Homebrew [RetroArch] Nightly builds here!

[hippy dave]

Yes, use the CIA versions.

 

[daxtsu]

does retroarch work with gateway? i am running on 8.1 so i cant install the homebrew launcher.

Try the CIA builds.

 

[wangtang32000]

i love the fact that this is all still really early so a lot of improvements are bound to happen

 

[Hopalongtom]

For .3dsx? It gets about 17-18fps on 2d games from my experience.

Darn so no Symphony of the Night? That was the only reason I wanted a PSX emulator.... well the main reason anyway.

 

[william341]

Yes, necessary to get working the emu!

your not supercard team, don't talk like that.

 

[fmkid]

your not supercard team, don't talk like that.

And you don't be a jerk... Are you sure I'm talking as SC Team or something like that?... I talk as I want, for your information!

 

[daxtsu]

You're not the supercard team, don't talk like that.

English isn't everyone's first language; help correct him politely if you have an issue with how he writes.

 

[sj33]

do all retroarch core emulators work with gateway? i am running on 8.1 on a n3DS so i cant install the homebrew launcher.

You can, actually - I'm on 8.1 SysNAND. You need to set up an EmuNAND and update that to 9.5 using a download that can be found on a certain 'ISO for 3DS' site in the CIA updates section. Then you can use *hax.

Or you can use .cia files if that sounds too much like hard work.

 

[NekoMichi]

Generally speaking, ports of games from a different platform are a poor comparison of the two platforms' capabilities. Each game is different, and each port has been specifically optimised for that particular title to run on its destination platform.

For example, Xenoblade Chronicles was specially modified and optimised to run on the N3DS, and these changes were specific to Xenoblade Chronicles only, and are not applicable to any other Wii title.

On the other hand, emulators must be able to handle multiple different games and therefore don't have the advantage of being dedicated to running just one game smoothly and reliably. This means that the requirements for an emulator to successfully run are vastly different to what it takes to make a port. That's why the argument that "If N3DS can run Xenoblade Chronicles, then why not any other Wii game?" is invalid. That's because the 3DS isn't actually running the Wii game, but a specially modified version designed to run on the 3DS hardware.

It's the same as when Super Mario 64 came out on the DS and people demanded that a full speed N64 emulator be made for the DS.

 

[Sanic666]

Update on DeSmuME

So I worte the pthread wrapper (totally untested, ofc) but I've hit a pretty substantial issue. The build crashes when loading a ROM due to an obscure issue in gcc 4.9 (the compiler). I can try to downgrade the build tools to devKitARM r42 but that lacks 3DS support. I might try to get creative with it but as of right now this is a pretty large hurdle unless devKitARM updates to gcc5 (unlikely) :\

This really needs more attention

 

[doctorgoat]

This really needs more attention

Why?

 

[Sanic666]

Why?

So we can get a good ds emulator like how we ended up getting a psx emulator

 

[NeohopeSTF]

Darn so no Symphony of the Night? That was the only reason I wanted a PSX emulator.... well the main reason anyway.

It runs slow but it runs. Hopefully more advancements will be made with smea's new stuff.

 

[Sanic666]

It runs slow but it runs. Hopefully more advancements will be made with smea's new stuff.

Theres hope for a ds emulator too

 

[Jwiz33]

How does PCSX Rearmed run on o3DS with dynarec?

 

[doctorgoat]

So we can get a good ds emulator like how we ended up getting a psx emulator

I'm just not seeing the point of putting a ton of work into it when DS games are all so easily run :<

 

[AtlasFontaine]

I'm just not seeing the point of putting a ton of work into it when DS games are all so easily run :<

Well, if there is someone who wants to put time in that just let it be, also with an emulator you can use freatures such as savestates, change the aspect ratio, etc.

 

[xombiexplox]

It appears the latest nightly CIAs are broken (11Oct), when I open them I get the following error:

RetroArch [INFO] :: port dir: [sdmc:/retroarch/]

Previous builds work fine. N3DS 8.1 installed on emunand

 

[NekoMichi]

So it looks like NinjHax 2.5 will be able to access a total of 188MB of RAM rather than 128MB on the N3DS. Hopefully this will help with loading large ROMs on emulators.

 

[teampleb]

Guys, we are never going to get a full speed DS emulator. Don't get your hopes up.