Emulation Emulator DrasticDS Emulator - Switch Port

[Nagaa]

DrasticDS - Nintendo Switch port

This is a wrapper/port of the Android version of DrasticDS.
It loads the original Android emulator core, patches it and runs it.
It's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we natively run the original Android binary as is.

Features​

• Cover art— auto-download from SteamGridDB
• Region flags (US / EU / JP) and a sortable library
• Per-game settings — override options per title; rename and delete games
• Full controller remapping, stick config, deadzone, touchscreen, analog stylus, and gyro support
• In-game overlay — save states, per-title Action Replay cheats, screen layouts, filters, fast-forward, and runtime settings
• Custom screen layouts — horizontal, vertical, single-screen, hybrid, integer scaling, and a complete layout editor
• Drastic filter chain — Nearest, Linear, Quilez, Scanlines, Scale2x, HQ2x, FXAA, FXAA HQ, and SMAA
• Multiple storage sources — load games from SD, USB mass storage, or SMB shares
• LSFG 2× Frame Generation with the Vulkan renderer

Renderers​

Choose in Settings → Graphics → Renderer:

• Vulkan (NVK)— recommended; best performance and required for LSFG Frame Generation
• OpenGL — alternative if a game or filter misbehaves under Vulkan

Credits :

• Drastic developers for the emulator.
• fgsfds for the Switch so-loader groundwork reused here.
• TheOfficialFloW for the original Android so-loader lineage.
• Dantiicu - Switch Vulkan driver.
• PancakeTAS - LSFG-VK.
• Slluxx - IconGrabber.

Available here :
https://github.com/NaGaa95/DrasticDS_nx

 

[Jaxmc]

Maaaan you are a legend!!!, that is the only thing i've been waiting since the first time this android ports came around, thank you!!

Post automatically merged: Today at 7:54 AM

what is the format for the steamgridb key?, i know it should be placed in the drastic.ini file but i put it there and did not work

 

[Nagaa]

Maaaan you are a legend!!!, that is the only thing i've been waiting since the first time this android ports came around, thank you!!

Post automatically merged: Today at 7:54 AM

what is the format for the steamgridb key?, i know it should be placed in the drastic.ini file but i put it there and did not work

copy paste your api key in launcher.ini

 

[mathew77]

@Nagaa
Thank you a lot for that wonderful emulator!..

Btw noticed a some kind of nasty input lag, maybe like 200-250 ms. Is there any technique or setting to minimize it more, like 20-50 milliseconds or something?..
One can test it in 'New Super Mario Bros', for example.

 

[zerofalcon]

Nice! congrats for every port you are doing. Can melonDS android version can be ported too?

 

[ertaboy356b]

Excellent! Another needed android port. The so loader is a game changer. Now if only it's possible to dynamically convert those Vita Ports to Switch Ports.

 

[hellionz]

Another unoptimized emulator. Let's hope it improves, but for now, it runs worse than melonDS.

 

[tehrzky]

DrasticDS - Nintendo Switch port

This is a wrapper/port of the Android version of DrasticDS.
It loads the original Android emulator core, patches it and runs it.
It's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we natively run the original Android binary as is.

Features​

• Cover art— auto-download from SteamGridDB
• Region flags (US / EU / JP) and a sortable library
• Per-game settings — override options per title; rename and delete games
• Full controller remapping, stick config, deadzone, touchscreen, analog stylus, and gyro support
• In-game overlay — save states, per-title Action Replay cheats, screen layouts, filters, fast-forward, and runtime settings
• Custom screen layouts — horizontal, vertical, single-screen, hybrid, integer scaling, and a complete layout editor
• Drastic filter chain — Nearest, Linear, Quilez, Scanlines, Scale2x, HQ2x, FXAA, FXAA HQ, and SMAA
• Multiple storage sources — load games from SD, USB mass storage, or SMB shares
• LSFG 2× Frame Generation with the Vulkan renderer

Renderers​

Choose in Settings → Graphics → Renderer:

• Vulkan (NVK)— recommended; best performance and required for LSFG Frame Generation
• OpenGL — alternative if a game or filter misbehaves under Vulkan

Credits :

• Drastic developers for the emulator.
• fgsfds for the Switch so-loader groundwork reused here.
• TheOfficialFloW for the original Android so-loader lineage.
• Dantiicu - Switch Vulkan driver.
• PancakeTAS - LSFG-VK.
• Slluxx - IconGrabber.

Available here :
https://github.com/NaGaa95/DrasticDS_nx


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tnx. but when quiting to launcher, it's just black screen and need to force quit the app. and looks like the High-resolution 3d is also not working.

the frame generation is working (it's good but just weird, im not used to see ds game on this kind of setup). thanks.

 

[k0neer]

Another unoptimized emulator. Let's hope it improves, but for now, it runs worse than melonDS.

Don't talk nonsense, it works 1000 times better

 

[Nagaa]

Another unoptimized emulator. Let's hope it improves, but for now, it runs worse than melonDS.

Thanks for this very useful feedback...
It's a first release so ofc it can have issue and will improved, for exemple Golden Sun needs overclocking on melonDS and NooDS, while on Drastic it runs at full speed with no overclocking, it's a different emulator, so each game will behave differently

@Nagaa
Thank you a lot for that wonderful emulator!..

Btw I noticed a some kind of noticeable nasty input lag, maybe like 200-250 ms. Is there any technique or setting to minimize it more, like 20-50 milliseconds or something?..
One can test it in 'New Super Mario Bros', for example.

I didn't notice that much input lag in the games I tried i'll try New Super Mario Bros.

Nice! congrats for every port you are doing. Can melonDS android version can be ported too?

There is already a native switch version

tnx. but when quiting to launcher, it's just black screen and need to force quit the app. and looks like the High-resolution 3d is also not working.

the frame generation is working (it's good but just weird, im not used to see ds game on this kind of setup). thanks.

I'll check that
FG on DS games is pretty bad but still added it in case some people want to use it

 

[fish3128_81]

Tales of Innocence English patched, left screen black screen after FMV, unless pressing fast forward. The game is running as there is still music and voice in the background. This is with and without FG.

 

[ganons]

Another unoptimized emulator. Let's hope it improves, but for now, it runs worse than melonDS.

Stop talking rubbish. Drastic is an amazing emulator.

 

[Izual Urashima]

Congrats on the release.

 

[roice2000]

is there a video that shows the performance on some games ?

 

[hellionz]

Stop talking rubbish. Drastic is an amazing emulator.

Not right now, but I hope it improves. @Nagaa, no offense intended—contributions are always appreciated; I was just pointing out that there's still quite a bit of work left to do.