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@dumpster I’ve haven’t seen any drops in speed - in the case of rouge leader before it was running slow which you could  see in the intro vid with the dancing stormtroopers with the stretched out sound etc.. but dropped to 60% and it runs at normal speed to sound stretching etc..   it’s more to do with stability  this is from the discord:

“ Actually the reason we suggest a 90% CPU Clock Rate isn't anything to do with performance but more to do with stability, a lot of games (mostly GameCube from my experience) will just straight up freeze at random intervals when the Clock Rate is at 100%, with it at 90% these random crashes don't occur”

bit of a tip i found out for running gamecube / wii games on retroarch.  For most games you should set the CPU speed in the retroarch core settings to 90%  for games that run at a low stuttery FPS mess (star wars rouge leader im looking at you) then set it to about 50% - for this fixed most of my issue (still occasional little stutter on star wars) 

retrix-gold has been added to Gamr13 depository for retail.  retrix is an alternative to retroarch (more a nicer looking front end uses the same cores etc..)  at the min its basic with a not the full set of cores that retroarch has (so no ps2 or dolphin etc...).       

For me at the min without the additional cores its not worth me switching over to it as it doesnt cover half of what i use on retroarch (over the last 6 months ive been building a full collection of most consoles and computers on retroarch from ps1 /dreamcast downwards - with  ps2/wii/gamecube more a collection of my own fab games than full collections) 

On 27/06/2022 at 17:59, moosegrinder said:

Sorry to be that cunt, but friend set this up ages ago on my PC so I have no idea how it works, and when I try to play Batman The Movie on the spectrum emu it just goes into like Demo play. What am I doing wrong?

Under quick menu when you are in game go down to controllers - input 1, and in there you can change the type of controller that retroarch is emulating depending on the game ie.. Kempston, Sinclair etc…

4 minutes ago, Mr. Gerbik said:

Does this mean they're not going to improve or fix things at all?

There working on fixes but no eta

The guys over on the discord server have been putting together fixes and tweaks you can add to aethersx2 to make individual game run better - they have a link to there shared folder where you can grab them - this is sky cooper 3 running with fixes added - I can say that this looks almost good enough as some of the games released now on modern consoles 

anyone who bought this on steam will also now get the scummvm version as well - anyone who is console well were just out of luck (well sort off i was able to get the original and extended version with cut bits added running on scummvm via retroarch on my series x) 

1 hour ago, Quest said:

 

I'd assume it'd be doable by remapping the buttons to something that makes sense. In Retroarch you can save the button mappings as a game specific config file so it doesn't mess up everything else, but not sure about the standalone.

Had a play in retroarch earlier but no joy - normally retroarch has default profiles you can switch to for the various controllers - but for ps2 it’s only dual shock . Nowhere to set them up within the controller menu 

@Eighthoursfor all the bios you need see @dumpster post a page or two back for download link 

1 hour ago, Eighthours said:

Sorry for being a total noob, but is there still a way to get Retroarch and/or Dolphin on a Series X without having to use dev mode, and if so, is there an idiot's guide to doing it? 

There is indeed - join this discord server and follow the retail setup guide which will take you through each step https://discord.gg/VVZZ4Fa8

anybprob shout on here and we can give you a hand 

Edit…

or follow this vid 

Is there anyway I wonder to be able to use Xbox controllers as buzz controllers either on retroarch psx2 or athersx2 stand alone ?

@Quest that’s good to know about the 8BitDo controllers I have a usb one I use on my tablet for retro gaming so will have give it a try on the Xbox.

got a larger external usb hd yesterday so have spent the day transferring my old drive across as well as adding a lot more including  a nearly complete ps1 Europe set

Got scummvm up and running on retroarch / retro pass - finally can county play some of the old point and click games inside to love.

also got blade runner working with it as well (I recently bought the enhanced version) but the scummvm version  has two that work , the original and one with cut content added ) 

you know what after the monkey got turned inside out i think i should scrap these teleporters, and def not get inside them myself.

Confirmed coming to Disney plus in the uk on august 5th as well 

Dad you know what I’m really enjoying this opera… we should stay to the end and not leave early via the dodgey alleyway at the back of the opera…. Ok Bruce

Robocop…. You have 10 seconds to comply…. Ok I comply….. you have complied you are now under Arrest….  ed209 the future of law enforcement of old Detroit 

Fellowship of the ring, Isildur throws the ring into mount doom … problem sorted 

Has anyone else found on the Xbox the sound going out of sync in the cut scenes? 
 

update - restarted and the intro is now in sync - when I first tried it this morning it was really out of sync by a good 2 or 3 seconds 

On 20/06/2022 at 21:33, Ry said:

I just realised Blade Runner Enhanced Edition is out in two days for all consoles and looks to be priced less than £10. 

 

That might be my number 1 now. 

 

I'm surprised no outlets are talking about it. 

loved this game when it first came out - so nice surprise that the enhanced edition is coming out finally and tomorrow  

Well that was quite a good ending

Should also mention you can add covers - just make sure they are named the same as your roms and add them to the cover folder under local state. 
 

3 minutes ago, Quest said:

Excellent, big thanks for that. I was pretty disappointed when I saw that the updated PS2 emulators were only going to dev mode. Had no idea someone had uploaded them elsewhere.

Yeah seems to be a grey area as long as no one is making a profit from it seems that a blind eye is turned (though still not officially allowed to be mentioned of the existence in the main discord as it’s a no no)

installed Aethersx2 (ps2 standalone) on retail last night,  its an updated version of the psx2 standalone with all the features enabled in the menu ie controller settings, setting up hotkeys without needing to change ini files etc..  and it works and plays far better than the original psx2 standalone. 

Another great feature is  being able to swap from hardware to software render in the pause menu as well as being able to create per game settings.  below vid is of transformers which wont run correctly in hardware mode - black line down screen, but one quick swop to software mode and its run great.

also saved states work as well:

To get it on retail first go to  https://www.xbox.com/pt-br/games/store/aethersx2avx2/9nm1x58v5sf6?rtc=1  then click on add to wishlink.   Then on your xbox change the region location to brazil (you will need to restart once you do this).  Then go to the store and your wishlist were you will see Aethersx2 - click install.  Once installed change location back to uk and reboot, and then your good to go.  You can then go into setting and set up the path to your Ps2 games and the location of your PS2 bios (i have both on and my external hard drive)