R36S

[worthy copper]

Create an image of it, Then restore it again and make sure it boots

[grave heart]

imaging now

[worthy copper]

If it does and goes though the expansion process without issue, you have a process ready to go now

[grave heart]

its taking its time, but i think thats my reader more than anything

[worthy copper]

Yea I use a usb 3.0 reader/writer

[grave heart]

indeed, then I shall do the same protocol for your next big release

[worthy copper]

release came out an hour ago

[grave heart]

oh damn , so this IS the update?

[worthy copper]

The script should have pulled it already

[grave heart]

ohhhhh dammmmmn

lets go

[worthy copper]

if it has today's date after you restore it, then you're good

[grave heart]

will usb it make it a 32gb image or just the partitions bud?

if it makes it a 32gb image, then amazon is the only thing holding us back haha

[worthy copper]

it makes an image

[grave heart]

aight, guess its sunday for everyone then

thank you again for all the help, I hope i didnt stress you out too much but i do apreciate it and getting to be a part of it

[worthy copper]

no worries 👍🏿 😆 👍🏿

[grave heart]

will you kill me if i asked how to add wifi linux driver support

https://tenor.com/view/michaelscott-theoffice-toofar-crossedtheline-offended-gif-4669347

[sour knot]

@grave heart i can throw the img on one of my vps if you want a primary or mirror host

Whenever you’re ready

It’s physically in Las Vegas on the west coast us

[worthy copper]

if there's a linux driver that can be compiled for it, it'll just be a matter of adding the module to the kernel modules location

[regal nova]

Remind me how do I update arkos without wifi? It’s been a minute since I used a linux handheld 😅

[worthy copper]

you need an internet connection

you can tether to your phone if your phone allows that

[sour knot]

I just updated my r35s from early October to latest. Smooth as butter

[regal nova]

It supports that. Do I need a wifi dongle for the R36S then?

[worthy copper]

If you can update by tethering to your phone, then you won't for OTA updates

[cold siren]

If only I could pass you my sd card lol. I've been cleaning my drawer and found 2 old 8gb sd cards haha

Class 4 lol that's how old it is

[celest stone]

i grabbed some 64GB Samsungs for $7 AUD (around $4.60 USD) on BF

should have got more actually

also got some 128GBs for $13 AUD

[cold siren]

Samsung Evos?

I've found a deal for 256 back in nov I wonder if they're still available

Nah they're gone lol. Better look for deals on officeworks on Boxing Day.

[celest stone]

yean

yeah I got a 256GB as well, $22

[grave heart]

Im legit building jt mate please hold on to sunday and ill have it up on here for you to flash

[worthy copper]

how'd the restore go?

[worn dock]

For all those who might be interested:

I bought this no-name USB Wifi adapter from Aliexpress in the Choice section for very little money (about $1.50). It works with the R36S without any problems and I was able to pull updates immediately.

Sorry for the "advertising", but some of you might be interested in the tips for accessories, so here's another one:

I found (unfortunately only at the second attempt) a really nice fitting carrying bag for the R36S. It was also extremely cheap (about $2.50) at the big Chinese mail order company. It is important to note the dimensions, it must be the case with the dimensions 17cm10cm4cm, at the first attempt I ordered too small.

... and finally, of course, I recommend the matching USB C (male) to USB A (female) adapter.

Again, I got it for a bargain price of $1.20.

[arctic oxide]

In case anyone wants to use TEMU (first order is 50% off unless something changed) there's also this case:
https://share.temu.com/rV5cgnMglDA

R36S fits just fine.

Also gotta love Engrish, "care game machine". Sounds like an obscure band name.

[regal nova]

Appreciate it, but I’m running a single card setup, so reflashing gets tedious. Maybe in the future I’ll switch to dual card. I’m hoping this USB tethering thing works. Will check it out after work today.

[grave heart]

Woke up to 96% imaging , finish work at 6pm so hopwfully flash it then , it did infact make a 32gb image so will be sunday when 8gb comes but i have the process down thanks to you

[worthy copper]

Are you using usb 1.x or something?

even usb 2.0 shouldn't be that slow

[grave heart]

Nah what happened was , the wiring was slack on the card reader so i was like okay its usb i can just attach is as an actual usv instead of the mobo pin connection as its 5v G D- D+ and for what ever reason the chipset got really hot and since then it ran really slow , maybe burnt a resistor or cap on the reader but it does at least still work

Before that it was running fast but would disconnect under load due to the cables being slack , again atleast it runs we will get there in the end

[grave heart]

Ordered for tomorow

[torn creek]

what firmware should i be using now?

[grave heart]

If you wait till tomorrow if everything goes smoothly , ill be posting yesterdays brand new release of ArkOS as a direct flash to SD to the R36S and R35S or you can use the 351mp version on arkos wiki page and copy your stock files over , the version ill post will be a direct flash with no need to copy stock files ect so feel free to pick which ever youre comfortable with using

[carmine fiber]

quick questions.

which sd card do i swap and what do they do. Im use to single sd consoles

thank you in advance

[grave heart]

Left sd card is roms right sd card is OS

[carmine fiber]

thank you

[grave heart]

No problem dude you change in setup menu near the bottom " switch roms to sd2"

[carmine fiber]

thanks you, will do, just downloaded rufus

[grave heart]

I recommend etcher personally

[hearty shoal]

Absolute legend 💪

[wispy blade]

is this on yet?

[worn dock]

Which stock files are required?

I had flashed an SD card with the version for the 351mp and then copied over the boot file "rk3326-rg351mp-linux.dtb". This is how I saw it in the Youtube video from Retro Game Corps. Is that enough, or should more files have been replaced?
At first glance, everything works fine, even the later update via wifi worked without any problems.
So should I just keep updating via wifi in the future, or should I start everything from scratch because more stock files are missing?

[sour knot]

You’re good to go

[celest stone]

ah didn't realise there was a new ArkOS. Updating OTA now

done, that was quick

[small fern]

same, here... you're right update was quick. i'm in retro play mode now so i'll be taking it for a test drive shortly.

[celest stone]

MT32 seems to work nicely in ScummVM. I seem to recall it struggling on my RG35XX

[small fern]

does anyone here use standalone-rice for N64 and have resolution challenges with some games, like the screen is off center?

[polar tundra]

which games

[small fern]

well i tried super mario 64 and found it to be only a portion of the screen showing

[worthy copper]

hmmm...shouldn't be off centered

let me check on my end

on th r35s

[small fern]

i know super mario 64 DS is better option for our devices but i just randomly chose that one to test

[polar tundra]

i’m not seeing that on my end?

[small fern]

that's with standalone-rice

it's perfectly centered with retroarch, but i know rice is gonna play nicer

[wanton escarp]

It works normal for me

[small fern]

balls

[grave heart]

Yeah if you have a dongle youre good

[grave heart]

Do you mean the left side is slightly off , i think j seen that on mine also

[worthy copper]

hmm, it's not getting the correct resolution on your unit

I wonder if something is wrong with the config file

[celest stone]

anyone know why the threaded video setting never persists when you save overrides? It seems to happen in other RAs as well

I like to only enable it for games that need it, but the only way I can do it is to change the cfg file manually

[small fern]

where is that config file, i can check it

[celest stone]

which is a pita

[polar tundra]

i think it’s somewhere in
home/ark/.config/mupen64plus

[small fern]

oddly it's saying 853 width for full screen and 640 height. i tried changing it to 640x480 and it just reverts back.

[worthy copper]

yea I see the issue

hodl for a fix

hold

@small fern are you remoted into your unit via a ssh terminal?

[small fern]

Sorry, I was away from my desk I can be

[worthy copper]

ok when you do, please run the following command and let me know what it outputs for you.
cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes | grep -o -P '(?<=:).*(?=p-)' | cut -dx -f1

[grave heart]

Yo christian , for the memes , i started flashing the 29gb image when i got home 'i have usb3.0 reader tomorrow' it has 250 minutes remaining 😂😂 just wana see of it boots it before i male the 8gb image tomorrow for final release

[worthy copper]

https://tenor.com/view/lord-have-mercy-gif-23339252

[small fern]

640

[worthy copper]

Now try this one cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes | grep -o -P '(?<=:).*(?=p-)' | cut -dx -f2

[small fern]

480

[worthy copper]

@small fern Restore this backup and see if that fixes the issue for standalone-rice for you. It's an update of the n64.sh launch script.

1. Take the attached compressed file (arkosbackup.tar.gz) and put it in your roms/backup folder. Do not uncompress the contents! Just place the file as is in your roms/backup folder. If you don't have a backup folder in the roms folder, just create it.

2. Then go into the Emulationstation Menu, scroll to Options, hit A, then go to Advanced, hit A, then scroll all the way down to Restore Settings, hit A.

3. Once completed, launch your n64 game using standalone-rice and see if the aspect ratio is correct.

[grave heart]

https://tenor.com/view/its-real-and-its-coming-kate-dibiasky-jennifer-lawrence-dont-look-up-its-going-to-happen-gif-24584630

[small fern]

okay, unless i did it wrong no change. i'll try again

[worthy copper]

hmmm...That should have worked. It did on my end on the r35s

[small fern]

wait the prompts said to restart, i didn't restarting

[worthy copper]

it shouldn't be needed but why not

[small fern]

still the same

i noticed something new after the update... let me video clip it

like a slight glimpse of a bad resolution/overscan at boot

[worthy copper]

that's normal

it happens sometimes.

[small fern]

Ok cool, I didn’t see that previously and since I was chasing this rice-standalone thingy I drew correlation

[shut pumice]

That “glimpse” happens on mine too since the last update

[worthy copper]

check your /home/ark/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg file and verify ResolutionWidth = 480 exists in the [Video-Rice] section

[small fern]

in the video-rice section i have no resolution width or height entries

[worthy copper]

put that line in there

Just the ResolutionWidth = 480

[small fern]

black screen no display, just audio

[worthy copper]

What is the core set at for the emulator in ES? Make sure it's set to auto

[small fern]

emulatior = standalone-rice
core = auto

auto is only option

should i add a resolution height entry?

