Retroarch is now on Retail Mode (Xbox Series S/X)
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press the install button on the app's ms store screen, then cancel the installation.
to download, go to games and apps, scroll down the left menus to manage, then go into owned games. it should be there.
hope that helps
iirc, gamr13 showed that a dev license costs over $100. I don't know if he has to pay that again when he gets banned for uploading retail versions of things, but damn. I need to donate to him next month. I only have about $100 right now, but I'll give him $15 on August 1st.
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For some reason wii games runs fine with the dolphin core and original configuration. When i change some setting it returns to a black screen when loading game. Any clues to the setting that does that. Bios incide xbox and rom from a usb
Maybe try updating the core. Retail has more updates, creating individual updates when cores are updated. Check on gamr's discord channel to see when it's updated. If the app haven't been removed yet, Retroarch will update itself, but if the app has been removed, you'll have to uninstall the old, install the new.
Updating retail is not that painful. I have used the following method to update last 2 times and it has worked fine
1) install and run new retroarch (eg RAxyz) with old one still in place (eg RAabc)
2) in old RAabc delete retroarch.cfg, playlists, and in config folder the dolphin-emu.cfg I think it's called.
3) copy over all the folders except local state from new RAxyz to old RAabc and overwrite anything if prompted. Not sure if this step is necessary but I do it just in case.
4) Rename the old RAabc package folder name to same as the new one (RAxyz) -may have to add a character to the new one (RAxyz1) only as can't have 2 folders in same place with same name but make sure old package has new name without any extra or less characters.
5) Run new RAxyz to make sure it works ok and create new playlists might have to update stuff from online updater again if something doesn't run but check and see if works without first.
6) once satisfied, delete the newly installed package RAxyz1 from file browser and uninstall the old RAabc app from the xbox menu
That's it. This saves having to transfer any files within local state from one packageto another which I always found a pain.
1) install and run new retroarch (eg RAxyz) with old one still in place (eg RAabc)
2) in old RAabc delete retroarch.cfg, playlists, and in config folder the dolphin-emu.cfg I think it's called.
3) copy over all the folders except local state from new RAxyz to old RAabc and overwrite anything if prompted. Not sure if this step is necessary but I do it just in case.
4) Rename the old RAabc package folder name to same as the new one (RAxyz) -may have to add a character to the new one (RAxyz1) only as can't have 2 folders in same place with same name but make sure old package has new name without any extra or less characters.
5) Run new RAxyz to make sure it works ok and create new playlists might have to update stuff from online updater again if something doesn't run but check and see if works without first.
6) once satisfied, delete the newly installed package RAxyz1 from file browser and uninstall the old RAabc app from the xbox menu
That's it. This saves having to transfer any files within local state from one packageto another which I always found a pain.
Updating either retail or dev mode is very easy. Put everything on an external hdd, backup retroarch.cfg from local folders. Keep separate the one from retail and dev mode, because external is E in dev mode and D in retail. Uninstall toe old version, install the new, ftp the cfg to local host after downloading assets, etc. Done.
It's really fantastic ! I'm on a serie X and frankly..... for me this generation of Xbox consoles is as good as the first old black Xbox, which was a "beast" regarding emulation.....
Playing PSX and PS2 games on my Xbox... ah ah ah.. in your face, Sony and your "meh" game pass...!
Playing PSX and PS2 games on my Xbox... ah ah ah.. in your face, Sony and your "meh" game pass...!
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Strange that PS2 isn't working great if it uses libretro PCSX2 core. I was testing out PCSX2 last night on an 8th gen 6 core i7, 32GB ram and a GTX1060 and it managed 8x native resolution with no slowdown!
I did only try this with Sly Cooper, but the emulator seems quite stable so I wonder what the difference is with the PCSX2 liberetro core. Not sure how retroarch works really so maybe I'm just rambling. Can anyone link me to some info on how exactly retroarch works? Watered down versions of full emulators, or?
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There could be a number of factors here, what game he tried (and how compatible it is) etc etc, but for higher end emulation especially, it's usually better to go with the standalone emulator rather than the RA core: obviously RA isn't designed exclusively to work with the PCSX2 core, so you can guess for yourself really. A fine example from gamr13 himself is that he's also offering PPSSPP for download despite that being a RA core too: PSP runs well enough on the RA core on Series S/X, but you'll get better results using the standalone emu for sure.
Also Sly is definitely one of the easiest games to run: you ain't running Shadow of the Colossus at 8x on that rig (probably struggle to do that on most rigs actually!)
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This makes a lot of sense. I've got a lot of experience with stand alone emulators and most seem to run fine, including Wii and GC at higher native on almost every game I've tried!
Haven't delved into the PS2 so much, it's the first time I've even attempted to run a PS2 game so maybe should have tried a few high end games first ahaha. Cheers!
When it works, it works apparently well on Series X/S. It's just that it takes a lot of tries to launch the games and to load and save data. For instance, the ghost list is not even updated when you photograph a ghost in Project Zero/Fatal Frame III, so I think that the problem is that Retroarch has some bugs on Series X/S or is it the core? This particular problem is related to the software and hardware emulation choice, I know because on PC these games have a few issues like this depending on the hardware/software emulation choice. On Series, there is a lack of options so I can't try different options like on PC. I haven't found a way to make Project Zero III work properly and most games crash. There is also a need for BIOS sometimes (it doesn't tell you but I guessed) even when you have one already so you have to copy the BIOS again.
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