Retroarch Thread

[Anonymous No.10510512]

Show me your Retroarch ui.

Also can you guys give me advice on how to 'convince' the Mega Drive core (BlastEm) that I use a 3 button controller? One specific game: King of the Monsters 1 only works with the old 3 button layout but since I have a ps3/pc controller I couldn't find a workaround how to make the core 'belive' that I have a 3 button controller since it doesn't react to anything not even the keyboard.

[Anonymous No.10510515]

play the fuckin games

[Anonymous No.10510523]

>>10510512
It looks cozy, OP! Here's mine.

>>10510515
We do, but it's nice having a good UI when needed too, one thing doesn't exclude the other.

[Anonymous No.10510553]

>>10510523
Looks pretty nice and clean. Man I love this xml layout it reminds me of the PS3 PSP ui. It was a sort of selling point to me to install Retroarch in the first place.

[Anonymous No.10511315]

bump. I've got only got a basic xml with purple pixel snow similar to good ol' ZSNES

[Anonymous No.10511415]

>>10510512
>>10510523
Do you guys really like using Retroarch as a hub to launch from?
I did for like the first week after I found it, but then I ended up setting up Steam ROM Manager so I could easily stream that stuff to my living room for added comfort. I've started using Playnite instead recently, and I like that quite a bit. Setting up games through it is way easier than the Steam method.

[Anonymous No.10511425]

simple as

[Anonymous No.10511431]

>>10511415
same I ended up using launchbox as a front end and over time got sick of the lack of core updates and just dropped retroarch for the majority of my emulation

[Anonymous No.10511434]

>>10510512
>Also can you guys give me advice on how to 'convince' the Mega Drive core (BlastEm) that I use a 3 button controller?
PicoDrive is the better emu

[Anonymous No.10511543]

>>10511431
The games still run on Retroarch and its cores, they just launch from a click in Playnite. I only have to see the Retroarch menu if I need to change a setting for some reason.

[Anonymous No.10511601]

>>10510512
>Also can you guys give me advice on how to 'convince' the Mega Drive core (BlastEm) that I use a 3 button controller?
Use standalone BlastEm. Or use GenesisPlusGX if you must insist on Retroarch.

[Anonymous No.10511676]

>>10511315
how do?

[Anonymous No.10511684]

>>10511425
Based

[Anonymous No.10511821]

>>10511676
ZMZ
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=67700

[Anonymous No.10511832]

>>10510523
How do you change the background?

[Anonymous No.10512452]

>>10510553
Thanks! It was a big plus for me too, love the PSP and PS3 UIs, I was bummed out when the PS4 went and changed it, and then PS5 changed it even further while eliminating all customization...

>>10511415
I do, it works well enough for me, has all of the settings I need and I know where everything is, so at this point I'm just kind of used to it, which makes it hard to use anything else for me really.

>>10511832
Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Background Image
You might also have to change the Color Theme setting to "Background Image" before selecting one.
Cheers!

[Anonymous No.10512459]

>>10510515
this
why would I spend time putting gay shit on the menu when it’s just meant for me to play vidya
retarded op faggot as always

[Anonymous No.10512461]

>>10511425
Same here

[Anonymous No.10512463]

>>10511601
I will check that core out too. Thanks, Anon!

[Anonymous No.10512561]

>>10511425
>>10512461
If you go to the User Interface Appearance Settings, you can adjust the Scale Factor to 0.75 or 0.5 and see more of the menu.

[Anonymous No.10512728]

>>10510515
>>10512459
It's simple really, people here customize their UI on RetroArch for the same reason that even the people that are old, and/or technology illiterate, will change the desktop wallpaper on their PC or laptop, since Windows 95. While there are those that don't feel the need, a lot of people enjoy to give the things they use a little personality that fits their liking for when they use RetroArch's UI.

[Anonymous No.10512737]

>>10510512
Can anyone give me a retard proof way of running PC Engine CD games? What core should I use? I download the BIOS files and rom (Rondo of Blood in this case) and it just wont run on Retroarch for some reason whereas it does run on Mednafen using the exact same files.

[Anonymous No.10512756]

>>10512737
Mednafen (Beetle) PCE or PCE Fast if your computer is weak.

[Anonymous No.10512758]

>>10512737
Put BIOS in the system folder.

Try getting another rom off archive.org

[Anonymous No.10512759]

>>10510523
Wow looks like I'm in a GAY thread here.

[Anonymous No.10513152]

[Anonymous No.10514959]

>>10510512
>>10510523
Good vibes.
>>10511425
Same.

[Anonymous No.10515204]

>>10513152
How do you get the BG to be animated like that?

