Parallel core crashes RetroArch (Vulkan drivers)

RetroArch Nintendo consoles
#1

Hi everyone,

I just tried the new Parallel core on RetroArch 1.8.6 32bit and I’m experiencing an odd issue. When using Vulkan drivers on RA, Parallel crashes it at whatever N64 game I boot, if I set GFX plugin and RSP plugins to Parallel. No problem with other combinations, for example Angrylion + CDX4. RA seems to recognize my GTX 1060 no problem and my GameReady drivers are updated (same with Windows10).

I must say I’m not confident at all with N64 emulation on RA - this is my first time tinkering about it - but I can tell the sound isn’t right either, as it changes pace - going from normal to slow to fast - and crackly at times.

Do you guys have any suggestion? Thanks in advance!

#2

Try with parallel-n64-disable_expmem = "enabled"

#3

Thanks for replying!

I just checked and it was already set to ‘enabled’ in the RA core options config file.

#4

Update, as it all seems to work fine, with RetroArch 1.8.6 64bit, instead of 32. No crashes with Vulkan and Parallel, and sound is fine with no crackling. I only tried two games - Beetle Adventure Racing! and Killer Instinct Gold - but so far so good.

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#5

It’s crashing for me, I think it depends on 3 things, games, the disable_expmem setting, the framerate setting, and whether if using shaders or not.

With shader (works without it) errors out with a:

[ERROR]: vkQueueSubmit failed (code: -4).
[ERROR]: Failed to wait for timeline semaphore!
[ERROR]: vkDeviceWaitIdle failed with code: -4
Exception code=0xc0000005 flags=0x0 at 0x000000001224F8C0. Access violation - at
tempting to read data at address 0x00000000000016C0

With one of the above settings at the wrong value:

[libretro INFO] EmuThread: M64CMD_EXECUTE.
Gfx RomOpen.
[ERROR]: Failed to allocate RDRAM.
[libretro ERROR] This device probably does not support 8/16-bit storage. Make su
re you're using up-to-date drivers!
Exception code=0xc0000005 flags=0x0 at 0x0000000064942EC9. Access violation - at
tempting to read data at address 0x00000000000012A8

Is there any nvidia o vulkan driver minimum requirement?

EDIT: updated to last version and it seems to be fixed