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[Solid SOAP]

So, quick question, probably a bit of a dumb one...

Let's say I want to buy and play, say, Freedom Planet. Maybe a different version of Cave Story than what's available on the 3DS eshop. Could I do that using this emulator, possibly?

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

So, quick question, probably a bit of a dumb one...

Let's say I want to buy and play, say, Freedom Planet. Maybe a different version of Cave Story than what's available on the 3DS eshop. Could I do that using this emulator, possibly?

Considering Freedom Planet's a PC/Wii U game and Cave Story's an eShop title, not an emulated game, no. No you couldn't do that.

 

[Dremorak]

So can anyone tell me yet where to find the ps1 core for 3ds? I've seen 2 people with it now and no one seems to be able to tell where it is!

 

[Rich!]

So can anyone tell me yet where to find the ps1 core for 3ds? I've seen 2 people with it now and no one seems to be able to tell where it is!

CIA only. It's only useful if you are on a N3DS with CFW on firmware 9.2 or below.

 

[Dremorak]

CIA only. It's only useful if you are on a N3DS with CFW on firmware 9.2 or below.

Ah, k. So its not working on 10.0+ N3ds then? Damn.

 

[Rich!]

Hoooly shit. Newest retroarch build (N3DS) is incredible.

Every bit of slowdown that was previously present in DKC3 is now gone. Full locked 60fps on all levels now, including skiddas row. Awww yes.

 

[Overside]

Ah, k. So its not working on 10.0+ N3ds then? Damn.

Its working, but without the dynamic recompiler that .cia has, its at around 15fps as opposed to the 30-45 and up with .cia.

Not something i see them releasing until that gets resolved.

 

[sörine]

I'll ask here too but anyone gotten Mega/Sega CD to work in RA? Both Genesis Plus GX and Picodrive are crashing for me. :/

 

[Dremorak]

Its working, but without the dynamic recompiler that .cia has, its at around 15fps as opposed to the 30-45 and up with .cia.

Not something i see them releasing until that gets resolved.

Sweet as. Was looking forward to finally re-playing FF8 on my train ride

 

[thelatestmodel]

I'll ask here too but anyone gotten Mega/Sega CD to work in RA? Both Genesis Plus GX and Picodrive are crashing for me. :/

Haven't tried it on my 3DS yet (that's this evening's project) but on PC it was always kind of a pain to make sure the BIOS files were named correctly and in the right place. Are you sure that's all set up?

 

[Sutton Dagger]

Is there like a complete video guide on how to get this working. I'm reading posts here and there, it sounds complicated.

 

[sörine]

Haven't tried it on my 3DS yet (that's this evening's project) but on PC it was always kind of a pain to make sure the BIOS files were named correctly and in the right place. Are you sure that's all set up?

Huh, weird. Right bios but not named right for GX+. I'll try that later, worrying that it didn't work for Picodrive.

I have them in the RA system folder, works for PCE/Turbo CD but maybe they need to go somewhere else too.

 

[Rollo Lawson]

Is there like a complete video guide on how to get this working. I'm reading posts here and there, it sounds complicated.

I was going to ask the same thing. I'm on a n3ds with the latest official firmware.

 

[Solid SOAP]

I've been having dips in FPS recently with a few SNES games... I didn't have them yesterday tho, they were running perfectly. Any idea why that could be?

 

[Dremorak]

I've been having dips in FPS recently with a few SNES games... I didn't have them yesterday tho, they were running perfectly. Any idea why that could be?

TBH I've found it to be spotty in general. It seems playable most of the time, but theres definately weird bugs and slowdown.

 

[Solid SOAP]

TBH I've found it to be spotty in general. It seems playable most of the time, but theres definately weird bugs and slowdown.

Yeah same. It's working now, I'm assuming some tampering with the nightlies here and there every week or so won't hurt.

 

[Apath]

Does this work on the OG 3DS as well, or only the N3DS?

 

[TedHub]

So, quick question, probably a bit of a dumb one...

Let's say I want to buy and play, say, Freedom Planet. Maybe a different version of Cave Story than what's available on the 3DS eshop. Could I do that using this emulator, possibly?

No-go on Freedom Planet, though RetroArch does include NXengine, an open-source rewrite of the Cave Story engine. If you provide the original files for the PC version, you should be able to play it on your 3DS.

 

[sörine]

No-go on Freedom Planet, though RetroArch does include NXengine, an open-source rewrite of the Cave Story engine. If you provide the original files for the PC version, you should be able to play it on your 3DS.

NX Engine runs flawlessly on n3DS too fwiw. Definitely a great way to play, but I'd still prefer the eShop version for 3D.

