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Why YSK?

Because a lot of older games require immediate response from the controller (think jumping over pits).

Each TV is different, and may or may not have a game mode. For the longest time, I thought my lag was because of my Raspberry PI (model 4, 4gb). Turns out that turning on the game mode/game optimizer was all I needed. I also added a link to a post that has suggestions for Retroarch changes that can decrease input lag. Relavant content from post:

  1. Set max swapchain to as low as possible, I think 1 and 2 run pretty similarly.
  2. Turn on hard gpu sync and set it to 0
  3. Set frame delay as high as you can go before you get stuttering. On the pi 1, I can go to about 8 with NES core and 4 with SNES. On Pi 3 you can probably go higher, but systems with higher graphics like N64 and PSX won't let you go as high before you run into problems.

And:

(when asked where the settings are) You need to access the retroarch rgui menu while you are in a game. You can do this by pressing X button and select at the same time. Once you get to the rgui menu, you want to click on settings, then video.

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[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I find this kinda.. Bullshit.
Bluetooth controller's lag does not get lowered by turning on game mode on your tv. All you did was lower the response time of your tv to display the image quicker ( by turning off some image processing ). Your bluetooth controller will still lag lol.

As for the settings in retroarch, that could change when it'll process the input and can lower the lag, but without a list of the settings, im calling bs there too.

Edit: frame delay? Really? That will just delay the frame so its more in sync with input because input processing is not in sync. Nice one

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’ll be the first to admit I have no idea how any of what I posted works, but I do know it works. Maybe the tv game mode didn’t do anything for my Bluetooth, and maybe the other settings I changed did. All I do know is my gaming experience is so much more responsive now. And if any of this helps other people, then all the more better. 🤷‍♂️

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I get that, but imo thats dangerous. I will admit i live for tech and i get the basics of it all but understanding it is imo important when changing such settings because it can create other issues too.

But maybe im not the correct person to remark on this because i have a distaste for retroarch :p

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If it were 25-30 years ago, when there was a risk of physically damaging (i.e. blowing up) hardware, and I’d agree with you. But in this case, the worst is to have to reconfigure things back to their defaults.

As for retroarch, what would be your suggested alternative?

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Even today i find it important as the knowledge of how things work is vanishing and many just accept it works. But how will we build upon an idea if everyone forgets how it works?
There is also the idea within software that layers of bodgework upon one another creates overcomplex and unstable software. Thats everything but software you want to ship.
I understand you dont want all hobby work to reach professional levels, specially if youre trying something new! Thats ok!

Its just once you reach a certain level things have to change to make it not suck, dont build on that :')
Also one of the reasons i dont like retroarch.
But i will accept they fill a need that is very much wanted and needed by people and there isnt really anything like it

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I wouldn't say fixed, because nothing can be done about lag from a wireless device. But it definitely can be lowered.

[–] memphis@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

dog this post is 8 years old. we have run-ahead now

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'll have to try this out! I have both wired and wireless controllers, but I avoid using the wireless because of the delay.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It has been amazing. I’ve been playing Faxanadu all day, and before I found out the game mode on my TV, it was hit or miss if I could make the jumps. Now I feel like id never have gotten so far in the game because of the tricky jumps. And all with an 8bitdo Bluetooth controller (sn30).