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L4T Lakka Switch - now with audio and Vulkan

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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).
 
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No you cannot boot from sx menu and it wouldn't help you if you could. You have to boot from hekate. Then next time you power off your switch you can just go back to sx os.
 
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I don't see why you couldn't launch it from the SX boot menu. Just make sure you have the Hekate payload on your SD card along with the Lakka config file.
 
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stick267 said:
I don't see why you couldn't launch it from the SX boot menu. Just make sure you have the Hekate payload on your SD card along with the Lakka config file.
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I guess you could but there's no benefit that I can think of. You're just payloading sx os then going to hekate instead of going to hekate. Just making an extra step.
 
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EmulateLife said:
But there's no benefit that I can think of. You're just payloading sx os then going to hekate instead of going to hekate.
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He may have the SX dongle which only boots the SX payload to start. If that's the case then it's just more convenient to chainload Hekate from there.
 
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I'm having a lot of trouble with this release...

first of all, I can't play panzer dragoon 2 with Yaba Sanshiro, the core is not on the list of compatible cores.
Second, silent hill origins closes when I hit New Game

any ideas?
 
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natkoden said:
I'm having a lot of trouble with this release...

first of all, I can't play panzer dragoon 2 with Yaba Sanshiro, the core is not on the list of compatible cores.
Second, silent hill origins closes when I hit New Game

any ideas?
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What does that mean "the core is not on the list of compatible cores" ?

Yaba Sanshiro works but we've discovered it will crash your switch after playing any game for a little while (5-15 minutes) so it's broken. You'll have to wait for an update.
 
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Testing different setups to see if I can find one that works, could having my sd card set up using kosmos a specific way or could setting up my sd card manually make any difference? Does kosmos set things up a little differently and could cause L4T to not boot?

Also it's been said a couple of times to wait a while for L4T to boot the first time, any estimate to how long it usually takes? At least x amount of time or shouldn't take any longer than x on a non cheap sd card?

... Or do you already know there is something to fix somewhere but not sure what it is?
 
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chillyshackk said:
Testing different setups to see if I can find one that works, could having my sd card set up using kosmos a specific way or could setting up my sd card manually make any difference? Does kosmos set things up a little differently and could cause L4T to not boot?

Also it's been said a couple of times to wait a while for L4T to boot the first time, any estimate to how long it usually takes? At least x amount of time or shouldn't take any longer than x on a non cheap sd card?

... Or do you already know there is something to fix somewhere but not sure what it is?
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Hi, I think there is not actually a theory about why for some people this doesn't work. They are looking at that.
About the timing of the first set, it depends, sometimes it's like 5 minutes, another is like 25 minutes, always for the same result: games crashing after some minutes and back to the lakka menu... That makes me think that the problem is on the sd, the switch should not be, I use kosmos too but it's not supposed to make any difference, we have the correct format... It's the sd or the installation.
My sd is SanDisk ultra 128gb class10.
Monday I will receive another one, I'm gonna set up just lakka there to test.
 
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Csmrcc said:
Hi, I think there is not actually a theory about why for some people this doesn't work. They are looking at that.
About the timing of the first set, it depends, sometimes it's like 5 minutes, another is like 25 minutes... That makes me think that the problem is on the sd, the switch should not be, I use kosmos too but it's not supposed to make any difference, we have the correct format... It's the sd or the installation.
My sd is SanDisk ultra 128gb class10.
Monday I will receive another one, I'm gonna set up just lakka there to test.
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Alright, I'll let my console sit for a while longer and see what happens, and I also ordered a second sd card from a different brand to be able to mess around more easily without always deleting what works, thanks!
 
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natkoden said:
I'm having a lot of trouble with this release...

first of all, I can't play panzer dragoon 2 with Yaba Sanshiro, the core is not on the list of compatible cores.
Second, silent hill origins closes when I hit New Game

any ideas?
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U need assets for savegames works. Search for "libretro ppsspp" ;)
 
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EmulateLife said:
Wait it's taking some of you 25 minutes to get into Lakka? I'd just give up then it takes me like 2.
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Sometimes it takes me 2 minutes, sometimes a lot more...idk.... Before lakka, Homebrew, games etc everything perfect, and it's only with lakka.
Anyway my problem is more about the stability once started because I can't play any gc or Wii game. But also I think this is due to some bad installation, because sometimes the volume buttons doesn't work sometimes yes... Maybe is that my sd is stopping working properly, Monday I will see.
 
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Has anyone gotten PSO online yet? Dolphin requires TAP or bridging capabilities, and I don't know if that's possible to to on Lakka, at least I haven't figured it out.
 

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