 

[Ultima_5]

Question. I want to install the themehax thing so i can use homebrew.

do i have to install the tube hax first? Thanks

 

[hongcha]

I have to say this is impressive! I had been using tubehax for a few days, but I installed the themehax yesterday and now I don't have to be online to play homebrew/emulators/region-free, I can still access the eshop, and I can simply hold L on startup to enter the special menu. What a dream come true! This makes my N3DS so much more useful. And now I will start buying 3DS games from other regions (I have a Japanese N3DS), so due to this Nintendo will actually get more money from me!

In regard to the emulators, I've played Super Mario World a bit and it's a near constant 60fps. Seiken Densetsu 3 is also very playable, running at or near 60fps most of the time, though there are some music hiccups here and there.

 

[hongcha]

Question. I want to install the themehax thing so i can use homebrew.

do i have to install the tube hax first? Thanks

I installed tubehax first, and it comes with the themehax on the homebrew menu. Just click on it to install it, then you don't need tubehax anymore. Super easy.

 

[Sutton Dagger]

I installed tubehax first, and it comes with the themehax on the homebrew menu. Just click on it to install it, then you don't need tubehax anymore. Super easy.

How do I install any of them? Is there a guide for dummies

 

[Ultima_5]

How do I install any of them? Is there a guide for dummies

I used this: http://smealum.github.io/3ds/

So far I got tubehax installed then I think it said i installed themehax correctly. however, when i turned my system off then on again with L held down it didn't work. do i have to reset my internet settings or something?

 

[butman]

Very impressive.

Waiting for the announced Retroarch for Vita. Aw yeaaaaaahh...

 

[Ultima_5]

I used this: http://smealum.github.io/3ds/

So far I got tubehax installed then I think it said i installed themehax correctly. however, when i turned my system off then on again with L held down it didn't work. do i have to reset my internet settings or something?

i think i'm on 10.1. anyone?

 

[PKrockin]

Kirby's Super Star runs at 15fps
Kirby's Dreamland 3 runs at 12fps
MM7 tends to drop frames into the high 40s/low 50s especially when charging the mega buster
MMX2 seems to be a pretty constant 60fps

Using New 3DS and the latest Retroarch build.

Are there any cores to download for Retroarch to potentially make games run better? The Help text says without cores Retroarch does nothing, yet I don't seem to have any and it's playing games.

 

[Samemind]

i think i'm on 10.1. anyone?

Did a message along the lines of "Successful install" appear when you ran the themehax installer? I know the first time I ran it, it didn't work because I had my DNS settings set up for tubehax. But then, I used ironhax to go back into the HBL without the static DNS. I'm not actually sure how you're supposed to install themehax if you don't have a different method than tubehax :/

 

[Ultima_5]

Did a message along the lines of "Successful install" appear when you ran the themehax installer? I know the first time I ran it, it didn't work because I had my DNS settings set up for tubehax. But then, I used ironhax to go back into the HBL without the static DNS. I'm not actually sure how you're supposed to install themehax if you don't have a different method than tubehax :/

it said it was successful i believe. maybe ill try resetting my DNS settings and trying it again.

 

[hongcha]

I used this: http://smealum.github.io/3ds/

So far I got tubehax installed then I think it said i installed themehax correctly. however, when i turned my system off then on again with L held down it didn't work. do i have to reset my internet settings or something?

I just installed it and it worked fine from the get-go. I then reset the DNS settings to "auto" so I could connect to the eshop. Everything works without a hitch and I don't need tubehax anymore.

Maybe try installing themehax again through tubehax? I know you have to connect to its server to download the file, maybe something got messed up in transit.

I'm on 10.1 as well, by the way.

 

[fester]

I've been having a problem getting Retroarch to save different settings per core. I have the option selected in the menu, but no matter what I do every core ends up using the last setting changes I made. Having used Retropie before I thought I knew what I was doing, but I must be screwing something up.

 

[Lizard with a ladder]

Fester do you have save configuration on exit enabled?

 

[xlom3000]

Kirby's Super Star runs at 15fps
Kirby's Dreamland 3 runs at 12fps
MM7 tends to drop frames into the high 40s/low 50s especially when charging the mega buster
MMX2 seems to be a pretty constant 60fps

Are there any cores to download for Retroarch to potentially make games run better? The Help text says without cores Retroarch does nothing, yet I don't seem to have any and it's playing games.

n3ds or o3ds?

Also the cores are baked into each 3dsx file I believe.

 

[Dremorak]

When wanting to update to the latest nightly... do I just drag and drop over the old one?

 

[Overside]

When wanting to update to the latest nightly... do I just drag and drop over the old one?

Yes.

Just highlight all you want from the new download on your pc copy them, go to the folder in your 3ds that contains all the cores, highlight it but dont open it, and right click and paste, it will ask you if you want to overwrite the old folders with the same name, and yes, yes you do, you want to so bad you can taste it.

 

[PKrockin]

n3ds or o3ds?

Also the cores are baked into each 3dsx file I believe.

New.

Ah, that would make some sense.

