RetroArch 1.0 released:

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RetroArch 1.0 released: Anonymous Tue Jan 7 00:28:55 2014 No.1321530 [DELETED]

http://www.libretro.com/index.php/downloads/

Overview:
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch

List of Systems:
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Libretro#Cores

How to use:
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Using_RetroArch

Suggestions:

1. Place .info files into the cores folder.
2. Use these bios:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/y8w1wd7j25rhqfc/RetroArch+BIOS.rar

Place in System folder, unzipped

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 00:34:25 2014 No.1321549 >a hard to use, obscured "frontend" for emulators that already exist So why again do I want this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 00:59:27 2014 No.1321627 >>1321530 go to sleep squarepusher

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 04:04:39 2014 No.1322019 Wow I'm really impressed, works great on my Nexus 10. No more crackling sounds!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 06:43:49 2014 No.1322178 >1.0 Oh snap So what are the new features?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 06:50:19 2014 No.1322186

>>1321549
Best support for everything. Standardized interface not just across most emulators, but across most platforms, too - the same emulator to use on your PC, phone, etc.. Sensible design choices regarding to rom handling. Best filter support, best netplay support.

Downside: no ZSNES or ePSXe, i.e. you're FUCKED, you personally. Most people are fine, but you aren't.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:07:19 2014 No.1322203 Alright, I'll give it a try. How do I get and use those CRT filters I see all the time?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:07:49 2014 No.1322204
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>>1322186
>Downside: no ZSNES or ePSXe, i.e. you're FUCKED, you personally. Most people are fine, but you aren't.

I enjoyed this.
Pic related, it's if your words were Segata Sanshiro.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:22:51 2014 No.1322224 Seems there isn't an APK for Android, at least not yet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:22:51 2014 No.1322225 File: 42 KB, 600x404, 1389097349606.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1322186 I like this Anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:23:51 2014 No.1322226 >>1322224 According to their latest blog they're making one last attempt to have it in the google play store

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:24:21 2014 No.1322227 >>1322224 >http://www.libretro.com/index.php/downloads/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.retroarch

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 07:28:51 2014 No.1322235 File: 8 KB, 409x215, iOS APK.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1322227 Oh never mind there is, it just looks like there isn't. >>1322226 They still had an APK even when it was on Google Play before.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 08:01:51 2014 No.1322258 Downloads broken for anyone else? I thought it was just the Wii version at first but they all appear to time out.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 08:54:51 2014 No.1322306

Posting in a great thread before the inevitable war.

Loaded this release onto my tablet as soon as it came back on the Play Store, still patiently awaiting the PS3 CEX version for my main RetroArch battle station.

With the improvements to VBA Next I will finally get to play GBA games again, and the GUI finally coming on par with the other ports should make it much more comfortable to use overall. The MAME core addition might make for some additional fun too, I've gotten tired of fighting FBA every time I try getting arcade games going.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:04:57 2014 No.1322315

>>1322306
I'm wondering though how does the MAME core works with key layouts
In mame you have to set up lot's of different layouts for different games
In retroarch though i don't see how we can make it that happen without being a huge hassle juggling config files

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:11:26 2014 No.1322320 >>1322315 Libretro MAME keeps it's own ini file, just like the ordinary MAME.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:16:56 2014 No.1322323 >>1322320 Well that's good to hear But is there the mame configure menu (that one that opens in tab) inside retroarch or was that deprecated? Sorry if I'm being a dick and just asking without checking, but I can't check it right now

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:17:26 2014 No.1322325 >>1322323 Yep, the TAB menu's still there.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:17:56 2014 No.1322326 >>1322325 Fucking cool beans then Thanks for indulging me anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:26:56 2014 No.1322334 For anyone who can't be bothered with this, try Higan. Basically the same thing but only supports NES/SNES/GB/GBA. It focuses on accuracy rather than filters and whatnot but is much easier to set up and play.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:30:56 2014 No.1322338 File: 1.96 MB, 400x225, 1380756267258.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1322334 >NES/GB/GBA.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:30:56 2014 No.1322339 >>1321549 This.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:34:56 2014 No.1322343 Can android users finally have toggle fast forward mapped to a controller?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:36:26 2014 No.1322345 >>1322338 To be honest I have only used it for SNES games, the other stuff can't be that bad though, surely?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:36:26 2014 No.1322346 >>1322339 What? It was a question/ And it has been answered.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:37:26 2014 No.1322347 >>1322345 Yes it can and it is. It's just experimental stuff not really meant to be used seriously

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 09:51:26 2014 No.1322356 >>1321530 hey, i'm stupid. theres no cores folder, and why would i need to put .infos in it

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 10:19:27 2014 No.1322374 >>1322343 probably not. did the ffwd touch button ever work at all? i could never get those function soft buttons to do anything on my phone and tablet

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 10:44:45 2014 No.1322392 >>1322345 The NES core needs a few things done but it's actually pretty decent. GB is probably the one that most needs improvement though as it's used for SGB and is pretty lacking right now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 10:48:15 2014 No.1322397 >>1322374 Wow. Just downloaded the apk. Soft fast forward would toggle in earlier versions on my touch pad but now it's not. Slow mo only works if I hold it... wtf

>>	Bag of rice fallen over in China Anonymous Tue Jan 7 10:50:15 2014 No.1322402 >>1321530 Owner devestated. Situation still unclear.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:15:45 2014 No.1322419

It really kind of floors me that multi-system front ends are so popular here on /vr/. I'd really kind of think people around here were hardcore enough to setup system-specific emulators for what they're emulating for the best experience.

Is it just people like Squarepusher constantly pushing there shit here or what?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:20:32 2014 No.1322424 uh which of these files in the mednafen directory do i designate as the core theres like 5 of them

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:26:32 2014 No.1322432 >>1322419 Bingo. Read his post about retroarch's future. He's striving for an os in an os.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:27:32 2014 No.1322435 >>1322419 Why would anyone use this for wii when there is still no smb support?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:30:33 2014 No.1322437
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>>1322419
You misunderstand what RetroArch is, and I'm not nitpicking. It's a frontend for libretro, not the emulators. And libretro is a platform that emulators are ported to. Let me explain.

The point of libretro I'll explain below. The point of RetroArch is that a human can't interface with libretro directly, i.e. RA is a frontend for libretro. It's not a launcher for emulators at all.

You might think of libretro as - and I'm saying that metaphorically - an OS kernel, RetroArch as the OS itself, and emulators as pieces of software running on libretro/RetroArch. Can you run bsnes on Android? No. But the libretro port of bsnes can run on Android, iOS, Linux, Windows and almost everything else where libretro itself has been ported. Port an emulator to libretro, and it starts working everywhere libretro can run.

For example, you have ten platforms (Android, iOS, WIndows, MacOSX, Linux, Unix etc.). You have 15 emulators. You can port each ot every platform. OR you can port them to ibretro, and then just port libretro itself. See the point? And, as I said, RetroArch is a frontend for libretro.

Is my explanation transparent enough?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:34:03 2014 No.1322441 >>1322435 What is SMB? Super Mario Bros? And why the hell would that not work?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:37:03 2014 No.1322446
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I love it, i know however that it pushes all assburger buttons, and I regard threads about retroarch as bait.

However, having access to nes/snes/turbogfx/ps1/master system/n64 in a single program is nice. Filters work universally, which is also awesome, as do my controls.

Now, continue bashing squarepusher, you diehard purists. Or rather, get a fucking console and ignore these threads you can't appreciate.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:39:33 2014 No.1322449 >>1322441 Samba file sharing. It's a network protocol nearly every stand alone wii emulator has that allows for files to be streamed instead of stored somewhere on the SD card or USB hdd

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:44:04 2014 No.1322454

>>1322446
>having access to nes/snes/turbogfx/ps1/master system/n64 in a single program
That's not what RA is for, though. Having all those on your Android phone, sister's Apple tablet, Windows, and your laptop with Linux - THAT'S what libretro/RA is for.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 11:55:04 2014 No.1322465 >>1322449 Is it really that essential when you have both SD and USB support? I'm using a USB HDD for running Wii games off of for example.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 12:02:34 2014 No.1322472

Please stop spamming /vr/ and /v/ with this. You're only causing people to hate RetroArch and every one of its developers. This is the same as logging into your email only to see your inbox full of spam. No one with even the least amount of common sense would want to use / buy a product after having it obnoxiously and repeatedly thrown in their face.

And RetroArch isn't an emulator, it's a frontend that uses emulation cores written by third parties, such as the developers of NEStopia or FCEUltra. You guys are just throwing a wrapper around others' software and taking credit for it. There's a word for that: Plagiarism. Making a frontend for something like MAME is understandable since it doesn't have a GUI of its own, but the RA frontend is just an attempt to piggyback others' work. This is evident in the fact that the same guy who keeps spamming these RA threads has on numerous occasions claimed RA is an emulator and denied any insistence that it's simply a frontend.

