Here as well. I'm setting up a gaming laptop and would love to see videos for Atari ST, Commodore 64, & Amiga. Basically, anything that requires a keyboard & how to control/play them with a controller only.
Thanks for the video really helped get things working. In my screen layout though large screen does now come up, I get top/bottom, left/right, Top only, Bottom only, Hybrid Top, and Hybrid bottom. I'll try some of these out and see what they are like. Update: Hybrid Top is Large screen mode.
On my Lenovo I found the Libretro core runs the games far better than stand alone citra. Citra runs them noticeably slower to the point I wouldnt play them. However citra does run a few that the core doesnt. Whu I dunno so for me Libretro citra core is better. And as you showed to upscale the res you need to go into retroarch for that, for me almost games I tested run great at 2x res. Some almost at 3x but a little slow. Anyway, 2x still looks great on a 24" 1080P monitor. Also, in retroarch settings you can change screen layout as well, has multiple options. Large screen small screen, one screen,single screen side by side etc. If you pick large creen small screen you will see one large screen and it will also show both screens in small window, you can disable one as obviously you dont wanna duplicate the main screen. Also, dont forget if doing that you also gotta go to batocera advanced system settings, set decoration to none and set game ratio to core provided or the pic will be stretched vertically.
Hi! Unfortunately, the file citra-home-folder-zip is no longer available on the Romulation forum. Do you know if it's possible to download it from another source? I searched the web but i had not so much luck...thanks in advance and thank you again for all your precious work!
Are Save States an option in Citra? I watched the video, but I might have missed a reference to that. I'm loving the channel, and it's been fun setting up each individual emulator.
Hey, using batocera v37, citra was working just fine but now is not responding same thing with the app citra-emu-config, how can I fix it? Also retroarch core not saving stage even though on the website they it does! That's a fix for that?
Great video as always. There was so much stuff in there I didn't know about. Do you know if 2 player works for this system? I'm particularly thinking of Mario Kart.
I honestly don't know since originally it wasn't built for 2 players. If the original Windows Citra doesn't support it, then this won't either. If you try it out, let me know.
Thank you,But I have a question.How to save the .CCI extension all the time.Every time I reboot my batocera I need open the config file then add the .CCI to it again.
Hey i have a problem with closing the emulator. The normal botacera hotkeys (home+select) dont work and if want to change it in citra hotkeys settings, it doesn't recognise the controller and let it only change by keyboard. Please Help thx.
@@BatoceraNation Like when I started the games in the 3ds category they just brought me to the menu and didn't start? I can't check now what my specs are. Where do I find the specs?
Great video, a couple of your videos really helped me out. Do you know if it's possible to edit the hyrbid screen lay-out to make the second screen a little bigger?
Besides the screen layout settings found in the Citra standalone software or in Citra RetroArch (go to advanced settings by pressing Hot Key plus A button), you can't change the screen layout.
I am loading up a 3DS Game onto Batacera. And It Automatically Crashes. Can you fix it, please? (It's the Emulator that Crashes) (Batacera in the May 2022 Version)
Every time I mess with the configuration settings for citra in the citra application it always goes back to default and won’t keep the settings I put in
I think probably cause most game system settings changes are designed to be done in the ES advanced system setting.Not from the file manager/ app. But when you change settings in the app does it revert as soon as you go to a game or does it work but only revert once you reboot?
Thanks for the videos. I uploaded a 3ds game but I am not getting the options under advanced settings to change to citra.. is there a reason why. Was there a bio or a step I missed?
Depending on what version of Batocera you are using Batocera only uses the Citra stand alone emu, no option for the LR core option for some time now. And also dont forget this is for X86 64 chipsets. Not sure about other systems like Pi etc.
Hi. Would you happen to know if trading pokemon is possible using Citra on Batocera. I used to be able to trade in Citra on windows through the online function of citra. Any idea if that works on Batocera as well? And if so, how...? Thank you.
Hello hello , I need To aks this time (How to go full screen only the main upper screen?) Thank U . I found it retro arch//screen layout()()disable the bezel. Thank U , I find it in minute 9 to 10 of configuring emulator video
I just found oun this channel, I installed batocera 40 I'm trying to install the other emulators which are missing (ps2,Ps3, DS3, Wi, wii u, switch and so on) I was wondering if this tutorial will work for batocera 40. I'm noob that is why i'm asking.