[worthy copper]

do the following via ssh
grep "r35s" /usr/local/bin/n64.sh
Let me know if you get the following that returns

if [ -f "/boot/rk3326-rg351v-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-rg351mp-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-gameforce-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3566.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3566-OC.dtb" ]; then

[small fern]

no return result

[worthy copper]

that means the backup did NOT restore

did you put the file on your tf1 (OS) roms/backup folder?

[small fern]

yes, than ran the restore

i have a log

[worthy copper]

the log should show that n64.sh was restored

[small fern]

you're right, it didn't restore... it restored my own backup.... my mac autoextracted the .gz, ugh

[worthy copper]

lol

[sour knot]

I hate when my mac does that too

[small fern]

stupid os just trying to be helpful

so that backup ran but now i still have that black screen, going to delete the entry we added in config

[worthy copper]

that entry is needed though

[small fern]

do you want my mupen.cfg

[worthy copper]

Run the grep command from here again and verify it returns the result
#1168384239767670825 message

[small fern]

that pasted wrong

[worthy copper]

as long as it came back with that result, that means the script updated fine

[small fern]

if [ -f "/boot/rk3326-rg351v-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-rg351mp-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3326-gameforce-linux.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3566.dtb" ] || [ -f "/boot/rk3566-OC.dtb" ]; then

[worthy copper]

post your mupen64plus.cfg file

[small fern]

i have nothing personalized so i'm more than willing to just replace it

[dim ermine]

I had the same problem, I had to replace some files in the boot partition with the original ones from factory, I think

[worthy copper]

Try this one.

[small fern]

black screen with audio, ever since adding that entry and/or using this one

[worthy copper]

I think the graphic plugin is the issue

@small fern Try copying this mupen64plus rice plugin to /opt/mupen64plus overwriting the one there

[small fern]

video restored and perfectly centered

so i had a corrupted file at some point?

[worthy copper]

multiple things happened

mupen64plus.cfg file wasn't updated with that setting
n64.sh file needed to be updated to account for the different dtb
and the compiled plugin for the rk3566 was on this device and not rk3326

[small fern]

thank you for spending some of your valuable weekend with me

[worthy copper]

👌🏿

[grave heart]

@worthy copper 100% success we have an OFFICAL/BACKED ArkOS for R36S/R35S , will upload the smaller size tomorrow

https://tenor.com/view/letgo-lets-goooo-pickles-lets-go-excited-gif-13808708

@small fern

[worthy copper]

Nice. Make sure to include that standalone-Rice fix for N64

[grave heart]

I'll read into that tomorrow and do that before imaging then

thank you again for all your help

[worn dock]

Where are the updated files (version 2.0) available for download? Are links posted here?
Or will there be a complete download link for an official version at the arkos wiki?

[grave heart]

For this device? It will be posted here first, then IF Christian decides it right, he will add to his wiki , if i can speak out of turn for him

[grave heart]

you can download yourself, directly from the device via wifi adapter also

[worn dock]

I know with the wifi update, but now i am confused, because Christian mentioned something avout an n64 fix, which is necessary to do.

[polar tundra]

is it? my rice n64 is working fine

oh but you aren’t updated
nvm

[grave heart]

It will be included in my release of christians arkos which is fully updated, and will not need any stock files carried over after flashing, its a direct flash to SD card, it will be released tomorrow inc n64 patch

its backed by christian himself , just incase you question it

[worn dock]

Thank you very much! Will this then be posted by Christian at the Arkos wiki, so it gets official?

[grave heart]

christian stated, he doesnt want to work on more devices, so any further releases will come from myself, but they will be direct 1-1 of his arkos , with maybe the logo.bmp changed, which you can change yourself with no issues , so wether or not it goes on the website is down to him , I may have to record the full flash and initial booting on the device, as proof to him that it is solid enough to go on the page regardless , it will be available here for the community

[worn dock]

Thank you! So i will find it directly here in this thread.

[grave heart]

correct bud

just waiting on sd card of correct size and new card reader to come so it can be done fast and with no errors or issues at all

it was initially created so people dont have to go away and buy usb C and wifi dongles at their expense, and now everyone can have directly flashable OS for this device and the R35S

[sour knot]

Awesome work

[grave heart]

https://tenor.com/view/teamwork-gif-11937128885494742584

[polar tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/x3-gif-24301743

[grave heart]

https://tenor.com/view/omfg-rana-omg-crazy-aaahh-gif-18994875

[upbeat lagoon]

Sorry, I just noticed that R36S got own ArkOS image. Is there a "bigger size" which is already uploaded somewhere?

[grave heart]

I have the 32gb version which is testing purposes only , once Amazon package has arrived ill be creating the correct size which will be available here before anywhere else

[grave heart]

FYI its just not practical to upload a 32gb image of something that will be a quarter of the size if that on release, soon as amazon arrives, i'll be working on the image and @sour knot i think said he can host it on a server and send me the link to drop it here offically

[cold siren]

So one of my dongles arrived. It worked. I guess I have shit luck with all my dongles before huh.

[cold siren]

ooooh so there was a 12082023 update

[upbeat lagoon]

Please, mate, say, what are the difference between the new version and the version on ArkOS github for rg351mp? Except that we needed to copy one file to make it work on the latter

[cold siren]

The difference is it's updated

If you have a wifi dongle then it's the same when you update via wifi

[worthy copper]

Nice logo. I’m watching some old episodes of Naruto shippuden right now. I’m towards the end during the last great ninja war and the Hokages 1-4 have joined the battle. Love this anime.

[cold siren]

I thought clicking update extends the partition even if firstboot.sh is disabled but mine didn't did I miss something?

[worthy copper]

Extending of the partition hapoens only once when you first load the image. If firstboot.sh was never allowed to run, rename it back so it can.

[cold siren]

I did and I updated the system and patched the n64 rice

I have image for updated arkos now 😮

[cold siren]

ArkOS V2 12082023 for R35S/R36S.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10z7j7IZ7WX3y10ZJBW_a2-agcIe1Dx9m/view?usp=drive_link

https://filebin.net/x2909zemhrsrj6w1

[wispy blade]

guys, how do you install/download new themes on R36S

specifically I would like EpicCody theme

[cold siren]

If downloading from PC you just put the folder in your easyroms partition /themes folder

[wispy blade]

https://github.com/CodyV59/es-theme-epic-cody-RG351V

this isthe theme i don't even know how to download it on PC

it says to close emulation station and use console to pull it on device but when i close station i just get blinking line

there is a thememaster tool also, but i don't know how to use it to download this theme

[cold siren]

@worthy copper So I just installed my other wifi dongle which has an rtl8188fu chipset by using @grave heart instructions. It worked so that means I can use whichever dongle I want. How do I remove the header files? Is there no need to? The script also deleted all my themes but one, is that okay? Do I just install other themes and this would work seamlessly?

I don't know how to use thememaster because I just had my wifi activated so I couldn't help you with that one. But you just download the file in git and paste in easyroms partition and it should work.

[cold siren]

Click Code > Download Zip

[worthy copper]

Yes to all

[cold siren]

It did change how I connect to connections when I click wifi though

[worthy copper]

And no don’t delete the header files. No need to. No harm of them staying there for future compilation

[cold siren]

Would it be also possible for me to create an image with these drivers on? It might not be only me that have a problem with wrong chipset dongles in the future and maybe I can help them with that.

[worthy copper]

Yea, just grab the module from the kernel module directory, and add it to a clean image and do sudo depmod

[cold siren]

Thank you very much. You the champ. 👌🏻

[polar tundra]

did you just drop it, the fabled update for people without a wifi dongle

[cold siren]

Yea I flashed this with my two sd cards they worked

[grave heart]

Not to be a dick or anything but was there any need in creating and posting the image the day i stated i was going to do so ?

[cold siren]

Hey, my bad. It was because my wifi dongle started working unexpectedly, and I got carried away. Tried doing what I did before, and bam! It worked.. Sorry if I got a bit carried away there!

[grave heart]

I mean , i specifically dedicated time to the community for this image , i undertook the work of learning the process , i went and asked christian specifically for permission to do this release , others helped back it and where excited, inc myself , and you've just swept that from under my feet , I'm not interested in drama , the end goal was accomplished none the less, but for sure a dick move especially when you personally hadnt asked christians permission , anyway GG

[small fern]

i'll just say great work everyone. extreme partnering and excitement to get the best stuff out for everyone.

timing/delivery could have been better but that said you can never have too many active members of the community trying to contribute.

[frail mica]

Release your version, the community will decide which is the best.

[grave heart]

its not how it works, It is posted now, the version they released will be the same

[small fern]

how do we pin it to the room? @grave heart seems you've been able to pin here.

or did someone else pin your posts

[grave heart]

I asked the server mods explained specifically which post i was reffering to ect and they came in here and pinned it

@sour knot as stated , I will issue your refund for the contribution as I failed in releasing the OS for the group

[small fern]

@cold siren you should do that for the link you posted too. so people can find it easier.

[polar tundra]

and maybe the link could go in the https://discord.com/channels/741895796315914271/1124410160073420881 too

[vivid bolt]

Is there a way to set the date/time on the R36S? I have a feeling that the date/time on my R36S is off.

[sour knot]

Don’t sweat it boss. Keep it. You put in the time and effort, and that’s what counts in my book.

[sonic lodge]

Thank you

[grave heart]

I appreciate that sir

[worn dock]

Does this new Version have the n64 fix?

[small fern]

yes

[wispy blade]

one question about the updated system though, how come original is 32 GB; and updated around 8 GB. I am still considering flashing original stock ARC OS than updating that via wifi dongle.

