Homebrew RetroArch Switch

[kevinbrew]

Hi. How do you change the background in Retroarch OZONE Theme. When i go to settings and browse for pictures i put on the sd card they dont show up.

Also how badly does the rewind function in game effect performance.

 

[SeongGino]

how badly does the rewind function in game effect performance.

A lot (for non-2D systems). You can get away with it for SNES9x and below, but anything above is risking it.

 

[kevinbrew]

A lot (for non-2D systems). You can get away with it for SNES9x and below, but anything above is risking it.

thanks for your response. so i take it arcade games ok?

 

[CrazyRach82]

Can anyone help? got mupen64next-plus running much better, by using 16.9, frame buffer emulation false and vi refresh 1500. The seems to be a graphical error though on the game im playing (cruising usa) where there is a block at the Bottom. Also after playing a game, closing the content and then trying to load another game, retroarch crashes.
is there any reason for the glitches? and are there any optimal settings I can use for the core to get the best performance.

Thanks

 

[ShadowOne333]

Can anyone help? got mupen64next-plus running much better, by using 16.9, frame buffer emulation false and vi refresh 1500. The seems to be a graphical error though on the game im playing (cruising usa) where there is a block at the Bottom. Also after playing a game, closing the content and then trying to load another game, retroarch crashes.
is there any reason for the glitches? and are there any optimal settings I can use for the core to get the best performance.

Thanks

Framebuffer ON.
If there's graphical errors, framebuffer is most likely the one at fault.

 

[CrazyRach82]

Framebuffer ON.
If there's graphical errors, framebuffer is most likely the one at fault.

It runs so choppy with it on though. I’m on atmosphere, fat32, fw 8.01, retro arch 1.7.7

 

[ShadowOne333]

It runs so choppy with it on though. I’m on atmosphere, fat32, fw 8.01, retro arch 1.7.7

Try disabling the DRAM options to Off, and overclocking might help.

 

[EmulateLife]

Are you getting the extra ram? Here are my settings on Cruisin USA no graphical errors and good speed.

4:3 Resolution 1280x960
16:9 Resolution 1280x720
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Frame Duplication True
Frame Rate Original
VI Refresh (Overclock) Auto)
Noise Emulation True
Framebuffer Emulation Tue
LOD Emulation True

But I have full oveclock on 1785 MHz. Tiny slowdown before the race starts is all I noticed.

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Nevermind, there is slowdown didn't notice before when you turn your car even with overclock.

 

[CrazyRach82]

Anyone had any trouble loading different games

 

[EmulateLife]

Sure there's plenty of games that don't work properly.

 

[CrazyRach82]

Are you getting the extra ram? Here are my settings on Cruisin USA no graphical errors and good speed.

4:3 Resolution 1280x960
16:9 Resolution 1280x720
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Frame Duplication True
Frame Rate Original
VI Refresh (Overclock) Auto)
Noise Emulation True
Framebuffer Emulation Tue
LOD Emulation True

But I have full oveclock on 1785 MHz. Tiny slowdown before the race starts is all I noticed.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Nevermind, there is slowdown didn't notice before when you turn your car even with overclock.

These are the settings I’m using but it’s awful

 

[EmulateLife]

Yeah I was wrong I got mixed up with Exotica I can't get USA fullspeed at all.

 

[mitcha]

need your help with thumbnails please
i have set up almost all the thumbnails, but im strugling with the arcade one's (mame 2003 plus).
the problem is the boxarts don't show up for mame 2003 plus.
-i have put all the boxarts as the same name as the mame roms : zookeep.zip => zookeep.png ,not work !
-i have put all the boxarts names as they are provided with the thumnails libretro pack : zookeep.zip => Zoo Keeper (set 1).png , don't work either !

-my playlist for mame2003plus has the same name as the thumbnails folder "MAME 2003-Plus"
-the boxarts are in ../thumbnails/MAME 2003-Plus/Named_Boxarts/HERE.
-my roms folder is in the retroarch folder.

example of my playlist (created with : https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/):
/retroarch/roms/MAME 2003-Plus/zookeep.zip
Zoo Keeper (set 1)
DETECT
DETECT
69124F7A|crc
MAME 2003-Plus.lpl

What is the problem ?!!!
edit : playlist show good but not even one boxart !

 

[cucholix]

need your help with thumbnails please
i have set up almost all the thumbnails, but im strugling with the arcade one's (mame 2003 plus).
the problem is the boxarts don't show up for mame 2003 plus.
-i have put all the boxarts as the same name as the mame roms : zookeep.zip => zookeep.png ,not work !
-i have put all the boxarts names as they are provided with the thumnails libretro pack : zookeep.zip => Zoo Keeper (set 1).png , don't work either !