 

[Overside]

Kirby's Super Star runs at 15fps
Kirby's Dreamland 3 runs at 12fps
MM7 tends to drop frames into the high 40s/low 50s especially when charging the mega buster
MMX2 seems to be a pretty constant 60fps

Using New 3DS and the latest Retroarch build.

Are there any cores to download for Retroarch to potentially make games run better? The Help text says without cores Retroarch does nothing, yet I don't seem to have any and it's playing games.

The games you are listed all contained separate processors inside the cartridge, some work pretty well, like Capcoms Cx4 chip which was a math coprocessor chip in MMX games past 1.

Others, are just a pain for a lot of emulators...

In the Kirby games it is the Super accelerator 1 chip, or SA1,

10.74 MHz clock speed
2KBytes of internal RAM
Memory mapping capabilities
Limited data storage and compression
New DMA modes such as bitmap to bit plane transfer
Arithmetic functions (multiplication, division, and cumulative)
Hardware timer (either as a linear 18-bit timer, or synchronised with the PPU to generate an IRQ at a specific H/V scanline location)
Built-in CIC lockout, for copy protection and regional marketing control

And thats why the kirby games are like that.

 

[shinshoryuken]

What's better for this..regular n3ds or n3ds xl?

 

[omg_mjd]

^^
Should make no difference since the New models have the same internal specs, just different form factors.

I'm about to install ThemeHax but is there a way to uninstall it later?

 

[Erin S Kittens]

^^
Should make no difference since the New models have the same internal specs, just different form factors.

I'm about to install ThemeHax but is there a way to uninstall it later?

To uninstall, just change themes.

 

[Conrad Link]

Do I just put all the unzipped RetroArch folders onto the SD card?

Man my wireless transfer is painfully slow. >_< Like 35min to copy just RetroArch. >_< But stuff taking the back case off and changing the card in and out every time.

 

[Rich!]

GBA borders on useless.

I think this needs arguing against now. Useless?

https://youtu.be/7EGvqYPKc-U

Nah. Retroarch gpsp now runs full speed on every GBA game I own. Proof in the video above.

Other games I have tried which are a locked 60fps with sound on this:

- Mario Kart Super Circuit
- Kirby
- Yoshis Island (majority of gameplay)
- Mario Advance 1 and 2
- F Zero
- Wario Land 4

 

[shinshoryuken]

^^
Should make no difference since the New models have the same internal specs, just different form factors.

I'm about to install ThemeHax but is there a way to uninstall it later?

Would the regular screen too small?

 

[Hitoribhoshi]

Definitely impressive Rich!

(and you have savestates and cheats compared to ambassador VC modding.)

Quick question : read on gbatemp that cias builds were slower than 3dsx homebrew... how does that make sense?

(played a bit of Sonic3 yesterday via homemenuhax, ran well )

also, why does the genesis have borders with interger scaling? aren't both genesis and 3ds supposed to be 240p?

(had some fun with the game gear phosphor ghosting effect.. those were the days^^)

 

[omg_mjd]

To uninstall, just change themes.

Thanks! Works like a charm. Kinda miss the plain black theme but offline homebrew is worth it.

Would the regular screen too small?

Hmm good point. I only have a n3DSXL and it's just right for me. But I've played SNES and Genesis emulators on smaller screens before and it's not a big problem.

 

[ScrabbleDude]

I'm generally technically inclined, so I'm confused here.

I set up tube/ironhax. Then I installed the current nightly retroarch build to my SD card. I only copied the 3ds folder, not the elf or cia folders. When I launch an emulator, it says no core has been loaded, and I don't see any cores to load. So, no games are loading.

Has anyone else encountered this?

 

[omg_mjd]

I think this needs arguing against now. Useless?

https://youtu.be/7EGvqYPKc-U

Nah. Retroarch gpsp now runs full speed on every GBA game I own. Proof in the video above.

Nice. Downloading the latest RA build now. Didn't RA for Android have stuff like Doom and Quake? I hope those make it the 3DS version!

 

[PKrockin]

I'm generally technically inclined, so I'm confused here.

I set up tube/ironhax. Then I installed the current nightly retroarch build to my SD card. I only copied the 3ds folder, not the elf or cia folders. When I launch an emulator, it says no core has been loaded, and I don't see any cores to load. So, no games are loading.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Well did you try copying all the folders in? That's what I did and it works.

 

[ScrabbleDude]

Well did you try copying all the folders in? That's what I did and it works.

Yeah, tried that too. Went back a week in the nightlies and end up with the same problem.

The first time I run an emulator, the log on the bottom screen says it can't create a retroarch folder at the root of my card. But if I inspect it afterwards, it looks like there's a folder structure there, however all the folders are empty.

Looks like no retroarch.cfg is create either. I'm on a 10.1 N3DS.

 

[ISee]

/subscribed.

Will try this later with my N3DS when I am back home from work. Thanks for the Info, sounds amazing!

But from a :"never done this before" perspective. How high is the chance that I am going to brick my N3DS?