How is this updated flash different? and which system was used to update it? is it this one?

RG351MP

[cold siren]

Original is not actually 32GB. When you download it's a little more than 2GB. I'm not sure why it was labeled like that in the wiki.
Updated flash is modified RG351MP. You can still do RG351MP change dtb file and update via wifi. That doesn't include the n64 rice patch though.

[wispy blade]

it is when you extract it it's 32 gib

also when I try to flash it on 16 GB card, it says it's too little

it needs larger card - so...

modified is smaller in size, i don't know what was modded...and what was kicked out. i mean it works, but it needs that file replaced

[cold siren]

Ah might be because stock os files are from 32gb cards

When I got mine I have a 32gb sd card as os so maybe that's why

[wispy blade]

me too...

but non the less, i can't flash that image on lesser card

i've tried

anyway i can't seem to make SanDisk Extreme 128gb card to work as a 2nd slot card

i've exhausted all combination

device always say can't find a exfat, fat, nfts partition to mount as a card

the only way I can make that card work is if i flash stock image on to it and use it as a single card

[small fern]

is that from device trying to add a TF2 card?

[cold siren]

I believe extreme doesn't work only ultra cards

[small fern]

cause that has nothing to do with the image, but like what Aeolus just said about the card you're using

[wispy blade]

but it works when using 1 card...same card

so i can't only use this card as slot2?

[cold siren]

Yea I use my lexar as os/rom file card in tf1 too

[wispy blade]

fun

hey guys, do you know how to create splash screen and/or arcos theme?

[small fern]

you mean like a load screen at boot and when you load a game? Cause i have my own custom boot and loading images.

[wispy blade]

no, when you fist power on the console, first screen you see

[small fern]

you can edit boot.bmp on main

[wispy blade]

every image i flash has another splash

oh it's bmp...

fun

[small fern]

you can get themes from thememaster or the internet

i'm currently modifying one

[wispy blade]

yeah i'm using epic cody

[small fern]

to make it my own

[wispy blade]

but i want to make my own theme from scratch

[small fern]

there is a wiki

it's ES specific not ArkOS but

[wispy blade]

could you please hook me up with the link

[small fern]

it's the same

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme/

this says retropie but pay no mind

[wispy blade]

i appreciate this very much..tnx

[small fern]

here is one that is more batocera specific but still could be helpful too:
https://wiki.batocera.org/write_themes_for_emulationstation

yeah, it's all based on EmulationStation

[wispy blade]

hey guys, where the mem cards for psx are storred in files?

or savedata

[dire orchid]

any ideas anyone?

[cold siren]

no srm files on your psx folder?

[vivid bolt]

Does the R36S have an RTC? Is there a way to update the date/time without a wifi dongle?

[grave heart]

had one person already had issues with @cold siren build needing to be extracted from the zip to flash anyone else tested it yet, ive not yet

[grave heart]

just failed for me too

[grave heart]

extracted and failed also

[wispy blade]

what software u using?

to flash

if it's rufus, it failed for me to

[grave heart]

etcher as always never fails on etcher if image is good

[wispy blade]

when used balenaEtcher

it's good

and it works

[grave heart]

i get failed on etcher for verifying, it may be sd card

[wispy blade]

yeah that happens sometimes

[grave heart]

once as compressed , twice as extracted , doign compressed again just now

[wispy blade]

i never flash compressed

what size card u using?

[grave heart]

its packaged as so , when i built the build for r36s it worked perfectly fine

this is aeos build im talking about

[wispy blade]

that i wouldn't know

i only have r36s

i've tried to flash original stock and it failed...don't know why

[grave heart]

if it fails again , ill probably build it again myself

[wispy blade]

try another card

if you have

unfortunately i only have one 128 gb card

hey guys what is the best format to store psx images ?

i am having problems with one particular game tbh, rayman 1

there is bunch of soundtracks on audio

i don't know how to store them so they work

is this freakin console remembering anything anywhere else?

i just don't get it.. i flesh on a single 128gb card - doesn't work

i pop in sd cards with roms on 2nd slot it boots in second

[worthy copper]

That means the image is expecting to boot with 2 sd cards by default

You can change that in the Options>Advanced section

[wispy blade]

yeah but it's a fresh flash

stock 32 gb image

[worthy copper]

the stock 32 gb image is expecting 2 sd cards as well

[wispy blade]

i need it to expand the partitions for roms

initial config

when you flash, roms paritition is only small one

[worthy copper]

yea however they made that stock image, it's what it is

[wispy blade]

so solution is to boot with 2nd card

[worthy copper]

with the stock image, yep

[wispy blade]

(also,,,empty card won't work either) it will only work if the 2nd card is populated with roms

[worthy copper]

just needs to be formatted to probably exfat

I don't know tbh

Upstream ArkOS doesn't have these restrictions and is an 8gb image

[wispy blade]

where can i get it?

[worthy copper]

The ones generated here may be better

[wispy blade]

who made this system anyway?

[polar tundra]

one of the greatest unsolved mysteries

[worthy copper]

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki#download-links
You can use the RG351MP image

then you have to copy some dtb files and boot.ini from the stock OS card to the new flash

then do OTA updates.

or just use one of the images here. I believe they're listed in the chat in here

[grave heart]

thats another fail, just back from the store

will try another sd card, then im going to make it myself

card issue was the case for me

[grave heart]

@worthy copper was adhoc implimented in yoru latest update ?

anyone installing the OS for the system released today, they skipped updating the cores

[grave heart]

i went to the wiki and ctrl+F'd it and adhoc wasnt in there hence asking here

[polar tundra]

oh i thought he just hadn’t updated the wiki, idk

[grave heart]

cheers for the notes 😄

its amazing, we can legit have a third person spectate, do streetdfighter, pokemon trades and battles , no wifi , thats madness

[worthy copper]

Just verifying yes it was.

Wife and I had a blast with it on our way to New York on the plane as she was helping me test it

[grave heart]

thats too good we can legally (no cheating) collected all pokemon oveer two devices for anyone doing legit retroarech achivements , so thank you for that

[grave heart]

Single wire hardware mod uses R3 key

[small fern]

nice, single wire too that's even better than what we talked about

did you go where the ribbon cable connected or a point on the board?

[grave heart]

If you want easy, id tin the ribbon cable and run wire to there, I just used the tiny traces with copper enamel wire, Ill mark the pinouts for people with clear images

[cold siren]

That’s weird I flashed from the img itself let me try again with the .xz
Also sometimes I get a fail when verifying in balena (even with other images) but still works when I use it on my R36s

[grave heart]

the sd card swap made it work , i put it down to sd card

[cold siren]

Quick google search gave me this.

I’ll try if they found a fix

Or maybe that’s what they warned us about in ArkOS Wiki to not use Balena 🤣

[grave heart]

my 32gb image before getting the 8gb card for making the proper image flashed perfectly aha

[grave heart]

One wire, R3 to FN key MOD

Change hotkey to R3 in retroarch and save config.

Idea credited to @small fern

[vivid bolt]

I'm backing up my stock OS card now and I noticed that it's a 32GB card. Does that mean I have to get a 32GB card to replace it? Swapping it to a branded card as recommended. Looking at disk management, it doesn't use up the entire 32GB space right now.

[grave heart]

16gb is enough

[vivid bolt]

I'm using USB Image Tool to backup my stock card now. So I'll be able to restore it to a 16GB card and it will fit? USB IT is seeing it as 32GB too

[grave heart]

you'd have to use a 32 gb card then as it will create a 32gb sized image

the price difference between the two is very small unless of course you dont have alot of cash then its understandable

@worthy copper EDIT: TL-WN725N WAS ON 65% SALE FOR £5.50 HAD £4 AMAZON CREDIT SO BOUGHT ANOTHER FOR EASE,

when you're awake bud, im tryna install the rtl8188ftv driver, but I keep getting an error of : Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.4.189
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-4.4.189'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.4.189'
, Im following the rtl8188fu install as it covers the chipset

sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

git clone https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu

sudo dkms install ./rtl8188fu

sudo cp ./rtl8188fu/firmware/rtl8188fufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/

any help would be apreciated, i bought the dongle thinking it was the same chipset and it wasnt before buying the eu model , though id like to have this one work so me and the missus can play on the two r36s if possible

[vivid bolt]

ah ok. that's the thing i wanted to confirm. i have an existing 16gb card that i didn't mind using. but if i need to get a 32GB card then just needed confirm that. Was going to order a 16GB thinking that was it.

so I'll get a 32GB for the OS as a replacement.

Is there a limit to the card size for the ROMs? is 128GB the max or can i go larger?

[grave heart]

I cant confirm the max size ArkOS supports, or these devices in general , how ever, go ahead and grab a 32gb if you want to clone your sd card to a better quality one, and amazon always accepts returns if you wanted to splash out on a high capacity sd card for roms

[vivid bolt]

I'm not in the US so returns aren't as easy or common. I'll definitely get a 32GB for the OS. Not a problem. Just thinking about what size to get to replace my stock ROM card. It's current a 64GB one. Was thinking either a 128GB or a 256GB if the price isn't a big difference

I'm going to run a 2 SD system

[grave heart]

im in UK and they are super easy

some nice prices on 256 on amazon atm

[vivid bolt]

I'm in Asia so return policies aren't a thing here at all. Unless it's defective.

[grave heart]

ah okay , well i suggest https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-microSDXC-SD-Adapter-MB-ME256KA-EU/dp/B09D3P5LYN/ref=sr_1_4?crid=US4LY0XXUPE3&keywords=256gb+sd+card+micro&qid=1702271977&sprefix=256gb+sd+card%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-4

find it in your amazon

[vivid bolt]

even the Amazon return policy isn't the same here. There's little to no "change of mind" return system. And if i do manage to get a return, it's a very very long trip to the return station

[vivid bolt]

so 256GB for ROMs should work on the R36S?

