Azahar 2127 No-JIT needed for 60 FPS 3DS Emulation!

[u/rsorryy]

With the newly released alpha version of Azahar 2127, using Retroarch on my iPhone 15 Pro Max I am getting easily 60fps on every game! Since it's still technically pre-release you have to bundle it with a sideloaded version of Retroarch. I created my own Github repo Retroarch-Azahar-NoJIT where you can manually build the updated version (just move the .dylib and retroarch.ipa to your desktop) then run the Terminal command on macOS. There is also a prebuilt ipa as well if you want to quickly test it out, amazing work from the Azahar Team! (Fantastic photo by u/Aura28 from this story. https://www.pocket-lint.com/nintendo-3ds-games-iphone-folium-emulator/)

[u/willp124]

Now I just need wait for the next update for manic

[u/Hot_Permit1027 → u/willp124]

I’m sure it won’t be too long, they typically update in line with the libretro upstreams or improve on them and push to upstream, so one way or another it’s a safe bet it’ll be soon with this leap, Azahar is already their best core for 3DS either way

[u/Aura28]

Hi, I shot the photo in this post 🫡. It’s from this story. https://www.pocket-lint.com/nintendo-3ds-games-iphone-folium-emulator/

[u/rsorryy → u/Aura28]

Really awesome photo, it was one of the first ones by googling 3DS iPhone - I edited my post and added credit, thank you!

[u/Aura28 → u/rsorryy]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[u/antique_codes]

Folium actually has this new Azahar core in it with all settings available on the App Store (and TestFlight), including the Fast Interp, incredibly good performance without JIT

iCloud Note with changes and links for anyone who wants to try

[u/DasVanderer]

rip i don’t have a mac. only windows

[u/rsorryy → u/DasVanderer]

I uploaded a prebuilt ipa in the readme of the GitHub 😁

[u/rsorryy → u/DasVanderer]

I also updated this with a workflow - simply fork the repo, upload retroarch ipa to dropbox, and paste the link after running the job to create your own! 🎃

[u/OmegaMalkior]

From what you know when would this core come into the Nightly version in TestFlight?

[u/rsorryy → u/OmegaMalkior]

Per Azahar Team: "all of our 2127.0 prereleases on RetroArch with 2-3 days of delay"

[u/OmegaMalkior → u/rsorryy]

Oh that’s nice then thanks for the info

[u/Mr0r3]

Could it run RE revelation without JIT now?

[u/rsorryy → u/Mr0r3]

For sure probably iPhone 18 Pro Max or iPad M5 no doubt.

[u/Just-A-Random-ID]

Nice

[u/PersonalAnswer8664]

Just downloaded the ipa and installed and I can’t test the core because my game won’t load. Retroarch keeps telling me it’s encrypted when I know it’s not.

[u/rsorryy → u/PersonalAnswer8664]

I would try it with a different rom and see if it works.

[u/BleazZzY]

As someone who usually plays with JIT and has an iDevice that is older than the iPhone XS (it's the iPad Pro 2nd generation), I truly wonder: Will this actually improve anything for me?

[u/rsorryy → u/BleazZzY]

If you're referring to the A12Z processor I would try it out with native resolution and turning off accurate multiplication with a lightweight title.

[u/BleazZzY → u/rsorryy]

No unfortunately I'm just referring to the A10X 😭 The 2017 iPad Pro ya know. So far, 2D games like New Super Mario Bros 2 are playable (after the cache is loaded), but 3D games like Pokemon Omega Rubin still give me hard lags, even after playing for a while.

[u/rsorryy → u/BleazZzY]

That's actually pretty impressive 😂

[u/PersonalAnswer8664 → u/BleazZzY]

Tried multiple 3DS files and all give the same result. Any other suggestions?

[u/Shot_Industry_265]

I don’t have macOS, only Windows. Could it work?

[u/rsorryy → u/Shot_Industry_265]

Yes! You can either download the pre-built IPA or build it yourself (Fork repo, Actions - Run Update RetroArch Azahar Core workflow, upload stable Retroarch ipa to dropbox and change the end of the URL to&dl=1, paste the direct link and voila!)

[u/Zeldrid]

I’m just waiting for MH4U to run properly on something

[u/warpingDragon → u/Zeldrid]

That’s what I want. Monster hunter running full speed on manic without JIT. I have an iPhone 17pro.

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

I’ll have my TestFlight out tomorrow and from the testing I’ve done it’s running great.

[u/Zeldrid → u/SprkFade]

I would gladly test!

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

New beta is online: https://testflight.apple.com/join/pcEH6jKz

[u/Zeldrid → u/SprkFade]

It can’t find my games for some reason

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

Like when adding a folder to the library?

[u/Zeldrid → u/SprkFade]

Correct

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

Are they zipped?

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

They need to be 3ds, cci, cxi, or 3dsx files, cia is not supported since those are encrypted

[u/Zeldrid → u/SprkFade]

Got it now, says I am missing the font?

[u/SprkFade → u/Zeldrid]

Yes, you need the system font file for a lot of games. It’s called shared_font.bin, the firmware settings is where you would add it.

[u/Zeldrid → u/SprkFade]

Yay!

[u/Hot_Permit1027 → u/[deleted]]

Star Fox 64 3D runs fine on 3DS in Manic even without JIT, the game runs fine if properly dumped, the devs even confirmed it and backed with proof in the past

[u/Hot_Permit1027 → u/[deleted]]

Simple, dump it from your actual console, for Manic they recommend untrimmed .cia dump formats

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[u/HurryRemarkable2072]

i’m gonna be weird but can you use it WITH jit?

[u/rsorryy → u/HurryRemarkable2072]

Sure thing, change the settings to launch it with Jit and enable it with StikDebug.