As for the frontend itself, half or more of its configuration options are broken, it doesn't play nice with most of the emulation cores it's packaged with and some cores won't even write SRAM or savestates. All these emulation cores have their own GUIs, which actually work as intended. Why would anyone want to throw a superfluous, broken frontend on them? Don't answer that, because it's just going to be some stupid bullshit about RA offers improvements over the cores' native features. It does no such thing. It doesn't even support all of the same options that the emulation core supports, and many options you try to configure don't communicate any actual changes to the core.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 12:09:04 2014 No.1322484 >>1322465 Yeah but I'd rather save my USB hdd for wii and gc games than to pack it with over 20gbs of roms.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 12:16:04 2014 No.1322494 >>1322484 Fair enough. Also I just went and tried the Wii port and just got a black screen. Works fine on Android or PC though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 12:41:36 2014 No.1322518 >>1322484 >pack it with over 20gbs of roms What? Why?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 12:54:36 2014 No.1322527 Okay, I keep getting an immediate crash with "GL: Invalid Value." "Fatal error received in: "init_video_input()" "

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:01:36 2014 No.1322536 >>1322518 fullsets are large mate.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:17:06 2014 No.1322550 >>1322419 What makes you think that? If you look closely you'll se that noone here cares about RA, there is only one person or maybe a few working together trying to advertise and push that thing. And still noone gives a fuck

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:22:36 2014 No.1322557 >>1322437 Oh yes I see... I will think of it next time I port my system to then different PCs every month...

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:26:37 2014 No.1322562
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>>1322419

Libretro cores are the emulator, and the RA frontend has enhancements. It's RA that's for the enthusiasts since it has more options and more enhancements.

Enhancements:
- lag reducing netplay (command line for now)
- shader support
- custom resolution and refresh rates (many emus don't have this)
- choosing multiple monitors
- "dynamic rate control" for the best synch out there
See:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro.github.com/raw/master/documents/ratecontrol.pdf
- 120hz blackframe insertion for 60hz CRT style motion
- GPU hardsync for input lag reduction
- KMS mode in linux for ultimate lag reduction

In many cases it supplants the original emulator and renders the original one superfluous. It's got so many features that no other emualtor has.

The only legit gripe people have is with the interface. Which is partly personal preference. And there's multiple frontend ideas anyways.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:29:06 2014 No.1322568 >>1322424 Use detect core option. Mednafen has several cores. GBA doesn't work. PCE, PS1 are great. >>1322356 Nevermind. They've already done that for you. No need.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:32:06 2014 No.1322576 >>1322527 1. Update your GPU drivers and Direct X 2. Set your Driver to something else. See: http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Using_RetroArch#Command_prompt_running_and_closing_itself_upon_running_retroarch.exe

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 13:39:06 2014 No.1322590 >>1322536 atari 2600 fullset is like 20mb bro

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 14:44:01 2014 No.1322691 I think I'll just stick with MESS, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 14:55:57 2014 No.1322730 >>1322557 What?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 14:58:27 2014 No.1322735 >>1322536 Why would you need them constantly at hand, though? It's like refusing to use DVDs because they can't hold all movies ever made.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 14:58:57 2014 No.1322738 Does it not suck anymore? How is the PC Engine core? Still the ass version of mednafen ported badly?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 17:25:37 2014 No.1323089 >>1322738 >Still the ass version PCE-Fast if that's what you mean. And yes. It plays most of the games. PCE-Accurate I believe would need modification to be able to be ported. >ported badly? {{citation needed}}

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 18:01:53 2014 No.1323174 >>1322691 >MESS what are you using mess for?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 19:23:43 2014 No.1323313 >>1322419 >system-specific emulators for what they're emulating for the best experience. Problem is, half of them have shitty frontends or GUIs that wont let you do things like set a custom resolution or do vsync without adding tons of input lag.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 19:25:43 2014 No.1323318 >>1322691 Fun fact: MESS can be compiled as a libretro like MAME can and run inside RetroArch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 19:35:43 2014 No.1323337 >>1322472 So much bullshit in one post. Jesus Christ.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 19:40:43 2014 No.1323345 When Retro arc supports net play across all platforms with cross platform play, then it should be downloaded. Otherwise why bother?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 19:51:00 2014 No.1323367
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>>1323345
>When Retro arc supports net play across all platforms
Well.. that's almost reasonable...

>with cross platform play
wat. Do you actually think this'll happen? You can already download ROMs/ISOs/etc for whatever console, why would they develop cross platform netplay?
Why would you even need it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:02:00 2014 No.1323397 >>1323367 How's that not reasonable? The whole point of libretto is to neutralize platform impact on portability. It makes no sense why one version of it can't talk to another. Also, who wouldn't get mileage out of a feature like that?

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:04:30 2014 No.1323402

>>1323345

>Otherwise why bother?

All the little nice things it does, like reducing input lag when using vsync by using OpenGL ARB_sync, or letting you stack shaders arbitrarily, or letting you have full control over the scaling of the output image, etc.

Being able to play all these systems in one program is nice, but it's the technologically advanced features that really draws me to it.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:07:31 2014 No.1323406

>>1323345

Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux versions have "lagless" cross-platform netplay already. Mobile devices and consoles aren't powerful enough for that form of netplay so they're going to eventually create a more standard "laggy" netplay solution that uses less CPU power, which will of course be cross-platform if feasible.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:09:31 2014 No.1323410 >>1323397 Oh, I thought you meant like netplay the same game across different consoles, not netplay across different OSes. My bad.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:14:02 2014 No.1323419 I hate how limited the options are. I can't do something as simple as changing the speed of the fast forward button

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:14:31 2014 No.1323420 >>1323410 Nah man, that would be pants on head. >>1323406 Glad to hear it. Awaiting updates.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:16:01 2014 No.1323426 >>1323419 https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/retroarch.cfg#L533

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:19:32 2014 No.1323430 File: 475 KB, 500x375, mlqvb7769T1qgwqw9o1_500.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1323420 Yeah, that's what I get for assuming.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:22:01 2014 No.1323437

>>1322472
>Plagiarism

http://www.libretro.com/index.php/mission/
>We will never engage in deliberate and shady ‘rebranding’of existing open source projects to make it appear as if the ‘work/port’ is somehow distinct from the main source and as if it is its own entity.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:30:01 2014 No.1323456 It's funny, squarepusher hates CRT users, but thanks to retroarch I can emulate SNES and NES at native resolution on my PVM with no perceptible input lag.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:34:02 2014 No.1323467 >>1323456 >squarepusher hates CRT users, He doesn't hate CRT users, he hates the autists who were constantly bitching on gbatemp about the native resolution modes on the Wii version not being 100% perfect or some shit.

Anonymous Tue Jan 7 20:50:31 2014 No.1323498

>>1322472
>throwing a wrapper around others' software and taking credit for it
Is there an issue with taking credit for a wrapper that you've written? I mean, you've worded it correctly as they're taking no credit for the cores themselves. But it seems you imply this is a bad thing.
It also seems you imply that simply having alternative choices is a bad thing and RA's audiovisual output isn't wonderful. This is quite confusing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 00:18:01 2014 No.1323923 File: 34 KB, 489x479, 1381276556144.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1322576 guess my ATI Radeon 4670 just can't handle retroarch's GL driver... One of these days I need to upgrade

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 00:27:32 2014 No.1323938

>>1323923

They made some change recently and it's not working for everyone. By doing this you change it to D3D9 which should work for now. Maybe they fixed it? I don't know.

http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Using_RetroArch#Command_prompt_running_and_closing_itself_upon_running_retroarch.exe

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 14:29:18 2014 No.1325076

>>1322472

>You guys are just throwing a wrapper around others' software and taking credit for it. There's a word for that: Plagiarism.

No one is doing that. Attribution is clear, and the cores use their original name. Also GPL allows for porting and forks.

>Making a frontend for something like MAME is understandable since it doesn't have a GUI of its own, but the RA frontend is just an attempt to piggyback others' work.

And many emus have terrible video/sound output, terrible sync and lacks many of the features and options of RA.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 16:56:26 2014 No.1325438 RetroArch is cool, I use it to emulate on my PS3

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 17:06:56 2014 No.1325463

Can someone please post a 32 bit build of Phoenix? I'm trying to give retroarch to a friend and make it easy for him, and the old versions of Phoenix that used to come in the bundle always crash on his PC, which apparently is a problem other people have had and fixed, but I can't find the builds they finally got working.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:35:58 2014 No.1325691 >>1322186 Isn't ZSNES the only emulator that can properly run romhacks? For example, Super Mario World romhacks. Every other emulator seems to have massive sound issues, among other things.

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:38:21 2014 No.1325704

>>1325691
>Isn't ZSNES the only emulator that can properly run romhacks? For example, Super Mario World romhacks.

Yes. Because those romhacks were made for zsnes. They only work properly in zsnes. Not even the real console.

This is just poor planning and lack of forsight on the romhackers part. Romhacks should aim to work on real hardware. That way any moderately accurate emualtor will play them until the end of time. Aiming a romhack at a specific emulator just results in it being tied to that program.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 18:44:36 2014 No.1325713 >>1322472 RetroArch is not a frontend for emulators. It's a frontend for libretro.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:03:37 2014 No.1325736 So how would using retroarch compare to using Dolphin? Or is retroarch even an emulator? Im confused.

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:08:07 2014 No.1325752

>>1325736
What's Dolphin to do with this?

RetroArch is a frontend for libretro. Libretro is a platform that emulators are ported to. When libretro is implemented on an OS, all emulators ported to it can run here right away.

And, in order to interface with libretro as a human, you need a frontend. RetroArch is one such frontend. There.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:10:37 2014 No.1325756 >>1325736 RetroArch can only play programs ported to it. Dolphin has not been ported to it.