I saw the convo that Sandisk extreme doesn't work?

[grave heart]

i've read that people are currently using 256gb sd cards, and its likely something to do with the architecture of the 'extremes;

[vivid bolt]

I have this series available to me. Would it be a problem?

[thin oasis]

That's what i have been using all the time

Although i use 32 and 64gb ones for these handhelds

[vivid bolt]

thanks! it's comforting to know someone else is using the same too

I think I might get a 128GB for ROMs first. It would be double in capacity from what i already have. Then I'll go from there.

[thin oasis]

Ah you using a 64gb card already?

[vivid bolt]

yea. my stock device came with a 32GB OS and 64GB ROM card

[thin oasis]

Ah those stock cards

[vivid bolt]

The general advice was to replace them with branded cards as the stock cards will fail

[thin oasis]

I personally have experience with broken no brand cards so yea i would agree on changing them for a sandisk or other big brand ones

[grave heart]

nope i also have a sandisk ultra 😄

[thin oasis]

I once used an unbranded spare sd i got from one of these handhelds for a psp sd card adapter and it suddenly died within a day haha

[vivid bolt]

found this series for even cheaper. this is the one i used for my raspberry pi. I guess they should be good too?

[vivid bolt]

i know that feeling. It's just so unpredictable. just push them a little harder with copying files and they die

[grave heart]

Just noticed there is a YELLOW R36S

https://tenor.com/view/i-need-that-so-bad-marissa-rachel-thats-what-i-want-give-it-to-me-gif-20892449

[vivid bolt]

What?!?! That wasn’t an option when I ordered mine.

I was hoping for a gray one though.

[grave heart]

same

i got the white one so i can get dye for plastics 😛

[vivid bolt]

But I went with black. The white would get destroyed very quick. But pretty.

[grave heart]

I have the black one also

[thin oasis]

Im thinking of getting a purple one

But also want a black one cuz my R35S was black

[grave heart]

if people are comfortable enough, they could strip it down to get to the inside of the front of the shell and give a light coat of black and make it non see through, I know that solid black can be far cleaner looking , but dont do this unless you actually feel like you are 100% comfortable in doing so

does anyone have a 3D printer @here , who is able to design an extended back battery panel , I have a 2x battery in parallel ready to go but I have no idea how to design for 3d printers

[thin oasis]

Funny you should said that, I just reassembled my R35S hahah

I snipped off the plastic tabs connecting the buttons and they felt much better but Y button was stuck for some reason, took it apart again and found out I happen to have positioned the speaker cable above it, now I got that out of the way it's great

[vivid bolt]

How big of a difference does it make? I thought of doing it initially but after using the buttons for a few days? It seems to have loosen up to a nice feel.

[thin oasis]

Oh it made the buttons click normally

I would say huge improvement, before i actually get finger cramps from how stiff that are and went back to use other handhelds

But now i feel like i can daily carry the 35

[cold siren]

you need to install headers

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/blob/main/Headers/README.md

or just copy this to modules folder and then sudo depmod

[carmine fiber]

Just not my sd cards can’t wait

[polar tundra]

the LED was bugging me too much, i just reassembled my r36s. i decided to try the snipping the by xa buttons, it definitely helps. did the d-pad adjustment too. unfortunately i’ve no silent switches nor soldering ability to silence the back buttons

[thin oasis]

Ok i really need to get a R36 lol, the 35 is making my hand cramp

[cold siren]

Will release a new theme based on Epic Noir and Epic Cody with fixed layout in a few.

[green summit]

The one I ordered for my wife is coming within the week. If she's going to be just a basic user, does it work well enough out of the box? Or should I spend some time with upgrades before I give it to her?

[regal nova]

Works well enough. I’d replace the sd card with a reliable one and maybe clean up the rom library.

There’s sometimes duplicates in multiple languages, hacks or just corrupted roms.

[green summit]

Awesome. She mentioned before she just wants to play "Zelda stuff" so I'm going to comb through and test those. I've got a bunch on my PC that I can swap out if anything is bad.

Thanks!

[regal nova]

Zelda for up to GBA will be fine. N64 might need tweaking of settings or possibly cfw like ArkOS to get optimal performance. I personally don’t play N64 on mine so I can’t really say with certainty.

[grave heart]

Am i missing something these themes have been out for years ?

[cold siren]

Check your epic noir theme some items are cut and some are bigger than they have to be. It's not properly converted for R36s screen.

[grave heart]

i see i see

[grave heart]

I dont happen to see a modules folder , where should I be looking plz

[cold siren]

./usr/lib/modules/4.4.189/kernel/drivers/net/wireless you need to sudo chmod 777 first then paste the .ko file then sudo chmod 755 after that do sudo depmod

[sinful inlet]

oh thats very nice

[cold siren]

Will upload with the other one once I finish with the systems I only have 3 systems for now 😁

[worthy copper]

best solution is to build that on a separated ArkOS sd card with developer mode enabled https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/blob/main/Headers/README.md
Then copy the generated modules and needed firmware to the main image and do a sudo depmod

oh Aeolus already answered

[dire orchid]

@worthy copper any ideas my man? Using a branded SD card, and following all the steps, but I’m close to pinning it on the SDs. I’ve tried with a couple of the same type.

[grave heart]

yeah he has, cheers for getting back to me anyway , I did edit the message to state the tp link nano was on a massive sale, so grabbed another one as i had 80% of the cost covered with amazon credit anyways 😛

[worthy copper]

What's wrong? I don't see an error

[dire orchid]

Sorry I’ll explain a bit more. I’ve imaged the SD with the R351MP image I got the white screen, so I swapped the dtb file. When I boot the device I get the ArkOS loading screen with dots, then it just hangs on this screen eternally

[polar tundra]

have you tried flashing arkos again, and replacing the dtb file before booting

[worthy copper]

ahh ok, that is most likely a sd card issue. Try another and see what happens

[dire orchid]

Yea so many times I’m going insane lol.

[dire orchid]

Roger that. Will do. Funny thing is, I reflashed with the stock unbranded SD prior and it worked fine lol

[wanton escarp]

I finally received one of my black units. It came in a purple box, its label says R36S. No vibration motor and the battery is grey with a black label. It comes with more themes than my previous one

The battery has the rated capacity printed on the back

No free screen protector in the box 😦 and Arkos build is 0423022

[grave heart]

thats the first one ive seen with that battery being marked with the correct mAh ect, least its likely confirmed that they are indeed 3200 and not 3500

[grave heart]

okay , for those who know the dreaded noise from the wifi adapter through out devices speaker, you can buy EMI sheilding heat shrink tubing, all you need is a screw driver, scissors for cutting tubing to length, a lighter or hair dryer if you so wish for shrinking tubing with heat, and a screw driver to open the back of the device, its as simple as taking the back off, disconnect battery , disconnect speaker wire, and meassure, cut and put the tubing around the wiring of the speaker, and then apply heat to shrink it

[arctic oxide]

Just experienced a save state getting corrupted on flycast after playing for like four hours yesterday and not saving in-game using a VMU, all progress lost. Feels bad man.

Also, flycast core works every time, but the flycast32 one sometimes works and other times it boots to a black screen and refuses to budge - you can still go to retroarch menu and try loading a CD image, loading a save etc., but it simply won't do anything at this point.

Then it starts working as if by magic. Very random.

Anyone knows what's causing this? I'm on the September ArkOS build btw., beyond that haven't updated any retroarch cores manually and I have the bios file present.

[grave heart]

you can also use this tape https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Adhesive+Copper+Foil+Tape+EMI+Shielding&crid=296JMXTRL00K6&sprefix=adhesive+copper+foil+tape+emi+shielding%2Caps%2C65&ref=nb_sb_noss

[worthy copper]

Lesson 1, never depend on save states only. It's best to do both save states and in game saves. Also, make sure to update the cores. That's not done during the general system updates.

[grave heart]

agreed to both , @arctic oxide you get base systems on initial flash , then you have to update the cores yourself in setup menu

[arctic oxide]

Will do guys, thanks. And yeah lesson learned the hard way, but it's ok, I'll survive. 😂 Just took me by surprise, never ever encountered a save state getting corrupted while emulating any system on PC. Will make sure to save properly now.

[sour knot]

Interesting. I didn’t realize cores weren’t upgraded with the system update. Good tip. Thank you sir.

[jaunty sage]

Anyone tried JELOS on R36S?

I think it work cuz it work with rg351mp

[dim ermine]

60% of the time it works every time

[arctic oxide]

Yeah I mean the regular flycast core always boots, flycast32 depends on the tidal waves and current position of the Moon.

Imma update the Hell out of them cores anyway, been running stock ones without even realizing before Christian explained it. 😂

[dark kindle]

Where did you buy this unit? Data Frog FCS Store or somewhere else? Thx for info.

[wanton escarp]

Datafrog FCS Store, just before they removed the R35S+ from the title

[dark kindle]

Thx, I've found that they started to use 2 types of battery, this 3200mAh and even smaller 3000mAh, which doesn't fill the slot and rattles in it. I hope that same 3200mAh arrives in my unit.

[wanton escarp]

This one rattled but I just put the cable below the battery instead of leaving it in one side and that did the trick

My battery is the one on the right

[arctic oxide]

Don't know if anyone will find it useful, but I've tried connecting to wi-fi using an ASUS USB-N10 wireless dongle.

When I go into the wi-fi settings it detects my wi-fi network, I can put in the credentials and it appears to connect, but the moment I go back to the main menu connection is lost even though the dongle stays warm, flashes a blue light and makes a noise every now and then.

Internet update does not work, neither does clicking on "network info".

