batocera 36 - beta1

nadenislamarre

Hi,

build are done.
Please give feedback. Please don’t ask new features here. Just regression.

images are available here.
you can update from batocera itself by choosing the beta channel when upgrading.

chris256

Hello ! Thanks for the beta !! A small issue on my side. If I set the volume to 100% in ES menu and reboot, it goes back to 40%. So I have to raise the volume at each start of batocera. I am on X86_64 with nvidia card and sound through HDMI.

fonzi

On PS7000 there are game launch issues.

Only tested PS1 though with PCSX Rearmed (thats the only core that works anyway) and games load very slow then pretty much freezes.

Not with v35.

On Powkiddy RGB10 Max still have issues since v33.

Tested PS1 with PCSX Rearmed or Swanstation and games run slow.

As per here: https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera.linux/issues/6986

Even with no bezels.no shaders and native res.

Works fine in v32.

joinski

fonzi PCSX Rearmed … games run slow.

Regarding bad performance in pcsx-rearmed, you could try, if this helps:
https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera.linux/issues/7151#issuecomment-1369107678

fonzi

joinski

Yeah,turning dithering off for pcsx rearmed on Powkiddy (RK3326) worked,seems OK in enhanced res too.

Thanks

Swanstation option is still a no go though.

Tested a few other systems and most work fine,including DS which also had issues before so thats good but when I tried some systems that use flycast like Atomiswave and Naomi it ran slower. (I didnt try Dreamcast itself though).

lau04

Bonjour

still degraded performance on pi4 with Flycast (dreamcast/naomi)

Atari

lau04 Hold out on this, I’m working on fixing it with the lead Flycast dev. Hopefully we get something soon.

alithew

Duckstation is really slower than in v35 on old pc, intel integrated

michel83

Hi, on xu4, there is no sound with libretro cores. Bad performances compared to the last beta 30/10/22.

Saturn emulation don’t work .

Dreamcast don’t work too

Also can you add zip support for svc emulation in es_system.cfg <extension>.bin .0 .zip</extension>

thanks

dragon99919

I don’t see a Steam Deck image on the list, should I simply download it from https://mirrors.o2switch.fr/batocera/steamdeck/beta/last/

or is it not listed here cause it is not ready for it yet?

joinski

dragon99919

I guess it was just forgotten to mention in the initial post. The Steam Deck Image is the same as the x86_64 one.

fonzi

Atari

So,it would run better or be fixed for other chipsets to like RK3326 then? (Powkiddy RGB10Max, OGA, OGS etc) Or are cores diff for all or some systems?

Atari

fonzi I was replying to lau04 in regards to Flycast, just so we’re clear. I only know that Flycast started performing horribly on the Pi 4 and low-end x86_64 CPUs. I don’t know of the state of any other hardware, but if they were affected then maybe it too would be fixed by this? I don’t know.

If you’re talking about PSX emulation, I’m not talking about that, so I don’t know either.

tovarichtch

Gun4ir has mapping issues from my various tests across systems. Was it correctly mapped? For example, all guns have A-B Buttons on PSX cores, except gun4ir. In DuckStation, there is no button mapped whatsoever for that gun, not even the trigger, but it plays fine in MAME, Dolphin, etc.

Other light gun important issue : on rpi4, all guns are loading up in games as input player1. So all mouse indexes are in player 1 input (Wiimotes, Sindens, etc), nothing in player 2. This has been reported over and over since early v35 beta.

And some various important issues in the mega thread on Github, of course.

avalenciaquiza

PI 4:

Hi retroFamily! thanks for your great work! One Question: when announce Batocera36? pcsx rearmed needs “Enhanced resolution” option in 64 bits (pi4) for enjoy the experience! jeje. Beta 36 not works well in pi4 (saturn, model3, n64 broken)

Saturn not works with any rom. in 35 works great! ( Astal Game not works 😭)

libretro Flycast is ok but i think that the best core was in Bato29.

PSX is perfect (pcsx rearmed) with enhanced resolution for 64 bits.

n64 works with scratches and lag(glidemk2) i think this is for the resolution render. The best for this system is 640×480p. (In my opinion, bato29 and 34 has the best core version for this). I miss the “n64” core for Killer instinct gold. only with this core the game was playable.

model3 is broken, not works any rom. too much glitches

model2 is dissappeared in pi4.

naomi2 works but slowly.. i think that this problem is for the gpu in the arm chip. Not enough powerfull.

This is all the issues that i can see. Thank you for yout great work!!

lau04

in the end that’s a lot of things that don’t work on pi4 😕

avalenciaquiza

for pi 4 in my opinion Bato35 is the best build version except the pcsx rearmed core. bato36 Beta has the best pcsx rearmed core with “enhanced resolution” available. Swanstation requires too much resources for work well.

while waiting the new Bato36, Is possible to re compile only this pcsx rearmed core for Bato35 manually?

lau04

avalenciaquiza as you said v29 was maybe the best version for dreamcast /naomi/n64

avalenciaquiza

lau04 Yes, but 29 cannot execute Windows CE games in dreamcast. if you put Vulkan api in Bato35 and 36beta and change some core options like “per triangle” render and per strip you have better dreamcast/naomi emulation than 29.

avalenciaquiza

lau04 Mame in Bato35 is better than 29 too.

perhaps, psx is better in 29 than 35. 36beta has the perfect core for pcsx rearmed.

lau04

avalenciaquiza I should use « per triangle or per strip » for best performances ?

I already use Vulkan