RALibretro started to be laggy at some point

[retroachievements]

RALibretro started to be laggy at some point

[leiradel]

Some logs are truncated. Please ask him to provide a complete log using version 1.0.6.

[ikki5]

Which is what one? Those were the log files after running the emulator, if they are not right then the log files did not get created properly or not created at all, similar to one of them already which Meleu told me how to do it but I will do it when I get home. I know the only one that worked for me was RALibretro-2018-04-30-23-09-57-bcdade8, however it never created the log file which I will be getting later so which ones do you need?

[leiradel]

if they are not right then the log files did not get created properly

Or there was some problem uploading them here. I need a log with the latest version, 1.0.6.

[meleu]

I need a log with the latest version, 1.0.6.

Which can be (currently) found here: http://bit.ly/RALibRetro

[ikki5]

bcdade8 - RALibretro-2018-04-30-23-09-57-bcdade8 - Works awesome!.txt

1.0.6 - 1.0.6 - Horrible lag, babies died here!.txt

Here they are. Neither of these created a log file, I had to go to the "about" tab on the emulator. Let me know if I am missing something.

[leiradel]

After the last line of the attached log I get some more lines:

Wrote 276 bytes to "X:\Develop\RALibretro\bin\Cores\mednafen_ngp_libretro.json"
[Mednafen NeoPop]: Samples / Frame: 735.42471
[Mednafen NeoPop]: Estimated FPS: 59.96535
Wrote 858 bytes to "X:\Develop\RALibretro\bin\RALibretro.json"

Newer versions of RALibretro always create a log.txt file in the current folder.

[ikki5]

Well, the 1.0.6 one, from the link Meleu posted, the log was blank so I opened that "about" tab and pasted it in.

[jplima1]

Hey guys, I tested some commits Meleu sent to me and here are the results:
RALibretro-2018-04-30-23-09-57-bcdade8 (about tab info - Log was not generated but it seems fine running as admin).txt

RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-18-44-9bcc7b3 (BLACK SCREEN).txt
RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-31-52-02ecf34 (BLACK SCREEN).txt
RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-38-11-1193d49 (Closes after start).txt
RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-43-19-5d0f6c4 (closes after start).txt
RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-45-46-e4f3972 (Black screen).txt
RALibretro-2018-05-01-11-48-09-a2d98b2 (closes after start).txt

[leiradel]

Well, the 1.0.6 one, from the link Meleu posted, the log was blank so I opened that "about" tab and pasted it in.

That should be enough, but the logger implementation in RALibretro adds the line to a buffer (that's what you see in the Aboud dialog), prints it to stdout, and writes it to log.txt, all in the same place.

LOG_TO_FILE is defined by default on both debug and release builds. Maybe there's something wrong with your setup?

[leiradel]

@jplima1 can you test with version 1.0.6 and attach the log here? Thanks.

[leiradel]

@meleu @ikki5 @jplima1 are we all talking about the same issue here, about the emulation lagging? If not, please open additional issues.

[ikki5]

Maybe there's something wrong with your setup?

Well that's just it, I don't know if it is my setup or not. I just know that the new releases runs like garbage where the older releases did not, and that for some reason, some will create logs while other will not. It could be a problem with my setup but then wouldn't they all have problems? They all ran fine on my computer up until I updated to the newer updates. I'm not the programmer here.

And yes, I was talking more about the lagging issue, there were however is some of those commits, one where there was a black screen which is why it was mentioned in mine above.

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Now, I have decided to run this on my work computer and the 1.0.6 runs fine and gives a log:

log.txt

So yes, it may very well be my computer at home. I just don't know why it would be causing it as the settings are mostly the same as they are with my home computer vs my work computer and all the drivers are up to date. Maybe stuff is just terrible with AMD vs Intel.

[leiradel]

Version 1.0.6 will always create the log file, but lets not argue over it. The copy&paste from the About dialog will do it.

I see that your OpenGL version is 2.1, which is odd. Can you check which GPU you have? Please see this link if you don't know where to find this information.

[leiradel]

This link shows how to get the OpenGL version, can you check it please?

[ikki5]

Hope these help.

[Altomar79]

@leiradel i've notice an error for OpenGL 2.1 when the emulator is running but not in the log when you close the emulator.

log.txt

According to OpenGL Extension Viewer i can see core features for 3.0+ supported from latest nvidia drivers .

[ikki5]

log - Test 1, still laggy.txt
log - Test 2, still laggy.txt

Two tests Meleu gave me.

[ikki5]

So, I just want to point this out here:

I have OpenGL 4.5 yet RALibRetro says "Got OpenGL 2.1" so if OpenGL is the problem, this is probably why.

[ikki5]

The problem I am pretty sure now is V-sync, get me a way to disable that and it should fix it.

Edit

I forced it off on my graphics card, no issues now

[leiradel]

I have OpenGL 4.5 yet RALibRetro says "Got OpenGL 2.1" so if OpenGL is the problem, this is probably why.

RALibretro explicitly asks for 2.1 because it doesn't need a higher version, that's all.

I forced it off on my graphics card, no issues now

So this fixed the issue for you?

[ikki5]

Yes, turning off V-Sync has fixed the issue.