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Salamèche

Jan 16, 2023 @ 7:45am

3DS?

Is it possible to play 3ds games on this?

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Fili

Jan 16, 2023 @ 10:52am

Indeed it is. Get the core here: https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/citra_libretro.dll.zip

And get the necessary Info file here:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro-super/blob/master/dist/info/citra_libretro.info

JFRNDZ106 Feb 11, 2023 @ 8:58am

Originally posted by Fili:
Indeed it is. Get the core here: https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/citra_libretro.dll.zip

And get the necessary Info file here:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro-super/blob/master/dist/info/citra_libretro.info

I'm at a loss, also... I can't make the 3DS games to work. Where do I put the .info files? Can you guide me through this, please?

Fried Brains has RetroArch

Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:05am

.dll files go in core folder and .info files go in info folder. For deck put both in cores folder.

Last edited by Fried Brains; Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:09am

JFRNDZ106 Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:12am

Originally posted by Fried Brains:
.dll files go in core folder and .info files go in info folder. For deck put both in cores folder.

I just tried those things already and it still doesn't work. I don't know what to do anymore... :/

Fried Brains has RetroArch

Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:15am

unzip your game rom? should be able to load it (click load content) then select core.

Last edited by Fried Brains; Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:26am

JFRNDZ106 Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:28am

Originally posted by Fried Brains:
unzip your game rom? should be able to load it (click load content) then select citra core.

It's not that at all. All my games are unzipped. The Citra Core is also selected.

Immediately after selecting to run the game, it doesn't boot it and Retroarch just crashes. And I also verified the files from RA.

I was looking at the Citra site and they wrote something about AES Keys. Does it apply to RA?

Fried Brains has RetroArch

Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:32am

Citra requires AES keys to load encrypted games. aes_keys.txt needs to be in ../saves/Citra/sysdata.

also need OpenGL 3.3 or higher

https://docs.libretro.com/library/citra/

Last edited by Fried Brains; Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:33am

JFRNDZ106 Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:36am

Originally posted by Fried Brains:
Citra requires AES keys to load encrypted games. aes_keys.txt needs to be in ../saves/Citra/sysdata.

I can't find this AES Keys file to download anywhere, maybe you know how to make one that's valid, perhaps?

Also, all my ROMs are decrypted from Ziperto:

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Do I still need the AES Keys for those ROMs?

Last edited by JFRNDZ106; Feb 13, 2023 @ 7:59am

Fried Brains has RetroArch

Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:45am

Don't know, never used it, someone else can hopefully answer more. Check Citra's compatibility list and make sure your game works as many games don't.

Last edited by Fried Brains; Feb 11, 2023 @ 1:19pm

JFRNDZ106 Feb 11, 2023 @ 9:57am

Originally posted by Fried Brains:
Don't know, never used it, someone else can hopefully answer more. Check their compatibility list and make sure your game works as it says many games don't.

Thanks, man! Hopefully I'll get further help from someone else.

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Fili

Feb 11, 2023 @ 11:11am

Careful with links that may enable piracy. It’s not allowed here.

As for the Citra core, give it a try on the standalone Citra. I had better results there.

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JFRNDZ106 Feb 13, 2023 @ 8:01am

Originally posted by Fili:
Careful with links that may enable piracy. It’s not allowed here.

As for the Citra core, give it a try on the standalone Citra. I had better results there.

I've removed the link.

Well, I downloaded the standalone RetroArch version for Windows and extracted the 3DS Core successfully but it's still crashing whenever I try to run the game...

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Fili

Feb 13, 2023 @ 1:28pm

Originally posted by Drommajin:
Originally posted by Fili:
Careful with links that may enable piracy. It’s not allowed here.

As for the Citra core, give it a try on the standalone Citra. I had better results there.

I've removed the link.

Well, I downloaded the standalone RetroArch version for Windows and extracted the 3DS Core successfully but it's still crashing whenever I try to run the game...

No, I meant the ACTUAL Citra Emulator outside of Retroarch and outside of, well, everything.

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JFRNDZ106 Mar 5, 2023 @ 5:58am

Originally posted by Fili:
Originally posted by Drommajin:

I've removed the link.

Well, I downloaded the standalone RetroArch version for Windows and extracted the 3DS Core successfully but it's still crashing whenever I try to run the game...
No, I meant the ACTUAL Citra Emulator outside of Retroarch and outside of, well, everything.

I can run it on Citra standalone but in RetroArch, there's a message: FATAL ERROR: MII DATA - and I tried everything. Maybe someone has those files for me to use...?

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