Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates

• New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
  • mainline kernel has been deprecated
  • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
  • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
• aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
  • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
• New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community

New features and improvements

• Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
• The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
• RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
• The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
• RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
• Overclock profiles have been updated :
  • Renamed all profiles
  • Added more overclock profiles
  • Added underclock profiles

New cores

• mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
  • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
  • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
• picodrive (various Sega consoles)
  • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
• Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
  • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
• reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
  • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
  • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
  • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
• Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games
  • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
• theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)

Updated cores

• Dolphin : Vulkan support
  • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
• PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
• PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content

Removed cores

• mupen64plus
• parallel-n64
• Genesis Plus GX
• Ishiiruka
  • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer

Credits

• Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
• Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
• RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
• mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
• PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
• Dolphin core: aliaspider
• reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).

 

[SebTheThing]

Hello! Amazing work. I'm having issues with the SM64 60fps hack by Kaze Emmanuar, the game seems to work fine but I can't get past the start screen because none of the controls are working. Any ways to fix this? My controls are correctly mapped, and controls are working using Project 64 on PC.

 

[Csmrcc]

I kept getting black screen, and just realised my SD card is formatted as ExFat , does anyone have a cluster size recommendation? I was thinking 32?

i read both recommendations here, 32 and 64 cluster

 

[stick267]

Wind Waker works fantastically with a few tweaks, bit of a slowdown in certain areas like the forsaken fortress but nothing that keeps you from progressing.

Friendly warning not to use the picobox as it crashes the system (learned the hard way, wish I had saved before)

There’s a setting for Dolphin “Store EFB copies to texture only”, turn that off to be able to use the Picto Box.

 

[NANASHI89]

Can you load Lakka from a mobile device yet? (Rekado, SX Tools)

 

[Rahkeesh]

Anything that can push the switch payload Hekate will work as its always has.

 

[Freeze1919]

Just copy'd data from the same SD converted it to FAT32 and reformatted everything then recopied all the files, get an error trying to play anything off the eshop .

 

[Drwho0894]

Anyone else tried Xenoblade Chronicles yet? Ive tried GL and Vulkan with similar results. Title screen and cutscene are alright 30fps. But as soon as you get into the first battle with Dunban it shits the bed and you get 10fps.

 

[pakrett]

How to play rayman 3 ? The game crash after language selection. Is there some settings to apply before trying to run gamecube games ?

 

[Null-project]

What is the best tool to use to format. Fat32 format is giving me problems.

 

[pakrett]

What is the best tool to use to format. Fat32 format is giving me problems.

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/FAT32format-GUI.shtml

 

[bylaws]

Can people fill out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zXmKZA6g_nCrJ9Un8lRIkZn04/edit#gid=1176478889

We are trying to diagnose boot issues

 

[pakrett]

Can people fill out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zXmKZA6g_nCrJ9Un8lRIkZn04/edit#gid=1176478889

We are trying to diagnose boot issues

stuck at read only. XAJ7001, it boots.

 

[ploggy]

Can people fill out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zXmKZA6g_nCrJ9Un8lRIkZn04/edit#gid=1176478889

We are trying to diagnose boot issues

Done!

 

[Mambila2001]

Can people fill out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zXmKZA6g_nCrJ9Un8lRIkZn04/edit#gid=1176478889

We are trying to diagnose boot issues

XAJ7001, it boots

 

[Null-project]

PM

Can people fill out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...zXmKZA6g_nCrJ9Un8lRIkZn04/edit#gid=1176478889

We are trying to diagnose boot issues

Xaw1004 does not boot.

 

[EmulateLife]

It tells me the document is view only and I have to ask permission from the owner to make changes.

But xaw1003 boots.

 

[Csmrcc]

It tells me the document is view only and I have to ask permission from the owner to make changes.

But xaw1003 boots.

Same for me xaj7001 boots but doesn't work properly (gc and Wii games crashed after launch)

 

[chillyshackk]

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/FAT32format-GUI.shtml

XAW10001 black screen no boot. 128gb fat32 32k cluster. I setup my sdcard with kosmos and pretty much selected everything from the sdsetup page. Then I manually updated my retroarch to 1.77, then I copied the files for L4T Lakka.

 

[ErnieBall]

Does the dolphin core provide online functionality?
I would love to go online with PSO, if only to download some quests.

 

[Efraim27]

Anyone tests Need for Speed Undergroud 2 or Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3? On both games I get black screen and force to shutdown my Switch :_(