Hacking Emulation RetroArch/Libretro Thread: PS Vita Edition! Nightlies Included

[Lord M]

Noob question. Can I mix 1.63 cores with 1.42? BUT using the all in one? I dont know why 1.63 runs all choppy on me, but VBA really is good on this one.

You can use selfs from which nightly you want (i used october 2016 pcsx-r core in 1.5.0 release)
Anyway i suppose you mean 1.4.1 because there's no v1.4.2 for Vita RetroArch

 

[Kerbangman]

another thing is I downloaded the bios and when I click on a game ( megaman x 4) it says playtation bios not found but it still plays the game .

It can run without a bios and sometimes makes games work because of it. ZanaxXZanax works this way.

Make sure you have the bios in the retroarchs system folder.

scph1001.bin is a good one to try

 

[Dochartaigh]

Can anybody confirm that the latest stable 1.6.0 build from 6-01-2017, still won't allow you to put the Vita into sleep mode while playing PS1 games - or they'll quickly crap out as soon as you start playing them again? (just want to make sure it's not just my Vita as it does it to me)

I haven't been keeping up to date and last tried this six months ago...seems like the newest version of Adrenaline still can't play PS1 games either, correct? So there's still zero ability to play PS1 games on the Vita? ...am I missing something or is that still kinda insane? (hopefully I'm missing something lol

 

[Zukov]

Can anybody confirm that the latest stable 1.6.0 build from 6-01-2017, still won't allow you to put the Vita into sleep mode while playing PS1 games - or they'll quickly crap out as soon as you start playing them again? (just want to make sure it's not just my Vita as it does it to me)

I haven't been keeping up to date and last tried this six months ago...seems like the newest version of Adrenaline still can't play PS1 games either, correct? So there's still zero ability to play PS1 games on the Vita? ...am I missing something or is that still kinda insane? (hopefully I'm missing something lol

Frangar adjust this, but your iso must be in a particular folder. Google it.

 

[Dochartaigh]

Frangar adjust this, but your iso must be in a particular folder. Google it.

Good to hear! On a recent nightly or the latest stable build? ...going to google now.

 

[Zukov]

God to hear! On a recent nightly or the stable build? ...going to google now.

He posted in this very thread, so better use the search engine xD.
Ehmmm dunno wich version but the last is the good one (stable or nightly, doesn't matters)

Also... you know Adrenaline hacks the entire PSP emulator nowadays, don't you? It's kind of PSX in a native form (and even better with the filters)

 

[MKKhanzo]

You can use selfs from which nightly you want (i used october 2016 pcsx-r core in 1.5.0 release)
Anyway i suppose you mean 1.4.1 because there's no v1.4.2 for Vita RetroArch

Awesome. Ill go back to 1.41 then and have the VBA core.

 

[Dochartaigh]

Also... you know Adrenaline hacks the entire PSP emulator nowadays, don't you? It's kind of PSX in a native form (and even better with the filters)

yeah, I'm like 6 months behind all this and updating/researching today - Adrenaline says I'm up to date but I'm definitely not if I can't play PS1 games on it...posted in another topic and will hopefully have it straightened out - thank you for the heads up, it's appreciated!

 

[SeongGino]

yeah, I'm like 6 months behind all this and updating/researching today - Adrenaline says I'm up to date but I'm definitely not if I can't play PS1 games on it...posted in another topic and will hopefully have it straightened out - thank you for the heads up, it's appreciated!

You sure you don't have the Adrenaline Easy Installer? I used to also have Adrenaline V1 way back, and recently installed AEI; it updated without a hitch and works well. Even got the launcher page updated, as AEI also allows.

Hrm... people seem to be suggesting that 1.6.3 has some performance regressions? Which emulators with which games explicitly exhibit this? I know the 3DS 1.6.3 stable is completely borked and doesn't perform as well as 1.6.3, so if you're experiencing problems, suggested to roll back to 1.6.0. But me personally, cores work completely fine in comparison to the 3DS release.

 

[Smoker1]

If possible, the NJEmu should use the Mods that allow for the Hack/Homebrew Roms. Should also allow it for the Android Builds since there is no way to run Hack/Homebrew Arcade Roms. Also since the Emulators dont want to run correctly in PPSSPP

 

[VitaX]

Has anyone successfully used netplay between two vitas/pstvs?

 

[Deleted User]

So is Dynarec pretty much a lost cause for gpsp?

 

[SeongGino]

Has anyone successfully used netplay between two vitas/pstvs?

As said before, it should theoretically work with any other platform (Using the same core, within reason of course). Very few has been able to actually use this, or at least reported success.
You'd also need to use No-Intro ROMsets to get the games working best via Netplay (And this kinda goes for anything else regarding database scanning).

 

[Imhullu]

Can anybody confirm that the latest stable 1.6.0 build from 6-01-2017, still won't allow you to put the Vita into sleep mode while playing PS1 games - or they'll quickly crap out as soon as you start playing them again? (just want to make sure it's not just my Vita as it does it to me)

Put the games in the ux0:APP/RETROVITA directory, and that won't be a problem. You can make additional folders under that directory if you want.

 

[VincentBeasley]

Put the games in the ux0:APP/RETROVITA directory, and that won't be a problem. You can make additional folders under that directory if you want.

I thought you couldn't access roms from the ux0:APP/RETROVITA directory 0.o That folder doesn't even appear when choosing content from ux0:

 

[NgXAlex]

Stable 1.6.4 is out.

 

[cvskid]

Stable 1.6.4 is out.

Any ps vita version changes? If not then it might not be worth updating. Actually not sure if the vita side of retroarch is getting worked on at all. Anyone feel free to correct me if i am wrong.

 

[SeongGino]

Any ps vita version changes? If not then it might not be worth updating. Actually not sure if the vita side of retroarch is getting worked on at all. Anyone feel free to correct me if i am wrong.

It should be, it's been receiving the same updates on all platforms for a while, unlike 3DS where its only maintainer is gone for good.
I'll go scope things out and be back in a mo'.

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Yeah, 1.6.4 is not much to worry about. Update if you wish, but the main changes are all for relevant desktop cores.
The only change of note is that MAME'03 is compatible with the Killer Instinct duology, but doesn't work well even on the highest end ARM devices.

Nevertheless, OP updated to reflect the current release version.

 

[NgXAlex]

For info, picodrive 32X works perfectly on 2D games, because the core is dynarec compatible, without dynarec 15-20fps, with dynarec 60fps stable. For 3D games 45-50ps with dynarec and 10-15fps without.

Some 3D games have incorrect rendering like BC Racers.

If all cores can be dynarec compatible it would be perfect.

 

[Imhullu]

I thought you couldn't access roms from the ux0:APP/RETROVITA directory 0.o That folder doesn't even appear when choosing content from ux0:

Load Content > app0:/ > Whatever folder your game is in.