Hola ! Does anyone really manage to make Citra work stutterless on a steamdeck ? I am using Batocera It does the same whenever I use maximum or minimum configuration... Tried on Mario Land and Link Between Worlds, this is not comfortable to play... These bigs lags are always at the very same moments in the game.. it is actually more stable in Resolution x4 this is nonsense If anyone has any idea 🙏
I have Batocera.Linux V35 intel i5 16gb Ram, iGPU. somehow Citra standalone Emulator in batocera does not run games. If I run the game outside batocera (via f1) in Citra emulator, it runs very well. Libretro Citra for me is very laggy. Do you know that could happen?
My guess is that the Intel iGPU is an older generation with no newer drivers needed for Citra. I've tried Citra on several Intel chips (from 9th generation onward) and they have all worked.
Im using a 6th Gen i7 6700T with Intergrated graphics. Stand alone Citra is working fine for me launching through ES but I find Libretro Citra is giving me better performance. To upscale the Libretro Citra version you have to go into retroarch. I find I can upscale mostly to 2x and get full speed with some dips, depending on game. Using Citra stand alone even at 1x native its lower framerates.
How are you booting into full screen with a controller? It requires f11 key so a keyboard is needed. I get the window with bars top and bottom when it boots
I find libretro citra works better for Pokemon games. I am wondering how to change the layout to side by side. I have tried to enable that in retroarch options, but it does not work. Any idea how to make it work?
For some reason the libretro core runs better for me as well, for any game. I also went into retroarch settings to change layout, for me it stuck. Perhaps after you have selected your preferred layout, go back one step and look for save content directory override I think its called and select that. You will see 3 options, save game override, core and directory.
I dont think it worked for me either. Was a while ago when I tried it so dont remember what the issue was.. Wouldnt boot, stuck at title screen… not sure.. Probs one of those.
I notice you have Donkey Kong Country Returns - have you managed to get it working? I've tried a few different versions and I always just get a black screen.
let's just say I am wanting to run Linux on my laptop that has an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with AMD Radeon Vega 8 Igpu I am thinking that with Batocera that I could run Luigi's Mansion 2 Dark Moon
sorry to keep bothering you but you are the only one who has helped me through my Batocera journey I tried the Batocera forum a month ago and never got an answer I love your videos they have helped a lot all my emulators are running great except for Citra my games are running slow and stuttering my PC has a Ryzen 5 6 core CPU clocked at 3.8 ghz with 16GB of DDR 4 and my GPU is a Radeon R7 240 with 2GB of RAM I have tried Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario World 2 I tried a few other games but all run slow PS3 and PS2 and XBOX run great I am running Batocera 32 with the latest updates I was wondering id you had any thoughts on how I could get more speed out of Citra
1. Go to your standalone emulator in File Manager 2. Select Emulation 3. Select Graphics 4. Select the Enchancements Tab 5. Make sure Enable Linear Filtering is on 6. Play with the Internal Resolution settings. Start with 2× 7. Select the Advanced Tab 8. Make sure that everything is turned on. Try it and let me know if it works.
@@BatoceraNation I tried that I tested with Mario Kart 7 the games starts out ok I can select my player and the track and it moved pretty quick but then when the race starts it counts down slow and everything moves slow from there
@@timford8436 If you have tried everything above and it still doesn't work, then it means that AMD 8-year-old mobile chip is not compatible with Citra. I remember how ETA Prime has repeatedly said that he's has had very little success with AMD chips when running Citra. I was under the same impression too. However, the newer AMD chips do work really well with Ctira. My 4500U and 4800U AMD Batocera units both work really well with Citra using the exact same settings that I mentioned above (and running the games at 4x resolution). At this point, it's not the settings, but the R7 240 is not compatible with Citra.
@@BatoceraNation this isn't a mobile it is a desktop PC that I built last year it is a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU I have a GPU card since the CPU is not a G series so I cannot use the onboard graphics. So Citra will not run well with this hardware ??
