wow the thumbnails, the explanation. Kudo's good sir. This is a job well done :)

This is an absolute masterclass on RetroArch. Thank you so much!

Quite possibly one of the best & easiest tutorials I've seen on any subject. Thanks a ton for your effort here.

This is amazing. Thanks so much for explaining what all these settings actually mean and do to the game experience. Very educational.

This was such a well presented tutorial. No crazy editing, straight to the point and well explained. Thanks for making this and your passion is always shown through your work. 🙂

Nice, you've included several tracks here, and put together quite a bit of scientific knowledge! I've always been overwhelmed with the endless settings and details, so this will definitely help. Thanks!

This is an awesome tutorial. I'm going to watch this again when I set it up. Great work. 👍

This is the best video I've ever seen on this topic. This type of games were meant to be viewed on a CRT, so it's reasonable to have some adjustment (according to personal taste too). So there are valid reasons why we have those switches about graphics and filtering. Thank you for such detailed video!

Great video! Talk about an in-depth tutorial! But Retro Arch really needs it with all the options that Beetle and the renderers provide, it's easy to get lost.

Thank you!! It became very real my PS1!!

Thank you for this in depth video. I was banging my head against the wall before I found this.

Thank you ever so much!!! I was having so much trouble configuring RetroArch to run Star Trek: Invasion on PSX (PAL) until I saw your Video. As RetroArch is far more complex an emulator compared sPSXe 2.0.5, which I couldn't run this game upon. Again, Many thanks...

Brilliant work, thank you!

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For me, the emulation hacks tab doesn't appear. I've been trying to put HD textures on the castlevania symphony of the night no Steam Deck😢

Wow ! I'll try all these bells and whistles some time, thanks for the tutorial ! Also, outside of Retroarch, are these options also available in Duckstation (gui, not retroarch) ?

@DfactorLongplays

9 ай бұрын

Yes, most of them can be found in standalone DuckStation, but a few, like GTE Overclock are not present.

Great tutorial, I've learned a lot of concepts. On my PC Beetle doesn't start if I have the Internal GPU resolution at 8x, could it be because I'm using Duimon shaders? My PC should be powerful enough for that.

@DfactorLongplays

14 күн бұрын

If it's the shaders, then you could be running out of VRAM for your GPU, rather than raw power. You could try measuring VRAM usage with 3rd party tools when at 4x with shader, 4x without shader, 8x without shader and see the usage difference. I think the higher the internal resolution, the bigger the shader load as well. Plus, the shader scale, amount of passes and settings affect this too.

0:12:15 In-Depth: Internal GPU Resolution 0:22:09 In-Depth: Core Aspect Ratio

Not sure what im doing wrong but when i go to load my game Beetle psx hw doesnt show up as a suggested core

@DfactorLongplays

5 ай бұрын

That would mean that 1) The image file you're trying to open is not compatible with the core. Online documentation does show a list of supported file extensions. 2) The installation of the core has failed. Which I've never seen happening, but could be a thing if your RetroArch folder is read-only or there's no free space.

Not entirely sure but I think Retroarch got an update on Steam. Can't seem to access the Quick Menu anymore, F1 does nothing. Unless I'm missing something. Aside from that this guide is wonderful! Its a much better option to Mednafen if you ask me.🥰

@DfactorLongplays

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Settings > Input > Hotkeys > Menu Toggle It should have a gamepad value and F1. Quick Menu will not appear if no content is launched. The behavior is the same on 1.17 (current latest Steam version).

@sunayocarissime5309

4 ай бұрын

@@DfactorLongplays Bless you good sir! Thank you so much. Subscribed, upvoted and notifications. You rock!🥰🥰🥰🤩

Your tutorial are good but sony playstation beetle psx hw core are not load ps 1 games for me on steam RetroArch

@DfactorLongplays

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Since you did not mention any particular error messages nor when it happens, so far there have been 2 common problems that people had that prevented them from playing. 1. Your device/graphics card does not support v1.3+ Vulkan API. The oldest Nvidia cards are select Maxwell 1 cards, stuff like G210 or GT710 won't work. 2. The disc image you're trying to open is in an incompatible format or the wrong file is pointed at. Behavior between Steam's and standalone Beetle are the same.

