There is a mod for the DSi/3DS called “Twilight Menu” and it allows DS games to use the DSi’s better clock speeds. Given that overclocking is a common feature for emulators, I was wondering if there were any DS emulators with this feature. I have seen discussions on other websites about this topic and how it would be possible but none of the emulators are listed as having an overclocking feature. All of the documentation and discussions about this seem to be at least a few years old and I know a lot can happen in a few years.

  • vortexal@lemmy.mlOP
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    5 months ago

    I have cleared the cache and data from the app manager, re-updated everything in the online updater section and I have checked to make sure that the touch mode setting was set to auto but it’s still not working. I will continue checking every section unless you have something I can try.

    • bishop@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Nothing right now I’m afraid. I will grab my 8bitdo later and test with an android tablet, see if I can recreate and figure out the issue. Expect a response in the next 6-8 hours, I’m afraid I gotta sleep, sorry.

      • vortexal@lemmy.mlOP
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        5 months ago

        Ok, I’ve looked into it a bit more and I found this issue on github. It seems the issue has been present since at least 1.17 stable and while it has been fixed in nightly, the issue still exists in the latest stable version because it seems like it was fixed about 5 days after the stable version was released.

        I have downloaded the nightly version and I am able to use both a controller and the touchscreen together. I haven’t tested the DSi emulation yet though, I’ll have to do that later because I’m about to go to bed.

        • bishop@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Nice, guess there’s a fix in the pipeline. Glad you found a solution. Lmk if it works, have a good one

          • vortexal@lemmy.mlOP
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            5 months ago

            I have tried it more and I can’t really tell if setting the console mode to DSi actually causes the games to perform better. The only game that I know of that has noticeable performance issues on real hardware is Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars but I can’t really test it because the emulator lags during situations where the game would lag on real hardware. The only thing I have to go off of right now, is that the emulator seems to lag slightly more when the console mode is set to DSi but that could just be caused by differences in firmware.

            • bishop@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              Interesting. I’ve noticed a performance boost in pkmn HG/SS & B&W2 from my own testing, and I ran a homebrew game called WolveSlayer, which definitely improved too.