@@timford8436 It is a powerful CPU. The fact that everything else work means it is not a driver issue. Citra has been known not to work well with older AMD cards. I don't know why that's the case. The newer cards work well with Citra.
every so often, my 3ds games stop loading when I click on a game and gets stuck on the banner. I have to do this to fix it I have to SSH into batocera and then: Paste the following commands "batocera-save-overlay stop" to stop emulation station "rm -rf /userdata/system/configs/citra-emu" to remove citra files "batocera-save-overlay start" to restart emulation station and it should be Do you know what would be causing this?
Oh I misunderstood you. If it is grayed out, then you can't configure it. But have you tried just your hotkey? Maybe it is configured to it? I can't remember.
anyone know how to modify this file without having to do it every time? will not save for me. every restart it reverts back and cant play .cci files. no info anywhere on this lol
@@miadolf1313 Dont forget whenever you update Batocera to the next version anything you edited that required the save overlay command in xterm setting you will probably have to do again.
I can't remember all the file extensions that work with Citra. But the video covers this information. Or you can read the info.txt inside the 3ds folder.
It sucks that you have to have a expensive execrated gaming graphics card just to play games on a hand held Nintendo system, it's not like the 3-DSis a system with state of the art high rezolurion 3-D graphics that need a high performance 3-D Graphics accelerator chip. My Samsung Laptop with builtin graphics (Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 SLG2) can't handle most of the games I tried to run on it with all settings set to auto, only 3-D Space Harrier runs at full speed and it's just the Saturn Sega 32x version with the controls reversed, nothing 3-D about it. My Laptop can run Sega Model3 and Naomi games at full speed ans those systems are way more advanced than the 3DS. My Desktop is less powerful with buitin graphics that use part of the system memory for the graphics memory so 512k of RAM is reserved for the graphics taking that from the available system memory.
My Asrock Ryzen 4800u uses an integrated graphics card and it works well. It works well even on the Ryzen 4500U It also runs on the Iris Pro. It works better on the newer integrated graphics cards and not so much on the older ones.
Your videos are incredibly helpful to the emulation community and Batocera users. Thanks again!
Thanks!
Everyone out here waiting for you to go through all the consoles/arcades so they can completer their own set up lol. Keep up the good work
So many consoles..... so little time! Lol!
So true, lool.
Here as well. I'm setting up a gaming laptop and would love to see videos for Atari ST, Commodore 64, & Amiga. Basically, anything that requires a keyboard & how to control/play them with a controller only.
@@JammerJay I will look into it and add it to my list of tutorials. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@BatoceraNation thanks for all of your hard work. Your channel has saved me from having to do numerous hours of research & experimentation.
Perfect timing. I was trying get this to work last night. I need to decrypt as well. I will watch ur tutorial and try again!
Thanks for the video really helped get things working. In my screen layout though large screen does now come up, I get top/bottom, left/right, Top only, Bottom only, Hybrid Top, and Hybrid bottom. I'll try some of these out and see what they are like. Update: Hybrid Top is Large screen mode.
On my Lenovo I found the Libretro core runs the games far better than stand alone citra. Citra runs them noticeably slower to the point I wouldnt play them.
However citra does run a few that the core doesnt.
Whu I dunno so for me Libretro citra core is better.
And as you showed to upscale the res you need to go into retroarch for that, for me almost games I tested run great at 2x res. Some almost at 3x but a little slow.
Anyway, 2x still looks great on a 24" 1080P monitor.
Also, in retroarch settings you can change screen layout as well, has multiple options.
Large screen small screen, one screen,single screen side by side etc.
If you pick large creen small screen you will see one large screen and it will also show both screens in small window, you can disable one as obviously you dont wanna duplicate the main screen.
Also, dont forget if doing that you also gotta go to batocera advanced system settings, set decoration to none and set game ratio to core provided or the pic will be stretched vertically.
Thanks for the info!
Batocera Nation you're the man! Thank you very much!
Happy to help!
God bless you and your efforts, sir.
I just did this and it's so awesome playing 3ds on batocera !!
i ended renaming all my .cci to .3ds and it worked also
Good solution.
Hi! Unfortunately, the file citra-home-folder-zip is no longer available on the Romulation forum. Do you know if it's possible to download it from another source? I searched the web but i had not so much luck...thanks in advance and thank you again for all your precious work!