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:11:37 2014 No.1325758

>>1325752
I literally have no Idea what the fuck you are talking about, man. I just want to emulate games. How much better is it for me to emulate games on this rather than dedicated emulators before I take the time to figure out how the hell to use this?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:19:37 2014 No.1325769 >>1325758 See: >>1322562 For a list of programs it works for see: http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Libretro#Cores

Anonymous Wed Jan 8 19:22:37 2014 No.1325778

>>1325758
RetroArch has lower input lag, better netplay options and more shader options than most software made for emulation.

Meanwhile, let me explain.

Imagine you have 10 emulators for Windows. You can port them to Android seperately, then to iOS seperately, then to MacOSX etc.

OR you could port them to LIBRETRO. And then port libretro itself anywhere. It's made for portability and has been ported almost everywhere at this point. Port an emulator to libretro, and it starts working on all those platforms right away.

But libretro is a platform, you can't just use it. You need a frontend (a human-friendly command tool), and RetroArch is exactly that.

If you understand this, you can decide whether you personally need this or not. I do, but maybe you don't. RetroArch does stuff with emulator cores their original implementations don't, it has greatly reduced input lag, shader support is great, netplay is some of the best, and it has one settings menu for all software on it, but otherwise it's those same emulators. You can use stand-alone, platform-specific originals just as well if you want to, they're still ok.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 20:47:27 2014 No.1325929 >>1325463 Phoenix is deprecated. Might wait until another GUi is made.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 8 23:38:35 2014 No.1326352 Fuck off Squarepusher, sick to death of you peddling your crap here.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:00:36 2014 No.1326713

>>1326352
Let me tell you, kid, as someone who has actually dealt with Squarepusher: he would sooner die than viral his shit on this board, and if he did post, you'd know it immediately, given he tends to start calling everyone here a sorry bunch of entitled pedophiles.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:12:06 2014 No.1326723 File: 190 KB, 518x380, (2014-01-03) 0001.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1326713 So it is you then, now go to bed

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:22:36 2014 No.1326731
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>>1326723
No, it isn't. I must note, however, that you seem to suffer from quite a bit off butt pain from people talking about software that you personally do not seem to like very much. Smells like burgers from the ass, if you ask me.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:26:06 2014 No.1326740 >>1326731 OK Squarepusher

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 03:30:07 2014 No.1326746 >>1321549 It makes emulators with shitty or nonexistent GUIs like higan and Mednafen a lot easier to use. It also adds a few nice features like universal filtering support. But you're trolling, so I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to reply.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 04:12:54 2014 No.1326778
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Anyone knows where i can get a copy of Retroarch 0.98 64 bit if it was ever made ? Do the cores have an architecture version too?

I want it because it was the last revision to support Phoenix and i also want to give it to someone that can't into PC but wants the Rewind and awesome shader support and i am afraid he'll fuck up everything on RGUI and i don't wanna be fixing his mess often

I'm hopeful they will make RGUI something usable soon

>>1322562
Finally someone understands why its important
>*tips fedora*

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 09:52:42 2014 No.1327045

So, I made a thread a few days ago asking about controllers for Android.

I bought the GameStop branded wireless controller yesterday, but I am having trouble getting it to work with Retroarch. It has worked %100 fine with my other emulators, save for the d-pad not being super acurate, but when I pair it with Retroarch only the left analog stick and the down direction on the dpad work. They also seem to do different things in each game.

Is there a way to fix this? I tried custom mapping the buttons but still nothing is working once I get into the game. Retroarch has a "GameStop Controller" option, so I don't understand why it is not working.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 11:40:19 2014 No.1327157 So is retroarch good, as in, its something you guys use and recommend? Should I just ditch snes9x and nestopia and all these other emulators for it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 11:44:19 2014 No.1327162 >>1327157 Are you filter scum? Maybe. Otherwise you're just getting a large package with those emulators in it.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 11:52:20 2014 No.1327168

>>1327157
The audio alone is worth it, honestly. Those crackles and pops that come up on various games? Can't hear em. Reason being is that the audio is resampled to align with the video, but only by a certain (configurable) rate difference below human hearing.

The video is very nice too. Jitter free, zero frameskip, etc. As long as you're not specifically running in GL's windowed mode with composition enabled on Windows.

Certain cores have enhancements as well. Snes9x-NEXT, for example, has an option to overclock superFX chips, which speeds up things like Star Fox.
Mupen64plus has a VI limit option, which is essentially overclocking sync. I've heard it also applies game specific hacks to improve certain games past real hardware, like the removal of the build in frameskip on Banjo.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 11:57:20 2014 No.1327174 Where are the core folders?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 12:03:19 2014 No.1327176 >>1327174 /usr/lib You're asking about Linux, right? On Windows, I believe, they're right there in the package you've downloaded from their website.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 12:04:49 2014 No.1327178 >>1327176 Yeah Windows, awesome.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 12:55:49 2014 No.1327227 >>1327162 Well, if it has everything in one package, then it seems worth it for convenience alone >>1327168 Sounds neat. Guess I'll give it a go. Thanks for the heads up

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:24:10 2014 No.1327491
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>>1327162
>Are you filter scum? Maybe.

You can do ANYTHING with shaders though. That's the point. They're there mostly to handle scaling of the games and adapting them to modern displays. They can be subtle, or extreme. Whatever you want. If you don't like typical "CRT shaders" fine. Whatevers. But don't dismiss shaders out of hand.

This one is just CRT GEOM sharpness with a mod to remove scanlines.

Original code:
float2 TextureSize = float2(2.0*IN.texture_size.x, IN.texture_size.y);

now look like this:

float2 TextureSize = float2(2.0*IN.texture_size.x, 2.0*IN.texture_size.y);

>>	Dev builds. Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:26:10 2014 No.1327494 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd These are RA dev builds.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:29:10 2014 No.1327504 >>1325778 >RetroArch has lower input lag [citation needed] Seriously, what the fuck? How can a frontend have lower input lag than the original emulator itself?

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:35:08 2014 No.1327528

>>1327504

It's how GPU drivers are set up, especially on Windows. They're designed to get great test scores for big flashy games, but they actually introduce some lag.

RA has two ways of combating this:

1. GPU Hard Sync. Which reduces this, but increases the CPU power needed a bit.
2. KMS mode in Linux, which should give near 0 input lag.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:37:08 2014 No.1327531 >>1321549 I use it for PS1 (and WSC when it comes up) because because Medanafen's total lack of a GUI is even worse. Other than that it can go die in a fire because its GUI is worse than any other emulator standalone.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:38:09 2014 No.1327532 >>1326746 >implying phoenix is shitty What GUI did RetroArch start out with? Oh, right.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:40:08 2014 No.1327543

>>1327504
I don't know if it still does, but Mednafen used to have some retarded async rendering forced triple buffering system. It made it literally impossible to get 1:1 emulated:displayed frame mapping and added unavoidable lag. But this isn't intrinsic to the emulation core, so RetroArch can use a sane sync method.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:40:08 2014 No.1327545 Still no news on the android regressions?

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:48:38 2014 No.1327562

>>1327543

Exactly. Just what RA is all about. I also even think that Mednafen should just merge with RA. Rephetca is great at making emulator cores, but isn't as skilled at the other stuff.

>>1327531
>Other than that it can go die in a fire because its GUI is worse than any other emulator standalone.

So I take it RA would be 500% more popular if it had a better GUI? A lot of people seem to really care for it.

I love RGUI. But it is rather ugly. I like that you can use it with a controller.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 15:59:39 2014 No.1327576 >>1327562 I HATE how it is designed for a controller. Navigating file structure manually when I have a keyboard and mouse is not fun.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:03:25 2014 No.1327584

>>1327532
Higan's GUI is named Ethos, and uses Phoenix which is a GUI toolkit, actually a wrapper around other ones. Get your facts straight.

>>1327562
I always liked how the in-game controls work in Mednafen compared to RetroArch, especially how you can set the controls.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:05:55 2014 No.1327591 >>1327576 Why don't you have a controller? With the release of the PS4, the market should be flooded with DS3's. They're great.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:07:25 2014 No.1327596 >>1327576 Most of the platforms RetroArch is on use controllers for main input though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:10:25 2014 No.1327604 >>1327596 And? Are my hands glued to a controller when using an emulator (especially before I even start playing)?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:11:55 2014 No.1327609 >>1327604 Just get a 30 dollar DS3, use SCP driver and stop whining. http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/SCP_Driver_Package

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:18:25 2014 No.1327624 >>1327609 I use one. It takes longer to get to the right point of a long menu than it does to get a file using a stand OS interface like other emulator in existance (except Mednafen, which requires I use the command line or Open With).

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:21:56 2014 No.1327630

>>1327624

huh? You can set your game folder in Path settings. And right moves forward a bit, and R1 moves forward like a lot (maybe 100). Plus they added experimental keyboard searching using the "/" key.

