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RETROARCH - The all-in-one emulator dreams are made of, son
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TheMadMan007
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Since the OP has basically abandon this thread and it seems RetroArch has gone some significant changes... can someone PLEASE post a setup guide? I'm completely lost on what cores should be used for all the different systems, since there are like five for NES and SNES each. Also, I have no clue on where to get the cool looking filters like in the OP or how to set them up properly or box art or anything else for that matter. I can get games to run and all that, but beyond simple setup of playing a game, scanning directories and all that is very hard for me to understand. Also I heard that No-intro is the romset that you use for Retroarch, but they are in 7z and from what I remember 7z wasn't supported, correct?
Is there a simple way of setting up an arcade stick for Neo Games? The input settings are set up for a SNES controller which has been perfectly fine for the NES and SNES games that I've played before but now I have the Neo Geo Humble Bundle and was just having a brain freeze trying to sort out my sticks buttons to SNES-Retroarch buttons to Neo Geo-emulator buttons and it seemed that time consuming trial and error was the only option before I gave up for the moment.
If any of that makes any sense ahah
Also I was using the fb_alpha_neo core (I know nothing about Neo Geo stuff so I don't know if that's the best option) and there's no "core input remapping options" is that normal?
If any of that makes any sense ahah
Also I was using the fb_alpha_neo core (I know nothing about Neo Geo stuff so I don't know if that's the best option) and there's no "core input remapping options" is that normal?
You could try one of the normal FBA cores and see if they have button labels and core remapping when a game is loaded. I think the _neo core is a stripped down version optimized for running Neo Geo games on slow platforms like the Wii.
Regular FBA does have core remapping and stuff but the inputs are 6-button. Then I went into the main input settings and somehow up and down on my keyboard no longer work and there doesn't seem to be any 'reset to default' option.
So there's nothing like "Ok this core has a directional stick, four buttons, start button and insert coin - press for each now" option I'm assuming?
Start is the "reset to default option button" in all RA settings menus.
Directional stick and start are easy since they map to the dpad and start button on the SNES style layout RetroPad uses. Select is insert coin. I guess if you don't have specific labels, you have to figure out how the Neo Geo's ABCD map to SNES ABXY by trial and error and translate that to your stick.
Where is that located?
I have a weird bug to report for the new FBA core.
Capcom's The King of Dragons crashes at end of Stage 1.
Does happen only with FBA SVN (fba_libretro.dll). The old FBA core is fine (fb_alpha_libretro.dll).
Radius4
Member
core options
Am I doing something wrong here? All I can do is switch between gamepad and arcade and they seem to be exactly the same.
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
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Anybody loading up games via a CIFS NAS share on the Android build on Retroarch? Since updating to the nightlies, this is broken for me 
I've seen that there's a new mGBA version out (0.32)
Any chance for the Retroarch core to be updated? Last update on the Libretro for was 24 days ago...
Any chance for the Retroarch core to be updated? Last update on the Libretro for was 24 days ago...
So is there a snes core that has a feature to increase the cpu clockspeed to reduce slow down in games??
I was bought up on PAL snes games and the slow down on those games was no where near as bad as those found on the NTSC counter parts, so playing these ntsc version back and seeing the slow down is brutal on some games where there just wasn't any slow down on the PAL version
I was bought up on PAL snes games and the slow down on those games was no where near as bad as those found on the NTSC counter parts, so playing these ntsc version back and seeing the slow down is brutal on some games where there just wasn't any slow down on the PAL version
I have not heard of such thing for the SNES. That would be kind of fantastic for games like Castlevania IV.
I do know there's some emulators that do that for N64 games.
nkarafo
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Is there a way to see what cores have new versions available through the updater? When i go to the updater i don't see which versions i have and what version is online. So in order to update my cores i have to re-download all and then hope that a few cores will be updated (and i won't know which ones unless i write down the versions i had somewhere).
Also, from the first day i started using RA, i still can't make MESS to work. Whenever i browse the ROM path, it appears empty. All my directories to bios files, and roms are correct.
The MESS guide in the libretro site says that it needs the softlist roms. But that doesn't make sense to me. All the other frontends i use (Hyperspin, RocketLauncher, Quickplay, LaunchBox) load the roms i have fine through MESS. RocketLauncher even loads the MESS core successfully without softilsts. It's only RetroArch that has this problem. And renaming all my roms to the softlist standard would mean that all my media files connected to them would have to be renamed too (which makes this whole thing pointless really)
Also, from the first day i started using RA, i still can't make MESS to work. Whenever i browse the ROM path, it appears empty. All my directories to bios files, and roms are correct.
The MESS guide in the libretro site says that it needs the softlist roms. But that doesn't make sense to me. All the other frontends i use (Hyperspin, RocketLauncher, Quickplay, LaunchBox) load the roms i have fine through MESS. RocketLauncher even loads the MESS core successfully without softilsts. It's only RetroArch that has this problem. And renaming all my roms to the softlist standard would mean that all my media files connected to them would have to be renamed too (which makes this whole thing pointless really)
thechristoph
Sir!
Where does one go for help setting this thing up? The official wiki does not have any sort of "getting started" guide. I tried setting this up on my mac yesterday and it would not read my controller, and whenever I'd try to load a rom through Open Content it just sat there.
SNES9X reads my controller just fine but it seems like El Capitan broke it...
SNES9X reads my controller just fine but it seems like El Capitan broke it...