Are Save States an option in Citra? I watched the video, but I might have missed a reference to that. I'm loving the channel, and it's been fun setting up each individual emulator.
At this time I'm over using the thank you, but thank you.
It always brings a smile!
Hey, using batocera v37, citra was working just fine but now is not responding same thing with the app citra-emu-config, how can I fix it? Also retroarch core not saving stage even though on the website they it does! That's a fix for that?
Great video as always. There was so much stuff in there I didn't know about.
Do you know if 2 player works for this system? I'm particularly thinking of Mario Kart.
I honestly don't know since originally it wasn't built for 2 players. If the original Windows Citra doesn't support it, then this won't either.
If you try it out, let me know.
Great video again! Have you thought about starting a discord server?
I haven't but I need to. Several people have asked me. I will look into it and hopefully start one by this summer. Thanks!
@@BatoceraNation If you do definitely let us know in your next video and update any old videos with your Discord server link!
@@Rafdog101 Will do when it's ready.
Our Discord: discord.gg/Y77ZA6umAv
Thank you,But I have a question.How to save the .CCI extension all the time.Every time I reboot my batocera I need open the config file then add the .CCI to it again.
I've got the same. Any solutions?
did anybody figure this out? I have to put the file extension into the text document every reboot
Hey i have a problem with closing the emulator. The normal botacera hotkeys (home+select) dont work and if want to change it in citra hotkeys settings, it doesn't recognise the controller and let it only change by keyboard. Please Help thx.
Yeah everyone loved "Pokéman" lmao
The final fila when i dercryp a 3ds file was called ncch and it's not working on batocera, can someone help me on that? thank you.
how do i get out of the emulator and see the citra menu on steamdeck?
Muchas gracias me sirvió mucho tu video.
I followed your instructions as you showed, but still it didn't work to play them? Please help me!
What exactly didn't work? Did none of the games worked? What are the specs of your Batocera system?
@@BatoceraNation Like when I started the games in the 3ds category they just brought me to the menu and didn't start? I can't check now what my specs are. Where do I find the specs?
Great Video.
Great video, a couple of your videos really helped me out.
Do you know if it's possible to edit the hyrbid screen lay-out to make the second screen a little bigger?
Besides the screen layout settings found in the Citra standalone software or in Citra RetroArch (go to advanced settings by pressing Hot Key plus A button), you can't change the screen layout.
Hey guys, trying to get this running on my steam deck with batocera. Can't get a keyboard to pop up when it wants 3ds keyboard entry.
Any advice?
I am loading up a 3DS Game onto Batacera. And It Automatically Crashes. Can you fix it, please? (It's the Emulator that Crashes) (Batacera in the May 2022 Version)
Try both the Libretro core and stand alone emulator options.
Do other 3DS games boot?
Perhaps that particular game just doesnt work.
Every time I mess with the configuration settings for citra in the citra application it always goes back to default and won’t keep the settings I put in
I think probably cause most game system settings changes are designed to be done in the ES advanced system setting.Not from the file manager/ app.
But when you change settings in the app does it revert as soon as you go to a game or does it work but only revert once you reboot?
Thanks! Does Multiplayer work on batocera?
Can u help me, somehow i broke my citra emulator, it wont opened, how should i do
Thanks for the videos. I uploaded a 3ds game but I am not getting the options under advanced settings to change to citra.. is there a reason why. Was there a bio or a step I missed?
Depending on what version of Batocera you are using Batocera only uses the Citra stand alone emu, no option for the LR core option for some time now.
And also dont forget this is for X86 64 chipsets.
Not sure about other systems like Pi etc.
Hello. Excellent videos, but I was left with a doubt, can you download the save data of the games of a Nintendo 3ds and transfer it to batocera?
Can you load custom textures and mods for games like Majora's mask 3d?
Hi. Would you happen to know if trading pokemon is possible using Citra on Batocera.
I used to be able to trade in Citra on windows through the online function of citra.
Any idea if that works on Batocera as well? And if so, how...?
Thank you.
Mi batocera no me reconoce los juegos de 3ds ni de GameCube ni wii
Thank you!!
Glad it helped!
