Does it also happen if you go into the retroarch menu first and then go to sleep, then select resume afterwards?
Does it also happen if you go into the retroarch menu first and then go to sleep, then select resume afterwards?
Seems like nightlies are still farting
Also, is retroachievements available on the Vita build?
I haven't tried that. I try, maybe 95% of the time, to save BEFORE going to sleep - because whenever I hit that power button again and swipe down that screen to start playing again, I can usually play for maybe 5 seconds, sometimes 15, then it freezes....every single time.
My larger point however, is the Vita is an on-the-go device. You simply can't have any program freeze when you put the unit to sleep since these Vita's aren't being used like regular video game systems. You might play for a couple minutes at a time, with ZERO time available to save a game every single time before you put it to sleep, let along having to quit the program and load up the game again just to resume (because otherwise it'll freeze). I also KNOW I'm not the only one with this problem - I've read about it quite a bit.
And it happens when you press the PS button before sleep, too I presume?
I ran into some similar problems with the Amiga emulator. It was corrupting any open files when the user pressed the PS button. So I had to disable the PS button altogether in that emulator.
I think the Vita does something disruptive when you press PS and/or make it go to sleep. At least when there are some files open.
There must be a way to fix that since all commercial games work just fine that way. It probably involves some kind of callback function that should be called just before it goes to sleep. That function has to close any open files etc. to make sure the system goes to sleep "safely" and there is no corruption when it wakes back up from sleep.
It is very strange because you would think the sleep mode should "just work" and the app should not have to do anything at all.
I ran into some similar problems with the Amiga emulator. It was corrupting any open files when the user pressed the PS button. So I had to disable the PS button altogether in that emulator.
I think the Vita does something disruptive when you press PS and/or make it go to sleep. At least when there are some files open.
There must be a way to fix that since all commercial games work just fine that way. It probably involves some kind of callback function that should be called just before it goes to sleep. That function has to close any open files etc. to make sure the system goes to sleep "safely" and there is no corruption when it wakes back up from sleep.
It is very strange because you would think the sleep mode should "just work" and the app should not have to do anything at all.
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Anyone had any issues with launching Gameboy Advance Games? Tried Pokémon FireRed (U) (Rev 1) in gpSP and VBA Next, and they both crash with error (C2-12828-1). (PS Vita Phat 3G Model (PCH-1101) with libretro stable 1.4.1 and HENkaku R7 if that matters).
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@Kerbangman apparently gbatemp won't let me quote on mobile, so, they were already unzipped, just realized gpSP gives a failed to load content error, while VBA Next apparently works this time wtf lmao (was about to type crashed and it worked lol) (edit: I have to run it from the file browser, can't play from playlists for some reason)(edit 2: apparently it loaded in gpSP automatically from the playlist)
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Unfortunately, no ScummVM core now in the nightlies
There is a ScummVM standalone VPK you could try. It has its own thread on this board. Look one page back and it should be there or search for scummVM
I'm using this in the meantime, but having it all inside RetroArch would be nice as well
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What platforms are supported for Retro Achievements with lib-retro cores?
I saw many videos of GDP Win, and i cant believe it. Sorry if i cant let me to stop right here from OT, but it is incredible how can handle many emulated ps2 games with such a low specs like that!
This is mighty the most close-to perfect portable device i'd always looked for. I have so many questions; can i ask to you? Not needed to mention i dont have money to buy it, i'm anyway really interested in this one. lol
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You'd be surprised to know how tricky it is to program a "lossless sleep" function for an emulator, probably more so on RetroArch in particular. Since the Vita is unable to cache an entire CD-system's game in the RAM since they exceed the limits of the system (Only half a gig, a FRACTION of even Android devices) and is instead simply reading the files as it streams through the emulated image, currently sleep is "normal"; in that it hasn't been optimized whatsoever to account for the Vita basically "unmounting" the disc in sleep, unlike a ROM-based system where, no matter how big, it still can be cached in its entirety in the system since they are so small and is how ROM files work in the first place. This behavior is nothing new; it's been seen ever since Genesis GX's SegaCD functionality was confirmed working, where suspend and sleep modes cause the emulated disc to eject for whatever reason.
In fact, I've seen this as far back as the PSP: NJEMU's CPS2PSP was a culprit of file corruption when using the PSP Go's "Pause Game" function (Basically a predecessor to modern "suspend"), so "Pausing" and returning to the game led to garbled sprites, since the PSP ports relied so much on pre-cached files.
It probably hasn't been implemented since RetroArch was never fully optimized for this behavior, and I'm pretty sure some Windows programs exhibit this too (If I were to use my Win to test, with it being a handheld and all). Theoretically, it's a simple fix: Pause the game, and immediately "mount" the disc when the system returns to RA, this way the game won't go spastic when it finds out it was ejected. But, I'm no programmer so I can't say how hard this is to actually implement.
NES, SMS(?), PC Engine, Genesis, SNES, and GB(C/A) are supported in the RetroAchievements APIs. Though, don't quote me on it working on RA because I haven't been able to earn any in my current addiction (EarthBound), but then again, it was activated near the end of the game so nyeh.
Course, ya need an account and make sure the credentials are right on the ball and are logged off of the website before logging on RA, since I haven't seen the overlay make any status changes whether it's successful or not, and you'll need to maintain a connection (I think, though I may be wrong). Some cores have compatibility issues too, so it's not complete, but the list is here for those who are interested.
ASK AWAY. Though perhaps remaining public would be off-topic; unless others don't mind this.
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Oh, I meant what platforms RetroArch works on provide the RetroAchievement capability: as far as I saw, there is no menu to configure it on the Vita as I've seen on the Linux version.
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*Shrugs*
Works on Windows and on the Pi (RetroPie), and that's literally all I can speak for.
I'm not exactly part of the dev team, so all I can say is, it certainly isn't part of the new nightlies.
I'd give it time. A LOT of time. If the Pi is anything to go off of, anyways, and I've also tried on Windows; it just ain't that great a performer.
