Homebrew Question Is lakka useful?

[M7L7NK7]

lakka has goldeneye at almost full speed, so it's worth it

 

[Ninn]

How about shenmue 1 and 2? how good do they run with this?

Are they playable?

 

[sj33]

Funny how people dismiss this as a novelty when it’s literally my most used homebrew on the Switch right now. You can reboot back to hekate and load lakka without needing a dongle. Hopefully the reverse will be possible soon. The lack of sleep mode is the main reason I’m not in lakka all the time, but this will come.

Shenmue works full speed.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Until folks in homebrew community figure out how to dual-boot firmware (without dongles/gadgets)

That won’t happen. Ever

 

[Rahkeesh]

That won’t happen. Ever

Atmosphere already lets you reboot to payload, why can't the same show up on linux at some point?

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Atmosphere already lets you reboot to payload, why can't the same show up on linux at some point?

warmboot hax? yea that could happen. But I think they were talking about untethered coldboot, which won’t happen

 

[sj33]

Atmosphere already lets you reboot to payload, why can't the same show up on linux at some point?

Not sure what you are saying, it can. Reboot to payload will be added eventually.

 

[Rahkeesh]

Is a standalone lakka using l4t available right now?

 

[snoofly]

Is a standalone lakka using l4t available right now?

Yes, for patrons of the RetroNX discord

 

[Pipistrele]

warmboot hax? yea that could happen. But I think they were talking about untethered coldboot, which won’t happen

It's more than possible, really - if there's anything that was proven by homebrew scene time and time again, it's that some of the most powerful exploits can be found in least obvious places. I mean, 3DS for a long time was considered unhackable until it suddenly was, and same is for Vita.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

It's more than possible, really - if there's anything that was proven by homebrew scene time and time again, it's that some of the most powerful exploits can be found in least obvious places. I mean, 3DS for a long time was considered unhackable until it suddenly was, and same is for Vita.

Pretty much everything relating to it has been thoroughly reverse engineered and checked. Anything that could possibly lead to it is either impossible to take advantage of due to missing pieces (nvidia backdoor requires an unburnable fuse to be burnt, 3.0.x needs a sysmodule savegame exploit, etc) or is incredibly impractical to use.

If anything ever does happen, it’ll likely be exclusive to <=1.0.0

 

[Pipistrele]

Pretty much everything relating to it has been thoroughly reverse engineered and checked. Anything that could possibly lead to it is either impossible to take advantage of due to missing pieces (nvidia backdoor requires an unburnable fuse to be burnt, 3.0.x needs a sysmodule savegame exploit, etc) or is incredibly impractical to use.

Wasn't very similar thing said about 3DS and Vita though, up to the notion that "It will take >4 years at best to hack newer firmware"? Again, there's at least half a dozen instances in jailbreaking history when people thought that "everything has been thoroughly reverse engineered and checked" only to find an unexpected workaround.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Wasn't very similar thing said about 3DS and Vita though, up to the notion that "It will take >4 years at best to hack newer firmware"? Again, there's at least half a dozen instances in jailbreaking history when people thought that "everything has been thoroughly reverse engineered and checked" only to find an unexpected workaround.

You’ll be disappointed when it never happens above <=1.0.0 kek

The difference with the Switch is that people already knew a lot about it since it is very similar to the 3ds. A similar flaw to one that was on the 3ds that allowed untethered coldboot (or at least afaik it’s similar) did exist, but is literally impossible to use and was patched in 6.2

 

[Rizzorules]

Yes, for patrons of the RetroNX discord

How much do i need to donate? Should I donate in m4xw patreon?

 

[notimp]

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Should you? Donate? Well you decide. But yes, a precompiled version of those actually very usefull lakka builds is pinned to that channel. (Mega)


(All glitches in the faces (missing polygons) can be fixed by setting one option from triangle to pixel accurate in the core settings, forgot its name. Diary polygon glitches are also fixed this way.)
Shenmue is pretty much full speed at 1 step gpu overclock for portable (384 MHz if I'm not mistaken), and 1 step CPU overclock.

Currently Lakka only can be used in portable mode. No bluetooth controllers. But sound from the actual switch. Reboot to payload also would make a huge difference in ease of use, and is planned for future releases. Currently you need a dongle(/payload injector) to switch between Horizon and Lakka.

 

[chaoskagami]

Atmosphere already lets you reboot to payload, why can't the same show up on linux at some point?