Hello hello , I need To aks this time (How to go full screen only the main upper screen?) Thank U . I found it retro arch//screen layout()()disable the bezel. Thank U , I find it in minute 9 to 10 of configuring emulator video
I just found oun this channel, I installed batocera 40 I'm trying to install the other emulators which are missing (ps2,Ps3, DS3, Wi, wii u, switch and so on) I was wondering if this tutorial will work for batocera 40. I'm noob that is why i'm asking.
They are not missing.
Systems will only show once you drop roms into roms folders and update gameslists.
However Switch is not officially supported.
A fun system
Hola !
Does anyone really manage to make Citra work stutterless on a steamdeck ? I am using Batocera
It does the same whenever I use maximum or minimum configuration... Tried on Mario Land and Link Between Worlds, this is not comfortable to play... These bigs lags are always at the very same moments in the game.. it is actually more stable in Resolution x4 this is nonsense
If anyone has any idea 🙏
I have Batocera.Linux V35 intel i5 16gb Ram, iGPU. somehow Citra standalone Emulator in batocera does not run games. If I run the game outside batocera (via f1) in Citra emulator, it runs very well. Libretro Citra for me is very laggy. Do you know that could happen?
My guess is that the Intel iGPU is an older generation with no newer drivers needed for Citra. I've tried Citra on several Intel chips (from 9th generation onward) and they have all worked.
Im using a 6th Gen i7 6700T with Intergrated graphics.
Stand alone Citra is working fine for me launching through ES but I find Libretro Citra is giving me better performance.
To upscale the Libretro Citra version you have to go into retroarch.
I find I can upscale mostly to 2x and get full speed with some dips, depending on game.
Using Citra stand alone even at 1x native its lower framerates.
How are you booting into full screen with a controller? It requires f11 key so a keyboard is needed. I get the window with bars top and bottom when it boots
You mean Batocera OS itself?
@@fonzitheman citra inside batocera. All the sudden it works now I didn't change anything though.
@@pack_5176
😁👍
Thanks 😊
I find libretro citra works better for Pokemon games. I am wondering how to change the layout to side by side. I have tried to enable that in retroarch options, but it does not work. Any idea how to make it work?
For some reason the libretro core runs better for me as well, for any game.
I also went into retroarch settings to change layout, for me it stuck.
Perhaps after you have selected your preferred layout, go back one step and look for save content directory override I think its called and select that.
You will see 3 options, save game override, core and directory.
how to bring the emulator out? not showing on mine
Are you using Batocera on a PC ?
controller doesnt work for mine
How does Luigi’s Mansion 2 work for you? Any tips on getting this game to work?
I dont think it worked for me either.
Was a while ago when I tried it so dont remember what the issue was.. Wouldnt boot, stuck at title screen… not sure.. Probs one of those.
@@fonzitheman I read that it might not be playable after googling some ideas.
I notice you have Donkey Kong Country Returns - have you managed to get it working? I've tried a few different versions and I always just get a black screen.
Unfortunately, it's not working. I have the same issue: a black screen. I've saved it in my folder directory to have it ready when it does work.
@@BatoceraNation So not just me then :) Thanks for confirming.
let's just say I am wanting to run Linux on my laptop that has an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with AMD Radeon Vega 8 Igpu I am thinking that with Batocera that I could run Luigi's Mansion 2 Dark Moon
I believe it can work. If it runs in the Windows version of Citra, then it should work in Batocera.
Can you share the zippy file please?? I can't download
What zippy file?
Zippy share
sorry to keep bothering you but you are the only one who has helped me through my Batocera journey I tried the Batocera forum a month ago and never got an answer I love your videos they have helped a lot all my emulators are running great except for Citra my games are running slow and stuttering my PC has a Ryzen 5 6 core CPU clocked at 3.8 ghz with 16GB of DDR 4 and my GPU is a Radeon R7 240 with 2GB of RAM I have tried Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario World 2 I tried a few other games but all run slow PS3 and PS2 and XBOX run great I am running Batocera 32 with the latest updates I was wondering id you had any thoughts on how I could get more speed out of Citra
1. Go to your standalone emulator in File Manager
2. Select Emulation
3. Select Graphics
4. Select the Enchancements Tab
5. Make sure Enable Linear Filtering is on
6. Play with the Internal Resolution settings. Start with 2×
7. Select the Advanced Tab
8. Make sure that everything is turned on.
Try it and let me know if it works.