Bit disappointed, got excited there for a second. 😁

[worn dock]

sorry to bother everybody, but i have a newbie question. While playing dreamcast startet in arkos, how do i adjust frame skipping. I dont get it how to go in a menu, where i can adjust the emulatorsettings...

[vivid bolt]

Oh? The cores need to be manually updated too? I’m just about to update my stockOS for the first time.

ES > Options > Update. That’s for the system right? How do we update the cores after that?

[sour knot]

Don’t know yet, but my first guess is this https://www.retroarch.com/?page=cores

[vivid bolt]

ah! i was hunting on the ArkOS wiki can't couldn't find any mention

now to figure out how to go into the retroarch menu. i only know how to go into it while a game is running. but i don't think that should be the way to update cores with a game running?

I'm in the midst of updating ArkOS right now. fingers crossed

[vivid bolt]

I found the option to update cores. If you open the arkos menu while in a game. there's an open to update install cores

[polar tundra]

there’s a “retroarch” option on my home menu

[small fern]

yeah you can turn it off/on with available systems

[arctic oxide]

Go to systems shown in options, tick the Retroarch box. This will add a menu item called Retroarch right next to all of your systems. Go to both Retroarch and Retroarch32, update them from within.

Almost done with it myself, my old ASUS wi-fi dongle didn't work, but tethering from my phone did. Happy days!

[wispy blade]

hey guys, have you experienced slow game start on R36s on some psx games

like when I start game, it takes more than 4-5 minutes for initial screen to show

and after that it will work fine, just the launch is tediously long

games affected, Fighting Force, Rayman 1, Tekken 2, PacMan World (so far this one doesn't even load after 5 minutes)

i might wonder did I store my image files in wrong format, should i re-grab them...

[vivid bolt]

thanks!! i'll do the update again

I'm not sure if i did the update right. it seems like some of my neo geo games are glitching a bit more than before but running slightly smoother too. still new to this

[arctic oxide]

Dreamcast save states appear to only work for me as long as I don't shut down the emulator (playing Phantasy Star Online V.2 in offline mode currently and that's what I've noticed), but VMU works perfectly. And after updating the cores flycast32 works perfectly fine, even noticed a slight performance boost.

[vivid bolt]

what are the primary benefits/things to look out for when updating? Is it performance improvements?

[arctic oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/dis-gon-b-gud-lawn-chair-open-up-this-is-gonna-be-good-gossip-gif-16865183

Thanks guys, and with that have a good night, I'm off to play for a bit before I have to wake up in the morning.

[grave heart]

Just scored a legit 512gb for £10

[celest stone]

any overlays that work will with this?

[polar tundra]

i used some of the drkhorse overlays, the ones that need the video filter dont work for me though

[celest stone]

which ones?

I used some of theirs on my RGB30

but that is a 720x720 screen

[polar tundra]

they’re github, if u look up drkhorse overlays

[celest stone]

thanks

the miyoo ones?

[polar tundra]

yes

[celest stone]

thanks

[cold siren]

As promised I just pushed my themes to git

https://github.com/AeolusUX

[polar tundra]

poggers, good themes

[celest stone]

hmm, just want an integer scale DMG overlay, none of the ones in that pack work properly

also tried some RG351V overlays and had the same issues

that is a 640x480 png, so not sure why it looks like that

something is squishing it

[polar tundra]

idk but you can mess with the scaling

[celest stone]

ah

turned of autoscaling overlay

and now it looks good

[polar tundra]

most of the integer ones don’t work, i think that one does tho

[cold siren]

Is there a screenshot functionality in ArkOS?

[polar tundra]

don’t forget to save that setting to the folder, core, or game

i kept forgetting lol

[celest stone]

yeah I know, the different settings and saving them can get confusing. I think I finally get it 😄

core settings, overrides, shader settings. Not always obvious what is saving where

[grave heart]

if you change your retroarch to ozone and save the config, you get a far better menu whilst in retroarch menu for games , editing settings overlays so on so forth, far better than the green pixely crap

[celest stone]

yeah I already figured that one out earlier 🙂

[grave heart]

https://tenor.com/view/new-girl-zooey-deschanel-jess-day-smile-awkward-gif-4205018

[cold siren]

has anyone actually tried to solder the vibration motors for this? for those who have the version without? do you guys know what is the exact spec of the motor I want to buy one xD

[celest stone]

I'd be interested in this as well. Which cores would support it? I think the only thing I noticed it in on my RG35XX was Cannonball 😄

speaking of cannonball, how do I get it going on here?

[upbeat lagoon]

Can you share where?

[nimble garden]

i wonder how cursed the analogs are

[celest stone]

tried installing the core in RA, but the ports menu didn't show up. Then I installed it via portmaster and the ports menu shows up with cannonball in it, but it won't boot

I put the game roms in bios/cannonball

hmm looks like the portmaster version wants them in the ports/cannonball folder maybe

yep, that did it

[grave heart]

Was a private seller on facebook market place sorry bud was just sharing my find

[thin oasis]

Lmao a local seller listed a R36S for $90

[hearty shoal]

That's a bargain compared to my local area

[thin oasis]

This is just ridiculous

Simulators

He just copy pasted from ali

[autumn plaza]

wtf are these prices

r36s is literally 4x the ali price

[thin oasis]

Preying on clueless ppl

[celest stone]

USD??

[celest stone]

my dpad and analog sticks seem great on my R36S

no false diagonals on the dpad and the analog stick is easy to hit diagonals. Unlike my RGB30 that is so easy to do false diagonals with the dpad and almost impossible to hit diagonals with the analog stick 😄

[potent perch]

I need to flash for mine. Do you still have the tutorial/video link?

[arctic oxide]

To add to this, it might have been an issue with save states generated by the stock version of the flycast (not flycast32) core. After updating everything in Retroarch through wi-fi and running the game through the updated flycast32 core, it seems to be working fine. Key word being "seems", I'm still going to make sure to make VMU saves constantly just in case, but yeah, stock cores deffo need updating in case anyone hasn't done it yet.

In other news, I haven't seen it mentioned in any compatibility lists, but Phantasy Star Online runs great without any major slowdowns. Very, very playable.

At least offline that is, still haven't tried it with any online private servers. But if it'll work without dropping connection, online multiplayer RPG straight from R36S, what a time to be alive. 🤌🏼

PS. A few days ago I mentioned not being able to run Stardew Valley through PortMaster. The issue was on my end though, I had to update the game files through the Steam "compatibility mode" beta channel. It works now. This is also mentioned on PortMaster's website, so an oversight on my part. Also managed to get Sonic Mania running, nice! OpenTyrian still crashes though. Curious if anyone managed to get that to work? Or the Super Mario 64 port/recompilation.

[celest stone]

I haven't played with many ports yet, just Cannonball so far 🙂

[wicked igloo]

Yep!

https://youtu.be/myeSuR5mNCc?si=6GkOGrtdG1b_Jgpy

[celest stone]

anyone use pico-8?

I want to use splore all the time and have a clean Retroarch pico-8 menu

but it gets all messy with evert cart I've downloaded

and also I have to scroll down to the bottom of the list to load zzzsplore.p8

I guess I could hide .PNG files

[celest stone]

also the A and B buttons are swapped around. I change them in the sdl_controllers.txt file and it works for a while, but then something is changing it back

[potent perch]

Is it possible to make the file read only?

[celest stone]

possibly 🙂

[small fern]

it's being upsold on Amazon too:

[cold siren]

we already have latest why get old xD

[small fern]

it's pinned in the channel

[potent perch]

Jesus! Paid like 35USD on my R36S on AliExpress, got some cupons, but just one SD card with the OS, that is trash and I'm not going to use.

[potent perch]

We who? Mine is from april 2022.

[cold siren]

yeah I've literally seen stores advertise Stardew valley running on r36s

[potent perch]

2.0 04232022

[cold siren]

#1168384239767670825 message

[potent perch]

Latest is 09/29/2023

[small fern]

i just downloaded the themes you rebuilt/modified Aeolus. i'm hoping i love them so i can stop making mine... it's a labor of love but it's a time suck

no mizifih, the latest ArkOS is released this month

[potent perch]

But mine is from last year, so... I need an update anyways.

[small fern]

and it's pinned in this channel for our device

[potent perch]

And i need to replace the card, the one that came is garbage and wont boot.

[small fern]

with the unique files we need for our system, no extra steps, just flash it

[potent perch]

So I should go with that version, even if it's not the latest?

[potent perch]

Oh, ok. I got confused. TY

[small fern]

if your devices is an r35s, r35s+, or r36s yes. it's the most up to date ArkOS version available with fixes specific to our device. It has our dtb files, extra wifi drivers, and a n64 fix.

no reason to go to stock, the video instructions, or any of that any more (unless for some reason you wanted to.)

[potent perch]

I just wante to see if it's like flashing batocera and whatnot for the Pi, looks like it is, it separate partitions and than expand after first boot

[cold siren]

New update this month ad hoc mode and other stuff I think

[potent perch]

I don't see one for december, just september.

I'm looking for it on the Wiki page.

[small fern]

pinned to this channel, pin at the top

push pin

it's not an official release on the wiki/page but it's a build from it

[potent perch]

Is there an image? I can only see the source code.

[small fern]

fuck me running

[potent perch]

Oh, crap

[small fern]

it's pinned here, in discord

this channel

[cold siren]

Not there but here
#1168384239767670825 message

[potent perch]

Yeah, sorry. I fuck'n saw the date and assumed it was dd/mm/yyy

[small fern]

cheers buddy

[potent perch]

hey, thank yuu.

[small fern]

i haven't finished my morning coffee yet

the wife says i'm less than charming without my coffee

[potent perch]

who isn't?

