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      AdamBeGood @Zering
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      @zering said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

      @adambegood Radiant Silvergun runs reasonably well on yabause, as does Guardian Heroes. Both run better on yabause than on yabasanshiro.

      Yeah I've found Yabause is fine for Radiant Silvergun, but thank you. Currently between the two emulators, most stuff seems to work even if I don't have Yabasanshiro properly patched. Night into Dreams and Panzer Dragoon 2 seems to run decently also, it is only Radiant which is really banjaxed by not having the patch.

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        Zering @AdamBeGood
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        @adambegood Night into dreams is a choppy mess for me, panzer dragoon 1 and saga are unplayable. Not sure if I have the patch.

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          AdamBeGood @Zering
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          @zering Have you got Yabasanshiro?

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            Zering @AdamBeGood
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            @adambegood Yes. It's an impressive emulator.

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              AdamBeGood @Zering
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              @zering said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

              @adambegood Yes. It's an impressive emulator.

              Weird .. how can it be so different for me? I haven't played much into Nights to be fair, but it seems fine initially at least (40-45 FPS). I've heard there are problems with Panzer 1 and that emulator. Saga seems okay to me, but I've only just started it up really so I can't vouch for it.

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                Zering @AdamBeGood
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                @adambegood Saga is frustrating. The pre rendered cutscenes are perfect. Then you get into the gameplay and it's choppy as hell and the sound is garbled and horrible. Panzer dragoon has graphical glitches that make it unplayable but Zwei is considerably better anyways. I've seen other games with serious graphical issues. Dark saviour has no image or garbled graphics. Enemy zero has perfect cutscenes but no video during gameplay. Deep fear is... I'm not sure how to describe what's going on with Deep fear.

                Problem is so far I haven't been able to determine how much the issues I'm seeing are exclusive to my rig or if it's simply due to the experimental nature of the module.

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                  AdamBeGood @Zering
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                  @zering said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

                  @adambegood Saga is frustrating. The pre rendered cutscenes are perfect. Then you get into the gameplay and it's choppy as hell and the sound is garbled and horrible. Panzer dragoon has graphical glitches that make it unplayable but Zwei is considerably better anyways. I've seen other games with serious graphical issues. Dark saviour has no image or garbled graphics. Enemy zero has perfect cutscenes but no video during gameplay. Deep fear is... I'm not sure how to describe what's going on with Deep fear.

                  Problem is so far I haven't been able to determine how much the issues I'm seeing are exclusive to my rig or if it's simply due to the experimental nature of the module.

                  I might give those games a go to see what happens on mine then. I don't think I've heard of any of them.

                  Edit: Tried Dark Saviour, also v broken on mine.

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                    barbudreadmon @Zering
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                    @zering said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

                    The pre rendered cutscenes are perfect

                    Considering saturn's VDP1 (the heaviest component to emulate, actually one of the first nvidia gpus, responsible for rendering 3D) is most likely idle when playing CGs, it makes sense.

                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                      Zering @barbudreadmon
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                      @barbudreadmon Of course, I forget how bizarre the Saturn is. ^^

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                        AdamBeGood @barbudreadmon
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                        @barbudreadmon said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

                        @zering said in Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and the Sega Saturn:

                        The pre rendered cutscenes are perfect

                        Considering saturn's VDP1 (the heaviest component to emulate, actually one of the first nvidia gpus, responsible for rendering 3D) is most likely idle when playing CGs, it makes sense.

                        I noticed you have Kronos listed in your signature. How is that going? Any idea if we might see it in RetroPie?

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                          dankcushions Global Moderator @AdamBeGood
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                          @adambegood it’s already in retropie: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-kronos.sh

                          but only for x86 as the system requirements are to steep for ARM

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                            AdamBeGood @dankcushions
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                            @dankcushions Ah okay, so not one for the Pi4 then. Fair enough! Thank you.

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                              Firebird_WS6 @AdamBeGood
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                              @adambegood Yes it worked for me, not the quicksilver post though. I downloaded the correct .sh to compile it from here: https://github.com/joolswills/RetroPie-Setup/tree/lr-yabasanshiro/scriptmodules/libretrocores

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                                Manwichman44
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                                Has anyone had issues with the music cutting out? the games run perfectly fine that i have tested, but the audio tracks keep cutting out for me.

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                                  ecto @Manwichman44
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                                  @manwichman44 Same here. I always assumed that this is a "feature" of the imperfect Saturn emulation. It doesn't happen in all games though, does it? From the top of my head it happens is "The House of the Dead ".
                                  I was just thinking: I have most Saturn games as chd. Maybe it has something to do with that? Some games won't work at all as chd for me.

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                                    Manwichman44 @ecto
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                                    @ecto Well so far I'm having issues with Daytona USA and Panzer Dragoon so I'm not sure. It's almost as if the Pi's sd card can't process the music fast enough if that makes any sense.

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                                      T1moth @Firebird_WS6
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                                      @firebird_ws6 HI, I've been reading through this thread and I am a bit overwhelmed. I understand that you have given a link to the most up to date and working version of the .sh and patch but I don't know how to use it. As an utter noob I really need some help. Can I simply copy the text from the .sh and the patch, save them with the right names and place them in the appropriate folders (as given above by quicksilver) then choose the option from the experimental modules section of retropie? Also what is the correct bios required? I'd be most grateful for any help with this. I don't think its very complicated but very unfamiliar to me. Thanks.

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                                        sergioad @T1moth
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                                        @t1moth I am also wondering how to install it, why it is not on the RetroPie setup?

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                                          T1moth @sergioad
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                                          @sergioad I think it is not in the retropie setup because it is unfinished and someone other than the developer has used a patch to get it working. I have now managed to get it to install by copying and pasting the files from here: https://github.com/joolswills/RetroPie-Setup/tree/lr-yabasanshiro/scriptmodules/libretrocores and placing them in the directory /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/. The diff file needs to be in a folder called lr-yabasanshiro. Make sure you save them with the correct .sh and .diff extensions. I know this is a clumsy way to do things but I have not really got to grips with git yet and this worked for me.

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                                            sergioad @T1moth
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                                            @t1moth I think I will wait, although being able to play SFZ2, NW, MM8, MvS, XvS and other cool 2D games on their ultimate form is enticing

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