Yes.
Otherwise you have to go through a lot more of individual rom trial and error aka freeze your system, reboot, try again.
trying all these cool 2D "hidden gem" arcade games will let you go through a lot trouble. If the game can even run or is fast enough. But it is possible with a low success rate.
Alright, I found out which sets are most compatible, but the Final Burn Alpha one (FBA 0.2.97.24) doesn't seem to exist anywhere. It's definitely not on Archive.org. Should I use one of the Mame cores instead?
Here's a list of which romset is best for each core. https://docs.libretro.com/guides/arcade-getting-started/
Up til now, I've been trying to get Deathsmiles, Esp.Galuda, and some other Cave shooters to work using the 2003+ romset and core but they all crash.
Here's a list of which romset is best for each core. https://docs.libretro.com/guides/arcade-getting-started/
Up til now, I've been trying to get Deathsmiles, Esp.Galuda, and some other Cave shooters to work using the 2003+ romset and core but they all crash.
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I assume you need to find an "older rom set", that is compatible with these "very old core versions". May you need to find out various sources too because roms can be very different. Some are decrypted, some are not.
Anything MAME & FBA for 3DS seems like to be more like experimental than anything other. You're really pushing the boundaries of pretty much old abandon cores on this handheld. This is my impression so far, when I tinkered around a went through a lot of system freezes with "not demanding" titles that should have worked.
However the most recent RetroArch for 3DS build fixed Tate (or vertical?!) mode , I guess. May caused a lot of crashes too.
Pretty much anything not CPS 1 & CPS 2, Neo Geo or some FBA games is a gamble. Or else you better go straight up to 80s early 90s roms.
For shooters: your best option on N3DS is PS1 PSX Re Armed Emulation. The selection of Japanese shooters is huge.
For CAVE Shooters: it's the PSP if you got one. There is a special FBA Version that is optimised for CAVE smups (cached).
I'm not to deep into the topic anymore.
However that's what I have tinkered around with over the years and know first hand.
Here's a few cores which have a few additional experimental features enabled.
They all have the bottom screen input driver, which has a few extra button for save states and rewind / fast forward.
Overlays are supported.
Graphical widgets are supported.
And, just for fun, 'Remote Retropad' is enabled.
I really suck at creating layouts and graphical art, so be warned.
They all have the bottom screen input driver, which has a few extra button for save states and rewind / fast forward.
Overlays are supported.
Graphical widgets are supported.
And, just for fun, 'Remote Retropad' is enabled.
I really suck at creating layouts and graphical art, so be warned.
Awesome info. Thanks for the help. I found FBA4PSP MOD v12.5.4 and will give that a try!
EDIT: And it works wonderfully!
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If I'm using forwarded CIA PS1 games. Does updating the retroarch app update the forwarded games?
Booted up my new 3ds for a long time and updated everything. Now im trying to install retroarch, but i just can't get it to boot. Tried 1.9.5 and 1.9.6. all files are where they should be. What am i doing wrong? Is there some new things i should know?
3dsx file crashes and cia goes back to home screen. Retroarch folder is on root of my sd card.
It’s pretty straightforward.
1. Download the 7z file;
2. Extract the retroarch folder to root of your SD card.
3. Make sure in particular that the core (.cia) files have been copied to the right place inside of the retroarch folder as well as they can be located in a separate folder in the 7z file (presumably this decision was made to facilitate updating).
4. Install retroarch.cia. First launch will take 25-30 seconds. After that once you launch a game, it will go through another 25-30 second delay while it installs the proper core.
1. Download the 7z file;
2. Extract the retroarch folder to root of your SD card.
3. Make sure in particular that the core (.cia) files have been copied to the right place inside of the retroarch folder as well as they can be located in a separate folder in the 7z file (presumably this decision was made to facilitate updating).
4. Install retroarch.cia. First launch will take 25-30 seconds. After that once you launch a game, it will go through another 25-30 second delay while it installs the proper core.
Closer than you realize. There is a pull request right now to add a proper bottom screen.
I was curious to see how much progress PCSX has made on the old 3DS with Final Fantasy IX. I never expected the old 3DS to run it, this is more of a curiosity.
First I tried Retroarch Stable 1.9.7 with a .img of FFIX, without changing any of the default settings. FFIX ran at 12FPS. Way better than I was expecting.
So I went looking for more info on the settings of PCSX on 3DS and I managed to reach 20FPS (from 18FPS to 22FPS, and sometimes 25FPS) with those changes:
I tried to enable the two following settings but when I do PCSX crash as soon as I boot anything, including the BIOS:
Threaded Rendering would probably increase the performances by a lot. I was thinking that maybe the crash was only a software issue on old 3DS and could be fixed. Do you have any idea what's happening?