-my playlist for mame2003plus has the same name as the thumbnails folder "MAME 2003-Plus"
-the boxarts are in ../thumbnails/MAME 2003-Plus/Named_Boxarts/HERE.
-my roms folder is in the retroarch folder.

example of my playlist (created with : https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/):
/retroarch/roms/MAME 2003-Plus/zookeep.zip
Zoo Keeper (set 1)
DETECT
DETECT
69124F7A|crc
MAME 2003-Plus.lpl

What is the problem ?!!!
edit : playlist show good but not even one boxart !

Only boxarts? If yes then probably the image is too big, try resize one and see if it show up. Also try cycling the images with X when scrolling the playlist.

 

[mitcha]

Only boxarts? If yes then probably the image is too big, try resize one and see if it show up. Also try cycling the images with X when scrolling the playlist.

thank you, yes boxarts only, i will try this, and let you know.
i already setup final burna alpha to run neogeo, cps 123 games, and everything is well done.
but mame 2003 plus !

i will try to resize the images in different folders : named_boxarts , ....snaps, ...titles.

edit : @cucholix nothing work , resizing, updating/replacing database, making some playlist, im out of idea right now.
if it works for you , would you mind sharing your database ,playlist and one png that work ?
like that i see what wrong im doing with this particular core " mame 2003 plus".

 

[bad361]

del

 

[cucholix]

thank you, yes boxarts only, i will try this, and let you know.
i already setup final burna alpha to run neogeo, cps 123 games, and everything is well done.
but mame 2003 plus !

i will try to resize the images in different folders : named_boxarts , ....snaps, ...titles.

edit : @cucholix nothing work , resizing, updating/replacing database, making some playlist, im out of idea right now.
if it works for you , would you mind sharing your database ,playlist and one png that work ?
like that i see what wrong im doing with this particular core " mame 2003 plus".

Weird, maybe there’s an issue with the whole image set? I don’t use boxarts only screenshot+title screens (boxarts added too much data to my poor msd).

Have you tried with an image that you know works? Maybe there’s a bug in this core?

You could try asking over RA discord:
https://discord.gg/vMCu5v

Sorry to not being more helpful :c

 

[littleshaun]

Just a quick one. I have updated to the latest nightly....excellent work thank you However after I play a game in either Mame 2003 core or FBA Neo the description is blanked from the playlist and the name of the game shown reverts back to the name of the rom file.

For example my playlist in FB Alpha - Arcade Games has the game with description label 1942 (Revision A). After I play the game and close content or restart RetroArch the game is shown in the playlist as simply 1942. Opening the playlist file now shows "label": "",

Any ideas?


Quick update - I have set the playlists to read only for now so that seems to have stopped this issue for now but means I can not change the playlist within RetroArch.

 

[littleshaun]

thank you, yes boxarts only, i will try this, and let you know.
i already setup final burna alpha to run neogeo, cps 123 games, and everything is well done.
but mame 2003 plus !

i will try to resize the images in different folders : named_boxarts , ....snaps, ...titles.

edit : @cucholix nothing work , resizing, updating/replacing database, making some playlist, im out of idea right now.
if it works for you , would you mind sharing your database ,playlist and one png that work ?
like that i see what wrong im doing with this particular core " mame 2003 plus".

I set a playlist up for mame ( I use 2003 ) and select the core when I go to run it - example of my playlist....

artwork is in the folder retroarch/thumbnails/mame/Named_Snaps and all show fine.

Filename is for example

Aliens (World set 1).png

maybe try setting as a mame playlist rather than mame 2003 plus.

{
"path": "/roms/mame/aliens.zip",
"label": "Aliens (World set 1)",
"core_path": "DETECT",
"core_name": "DETECT",
"crc32": "DETECT",
"db_name": "mame.lpl"
}

 

[mitcha]

Weird, maybe there’s an issue with the whole image set? I don’t use boxarts only screenshot+title screens (boxarts added too much data to my poor msd).

Have you tried with an image that you know works? Maybe there’s a bug in this core?

You could try asking over RA discord:
https://discord.gg/vMCu5v

Sorry to not being more helpful :c

no , you are helpful.

-i have really no idea what is wrong ,i verify every folder structure/names/caps/size

-i will do more test by replacing some images by snaps or titles (less Mo) from fba who works , also taking the same playlist structure from fba (just roms change and .lpl name)

- i verify the database for mame2003 plus qnd the names of the roms/snaps ard there !

will see