I can navigate my entire snes set pretty quickly and find the game I want.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:33:55 2014 No.1327657 >>1327630 >they added experimental keyboard searching It's like I'm in the 1980s again.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:40:55 2014 No.1327670

Just wanna say, for all the people bitching about the GUI: believe it or not, Squarepusher, of all people, WANTS to cater to you guys, and has in fact been meaning to create a native Windows interface similar to Snes9x. However, it is his partner in crime, Themaister, that has repeatedly been getting in the way, and has vetoed all attempts to make it happen up until now. It looks like SP may be attempting to get him to step out of the way so that he can finally include a UI that Windows users will be comfortable with.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:44:25 2014 No.1327681 >>1327670 I hope he includes options since I like the controller focused RGUI.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 16:46:55 2014 No.1327686 >>1327681 RGUI will never go away, just like on the Android port, there's the native Android interface on top of RGUI, which you can bring up anytime.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 19:12:01 2014 No.1328031

>>1327604

They are if you're using a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, or Xbox original to run RetroArch. None of those consoles (and most mobile devices) have keyboards by default, so they place more emphasis on gamepad support in the UI since it's the common input method that all platforms they support will have.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 19:23:01 2014 No.1328049 >>1327670 Windows users are comfortable with ZSNES's gui. They'll get comfortable with ANYTHING over time, and are uncomfortable with anything new. There's no point in catering to them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 19:23:31 2014 No.1328046 >>1328031 There's no reason why there can't be a Windows-targeted GUI for libretro though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 19:27:31 2014 No.1328052 >>1327504 It's not a frontend for emulators, fuckwad. It's a frontend for libretro.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 19:51:31 2014 No.1328097

>>1327504

By having a superior vsync implementation. Some emulators have added input lag with vsync, like Nestopia, that you don't get when using the libretro version in RetroArch

Also, you seem to be mistaken on what a "frontend" is in regards to emulators. A "frontend" is NOT just a GUI, it is everything that isn't the actual emulation. Emulators usually have a "core" that does the actual emulation, and a "frontend" that does video output, audio output, polling inputs, and other things that are related to interacting with the user and the OS. RetroArch is basically a "frontend" that doesn't have it's own "core" compiled in, instead the core is dynamically linked, allowing you to swap out the emulation backend at will. The emulation cores are implemented using an API called libretro that sends all the video, audio, and input data to the frontend (RetroArch).

Since vsync is video output related, therefore handled by the frontend, it's entirely possible you will get different levels of performance when you run the emulation core in different frontends.

Just to make it clear: a "frontend" is NOT a GUI launcher that opens an emulator program with command line parameters, it is the part of the emulator that handles input and output. So when you say "RetroArch is just a frontend", that is actually a correct statement but not in the way you think it is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 20:04:02 2014 No.1328112 does retro arch support automatic loading of game specific configs yet? im wondering why to use retro arch over something like hyperspin?

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 20:10:01 2014 No.1328124

I'm new with this stuff, so forgive me.

I'm on my phone on the train so I can't test it myself, but I was wondering, does this allow me to play NES/SNES/Genesis, etc. on my PS3? Does it need to be modded or can I just have it running from a portable drive? Very curious. I don't like playing games on computer and all my old systems are somewhere in my parents' attic across the country.

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 20:12:31 2014 No.1328126
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>>1328112

It supports automatic core specific configs at the moment. You can also load configs from the RGUI menu. I use separate configs for each display mode for my CRT monitor

RetroArch is nothing like HyperSpin. HyperSpin is a graphical launcher that just opens emulator apps with command line parameters, RetroArch is full-on frontend for a libretro core library.

See >>1328097

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 20:52:01 2014 No.1328194

>>1328046
I'd rather just have PC-specific enhancements, honestly. Like the ability to use a mouse and click on the menus, type file destinations out properly, etc. Those could even be enabled on touchscreen devices too, with a button to bring up keyboard input instead of a key like >>1327630 >>1327657.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 20:59:54 2014 No.1328208 >>1328124 It needs custom firmware yes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:05:24 2014 No.1328232 >>1328126 >rgui cfg menu.png holy shit that's ugly. looks like something out of the dos era

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:06:24 2014 No.1328234 >>1327686 I hate that stupid thing. It always overrides RGUI options, so even if I change those they don't stick. Is there a way to completely avoid it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:09:55 2014 No.1328239 >>1328234 Settings>Config Save on Exit>On

Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:12:24 2014 No.1328246

>>1328239
It is on. Configs not in the native shitter, like audio rate delta or whatever, do not get overwritten. But simpler things like nearest/bilinear, paths, and overlays do. Which is obviously annoying as hell
>>1328124
>I don't like playing games on computer
Is something terribly and intolerably wrong with you or your setup? Just being on a computer shouldn't make the slightest difference outside of adding convenience.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:19:24 2014 No.1328253 >>1328232 It's intended to have a "retro" look, yeah. Hopefully later on they will add themeing support and custom fonts and perhaps the ability to have pixel shaders affect the menu.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:21:54 2014 No.1328257 >>1328253 >It's intended to have a "retro" look, yeah. absolutely retarded

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 9 21:23:24 2014 No.1328263 >>1328257 It's not when you want it to be readable on a low res 240p CRT like you usually do on the Wii

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 00:49:37 2014 No.1328673 >>1327168 I never once had an issue with audio crackling in any single emulator until bsnes came along.

Anonymous Fri Jan 10 04:39:51 2014 No.1328952

>>1328673
Playing with your monitor at exactly the system's refresh rate must be nice, however impossible that is to do without intent or deviation. It's either that or you played with 100ms+ audio latency, which I'd highly doubt wouldn't be noticeable.

In either case, bSNES doesn't crackle or fuck up once set up properly on hardware that can handle it. That means either through RetroArch for dynamic rate control or with effort setting up sync in higan (And hope it doesn't deviate/fuck up).

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 08:16:35 2014 No.1329096 >>1328952 There's also syncing to the audio instead. But the jittery video when doing that without any of those is simply intolerable.

Anonymous Fri Jan 10 10:18:50 2014 No.1329245

So many people shit on Retroarch, but I love it. Then again, I'm the type to play retro games on an LCD with an upscaled native res if it's 3D. Which is to say I don't give a fuck about a lot of the little things people seem to fight emulator wars over. I never use CRT shaders either because I think they degrade the quality without adding anything.

I like having a bunch of things in one package, being easily able to select anything from my file list and figure out what to emulate it with later with the detect core option, a central menu so things are mostly standardized, etc. Essentially, I use it because It Just Works. And in many cases, it's worked even better than the old recommended emulators with recommended settings.

The only problem I've come across is that Diddy Kong Racing (only N64 game I've tried on it) had severe input lag. Like, for those more familiar with its technical aspects, hitting the extra strong zipper boost required letting off around half a second before I even hit it and turning took at least a good 200-400ms or something, or it felt like that anyway. Maybe just because it's a racing game and racing games are so time and movement sensitive.

Digimon World 2003 also won't load up for some reason. It's the only PSX game I've tried thus far. It could be the copy in question.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 10:21:50 2014 No.1329249 >>1329245 Its n64 is rather shitty, but then again most n64 emulation is shitty anyways. Chances are you're lacking the BIOS in the system folder. Mednafen-psx searches for scph5500.bin, scph5501.bin, and scph5502.bin respectively.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 10:23:50 2014 No.1329251 >>1329249 Oh, is that it? I'll have to copy it over from PCSX-R. Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 10:24:50 2014 No.1329252 >>1329251 Chances are that your BIOS pack doesn't have 5501, but it is 100% identical to 7003. The only difference was hardware models, which doesn't matter in context.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 10:26:20 2014 No.1329257 >>1329252 Nah, I've got 5501. I downloaded a lot of these manually at the time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 11:31:24 2014 No.1329327 >>1321530 >1. Place .info files into the cores folder. Just change the directory from the settings. Do you think people are stupid to the point of not being able to figure this out?

Anonymous Fri Jan 10 11:48:24 2014 No.1329363
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Gentlemen, maybe you could help me.

On Linux,

I can't seem to launch any game with the Mednafen cores. Other stuff works, but not Mednafen (PCE, PSX in particular). I got both RA and the cores from Hunter Kaller's ppa. Other cores run just fine. Here's what it says as it crashes:
>Segmentation fault (core dumped)
whatever that means. I've tried different images, the cue sheets seem to be fine, although I can't be sure.

On Windows and Android everything runs just fine, but Mednafen cores crash on both of my Linux machines.

What am I doung wrong?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 12:19:41 2014 No.1329403 Still nothing on the android regressions? Not even an acknowledgement by devs?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 12:36:27 2014 No.1329427 And opening it on windows gives me a "GL: Fatal Error" every time where it cant find the video drivers. Good job, RetroArch.

Anonymous Fri Jan 10 13:51:58 2014 No.1329525
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>>1329427

1. Update your GPU drivers and Direct X.

2. Use a Newer build:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd

3. Set your GL renderer to D3D.

Open up retroarch.cfg using Notepad. Inside, you should find

config_save_on_exit = "true"

Now, under it, write

video_driver = "d3d9" or

video_driver = "gl"

Failing that, you can just set it to

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 13:56:45 2014 No.1329540 >>1329525 so it only supports d3d for now? too bad since the best shaders out there are in gl format

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 14:02:15 2014 No.1329557 >>1329540 CG works on both. I believe there's GLSL←→CG conversion anyways. And it will probably be fixed sooner or later, if it's not already.

Anonymous Fri Jan 10 14:03:16 2014 No.1329560

>>1329540
>so it only supports d3d for now?

