Is it safe/wise to dump all your ROMs in the UR: directory ? I heard there's an extra 2GB of space in there, but was wondering if you could easily access it and if there was any danger of overwriting system files.
Generally much better due to the extra hardware grunt.How is the overall emulation quality of Retroarch on Vita compared to emulation of the main systems on PSP?
Generally much better due to the extra hardware grunt.
U know what I DID... & EVERYTHING works great... The odd thing is I could not copy anything To UR/dir.. But after the 1.41 Vita shell update I could... But it's works fine I used 2.2 gigs of games there and left 300mb free... I read on reddit.. U should leave at least 200mb.. But 2.2 gigs Of retro games is a lot! & just change the directiory of retroarch..Is it safe/wise to dump all your ROMs in the UR: directory ? I heard there's an extra 2GB of space in there, but was wondering if you could easily access it and if there was any danger of overwriting system files.
You can use the standalone version of catsfc that was ported over from rejuvenate to henkaku. As far as i know that works fine. Also, it seems like if its not pc or android/ios, then i wouldnt expect anything that is ported to anything else to be optimized for that certain hardware as far as retroarch is concerned for the most part.I'm pretty disappointed that even SNES9x 2010 runs worse on the Vita than my shitty Xperia Play. Yes there is the faster CATSFC, but this has other issues. It's like nobody makes any effort in an attempt to optimize their code for the Vita. Clearly the Vita is more capable than a 3DS, yet both SNES9x ports of 3DS and Vita run equally bad, proving that retroarch is all about lazy porting of as much emulators as possible. What the Vita needs is something like Drastic DS. An emulator coded from scratch with the Vita's architecture in mind. But the chances of that ever happening are as bad as the chances of Sony restocking the Vita.
I'm pretty disappointed that even SNES9x 2010 runs worse on the Vita than my shitty Xperia Play. Yes there is the faster CATSFC, but this has other issues. It's like nobody makes any effort in an attempt to optimize their code for the Vita. Clearly the Vita is more capable than a 3DS, yet both SNES9x ports of 3DS and Vita run equally bad, proving that retroarch is all about lazy porting of as much emulators as possible. What the Vita needs is something like Drastic DS. An emulator coded from scratch with the Vita's architecture in mind. But the chances of that ever happening are as bad as the chances of Sony restocking the Vita.
I'm pretty disappointed that even SNES9x 2010 runs worse on the Vita than my shitty Xperia Play. Yes there is the faster CATSFC, but this has other issues. It's like nobody makes any effort in an attempt to optimize their code for the Vita. Clearly the Vita is more capable than a 3DS, yet both SNES9x ports of 3DS and Vita run equally bad, proving that retroarch is all about lazy porting of as much emulators as possible. What the Vita needs is something like Drastic DS. An emulator coded from scratch with the Vita's architecture in mind. But the chances of that ever happening are as bad as the chances of Sony restocking the Vita.
I agree we should be thankful that Retroarch exists for Vita. Still it doesn't change the fact that Retroarch runs like shit. As said, no platform specific optimatisation is done and what's also bad is its filesize. The standalone CATSFC for example is just 1 MB something whereas the retroarch version is a cluttered 9MB and installs files to the system that are unrelated to your particular emulator.Retroarch is a welcomed option on the PS vita.
What would we have on the vita without it? A handful of emulators?
As you already know it's made by dedicated people using their time to port this to the vita so i think we should commend them for their efforts.
I for one like the idea of a multi platform emulator and enjoy installing the new updates to find out whats been added or whats working or broke.
Still it doesn't change the fact that Retroarch runs like shit.
As said, no platform specific optimatisation is done
The standalone CATSFC for example is just 1 MB something whereas the retroarch version is a cluttered 9MB and installs files to the system that are unrelated to your particular emulator.
I know. That's a bad thing.The port of catsfc did not use so much graphics (mostly text, lines...) and also use older libs. Retroarch use a lot of graphics and have to ship the entire GUI system and the available drivers in the executable.
Well I just use the older builds ... & im still very impressed with RA ...i find mGBA 5.1 is much smoother than RA's GBA emulator ,.. but apart from all my games are totally playable
How do I update the emulators? Do I just delete the bubble that I have, and then install the latest version? If I do that will I lose the settings and save states?
Is it possible update directly from psvita? Is it possible use function update of retropie?You only need to install the newest vpk., it automatically overwrites the previous installation and all your settings and saves are kept.