Settings do not Save

[gladel]

On Handy, NGPCEmu, and Pokemini, settings do not save like when making changes to scaling.

[Rezzy-dev]

Yep PokeMini is actually saving all the settings, but not loading for some reason the Advanced Settings on start. Most likely an omission/bug in the code. It's the main reason I have been trying to get a hold of its source, to fix this.

Handy doesn't even have an implementation to save the settings (as far as I'm aware).

(Not sure about NGPCEmu.)

[Apaczer]

Indeed that functionality is lacking in those emus. There is FBA (arcade emulator) which shares the same problem, albeit you could bypass it by using internal rom selector (not the gmenu2x's one). Funny enough, even changing cfg files with modified ones would always revert to the default ones in that emu when booting up.

As for the NGPCEmu, please use RetroArch's RACE core as it plays way better in terms of performance. The Handy and Pokemini cores are also available there if you are interested.

[salvacam]

Ooh! I had no idea about these settings! Thanks! Does RetroArch support command-line arguments on Miyoo? Can you launch the cores from GMenuNX -- indepdendent of the RetroArch GUI?

Perhaps I should give it another go.

You can launch a core from gmenu, you can pass it a rom or load the core

I have it for scummvm you can launch the emulator with this script
#!/bin/sh /mnt/emus/retroarch/retroarch -v -L /mnt/.retroarch/cores/scummvm_libretro.so --config /mnt/.retroarch/retroarch.cfg
and gmenu will point to that script
title=Scummvm description=Scummvm exec=/mnt/emus/scummvm_retroarch.sh clock=702

If you want to launch the core with a roms it is
#!/bin/sh /mnt/emus/retroarch/retroarch -v -L /mnt/.retroarch/cores/scummvm_libretro.so --config /mnt/.retroarch/retroarch.cfg "$1"

and in gmenu
title=Scummvm description=Scummvm exec=/mnt/emus/scummvm_retroarch_g.sh clock=702 selectordir=/mnt/roms/scummvm/Beneath a Steel Sky selectorfilter=svm selectorscreens=/mnt/roms/scummvm/.preview selectorelement=1

More info (in spanish)
http://apuntes.eduardofilo.es/2021-01-16-rg350_ra_installer.html
http://apuntes.eduardofilo.es/2020-08-15-rg350_scummvm_launchers.html

[Rezzy-dev]

Did you set everything accordingly to wiki's section? All mentioned cores works fine on my V90. You will get poor perf. if you will use default configuration. Pay close attention to last line, where it says to set "Sync to Exact Content Framerate: ON" in Video settings.

I replaced half of my stock emulators in return for the RA's cores, cuz of the fact how well/better they perform. Lastly you can turn OFF Video Threading if you bump into some framedrop.

Gave this a try -- I set all the settings as the wiki details it -- and no noticeable difference. Still a third of the performance that these emulators provide natively on Miyoo. PicoDrive ran very slow, with sound stutter, and MAME was unplayably slow. MGBA also ran incredibly slow (while GPSP is just as buggy). RetroArch on Miyoo still needs a lot of optimisation work.

[Apaczer]

Gave this a try -- I set all the settings as the wiki details it -- and no noticeable difference. Still a third of the performance that these emulators provide natively on Miyoo. PicoDrive ran very slow, with sound stutter, and MAME was unplayably slow. MGBA also ran incredibly slow (while GPSP is just as buggy). RetroArch on Miyoo still needs a lot of optimisation work.

Could you expand your statement and possibly open another thread? In what particural games/instances you have an issue, I will try to test it and see if it perform the same here.

[Rezzy-dev]

Use Sonic 2 as a benchmark for PicoDrive -- you'll see the speed difference quite clearly. For MAME/FBA, try Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (this is an advanced arcade title, quite heavy in graphics and sound). For mGBA and gPSP, Teen Titans.

[Apaczer]

#287

[gladel]

Thank you for your responses.

[salvacam]

Yes now
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/dingux/miyoo-arm32/latest/
Better use pal roms

I have compiled another snes9xherd core, but can't locate the core info file to use it