Some people have had the same issue. I have not. I think they made a change, and it may have been fixed, and it may only be affecting people with really old GPUs. Mine's from 2008 so I don't know. I'm also using a dev build from the 9th, instead of the official download.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 14:05:45 2014 No.1329565 >>1329557 there is not automatic glsl to cg , i once tought that and got some sdk from nvidia but its not true

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 14:14:15 2014 No.1329586 >>1329560 My GPU is a 7870 so I really doubt it's old GPU's. Maybe a fuck up on AMD hardware?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 15:36:38 2014 No.1329724 >>1322437 thanks op i cum at cat she hiss at penis

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 16:16:05 2014 No.1329812 >>1329565 There's a python script that converts Cg to GLSL https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/tools/cg2glsl.py

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 17:01:05 2014 No.1329882 >>1329363 They work fine for me but I build what I need from source rather than use binaries. Also what distros are you using?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 18:45:59 2014 No.1330058 >>1329209 is this from a really good-looking emulator or just some art? image search didn't come up with anything relevant

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 18:55:59 2014 No.1330080 >>1330058 http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Shaders_and_Filters The GameBoy Shader should be what you want.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 10 18:59:29 2014 No.1330092 >>1330080 Thank you, anon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 02:29:30 2014 No.1330942 >>1329586 >GL >AMD I'd say that's extremely likely.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 04:48:44 2014 No.1331118 >>1327545 What?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 12:16:21 2014 No.1331460 How about those Android regressions?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 12:38:51 2014 No.1331513 >>1331460 Explain what you're talking about since I haven't seen any regressions

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 12:52:26 2014 No.1331541 >>1331513 Fast forward is totally broken. Some devices even get a force close if they touch it. Slow mo won't toggle. Overlay change instead of improving performance has caused slowdowns. There's others on librero forum.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 14:38:46 2014 No.1331728 http://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-v1-0-0-0-release-information/

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 14:51:32 2014 No.1331749 >>1327045 Just got the update, face buttons still don't work, but the start and dpad inputs do. I'm just going to uninstall, I hope one day they get this all figured out, because I was really really excited to start using it...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 15:02:32 2014 No.1331770 >>1329882 Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 13.04.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 15:08:32 2014 No.1331784 Is there any shortcut keys for putting retroarch in fullscreen?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 15:13:33 2014 No.1331790 >>1331784 You can set it in the ini. I don't remember the default, could be "f".

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 15:23:04 2014 No.1331816 >>1331784 The same as a lot of things, alt+enter.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 15:25:04 2014 No.1331821 >>1331816 Nevermind. Could've sworn it worked before.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 17:30:26 2014 No.1332021 File: 27 KB, 517x494, 1295638754158.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How the fuck do I get neo geo roms working on retroarch-wii? I just want to play some metal slug...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 18:02:14 2014 No.1332101 >>1332021 Neo geo bios in the same rom folder. That is kind of annoying, I know. Use FBA too.

Anonymous Sat Jan 11 18:18:45 2014 No.1332145

>>1332101
I have the bios already in the same folder... but all I get is a wall of text error message every time I try to load a game. Do you happen to know some kind of tutorial for this? When I search with google I feel like I'm the only person on the planet with this problem... and I can watch some guy playing metalslug on his wii on youtube, but without any hints how he got it to work. Do I need special roms?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 20:13:05 2014 No.1332350 >>1332145 I had some problems too, and it was due to the Neo Geo bios. They have to be the latest. I had it working ages ago. Tried it again and every bio gave me issues and I gave up. Ask emulation General for more details: >>>/vg/emulation

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 20:21:35 2014 No.1332362 File: 62 KB, 674x532, speccy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What can I do to improve the performance of RetroArch? I'm using the Game Boy core with Harlequin's shader and the sound started crackling. I also had to turn vsync off.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 20:28:05 2014 No.1332371 >>1332362 >Intel HD 4000 Found your problem. Most likely your integrated graphics are too weak to handle elaborate shaders like the Game Boy one.

Anonymous Sat Jan 11 20:29:05 2014 No.1332373

>>1332371
Wait, I just saw you also have Nvidia graphics. Hmm, I'd make sure it's outputting through that and not the integrated shit. Still, seems like it's just not that good of a machine overall. You could try switching to D3D and see if that helps. Turn off Aero as well.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 11 20:34:05 2014 No.1332380 >>1332373 Yeah, it's really not a powerhouse, but it handles Source engine and some other 3D games pretty well. I'll make sure it uses that GPU.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 00:55:17 2014 No.1332769 >>1329812 so what do i do with this?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 07:53:18 2014 No.1333371 I have the following romsets Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Commodore 64 Genesis Full Amiga Full Nes Mame N64 PC Engine Sharp X68000 Snes Will retroarch support all of these?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 08:06:48 2014 No.1333378 >>1333371 No.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 08:23:48 2014 No.1333387 >>1333378 Pretty shit frontend then

Anonymous Sun Jan 12 08:32:48 2014 No.1333397

>>1333387
It's not a launcher frontend like HyperSpin and friends, emulators have to be ported to the libretro API before they can be used with RetroArch and other implementations. I think cores for at least one of those Ataris and C64 are in development, no idea about Amiga and that Sharp thing. The rest are supported.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 11:48:43 2014 No.1333515 >>1333371 >Atari 2600 >Nes >Mame >N64 >PC Engine >Snes >Genesis Full Yes to these

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 11:59:12 2014 No.1333526 How does N64 work? I wanted to play some Mario 64 and Mario Kart.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:02:12 2014 No.1333531 >>1333526 Those work. Compatibility is still pretty spotty because Mupen64Plus is still spotty in general, but the biggest games work fairly alright. Don't expect miracles.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:10:12 2014 No.1333541 >>1333531 To be honest I played Mario 64 on some xbox (like first xbox) emulator and I wasnt complaining.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:18:42 2014 No.1333542 >>1333387 It's not what you think it is. It's a frontend for libretro versions of emulators.

Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:27:42 2014 No.1333548
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>No BlueMSX liberto port

>>1333526
Outside of highly optimized, super popular games, N64 emulation is still a fucking mess right now, you're probably better off buying an n64 and a flash cart.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:29:12 2014 No.1333550 >>1333548 I have enough problems with getting GCN pads.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:31:03 2014 No.1333551 >>1321530 Does retroarch support physical discs yet?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:48:33 2014 No.1333568 >>1333551 Who would actually want to do that? WHY? WHY add a noisy, slower piece of hardware into the mix? The only thing it can do is fuck things up. Load times, timing bugs, who knows. Just rip your games and bask in hard drive based convenience.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:53:03 2014 No.1333578 >>1333568 >hard drive SSD master race reporting in

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:53:03 2014 No.1333579 >>1333578 Well that works too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 12:56:03 2014 No.1333584 >>1333551 No and never will.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:17:33 2014 No.1333604 >>1333568 Because I don't see the point in having a ton of iso files taking up room on a hard drive when shit fits perfectly on a disc. It's the most basic feature in a lot of ps1 emulators and does none of the things you've just described.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:27:06 2014 No.1333619 >>1333551 Do people even have optical drives in their PCs these days?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:40:36 2014 No.1333643 >>1333604 PC cd-rom drives ruin discs very, very fast. They physically scratch them while emulating the way consoles work with CDs.

Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:44:06 2014 No.1333652

>>1333604
>does none of the things you've just described.

Except it does. PC disc drives don't work the same as the console's disc drive.

>having a ton of iso files taking up room on a hard drive

We're in the age of 2TB HDDs so space is no longer a concern unless you're still using a 60GB HDD from 2002

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:53:36 2014 No.1333669 >>1333652 You know people were saying we'd never need more space back in 1990. In wasn't true then, and sure as hell is not going to be true anytime soon. Some people's music collection is 500gb alone.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 13:59:36 2014 No.1333676 Anyone have retroarc wii and also happens to have Dragon Warrior VII? How's it run?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 14:01:07 2014 No.1333680 >>1333676 >Dragon Warrior VII >Warrior RA-Wii does not have a PS1 core, so it cannot run that game. All you can do is try your luck with WiiSX.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 14:08:06 2014 No.1333690 >>1333680 That's the printed name on the game man. WiiSX doesn't print text on the screen similar to the psp popsloader bug. Oh well, thanks for reply.

Anonymous Sun Jan 12 14:12:06 2014 No.1333697

>>1333690
IIRC it was kind of a difficult game to emulate at one point, requiring special hacks or whatever. Unfortunately, the Wii is much too weak a system for a proper PS1 emulator that doesn't suck to be ported to it. I doubt it could run a proper port of current-day PCSX-Reloaded at full speed, let alone fucking Mednafen.

Anonymous Sun Jan 12 16:38:15 2014 No.1333967
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To those Windows who are still having issues with it not running. Use a newer build.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd

That's from the 9th. Works for me.

Additionally:
Make sure to also upgrade your GPU drivers and Direct X

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 12 21:28:18 2014 No.1334613 >>1333541 The most popular game runs in UltraHLE, what do you expect?

Anonymous Mon Jan 13 01:37:32 2014 No.1335160
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Hi RA freaks.

Just wanted to let you know that I've updated RoM-Jacket to support retroarch.
Here's a quick tutorial:
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/413403/retroArch.html

Also, I am looking for a 32bit compile of the picodrive_libretro.dll to deliver.

