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    Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Darksavior
      last edited by

      @Darksavior said in Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.:

      . @mitu Maybe the retropie script needs to be updated for it?

      What would it need to be updated ?

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      • George SpiggottG
        George Spiggott
        last edited by

        Which of the existing cores, if any, will benefit from 3.1? I know Dolphin does but that's not on Retropie.

        Currently running:
        Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
        ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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        • DarksaviorD
          Darksavior @mitu
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          @mitu Emulationstation for gles3 to fix the slowdowns?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            @Darksavior said in Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.:

            @mitu Emulationstation for gles3 to fix the slowdowns?

            EmulationStation doesn't use GLES (right now) on the Pi4, only on the PI3 and below. Regardless, if this is a driver regression with the new MESA libraries, shouldn't it be corrected upstream, not in EmulationStation (if any solution could be found there) ?

            I haven't had a chance to test the new MESA libraries yet, to see if any regressions have been introduced.

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            • DarksaviorD
              Darksavior @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu I'm asking at the pi forum as well.
              One thing I just noticed, if I enter retropie-setup from the ES menu, then exit to the menu, it's ~60fps. Loading a game or a reboot brings ES back to ~30fps.

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              • DarksaviorD
                Darksavior
                last edited by Darksavior

                Ignoring the possible problem with ES, retroarch and the cores do need to be re-compiled for it. Retroarch's fps counter is broken and notifications are black boxes with mame2015. Mupen64plus-next is fine.

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                • dankcushionsD
                  dankcushions Global Moderator @Darksavior
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                  @Darksavior said in Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.:

                  Ignoring the possible problem with ES, retroarch and the cores do need to be re-compiled for it. Retroarch's fps counter is broken and notifications are black boxes with mame2015. Mupen64plus-next is fine.

                  there’s no gles 3.1 compiler flags for retroarch so this sounds like another raspbian/mesa issue.

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                  • DarksaviorD
                    Darksavior @dankcushions
                    last edited by Darksavior

                    @dankcushions I tried mame2016 a few minutes ago and it doesn't have the issues 2015 has. Glad to know it's an isolated problem. Seems that it's the emulator with the issue.

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators @Darksavior
                      last edited by BuZz

                      @Darksavior there's OSD Font corruption with lr-atari800 also - unrelated to Mesa. It's a retroarch /core issue.

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      • B
                        Brunnis
                        last edited by

                        I noticed when compiling RetroArch from source, it says OpenGL ES3 is disabled. I fixed this by adding --enable-opengles3 in the RetroArch build script. Maybe this should be added to RetroPie?

                        IMG_20200125_214659~2.jpg

                        Also, lr-mupen64-next seems to be built for GL ES V2 (looking at the build options when building from source). I've added the build option FORCE_GLES3=1 to fix that. Maybe something that should be fixed as well?

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                        • BuZzB
                          BuZz administrators @Brunnis
                          last edited by BuZz

                          @Brunnis the Mesa drivers are still in the untested repo, but we are aware of the changes needed etc.

                          Nothing to "fix" yet. Patience everyone :-)

                          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            Brunnis @BuZz
                            last edited by

                            @BuZz said in Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.:

                            @Brunnis the Mesa drivers are still in the untested repo, but we are aware of the changes needed etc.

                            Nothing to "fix" yet. Patience everyone :-)

                            Ahh, good to know. 😎 Thought it had been overlooked since the Pi 4 has been ES 3.0 compatible since release.

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                            • WODAKW
                              WODAK
                              last edited by

                              Now we can overclock (partial) again :)

                              sources:

                              RPI4 overclock issue

                              Some test

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                              • WODAKW
                                WODAK
                                last edited by WODAK

                                Not to forget this great news

                                Vulkan is coming to Raspberry Pi: first triangle

                                Maybe next year....but we are not going anywhere :)

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                                  tekn0
                                  last edited by tekn0

                                  Have there been any advancements regarding OpenGL ES 3.1 support on the PI 4? I think it has been a while since the last post.

                                  Thank you for any updated info!

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                                  • dankcushionsD
                                    dankcushions Global Moderator @tekn0
                                    last edited by

                                    @tekn0 it currently supports ES 3.1 if that's what you're asking?

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