Hacking Vita Retroarch Nightly Builds!

[zomgugoff]

Anybody know how we can bring up the Retroarch menu in-game?

That should allow us to see core options, thus switch controllers and make Mario playable in CATSFC.

You have to set it in the settings before you start a rom.

Settings->Input->'Menu Toggle Gampad Combo'.

 

[Yokimari]

Unfortunately it seems the newest builds can't be installed without error, perhaps a PS TV issue?

 

[Smoker1]

Oh yeah, seriously cant wait till they hopefully get HENkaku working on 3.51 . Going to be AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[sj33]

Oh yeah, seriously cant wait till they hopefully get HENkaku working on 3.51 . Going to be AWESOME!!!!!!

Not going to happen any time soon. yifan_lu told me himself that it would be at least a year, implying the source code will be released around then so somebody else is free to back-port it if they want.

I know losing an old firmware is hard - it pained me to give up my 3.18, but ultimately Henkaku is worth it - this is the real deal, not the confusion that Rejuvenate was. If you keep your Vita in sleep mode you don't even have to re-install the exploit, and VHBL does soften the blow. We're all hoping somebody releases a PSP kernel exploit - now is the time, while 3.60 is still the latest firmware.

 

[Enigma Hall]

Sega CD works fine with the correct bios. Dont forget to set the bios path

 

[sj33]

For people wondering, I believe the bios path should be ux0:/data/Retroarch/cores/system/, assuming it's the same as the 3DS.

 

[Enigma Hall]

For people wondering, I believe the bios path should be ux0:/data/Retroarch/cores/system/, assuming it's the same as the 3DS.

Yeap, but you can choose another too.

 

[joeh1974]

For people wondering, I believe the bios path should be ux0:/data/Retroarch/cores/system/, assuming it's the same as the 3DS.

Still can't get the MVS core to load a rom. Have both my normal neogeo bios and the uni bios in both the directory above and in the rom directory. I've even tried copying over the cache file and setting that directory. Still can't load a MVS rom. Anyone have anything else to try?

 

[zomgugoff]

Still can't get the MVS core to load a rom. Have both my normal neogeo bios and the uni bios in both the directory above
and in the rom directory. I've even tried copying over the cache file and setting that directory. Still can't load a MVS rom. Anyone have anything else to try?

I've copied files from Retroarch on 3DS and it will not start. It looks like it starts, then exits. If there was a way to get debug logging, we could see if it's actually a file placement issue.

 

[joeh1974]

I've copied files from Retroarch on 3DS and it will not start. It looks like it starts, then exits. If there was a way to get debug logging, we could see if it's actually a file placement issue.

Tried this, including the directories listed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vwb6j/neo_geo_games_tested_metal_slug_1_2_king_of/

Still not working. Tried my normal neogeo.zip, the uni-bios, and a couple different copies of samsho2.zip.

 

[zomgugoff]

Tried this, including the directories listed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vwb6j/neo_geo_games_tested_metal_slug_1_2_king_of/

Still not working. Tried my normal neogeo.zip, the uni-bios, and a couple different copies of samsho2.zip.

I was able to get this working with <23MB roms as described. You will need FBA compatible roms.

 

[sj33]

https://twitter.com/yifanlu/status/760722207932817408

Now that we have dynarec support, maybe a port of PCSX ReARMed might be fesible? It works pretty well on the New 3DS using dynarec.

 

[joeh1974]

I was able to get this working with <23MB roms as described. You will need FBA compatible roms.

My roms and bios were off. I guess there is a difference between MAME and FB Alpha roms (including the bios file).

 

[VincentBeasley]

Are save states working for anyone? I can create them but not load them 0.o Also, any luck getting gambatte working?

 

[Cortador]

Henkaku just added dynarec support. Very exciting news.

 

[zekepliskin]

I think the default buttons to press to open up the menu while playing a game are L1+R1+start+select. Also, these buttons can be changed in the settings.

Don't forget you can assign the right analogue stick to RetroArch functions. I've personally been using UP to save state, DOWN to load state (download, get it?), LEFT to bring up RetroArch menu and RIGHT to fast forward.

Also, great news about dyrarec support. Might actually get a playable frame rate GBA emulator to replace gPSP (which is great but needs frame skipping still) now.

 

[Smoker1]

Not going to happen any time soon. yifan_lu told me himself that it would be at least a year, implying the source code will be released around then so somebody else is free to back-port it if they want.

I know losing an old firmware is hard - it pained me to give up my 3.18, but ultimately Henkaku is worth it - this is the real deal, not the confusion that Rejuvenate was. If you keep your Vita in sleep mode you don't even have to re-install the exploit, and VHBL does soften the blow. We're all hoping somebody releases a PSP kernel exploit - now is the time, while 3.60 is still the latest firmware.

Damn. Well I got the FW on my PC, and from what I am told, I can Update my Vita with QCMA. Just dont know all about VHBL. Never used it before and dont know if the Homebrew/Hacked Rom Modded Arcade Emulators for PSP work on it. Also, dont think you can run PSP or PSX with VHBL huh?

 

[angelhp]

New Cores add: New testbuild
Vecx (vertex)
Catsfc plus (Snes)

 

[sj33]

New Cores add: New testbuild
Vecx (vertex)
Catsfc plus (Snes)

That's great, CATSFC Plus has the more accurate sound core from newer Snes9x. It's a tad slower as a result but might not matter on the Vita.

Do the nightly builds have the conflicting title IDs fixed? Do the official builds have icons yet?

 

[angelhp]

Yes now you can install all cores ,
it have a only icon for all emulators...