Anonymous Mon Jan 13 03:22:47 2014 No.1335272

>>1333669
My game collection is 2TB for emulation alone. Them disk based systems.
TLMC is ~1.2TB alone. And I've 500GB on top of that in non-2hu.

Now the statement wasn't that it is enough nowadays, it was that it's negligible in comparison.
Imagining actually having to deal with disgusting physical disks is just painful. Especially for that much. I mean, holy HELL.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 13 18:39:48 2014 No.1336414 >>1335272 >My game collection is 2TB for emulation alone. Woah

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 13 18:45:48 2014 No.1336430 >>1336414 >tfw you will never have good enough internet to download that much

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 14 00:23:40 2014 No.1337114 >>1335272 must be due to psx and resto of disc based games and including ps2, NGC, Dreamcast and Wii

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 14 17:47:50 2014 No.1338258 >>1335160 what is this and why is your site so ugly?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 14 19:24:40 2014 No.1338509 I've never been able to get PSX emulation working on RetroArch

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 14 19:39:10 2014 No.1338553 >>1338509 1. Bios. 2. It's the cuesheet. 90% of the time it sthe bios. Use these: http://www.mediafire.com/download/y8w1wd7j25rhqfc/RetroArch+BIOS.rar And use a newer build for the sake of it: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 14 19:46:57 2014 No.1338567 >>1338553 Seems like it's the cues, thanks for the tip.

Anonymous Tue Jan 14 20:01:28 2014 No.1338596

>>1338258
I've never been able to figure this out directly. By name and base explanation, Rom Jacket, it's some sort of frontend/launcher for programs (RetroArch included) centered around the idea of game folders.
Cartridge information, saves, hacks, possibly box art or some shit, all saved into per game folders instead of their own respective areas.

But that unbrowse-able site makes me unable to test it whatsoever. Then again it's catering to 32bit fags anyways, so it's likely not worth any effort.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 15 15:05:43 2014 No.1339921 >>1333548 >>No BlueMSX liberto port Rtype 7 guy is working on a libretro MSX thing. https://github.com/r-type/libretro-fmsx/commits/master Last touched 9 months ago. But it's a thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 15 16:31:47 2014 No.1340096 >>1322472 we should be celebrating every new release in /vr/. supporting people doing development on emulators is importnat even if they are spergy douches or w/e

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 15 17:00:21 2014 No.1340142 Reminder that literally all these threads are are dramapools, and have no place on /vr/.

Anonymous Wed Jan 15 17:20:49 2014 No.1340182

>>1340142
Posts like these irritate the hell out of me.

Just stop it. Seriously. You're not the /vr/ authority and emulating is of high relevance to /vr/ because it's a major method of reproducing the experiences we've had and even ones we've missed. Retroarch places everything in a convenient, standardized package for people to enjoy so they don't have to follow or care about the emulation scene or keeping half a dozen+ emulators plus tons of game-specific settings around.

I get that some people don't like this shit. Just don't look at it. But don't try to control what other people can enjoy just because you don't like it. The only reason it ever attracts drama is because some people are trying to end discussion of something a lot of people enjoy talking about and utilizing. And whether you like it or not, it's completely appropriate for this board. In fact, I'm not sure it even plays non-/vr/ games.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 15 18:59:36 2014 No.1340396 >>1340182 Especially ones missed in my case, I grew up with PC, not a single game console. So now is my time to play catch-up.

Anonymous Thu Jan 16 06:53:29 2014 No.1341494

>>1340182
>I'm not sure it even plays non-/vr/ games
Off the top of my head, DeSmuME and possibly some MAME would be considered past /vr/, but neither of those work very well for it. DS still has texture alignment issues of the emulator itself, no proper mouse/touch input as far as I know, and EVERYTHING sucks for newer arcade systems.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 06:54:59 2014 No.1341496 >>1341494 GBA is also not /vr/.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 08:52:39 2014 No.1341557 MESS > Retroarch

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 08:54:09 2014 No.1341559 File: 128 KB, 635x719, gundam_quality_01_lar.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1341557 Posting link to UME and Mamehub http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/ http://www.mamehub.info/download >mfw retroarch still has shit netplay

Anonymous Thu Jan 16 12:02:14 2014 No.1341740

>>1341557
Interface-wise? No. General support? No. I don't understand.
RetroArch even supports MAME and partially MESS.
>>1341559
>shit netplay
Now that's just a straight out lie. Have you even used it? Sure, it takes command line for now, but that's not difficult.
RA's netplay is seamless rollback based like GGPO, without the shitty adobe dependency. It uses the users' CPU far more than their network in comparison, but allows for far lower lag, which is EXTREMELY FUCKING IMPORTANT for network based interaction.

Also, with the licensing/legal drama surrounding the MESS/MAME project recently, I'm surprised it isn't completely dead as is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 18:51:50 2014 No.1342408 >>1341557 Only for obscure systems. And since a MESS libretro core can be built from MAME2014 repository, there's no point in comparing them like that since you can just use it within RetroArch, like pretty much every other worthwhile emulator core.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 18:58:12 2014 No.1342420 >>1339921 That's fMSX, which is really old. BlueMSX is way more advanced and accurate, and is portable so it should qualify for receiving a libretro implementation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 20:46:13 2014 No.1342616 >>1325076 >And many emus have terrible video/sound output, terrible sync None of the original emulators in Retroarch have those issues.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 20:53:13 2014 No.1342637 >>1342420 Well go make one yourself. I don't know. >>1342616 Mednafen has stupid vsync. See: >>1327543 Last few versions Nestopia has issues on Windows. Don't know if they fixed that yet. Some have good sync, some don't. Point is, RA has the best.

Anonymous Thu Jan 16 20:58:13 2014 No.1342651

>>1342616
Nestopia does.
Mednafen at least used to, I've not used standalone in ages.
bSNES/higan requires manual syncing of either the audio or the video and timing the other to match.
9x has sound crackling out the ass, but depends on the game as to whether vsync fixes or causes that.
VBA is intolerable. Depending on whether or not you sync to audio or video, you will have crackling/pops or extremely jittery motion.

Then there's funky cores which do have their own use. The NEXT variants are faster than the regulars, like performance builds. Gens Plus GX doesn't even have a Windows standalone, and it beats Kega Fusion in compatibility.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 21:04:13 2014 No.1342669 >>1342651 Also, Snes9x-Next lets you overclock the SuperFX chip emulation, similar to how ZSNES plays such games twice as fast, only there it was an unintentional side effect of bad emulation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 21:06:43 2014 No.1342673 >>1342669 And crashing on certain games as well. Think SMW and Yoshi's Island.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 16 21:57:45 2014 No.1342758 >>1342669 You can do it in bsnes too, though it's not accurate and causes cutscene audio to go out of sync in Star Fox.

Anonymous Fri Jan 17 02:30:37 2014 No.1343347

>>1342673
>>1342669

The SFX overlcocking needs to be added to regular Snes9x. No clue why it isn't. And bsnes cores.

>>1342669
>similar to how ZSNES plays such games twice as fast,

I believe zsnes just plays it x2 speed, even if its uneven. Snes9x can play at full 60fps.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 17 02:37:07 2014 No.1343356 >>1342669 works great for starfox/2 though

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 05:00:27 2014 No.1346161 It just makes the entire game run faster, it doesn't increase the frame rate, so it's pretty pointless.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 08:09:06 2014 No.1346323 Where do I enable core autoselection?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 08:39:53 2014 No.1346337 File: 45 KB, 576x432, 1366267091210.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] anyone had any problems with retroarch and ds3 xinput wrapper? it does not work for me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 08:51:53 2014 No.1346351 >>1346337 nvm. seems like steam games dont see my ds3. i guess they fucked up xinput wrapper.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 09:07:23 2014 No.1346362 >>1346351 seems like it works in steam big picture mode but not in games. what the hell. it worked like a charm in previous version.

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 12:16:18 2014 No.1346564

interesting concept, doesn't look incredibly user friendly as of yet though so I'll stick to my individual emulators. And by user friendly I mean I couldn't figure out how to download all the necessary files and install it after 30 seconds compared to one click install emulators.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 12:38:35 2014 No.1346593 >>1346564 > Expecting devs to cater to your dumb attention deficit ass

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 12:51:06 2014 No.1346616 How would I go about getting this on my PS3?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:02:09 2014 No.1346754 How can I make the Gameboy shader brighter? I've seen some screens where it looks nice and white. Mine looks urine yellow.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:11:24 2014 No.1346775 >>1346593 >H-how dare you suggest my program isn't easy to use. Everyone knows that complicated programs are to keep the plebs out!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:14:54 2014 No.1346790 >>1346754 You have to change the LUT. It should come with a Game Boy Pocket texture that makes it look clearer and less like someone pissed all over your screen. >not savoring the nostalgia of playing piss-yellow games

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:16:24 2014 No.1346795 >>1346775 It can't be that hard, i dump the app on my SD card, turn it on and start it. Surely it can't be more difficult on other platforms?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:18:54 2014 No.1346803 >>1346795 How about for desktops? You know, the machines that handle emulation better than any console?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:23:54 2014 No.1346816 >>1346790 >You have to change the LUT. The what now?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:23:54 2014 No.1346817 >>1346803 That has nothing to do with what i said.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:27:42 2014 No.1346823 File: 165 KB, 642x579, 2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1346790 >>1346816 Never mind, figured it out.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 14:40:12 2014 No.1346847 >>1346593 hi retroarch devs

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 15:30:30 2014 No.1346986

>>1346323
It's right there in the root menu where you load content.

