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).

 

[Reynardine]

I appreciate the effort that went into this, but currently I can't get much use out of it. My main interest in Lakka is YabaSanshiro and Dolphin support.

I'm a big Rayman 1 nerd and love the Sega Saturn version. It worked fine in the old Lakka version by natinusala but in this new release it never gets past the Ubi Soft Logo, that's disappointing for me.

For Dolphin I hope we'll see the Vulkan driver return in the future. It works well enough with certain games.

 

[ploggy]

I appreciate the effort that went into this, but currently I can't get much use out of it. My main interest in Lakka is YabaSanshiro and Dolphin support.

I'm a big Rayman 1 nerd and love the Sega Saturn version. It worked fine in the old Lakka version by natinusala but in this new release it never gets past the Ubi Soft Logo, that's disappointing for me.

For Dolphin I hope we'll see the Vulkan driver return in the future. It works well enough with certain games.

I your a Rayman 1 fan (I am too) I suggest you play Rayman Redemption, you cant play it on Switch tho :/ only PC But it's amazing!

 

[ber71]

Does it support loading games from external HDD? That would be a great added value over HOS retroarch.

 

[sj33]

Just to emphasise, YabaSanshiro now works in this so we have full speed Saturn emulation if you overclock CPU to 1781MHz.

Swanstation is also in there for PS1 folk.

 

[bad361]

Just to emphasise, YabaSanshiro now works in this so we have full speed Saturn emulation if you overclock CPU to 1781MHz.

Swanstation is also in there for PS1 folk.

Yeah, swanstation works great, def the best way to emulate ps1... Except for that it uses metadata from a rom for managing save names instead of just plain title name in the playlist as all other cores do. And i have quite a lot of personal saves for my ps1 games and they all need to be renamed to work with swan core.

 

[spotanjo3]

I don't understand why they called Swanstation instead. I always thought Swan is definintely WonderSwan. And Station is obviously a Playstation. It needs to be rename something better for PS1. @_@

 

[sj33]

Because it is based on Duckstation but the author of that emulator requested a name change. I guess they just chose a different type of bird.

 

[bad361]

Just to emphasise, YabaSanshiro now works in this so we have full speed Saturn emulation if you overclock CPU to 1781MHz.

Swanstation is also in there for PS1 folk.

Btw, i'm not familiar with Sega Saturn at all, i'm only interested in Sega Rally... I tried it with YabaSanshiro oc'd to 1.7 and it wasn't full speed. Maybe there are just some tweaks i need to do idk.

 

[tabnk]

Volume and Brightness are not adjustable on Lakka 3.0

 

[bad361]

Volume and Brightness are not adjustable on Lakka 3.0

volume works fine, but brightness in not adjustable yet, yes

 

[Rahkeesh]

Any info on what is supported in Lakka 3.0 in terms of Switch hardware?

Dock?
Attached vs wireless joycon?
Other USB controllers?
Bluetooth pairing?
Hori joy-cons? (d-pad/split pad)

 

[Snomannen_kalle]

Any info on what is supported in Lakka 3.0 in terms of Switch hardware?

Dock?
Attached vs wireless joycon?
Other USB controllers?
Bluetooth pairing?
Hori joy-cons? (d-pad/split pad)

Hori joy cons and bluetooth controllers should work (although you will probably need joy cons to configure other bluetooth controllers as I don't think the touchscreen works). Bluetooth audio doesn't work, and neither does docked mode. Not sure about USB stuff

 

[spotanjo3]

Because it is based on Duckstation but the author of that emulator requested a name change. I guess they just chose a different type of bird.

I know and I used Duckstation for a long time and I absolutely loved it. Much better than ePSXe. However, I just don't get it.. Why "Swan"Station ? It doesn't makes sense to me at all. Why can't they make a better name for PS1 or just stick with DuckStation anyway ? I think I will ask Duckstation developer at Discord.

 

[tabzer]

(L4T only reboots to rcm, which means you still need to inject a payload somehow)

I hope either L4T adobts these features, or Lakka 3 gets Vulcan in the next update

L4T has had reboot2payload fix since August of 2019. Current version of L4T includes it.

As promised..... I give you Reboot2Payload

 

[ErnieBall]

L4T has had reboot2payload fix since August of 2019. Current version of L4T includes it.

I should have been more clear, i was talking about L4T Lakka, not L4T Ubuntu. My bad!

 

[tabnk]

Flycast not included in Lakka 3.0.

 

[evil_santa]

Lakka pre build whit Vulkan support.

https://mega.nz/file/gNc21BhL#Wb4QEFvFlKoUYJHssnQYIq-2t42SSToao4-HzVAMwh4

 

[tabzer]

I should have been more clear, i was talking about L4T Lakka, not L4T Ubuntu. My bad!

I assumed too. I am surprised that 3.0 still doesn't haver reboot2payload. I share your sentiments.

 

[evil_santa]

the new lakka should actually have reboot to payload

 

[Windi]

not sure if this is feature is the one everyone is talking about, but when I tested Lakka 3 earlier a reboot brought me back to the Hekate main menu