[small fern]

coming up with a lot of black backgrounds on your cyber2077 theme, just the logo/controller

[cold siren]

Ahh I don't have those on my game list. do you know which ones? I'll make backgrounds for next update

[small fern]

good news the other one has all the backgrounds

[cold siren]

Yea that one is just epic cody with code fixes and recolored for my boot screen xD

[small fern]

you should be able to compare if you're looking to cover all supported systems or i can share with you the blanks i encountered, your call

[cold siren]

I could do those other ones if you can list which ones are missing. I think original theme was for Emulation Station Desktop so I removed all other systems on the Cyber2077 to just support what the R35s/R36s supports.

[small fern]

sent you a video clip

[arctic oxide]

Just noticed someone selling them for £65 on fb marketplace in my area. I usually think no one's going to buy overpriced stuff like this from some random hustler, but for all I know maybe I'm the dumb one and they're laughing all the way to the bank. 🤷🏻

[potent perch]

Jesus crist, it's copying a bilion files on first boot.

Expansion complete! It rebooted.

Holly crap! I can connect it to the PC to access the OS SD card?

Also, pico8 are not showing the game name, it's listing GameName.p8

Oh, no... I can connect USB devices to the R36S

[dim echo]

@true estuary

[past crown]

If I don't get mine soon I'll find myself a hustler

[grave heart]

@worthy copper psx not supported for adhoc and net play ? 😦

[worthy copper]

nope. psx and higher do not support net play at all with retroarch

[grave heart]

there was psp netplay right ? in the ppsspp emulator , could prob make eboots

[worthy copper]

https://docs.libretro.com/guides/netplay-faq/#does-psx-n64-dreamcast-gamecube-wii-3ds-netplay-work

[worthy copper]

nope. https://docs.libretro.com/library/ppsspp/#features

for psx, I was hoping the documentation was outdated so I attempted a netplay session using pcsx-rearmed and while it tried, the system just locked up. Had to do a forced reboot.

This was on a rg353m and rg353v with rk3566 chipsets

[grave heart]

ah well , still plenty games worth playing that youve made viable now

[worthy copper]

yea, neogeo and fbneo, nestopia, and tgbdual work for sure along with some others.

it was fun testing it

[grave heart]

netplay connects both sides say player 2 connected then netplay disconnects for no reason so idk whats going on with that

[worthy copper]

did you update the cores on both host and client?

must be on the same version of Retroarch and core versions must be the same

[grave heart]

actually , good shout, i did do so on one not the other

yeah i did read that, i had assumed i had done so

[worthy copper]

yea I've had that happen when a core wasn't the same on both sides

[potent perch]

@cold siren, is there any specification to create the bmp image to use as logo.bmp?

[small fern]

when i did mine i just took the original opened it gimp, put what i wanted instead and overwrote the logo.bmp file

[midnight plank]

yeah, $22,999.99 is pretty steep for one of those consoles

[potent perch]

Interesting. TY.

[worthy copper]

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions---RG351MP#a-the-boot-logo-is-located-in-the-fat32-boot-partition--it-is-named-logobmp

[potent perch]

Strange, in my 1st attempt I did exectaly that and it didn't show, when I did what @small fern suggested, it worked.

[worthy copper]

odd. Did you make sure to set the depth to 24bit?

[potent perch]

Yes. Maybe it was something else, like color palletes and whatnot. I exported from Corel, but then, when I opened the lobo.bmp with paint and pasted the image I edited in corel and saved, it worked. Go figure. Maybe paint has some generic options and thats better.

[worthy copper]

Corel. Wow. I haven't heard that name in a very long time

For what little i do with graphics, I use ms paint or gimp

[potent perch]

Yeah, gimp and inkscape are awesome and free, but I have only Corel Suite and Paint Brush on this PC.

[jaunty sage]

I was asking did anyone tried JELOS on r36s

[rapid epoch]

no

[polar tundra]

no

[autumn plaza]

is there even jelos for rk3326 devices?

huh there is

[scarlet bobcat]

Yes, there was jelos/unofficial os , but support stopped and no updates for a long time

[autumn plaza]

umm i see some very recent activity on jelos repo https://github.com/JustEnoughLinuxOS/distribution/commit/d5b60295524112ada5cb4fde0441cebd802b6e16

[celest stone]

yeah, using it on my RGB30

[true estuary]

Thanks!

[small fern]

i know that batocera works on the RG351P/RG351M too

[dim echo]

No problem!

[small fern]

not that i have any interest in anything but ArkOS seems to be highly tuned and updated for these devices

[wanton escarp]

I saw this pic of a R36S running UnofficialOS on a review from AliExpress

[vivid bolt]

I'm formatting a new card for SD2 to test and it's having trouble recognising the card. it says no ExFAT, FAT32... card found in SD2 slot

What's the recommended tool for formatting a blank SD2 card?

[small fern]

is it a lexar card by chance?

[vivid bolt]

it's a sandisk 16GB

I've tried using regular windows reformat, mac, rufus

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong

I've tried formatting it as FAT32 and ExFAT. No luck

[small fern]

it's probably not compatible

that's a thing

[brittle iris]

to use OTG do you need to enable usb or some thing , dont know if my usb port is broken or not , no sound or any notice when i plug it in

[small fern]

not heard it with sandisk though

[vivid bolt]

what program/settings do you use for reformatting a SD2 card? are there any folders that need to be in there for the card to be recognised? I'm trying with blank cards now

[brittle iris]

does batocera work on the r36s?

[small fern]

try to format it to EXTFAT

[wanton escarp]

Mine is formated as exFAT

[small fern]

no one has built it to the best of my knowlege

[vivid bolt]

Based on this thread it suggests that sandisk cards don't work with the R36S second slot? https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/17vmmr3/2nd_card_slot_not_detecting_new_memory_card_r36s/

[wanton escarp]

If you had a 64GB included, does it work?

Then it may be a compatibility issue

[vivid bolt]

the included 64GB card works. but i was going to order a branded one as recommended. I found a 16GB Sandisk lying around and wanted to test some games on it and ran into this problem. Now I'm not sure about ordering a 128GB card just for this

[wanton escarp]

Then it may be a compatibility issue...

[small fern]

i'm using a sandisk pro 512 and before that i had a 256 same version in there

[vivid bolt]

this? In a R36S second slot?

[small fern]

no not extreme, the blue one

just Pro

[brittle iris]

does every one OTG port work ? was there a sound when pluging in ?

[small fern]

sound with network connectivity from otg wifi

[vivid bolt]

I can't find a blue sandisk microsd. Do you mean samsung?

[small fern]

yeah, my bad

wait

let me check my Amazon

[brittle iris]

oh i am guessing it broke , what should i use to test it , keyboard work with it ?

[small fern]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1PRYPYX?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

[vivid bolt]

thanks! yea. it seems from that thread that Samsung cards are the ones that work better in the SD2 slot.

[small fern]

willstar you need to connect to wifi, not just plug an adapater in

all from menu

[brittle iris]

or scroll to option then wifi > only get this

[wanton escarp]

Press R to move to the plus sign

[brittle iris]

oh that show it

crazy question but can you install pi os or ubuntu on these device

or is there a guid to install andoid

[small fern]

ArkOS is recommended. I'm aware of one other working one but you have to run a script to fix sound. It's 351Elec i think.

there is an old android lineage build that works on this chipset as well as batocera but i'm not aware of anyone that has built an image for the R35S or R36S for either yet. ArkOS is solid.

[wanton escarp]

Why do you want a desktop OS on this device?

ArkOS is based on Ubuntu 19.10

[true estuary]

Hey all, just got an R36s and have flashed to latest Arkos

was trying to hook up internet for scraping game data and updating firmware

but for some reason can't using the usb tethering method from a phone. Any idea why?

option is always greyed out when plugged in to the R26s

Otherwise I'll have to order an adapter

[small fern]

are you sure the cable you are using is Data too and not just Power

that is the most common issue crap cable

[brittle iris]

oh was just thinking if i dont want to play with it , give it to the kids to watch movies

[brittle iris]

same thing happen to me , i am using pixel , got it working with USB wifi + OTG plug

guys with arkos how do you great save state with rom , ( save the game so i dont need to restart)

[arctic oxide]

I'm on a Pixel 6A, had the same issue. Turned on dev mode, manually switched USB connection type to automatic tethering, turned on hardware accelerated tethering - rebooted the phone. Worked then.

Also ideally use the cable that came with it, needs to be able to transfer data, not all of them are made equal. I have two cables around the house that work and probably like five that don't. 😂

[wanton escarp]

Check this:

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki/ArkOS-Emulators-and-Ports-information#movie-video-player

[wanton escarp]

For the emulators from retroarch:
Select + R to save
Select + L to load

[true estuary]

Thanks guys. I only have the 1 usbc to usbc cable which is the genuine pixel 8 cable, guessing it might be charging only.

[true estuary]

I'll try this

and failing that grab a wifi/ethernet adapter. Thanks!

[brittle iris]

oh thanks , yea was also thinking if it had the cpu power if it would be great for Pi-hole

[brittle iris]

thanks
i was trying to search youtube of a guide of all the feature but could find any thing , most are only how to update them

[arctic oxide]

This is legit such a killer device for the price, imagine having something like this twenty years ago. 🙌🏼 Been playing PSO in bed the last few days, love it!

[arctic oxide]

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions---rg351mp#q-what-are-the-global-event-keys-and-emulator-event-keys-in-ArkOS

[brittle iris]

that what ive been saying , having too many game suck tho , spend more time scrolling and serching

[arctic oxide]

Christian made a pretty nice FAQ listing all the features. Found myself scratching my head a few times already on how to do something, went back to the FAQ - sure enough it was all in there and I just missed it.

[sour knot]

Pso?

[arctic oxide]

And that's always been a problem with emulation for me, too many choices and you're stuck not knowing what to play - just gotta force yourself to choose I'm afraid. 😂 "Ok, if I'm playing anything today, it'll be XYZ". Have a bunch of stuff on my backlog though, list has been growing over the years, some games I just can't be arsed with nowadays. Loved jRPGs as a kid, nowadays I feel like they're usually way too long. Adulting yo.