[Anonymous No.10515212]

Retroarch appears to be a hub through which you launch your individual emulators, is that correct? I must admit I am liking this PS3 style menu. >>10510523
>>10512452
>>10513152

[Anonymous No.10515250]

>>10515212
Well, it is... sort of. It's not really a launcher, as in if you have the standalone emulators already in your PC it'll simply start them up, that'd be more of a frontend, kind of like LaunchBox and stuff, I suppose RetroArch still qualifies as a frontend, but it is it's own thing to, it's essentially a way to have multiple emulators, called "cores" here, on the same software, so if you have no emulators on your PC, if you install RetroArch and go into its core downloader, you'll get options for literal dozens of emulators to download within RetroArch, and once you do, you can have universal settings for all of them, and switch between them seamlessly, which is the whole appeal really, it's also the easiest way to use shaders overall. I definitely recommend it, anon.

[Anonymous No.10515260]

>>10515250
Thank you for the explanation, I will give this a look.

[Anonymous No.10515282]

>>10515260
No problem, anon! I hope you enjoy it, but if you don't then it's fine, standalone emulators still do the job quite well nowadays. One thing many do dislike in RetroArch, despite the XMB being such a beauty to use, is the amount of settings and all of the submenus, and yes... if you decide to mess around with settings, it might be difficult at first, but if you just want it to work and play, it's fine...

All you have to do is download RetroArch, then go into the Main Menu > Online Updater > Core Downloader, and there you download all of the cores/emulators you want, then after that you'll go on Import Content > Scan Directory and then just select your ROMs folder for it to scan, if you want the XMB, go for Settings > User Interface > Menu and there you select the XMB, and restart.

[Dave No.10515507]

Retroarch still sucks major ass lol

what a fucking slop, perfect for the consolegoy

[Anonymous No.10515521]

>>10510512
here's mine.
sub labels are bloat and useless once you know what everything does.
also i mostly skip using retroarch gui by using a frontend that launches games from their boxarts.
basically you get everything perfect behind the scenes and you're done.

[Anonymous No.10515896]

>>10515521
Upgrade to 1.16.0

http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.16.0/windows/x86_64/

There's a new feature called Preemptive Frames to reduce latency, if your computer is powerful enough. Note, it should be set per-game, not system-wide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDYqRoyOKI4

[Anonymous No.10515908]

>>10515521
Also import content to Playlists.

Use Manual Scan and set Directory, Name, Core for better results.

Manage the created Playlists from Settings -> Playlists.

[Anonymous No.10515914]

>>10515521
>>10515908
Oh, I didn't see, you use a different frontend to launch.

[Anonymous No.10516041]

>>10515204
Settings > User Interface > Appearance > Menu Shader Pipeline > This on is called 'Bokeh' but there are others as well

[Anonymous No.10516738]

[Anonymous No.10517809]

>>10512459
Customisation is fun, like games are fun. Unfortunately, it does look like polishing a turd, because the foundation is still retroarch.

[Anonymous No.10518242]

sowl....

[Anonymous No.10518251]

I just boot all my games through Playnite

[Anonymous No.10518770]

>>10518242
cozy, anon...

>>10516041
thanks!

[Anonymous No.10519812]

How do I use retroarch on android?
I downloaded the latest nightly build and have the bios already on /system, but it still won't run.

[Anonymous No.10519816]

>>10519812
Go on the Main Menu, Online Updater and then Core Downloader, to download the cores you want, after that scan your ROMs. Are you using an .apk or the Play Store version?

[Anonymous No.10519818]

>>10518242
>007: 300 Games for the N64 Is Not Enough (USA)

[Anonymous No.10519868]

>>10519816
Nvm I got it working. Somehow the game losts its extension when I copied it to my phone.
But now the color becomes weird.
Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.10519904]

>>10519868
Nvm, changing to software renderer fixed it.

[Anonymous No.10519917]

>>10519868
>>10519904
I'm glad it all worked out, anon!

[Anonymous No.10521002]

>>10510512
that legit looks cool

[Anonymous No.10521018]

>not having the box art visible or even scraped

Definition of soulless

[Anonymous No.10521258]

Where do I customize fast forward speed?

[Anonymous No.10521336]

>>10521258
>Settings
>Frame Throttle
>Fast-Forward Rate

>>10521018
It does when you hover over the ROM in the list, but it'd be better if it had a grid UI to choose for those that prefer that, like LaunchBox, for sure...

[Anonymous No.10521460]

>>10521336
I see, thanks

[Anonymous No.10522783]

>>10521460
I'm glad I could help, anon!