Homebrew RetroArch Switch

[BlastedGuy9905]

I saw Libretro had tweeted some progress on PPSSPP. With that, and shaders, I'll be perfectly satisfied.

PPSSPP coming to Horizon OS?

 

[Deleted member 461907]

PPSSPP coming to Horizon OS?

Not sure, I just double checked that tweet, and it was from AUG 17, not 18. Haha. My mistake. I've never used horizon, how is it?

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

Not sure, I just double checked that tweet, and it was from AUG 17, not 18. Haha. My mistake. I've never used horizon, how is it?

Horizon is the Switch's OS..

 

[Deleted member 461907]

Thought you were talking about the Horizon netrunner build.

 

[afra]

PS one is working now , Amazing app Fantastic Job ,,, We owe you a Big one Thank you

 

[mrsupertom]

PS one is working now , Amazing app Fantastic Job ,,, We owe you a Big one Thank you

Which build are you referring to here, just out of curiosity? PCSX Rearmed under RetroNX?

 

[Canna]

Hey
im not sure if this has been asked sorry if it has, but i do not wish to look through all 78 pages ...

Is there a way to increase the screen size resolution for the gba,gbc emulations ?

 

[afra]

Which build are you referring to here, just out of curiosity? PCSX Rearmed under RetroNX?

version 1.7.3 - RetroNX 0.9.8

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No ...Under the same name .

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Hey im not sure if this has been asked as i do not wish to look through all 78 pages but...

Is there a way to increase the screen size resolution for the gba,gbc emulations ?

Look who is here ... salute for your awesome Nand tutorial .

 

[Clydefrosch]

First in first I would love to thank you so much for this amazing app . We played Street Of rage 3 two player outside with amazing graphics and sound and I was blast . thank you indeed .

I have exfat samsung u3 128 evo memory card and I play and ran lot of emulators through your app just fine . ppl keep telling me that RetroNX will corrupt memory .. what is the matter !? I ran lot of ROMS just fine and memory is also just fine !

Yeah I've been wondering about this too. What is the problem with exfat. Is there any comprehensive writeup about the issue?

 

[afra]

Yeah I've been wondering about this too. What is the problem with exfat. Is there any comprehensive writeup about the issue?

I am still using Retro on my Switch with exfat problem and no Sd-card corruption . but I don't ever never used save option . I think problem starts when ppl using app to write on exfat memory as save file( this is just a suppose for sure )

 

[notimp]

version 1.7.3 - RetroNX 0.9.8

Wrong thread (at least currently). But it sure has Retro in its name as well. So props for reading up to, but not limited to five characters at a time.

Its also fun to see how this thread acts as a "I read up to, but not limited to, five characters at a time people trap" for the last few months. Because there has been no significant development on the branch this thread was initially set up on. But there has been no lack of people being very excited in here, about developments on a different project, voicing it in here. So every time this thread gets pumped I prepare myself for yet another "person who reads up to, but not limited to, five letters at a time" and hardly ever get disappointed.

So today I decided to take some time, to cater to them, and answer their questions with as much individual attention as I can muster.

Is there a way to increase the screen size resolution for the gba,gbc emulations ?

I know, I always want to have cake and eat it too, but which one is it? Screen size, or (rendering) resolution? Answers in order: It depends (yes, but not if already max size, or the game has borders as part of its rendering output, because the other projects maintainer maintains, that this is a feature, not a bug), and yes.

But no - if screen size refers to the physical size of the screen, unless you dock the switch and let it display to a big screen TV, in which case - yes, you could always buy a bigger one of those as well.

I am still using Retro on my Switch with exfat problem and no Sd-card corruption . but I don't ever never used save option . I think problem starts when ppl using app to write on exfat memory as save file( this is just a suppose for sure )

Ah, the illusive "file system corruption through reading access" error was prevented! Also known as the "Bob designed a file system that corrupts when reading from it, we probably should go with that one..." conundrum. But at least this proves, that this is not one of those Schroedingers cat, kind of situations. Glad, that that worked out.

 

[lordelan]

Time to revive this thread. With upstreaming (RetroNX 1.0 "being" RetroArch by then) and the new OpenGL support in libnx this is going to be fun.
XMB shouldn't be a problem with OpenGL (for those who like it). N64, Saturn, Dreamcast and PSP might come soon, GC/Wii (if ever) later.

 

[afra]

WoooooooW holly shit .. I didn't know these are two different application . then That's the reason I didn't have any corruption problems !!! I am using retroNX ...

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Time to revive this thread. With upstreaming (RetroNX 1.0 "being" RetroArch by then) and the new OpenGL support in libnx this is going to be fun.
XMB shouldn't be a problem with OpenGL (for those who like it). N64, Saturn, Dreamcast and PSP might come soon, GC/Wii (if ever) later.