@nicklaus6699

3 ай бұрын

@@DfactorLongplays my problem was figured out bro thx anyway 🙏, some core graphics card fit with Sony playstation 1 swanstation core and Sony playstation 1 pcxvram core , my graphics card is support these two not beetle hw , some people must test another core for ps 1 core instead of Sony playstation beetle psx hw it definitely going to fix it I'm sure of it 🙏🙏🙏 thanks bro

I had to select PlayStation Controller instead of Dualshock. At first I chose Dualshock, but the controller becomes unresponsive. I'm using an Xbox One controller.

@DfactorLongplays

9 ай бұрын

May depend on the game! Some older titles may act up when DualShock is picked. If DualShock is not working in any title, then there might be an issue.

I've installed Beetle PSX HW but it doesn't play the games. Only pcsx reArmed works. Any idea why?

@DfactorLongplays

6 ай бұрын

I've never experienced such behaviour myself. If you do a clean install without any bios and without any front-end settings changes, does it still show the missing bios output?

@RedDefender77

6 ай бұрын

@@DfactorLongplays I found an old post on reddit that psx hw supports AMD graphics. I have Nvidia. It could be that.

@DfactorLongplays

6 ай бұрын

@IrOnMaN1789. No, that wouldn't be it. Card-specific software stopped being a thing during the 90s. Besides, this whole video was made on a Nvidia GPU. If you think it could be your GPU at fault, which Nvidia card do you have?

@RedDefender77

6 ай бұрын

@@DfactorLongplays geforce gt710

@DfactorLongplays

6 ай бұрын

@IrOnMaN1789. You might be onto something. That card does support Vulkan, but up to version 1.2. The latest versions of Beetle require 1.3, I believe. So that is likely the reason why you're not getting any output. In this case, I would suggest keeping the front-end and the Beetle at OpenGL (marked as "gl').

the problem with Tomb Raider games despite maybe looking better with the wider aspect ratio all hud elements and menus looks stretched if is not in 4:3.

@DfactorLongplays

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, using any form of widescreen means that 2D/Sprite-based content will be stretched. That's something the user will have to deal with, alternatively, texture override could potentially solve this, but each individual game would require a custom mod. That's why my PS1 TR walkthroughs are still in 4:3.

Shanks mean.

Nah im stick with psxfin (aka psxEmulatot 1.13)and DuckStation. And its not just a some kind of fanboism. DuckStation have a great feature - switch modes immeaditly during gameplay. You can see of enchanments make some unseen at first GFX glitches. Especially for Widescreen hack. Another reason. Plugin emulators are worse than non-plugin based ones. And libreto-based multi-system emuls even worse. Not bad maybe. But DuckStation just way better. And easier to setup. So, jut - why any else? DuckStation do enhacments visuals. Do that fast and during gameplay. Its not chose of libraries-mpdules-plugins functional and non-features emulator. Psxfin yes - simplest one - minimum enhancments. DS have everything.

@DfactorLongplays

Жыл бұрын

All I see is misinformation and assumptions. Most cores in RA reflect graphical changes immediately, Beetle is no exception, so I'm not sure why are you even bringing that up (three times in your post). None of the RA cores are plugin-based, that design is archaic and is no longer used in any modern software. If you have problems with the front-end, then that's on you, you don't have to come up with a reason to dislike something. "Even worse", is a strong conclusion, especially when it's backed by absolutely nothing. The process of setting up DuckStation to the same degree as shown in this video would be almost identical to Beetle, so it's kinda hilarious for me to read this. I would say, expand your horizons, monopoly in emulation space was never a good thing.