 2600, 7800, There are many computer and leisure cores working very well as well.
Lynx, WonderSwan, Game & Watch, PrBoom, Pokemon Mini, Pico-8, Tic-80, MSX, Colecovision. These cores are all superior using RA or not available/ not working with Hexaeco.
I invite anyone to test RA 1.10.3 to help me out understanding how anyone could confuse which is better.