Homebrew RetroArch Switch

[Dracari]

this really Sucks, anyone got a backup of cores for 1.9.0 Stable? we wont be able to add/update for awhile,

 

[sorabora]

Thanks for the reply, I have the CPU OC'd to max and I think I found some of the additional settings I was missing before so I need to try adjusting again as I feel like I read a lot about people saying things play perfectly but never hear about their settings they use. I mean the snow area is playable but it is at like half fps and the audio is all messed up and it is just less than ideal to play with so I was hoping I could find a way to improve it.

I've seen some videos of Zelda running on the Citra core on switch and honestly looks better than N64 in terms of performance. Tempted to just donate to get access to that and give the 3DS versions a shot with the better graphics.

That being said for now I am playing through it and bound a button to save state and make sure I remember to do so every 20 minutes or so.

I've found that overclocking the GPU produces far better result for platforms like N64.

 

[Swampat]

Every time I load the n64 cores it says I'm missing assets and freezes retroarch. Is that normal or no

 

[Swampat]

Ok I was able to fix the loading issue but now I have no sound

 

[HappehLemons]

I've found that overclocking the GPU produces far better result for platforms like N64.

I have done a lot of testing on this, and while underclocking results in slowdown, overclocking has barely yielded me any results in games with slowdown even with max GPU overclock for N64.

 

[Swampat]

Still haven't figured out how to fix the sound. Does banjo kazooie have sound issues for anyone else who has tried?

 

[M7L7NK7]

I have done a lot of testing on this, and while underclocking results in slowdown, overclocking has barely yielded me any results in games with slowdown even with max GPU overclock for N64.

Try different settings, some games like framebuffer emulation on or off etc

 

[mesmeriize]

I have a problem with a specific game. I'm trying to run future cop lapd on the psx core and it always tells me error occured and software closed when I try to run it. This is the only ps1 game that gives me this problem and I've tried the game download from 4 different sources so far with the same issue. Can anyone get this game to run? Its one of the only reasons I would use retroarch.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Anyone else experience Flycast causing Retroarch to freeze and lock up after 20 minutes of playing?

 

[Billy Acuña]

Anyone else experience Flycast causing Retroarch to freeze and lock up after 20 minutes of playing?

Use switch_thread audio driver.

 

[Basketto]

I have a problem with a specific game. I'm trying to run future cop lapd on the psx core and it always tells me error occured and software closed when I try to run it. This is the only ps1 game that gives me this problem and I've tried the game download from 4 different sources so far with the same issue. Can anyone get this game to run? Its one of the only reasons I would use retroarch.

Why not try the psp version? Ps1 will look & run worse, even if you get it working.

 

[mesmeriize]

Why not try the psp version? Ps1 will look & run worse, even if you get it working.

I thought future cop was only for ps1? I tried ppsspp and silent hill shattered memories and when it gets to the game, the audio gets choppy and frame rates are slow. It gives me a message to skip frames but when I click autoskip frames game won't start. How do you guys run psp games on ppsspp? Do I also need bios for ppsspp? Or maybe other settings I don't know about

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Also, I was playing with some N64 game settings in options and now the controller won't work for that game.

Is there a way to reset just the options per game? Obviously I don't want to wipe my entire config. Just the options I tweaked for this one game.

 

[Swampat]

Anybody know how to fix sound on n64. I'm playing banjo kazooie and the sound just isn't working.

 

[bad361]

I thought future cop was only for ps1? I tried ppsspp and silent hill shattered memories and when it gets to the game, the audio gets choppy and frame rates are slow. It gives me a message to skip frames but when I click autoskip frames game won't start. How do you guys run psp games on ppsspp? Do I also need bios for ppsspp? Or maybe other settings I don't know about

Shattered memories won't run well, its a tough game to emulate for switch, so you won't get a stable/good performance even with highest OC. But many other games run fine, the compatibility is decent enough. You can also use standalone ppsspp instead of RA core.

You can get it from the official ppsspp site (and read the info and guides about it too).
As for RA core info - https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/

 

[sj33]

For PPSSPP, standalone is recommended over the libretro core anyway. Both are ported by m4xw and standalone was ported because of libretro-related issues.

The build on the PPSSPP site is outdated, get the new version from here https://twitter.com/m4xwdev/status/1295378870418518021?s=20

 

[mesmeriize]

Shattered memories won't run well, its a tough game to emulate for switch, so you won't get a stable/good performance even with highest OC. But many other games run fine, the compatibility is decent enough. You can also use standalone ppsspp instead of RA core.

You can get it from the official ppsspp site (and read the info and guides about it too).
As for RA core info - https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/

I had issues with shattered memories on ppsspp. The light from the torch had shadows on most of the light displayed. It plays a lot better on retroarch. I overclocked it to max and it is playable now but there's thin horizontal lines where the flashlight points that dissappear when you get closer. Not that bad but I've had the game crash on me so changed overclock settings to high. As long as it doesn't crash again, it definitely is a lot more playable. Wish you could turn up the volume on it though in retroarch. It's a lot louder on ppsspp

 

[ploggy]

I had issues with shattered memories on ppsspp. The light from the torch had shadows on most of the light displayed. It plays a lot better on retroarch. I overclocked it to max and it is playable now but there's thin horizontal lines where the flashlight points that dissappear when you get closer. Not that bad but I've had the game crash on me so changed overclock settings to high. As long as it doesn't crash again, it definitely is a lot more playable. Wish you could turn up the volume on it though in retroarch. It's a lot louder on ppsspp

You can increase the volume in Retroarch..
Settings>Audio>Volume Gain (dB) Choose from 0.0 (normal) to 12.0 (loud)

You can also set Volume to a key bind..
Settings>Input>Hotkey Binds (then just set (Volume +) and (Volume -) to whatever Switch keys you want.

 

[Dracari]

has there been any fixes for Flycast core crashing on CE Games? (Pier Solar is still crashing for me after Sega Logo, w/ an Atmosphere Error 2345-0008

 

[Billy Acuña]

has there been any fixes for Flycast core crashing on CE Games? (Pier Solar is still crashing for me after Sega Logo, w/ an Atmosphere Error 2345-0008

WinCE games do work if you provide a proper BIOS, but they all run slow on Switch so they are not worth of it