Homebrew RELEASE Development Thread - RetroArch libnx

[Clapmaster]

You're basically a god at this point. Dino Crisis 2 running at 60fps with no vsync and still 58 with vsync, intro fmv played without a hitch too. Resident Evil 2 intro fmv slight audio stutter but actual gameplay = 60fps.

 

[m4xw]

You're basically a god at this point. Dino Crisis 2 running at 60fps with no vsync and still 58 with vsync, intro fmv played without a hitch too. Resident Evil 2 intro fmv slight audio stutter but actual gameplay = 60fps.

You can try the switch_thread audio driver (needs RA restarted) or play with audio_latency.

That should get it fixed, if not then very close

 

[Clapmaster]

You can try the switch_thread audio driver (needs RA restarted) or play with audio_latency.

That should get it fixed, if not then very close

Yeah I was on the thread audio driver. Increasing latency seemed to mostly fix the minor stutter in that one re2 cutscene. Very impressed with your work. Keep it up!

 

[ciskohansen]

Einhander works great, 57-58fps with v-sync on

 

[Ty_]

More testing of PS1 games. Only tried a couple of minutes of each so can't vouch for long term performance:


Kurushi/Intelligent Qube runs perfect. Or should that be PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERFECT *thud*. Sound/performance were all good


Team Buddies - perfect


Ridge Racer Type 4 - Mostly good, some sound distortions. There's a weird effect on the track I tried with the floor and textures/shadows. Nothing close to gamebreaking but it is noticeable
http://sendvid.com/kq0vj294


Crash Team Racing - Performance was solid with some occasional sound distortions (seems to be more sound effects than music)


Micro Machines V3 - Perfect



Also noticed around a third of the time when I try to load a game Retroarch crashes. Seems to be at random, couldn't find a pattern (I closed and restarted Retroarch each time I tested a game)

 

[Woody601]

The all-in-one works, but I have to go to the cores themselves, instead of the loader in the /switch/ folder. anybody have any suggestions on how I can fix this? Because when i open it, it has the background but not the menu like it should...

 

[m4xw]

The all-in-one works, but I have to go to the cores themselves, instead of the loader in the /switch/ folder. anybody have any suggestions on how I can fix this? Because when i open it, it has the background but not the menu like it should...

Thats intended.

The loader is just a shortcut to the NRO's and it works with playlist/history

 

[Ty_]

Noticed a graphical glitch after playing MGS some more. when you go into an elevator and try to change floors, the panels to select the floor light up so you can't tell which one is selected.

One the plus side, the sound is fantastic, comes through really well on the Switch. Lots of little, subtle sounds I hadn't noticed before with the soundtrack

Another bonus, dunno if anyone has tried yet but I gave MGS a go in docked mode without exiting or restarting Retroarch etc, just straight into the dock while playing, and had no issues. Not tried with any other games


Thank you so much to all involved for your work on this, the dream of portable MGS was one of the reasons I bought a switch and looked into homebrew in the first place

 

[m4xw]

Noticed a graphical glitch after playing MGS some more. when you go into an elevator and try to change floors, the panels to select the floor light up so you can't tell which one is selected.

One the plus side, the sound is fantastic, comes through really well on the Switch. Lots of little, subtle sounds I hadn't noticed before with the soundtrack

Another bonus, dunno if anyone has tried yet but I gave MGS a go in docked mode without exiting or restarting Retroarch etc, just straight into the dock while playing, and had no issues. Not tried with any other games


Thank you so much to all involved for your work on this, the dream of portable MGS was one of the reasons I bought a switch and looked into homebrew in the first place

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sRAiKCYzCRYS9ARM8D-XeL5jbXGSlJg1S7DVXQnBc_4

We now have a actual sheet that will be updated in the future!

 

[tabnk]

Nice. When dynamic recompiler add to PCSX core, it will be even better.

 

[metalslug53]

Any full widescreen support on PCSX at all?

Also, every time I load a game, I get a message saying "No Playstation BIOS Found - Add for better compatibility." But the game loads anyways. Is a BIOS file necessary?

 

[Deleted User]

sorry for stupid questions

what is name of core? i see a couple different psx core. psx rearmed?

what is format for ps1 iso? .bin? .iso? .zip?