Now I have quetion I you can answer : who created RetroNX and if we I can play ps one then it means there is open GL support on RetroNX ?

 

[Canna]

I know, I always want to have cake and eat it too, but which one is it? Screen size, or (rendering) resolution? Answers in order: It depends (yes, but not if already max size, or the game has borders as part of its rendering output, because the other projects maintainer maintains, that this is a feature, not a bug), and yes.

But no - if screen size refers to the physical size of the screen, unless you dock the switch and let it display to a big screen TV, in which case - yes, you could always buy a bigger one of those as well

So whats the method of either ?... you cant say yes and no yes and no , your answer is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot....

What method can i use please to increase the size of what is displayed on my screen when play for example a pokemon game on the gambetta emu ???
do i change gambetta settings ?
Do i change retroarch settings ?
Do i make a config ini entry ?

Dont say yes or no without some example sheesh

 

[lordelan]

Now I have quetion I you can answer : who created RetroNX and if we I can play ps one then it means there is open GL support on RetroNX ?

RetroNX is the name @m4xw gave the Switch's RetroArch port after he took over to port it from using libtransistor (on which this thread here was based on) to libnx. Tbh I don't know if he really ported it over or just started off doing RetroArch with libnx but he fullfilled almost all our wishes on what was possible before we had GPU driver support (aka hardware acceleration) which might lead to more systems like N64 and so on.
However his PSX core did not use OpenGL (as it wasn't available at the time he did it) but only runs that great thanks to a good optimization.

He said that he will upstream it now which means he's handling over his work to the official RetroArch team and we might see official RetroArch releases for the Switch in the future and some new features might be released for multiple host systems (including the Switch) at the same day.
Since they most likely won't continue to call it "RetroNX" but "RetroArch", we should consider coming back to this thread here.

 

[sj33]

I still think the other thread is more suitable because most of this thread deals with the libtransistor version.

 

[Clydefrosch]

I am still using Retro on my Switch with exfat problem and no Sd-card corruption . but I don't ever never used save option . I think problem starts when ppl using app to write on exfat memory as save file( this is just a suppose for sure )

so do you never save games at all? always start from the beginning?

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

this thread is GRAND DEAD?!

 

[lordelan]

this thread is GRAND DEAD?!

At least read the last few posts before asking such a thing.

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

At least read the last few posts before asking such a thing.

it's not a question. "GRAND DEAD?!" was just a Homage on "GRAND DAD!?"

 

[notimp]

So whats the method of either ?... you cant say yes and no yes and no , your answer is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot....

What method can i use to increase the size of what is displayed on my screen when play for example a pokemon game on the gambetta emu ???
do i change gambetta settings ?
Do i change retroarch settings ?
Do i make a config ini entry ?

Dont say yes or no without some example sheesh

And this is why ignorance always wins.

Never mind learning to differentiate between resolution or picture size.
Never mind looking up reatroarch settings.
Never mind taking a hint and actually refining the question.
Never mind thinking about, why you'd want games to look like this:

Just call out lout in your most millenial voice, that you feel entitled and want now.

Settings/Video/Aspect Ratio

From then on you are on your own.

And use L3 and R3 to switch back to the game to see what the settings changes are actually doing. Of course you could look all

 

[Canna]

And this is why ignorance always wins.

Never mind learning to differentiate between resolution or picture size.
Never mind looking up reatroarch settings.
Never mind taking a hint and actually refining the question.
Never mind thinking about, why you'd want games to look like this:

Just call out lout in your most millenial voice, that you feel entitled and want now.

Settings/Video/Aspect Ratio

From then on you are on your own.
And use L3 and R3 to switch back to the game to see what the settings changes are actually doing.

thanks but grow up and put your tampon back in your nose... carm the fck down. i asked a question and you get shitty,,, i appreciate the answer but not the attitude

 

[ShadowOne333]

It seems like there has been quite a hefty amount of Switch related commits today on RetroArch's repo:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commits/master

Get ready, boiz :^}

 

[m4xw]

It seems like there has been quite a hefty amount of Switch related commits today on RetroArch's repo:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commits/master

Get ready, boiz :^}

If anyones wondering: we are in the process of putting parts of libtransistor and libnx together (unifying the RA codebase for those)

This means:
-more features / fixes for the libtransistor/libnx port (based on each others codebase)
-easier maintainability for us.

Some enhancements will be backported to other platforms (part of nxrgui will be unified with rgui) etc.
->This will benifit any platform that uses RGUI
->Hopefully some ppl will use rgui with advanced options aka "nxrgui" over other options

I dunno if i want to continue to work on it past upstreaming yet, guess time will tell.

Don't get too excited about opengl yet(most of it should run ootb once we are done, but no promises)

Edit: I forgot the updated unai renderer pcsx_rearmed fork will probably be upstreamed too for other platforms, sooner or later