>>1346616
Get a console with firmware 3.55 or lower installed on it, or use a hardware flasher to downgrade a downgradable one. Install modified firmware ("CFW"). Install the latest RetroArch package in the XMB.

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 15:35:59 2014 No.1347005

>>1346803
On Windows I downloaded the latest version, extracted it using 7zip and ran retroarch.exe. Was playing games a couple of minutes later when I configured video and input settings to my liking.

It's amusing that there are NTSC filters in Nestopia's core options now.

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 15:36:59 2014 No.1347008 [DELETED]

>>1346803
On Windows I downloaded the latest version, extracted it using 7zip and ran retroarch.exe. Was playing games a couple of minutes later when I configured video and input settings to my liking.

It's amusing that there are NTSC filters in Nestopia's core options now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 20:17:47 2014 No.1347591 When are they going to make the UI better instead of worse on android? And let me use a single IME to be both player 1 and 2?

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 20:37:16 2014 No.1347628

>>1346564
>And by user friendly I mean I couldn't figure out how to download all the necessary files and install it after 30 seconds compared to one click install emulators.

You don't install anything.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd

That's the link for dev builds. All you need to do:

1. Extract
2. Move .info files to Cores folder (allows detect core option)
3. Add bios to system folder. Use these:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/y8w1wd7j25rhqfc/RetroArch+BIOS.rar
4. Run the .exe.

It should be straight forward after that. Read more:
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Using_RetroArch

Anonymous Sat Jan 18 20:42:16 2014 No.1347638

>>1346161

It increases frame rate AND speed of the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfNI3HpUt-4

It can achieve 60fps, but also increases the game speed by 30%. The difference between the two scores on the racetrack is about 20 seconds, and I'm too lazy to do the math to find out exactly how big a difference that was.

If it was just speeding it up, it would increase the game speed by like 500%. So it gets consistent frame rates and increases the game speed, but not significantly. Presumably you could find a way to slow the game down internally first, and THEN overclock the SFX so it works out "perfectly".

This video was done via real hardware and overclocking the SFX chip. But the results should be exactly the same in emulation.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 20:44:46 2014 No.1347646 >>1341559 >>mfw retroarch still has shit netplay It has great netplay. It's just command line only. Meaning it needs better UI

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 18 22:43:20 2014 No.1347867 what is viewport and how does it differ from screen resolution?

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 04:43:27 2014 No.1348461

>>1347867
Not sure in what context you're referring to.
But generally, viewport would be what is put out. What the view is printed to. Whether that's internal resolution or what the internal resolution is scaled to output to depends on context, where if it matters it should be defined.
Screen resolution is the screen itself's resolution. Generally 1920x1080 nowadays, with exceptions.

They would match up to be the same if something is running fullscreen without any aspect ratio correction.

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 05:15:57 2014 No.1348493

>>1348461
I use retroarch on a PVM with crt_emudriver.

With Nestopia and BSNES for example, I don't have to resize my desktop res to the system resolution, setting the resolution in cfg works great for those.

But I tried playing Castlevania Chronicles with mednafen psx and I set the resolution to 256x240 and it didn't look right. However, If I set my desktop resolution to 256x240 It looked exactly as it should. I was just wondering if I need to mess with viewport setting.

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 05:30:15 2014 No.1348521

>>1348493
PS1 isn't as simple as setting one resolution and letting it swing. Since it used many resolutions, you have to as well.
PC CRT monitor users get around this by setting a superwide (At least 1280px) resolution at 240 or 480 height, letterboxing the height and stretching the width.
But CRT televisions don't support such widths I don't believe.

I don't know about Chronicles, but SotN used some odd resolution letterboxed.
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2012/03/explaining-resolution-intro-of.html
Maybe you could find its resolution and configure that manually if it only uses one.

There may be a solution in gpuBladeSoft for plugin based emulators like PCSX-R and ePSXe. Since that allows automatic resolution switching fullscreen. But plugin based emulators in general are buggy, and I've no idea if it actually works.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 05:40:16 2014 No.1348536 >>1348521 my god man, you're a genius. lo and behold my pvm actually supports 1280x240. Castlevania chronicles works beautifully now. just needed to adjust aspect. thanks!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 05:40:45 2014 No.1348537 >>1348536 Neat. Post pictures.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 05:49:46 2014 No.1348549 File: 1.71 MB, 2592x1944, ccv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1348537 not the best pic. I had to use my phone.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 15:32:25 2014 No.1349382 What's the best shader for GBA games?

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 16:49:27 2014 No.1349604

Does Retroarch not work with romhacks? Or not work with .bin disc images?

I was trying to play with a patched hardmode FF7 .bin, but it wouldn't even show the file in the directory it's in with Mednafen PSX core selected. If I find the file in autodetect, it just brings up a list of the wrong cores to use it with.

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 16:58:27 2014 No.1349626

>>1349604
The Mednafen core only loads .cue files. If your disk image does not have one, you can easily create one. Just open up notepad and type the following:

FILE "filename.bin" BINARY
TRACK 1 MODE2/2352
INDEX 1 00:00:00

Replace filename.bin with the name of the image, and save the file as a .cue with the same name. It will work then.

As for the romhacks, be wary that Mednafen is highly accurate to the real hardware, and some romhacks were only tested on ePSXe or some shit, and may or may not work on real hardware or with Mednafen. I think the hardtype patch may be ok, but I applied some different patches to my own FFVII images, and the game would freeze during battles on Mednafen, so I switched to PCSX-R for that game. Just something to think about.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:02:27 2014 No.1349636 >>1349626 I downloaded Destruction Derby. It has a cue file. Retroarch just crashes when I try to load it. Is there a crash log or something?

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:07:58 2014 No.1349646

>>1349636
Make sure the .cue file is properly setup. I've downloaded rips that had completely wrong file names and shit. Also, make sure you're using BIOS version SCPH-5501.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/acpnmpajhq4jykl/PS1bios.rar

The one there should work.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:10:27 2014 No.1349656 >>1349646 That would probably explain it. Where do I put the file?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:15:27 2014 No.1349674 >>1349656 Create a folder called System or whatever, and put the BIOS there. Under Settings, then Paths, specify the System folder.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:17:57 2014 No.1349682 >>1349626 Oh, I see. Thanks!

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:20:27 2014 No.1349686

>>1349656
>>1349674
You can just drag it into your RetroArch folder by default, but you should really put it in its own file because then whenever you update RetroArch (as you should, it means major accuracy/speed improvements for some consoles), you can then simply drag that folder over to the new RA folder rather than digging through a sea of files looking for all the BIOS files.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:21:57 2014 No.1349693 >>1349686 >but you should really put it in its own file Its own folder, I mean.

Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:25:27 2014 No.1349706

>>1349686

My RetroArch folder already has a system folder with a bunch of stuff in it. The directory is already set properly in the settings, too. I put the bios in there, and it still didn't work. Didn't work with the file in the main directory, either. Maybe it's just a bad .cue.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:41:04 2014 No.1349749 >>1349706 Destruction Derby, right? Isn't that one of those multitrack games? http://redump.org/disc/2316/ At least, according to this, it is. If so, it may indeed be the .cue sheet not being properly set up.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 17:49:33 2014 No.1349763 >>1349749 I'll try to get it from someplace else. Thanks anyways.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 20:45:01 2014 No.1350145 File: 80 KB, 722x489, RA-PlayerV0.0.2.0[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] http://www.emucr.com/2014/01/ra-player-v0020.html Maybe the GUI plebs will stop bitching now.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 20:50:01 2014 No.1350158 File: 7 KB, 251x37, 2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1350145

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 20:52:46 2014 No.1350164 >>1350158 >Using Google's Spyware known as Chrome Good goy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 20:56:46 2014 No.1350175 >>1350145 I don't really trust software that's hosted on these virus-infected hosting sites that make you click 20 times to start your download.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:02:16 2014 No.1350192 http://phexe.com/2014/01/ra-player-v0-0-2-0-released/ Still getting a Chrome warning here but it looks less sketchy at least.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:06:46 2014 No.1350196 File: 216 KB, 590x322, American-psycho-bateman-1-[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1350192 >Chrome

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:07:17 2014 No.1350201 >>1350192 Why is it an .exe? Do I put it in the RetroArch folder? Sketchy as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:12:02 2014 No.1350212 >>1350201 >Why is it an .exe? What the fuck else would it be?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:14:02 2014 No.1350215 >>1350175 Great because emucr is not one of those sites you huge pussy. Install an antivirus

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:14:32 2014 No.1350213 File: 971 KB, 500x300, 1389762739811[2].gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1350201

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:15:02 2014 No.1350216 >>1350215 Look at the sites the file is hosted on.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 21:17:02 2014 No.1350223 >>1350216 What about them? Yep, you're just a huge pussy. >s-s-s-sendspace is gonna give my computer da virusssss!!!!!!1 If you get a virus you usually more or less deserve it

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:09:03 2014 No.1350341 anyone have a direct link to the 1.0 source?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:14:03 2014 No.1350350 >>1350341 https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:17:04 2014 No.1350358 >>1350350 the last release tag is 0.9.9

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:24:03 2014 No.1350382 >>1350358 The fuck are you talking about? That's the official RA repo, meaning all the bleeding edge commits are there.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:28:33 2014 No.1350392 >>1350382 looking for the latest stable snapshot. guess they didn't bother making one.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 22:47:03 2014 No.1350428 >>1326746 >emulators with shitty... GUIS >use one with an even shittier GUI Seriously. >>1327531 >total lack of a gui It's so fucking hard to type "mednafen filename". So hard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 19 23:54:38 2014 No.1350583 >>1350392 You mean dev builds? There's this from 5 days ago: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91sakv0qdyxjx9f/cGOfV7ZOKd it's regularily updated. You can build the cores yourself as well. http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Building_RetroArch

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 13:48:22 2014 No.1351769 You know, you'd think something like this would be less fucking complicated to use I've loaded the reference point for which emulator I want Retroarch to use, but I'm not seeing any "LOAD GAME" option anywhere

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:01:24 2014 No.1351794 >>1351769 Load Content (Detect Core)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:09:54 2014 No.1351815 File: 102 KB, 951x697, bufebfi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1351794 Still not seeing anything, it's not even letting me choose roms

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:15:24 2014 No.1351824

>>1351815

Load content is standard loading, where you manually switch cores.

