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    Raspberry Pi 4 is now OpenGL ES 3.1 conformant.

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    • DarksaviorD
      Darksavior @WODAK
      last edited by Darksavior

      @WODAK I tried these and it made things much slower. It's more noticeable in Emulationstation. Before, using the 19.2 drivers, I was getting ~60fps. These new drivers, ~30fps. I'm testing this at 1080p on a pi4. @mitu Maybe the retropie script needs to be updated for it?

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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
            last edited by

            @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
                    last edited by

                    @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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