XMB Ribbon Shader Doesn't Show Up

Hey everyone. I’m using the XMB menu style with the ribbon shader pipeline activated. However, the ribbon effect (or any other effect) isn’t showing up usually. The only time I can get it to show up is if I enter the Lakka main menu while a game is running. I’m attaching screenshots of what’s happening. Any ideas as to how to have the animation show up when I first start Retroarch without a game running?

Thanks.

Okay - I just figured it out. I had to change the video driver to GL instead of GL1, and then restart Retroarch. Hopefully this helps anyone else with the same problem. By the way - does anyone know what the differences are between vulkan, glcore, gl, and gl1?

Vulkan is new and powerful, but it doesn’t work on everyone the systems. Activate it and if it works for you, it is recommended. If it doesn’t work for you, you have to edit or delete the config file.

glcore is the second option, it is compatible with modern shaders and features. if the first one doesn’t work, use this one.

gl, gl1, are the oldest and slowest but they work in almost everything, that’s why they are kept and are the default option. use it only if the two previous ones do not work.

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Thank you - great explication!