@@BatoceraNation I tried that I tested with Mario Kart 7 the games starts out ok I can select my player and the track and it moved pretty quick but then when the race starts it counts down slow and everything moves slow from there
@@timford8436 If you have tried everything above and it still doesn't work, then it means that AMD 8-year-old mobile chip is not compatible with Citra. I remember how ETA Prime has repeatedly said that he's has had very little success with AMD chips when running Citra. I was under the same impression too. However, the newer AMD chips do work really well with Ctira. My 4500U and 4800U AMD Batocera units both work really well with Citra using the exact same settings that I mentioned above (and running the games at 4x resolution). At this point, it's not the settings, but the R7 240 is not compatible with Citra.
@@BatoceraNation this isn't a mobile it is a desktop PC that I built last year it is a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU I have a GPU card since the CPU is not a G series so I cannot use the onboard graphics. So Citra will not run well with this hardware ??
@@timford8436 It is a powerful CPU. The fact that everything else work means it is not a driver issue. Citra has been known not to work well with older AMD cards. I don't know why that's the case. The newer cards work well with Citra.
The 3-D Effect gave me a headache and made me dizzy.
Others experienced it too.
every so often, my 3ds games stop loading when I click on a game and gets stuck on the banner. I have to do this to fix it
I have to SSH into batocera and then:
Paste the following commands
"batocera-save-overlay stop" to stop emulation station
"rm -rf /userdata/system/configs/citra-emu" to remove citra files
"batocera-save-overlay start" to restart emulation station and it should be
Do you know what would be causing this?
how can I get it to use Vulkan?
Citra does not support Vulkan at the moment.
does anyone know how to map the home button in controller configuration or at least know what key it is by default ???
You can't configure it in Controllers and Bluetooth settings from the main menu? What happens when you try?
@@BatoceraNation I tried from inside Citra under configuration controllers the home button option is greyed out
Oh I misunderstood you. If it is grayed out, then you can't configure it. But have you tried just your hotkey? Maybe it is configured to it? I can't remember.
@@BatoceraNation Thank you :)
Can this tutorial use on raspberry pi 4?
No. Pi 4 not powerful enough for Citra.
@@BatoceraNation ok thanks,can you give me a tutorial powerfull for raspberry pi 4.thanks so much
anyone know how to modify this file without having to do it every time? will not save for me. every restart it reverts back and cant play .cci files. no info anywhere on this lol
After you do it, do a "Batocera-save-overlay" command in Xterm. I showed how to do this in my last Sega Model 3 tutorial from a few weeks ago.
Check here: ua-cam.com/video/mi52kFcU5-8/v-deo.html
thank you so much, that solved a lot of headaches lol.
@@miadolf1313
Dont forget whenever you update Batocera to the next version anything you edited that required the save overlay command in xterm setting you will probably have to do again.
That's correct!
Cant play cia file or not
I can't remember all the file extensions that work with Citra. But the video covers this information. Or you can read the info.txt inside the 3ds folder.
It sucks that you have to have a expensive execrated gaming graphics card just to play games on a hand held Nintendo system, it's not like the 3-DSis a system with state of the art high rezolurion 3-D graphics that need a high performance 3-D Graphics accelerator chip.
My Samsung Laptop with builtin graphics (Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 SLG2) can't handle most of the games I tried to run on it with all settings set to auto, only 3-D Space Harrier runs at full speed and it's just the Saturn Sega 32x version with the controls reversed, nothing 3-D about it.
My Laptop can run Sega Model3 and Naomi games at full speed ans those systems are way more advanced than the 3DS.
My Desktop is less powerful with buitin graphics that use part of the system memory for the graphics memory so 512k of RAM is reserved for the graphics taking that from the available system memory.
My Asrock Ryzen 4800u uses an integrated graphics card and it works well. It works well even on the Ryzen 4500U It also runs on the Iris Pro. It works better on the newer integrated graphics cards and not so much on the older ones.
@Batocera Nation is there anyway to map the ps4 touchpad for use as the bottom screen
I honestly don't know since I don't own one. You should post your question in the official Batocera.org forums. Someone there should know.
@@BatoceraNation thank you for responding and for the video it was very helpful being an emulation noob lol