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    RetroArch XMB Consideration

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    • herb_fargusH
      herb_fargus administrators @mediamogul
      last edited by

      @mediamogul assets would also have to be installed (not sure how much bloat that adds) also pi 1 performance has to be considered as well

      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @herb_fargus
        last edited by mediamogul

        @herb_fargus

        not sure how much bloat that adds

        I took note of it earlier at 52.6 MB zipped and 65.4 MB unzipped.

        also pi 1 performance has to be considered as well

        A very good point.

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @mediamogul
          last edited by

          @mediamogul also I don't make these decisions ;) but it's definitely worth discussing (also since RetroArch sets it as the default )

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @herb_fargus
            last edited by

            @herb_fargus

            Understood. I just figured it was worth bringing up.

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            • AlexMurphyA
              AlexMurphy Banned @herb_fargus
              last edited by AlexMurphy

              @herb_fargus Whoa. Just checked the assets directory... It's 3.34GB. I don't need the space at the minute but if I ever do I know where to get it. That's a lot of bloat.
              EDIT: I'm an idiot. It's 97MB.

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @AlexMurphy
                last edited by

                @AlexMurphy

                Are you sure about that? As mentioned above, I have it at 52.6 MB zipped and 65.4 MB unzipped.

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                • AlexMurphyA
                  AlexMurphy Banned @mediamogul
                  last edited by AlexMurphy

                  @mediamogul Sorry! 97MB. I just saw the 3Gigs and freaked out!

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                  • C
                    Concat
                    last edited by

                    Just a warning... when I first installed RetroiPie, one of the first things I did was change the menu driver in RetroArch to XMB. I experienced some issues that seemed specific to the emulator being run:

                    https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1815/hotkey-for-retroarch-quick-menu-in-game-menu

                    Maybe it's no longer an issue... I don't know.

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                    • AlexMurphyA
                      AlexMurphy Banned @Concat
                      last edited by

                      @Concat Works fine on all RetroArch cores including lr-pcsx-rearmed. I don't use a libretro emulator for N64 so I can't comment on that.

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @Concat
                        last edited by

                        @Concat said in RetroArch XMB Consideration:

                        Maybe it's no longer an issue... I don't know.

                        I've had it active since my initial post and have been testing it with 28 cores. So far it's been performing very well, but just like almost anything, mileage may vary. I don't know if the original Pi or Pi 0 would run it well, but apparently it's the default in Lakka for those as well, so who knows.

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                        • AlexMurphyA
                          AlexMurphy Banned @mediamogul
                          last edited by AlexMurphy

                          @mediamogul It works great for me too, I changed a long time ago. RGUI just offended my eyes. The only thing I had to do was add an icon for netplay that was missing on the retroactive icon theme I use. I couldn't bear to look at a black square where it should have been. I think personally that RGUI is used to keep the technophobes and noobs away from using it!

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