Radius4
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Yes it's known, hopefully it can be fixed soon
Regarding the core updater, it's kind of difficult to implement, it's a good idea, we have a few things planned for the updater in the future.
Regarding MESS, other launchers are just launchers. The MESS core in RetroArch is different. Not sure what you mean with RocketLauncher core. RocketLauncher is just a program that runs standalone MESS, not really a valid comparison.
http://www.libretro.com/index.php/getting-started-with-retroarch/
I wrote a guide recently hopefully it gets you there
Just FYI, the guide doesn't show up when clicking the News part of the page - you need to click the three lines icon next to Wiki link. I don't think many people will notice it this way?
nkarafo
Member
Let me explain because i admit, this is confusing.
There are two MESS kinds. The RA MESS core and the standalone MESS.
MESS standalone runs with everything (except RetroArch obviously). So it's not an important part of the discussion.
Now, let's say that the only thing that exists is the RA MESS core. This core, i can't make it work with RetroArch itself.
LaunchBox has an option to use RetroArch cores. The MESS core doesn't work there either.
RocketLauncher also has the option to launch RetroArch cores. With it, the MESS core works (for some reason).
So, in other words, if i didn't use RocketLauncher, the MESS core (any version) in RA would be useless to me. It's just weird that RocketLauncher makes these MESS cores work and RetroArch itself can't, even though they were made for it!
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Just coming in to rave about how much I love this thing now.
I'd been struggling with getting everything configured nicely, especially controllers, but with a bit of time off I thought "right, this is a project worth seeing through" and figured it out. Got a nice front end now, with all my cores, controllers and shaders configured, and a nice neat directory structure.
This is like, 99% as good as real hardware. Amazing!
I'd been struggling with getting everything configured nicely, especially controllers, but with a bit of time off I thought "right, this is a project worth seeing through" and figured it out. Got a nice front end now, with all my cores, controllers and shaders configured, and a nice neat directory structure.
This is like, 99% as good as real hardware. Amazing!
Radius4
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You don't have to explain this to me, I made the softlist launcher and the mame/mess/ume guide.
LaunchBox just launches RetroArch, and Rocketlauncher does the same. If any of those work then the core is IN-FACT working in RetroArch.
It's quite simple, you can't launch non-softlist roms from RetroArch GUI, it's impossible because to launch them you have to specify game name, system type, and several media types.
If you don't want to use the softlist romset you have to launch via commandline.
nkarafo
Member
Yeah, i 'll try to figure out how to do this instead.
Guys I need your help, how can I make gameboy and gameboy advance games smaller?
they always display in full screen and I want full screen but for example 3x the native size not stretch to full screen if you know what I mean.
EDIT: Can I also change shader, overlays, and settings during gameplay, I'm using emulationstation btw.
they always display in full screen and I want full screen but for example 3x the native size not stretch to full screen if you know what I mean.
EDIT: Can I also change shader, overlays, and settings during gameplay, I'm using emulationstation btw.
Radius4
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Enable integer scale for the former.
For the later, press F1.
Unrelated but related rant: I hate this thing about emulationstation and other launchers, it obscures the application running underneath, people often follow tutorials on emulationstation but they never even see the RetroArch interface so they are not aware it has an actual interface to configure stuff.
For the later, press F1.
Unrelated but related rant: I hate this thing about emulationstation and other launchers, it obscures the application running underneath, people often follow tutorials on emulationstation but they never even see the RetroArch interface so they are not aware it has an actual interface to configure stuff.
There are some shaders that work pretty well with a non-integer scale, and then you can get a full screen (vertically) image without sacrificing much.
Radius4
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Yeah above 1080p a lot of shaders can mask the unevenness of black line shaders.
Resolution is not the only factor, but screen size, for instance, some SNES games on the NVIDIA Shiel Portable look tiny with integer scale and the uneven scanlines are noticeable on light backgrounds... so not much can be done there.
My solution is to use a shadowmask/scanline overlay at 20% opacity
Not perfect by any means but looks good on the small display, I plan to change the shader from stock to sharper bi linear later to see if it removes some bluryness
BTW, not sure you guys are aware of this, but this is happening
It works for me even if HW shared context is off. There're quite a few graphic issues in this early release, but toggling that on doesn't fix them.
Bangai-O is flickery and the background is missing, but sound wise is quite good:
The core is very WIP, but also very exciting
. Capcom vs. SNK 2's sprites are fixed in it, which is a big problem in the last release of nullDC.I'm guessing RetroPad doesn't support analog triggers since L1 and R1 are set as full trigger pull and L2 and R2 are half pull. Maybe the analog triggers can be assigned to up (right trigger) and down (left trigger) on the right stick for acceleration and break in racing games. At least until analog trigger support is added to RetroPad.
Radius4
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hmmm LT/RT won't do, that's still digital on retropad.
But there was some talk about assigning it to the right stick, that may be done already, so with an override it could be done for sure.
Making LT/RT analog would require an API bump and my suggestion is to make all the buttons analog.
But there was some talk about assigning it to the right stick, that may be done already, so with an override it could be done for sure.
Making LT/RT analog would require an API bump and my suggestion is to make all the buttons analog.
Haven't messed with the configurations per game yet but ideally I'd like to set up scanlines for 2d fighters and clean for 3d games.
Radius4
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Still trying to figure out the best scanlines for the higher internal resolution though.
For 2D you want to keep native res and a shader that doesn't upscale, something like GTU, you can tweak GTU to be less blurry too.
For #d I think I'll just use an antialiasing shader.