Probably because this "issue" is on the side of the payloads rather than Linux.

Linux has a system call called kexec which loads a kernel file and warm reboots to it. This can be an arbitrary ELF file.

The problem is we're using raw binaries to be loaded at 0x40008000. Theoretically one could build an ELF out of any old binary and provide that to kexec, but don't quote me on this.

 

[Jackson98]

Lakka is incredibly useful, especially now the battery bug has been fixed.

1. Lakka is the only operating system front that will get a good 95% Gamecube games capable of running at 100% speed(don't listen to those saying it isn't possible, they are already doing it now with a many games, their is video proof)
2. You won't get a ban for using Lakka, as your running a completely different OS which doesn't touch the nand. You can freely go online.
3. L4T Ubuntu, using the same OS base as LAKKA can run Xbox emulation(despite poorly at the moment)

Literally the only large downside to LAKKA is the lack of sleep mode support, otherwise for emulation, it is CLEARLY superior. Because everything is run though linux, the performance of every emulator above the SNES will run better on LAKKA with less optimisation required, and lower required clock speeds. I definitely wouldn't call LAKKA useless.

 

[RetroGenerica]

I'm waiting for L4T Ubuntu to advance further to the point where i don't need to worry about a lack of Sleep Mode and a good setup for Dolphin/Gamecube Emu.. unless someone can provide that?

 

[notimp]

Self-indulgent humble brag? Wow.

And you are waiting for a setup from someone. Wow.

Pikmin is playable.
Killer 7 is playable.
Animal Crossing is playable.
Resi Code Veronica apparently is playable (for me it crahes on the language selection screen, so maybe dont use the EU version)

Paper Mario GC slowdown / unplayable
Spider-Man 2 slowdown / unplayable
Celda slowdown / unplayable

Thats already with Vulkan.

Also, switching between Lakka and Horizon (without a modchip) is tedious, so you better pick one game you want to play for a bit longer. Rather than just jump around.

Chu Chu Rocket is playable
Shenmue 1 is playable
Shenmue 2 is playable (a little more slowdown than 1 on minimal overclock)
Skies of Arcadia (EU version 60 Hz patched) is playable
Resi Code Veronica is playable (DC version EU 60 Hz patched)
Jet Set Radio (EU Version) playable (small slowdowns at minimal overclock)
Grandia II is playable
Soul Reaver is playable (and fun! )
Omikron is playable (only one of the above mentioned so far that doesnt support 16:9 hack)
PSO is playable (apparently, didnt test)

Rez slowdown / unplayable (maybe its settings, is someone gets it to full speed, report. )

Both GC and DC games work with compression (chd on DC, gcz on GC (also stripping the iso from filler with GCM Utility works on most games, it makes Animal Crossing unbootable though)).

 

[RetroGenerica]

Self-indulgent humble brag? Wow.

And you are waiting for a setup from someone. Wow.

Pikmin is playable.
Killer 7 is playable.
Animal Crossing is playable.
Resi Code Veronica apparently is playable (for me it crahes on the language selection screen, so maybe dont use the US version)

Paper Mario slowdown / unplayable
Spider-Man 2 slowdown / unplayable
Celda slowdown / unplayable

Thats already with Vulcan.

Also, switching between Lakka and Horizon (without a modchip) is tedious, so you better pick one game you want to play for a bit longer. Rather than just jump around.

Chu Chu Rocket is playable
Shenmue 1 is playable
Shenmue 2 is playable (a little more slowdown than 1 on minimal overclock)
Skys of Arcadia (EU version 60 Hz patched) is playable
Resi Code Veronica is playable (DC version EU 60 Hz patched)
Jet Set Radio (EU Version) playable (small slowdowns at minimal overclock)
Omikron is playable (only one of the above mentioned so far that doesnt support 16:9 hack)
PSO is playable (apparently, didnt test)

Rez slowdown / unplayable (maybe its settings, is someone gets it to full speed, report. )

I'm confused.. I wasn't dissing lakka at all.
I love Lakka, I just don't know the best settings to use with Dolphin.. Ontop of that I can't get any controls working with Dolphin so I can't properly try any of my GC roms.
My comment was just a cheeky suggestion for some good settings for Dolphin for Lakka as it's been a bit of a headache for me.
Everything else on Lakka has been working swimingly and it's shocked me how amazing it is as an OS considering how new I am to Linux in general.