Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition

DTEAM

It works !! You can add Touchscreen supported ! I did a stupid mistake, I re-intalled lr-melonds and not lr-melondsds. The "auto" mode in core options/screen/touch mode is just fantastic!

retropieuser555

@DTEAM it's also worth noting melondsds is maintained whereas it seems melonds last had an update a year ago or more. So if you find bugs can always open an issue in GitHub for the dev of melondsds

ExarKunIv

@DTEAM said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

I did a stupid mistake

Hey im glad that it was just that and nothing needing more work

ExarKunIv

@retropieuser555 was lr-melondsds tested on the pi4 yet.
Just checking since now there's 2 of the same script pretty much

retropieuser555

@ExarKunIv I've only got a pi5 at the moment setup for RetroPie I'm afraid, so it maybe too much for a pi4

ExarKunIv

@retropieuser555 ok thanks. ill try it on my pi4 and see.
it was pointed out that they are mosly the same, so theres no reason to have both. when one is a updated version.

so lr-melondsds does not compile its looking for a newer version of cmake.

so i will make lr-melondsds for the pi5 and lr-melonds for the pi4

lr-melonds runs slow on the pi4 but mine is not overclocked. so i will still have it for the 4 and the newer one for the 5

DTEAM

With the NUMA patch, big improvement in sound quality and speed with Aethersx2. I can now use Audio Settings/Interpolation mode: Gaussian (PS2-like/great sound).

ExarKunIv

@DTEAM cool. it will be a nice update once it fully implemented

DTEAM

@ExarKunIv
I updated RetroPie Extra and reinstalled it and I can't see Flycast even though it's in my Pi script folder. Do you know why? I followed your tutorial on your GitHub page.. All the other scripts are there.

ExarKunIv

@DTEAM yes it was market under the wrong selection. so youll find it under the options one

it is now fixed to be in the experimental page with the rest if you update it

sorry about that

janderclander14

@ExarKunIv This bsnes libretro fork might be worth adding:

https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-jg

The performance improvements it brings might be benefitial to activate emulation improvements on the Pi 4.

Thanks for the hard work!

ExarKunIv

@janderclander14 thank you

ill add this to the want list.

ExarKunIv

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2s2h - 2ship2harkinian is an advanced source port for The Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask-
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gmloader - play GameMaker Studio games for Android on non-Android operating systems -
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soh - Ship of Harkinian is an advanced source port for The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time -
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ut - Unreal Tournament -

2s2h, soh both add from the hard work of @retropieuser555
gmloader is now working on the pi5(64bit) thanks to @Lolonois for tackling this
ut was made by @gderber

more are being worked on, but as you can guess. it takes time to get them working again.
im also trying my best to have one script for both 32bit and 64 bit. but that will not always be the case

added

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lr-bsnes-jg - Super Nintendo Emulator - bsnes-jg is a cycle accurate emulator libretro-

These are now working on the pi5 still need to test on the pi4

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gearboy - Gameboy & Gameboy Color Emulator -
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lr-gearcoleco - GearColeco port for libretro -
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lr-gearboy - Gearboy port for libretro -

This is now updated to be in line with the Gzdoom script in the mine Retropie setup

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gzdoom-system - GZDoom as a system -

DTEAM

@TPR @ExarKunIv

For Aethersx2, if you go in settings/graphics settings/ CRC Fix Level ---> Aggressive, you will see a major improvement on the top of the actual improvements!!

TPR

@DTEAM I've actually been using that setting for a lot of games (in fact it's part of my default settings now) but there are still some games that do run better under software renderer.

TPR

@DTEAM How much have you messed around with NUMA? Have you noticed if it has broken anything?

DTEAM

@TPR
No. It’s very good for Pi5. Good performance increase. No update problems for now.. It works on the first try. I recommand to do backup before

It did a test with my Pi4 and it screwed my retropie

TPR

@DTEAM Which install did you use? The rpi-update install or the manual install? I'm referring to the update on this page: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/numa-emulation-speeds-pi-5-and-other-improvements

Also, once it is installed, what's a good game to test to see before/after results?

DTEAM

@TPR
This one

sudo rpi-update pulls/6273

New edit: I think you must have a Pi 5 or a Pi4 8GB 64Bit (Not lower than that for the Pi4) I only do tests on a P5 8GB and a Pi4 4GB. Bad results for my Pi4 , good upgrade for my Pi5

Good games for a test are:
Wild Riders on Naomi 2 (lr-flycast-dev) with Vulkan
God of War (sound quality upgrade) on PS2 (Aethersx2) with Vulkan
Maybe also F-Zero on GameCube

TPR

@DTEAM said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

@TPR
This one
sudo rpi-update pulls/6273
I think you must have a Pi5 8GB . Not lower than that

Good games for a test are:
Wild Riders on Naomi 2 (lr-flycast-dev) with Vulkan
Good of War (sound quality upgrade) on PS2 (Aethersx2) with Vulkan
Maybe also F-Zero on GameCube

Good to know on the 8gb tip. I don't think I had seen anyone mention that. I'll grab my 8gb Pi 5 and try it now. Any idea why it doesn't work on the 4gb version?

Did you notice any performance increase of God of War? I have mine with the following settings:
EE Rate - 50%
EE Skip - Max
Max Frame Latency: 3.
Bilinear Filtering: Nearest.
Blending Accuracy: Minimum.
CPU Framebuffer: On
Mipmapping Off
Trilinear Off
Disable Depth Support ON

And that makes it run pretty good on a 4gb Pi 5