[arctic oxide]

Yup, works great on the flycast32 core within Retroarch.

[cold siren]

I have a blank 32gb for times like these. I just transfer what roms I wanna play there so it's my only option haha

[polar tundra]

phantasy star online

[brittle iris]

so if i use the rice emulator for n64 i cant use these keys ?

[torn creek]

I had never even considered this

Now I need to do it

[wanton escarp]

It doesn't work for standalone emulators

[brittle iris]

oh do i need to set them it setting ?

[wanton escarp]

I don't know for the n64 specifically, but the PSP one uses a right joystick click to open its own menu and save state options

[round hamlet]

Am I late or is this new color?

[small fern]

not late, first it's been shown here

https://tenor.com/view/beavis-excited-butthead-psyched-yeah-gif-23700644

[polar tundra]

can u actually order that color?

[round hamlet]

Yes, shows available

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_m0sscsg

[polar tundra]

the dragon ball z naruto R36S

i need it

[round hamlet]

I might actually give in on this model bc of this color

[wanton escarp]

I remember @grave heart mentioning a yellow color option on a R36S box and wanting it

[wanton escarp]

Yes it was that pic.

I think he would like this orange even more being a Naruto fan. R36S Kurama edition lol

[grave heart]

theres a yellow aswell now

[grave heart]

sorry didnt see the tag yeah hahah

[grave heart]

https://tenor.com/view/he-deserves-an-award-mikhail-varshavski-doctor-mike-he-is-worthy-of-an-award-we-should-give-him-an-award-gif-26152084

[celest stone]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006321469626.html

pretty cheap

but no, I don't need another one 😄

such a good device though, probably my favourite retro handheld so far

[polar tundra]

[celest stone]

hmm, working here

$35 USD, free shipping

[polar tundra]

wtf no way

[cold siren]

I want the orange one but unfortunately not yet available here

[celest stone]

the link I posted?

[cold siren]

not shipping in my country

[celest stone]

hmm ok

[polar tundra]

i’m gonna try the link on my pc, i set up my only unit as a gift

[celest stone]

dunno why they're shipping here. I'm in Australia

[polar tundra]

not working

[polar tundra]

i won’t stand for this anti americanism from ali express 😤
/jk

[celest stone]

on that same link lol

[polar tundra]

that was me, my bad

[celest stone]

so tempted to grab another at that price, just because

but I should use the money on a handheld that I don't already have

[polar tundra]

but will you find another handheld that’s that good for that price-

jk wait for the r33s or whatever it’s called

[celest stone]

probably not, but why do I need 2? 😄

i need to buy a new RGB30

the one I bought is faulty, got a full refund. So need to get another

but will wait for deals. I only paid $55 USD during BF, now they're $15 - $20 more than that

[thin oasis]

Everyone here have more handhelds than they need, its an unwritten rule

[celest stone]

yeah but I should at least have multiples of different ones 😄

and I'm no stranger to hoarding

[thin oasis]

Embrace the hoarding brother

Haha

[celest stone]

don't ask me how many multiples of many other consoles and handhelds 😄

[polar tundra]

that’s the one i wanted for myself. that square screen is great. powkiddy though..

[celest stone]

the screen is really nice, but mine fried the first time I tried to charge it and I could smell burning lol

I can use it, but had to disconnect the battery inside because it was burning up the device, even when off the charger

it was over 100C inside

so I can only use it with the battery disconnected, while connected to a charger

got all my money back anyway and got to keep it, plus my house didn't burn down, so it could have been worse

[polar tundra]

jesus what
did you use a fast charger?

[celest stone]

yeah I think the initial one was a QC 3.0. I was using it fine on my R36S. A to C cable. So I must have fried it, but if that's the case there should be a big warning on the box!

[sick geode]

That sounds more like a charger fault and not the device

[celest stone]

never fried anything else with this charger before

anyway, it will never be used on retro handhelds again, possibly anything else either

[polar tundra]

i use dumb chargers, the old iphone wall wort that’s 5v 😔 i don’t trust these budget handhelds

[sick geode]

I'm not sure exactly what voltage quick charge can deliver but I know sometimes it's higher than standard usb 5 volts

This shouldn't happen cause there should be voltage negotiation phase

But that's possibly what happened

[celest stone]

yeah I dunno, maybe this thing confused the hell out of the charger and it started pumping out a higher voltage

been using this charger for many things over the years, never seen anything like this

[polar tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/minayoecn-battery-battery-exploding-yass-grenade-battery-gif-gif-23923751

[celest stone]

yeah well lesson learned. I've only been in this game for a few weeks. Dumb 5v 2A chargers all the way now

[celest stone]

luckily it didn't come to that

[sick geode]

I'm waiting for r36s but when I get it, out of curiosity I will check it's power draw

[celest stone]

the R36S is awesome and doesn't get fried easily

at least it survived me!

[autumn plaza]

rgb30 is rk3566

and i was asking about rk3326

[celest stone]

ooooh, damn I'm new to this caper. I thought the R36S and RGB30 had the same SOC!

[thin oasis]

That would be the rgb10 and 10max

[celest stone]

so the RGB30 is actually a bit more powerful than the R36S then?

[thin oasis]

Technically yes

[autumn plaza]

lol yes

fully playable DS, playable N64, DC, most of PSP, some Saturn

[celest stone]

that would explain why I was seeing better performance in some arcade cores 😄

on my RGB30 compared to my R36S

funny that Dr Mario is on the theme for GBC, but Dr Mario isn't even on GBC, at least not officially. I just installed https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5281/

[scarlet bobcat]

And it's not working on rgb20s, r35s or r36s

[scarlet bobcat]

And this fw version is from April

[wanton escarp]

According to my USB C cable with a built in power meter it draws 7W maximum

That is connected to a Xiaomi 33W fast charger

[sick geode]

so 5 volts

1.4amps

or something around that

[wanton escarp]

The label on the back of the new units says 5V ≥ 1.5A

[sick geode]

yeah close enough

[celest stone]

Trying to fry it? 😂

[wanton escarp]

Lol it's the charger I use for everything. It has Qualcomm QC.

Even when I connect my phone I can see how it starts slow and then the Quick charge kicks in after they recognize each other

[small fern]

my soldering station with hot air rework shows up today. i'm excited. this means that this evening i might be able to do some of the mods that our out there for our R36S....

[cold siren]

vibration motor?

[small fern]

1. Quiet press (no click) L1, R1, L2 & R2 (#1168384239767670825 message) - @grave heart
   https://thepihut.com/products/soft-tactile-button-8mm-x-10
2. Addition of Vibration motor (#1168384239767670825 message) - @dim ermine and myself
   https://www.amazon.com/vibration-electronic-equipment-12000RPM-adhesive/dp/B08B34W24X
3. FN key enable (#1168384239767670825 message) - @grave heartand myself
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M70EDCW

Thanks @grave heart for blazing the trail on mods, i'm right behind you

[small fern]

B.S. Amazon just updated my arriving by 10pm today to arriving Friday, WTF

[past crown]

Where is my god damn R36S

[grave heart]

Amazon trolled you , tell them you want that good good discount , be patient young warrior , your completed R36S will come in due time , much love , pleasure working with you on mods as scatter brained as we can be

[grave heart]

didnt you have the ali express 5 day or 7 day guarentee purchase , i only buy if they state that in sale

[past crown]

I don't think Finland ever gets that. I'm just lucky they circumvent the taxes by reshipping from Europe.

[polar tundra]

i forgot i’m in the usa, the fastest i see is 13-15 day guarantee

[wanton escarp]

I had one with a 7 day delivery guarantee that it seems it may be lost 😔

[arctic oxide]

Best case scenario you get in touch with them, they send you a new one that arrives ok and you randomly get a parcel with your original order weeks later. Happened to me once.

[wanton escarp]

I had the opposite situation before. The shipping company don't mark it as lost or returned, the protection time runs out and AliExpress doesn't care because the tracking number says it is still in transit

It's weird because it passed customs and then it stopped updating. The shipping company doesn't reply to emails, and the phone number is a robot that asks for your tracking number, reads the status and hangs up. In this case it says "the parcel has not been handed to us yet" and hangs up.

[celest stone]

Gotta love these faceless companies that give you no way of contacting them

[arctic oxide]

Damn that's rough, sorry to hear that. I'd be livid, but guess at the end of the day I wouldn't be able to do much about it. That's a proper horror story though, really hope you get the current order eventually.

[wanton escarp]

Thank you 😅

[grave heart]

@cold siren any chance you can fix your theme fix , the background images are very pixely

[gentle fractal]

Was this shipping company speedx by any chance?

[exotic sinew]

Is anybody aware of a way to set up ds emulation screens as pictured here?

The version of Drastic DS emulator that is available on the most recent update only seems to support either single full screens at a time or two screens of equal size

[wary root]

Should be l2 or r2 to swap screen formats, yeah?

[exotic sinew]

Correct but it only allows two screens of equal size in either horizonal or vertical orientation

I was hoping there was a setting I missed which allows both screens displayed, one large and one smaller

[exotic sinew]

Just to avoid confusion I am asking for the R36s, this is just a random image I found online which shows a setup similar to what I'd like

[small fern]

FYI for anyone considering an XXL roms2/tf2 this card just worked for me:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1DVMCQY

That said it was like 3 to 5$ cheaper a few days ago...

[wary root]

I'm using the ark OS image for the 351mp.

I don't believe that the stock R36 image is supported by the official ark devs.

[small fern]

i'm not familiar with how to get both screens on device at the same time other than top to bottom.

both teeny

[wary root]

Should also note, I ran the update software within the system after installing the 351mp ark os software.