Thanks for any help. I try to load but content not found with latest nightly.

some slight progress i see .bin files do appear and zipped iso as well but failed to load

 

[newbytime7]

Any full widescreen support on PCSX at all?

Also, every time I load a game, I get a message saying "No Playstation BIOS Found - Add for better compatibility." But the game loads anyways. Is a BIOS file necessary?

would most definitely use it if I were you

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Any full widescreen support on PCSX at all?

Also, every time I load a game, I get a message saying "No Playstation BIOS Found - Add for better compatibility." But the game loads anyways. Is a BIOS file necessary?

and just change aspect ratio to 16:9 for widescreen

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sorry for stupid questions

what is name of core? i see a couple different psx core. psx rearmed?

what is format for ps1 iso? .bin? .iso? .zip?

Thanks for any help. I try to load but content not found with latest nightly.

some slight progress i see .bin files do appear and zipped iso as well but failed to load

yes pcsx rearmed. and bin/cue work best

 

[Deleted User]

thanks for help newbytime7 the cue is what i was missing to do this i believe trying now

a site for those lost with making cue

http://nielsbuus.dk/pg/psx_cue_maker/

sadly though the above site did seem to make my cue sheet and i named it .cue my content still fails to load. Any ideas? Is this a bios issue? do I load the bin or the cue file first?

 

[ciskohansen]

I have all my psx collection in PBP format and so works well

 

[newbytime7]

make sure your directory for bios is set correctly.

thanks for help newbytime7 the cue is what i was missing to do this i believe trying now

a site for those lost with making cue

http://nielsbuus.dk/pg/psx_cue_maker/

sadly though the above site did seem to make my cue sheet and i named it .cue my content still fails to load. Any ideas? Is this a bios issue? do I load the bin or the cue file first?

thanks for help newbytime7 the cue is what i was missing to do this i believe trying now

a site for those lost with making cue

http://nielsbuus.dk/pg/psx_cue_maker/

sadly though the above site did seem to make my cue sheet and i named it .cue my content still fails to load. Any ideas? Is this a bios issue? do I load the bin or the cue file first?

make sure your directory for bios is correct. and it could be bad bios...

 

[metalslug53]

and just change aspect ratio to 16:9 for widescreen

Tried this, but it didn't give me a fullscreen widescreen. It was tiny and centered, but didn't span the entire screen. T.T

Also, was there a BIOS file in the full download that included PCSX, or is it something I need to download separately? After download, where should I place the BIOS file?

 

[newbytime7]

thanks for help newbytime7 the cue is what i was missing to do this i believe trying now

a site for those lost with making cue

http://nielsbuus.dk/pg/psx_cue_maker/

sadly though the above site did seem to make my cue sheet and i named it .cue my content still fails to load. Any ideas? Is this a bios issue? do I load the bin or the cue file first?

thanks for help newbytime7 the cue is what i was missing to do this i believe trying now

a site for those lost with making cue

http://nielsbuus.dk/pg/psx_cue_maker/

sadly though the above site did seem to make my cue sheet and i named it .cue my content still fails to load. Any ideas? Is this a bios issue? do I load the bin or the cue file first?

make sure your directory for bios is correct. and it could be bad bios...

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Oops, sorry for the double post.

turn off integer scaling to fix full screen. and your downloaded bios goes in /retroarch/cores/system

 

[metalslug53]

turn off integer scaling to fix full screen. and your downloaded bios goes in /retroarch/cores/system

Thanks for all the help. I'll give these a shot right now!

 

[Deleted User]

pbp huh interesting will give that a shot thanks for sharing

are folks posting good results on exfat or fat32 i am on exfat....

SUCCESS
ok what it was i believe were 2 things my bios file and the iso i had used (I had tried changing ecm to bin and apparently that can't be done) but once i had proper bin and cue i loaded my cue and voila great work!

 

[Woody601]

Thats intended.

The loader is just a shortcut to the NRO's and it works with playlist/history

Well when I load it up, nothing happens... It just sits with the background and nothing pops up...

 

[Deleted User]

 

[Azel]

https://streamable.com/rq4v4 (similar graphical bugs in game too with scrolling)
I get the same menu issues with the latest nightly, full package, played some valkyrie profile with bios handheld, then docked, then I'm getting this on both docked and handheld. (vsync set to off after stating the game, latest hekate, fw 3.0.1)