Optimal settings so far:
First I tried Retroarch Stable 1.9.7 with a .img of FFIX, without changing any of the default settings. FFIX ran at 12FPS. Way better than I was expecting.
So I went looking for more info on the settings of PCSX on 3DS and I managed to reach 20FPS (from 18FPS to 22FPS, and sometimes 25FPS) with those changes:
- load a CHD file instead of .img of FFIX
- Audio Driver set to DSP_Thread
- Audio Synchronization enabled
- Video Synchronization disabled
- PCSX specific (Quick Menu > Options or PCSX-ReARMed.opt file):
- Check "Advance GPU UNAI/PCSX4All Settings" and reload to view the following settings
- (GPU) Enable Lighting enabled
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_lighting = "enabled" - (GPU) Enable Pixel Skip enabled
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_pixel_skip = "enabled" - (GPU) Enable Hi-Res Downscaling enabled, the most important one
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_scale_hires = "enabled"
- Check "Advance GPU UNAI/PCSX4All Settings" and reload to view the following settings
I tried to enable the two following settings but when I do PCSX crash as soon as I boot anything, including the BIOS:
- Threaded Rendering (crashes with both Synchronous and Asynchronous)
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_thread_rendering = "async" - CD Access Method (works as Synchronous, crashes with Asynchronous)
pcsx_rearmed_async_cd = "async"
Threaded Rendering would probably increase the performances by a lot. I was thinking that maybe the crash was only a software issue on old 3DS and could be fixed. Do you have any idea what's happening?
Optimal settings so far:
pcsx_rearmed_analog_axis_modifier = "circle"
pcsx_rearmed_async_cd = "sync"
pcsx_rearmed_bios = "auto"
pcsx_rearmed_display_internal_fps = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_dithering = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_drc = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_duping_enable = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_frameskip = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_thread_rendering = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_blending = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_fast_lighting = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_ilace_force = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_lighting = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_pixel_skip = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_scale_hires = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gteregsunneeded = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustratiox = "1"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustratioy = "1"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustx = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjusty = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_idiablofix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_input_sensitivity = "1.00"
pcsx_rearmed_inuyasha_fix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_memcard2 = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_multitap = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_negcon_deadzone = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_negcon_response = "linear"
pcsx_rearmed_nocdaudio = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_nogteflags = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_nosmccheck = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_noxadecoding = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_pe2_fix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_psxclock = "57"
pcsx_rearmed_region = "auto"
pcsx_rearmed_show_bios_bootlogo = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_show_gpu_unai_settings = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_show_other_input_settings = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_spu_interpolation = "simple"
pcsx_rearmed_spu_reverb = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_spuirq = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_vibration = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_async_cd = "sync"
pcsx_rearmed_bios = "auto"
pcsx_rearmed_display_internal_fps = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_dithering = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_drc = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_duping_enable = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_frameskip = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_thread_rendering = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_blending = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_fast_lighting = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_ilace_force = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_lighting = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_pixel_skip = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gpu_unai_scale_hires = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gteregsunneeded = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustratiox = "1"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustratioy = "1"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjustx = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_gunconadjusty = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_idiablofix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_input_sensitivity = "1.00"
pcsx_rearmed_inuyasha_fix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_memcard2 = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_multitap = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_negcon_deadzone = "0"
pcsx_rearmed_negcon_response = "linear"
pcsx_rearmed_nocdaudio = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_nogteflags = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_nosmccheck = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_noxadecoding = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_pe2_fix = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_psxclock = "57"
pcsx_rearmed_region = "auto"
pcsx_rearmed_show_bios_bootlogo = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_show_gpu_unai_settings = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_show_other_input_settings = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_spu_interpolation = "simple"
pcsx_rearmed_spu_reverb = "enabled"
pcsx_rearmed_spuirq = "disabled"
pcsx_rearmed_vibration = "enabled"
Every time that happened to me, I would erase the configuration files and re-do them again, 90% of the times fixes some crashes.
Right now, with the latest stable and nigthly, for some reason Pepsi Man crashes just in the moment when a music track is about to play, I guess it has something to do with the chd compression, gonna test with an uncompressed image.
And by the way, who is maintaining the SNES cores? It would be great if the msu1 chip is supported, as well for widescreen hacks, considereing that this last feature got implemented in the sega genesis core not so long ago and it works great.
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So, to sum things up, FF9 on O3DS runs at 22fps with those settings? with sound? how's the overall experience, playable? graphical glitches?
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