[small fern]

an ArkOS dev frequents here often and helped members here with creating our own image pinned.
the dev doesn't have an r36s for testing and certifying the image so it's not posted on the arkos wiki.

[exotic sinew]

I'm using that also

[exotic sinew]

Though I didn't do that... Can you really get two screens of different sizes after update?

[wary root]

Sec

I might have been confusing this with the RG35xx version.

Gomen.

That's pretty weird, though. Surprised ark doesn't have the other aspect ratios built in.

[small fern]

You can pick a screen to show full and flip between them. You can pull up both at same time when needed. That's what I remember. I'm coping files now so i can't test/confirm anything more.

[exotic sinew]

Unfortunate, hopefully s future update will bring this feature

[wanton escarp]

No, it's called CTT Express. +4500 reviews, 1 star on Google

BTW I found a way to reduce the back buttons sound without having to solder.: put some cotton on top of the switches, just enough so the button doesn't get stuck

[vivid bolt]

I did some research and I think those devices might be using the Android version of drastic which has more features. The one in ArkOS is the standalone version. I don’t think the standalone version has custom screen layouts.

[wanton escarp]

Now they feel spongy like there is rubber underneath

[urban steeple]

Did anyone also have a problem with a lexar microsd not being recognized in the tf2?

[wary root]

So in the system settings, you have bat, snd, and brt. Obviously bat is battery.
But what are snd and brt?

[arctic oxide]

Last I checked it was either one screen only or two small screens of equal size right next to each other. But that's with the default core used by ArkOS, haven't tried the other ones.

[small fern]

Lexar is no good in TF2

the other two are obvious too

still very clicky swhitefox

[arctic oxide]

Sadly still loud AF. I feel guilty playing anything heavily using the triggers next to a sleeping wife. Heck I live in an apartment building and I wouldn't be surprised if downstairs neighbours could hear the clicking. 😭

[wanton escarp]

I'm going to do a comparison

First one is my purple stock

Second one my black with the cotton at the same distance

[small fern]

that sounds promising, the video didn't do it justice

[wanton escarp]

It was recorded too close, sorry

[cold siren]

I could rework those that I have made but most of the backgrounds came from the original which are 480x320. Our device is 640x480.

[small fern]

so there are versions for desktop and retropie that have larger images

pretty sure he has a 640x480 source of all those images

[cold siren]

The original epic noir just use 580x540

The one I use in cyber is 640x480

I found the one for desktop it has a large background hang on I'll try to use them for my device

[polar tundra]

nah i thought it was a nice dampening in your first video

[small fern]

https://github.com/c64-dev/es-theme-epicnoir/tree/master/_art/posters

[cold siren]

yea that's the one

[grave heart]

If its any consolation there are free upscalers on the interwebs dont want to manually do it myself the. Repack it and call it my own 😅

[cold siren]

Alright it's done I collected all the images from the original and compressed them so they would be half the size

[vivid bolt]

Sound (volume) and screen brightness.

[wary root]

Ohhhhh

Ok, thank you.

[vivid bolt]

So far Lexar and SanDisk are both not working for TF2.

TF2 is very particular

[surreal rivet]

how big are the pads for the shoulders/triggers

[vivid bolt]

I’ve success with an old Samsung card that’s 16GB in TF2.

But the only place to buy that same card seems like it’s a counterfeit.

[surreal rivet]

wonder if you could squeeze silent kailh or huano switches in

[vivid bolt]

It’s a 2020 version of a Samsung Evo.

[sour knot]

I’ve got a 128GB Silicon Power in tf2 in my r35s. Likely would work here too

[cold siren]

silent kailh yes

[modern sundial]

Anything similar horizontal device???

[exotic sinew]

That's what I found in my own research also. Unfortunate. Thanks for looking into it as well

Think there is any chance of a future update?

[worn dock]

As a lover of very old consoles and a retro gamer driven by curiosity, I wanted to use the full potential of ArkOS. I have managed to get a few odd consoles running (emulated), but have had no luck with the Astrocade from Bally. ArkOS has a directory for it and the corresponding wiki also describes how to set up the emulator (MESS), but I still can't get the roms to start. Of course I have followed the "instructions" in the Wiki. In the console menu I select the corresponding game, then ArkOS wants to start the rom, the screen goes black, a screen with the ArkOS logo appears, then the screen goes black again and switches back to the console menu.

Has anyone had more success or can help?

[potent perch]

UHAUHAUAHAUHAUHAUHA

Retro gamers...

[worthy copper]

Yes

Do you have the bios in the roms2/astrocde folder? Did you make sure the game name matches as expected in the xml file?

[cold siren]

@small fern I've updated all posters for Cyber2077

[small fern]

that's great, thanks Aeolus. I'll go get the updated themes

[small fern]

got them, i'll test drive them later...

so TF2, i've tried 3 different Samsung cards and 2 different Silicon Power cards and all 5 are working. I would personally recommend sticking to those brands and away from Lexar and SanDisk since people have been sharing challenges they've had with those two.

[harsh valve]

Does the sandisk 128gb sd card work for roms?

[autumn plaza]

Of course

[arctic oxide]

My SanDisk card did not work on slot 2, even though slot 1 had no problems whatsoever reading it. But full disclosure: I got it from eBay a few years ago and it could be a fake, not sure. Dunno if it would even be possible to check whether a card is legit, maybe with a speed test or something? 🤷🏻 I've had no issues with Toshiba though and that's 100% legit.

[worn dock]

I just checked the wiki and now i am totally confused. So please help. I do have a sd-card with the arkos-generated folders. There is a folder named

[worthy copper]

what are you confused about?

[worn dock]

There is a folder called "astrocde". Do i have to open this folder and need to generate a folder inside with the name "bios2"?

[worthy copper]

make sure you have astrocde.zip bios in the astrocde folder

no need to create a subfolder

make sure the games are named as expected in the astrocde.xml file linked.

[worn dock]

okay, i do have this file, but as a bin

[worthy copper]

it needs to be in a zip

space fortress game file should be named spacefrt.bin or spacefrt.zip containing spacefrt.bin

as an example

[worn dock]

actually i do have the astrocde.zip inside the folder. I just looked this zip contains a bin file withthe name astro.bin

and i do have some roms with the specified name like 280zzap.bin

o the game roms need to be zipped?

[polar tundra]

did you check the astrocde.xml file

[worn dock]

the one which is mentioned in the wiki? i renamed a rom according to the xml file.

after i made a zip file for on rom it started to work. But i cant select numbers with the L1/R1 Buttons. Its to fast to select.

[worthy copper]

You have to use the left analog to select the numbers

move slowly as it does move quickly

[grave heart]

not sure if fully silent or you didnt press the other buttons on other device haha, couldnt hear anything for the second half of recording

[hearty shoal]

Yeah huge difference in volume, well done

[wanton escarp]

It's not fully silent, I'd say it is comparable to my switch lite L/R buttons

L2 and R2 required a bit more

It was a bit tricky to get all four buttons having the same travel and noise level though

[urban steeple]

How do i make easyrpg games work?

[grave heart]

Build looking to be released tonight id appreciate if noone jumped on my back this time and let me drop it 😘

[grave heart]

Image completed , just going to compress now

[idle spruce]

@cold siren where the hell did you hide Update Gamelist??!?

[grave heart]

Uploading, This system uses a ONE CARD system, thus those who want to run on one large card, this OS is a viable option for you

[idle spruce]

Volume and Brightness.

[grave heart]

1.5ghz

[idle spruce]

Do you have the f***ing UPDATE GAMELIST option?!? I'm champing at the bit for it lol

[grave heart]

Firstly , dont speak to me like that , secondly your man dropped it before I did , he can handle your attitude

[idle spruce]

I realize how that can come across as aggressive on text, but it wasn't meant that way 😂

[grave heart]

no worries, what are you trying to achieve ? you have roms on sd2 and want them to show up ?

[idle spruce]

Yeah. I tried forever to try to get WiFi to work - but gave up on that. Then added the image files downloaded from another ArkOS device I have, and just want the OS to match those files to the roms

[grave heart]

go to setup

[idle spruce]

But there is no Update Gamelist option that I can find - worried I might just be stupid.

[grave heart]

advanced

then at the bottom switch to sd2

let it do its thing , then they will all show up

[idle spruce]

Yeah I did that, and the games show up, but none of the preview media will

Is it automatically doing an update gamelist during that?

[grave heart]

use dongle and rescrape everything, unless in the main settings option its set to not show , but im sure it is set to show

the scrapes must not be in the correct folders if they arent going to show up

should be automaticly picked up and presented if they where

[idle spruce]

From what I remember, it should be in the "Game Settings" option in the Start menu, which doesn't appear. But I read that a big chunk of this 12/08/23 update was the Update Gamelist option being added

Okay, I'll recheck my folder structure/naming.

[sterile zodiac]

hey guys where can i find the latest version of arkos? i have a new r36s trying to set up for my dad

[grave heart]

its pinned

up top looks like a drawing board pin

[sterile zodiac]

ty

[grave heart]

there are a shit ton of themes for unofficalOS , just downloaded about 20 lol

[sterile zodiac]

where do u find unofficalos

[grave heart]

im about to drop it in here in about 10 minutes its a one card system , so you'd be better to back up your roms sd card, and then install unoffical os , then copy your roms over to the large sd card otherwise id advise staying on arkos if you cant be bothered doing so

[sterile zodiac]

what size card is recommended

[grave heart]

64 upwards, depends which systems you are going to put on it tbh

unofficalOS comes with moonlight for pc gaming on the device, loading roms onto the sd card via the system wifi and many other features , im still looking through it atm

UnofficalOS for R35S/R36S Latest build https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ys2JHi9JeSTVqll-a9KSSSjTJELd3jpK/view?usp=drive_link