Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates

• New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
  • mainline kernel has been deprecated
  • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
  • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
• aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
  • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
• New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community

New features and improvements

• Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
• The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
• RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
• The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
• RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
• Overclock profiles have been updated :
  • Renamed all profiles
  • Added more overclock profiles
  • Added underclock profiles

New cores

• mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
  • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
  • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
• picodrive (various Sega consoles)
  • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
• Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
  • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
• reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
  • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
  • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
  • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
• Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games
  • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
• theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)

Updated cores

• Dolphin : Vulkan support
  • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
• PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
• PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content

Removed cores

• mupen64plus
• parallel-n64
• Genesis Plus GX
• Ishiiruka
  • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer

Credits

• Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
• Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
• RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
• mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
• PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
• Dolphin core: aliaspider
• reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).

 

[Deleted User]

When loading DC games, are they supposed to be in multiple bin files with a gci file, or is just 1 iso file?

If 1 file, how to convert into 1 iso?

 

[Shaneus]

GenPlusGX had a segfault issue in some audio driver. Perhaps a compile flag will fix it, or maybe the author of that emu might need to fix it on his end. We saw that picodrive worked so we decided to shelve it for now. It is next on my list to poke around with though.

That's great to hear, it was a concern seeing it in the OP when I favour that core for the YM2612 emulation, but of course here's me complaining about something that's 100% free.

Thanks for your efforts, as well as natinusala's (obviously)!

 

[fst312]

Never used lakka before but I am curious, is this the first time the switch is getting a full working sega saturn. I’m assuming it working with little to no problems, since it says full speed.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

When loading DC games, are they supposed to be in multiple bin files with a gci file, or is just 1 iso file?

If 1 file, how to convert into 1 iso?

i,ve tested GDI and CDI not an iso file.

 

[Deleted User]

Huh. SA2B (Gamecube) loads, Skies of Arcadia doesn't (full system reset required to fix) and Mario Kart Double Dash won't scan,and manually adding it to the ipl play list file pops an error saying failed to load content.

 

[EmulateLife]

When loading DC games, are they supposed to be in multiple bin files with a gci file, or is just 1 iso file?

If 1 file, how to convert into 1 iso?

gdis are ok but they take more space, cdis and chds are smaller. I don't think Dreamcast games work as isos at all.

 

[evandixon]

Tip for things meant for the front page: explain what the thing is for those who don't know. The post doesn't saw what L4T nor Lakka are, requiring the reader to just know or go elsewhere.

 

[EmulateLife]

Never used lakka before but I am curious, is this the first time the switch is getting a full working sega saturn. I’m assuming it working with little to no problems, since it says full speed.

That's all I've been playing is saturn. I'd give it like a b+ or a-. Out of about 25 games 3 or 4 hasn't worked or started and the graphics were all screwed up.

 

[ELY_M]

Do anyone have cheats working on lakka?
I have advanced menu enabled and set cheats dir. I cant find cheats menu in the game options.

 

[Deleted User]

Not really I would prefer full speed DC over crappy overated goldeneye i played it when it came out hated it

Goldeneye is full speed most of the time, which is better than gcn or dc

 

[M7L7NK7]

Sorry for disturbing you, please return to playing seaman

 

[Chrisisraw]

Gamecubes working fine for me but cant seem to get reicast to work. The games arent showing up from my directory scan. They are .cdi and when i load the reicast core and then select the game manually it says failed to load content and takes me back to the menu. Help please ? I placed the dc boot and dc flash in the dc folder and stuff already too.

 

[SG911]

Do we still need a FAT32 SD tho?

 

[Deleted User]

Sorry for disturbing you, please return to playing seaman

Please go play your terrible kiddy fps everyone knows perfect dark is better anyways

 

[tabnk]

First time trying LAKKA on switch, I’m was expecting it to perform better than Horizon build. Both n64 plus (so much slower) and PCSX-rearmed run much slower on Lakka.

 

[enderer]

i can't get reicast to boot. where do i put the bios file?

 

[tabnk]

Tested reicast. It run very well and full speed. No 16:9 support so widescreen mode will look incorrect.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm actually stunned I'm making this post, but if anyone is interested, Tales of Symphonia on the GameCube is FULLY playable on boosted CPU speed, stock gpu, with only a tiny bit of stutter when loading battles.

Changing cpu to High Performance eliminates that, from what I can tell.

Skies of Arcadia is what I would consider playable.

On the other side, Resident Evil Zero, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle run like total ass.

 

[TheZander]

i can't get reicast to boot. where do i put the bios file?

• The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Thx for answer but why cant use exfat? iirc l4t also cant use? Why we locked on fat32?

Because exfat is shitty and the things required literally cut the performance of everything in half