Moving the .info files to the cores folder will open up the Detect Core options.

I don't like how the menu is set up. I think I'm going to make a fork where the menus is:

>Load
>History

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:16:54 2014 No.1351827
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>>1351815
Load Content (bSNES) will load games for your currently selected core based on extension (.smc and .sfc in this case)

If you're not seeing Detect Core, then the Core Info path isn't set correctly. Set it to the folder that has all the .info files that have meta-data about the cores.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:24:54 2014 No.1351841 >>1351769 It wasn't always this shit. The developer is a retard and stopped updating the only thing that made it bearable.

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:40:24 2014 No.1351860

>>1351841

The Phoenix launcher was nothing special, all it did was pass command line parameters to RetroArch.

RetroArch was always primarily command line driven from the beginning, as SSNES was originally just an alternate CLI frontend for bsnes. RGUI is just an extra, optional layer over RetroArch's CLI that allows you to change options and switch games without restarting the program.

The Phoenix launcher still works btw, it just lacks some options that were added in since it was abandoned by Themaister. Since byuu's Phoenix library has the usual issues byuuware has (being bleeding edge C++11 is one of them), it was dropped after RGUI reached a usable state. Themaister never liked GUI coding anyway, he's more interested in implementing backend stuff. Squarepusher wants there to be a menubar on Windows like SNES9x has, but they haven't agreed on how to implement it yet, as the Themaister did not like how it was implemented before by OV2 in a pull request so he removed it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 14:50:12 2014 No.1351880 >>1351824 >Moving the .info files to the cores folder will open up the Detect Core options Thanks, that helped a lot Though, it keeps making me doing it every single time, even when I do the "save config" option

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 15:03:13 2014 No.1351903 >>1351880 here, okay so now RetroArch is crashing for some reason every time I try and load a mame game via "detect core" Any ideas?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 15:12:42 2014 No.1351917 >>1351903 >mame Make sure you're the correct ROMs. The current version of MAME is 0.152, make sure you're using ROMs that are fairly recent.

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 16:56:18 2014 No.1352098
File: 15 KB, 270x277, 1386630388235.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Repost from /emugen/-
So is there any to have separate turbo buttons in RetroArch? I've played a lot of PCE games in vanilla Mednafen and I liked being able to have separate II & I buttons for turbo fire.

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 17:31:18 2014 No.1352169

I'm new to Retroarch.

I want to like it, but I dislike how it behaves on Windows.

The RGUI outputs most, but not all, of the parameters that the skeleton config has.

It has forward and back slashes for directories. Make up your mind!

And uh... Just things didn't behave how I thought they should, like appending a config should only need changes to be present in the config, not every single parameter.

There is probably other lil annoyances I've come across that I can't remember at the moment.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 17:44:48 2014 No.1352190 >>1352098 Just use JoyTokey. You pretty much have to keep it open for any emulator for one reason or another (excepting dolphin's wonderful script-based input config of course).

Anonymous Mon Jan 20 23:15:25 2014 No.1352760

>>1323467
On the Wii port of RetroArch, he refuses to implement resolution changes based on what game is running. IIRC, the resolution also resets to default when you start another game, making switching between games for the same console require also setting the resolution again. The resolution doesn't even appear to be an item you can set in retroarch.cfg. Since the Wii with RetroArch is popular among CRT users, he clearly does hate them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 20 23:25:55 2014 No.1352776 >>1352760 >The Wii with RetroArch is popular for things he doesn't care about >People bitch at him for not specifically working to fix such issues I would hate them too. Maybe not go on a tangent about it, but hate for sure.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 00:10:12 2014 No.1352868 >>1352760 It's incredibly specific to Wii and applies to zero of their other platforms, so they don't have too much reason to care in the first place.

Anonymous Tue Jan 21 00:17:12 2014 No.1352885

>>1352760

If he truly hated CRT users, he would have implemented nothing at all for resolution changing and told you to go fuck yourselves.

If you really care about getting resolutions right you shouldn't be using a Wii anyway since its hardware does weird things to the video output and is weak anyway, you should be using a PC which can be used with 31khz CRTs trivially and 15khz CRTs with some extra software with AMD cards.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 01:34:31 2014 No.1353038 >>1352190 Not him but JoyToKey gives huge input lag for me. And I don't mean only in RA but any software I use it for. I've always wondered if I'm the only one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 01:41:31 2014 No.1353051 >>1321530 I set this up in the past and for some reason I set up both the x64 and 32bit version but I don't remember why. Are there some things that only work on the 32bit version?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 01:45:31 2014 No.1353061 >>1353038 yes you are

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 01:55:31 2014 No.1353072 >>1327504 Do you need to be on open source drivers to use KMS in linux currently? I know this is an issue with wayland currently but I don't understand KMS enough to know if it's an issue here as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 02:03:52 2014 No.1353087 >>1352169 >The RGUI outputs most, but not all, of the parameters that the skeleton config has. Yes, that's annoying. Tell them to add all the options to the RGUI.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 02:12:51 2014 No.1353106 >>1352169 >It has forward and back slashes for directories. Make up your mind! I lol'd at this harder than I should have.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 10:25:59 2014 No.1353667 >>1353061 Thank you very much for the extremely helpful and informative reply.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 13:24:29 2014 No.1353867 >>1353072 I think so...

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 13:26:59 2014 No.1353872 >>1321530 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqhfj_c_rhU Gameplay of N64 - Sin and Punishment in RetroArch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 13:57:59 2014 No.1353915 File: 226 KB, 289x330, 1384065422200.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1353872 Appreciate the video, but what the fuck is it with youtubers feeling compelled to add these silly intros to videos for something simple like gameplay?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 16:33:55 2014 No.1354305 >>1353051 I think dosbox only works when compiled as a 32bit core (and then only with a 32bit RA environment to load it through).

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 17:04:42 2014 No.1354360 >>1354305 That's because DOSbox only has a dynarec for x86 and not x86-64

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 19:45:51 2014 No.1354701 >get a Wii >ready to emulate >well, anything except PS1 AWESOME. There goes all of that downloading time, I guess. Looks like it's N64 and Sega Saturn for me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 20:05:51 2014 No.1354728 >>1354701 It doesn't really do saturn or more than a handful of n64 really well either man

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 20:45:39 2014 No.1354824 >>1354728 Well, there's always external emulators for it. There had better be.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 20:47:40 2014 No.1354828 >>1354701 Use injected wads for n64.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 21:00:55 2014 No.1354847 File: 27 KB, 383x472, 1385847056869.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] wait... with this, you can have netplay with gba games?

Anonymous Tue Jan 21 21:08:25 2014 No.1354860

>>1354847
That sounds nice, but I don't believe so.
VBA-Link has thus far been the only GBA emu I know of to do that. As M failed to merge the functionality or some shit. Either way, it was buggy as HELL.

To achieve netplay for GBA, people need to stop thinking of the two systems as two systems. As they expect far too low latency due to being physically connected by a cord on real hardware.
Instead, the focus should be to emulate both systems on one computer and forward input/output to/from the other.
Which gets quite a bit more difficult with the concept of 3-4 players.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 23:35:50 2014 No.1355064 >>1354860 VBA-M can do linking. I don't know if the GTK+ UI has the necessary options yet though, build it with the wx GUI as that definitely does.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 23:50:20 2014 No.1355080 >>1354360 >>1354305 Thanks, that explains it. When I was first messing around with libretro I was messing around with dosbox as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 21 23:59:50 2014 No.1355085 >>1354860 >on one computer That's a pretty good idea. You'd be able to hook your PC to your TV and play 4-player splitscreen with controllers.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 22 02:18:42 2014 No.1355256 >>1355085 I've done this. It works well. I've even done it with dual play so fuckers can't screen peek. Not so much an issue with GBA games but nice on other systems.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 22 21:24:53 2014 No.1356710 I tried to netplay with my friend today and his controls weren't working (I was the server). Anyone know what could be the issue?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 24 03:42:01 2014 No.1359326 >>1356710 No clue

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 24 04:39:29 2014 No.1359385 >>1356710 Probably a mild case of PEBKAC.

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