ckp Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 On August 30, 2016 at 0:04 PM, lordmonkus said: Playstation 1, like I said above. I prefer Retroarch for 2D sprite games and ePSXe for 3D games because it does much better hardware resolution upscaling. Retroarch right now does it's upscaling on the CPU which is slow. So I'm looking at RA cores now and I see two for PS1 with one called "Mednafen PSX HW". Could that one possibly be doing better things and maybe video card upscaling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 In theory yes but it's not up to par yet. It's still a work in progress and has a lot to be done before I would call it usable. Give it a try and see how things work out for you with it though. Just keep your expectations low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Ok I will try it. Ok I have my cores added. I wonder if you can give me a two second answer (to save some google time) about what else is needed before setting RA up in LB? Like don't I need to copy some bios files from my existing stand alone emulators to somewhere for RA? Anything else? I assume I don't need to add any games or things like that since LB will be telling it what platform and game file to load. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 You will need bios files for certain systems placed in the /system folder of your Retroarch install folder. In some cases you can just copy over bios files from other emulators but you may need to rename them to match what Retroarch is expecting. Use this page to look up each core and see what bios file/s and naming it wants. http://wiki.libretro.com/index.php?title=Main_Page You do not need to add your roms to Retroarch at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 awesome. got them but i don't see one at your link for saturn mednafen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 You need bios files named: mpr-17933.bin sega_101.bin sega_100a.bin You may not actually need the last one listed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Any idea where to get these specific saturn bios files? I have ssh saturn bios files but names don't quite match your list so not sure? I attached the names of my files if you have an idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Copy the 1.00 US and the 1.01 Jap files to your Retroarch/system folder. Rename the 1.01 jap to sega_101.bin Rename the 1.00 us to mpr-17933.bin That should work if i remember right. I just renamed my SSF bios files and they worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 No problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 well, i'm quite happy that my first try at adding a new RA to a new LB worked for me for my first platform PS1. but my xbox 360 controller doesn't work. it works inside RA interface, but only the dpad works in a ps1 game. aside from that i have no idea, even after googling, how exit the game and back to LB with xbox controller, although escape from keyboard works. so, controller has got me for now. i've heard also that i shouldn't have had to run the bind all for my xbox360 controller but i did have to. seems like it is not recognized as an xbox 360 but as a generic xinput. could all this be because i'm using the latest nightly build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 It could be because of the nightly but I have no idea. To get your analog stick working in PS1 games when you have a game loaded bring up the quick menu by either pressing F1 on the keyboard or the XBox button on your controller, then go to controls. Change User 1 Device Type to Dual Analog. To exit the games using the controller you can either use Launchboxs Controller Automation feature if you have the premium version. If not you can bring up the quick menu and and exit Retroarch using the Retroarch menu. Another tip if you haven't done so already turn on the Per Core settings in the Configuration settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 hmm, i tried another game and it worked (except not knowing how to exist with controller). 2Xtreme didn't seem to work with the controller but Battle Arena Toshinden worked. strange. i have LB premium. how do i exit with that? you mean set hold this button and button 8 for close active window?? if i set device type to dual analog as you described is it just for that game i'm in or all? can i set that for all games and all emulators? i launched RA but i can't find Configuration settings for per core? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Go to the cogwheel looking menu at the top then go down til you see "Configuration" in there is the config per core setting. Yes with the hold button and button 8. Whatever you have your set to should close RA as well. If you have it set to dual analog it should be fine for every game anyways since the dual analog controller used the dpad as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 i don't see that option at all there. also dual analog made my controller stop working altogether. and the LB automation didn't seem to work to exit. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Get rid of the nightly build and get the stable 1.3.6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 haha. does the stable still have the new saturn support? which folder and files do i need to copy over to the stable that i unzip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Yes it does. I only use the stable builds and just update the cores. I would just delete the Retroarch folder you have and start fresh since you are only just starting out. I also label my Retroarch installs by version number such as "Retroarch 1.3.6" and then when a new stable build comes out I put that in a new folder with the version name. This way if a new version is broke in some way I can easily revert back to my old install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 yeah i'm naming the RA folder with date. ok i'll try that. maybe i can at least copy my cores to make it easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Yeah that should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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