Gens-RR Emulator Black Screen on Fullscreen Issue

[shinra358]

http://www.emucr.com/2015/03/gens-rerecording-svn-r352.html Everytime I put it on fullscreen, it turns into a black screen but when I minimize it, it shows the picture. Same thing happens with winmugen. Think it's nvidia driver related? What's the deal?

[Lordmonkus]

Not sure what to tell you. I just downloaded that version of Gens to test and it's working fine for me. Switching back and forth between windowed and fullscreen causes no issues other than the bit of flicker while switching but it's normal. I'm using an Nvidia card and drivers as well though I am not on the latest drivers, just the drivers before though so they aren't really out of date.

[shinra358]

I was on notebook version 368.22. I updated to 368.69. The problem is fixed. Thanks! Edit: Unfortunately, this only helped Fusion's black screen :(

[shinra358]

screw it. switched to retroarch.

Edited August 11, 2016 by shinra358

[DOS76]

Switching to RetroArch usually fixes everything

[shinra358]

haha, even being able to switch off controllers and switching them back on works. I'm going through all the emus that dont have this functionality and replacing them with retroarch

If only I could do this with Poor ported PC games.

[DOS76]

RA's controller support to me is the one single thing that makes it the best emulator out there not that it isn't chock full of other good stuff in there too but that's the one that does it for me.

[Lordmonkus]

There's 3 things that make Retroarch the best way to emulate. Controller support like DOS76 said is one, awesome shaders is two and for me the single best reason is Hard GPU Sync to essentially eliminate as much input latency as possible. Those 3 reasons will make me use Retroarch above all other emulators.

[Zombeaver]

One other thing to note about the controller support that not everyone may be aware of (or care about, in fairness) is that it universally supports xinput, which means it can be used via Steam Link/Steam In-Home Streaming; even in some cases where the standalone emulators themselves don't (in the cases where they don't support xinput). That's actually a major boon for me.

Shaders and Hard GPU Sync (+ Frame Delay) are definitely huge too, like lordmonkus said. Shmups, in particular, feel significantly better in RA (in general) than elsewhere because of Hard GPU Sync + Frame Delay.

It's also worth noting that there are some cores that have advancements over their standalone versions as well, like save state support and internal resolution adjustment.

I was a little hesitant to make the switch when I first encountered it. I had been using various and sundry individual emulators for years, knew them pretty well in and out, and had taken the time to set them all up the way I wanted. Retroarch seemed like this massive and somewhat unintuitive beast that was a bit overwhelming. I still think it's a bit on the unintuitive/non-newbie-friendly side, but that's improved somewhat over time, and once you get your head around it it's a wonderful tool. There are a few cores that I think need some work (Yabause is crap - in RA and standalone both; Reicast is mostly crap compared to Demul, standalone PPSSPP performs better/more reliably than the RA core; and RA MAME isn't quite on the same level as standalone, for a few reasons) but by and large if I'm able to use RA for the task, I usually do.

Edited August 11, 2016 by Zombeaver