Homebrew Official Retroarch WiiU (wip.)

ploggy · Jul 31, 2021

n00bsaib0t said:
N64 is full speed on the OG Xbox. Several N64 games run at full speed on the Wii. WiiU is just now seeing PSone work but it’s been on Wii for years and 3DS got it last year. With those old consoles it’s more about if someone wants to code it than if the hardware can do it.

Exactly, all it takes is the right person to take on the challenge.

fmhugo · Aug 1, 2021

I updated to the latest version but it always gives error now (160 - 2203). Any way to fix it?

ShadowOne333 · Aug 1, 2021

Looks like we got compressed cores now, boys!

https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commit/93649d914775e8ddc0e0f42be4418d7fd583a295

Quark made the commit today, which I assume is based on @ploggy 's compression explained earlier in this thread.
Huge thanks to both, and to Quark for taking the time to make the WiiU port of RA A much better experience!

MikaDubbz · Aug 1, 2021

jrb0 said:
Quick question, what's the homebrew called that lets us use the 3DS to remote play onto a Wii U? I would totally use that!

NTRView: https://github.com/yawut/ntrview-wiiu

ploggy · Aug 1, 2021

ShadowOne333 said:
Looks like we got compressed cores now, boys!
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commit/93649d914775e8ddc0e0f42be4418d7fd583a295

Quark made the commit today, which I assume is based on @ploggy 's compression explained earlier in this thread.
Huge thanks to both, and to Quark for taking the time to make the WiiU port of RA A much better experience!

Nighty's are a couple days behind for some reason but they should start having the compression builds available soon

ploggy · Aug 1, 2021

The new build is up!
But theres weirdness going on

For some reason not all the Core RPX's in the Retroarch buildbot package are being Compressed? not only that, the ones that are, are actually BIGGER in filesize when Zipped

wtf?? this means the Retroarch Package in the build bot is now 3x larger than before

again wtf??

NinStar · Aug 1, 2021

WHAT, why the latest nighly is amolst 1gb?

AmandaRose · Aug 1, 2021

ploggy said:
The new build is up!
But theres weirdness going on

For some reason not all the Core RPX's in the Retroarch buildbot package are being Compressed? not only that, the ones that are, are actually BIGGER in filesize when Zipped wtf?? this means the Retroarch Package in the build bot is now 3x larger than before again wtf??

That is bizarre :rofl2:

ploggy · Aug 1, 2021

AmandaRose said:
That is bizarre

I'm not great when it comes to compression n' all but I assumed if you reduce the filesize the filesize gets smaller?

really tho, the zip compression was better when the RPX was uncompressed.. There's probably reasonable logic behind this but I'm not seeing it lol

ploggy · Aug 1, 2021

Looks like some of the RPX files are still not being compressed on the buildbot.
You'll notice the filesize reduction when you download the core through the Online Updater, it's just when the RPX's are zipped they become larger, when the Core is downloaded to your SD card then the filessize will be alot smaller

EDIT: All remaining Cores are now being compressed correctly..

ploggy · Aug 2, 2021

The Retroarch build is back down to a more manageable size

from 1.1GB to 563MB

depaul · Aug 2, 2021

Hi @ploggy and thank you I've been following your work as well as QuarkTheAwesome, ShadowOne333, ...

Just to know, can you please tell me if there is an advantage of compressed RPX files? do they load faster? Or is it that they just occupy less space?

Thanks.

ploggy · Aug 2, 2021

depaul said:
Hi @ploggy and thank you I've been following your work as well as QuarkTheAwesome, ShadowOne333, ...

Just to know, can you please tell me if there is an advantage of compressed RPX files? do they load faster? Or is it that they just occupy less space?

Thanks.

I think there is a difference, but others will have to see if it reduces loading time for them

depaul · Aug 2, 2021

Yes Thanks @ploggy. I'm going to test compressed RPXs too. Yes theoretically they should load faster (unless the decompression process is slow...)

ploggy · Aug 3, 2021

For anyone who was having issues with the Retroarch.rpx not working from the HBL try the new build to see if it works for you now

NinStar · Aug 3, 2021

The .rpx launcher finally got fixed... but now the explore tab is crashing the console.

M7L7NK7 · Aug 3, 2021

ber71 said:
N64 is barely fullspeed on switch.

How is this misconception still being said? It's near perfect and has been for a long time, even Goldeneye is close to full speed

ber71 · Aug 3, 2021

Milenko said:
How is this misconception still being said? It's near perfect and has been for a long time, even Goldeneye is close to full speed

But it's true. Some relevant games struggle with default clock. For perfect framerate, you need overclock.

MIPS != ARM, and MIPS != PPC too.

I mean, I wish we get a nice N64 native emulator for wiiU, but keep expectations low. Not every game is going to be playable.

M7L7NK7 · Aug 3, 2021

ber71 said:
But it's true. Some relevant games struggle with default clock. For perfect framerate, you need overclock.

MIPS != ARM, and MIPS != PPC too.

I mean, I wish we get a nice N64 native emulator for wiiU, but keep expectations low. Not every game is going to be playable.

A few n64 games on switch needing overclock (most don't) isn't n64 being barely fullspeed like you said

QuarkTheAwesome · Aug 3, 2021

MarioSilva said:
The .rpx launcher finally got fixed... but now the explore tab is crashing the console.

I can't reproduce this, is there something specific you're doing?

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